The iDB team works around the clock to bring you the latest iPhone jailbreaking news as it happens, but if you think you might’ve missed something useful to you, then you’re in the right place.
In today’s roundup, we’ll be going back over all the latest jailbreak tweaks and jailbreak-centric news we showed you during the past work week, spanning Monday, July 31st through Sunday, August 6th.
Important stuff from this week
Dopamine v1.1.3 & v1.1.4 released
The Dopamine jailbreak tool by iOS developer Lars Fröder was updated to versions 1.1.3 and 1.1.4 this week with a number of under-the-hood improvements aimed at stabilizing the jailbreak experience.
The update is easily installed via the in-app over-the-air update mechanism, however installing the update will require a full-fledged device reboot as opposed to a basic userspace reboot.
You can learn more about the latest Dopamine jailbreak updates below:
Blackbird SEP exploit used to downgrade iPhone firmware
A talented developer has found a way to use the blackbird SEP (Secure Enclave Processor) exploit to downgrade iPhone firmware for the first time.
This feat works with and without SHSH blobs, however with SHSH blobs, it’s untethered and without SHSH blobs, it’s tethered.
You can learn more about the achievement in our full news post.
Picasso for kfd
Picasso is a new jailed toolbox app for the kfd exploit that provides users with a ton of SpringBoard-centric customization options without the need for a jailbreak.
The app is a lot like a slimmed down version of Cowabunga for the MacDirtyCow exploit, except that it supports A12-A16 devices running iOS 16.0-16.6 beta 1.
You can learn more about Picasso and the different kinds of things you can do with it in our full review post.
KFDFontOverwrite for kfd
A new add-on available for non-jailbroken devices running up to and including iOS 16.6 beta 1 called KFDFontOverwrite allows for MacDirtyCow-like font modifications using only the new kfd exploit.
You can learn more about KFDFontOverwrite and what you can do with it in our full review post.
YellowPages 2
The YellowPages 2 jailbreak tweak is now out as a second iteration of a popular add-on for jailbroken handsets that allows users to have more control over their incoming phone call caller ID features.
The tweak uses the Truecaller app’s database to tell you who’s calling and whether it’s a spam call or not. Furthermore, the tweak now supports the latest rootless jailbreaks.
You can learn more about the new YellowPages 2 jailbreak tweak in our full review post.
Marker gets rootless support
The popular Marker jailbreak tweak that provides a better text editing experience on jailbroken devices has been updated this week to version 2.0 with support for rootless iOS 15 and 16 jailbreaks.
This tweak is an alternative to SwipeSelection that makes it easier to select text for editing and plays nicely with native keyboard swipe gestures and other keyboard-centric jailbreak tweaks.
You can find out more about Marker and the latest update in our full news post.
Plampy Settings
You can now get Plampy-inspired aesthetics for your iPhone’s Settings app in addition to inside of Control Center with a new MacDirtyCow add-on called Plampy Settings.
Learn more about it in our full review post.
Misaka and kfd
It was a big week for the Misaka package manager app, which hosts jailed add-on customizations for devices vulnerable to either the MacDirtyCow or kfd exploits.
After first announcing that kfd support would come to Misaka, it received that support the very next day.
Since then, Misaka has received regular software updates with bug fixes and improvements to include the following:
Apple unsigns iOS 16.5.1
Apple stopped signing iOS & iPadOS 16.5.1 this week in a predictable move after releasing iOS & iPadOS 16.6 last week with security improvements.
The move prevents users from downgrading their firmware voluntarily, instead forcing users to update to the latest via iTunes and Finder.
You can learn more about this in our full news post.
Everything else from this week
GyrationApps: Force landscape orientation support for apps that don’t already support it (free via BigBoss repository — review post)
TwitterLabelBack: Brings back the original Twitter app icon label instead of X (free via YouRepo repository – review post)
You’ve made it to the end of this week’s jailbreak roundup, but your friends at iDB will continue to monitor developments in this space around the clock to ensure that our readers get the most up-to-date coverage.
Miss last week’s roundup? kfd to bring MacDirtyCow-like add-ons to iOS 16.5, libpatchfinder for iOS 16, & more…
Here are some tutorials to help you get started with jailbreaking:
- How to jailbreak A12-A15 devices on iOS & iPadOS 15.0-15.4.1 with Dopamine
- How to jailbreak A9-A11 devices on iOS & iPadOS 15.0-16.x with palera1n
What was your favorite jailbreak tweak release or news tidbit this week? You can let us know in the comments section down below.
