Nugget, an iPhone customization utility for both macOS and Windows that’s made possible by way of the SparseRestore exploit, received an update on Thursday that officially bought it up to version 5.2.
Project lead developer LeminLimez unveiled the latest update in an announcement via the Cowabunga Discord channel, and it seems that this is a particularly feature-rich update that most users won’t want to miss. The full change log is as follows:
Features
PosterBoard:
– Added PosterBoard templates (.batter files)!
– Designers can allow you to customize aspects of their wallpapers in an easy-to-use menu
– See documentation.md for info on the format of .batter files
– Added Live Photo wallpapers for iPhones (ie no loop)
– Allows for bigger video files
– You can now export videos as a descriptor (for a tendies file, just zip it and rename the extension to .tendies)
– PosterBoard no longer requires clicking the “Modify” button to apply changes
– Added a drop down for choosing what PosterBoard options to reset/clear
– Added risky option to ignore the posterboard video frame limit
– Added option for ordered descriptors
– Use the folder name ordered-descriptors for them to be in order of file name
– The progress of the restore is now shown while applying
– Added launch arguments for importing .tendies and .batter files
– Nugget is now codesigned for macOS arm and Windows!
– macOS arm is now packaged in a dmgBug Fixes
– Refresh devices button no longer freezes the app
– Improved error messages related to connection errors
– Minor improvements to connection stability while applying
– Completely optimized and reworked GUI backend (Nugget should be faster now)
– Identifiers are now only randomized for the descriptor itself and for not sub-identifiers
– Fixed visual bug with the pages not being hidden initially
– Python now has the Nugget icon
– Various other bub fixes
If you’re already using Nugget to customize your iPhone, then you can simply download and install the latest version on your macOS or Windows computer and connect your iPhone to start taking advantage of the newest changes. New or prospective users are strongly encouraged to use the latest release, as it unlocks the greatest customization potential.
There are a wide variety of things that you can use Nugget for on your non-jailbroken device running iOS 17.0-18.1.1, including things like animated wallpapers, disabling unwanted daemons, and more. A lot of these features actually mimic real jailbreak tweak-like functionality, just without the jailbreak.
Nugget is available as a free download from the project’s GitHub page. For help or support, you can join the Cowabunga Discord server.
