Not as easy as it once was. Security was beefed up with every iteration after iOS 10, in the hardware (post-iPhone X) and the software. 10 was the last good time of jailbreaking ease, where a jailbreak.me type of exploit was released. It’s pure luck now. Most talented developers have either left the scene due to ungrateful people, sadly, or joined Apple’s Bounty program. You can’t tell what version a brand-new boxed iPhone is on because Apple obfuscated the serial numbers. iOS 15 introduced SSV (Sealed System Volume) meaning no touching root, forcing a halt which was eventually solved with “rootless” jailbreaks. They made it harder to downgrade to a jailbreakable version due to SEP (Secure Enclave Processor), and Blobs are useless now because of cryptex1, introduced in iOS 16. This means no downgrades to unsigned firmwares at all except within patch versions (like 16.3 and 16.3.1). iOS 17 could be even worse, time will tell.
Those days are long gone, I’m afraid. It’s not as simple as patching an IPSW like it used to be. The jailbreak scene has been pushed to the edge of a cliff by Apple with each update, especially after iOS 10. iPhone 8/8+/X and lower are jailbreakable for life due to an unpatchable bootrom exploit (checkm8), but it doesn’t mean much now that those devices won’t get iOS 17. Recently, Apple added another security measure (cryptex1) to make it near impossible to downgrade. It’s pure luck these days if/when a jailbreak gets released & for what iOS version. Oh and it’s been so long since the last untethered jailbreak, I can’t remember the name of the last one. All of them are Semi-Untethered (sideload an app with the exploit, but you would have to resign it every 7 days in case your phone reboots unless you own an Apple Dev Account)
Activator - I use this to automatically enable LPM when a charger is connected or when I leave my house, holding Vol Up for Next Song/Vol Down for Prev. Song, Hold Vol Up & Down to Pause, Hold top-right of Status Bar for a custom App Drawer from any App
CCSupport - I mainly use this for putting something that should already be in the Control Center toggles, a damn location button!!
AppStore++ - Let’s you downgrade any app to any version you wish & block app updates
BetterCCXI - Make the CC Music Module display the Now Playing song/video Album Cover/Art without holding it down
ChromaHomebarX - Customize homebar color to your liking or do a RGB animation at what ever speed you prefer
Facebook/Messenger/Instagram/Twitter No Ads - Self Explanatory, and allows downloading pics/videos
DLEasy - Downloading of pics/video from even more apps
EvilScheme - A more powerful Default Apps picker
MYbloXX - A more powerful Ad Blocker than any App Store equivalent bc Apple doesn’t allow hosts file editing on stock iOS
Rose - Haptic Feedback on not just Keyboard, but almost anywhere of your choosing. For example, when I change songs or the volume I get haptic feedback.
Shortmoji - Replace prediction bar with sliding emoji drawer or Cut/Copy/Paste/etc functions or add either between the Emoji & Dictation buttons. Can even customize keyboard color or make it an animated RGB keyboard
This is just a few I can remember off the top, but there’s a whole lot more. A lot of iOS “features” originate in the Jailbreak scene. Screen recording functionality/code was in iOS 8 by Apple, but wasn’t introduced/enabled until iOS 11. JB Tweaks to do that existed before then.
With Apple making jailbreaks harder to achieve by beefing up security in 16 (there’s progress on a potential <= 16.5 JB) & even 17, I can’t imagine using iOS for much longer either lol
Took them long enough, they know they were wrong for that
Jailbreaking my iPhone because stock iOS is boring and there are so many QOL features I’m used to, I can’t imagine using iOS without them
Thank you for this! Many have doubted me when I said this would happen, it’s always nice to have options!
This is beautiful, and a perfect example post you used there. I know it’s not a release but it makes me wish I had an Android phone to test it anyway lol
I’ve been keeping my eye on the Galaxy line of phones, my last Android phone was a rooted S6. The fact that nearly-every iPhone out there is the same (OS-wise) makes it that much more valuable to me vs switching, since most Androids have easy root capabilities/customization so it’s overlooked. Going out in public and watching confused eyes watch my phone because it looks & acts different from what they’re used to is the beauty and value of it, from my perspective. Not to mention the resale market for iPhones on a jailbreakable version.