Jailbreak Tool 'unc0ver' 5.0 Released With iOS 13.5 Compatibility

[roland.g]

I’ve looked into it recently. Even seen some nonsense about being able install Cydia w/o jailbreaking but it uses some background refresh and vpn injector apps that seems shady. As far as jailbreaking I didn’t realize it was possible again and thriving on iOS 12 & 13 on all FaceID phones until the last week or so. Saw some videos and am intrigued but some people say it isn’t safe and you can’t do banking or anything else for fear of getting hacked and identity theft while others say you simply need to change a few root admin passwords on your phone and use VPNs and some other safety measures. Mainly not getting on public WiFi’s and shady sites.

not sure I want to risk it but really like some of the tweaks I’ve seen.

 

[Taekim]

To use useful tweaks... google anything you want with word of iphone tweak then you will see lots of lists and google name of tweak you want with word of repo. Ex) Autounlock repo... then add repo you found in cydia and then continue in pakages. You will have what you want in your jailbroken iphone. Enjoy...

 

[SuperCachetes]

So, this is the equivalent of the old body kits that turned your Pontiac Fiero into a poor-man’s Ferrari Testarossa...

I think people should be able to do whatever they want with a phone they pay good money for, but I also hope 1) any exploit this takes advantage of gets patched quickly, and 2) Apple incorporates concepts with redeeming value from the jailbreak into the next iOS.

 

[Westside guy]

One thing to be aware of, when it comes to jaillbreaking your iOS / iPadOS device - depending on the tweaks you install, you may see singificantly decreased time needed between charges.

I haven't jailbroken any of my devices for a year or two, but I'm glad they're still at it. A lot of the newer features people like in iOS had their start as jailbreak tweaks.

 

[YoitsTmac]

Since there is a lot of talk about visual things people do with jailbreaking, I'll try to mention a few things that I do that aren't visual:
- battery percentage instead of an icon. A number for me is just so much more important. You can double tap it for low power mode and it turns red when under 20%
-adaptive dark mode. Visual but its based on brightness. Why would you not want that? sunlight to dark room, its fantastic
- Barmoji: I'm a college kid so say what you want (graduating in 2 weeks), but I use a lot of emoji's and I can put my favorite ones where the swipe bar usually is, and I can customize which ones are there.
- Axon: I can group notifications by app (and re-arrange by most recent delivered notification). I get so many WhatsApp notifications, I can just tap the messages icon or email icon depending on what I'm prioritizing. Lock screen always shows latest notification without user input.
- Call Bar: I can let a call ring out without stopping what I'm working on. Generally just great feature missing from iOS
- EasySwitchX: kill all apps. I mean c'mon.
- different tweak but you can prioritize some apps stay in memory over others
- bring back disable bluetooth and wifi entirely from control center rather than "no new connections until tomorrow". You can toggle this on and off.

 

[roland.g]

One thing to be aware of, when it comes to jaillbreaking your iOS / iPadOS device - depending on the tweaks you install, you may see singificantly decreased time needed between charges.

I haven't jailbroken any of my devices for a year or two, but I'm glad they're still at it. A lot of the newer features people like in iOS had their start as jailbreak tweaks.

Can you speak to the security of the device if you at least use reputable repos for tweaks. I’ve also read that to use certain apps, mostly financial, you either can’t or have to trick the apps into thinking the device isn’t jailbroken.

 

[gcmexico]

i don’t think this can be patched




no. They are not gonna magically add support for an iOS Version (device) that doesn’t exist

huh? ipad mini 2 doesn’t exist? I know one...lol ios 13 doesn’t exist? thought we just got 13.5?? lol

 

[Apple_Robert]

You shouldn’t trust the security of a jailbroken phone in any way. Jailbreaking a device can put you at risk in many ways. It requires putting blind faith in hackers who seek to exploit the OS for many reasons. And many, many people go out of their way to install dirty apps hoping that they will be “safe.”

 

[Westside guy]

Can you speak to the security of the device if you at least use reputable repos for tweaks. I’ve also read that to use certain apps, mostly financial, you either can’t or have to trick the apps into thinking the device isn’t jailbroken.

Well... be aware that some people will disagree with me on this, and it's just my opinion.

Of course, the first thing to say is - this only applies to the unwashed masses. I wouldn't jailbreak if I were a politician, or if I was a journalist working on sensitive stories or living in a dangerous country. Or if I were, say, a billionaire. Basically anything that makes you, as an individual, an specific target for somebody. 😁

It seems obvious the security of your device is somewhat decreased when it's jailbroken. Now the degree to which that matters is arguable. I would think that people who are mainly interested in changing appearance aren't putting themselves at too much risk, assuming they're using well-known and established repositories. A tweak which alters your Control Center is probably less of a risk; one that affects your lock screen probably needs to be vetted more carefully.

You do want to be especially careful about tweaks which run daemons. For instance, if you enable ssh - I would suggest you leave it off most of the time, and just enable it when you actually need it (there used to be a password issue with the ssh daemon where there was a maximum effective character length of 8; I don't know if that's still the case. Also you need to change the default away from "alpine" for both accounts.)

When I've jailbroken, I've mainly been interested in customizing my user experience. Jailbreakers had the ability to customize the Control Center toggles long before that came to stock iOS, for instance - and even now have more options. Actually one tweak I really like allowed me to disable specific toggles when my phone was locked.

I actually think the current "semi-tethered" jailbreaks are more secure than the old "untethered" jailbreaks, even though they're less convenient, because they don't compromise the boot cycle at all. When your phone power cycles, it's as secure as anybody else's because the base OS hasn't been altered - the jailbreak isn't injected until you have had a chance to unlock your phone and run an app.

 

[x-evil-x]

Yes, and it’s better than it’s ever been, and the community is the largest it’s ever been

it’s really for people who enjoy theming and stuff now a days. Very high quality stuff out there.

love my dark icons or glyphs with my lock screen customization and customized dynamic wallpapers and my always on display and my text message Having different colours or status bar having different colours and icons

making the keyboard truly black and using the wasted space where the home bar is

I like removing the dock background and home bar

I like auto unlocking my phone when I look at it, none of that swiping up

I like being able to mimic the good old 3D Touch “press anywhere on keyboard to initiate cursor” not just the space bar

I enjoy custom gifs and moving wallpapers

I also like speeding up the Animations a bit, iPhone is very snappy with that

for me it’s mainly theming and a few tweaks

they have things like home screen tiles and widgets and stuff. Not for me but some people have some really awesome looking customizations

it’s a lot of little things but you can make it as big And as many changes or as small as you like.

Someone like myself enjoys changing icons and colours and wallpapers etc regularly so it’s right up my alley. Makes the phone feel fresh and you can change the look

with the incredible battery offered by the 11 Pro and Pro Max, you can really push these devices to do some amazing stuff like (real) multitasking and Always on displays and animated wallpapers

You have a screenshot? Mind sharing what these app names are?

 

[braddick]

I like it mainly for Spingtomize 5 and iCleaner Pro. Sptringtomize 5 allows me to hide icons I won't be using- cleans up my home screen. iCleaner Pro allows me to clean elements of my iPhone for and smoother experience.

 

[thadoggfather]

The amount of general misinformation and Vitriol only two pages in, Doesnt surprise me but its a bummer.

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It has nothing to do with Cupertino working from home largely, iOS 14 leaks which has nothing to do with jailbreak community and no one in that community even had awareness of, it is a security researcher using a 0 day kernel exploit to be a boss. He probably could’ve sold it for lots of money but decided to pair with a youtuber and case manufacturer and bake the store links into the app,I’m sure given it covers 12.0-13.5 (with some exceptions, I think none that relate to A9-A13) there will be lots of peoples appreciation thrown at him for releasing something like this.

Hasnt been a signed iOS firmware that is jailbreakable since like 6s/ 2015 / iOS 9.0.2 days. This is epic whether you like it or not. And its not some rando, its a guy who has released multiple jailbreaks now. Pretty much everything since iOS 11 (notwithstanding competition from cool star, and checkra1n which is a hardware exploit through A11.

you guys will get your 13.5.1 in due time, but its not like you have to be worried about your phone accidentally jailbreaking from surfing the web and doing your normal business lol. There’s still a willful multistep process just to get unc0ver and Cydia (the unofficial App Store) on your phone.

...Lots of iOS features came from jailbreak tweaks Too. So there’s that.

its fine to not like jailbreaking, simplicity purposes thats the way to go, but dont go acting like its all these things its not. People that hate jailbreak like to lecture customize users and customize people generally dont care if you use a jitter bug much less vanilla software Much less whatever platform you’re on.

 

[dannyyankou]

Even though I’m probably going to update to the iOS 14 beta next month anyway, I decided to jump back in out of curiosity. There’s a couple cool things, like Always On lockscreen and Complications, plus grouped notifications. Also SmallSiri and CallBar are neat.

 

[Apple_Robert]

The amount of general misinformation and Vitriol only two pages in, Doesnt surprise me but its a bummer.

Where is the vitriol and misinformation? Sharing an opinion in a polite manner is not the same as communication in a vitriolic and acerbic manner.

 

[alpi123]

Jailbreaking would've been more fun if 50-60% of the tweaks were updated for iOS 13.

 

[Apple_Robert]

As to the latter comments style, I believe that one should educate him or herself first, before blindly jumping in. That goes for any subject.

Every year, many people blindly jump into OS betas, get in trouble, blame Apple, and then post here looking for salvation. Same thing happens with jailbreaking.

If one wants to test the waters, use a backup phone that has no banking, password or messaging use etc. Limit exposure.

The fact that one has to enter the Apple ID and password on a jailbroken device should be a huge red flag, in my opinion.

If someone makes a decision to jailbreak and will to handle come what may, so be it. I got no problem with that. I get the desire to customize etc.

 

[Craig Bowen]

Can this program Jailbrake an Apple TV 3? If so would I be able to add or update the apps on it? They are pretty much worthless right now and I have 4 them!

 

[thadoggfather]

The former comment was off the wall, I will give you that.

As to the latter comments style, I believe that one should educate him or herself first, before blindly jumping in. That goes for any subject.

Every year, many people blindly jump into OS betas, get in trouble, blame Apple, and then post here looking for salvation. Same thing happens with jailbreaking.

If one wants to test the waters, use a backup phone that has no banking, password or messaging use etc. Limit exposure.

The fact that one has to enter the Apple ID and password on a jailbroken device should be a huge red flag, in my opinion.

If someone makes a decision to jailbreak and will to handle come what may, so be it. I got no problem with that. I get the desire to customize etc.

that’s actually a fair comparison. Going beta iOS expecting daily driver ability ... to diving into jailbreak clueless. Still the user is always at fault for lack of knowledge or incorrect expectations. Same could be said for many things

 

[Apple_Robert]

Can this program Jailbrake an Apple TV 3? If so would I be able to add or update the apps on it? They are pretty much worthless right now and I have 4 them!

I believe there is a slightly different process for the tv, albeit same type result.

 

[tobefirst ⚽️]

Well... be aware that some people will disagree with me on this, and it's just my opinion.

Of course, the first thing to say is - this only applies to the unwashed masses. I wouldn't jailbreak if I were a politician, or if I was a journalist working on sensitive stories or living in a dangerous country. Or if I were, say, a billionaire. Basically anything that makes you, as an individual, an specific target for somebody. 😁

It seems obvious the security of your device is somewhat decreased when it's jailbroken. Now the degree to which that matters is arguable. I would think that people who are mainly interested in changing appearance aren't putting themselves at too much risk, assuming they're using well-known and established repositories. A tweak which alters your Control Center is probably less of a risk; one that affects your lock screen probably needs to be vetted more carefully.

You do want to be especially careful about tweaks which run daemons. For instance, if you enable ssh - I would suggest you leave it off most of the time, and just enable it when you actually need it (there used to be a password issue with the ssh daemon where there was a maximum effective character length of 8; I don't know if that's still the case. Also you need to change the default away from "alpine" for both accounts.)

When I've jailbroken, I've mainly been interested in customizing my user experience. Jailbreakers had the ability to customize the Control Center toggles long before that came to stock iOS, for instance - and even now have more options. Actually one tweak I really like allowed me to disable specific toggles when my phone was locked.

I actually think the current "semi-tethered" jailbreaks are more secure than the old "untethered" jailbreaks, even though they're less convenient, because they don't compromise the boot cycle at all. When your phone power cycles, it's as secure as anybody else's because the base OS hasn't been altered - the jailbreak isn't injected until you have had a chance to unlocked your phone and run an app.

is this jailbreak tethered? If the article said whether it was tethered or untethered, I missed it. @thadoggfather, do you know?

 

[supergt]

I jailbreak so I don’t have to watch YouTube ads, have an iPad style dock on my XS, battery percent instead of icon on the status bar, no swipe to unlock via Face ID, and turbocharged performance. There are so many functional performance upgrades available via jailbreaking and it is a common misconception we do this merely to change our icons, themes, and fonts. I’ve said this before but some of the incremental upgrades Apple offers via yearly software updates have been available via jailbreak for years and they have certainly borrowed (or outright stolen) ideas developed from tweak developers.

 

[tribeaumes]

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No, they actually release it to an audience of no one

Well that’s dumb.

 

[thadoggfather]

is this jailbreak tethered? If the article said whether it was tethered or untethered, I missed it. @thadoggfather, do you know?

it’s semi untethered. Can launch from app but app Needs to be signed

 

[dannyyankou]

FloatingDockPlus and Instalauncher are both really cool.

 

[dannyyankou]

making the keyboard truly black and using the wasted space where the home bar is

Which tweak gives you the black keyboard?