iOS 12-centric ‘rootlessJB 3.0’ picks up support for tweak injection

It was solely a span of days agone that a talented hacker past times the scream of Jake James released rootlessJB 3.0, a developer-centric, SSH-based jailbreak that developers could deploy on A9-A11 devices running iOS 12.0-12.1.2; merely it didn’t back upwardly jailbreak tweaks at the time. Fast-forward to at nowadays in addition to this seemingly-limited jailbreak has come upwardly a long way.

Jake James took to Twitter Mon eventide to announce that rootlessJB 3.0 at nowadays supports tweak injection – a agency of customizing iOS exterior of Apple’s stock parameters:

In 1 of James’ follow-up Tweets, nosotros larn that rootlessJB 3.0 tin tweak diverse parts of SpringBoard in addition to unsandboxed apps; unfortunately, sandboxed apps aren’t tweakable at this time. Examples of unsandboxed apps include:

• Clock
• Home
• Messages
• Notes
• Settings
• And more…

RootlessJB 3.0 withal does non back upwardly Cydia or Cydia Substrate, which agency tweaks withdraw to live installed via SSH. Furthermore, PreferenceLoader is broken, which has implications for the rest of tweak configuration.

To those who mightiness live thinking most trying rootlessJB 3.0,
James cautions the following:

• It may non live real stable at the moment
• It’s non recommended that you lot overload your device amongst tweaks
• Only experienced jailbreakers in addition to developers are advised to endeavor rootlessJB 3.0 (novices should rest far away)
• Be certain to read the README on James’ GitHub repository earlier proceeding

James is planning to upload tutorials at whatever fourth dimension now, in addition to hence maintain your eyes peeled if you’re curious most how to purpose rootlessJB 3.0. The projection is beingness actively worked on, in addition to progress is being posted on James official GitHub repository.

In the meantime, those waiting on a full-fledged iOS 12 jailbreak amongst Cydia in addition to Cydia Substrate back upwardly are advised to downgrade to iOS 12.1.1 immediately piece it’s withal beingness signed (check IPSW.me earlier proceeding) in addition to expression there. Those on iOS 11.0-11.4.x tin purpose Electra or unc0ver for jailbreaking at the fourth dimension of this writing.

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