Apple Releases iOS 13.5.1, Patching Out the Unc0ver Jailbreak

Apple has released iOS 13.5.1 today, which the company says "provides important security updates and is recommended for all users," albeit without much detail in the change log. But as noted by Twitter account Apple Software Updates, the update is meant to patch out the kernel vulnerability used by the recent Unc0ver jailbreak. The Verge reports: Apple's support page lays things out more clearly -- the update was designed to prevent an application from being able to "execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges." In other words, iOS 13.5.1 is designed to block jailbreaking. The Unc0ver jailbreak was particularly notable in the iOS jailbreaking community because it was available on the then-current iOS 13.5, allowing users of the latest Apple devices to install new software features outside of Apple's gated App Store.

Tempting to keep that one

[SuperKendall]

Nice to know I could jailbreak older devices pretty easily with that, but there's so little extra I can do with Jailbreaking devices at this point that I wouldn't want to risk security on my primary phone to keep it...

Good to know it will be there for older devices though if I don't dig them up to update,

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[dgatwood]

There's only one reason I've seriously considered jailbreaking recently, and that's because Apple provides no mechanism for an app to automatically launch when a device is powered on without requiring any human interaction. I'm sure there are lots of little missing features like that which have caused other folks to consider jailbreaking.

Really, the biggest issue I have with iOS is that in an effort to prevent users from shooting themselves in the foot, Apple has locked the device down too much, thus prev

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[SuperKendall]

Apple provides no mechanism for an app to automatically launch when a device is powered on without requiring any human interaction

Not sure what your use case is, but Single App Mode [howtogeek.com] can do that (if the device is rebooted that single app will be re-opened)....

Of course then you can only use that one app, so it's probably too limited for what you have in mind.

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[dgatwood]

Unless something has changed recently, Single App Mode still requires the user to physically interact with the touchscreen prior to the app being available. I want the app to actually be immediately launched and visible without having to touch the screen.

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[MikeMo]

Would you mind sharing some of the things you'd like to do with your phone via Terminal that you do on your Mac?

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[dgatwood]

Autostarting an app, for one. (No, I don't add autostart apps on my Mac via Terminal, because there's UI for that, but I could do it that way.) Also, eventually, I'd like to be able to do things like run compilers, custom scripts, scp photos and movies to random servers... probably lots of other things that are just easier if you have a true, fully functional terminal. Of course, some of those things would be much harder without a physical keyboard, so they're more of an iPad thing than an iPhone thing,

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[MikeMo]

I imagine you recognize that there is very limited appeal to your average phone user for these? Also, you might want to check out the App store. There is at least one SCP client there.

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[dgatwood]

Yes, of course. Your average Mac user doesn't use Terminal, either. :-)

Jailbreak is dead

[EditorDavid cuck]

Thanks to retards hipster devs who believe jailbreaking miraculously eats their revenue. Nevermind that less than 10 percent did jailbreak at the peak 10 years ago. Jailbreaking encouraged people to spread the word, beta test lame apps and games that otherwise weren't worth it. Today jailbreaking is dead. I would consider it for a few hacked apps, but I feel too lazy to bother, with the garbage iOS turned into, and in particular because of proliferation of retards wannabe devs like super stupid kendall.

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[Metabolife]

Jailbreaking also pushed innovation in newer version of IOS. A lot of the tweak ideas were later integrated natively. Apple probably benefited from the jailbreak developers and their ideas.

If I was the NSA...

[gnasher719]

Or if I was the Chinese security service, I would find these jail breakers and make them an offer they canâ(TM)t refuse. Who in their right mind would trust a jailbreak?

It also fixes the Gmail app crashing

[UnknownSoldier]

The Gmail iOS app is no longer crashing at startup with the new update.

(I've been using the Gmail iOS app for years on my iPhone 7. For some reason a few days ago it started crashing on startup.)

Basic Sense

[Anonymous Crowded]

Am I the only one that's shied away from every phone hack that says "HERE, download this binary (no source) and you'll be fine".

Maybe I'm too old and been through all of this stuff too many times. Probably better get off my lawn, just in case ;)