v2.1.1 Release

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Last updated at: 01/13/2019

General purpose of this update:
Bug fixes and performance improvements

Warning: v2.1 is the last version to support Substitute; Substitute support will be removed and Substrate will automatically be installed in the future versions

01/05/2019 - v2.1.1~b1 was released for public testing with the following changes:

• Make jailbreaking faster
• Don't error out if the hosts file doesn't exist
• Ignore dependencies in Cydia reinstallation
• Fix false positives
• Clean Cydia's user data in RootFS Restore
• Fix a snapshot name confusion bug in RootFS Restore
• Fix another bug in RootFS Restore
• Improve memory management
• Use less external binaries

01/05/2019 - v2.1.1~b2 was released for public testing with the following changes:

• Completely clean Cydia's user data in RootFS Restore

01/08/2019 - v2.1.1~b3 was released for public testing with the following changes:

• Store kernel base in kernel_task->all_image_info_addr
• Store kernel slide in kernel_task->all_image_info_size
• Fix address assertion
• Fix snapshot mounting

01/10/2019 - v2.1.1~b4 was released for public testing with the following changes:

• Improve assertion
• Optimize code
• Fix a DEB installation error

01/12/2019 - v2.1.1~b5 was released for public testing with the following changes:

• Fix Cydia reinstallation
• Fix OpenSSH (re-)installation
• Improve error messages
• Optimize the jailbreak
• Fix other trivial bugs

01/13/2019 - v2.1.1~b6 was released for public testing with the following changes:

• Optimize the jailbreaking process

01/13/2019 - v2.1.1~b7 was released for public testing with the following changes:

• Fix a bug in handling preferences that would refresh the icon cache when (re)-installing OpenSSH instead of doing so when reinstalling Cydia
• Optimize preferences code to make jailbreaking more efficient

01/13/2019 - v2.1.1 was released for production

v2.1.0 Release

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Last updated at: 12/31/2018

12/14/2018 - v2.1.0 was released for public testing with the following changes:

• Make internal changes to make fixing issues easier
• Add T-Mobile support for the revoke disabler
• Make re-jailbreaking without restarting possible (Note: You will still need to restart when updating the jailbreak)
• Make switching from Electra possible without restoring RootFS (Note: You will need to complete the pending updates from Cydia after switching from Electra without restoring RootFS to complete it)
• Update bundled resources
• Fix a bug in extracting bootstrap
• Only quit the app if the error is fatal
• Fix a bug in loading daemons
• Make the jailbreaking process faster and more stable
• Add more feedback to the user interface
• Other fixes and improvements that I can't remember right now

12/15/2018 - v2.1.0 was updated for public testing with the following changes:

• Fix a bug in extracting bootstrap that was introduced with the previous build
• Fix a bug in installing Cydia that was introduced with the previous build

12/16/2018 - v2.1.0 was updated again for public testing with the following changes:

• Fix a bug in switching from Electra without restoring RootFS

12/17/2018 - v2.1.0 was updated again for public testing with the following changes:

• Update "No Tweaks" mode to support new "Disable Loader" option in Cydia Substrate
• Added the ability to completely disable jailbreakd when Substrate is installed via a future Cydia update.
• Add internal support for completely disabling jailbreakd with a Resources update

12/19/2018 - v2.1.0 was updated again for public testing with the following changes:

• Make a special alert for the exploit error to make it more clear
• Automatically reboot when the user taps "OK" on the exploit error
• Improve the version checker
• Fix a really weird bug in the system that would stop Cydia Substrate from loading tweaks although this bug isn't caused by the tool
• Make the UI support different font sizes or styles (E.g. Bold Text)
• Add the initial localization support (No localizations included yet)
• Reduce the number of stages
• Fix a bug in installing OpenSSH

12/26/2018 - v2.1.0 was updated again for public testing with the following changes:

• Switch to Sam Bingner's new superb trust cache injector thereby enable support for dual-hash signatures
• Don't update the hosts file unless it is needed
• Unblock Saurik's repo if it is blocked
• Reduce the number of stages
• Remove unnecessary checks
• Avoid applying unnecessary kernel patches unless they are needed
• Make sure that the system snapshot was correctly mounted before using it
• Unmount the system snapshot after root filesystem snapshot bypass or restore
• Simplify the credits view
• Don't do unnecessary logging
• Improve empty_list (vfs) exploit's success rate
• Fix runCommand to correctly log
• Don't run jailbreakd if Cydia Substrate is installed
• Don't set the boot nonce if it already is
• Make obvious internal changes
• Make jailbreaking obviously faster
• Fix a brutal kernel memory leak
• Fix shutdown or halt leading to a reboot
  ...

⚠️ Warning: If you are experiencing random freezes or reboots with Cydia Substrate, Saurik is now aware of the issue and is working to fix it #165 (comment) ⚠️

✅ Update: The random freezes and reboots have been fixed with Cydia Substrate 0.9.7010 #165 (comment) ✅

12/29/2018 - v2.1.0 was updated again for public testing with the following changes:

• Fix a logic error that would disable jailbreak patches when Substrate was installed but Load Daemons was disabled that was introduced with the previous build
• Fix a bug in RootFS Restore for iOS 11.0 - 11.2.6 that was introduced with the previous build

⚠️ Restoring RootFS on iOS 11.0 - 11.2.6 may take up to 10 minutes or possibly even more depending on the amount of data you have. This is not a bug, but expected behavior ⚠️

12/29/2018 - v2.1.0 was updated again for public testing with the following changes:

• Fix a bug in trust cache injection

12/29/2018 - v2.1.0 was updated again for public testing with the following changes:

• Improve update checker

12/30/2018 - v2.1.0 was updated again for public testing with the following changes:

• Make jailbreaking obviously faster

12/31/2018 - v2.1.0 was updated again for public testing with the following changes:

• Fix a bug in RootFS Restore for iOS 11.0 - 11.2.6 that would cause it to not work on some devices

12/31/2018 - v2.1.0 was updated again for public testing with the following changes:

• Fix a bug in update checker

12/31/2018 - v2.1.0 was released for production

12/31/2018 - v2.1.0 was updated for production with the following changes:

• Fix a bug in the posix_spawn wrapper that would cause weird issues on some devices (Known for causing the "(24/40)" issue)

✅ Freezing and rebooting issues have been fixed for all devices with Cydia Substrate 0.9.7012 ✅

v2.0.2 Release

12/06/2018 - v2.0.2 was released for public testing with the following changes:

Fix bugs in the app, improve the the speed of the jailbreak, update bundled resources and switch to a new technique for blocking revokes

12/08/2018 - v2.0.2 was updated for public testing with the following changes:

Update bundled resources

12/09/2018 - v2.0.2 was updated with the following changes:

Update bundled resources

v2.0.1 Release

The official release of v2.0.0 with a version number bump to make tracking versions easier

v2.0.0 Release

11/30/2018 - v2.0.0 was released for public testing with the following changes:

Initial Cydia Substrate support (Requires an updated version of Cydia Substrate which will be released publicly for everyone by Jay Freeman (Saurik) himself at some point), OTA upgrades for the jailbreak patches from Cydia without rebooting, a new button to restart SpringBoard from the jailed state, a switch to (re)install OpenSSH, a switch to reinstall Cydia, a switch to restart backboardd only so that you can jailbreak with broken tweaks, update bootstrap, fix for the jailbreakd error, battery life fixes, ELOD (Electra Loop Of Death) mitigations, improve the speed of system reload, fixes for countless bugs and improvements which I can't remember of right now (We have been working on this update for over a month, I lost the track), I will update the change log as I remember more later

Reminder: You can use the built-in RootFS Restore option to turn your device back to stock

11/31/2018 - v2.0.0 was updated for public testing with the following changes:

Update: The Pre-Release IPA was updated with the following changes: Enable Restart and Restart SpringBoard buttons on iOS 11.4 - 11.4.1 (Jailbreak itself doesn't work on iOS 11.4 - 11.4.1), improve the reliability of the Restart button, fix the broken multi_path entitlement check, add the compatibility layer for the other jailbreaks back to fix the apps like iCleaner and fix the bootstrap error

12/01/2018 - v2.0.0 was updated for public testing again with the following changes:

Update: The Pre-Release IPA was updated with the following changes: Fix the famous snapshot creation bug and add a button to manually reset the logs instead of automatically resetting them when the diagnostics button is tapped
Updated again: Hotfix for the snapshot mounting issue

12/02/2018 - v2.0.0 was updated for public testing again with the following changes:

Update: The Pre-Release IPA was updated with the following changes: Fix the trust cache injection bug