n1ghtshade

n1ghtshade

n1ghtshade beta 2
Original author(s)	synackuk
Developer(s)	synackuk
Initial release	beta 1 / 7 December 2019
Stable release	beta 9 / 8 December 2019
Development status	Active
Written in	C
Operating system	macOS
Available in	English
Type	Jailbreaking / Downgrading

n1ghtshade is a downgrading and jailbreaking utility. It utilises the checkm8 exploit and is compatible with devices that use the A6 processor and A6X processor, such as the iPhone 5.

The tool is capable of tethered jailbreaking iOS 6 through iOS 9.3.5 and tethered downgrading to any iOS version supported by the device.

n1ghtshade's source code is available on GitHub under the GNU GPL v3 licence.

Version History

Version	Release Date	Download	Changes
beta 1	7 December 2019	GitHub	Initial release.
beta 2		GitHub	Fixed bug in idevice finding code
beta 3		GitHub	Attempt to fix some of the libusb issues
beta 4		GitHub	Fixed a really dumb bug.
beta 5		GitHub	Fixed "failed to upload iBEC"
beta 6	8 December 2019	GitHub	Fixed reliability issues, NOTE that if you're on Catalina you must eject the iPhone from finder before you run n1ghtshade.
beta 7		GitHub	Fixed iPhone5,1 support
beta 8		GitHub	Attempted A6X support
beta 9		GitHub	Now works on macOS Sierra and up, Working A6X support.
beta 10		GitHub	Attempted to fix some of the reliability issues.
beta 11	19 December 2019	GitHub	Trying to fix restore bug, Catalina no longer has finder opening and closing and should now have better checkm8 errors.
beta 12	23 December 2019	GitHub	Vastly improved overall reliability.
Release Candidate 1	23 June 2020	GitHub	Vastly improve reliability and increase supported versions.
Release Candidate 2	6 July 2020	GitHub	Added support for macOS 10.10 and newer.