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opa334 / TrollStore

TrollStore

Jailed iOS app that can install IPAs permanently with arbitary entitlements and root helpers because it trolls Apple

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What it is

Jailed iOS app that can install IPAs permanently with arbitary entitlements and root helpers because it trolls Apple

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Observed mentions: 2022-09-14 02:21:07 UTC to 2026-07-16 08:19:04 UTC.

0122022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20242025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
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What Hacker News says

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rgovostes·Sep 17, 2025
I am out of date on the latest from the jailbreak scene, but checkra1n supports the device up to iOS 14. If you updated to iOS 15, there may not be a full jailbreak, but not all is lost. The latest release of Xcode, Xcode 26, still allows you to build apps for iOS 15. At some point you will have the secondary problem of needing an older Xcode which only runs on an older macOS, though Apple has been doing the minimum to make it possible to acquire both of these. With a free Apple Developer account, you can sign and side load your apps, but they expire every 7 days, and you wouldn't be able to add any restricted entitlements. But the TrollStore exploit (https://github.com/opa334/TrollStore), which I cannot vouch for, seems to work around these limits. So: It seems like if you are the kind of person who keeps disposable vapes to reprogram th
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e microcontrollers, the iPhone 6S should actually be an attractive device worth keeping: - Runs an operating system released in September 2021 and received regular bug fixes and security updates through July 2024. Still receives occasional security updates as of September 2025. Not completely end-of-life. - Supported by the latest developer tools, probably through June 2026, with older downloads available (https://xcodereleases.com/). - Known jailbreaks and exploits to maximize utility. It's not surprising that the trade-in value for a 10-year-old device is nil, but on the secondary market they fetch about $60 (https://swappa.com/prices/apple-iphone-6s) which is not bad if you consider the device capabilities compared to most hobbyist devkits.
In About the security content of iOS 15.8.5 and iPadOS 15.8.5
judge2020·Jan 29, 2025
For reference, it's possible because of a AMFI/CoreTrust bug in older iOS: https://github.com/opa334/TrollStore/blob/main/README.md > It works because of an AMFI/CoreTrust bug where iOS does not correctly verify code signatures of binaries in which there are multiple signers. > Supported versions: 14.0 beta 2 - 16.6.1, 16.7 RC (20H18), 17.0 This seemed to happen because they didn't have time to release 17 with the bug fixed, which is why 16.7 Final is not supported; per https://x.com/MasterMike88/status/1743974453459956209
In Malimite – iOS and macOS Decompiler
GeekyBear·Oct 11, 2022
As the grandparent mentioned, the native virtualization framework requires an entitlement that Apple will not grant, however, the next version of UTM seems to have found at least a temporary way around this. TrollStore: >Jailed iOS app that can install IPAs permanently with arbitrary entitlements and root helpers because it trolls Apple https://github.com/opa334/TrollStore UTM v4.0.7 (RC2) release notes: >(iOS) QEMU Virtualization for M1 iPad. With the release of TrollStore, you can now enable Hypervisor on iOS. Note that only M1 hardware and kernel have support for Hypervisor. iOS 14.4.2-14.5.1 is supported only on M1 iPad Pro jailbroken with fugu14/unc0ver. iOS 14.0-15.5b4 is supported on any M1 iPad running TrollStore. https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/releases Otherwise, UTM has their own built in virtualization framework with JIT.
In Emulation on the M1 iPad Air [video]

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