On Friday, we showed our readers a brand new TrollStore permanent signature utility from iOS developer opa334 for jailbroken iOS and iPadOS 14.0-14.8.1 devices and non-jailbroken iOS and iPadOS 15.0-15.1.1 devices. Since the initial release, TrollStore has received many small, albeit important, updates that you won’t want to miss if you’ve started using it.
Permanent signing features exploit known bugs in Apple’s mobile operating systems, and with them you can download apps and sign them indefinitely without having to re-sign them every 7 days (for free Apple developer accounts) or every year (for paid developer accounts).). This will be especially handy for those downloading jailbreak tools, as well as any other apps they don’t get from the App Store.
Since the initial release, a series of updates to the TrollStore utility have included the following changes and/or improvements:
Version 1.0.1 – Released on Friday, September 2nd.
This update introduces initial support for iPad Pro with A12Z chip and iPad with A10 chip. In addition to adding support for more devices, the changelog lists the following improvements:
- Prevent iCloud Drive Files from Opening as It Causes Problems
- Fixed an issue that caused TrollStore to crash when installing large apps.
- Show more detailed error messages when installation fails
- Fixed an issue that caused TrollStore to throw an error when installing apps with pre-existing app IDs.
Version 1.0.2 – released on Saturday, September 3rd.
This update brings support for even more iPad models, although the exact types have not yet been revealed. The developer has released a tool that can help them add support for more iPad models, but users should run the tool and follow the instructions posted on GitHub to add support. In addition, this release contains the following changes:
- Reworked UI cache code to work better with apps installed via TrollStore.
- Add the ability to force installation of applications that give an “already installed”error.
- Correction of various errors
Version 1.0.3 – released on Saturday, September 3rd.
This update adds a small list of fixes and improvements, including:
- Fixed a bug affecting TrollStore installation.
- Setting ldid is no longer required to reset permissions.
- Use the ldid flag -s instead of -S -M
- Add ability to delete TrollStore to save helper
Version 1.0.4 – released on Saturday, September 3rd.
This minor update simply fixes an issue where IDless rights dump code would not work on non-FAT binaries.
Version 1.0.5 – released on Sunday, September 4th.
Latest update as of this writing, this release adds support for the A15 chip iPad and also adds support for the 7th generation iPod touch. Other TrollStore improvements in this update include the following:
- Notification permissions are now enabled for most apps installed via TrollStore.
- Fixed an issue with uninstalling apps that usually have weird file permissions like unc0ver.
- Fixed issue with installing files. ipa files present on iCloud Drive.
As with any software release, iDB encourages potential users to download and install the latest version of the TrollStore application as this release brings all the latest enhancements to provide the best user experience. The developer said that updating to the latest version of TrollStore can be done by OTA for existing users as well.
If you want to learn more about the TrollStore project, be sure to check out the official GitHub page. Please note that the project does not currently support A9 devices.
Have you tried or will use the new TrollStore utility to permanently sign downloaded apps on your iPhone or iPad? Be sure to let us know in the comments section below.