Saurik has taken to Reddit to warn jailbreakers not to install the unofficial MobileSubstrate patches that have been surfacing online.
Since the release of the iOS 7 Jailbreak was a surprise to saurik, MobileSubstrate (which many tweaks run off of) has not yet been updated for the new operating system. Currently, after a reboot, MobileSubstrate will not reload leading several users to create their own unofficial patches.
(This is horribly dangerous: MSHookFunction is not designed to be used on functions that might actively be running; this makes Substrate get injected into launchd while launchd is loading launch daemons... no one should install this; it doesn't even solve the problem remotely correctly for anything but SpringBoard/backboardd, and will end up leaving you with Substrate having been randomly applied to different background processes.)
If you've jailbroken with evasi0n 1.0.1 there is a solution which may actually work; however, saurik recommends that you just wait a little longer for the official update.
In that light, it probably does work (it is not "dangerous" as I described the previous ones), but there is still little point in installing it because clearly a new build of Substrate would come out soon using this new feature I got from evad3rs ;P. (Which didn't happen yet as I took Christmas Eve/Day mostly as a holiday.)
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Matt - December 28, 2013 at 11:54am
I too will wait; in the meantime this iPhone 5s I just got about 12 hours ago is already jail broken, running f.lux, mxtube, and SNES emulator just fine! Can't wait for mobile substrate then patches to get updated, but this phone is already much better! Also thanks for all the hard work gett
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Matt - December 28, 2013 at 11:53am
I too will wait; in the meantime this iPhone 5s I just got about 12 hours ago is already jail broken, runn
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me2 - December 28, 2013 at 2:50am
I meant When I restore not RETIRE
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Me2 - December 28, 2013 at 2:48am
I have a problem, I jail broke my iPhone 5. The problem I am having when I restore my iPhone 5 from a backup, the jailbreak wouldn't load. Then when I reinstall the mobile substrate and the substrate SAFE MODE, it reboots and my contacts are gone. I can't even see them unless I slide the screen down and search; they are not listed under the phone, it is so weird. I should've stayed on 6.1.2, everything was working. The only reason I like the jailbreak is for Barrel, 5-row docks, and a downloader for Pandora. Does anyone know if there is a fix for this problem?
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Guest - December 27, 2013 at 11:09pm
I'm waiting for the official MobileSubstrate update. Hopefully it will be ready soon.
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BrandonF - December 30, 2013 at 8:23pm
Saurik is not your personal slave, you are not paying him, and he does not owe you anything.
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RayBob - December 27, 2013 at 1:44pm
I am waiting on you, Saurik. Guys, just hang on.. :)
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Tresy - December 27, 2013 at 1:14pm
Saurik and evad3rs, you guys are my heros!!! Saurik i shall do as you say and wait!!! :-)
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Guest - December 27, 2013 at 12:19pm
I'm making the best of the wait (IP2 wifi).. been so long since I used an un-rooted iOS, it let's me remember how nice it is to have these guys doing work that I certainly couldn't do without charging me a dime. I figure that by the time they get the IP2 wifi issues resolved, Saurik (and people he's working with) will probably have MobileSubstrate updated. Have fun with the beta testing of the new jailbreak everyone!! ;-)
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Albert - December 27, 2013 at 8:29am
No Rush, i haven't jailbroken my Iphone 5s yet just because of this, no point!!
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Noman - December 27, 2013 at 4:33pm
There is very valid point in Jailbreaking your iOS-devices right now. Its the fact that Apple will sooner or later release update that will block the jailbreak and they stop signing for the "jail breakable" firmware. So i warmly recommend Jailbreaking now - saving shah-blobs and waiting with Jailbroken device for guys to sort the unfinished stuff out.
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