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Anyone try this on iOS 17? It works on 16.6 but haven’t tested 17 yet. It’s neat having free news on so many iOS versions lol. I kind of like The Wall Street Journal but would never buy it lmao.

Does this have the IAPStore Deb?

you're welcome. I added support for countries that don't normally have apple news but need to have some more people test it, mainly in China.

Made nice update for ios 14-16... will try to make a build for lower firmwares when i add support for unsupported countries (like China).

I haven’t tried it on iOS 15 year about to update a device to 15.7 soon, but it works on every iOS I’ve tried that has a News+ subscription. Even let’s you follow magazines and newspapers normally ya have to pay for individually. The subscriptions are only good inside the app tho, so going direct to their website obviously wouldn’t work. only thing I didn’t bother with that I might soon is the podcasts and news in CarPlay. The audio news has a different paywall mechanism but I doubt it’s that hard or different. Also, since I don’t technically steal a subscription I just get it to move what was a paywall stopping you from reading, into a kind hint that you should try or buy News+, I feel like it’s gray enough i it shouldn’t be an issue open sourcing it. I’ve found a lot of websites using similar methods I’ve been able to hack my was past just with Flex Explorer. I’d love to make a WebKit wide version that worked on all paywalls not just Apple News. 😎

Still working on all the devices I use regularly, mainly iOS 13-14.X (I have two 14.2 devices wish I updated one to a higher iOS 14 or low iOS 15 when I had the chance. I just can’t ever bring myself to kill a perfectly good jailbreak.

Your welcome. This is one of my favorite hacks as of late since it is only screwing over Apple. 😂

Cool. I was wondering if any other countries had it. I gave it away to several friends in private and pretty much everyone that didn’t live in the US didn’t have it in their App Store.

D0pE! 🔥🔥

Actually I messed up. Try now it should be working. I copied the wrong part of the download link. It’s corrected now. Thanks for letting me know.

Look in the section that says “hidden content”. I used iosddl for easy downloading. Edit: ( I messed up the original link it’s correct now tho I just checked.)

Hacked App: Apple News (not available in all countries, primarily US and UK based as far as I know. The tweak will work on any country that has AppleNews though.) App Download Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-news/id1066498020 Compatibility: All devices from iOS 12-16.x. (Tested on iPad iOS 13.6, iPhone X (13.5, XR and 6+ on 12.4, and 7+ on 14.2+ 15.7.2). You can install Apple News from the US App Store with an alternate AppleID and VPN if it’s not available in your country. Also need Filza or other method to install the downloaded deb. Hack Features: Removes the paywall to Apple News+ articles, allowing you to access any article in the Apple News app, including magazines. Note: it technically does NOT fake a subscription, so you will still see banners asking you to sign up for News+ “to see more articles like (the one you are reading)”. It’s not necessary to sign up unless you want that banner removed. Typically the banner appears hiding the article, blocking everything except the headline and first two sentences. This hack tricks the app into giving you access to Apple News+ content that is normally blocked with a paywall. Install instructions: Download .deb file from hidden. (Called NoMorePaywalls.). Save to Filza. Install in Filza, respring, profit. Enjoy access to all news without paying Apple $10/month. The News+ tab in the tabBar is also unlocked, giving access to all normally “plus” articles. [Hidden Content] Without Hack Familiar Paywall: Images showing hack in action:

The tweak (BetterMediaBoxHD) is still working. The full VIP hack done by adding cracked data and restoring via Apps Manager seems to work for a day or so and then it stops working. I think the app developer noticed there were over 4,000 people all using the same VIP subscription lol. The tweak is much better then nothing, but it isn’t full VIP. Also, since it was first made, some streams that previously were only available through this hack have been made available without it. (The m3u streams used to only work if you had the hack.) It’s still quite useful as an ad blocker and privacy tool though.

A few users have said that. I mainly put that in the instructions because in the past when testing it didn’t work on one of my devices, and I think that was why. It seems like a good “best practice” to connect once as a free user before pretending to be premium. It’s nice to know it’s not necessary though. 👍👍 Thanks for the report! I’m going to update the app then and change the app’s version in the OP.

Has anyone updated to the most recent version? I’m still using the version from the last update. I might just update on a device I don’t use much to test if no one confirms for me it still works. I just noticed an update in the App Store.

No worries. I like picking random countries and then going to yahoo.com to see the news from their perspective. It’s interesting. 😊

Sweet that’s good to know. I mentioned the app had to be used once without premium because in the past I had an issue using the hack if it was installed before the VPN profile was added, so I added that as a precaution/ best practice.

It’s changed. I won’t be using that site anymore for links. They used to be a lot simpler and more reliable.

It said 36 ppl downloaded it how it was, but I just added a link to a more common hosting service. Sorry for the inconvenience.

I noticed since posting this, it seems the developer is removing full VIP access after a certain time period. If the full VIP stops working, you can try wiping the app memory and restoring the data again. If that doesn’t work, you can at least use the tweak for ad removal and privacy features. I think this may be raising red flags, lol.

Hacked App: HotSpot Shield VPN Last Tested App Version: 6.0.1- 6.5.0 (latest version as of October 2020) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hotspotshield-vpn-wifi-proxy/id443369807?mt=8 Mod Requirements: - Jailbroken iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch. - iFile / Filza / iFunBox / iTools or any other file managers for iOS. - Cydia Substrate (from Cydia) or Substitute Hack Features: - Unlimited Free VPN - All Countries Unlocked (there’s a lot) - Premium Speed - Good for one year, as long as you don’t update to an untested and patched new app version. - All JB devices (including A12+A13) are compatible from iOS 10.0-14.x -(Untested extra feature) Free downloads of other apps like Robocall blockers may be possible once tweak is installed. Not tested yet, but it gives the option to DL apps only available to Premium users. Install Instructions: 1.) Download app from AppStore (link above) and connect using the free option at least once. Make sure the VPN profile has been added to your settings (if you successfully connect then it has). Note: several users have reported connecting once before installing the tweak is not necessary, but it’s probably still a good idea to do so. 2.) Download tweak from hidden link. 3.) Install tweak using Filza, respring, and enjoy a year of free premium VPN. Tweak Download Link: [Hidden Content]