Meridian

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Meridian
Developer(s)PsychoTea
Initial release4 January 2018; 6 years ago
Preview release
0.9-007 / 27 September 2018; 5 years ago
Operating systemiOS
Available inEnglish
TypeJailbreaking
Websitemeridian.sparkes.zone

Meridian is a semi-untethered jailbreak for all 64-bit devices running iOS 10.0-10.3.3, primarily developed by PsychoTea, with extensive contributions from others. Meridian works by sideloading an IPA using Cydia Impactor or using TotallyNotSpyware through Safari. The first public beta of Meridian was released on 4 January 2018.

Due to "differences in implementation", users of Meridian will need to use ssh to download and install this deb. Otherwise Cydia will not function. Normally this would be done automatically, but the site at repo.midnight.team went down in 2021. As of March 2, 2024, repo.midnight.team appears to be back up, so manually downloading/installing Cydia isn't required anymore.

Version Change Log

Version Date Changes
Public Beta 1 4 January 2018 initial release
Public Beta 2 5 January 2018
  • Added 'done' button menu options
  • Fixed Cydia crashing on launch (use 'Reinstall Cydia' on done screen)
  • Fixed error for r/w remount failure not showing
  • Fixed uicache entitlements
  • Added options to reinstall Cydia, install dpkg, and re-extract the bootstrap
Public Beta 3 6 January 2018
  • Fixed the r/w remount check
  • Fixed the 'done' button popup on iPads
Public Beta 4 7 January 2018
  • Fixed Cydia not showing up for some users
  • Added a 'Delete Cydia' option under the advanced options menu
Public Beta 5 16 January 2018
  • Fixed the 'Delete Cydia' option not working
  • Added an 'Uninstall Meridian' option under the advanced options
  • Moved the amfi patch back over to a separate bin - it will now re-patch amfid if it's ever killed
  • Added a couple sets of offsets for some random beta versions
  • Added containermanagerd patch
  • Fuck signing services
Public Beta 6 23 January 2018
  • Fixed the root r/w patch for <10.3 - Meridian now works on all 10.x 64-bit devices! Thanks @stek29!
  • Updated dropbear to use /meridian/bins/sh - fixes issues with other JB's (Saigon, Yalu)
  • Tidied up the installation/running process
  • Fixed the lack of constrains on DRM ViewController
Pre-release 0.9-001 7 August 2018
  • Have fun!
Pre-release 0.9-002
  • Disabled the (broken) update checker
Pre-release 0.9-003
  • Fixed the 'error code 2' bug when extract dpkgdb-base bootstrap
Pre-release 0.9-004 14 August 2018
  • Switched to ldrestart instead of respring after jailbreaking - this will fix tweaks such as NO PLS RECOVERY (although expect longer respring times after initially jailbreaking)
  • Improved the pspawn proc blacklist
Pre-release 0.9-005
  • Fixes the respring button not working for some users (oops)
Pre-release 0.9-006 10 September 2018
  • Fixes jailbreakd failing to launch on older 10.x kernels (10.0->10.1.x ish)
  • Code tidy & improvements
Pre-release 0.9-007 27 September 2018
  • Fixed random freezes (still some minor issues to go, but should be much more stable now)