straight-tamago/misaka26

misaka26 is a customization tool for iPhones and iPads running iOS or iPadOS versions 16.0 through 26.2 beta 1. It works by using a bug in Apple's system, the same one that makes a tool called TrollRestore possible, to unlock features and settings that are normally hidden or blocked on a stock device. The project is a macOS application: you download it, place it in your Applications folder, and run it there rather than on the phone itself. To use it, you first generate a file called a MobileGestalt from your iPhone using a Shortcut, then send that file to your Mac, usually by AirDrop. You load it into the misaka26 app, turn on whichever features you want, and apply the changes. Many changes require restarting the phone's user interface, called a respring, using a separate app the README links to. The list of supported features is long and mostly aimed at making an iPhone behave more like a customized or higher-end device. Examples include enabling Stage Manager and Apple Pencil support on unsupported devices, turning on Always-on Display, Dynamic Island, Action Button behavior, camera and clock interface tweaks, a charge limit setting, developer mode, and letting certain Apple silicon Mac games install on iPhone through the App Store. Some features need specific iOS versions to work. The README is explicit that this carries risk: it warns that a device may bootloop, meaning it gets stuck restarting and becomes unusable, and recommends backing up the device first. This is a hobbyist and enthusiast tool built on an undocumented Apple bug rather than an official or sanctioned method, so it could stop working if Apple patches the underlying exploit in a future update. Support happens through two Discord servers linked in the README rather than through formal documentation or issue tracking. The project credits several people for finding and writing up the exploit. There is no license or programming language listed in the repository, and the README does not describe the tool's own internal code structure, only how to install and operate it.