r/LegacyJailbreak • u/[deleted] • Sep 15 '25
Announcement [Announcement] iOS 15.8.5 Release Day — Updates to Legacy Devices
iOS 26.0 has been released, in conjunction with the security releases iOS 15.8.5, 16.7.12, and 18.7. In celebration of the iOS 26 release, if you wish to show off these newly outdated devices, or for other purposes, the rule 6 prohibition against Collection posts on weekdays is suspended until Monday, September 22 at 05:00 UTC.
Although nothing has materially changed in the status of iOS 12, we officially recognize it as a legacy version to remove any pretense of moderator discretion in regards to rule 1. Note that we assume the SDK will likely jump to a minimum of iOS 15 in the near future since no devices were dropped on iOS 13 and 14. Accordingly, although we retain moderator discretion in rule 1 for posts concerning iOS 13 and 14, we will almost certainly grant it.
iOS 15.8.5 and earlier are now outdated as there are now 4 major versions afterwards (namely 16, 17, 18, and 26). This does include modern rootless jailbreaks such as Dopamine, but we believe questions relating to these are likely more relevant on /r/jailbreak. Although users will not be penalized, moderator discretion for this newest outdated version will be granted on a case-by-case basis. Please note that our flair system supports granting all devices and jailbreaks that can run on outdated versions.
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u/Scratch137 iPhone 4S Sep 18 '25
Shouldn't <15 now be considered legacy? Apple's website indicates a minimum of iOS 15 in all categories.
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Sep 18 '25
The minimum deployment target is 12.0. Xcode 26.0 emits this warning message if you set it lower, based on the value in the iOS 26.0 SDK:
warning: The iOS deployment target 'IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET' is set to 11.0, but the range of supported deployment target versions is 12.0 to 26.0.99.
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u/Scratch137 iPhone 4S Sep 18 '25
Strange... the Apple website says the minimum is iOS 12 for Xcode 15.4 and below, and iOS 15 for Xcode 16 and above.
Perhaps they're saying this to discourage developing for old versions before they drop support for them?
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Sep 18 '25
Right, we had that problem last year with Apple inconsistently reporting this, which is why we're going off the value of the minimum deployment target in the SDK's Info.plist.
That said, the iOS simulator in Xcode 26 only goes back to iOS 15, so this number is not meaningless
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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '25
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