The good
My iPhone had been unable to use OTA updates for a long time because it had been restored from a backup made from a previously jailbroken device. That old backup carried over update-blocking profiles, and no matter how many fixes I tried from around the web, nothing worked.
At last, Dopamine added support for my iOS version. I downloaded the IPA immediately, installed it, and jailbroke the phone without hesitation. The very first thing I put back on was a battery percentage tweak.
That also made it possible to restore OTA functionality. I turned it back off for the moment since I do not really need it right now, but after using the phone for a while, the system has been fairly stable.
Somehow, battery life even seems a bit better.
While I was at it, I also switched another one of my iPhones from the Unc0ver jailbreak to Taurine. That cleared up a few long-standing bugs, and it seems more stable now too.
Not bad. ☕
The bad
A little while ago, my Telegram account was suddenly banned for no apparent reason. The symptom was immediate and obvious: I was logged out everywhere, and every login attempt told me the account had been banned.
I had helped unban Ray's account before, so this time I already knew the process. I submitted an appeal through the web form. When support handles these requests, there is no notification and no reply—you just have to keep checking the account status yourself.
I have a bad habit of getting anxious over things that might go wrong. Even though I knew there was a good chance the account would eventually be restored, it still felt like carrying a heavy stone in my chest. Every day, I kept opening the app to see whether access had returned, or searching online for other people's stories about bans and reversals.
Three days passed like that, and nothing changed. I sent another appeal, this time through the official Twitter account and by email as well.
Then I woke up one morning and—hey—it was back.
Good again
I am used to reading almost everything through Telegram, so life without it felt oddly incomplete. Once the account was restored, things finally settled down again, and my mood lifted with it.