A developer has started bringing the dynamic notch, which is exclusive to the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max, to all iPhones with iOS 16. Although the shape of the notch called the dynamic island on the 14 Pros is different from the old iPhones, the software works just like the notch part. So, how to use dynamic island on iPhone 13, iPhone 11 and older models?
The name of the program that brings the moving notch, which Apple calls dynamic island, to old iPhones; DynamicCow. It does not require jailbreak as it uses the MacDirtyCow vulnerability.Before showing the installation steps, let’s state that all risk belongs to the user. Although the app is successfully installed on all iPhones running iOS 16, the iPhone 11-specific device is said to have a red bar at the top that blocks clock, battery percentage, and other icons. You need to disable dynamic candidate before removing DynamicCow and AltStore.
How to use dynamic island on old iPhones 🔽
- Install Sub Server on your computer. (It lets you install IPA files on your iPhone.)
- Click the AltServer icon in the top bar, install the Mail plugin, then enable it from Mail preferences.
- Connect your iPhone to your computer.
- Inside AltServer, install AltStore and select your iPhone.
- Turn on your phone, open the newly installed AltStore app and sign in with your Apple ID.
- Go to GitHub page to download DynamicCow on your phone.
- Open the AltStore, click the plus icon on the My Apps page and select the DynamicCow.ipa file.
- Open DynamicCow and choose Pro or Pro Max according to your phone, then select “enable”.
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