How to add Dynamic Island to older iPhones?

How to add Dynamic Island to older iPhones? With the third-party DynamicCow app, you can add Dynamic Island, an iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max exclusive feature, to any iPhone running iOS 16 and iOS 16.1.2. Although the iPhone Pro displays are made specifically to use the Dynamic Island feature, the software for this feature can be run on and on previous iPhones to display navigation, battery power, and music playback.

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DynamicCow lets you use a dynamic island on any iPhone

Unfortunately, this application cannot be simply downloaded from the AppStore. For a jailbroken iPhone, there has been a Dynamic Peninsula tweak for a while, but the method that will be discussed in this article does not require a jailbreak. However, in order for it to work, you must install a special program on your computer to install third-party applications on your iPhone, and then use this utility to install the DynamicCow application, which includes a dynamic island on any iPhone.

What is needed?

  • This method requires iOS 16 – iOS 16.1.2, newer firmware is not affected by the MacDirtyCow bug.
  • You will also need to enter your Apple ID into a third-party AltStore program, if you are worried about your account, you can create a new account and use it for this instruction.

What are the pitfalls?

Technically, the app works as advertised, but half of the content on the dynamic island is covered by the existing display cutout, so the dynamic island content is moved below the cutout. Also, if you have an iPhone 11, there will be a large red bar at the top of your device. The developer plans to fix this in future updates.

How to install Dynamic Island on any iPhone?

You perform all actions at your own peril and risk. Don’t forget, if you have an iPhone 11, you’ll have a red bar at the top of the display that will overlay the current time, battery percentage, and other icons.

Also don’t forget to disable Dynamic Island before you decide to uninstall DynamicCow and AltStore, otherwise you will be left with Dynamic Island on your device until you reinstall the app and disable Dynamic Island in the app.

  1. Install Alt Server on your Mac or Windows. This is required to install AltStore on your iPhone, which allows you to install third party IPA files.
  2. Click the AltServer icon on the top bar of macOS, install the mail plugin, and then enable it in the Mail preferences. If you have Windows, then just install iTunes and iCloud from the official Apple website (not from the Windows Store).
  3. Connect your iPhone to your computer.
  4. In AltServer select the AltStore installation and select your iPhone.
  5. After installing the application, on the iPhone, go to Settings -> General -> Profile (or “Device Management”). Find the profile with your AppleID, open it, and click Trust.
  6. On your iPhone, open the GitHub page for DynamicCow and download the latest release of DynamicCow.ipa.
  7. Open AltStore, click the plus sign on the My Apps page, and select the DynamicCow.ipa file to install Dynamic Cow.
  8. Open DynamicCow and select the iPhone 14 Pro model you want to use Dynamic Island from, and then select “Enable”.
  9. After that, Dynamic Island will appear on your unsupported iPhone.

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