diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 66a5d7be..2deecf96 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+= RubyMotion 2.7 =
+
+  * fix a bug in Range.new where it would cause malloc_error_break error.
+  * [iOS] Added `:light_content' as new status bar style for UIStatusBarStyle
+    property. Thanks to Chris Radford for the patch (pull request #116).
+  * [iOS] Fixed a bug in debugger where built-in debugger command does not
+    work with lldb in iOS 7 simulator.
+
 = RubyMotion 2.6 =
 
   * Added support for iOS 7.0 Beta 4 and Xcode 5.0 DP 4.
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 606d30fc..ad7a6182 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ task :install do
   public_binaries = ['./bin/motion']
   binaries = public_binaries.dup.concat(['./bin/ios/deploy', './bin/ios/sim',
     './bin/osx/sim', './bin/llc', './bin/ruby', './bin/ctags',
-    'lib/yard/bin/yard', 'lib/yard/bin/yardoc', 'lib/yard/bin/yri'])
+    'lib/yard/bin/yard', 'lib/yard/bin/yardoc', 'lib/yard/bin/yri', './lldb/lldb.py'])
   data = ['./NEWS']
   data.concat(Dir.glob('./lib/**/*', File::FNM_DOTMATCH))
   data.delete_if { |x| true if x.include?("lib/yard/bin/") }
diff --git a/bin/sim.m b/bin/sim.m
index b8385589..f0445ede 100644
--- a/bin/sim.m
+++ b/bin/sim.m
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ again:
 }
 
 static NSString *
-gdb_commands_file(void)
+save_debugger_command(NSString *cmds)
 {
 #if defined(SIMULATOR_IOS)
 # define SIMGDBCMDS_BASE	@"_simgdbcmds_ios"
@@ -882,6 +882,22 @@ gdb_commands_file(void)
     NSString *cmds_path = [NSString pathWithComponents:
 	[NSArray arrayWithObjects:NSTemporaryDirectory(), SIMGDBCMDS_BASE,
 	nil]];
+
+    NSError *error = nil;
+    if (![cmds writeToFile:cmds_path atomically:YES
+	    encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding error:&error]) {
+	fprintf(stderr,
+		"can't write gdb commands file into path %s: %s\n",
+		[cmds_path UTF8String],
+		[[error description] UTF8String]);
+	exit(1);
+    }
+    return cmds_path;
+}
+
+static NSString *
+gdb_commands_file(void)
+{
     NSString *cmds = @""\
 		     "set breakpoint pending on\n"\
 		     "break rb_exc_raise\n"\
@@ -902,16 +918,36 @@ gdb_commands_file(void)
 #endif
 	    ];
     }
-    NSError *error = nil;
-    if (![cmds writeToFile:cmds_path atomically:YES
-	    encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding error:&error]) {
-	fprintf(stderr,
-		"can't write gdb commands file into path %s: %s\n",
-		[cmds_path UTF8String],
-		[[error description] UTF8String]);
-	exit(1);
+
+    return save_debugger_command(cmds);
+}
+
+static NSString *
+lldb_commands_file(int pid)
+{
+    NSString *cmds = [NSString stringWithFormat:@""\
+		     "process attach -p %d\n"\
+		     "command script import /Library/RubyMotion/lldb/lldb.py\n"\
+		     "breakpoint set --name rb_exc_raise\n"\
+		     "breakpoint set --name malloc_error_break\n",
+		     pid];
+    NSString *user_cmds = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:
+	@"debugger_cmds" encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];
+    if (user_cmds != nil) {
+	cmds = [cmds stringByAppendingString:user_cmds];
+	cmds = [cmds stringByAppendingString:@"\n"];
     }
-    return cmds_path;
+    if (getenv("no_continue") == NULL) {
+	cmds = [cmds stringByAppendingString:
+#if defined(SIMULATOR_IOS)
+	    @"continue\n"
+#else
+	    @"run\n"
+#endif
+	    ];
+    }
+
+    return save_debugger_command(cmds);
 }
 
 #if defined(SIMULATOR_IOS)
@@ -990,8 +1026,7 @@ gdb_commands_file(void)
 	else if ([[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:lldb_path]) {
 	    gdb_task = [[NSTask launchedTaskWithLaunchPath:lldb_path
 		arguments:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"-a", @"i386",
-		@"-p", [pidNumber description], @"-x", gdb_commands_file(),
-		nil]] retain];
+		@"-s", lldb_commands_file([pidNumber intValue]), nil]] retain];
 	}
 	else {
 	    fprintf(stderr, "can't locate a debugger (gdb `%s' or lldb `%s')\n",
diff --git a/lib/motion/project/template/ios/config.rb b/lib/motion/project/template/ios/config.rb
index f97be4b7..eaf17ef5 100644
--- a/lib/motion/project/template/ios/config.rb
+++ b/lib/motion/project/template/ios/config.rb
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ module Motion; module Project;
         when :default then 'UIStatusBarStyleDefault'
         when :black_translucent then 'UIStatusBarStyleBlackTranslucent'
         when :black_opaque then 'UIStatusBarStyleBlackOpaque'
+        when :light_content then 'UIStatusBarStyleLightContent'
         else
           App.fail "Unknown status_bar_style value: `#{@status_bar_style}'"
       end
diff --git a/lldb/lldb.py b/lldb/lldb.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d78a0687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/lldb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import lldb
+
+def pro(debugger, command, result, internal_dict):
+    """
+    pro(obj): inspects the given 'obj'
+    """
+    args = command.split()
+    if len(args) != 1:
+        print pro.__doc__
+        return
+
+    cmd = "po rb_inspect(" + args[0] + ")"
+    lldb.debugger.HandleCommand(cmd)
+
+
+def pri(debugger, command, result, internal_dict):
+    """
+    pri(name): inspects the given instance variable 'name' on self
+    pri(rcv, name): inspects the given instance variable 'name' on 'rcv'
+    """
+    args = command.split()
+    if len(args) == 1:
+        cmd = "po rb_inspect((void *)rb_ivar_get(self, (void *)rb_intern(" + args[0] + ")))"
+    elif len(args) == 2:
+        cmd = "po rb_inspect((void *)rb_ivar_get(" + args[0] + ", (void *)rb_intern(" + args[1] + ")))"
+    else:
+        print pri.__doc__
+        return
+
+    lldb.debugger.HandleCommand(cmd)
+
+
+# And the initialization code to add your commands
+def __lldb_init_module(debugger, internal_dict):
+    debugger.HandleCommand('command script add -f lldb.pro print-ruby-object')
+    debugger.HandleCommand('command script add -f lldb.pro pro')
+    debugger.HandleCommand('command script add -f lldb.pri print-ruby-ivar')
+    debugger.HandleCommand('command script add -f lldb.pri pri')
+
diff --git a/test/test/spec/memory_spec.rb b/test/test/spec/memory_spec.rb
index fe48de3f..5064a8c9 100644
--- a/test/test/spec/memory_spec.rb
+++ b/test/test/spec/memory_spec.rb
@@ -302,3 +302,22 @@ describe "NSMutableArray" do
     $nsarray_dealloc.should == true
   end
 end
+
+class Range
+  def dealloc
+    $dealloc_test = true
+    super
+  end
+end
+describe "Range" do
+  before do
+    $dealloc_test = false
+  end
+
+  it "#new should work without malloc error" do
+    autorelease_pool do
+      Range.new(10, 20)
+    end
+    $dealloc_test.should == true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/vm b/vm
index 4e03d5b7..b53195a0 160000
--- a/vm
+++ b/vm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4e03d5b719606e85c000a5d76a9b77fea1f63b58
+Subproject commit b53195a0bfac02fa579524f66457a6aaa9cc83b4