As expected, pod2g, The Chronic Dev Team, and planetbeing have released Absinthe 2.0. This is a cross platform, untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, across all devices that support this firmware, excluding the newest Apple TV. It is a simple one click solution, with no need to put your device into DFU mode. After copious amounts...
As of the time of this post, the above jailbreak dream team is now on site at the HITB SecConf, prepping their presentation, and are about to take the stage. A lot of iOS users, waiting for the new jailbreak, would consider these guys the next Avengers. :P From left to right, we have: @pimskeks, @iOPK, @pod2g, @p0sixninja , and @planetbeing....
On the Hack In The Box Security Conference's official Twitter feed, it has been announced that The Chronic Dev Team will debut their new jailbreak, live! This was rumoured to be happening, just last week, and now the rumour has been confirmed. Hackers pod2g, p0sixninja, planetbeing, and nikias will be on hand tomorrow, at the...
Just a quick update for you. We've been closely following the progress of pod2g's untethered iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak, and today he added one more device that is confirmed to be working with Absinthe 2.0. The New iPad (global) has now been tested and confirmed compatible. OK just added iPad3,3 support to Absinthe thanks to @flawlessfox. Only...
This tweak has had a quick evolution from concept to release. It wasn't long ago that we were talking about this cool new concept from designer Anton Kudin. Then we heard that iOS developer, Jonas Gessner, was working on bringing the concept to life. Today, the new tweak has been released in Cydia, and...
If you're familiar with jailbreaking, you know what a hassle and how time consuming it is to get all your Cydia apps back onto your device after you've had to restore it. From trying to remember all the apps you've installed or dealing with all the resprings and reboots, it can be frustrating. Thankfully there...
Last week, iOS developer/hacker @chpwn was showing off a new animation he was working on for the Notification center. This new animation pulls your home screen down to reveal the notification center, rather than pulling the notification center down over top of your home screen. This allows you to see the top of your notification...
Have you ever been annoyed with how iOS notifications only show you a preview of your messages, emails, and other notifications? Well, there is a new tweak in Cydia that changes all that. Conrad Kramer and Joshua Tucker have released "Reveal". This new tweak, now in Cydia, allows you to scroll within your notification bars...
For those who've been following @pod2g’s blog and twitter streams must know that his team has made substantial progress regarding iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak and are getting pretty close to a final release. Today, Dev-Team's @MuscleNerd has also shed some light on the highly anticipated jailbreak further suggesting that an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 may be released by the end of this week. He...
A new tweak called VolumeCustomize has just gone live in the Cydia store which gives users complete control over iOS volume HUD customization. The simple tweak lets you pick just about any color and gradient combination for the volume HUD using RGB sliders. You also have the option to choose a picture for the HUD background,...
Well, we are getting much closer to a release of the new jailbreak. Earlier today we mentioned that pod2g's new untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 was merely days away, and now one of the members of the Chronic Dev Team, @xvolks, has posted a demo of the new jailbreak on YouTube. This demo shows an...
Last week we were raving about a great new concept from designer Anton Kudin. He posted some images of a new way to unlock your iDevice, by folding the lockscreen, like an accordion, revealing your home screen. This "fold to unlock" tweak is no longer just a concept. An iOS developer/hacker, by the name of Jonas...
