A brand new jailbreak tweak from JamieD360 called NCSettings has just hit the Cydia store. The tweak adds some attractive looking settings toggles to the iOS 5 Notification Center. For those who frequently use SBSettings on their jailbroken iOS devices, this is a pretty cool alternative. You get toggles for common settings like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane Mode, Respring and more....
One of the features on my iPhone that rarely gets used is the Spotlight page. When you're on you home screen, and you swipe your finger to the right, you can search for anything on your iDevice, in one convenient search field. If it's something you don't use regularly, and you have your device jailbroken,...
A few days back, the popular Sparrow iPhone app went live in the App Store as the first real viable alternative to Apple’s Mail app. Sadly, the app was released without "push notifications" since the feature was pulled by Apple before approval, due to the fact that Sparrow team was caught using an API reserved for VoIP apps....
Stefan Esser, also known as @i0n1c has teased that he has an untethered jailbreak for the iPad 3. He recently showed off pics of an iPad 2 jailbroken on iOS 5.1. In response the Musclenerd's recent post of his jailbroken iPad 3, i0n1c had this to say: This is great news! A bit of cat...
If you are not familiar with jailbreaking, and the tools involved, TinyUmbrella is a great tool that allows you to easily save your device's SHSH blobs, allowing some devices on certain firmwares to be restored from a 3rd party server. The creator of this software, @notcom, has released an update, which is compatible with Apple's...
Wow! This could actually be the fastest jailbreak ever. Merely two hours after the official launch, @MuscleNerd of Dev-Team has jailbroken the all new 3rd generation Retina iPad on iOS 5.1. Just moments ago, he posted the following tweet with screenshots: jailbroken iPad3: twitpic.com/8x48rt twitpic.com/8x48xg(Just a first step, still lots of work to do!No ETA!) —...
Just moments ago, famous iOS hacker Stefan Esser a.k.a @i0n1c who is known for his untethered jailbreak exploit for iOS 4.3.1, has just published screenshots of his iPad 2 showing a successful A5 jailbreak on iOS 5.1. The screenshot clearly shows Cydia running on an iPad 2 with iOS 5.1 firmware installed. However, he hasn't given any details...
GeoHot, the genius behind the original iPhone jailbreak, was arrested today for possessing marijuana while he was driving to the annual SXSW conference in Austin. On his way to give a talk at SXSW, he reportedly had to pass through a border patrol checkpoint in Sierra Blanca where the Department of Homeland Security had drug dogs that...
iH8sn0w has released another version of his popular Windows jailbreak tool, Sn0breeze. It now supports AppleTV 2G, on iOS 4.4.3/4.4.4. Added Apple TV 2 support for iOS 4.4.3/4.4.4. Fixed rare issues with iOS 5.0.1 where it would halt on the Apple upon boot. Just adding this in mainly for users who dumped their SHSH blobs....
Two heads are better than one, right? Pod2g thinks so, as he has just posted some guidelines on how you can help the jailbreak community by sending in crash reports to discover vulnerabilities in iOS 5.1. Pod2g was the master behind the untethered iOS 5.0.1 A4/A5 jailbreaks. Earlier, he noted he working on finding a...
This probably goes without mentioning, but iOS hacker @pod2g has confirmed that he is looking for vulnerabilities in iOS 5.1. He is the hacker who has found vulnerabilities in previous iOS versions, which eventually led to an untethered jailbreak in some cases. The Absinthe jailbreak for iPad 2 and iPhone 4S was based on exploits...
We've heard from many of you that newly released iOS 5.1 has resulted in better battery life, as promised by Apple. The question remains--are you willing to lose your iOS 5.0.1 Absinthe jailbreak to get access to increased battery life in iOS 5.1? The A5 jailbreak for the iPhone 4S was a long time coming....
