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By Gary Ng on November 1st, 2009

Geohot recently turned down a $10,000 offer to buy his 05.11.07 iPhone unlock. Why? Well, that’s because iPhone jailbreak and unlock tools should always be free! There are a lot of evil people out there repackaging the hard work of the iPhone Dev Team and Geohot as their own, and selling it as a service….

By RoryPiper on November 1st, 2009

With so many awesome apps available for the iPhone, a lot of folks have the 11 pages of their springboard, all full. One of the best new features in iTunes 9, is the ability to organize your apps, right in iTunes, on your computer. What if you’re one of the many jailbreakers out there, who…

By Gary Ng on October 30th, 2009

Just a short tidbit for all you iPhone unlockers out there. Earlier this week, revered iPhone hacker, Geohot (maker of the blackra1n jailbreak utility) announced on twitter that he was going to start searching for an exploit for the 05.11.07 baseband (the current iPhone baseband firmware; use PwnageTool 3.1.4 to preserve your baseband!). blacksn0w: The…

By RoryPiper on October 25th, 2009

One of the main reasons people jailbreak their iPhones, is to get the ability to customize the iPhone OS with different themes that can be downloaded from Cydia or, if you have the capability, create yourself. A “revolution” – ary new theme that was released a few weeks ago, by Justin Williams, in the Cydia…

By Gary Ng on October 24th, 2009

If you’ve been into the whole jailbreaking game, you’re probably familiar with Icy and Kate. These two apps are some of the most popular 3rd party apps created by the Ripdev Team. Here’s a brief description of what Ripdev was: Ripdev was a team* dedicated to the development of innovative applications for the iPhone. Started…

By Gary Ng on October 15th, 2009

Remember when we wrote about “Springboard Expose” for the iPhone? Well, it looks like that concept has become a reality by the developer Steve Troughton Smith. Originally those videos showed us what it would look like on the iPhone–but what about a fully working example? Rory Piper Steps Up to the Plate as an Exclusive…

By Gary Ng on October 13th, 2009

Last week we finally saw the anticipated release of blackra1n, the all in one jailbreak for all iPhones and iPod Touches. Well, as promised by GeoHot, he has finally made a Mac version of blackra1n and it is now available for download. If you’re a PC user, you probably read Rory Piper’s tutorial on blackra1n…

By Gary Ng on October 13th, 2009

Good morning! We have some exciting news this early Tuesday! It looks like the iPhone Dev Team has been hard at work once again! They have just released PwnageTool 3.1.4 (Mac only) which will let you create a custom 3.1.2 firmware, allowing your iPhone to stay unlocked! Here’s a quick summary of their most recent…

By RoryPiper on October 11th, 2009

In this vast land of the kingdom of iPhone, there are many who feel that the stock firmware and settings of the iPhone, just aren’t enough. Thus, the “Jailbreak” was created. This gives you access to the root folders and files of the iPhone allowing for complete customization and installation of 3rd party applications. George…

By Gary Ng on October 6th, 2009

It looks like GeoHot (also known as George Hotz) is at it again. He is one of the iPhone hackers out there that always seems to discover exploits and releases jailbreaking tools apart from the iPhone Dev Team. This time around, in his recent blog post titled “Meet the Family”, he talks about the upcoming…