Earlier today, Apple released iOS 6.1.3 to address the passcode lockscreen bypass bug, along with some map fixes for Japan. Part of the update includes numerous security fixes, which Apple has credited four of them to the Evad3rs jailbreak team, as noted by @MuscleNerd: https://twitter.com/MuscleNerd/status/314073229268496384 Apple also released an Apple TV 5.2.1 update today that...
The Evad3rs jailbreak team has been busy over the past day or so as two updates have been released for the evasi0n jailbreak tool. The latest is version 1.5.3 which aims to fix bugs for the Windows version; this release was published shortly after the 1.5.2 version that provided language support for French, Chinese and...
The Evad3rs jailbreak team recently released evasi0n 1.5.1 for download. This minor update doesn't include any major changes or fixes, as the change log reveals it comes with further Cydia package list support, similar to what was seen in the previous 1.5 update, which also brought improved device boot up times. Version 1.5.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -...
Cydia founder Jay Freeman (@saurik) has issued new numbers on the status of jailbroken iOS devices, as noted by @pod2g. There are now 14,051,500 unique devices running Cydia on iOS 6.x, with 23 million devices seen in the last month only. Impressive. https://twitter.com/pod2g/status/307796622270689280 Shortly after the release of evasi0n, Jay Freeman (Saurik) told Forbes in...
The upcoming iOS 6.1.3 will likely put an end to Evasi0n jailbreak, Planetbeing said to Andy Greenberg of Forbes. His findings are the results of the testing with iOS 6.1.3 beta 2, which was found to patch at least one of the five bugs in the jailbreak exploits the hacker team used to create the...
A brand new jailbreak tweak called TypeStatus is coming to the Cydia store, that lets you see the “now typing” indicator in the status bar when one of your friends is replying to a message using iMessage (via iDownloadBlog). Once you have the tweak installed on your device, you don't need to have the Messages app open to see...
The evad3rs jailbreak team has released evasi0n 1.5 for download. This latest version includes improved boot-up times for your iOS devices after the jailbreak and also has an brings an updated Cydia package list. The change log notes: Version 1.5 ~~~~~~~~~~~ - Improved boot-up time. - Updated included Cydia package list. Evasi0n 1.4 was released...
Earlier it was noted by the Evad3rs jailbreak team their evasi0n jailbreak tool would support iOS 6.1.2 and now it is available for download from the evasi0n website. Nothing else is new other than support for the latest version of iOS, released earlier this morning to fix the Exchange calendar bug. Version 1.4: Support for...
Apple released iOS 6.1.2 this morning to patch an Exchange calendar bug, but it appears this version can still be jailbroken on the iPad mini and iPhone 5 (for now) via evasi0n, notes @planetbeing: https://twitter.com/planetbeing/status/303949335371083776 If you are currently jailbroken and want to update, you will have to backup, do a complete restore with iTunes...
Developer of popular jailbreak tweak Auxo, @Sentry_NC has uploaded a new video on YouTube, showing off yet another app switcher concept. Looking at the video, you can tell that it provides most of the same functionality as Auxo but does it in a little more streamlined manner. The concept lets users swipe from the bottom of the page...
The Evad3rs jailbreak team has released an updated version of their jailbreak tool to support the iPhone 4S running iOS 6.1.1, released earlier today by Apple. Evasi0n 1.3 is now available for download and doesn't contain any other bug fixes or changes according to the change log, other than support for iOS 6.1.1 on the...
Earlier today Apple released iOS 6.1.1 for iPhone 4S users to address 3G performance issues. For jailbroken iPhone 4S users, @planetbeing from the evad3rs jailbreak team has noted "the JB still works fine" and an update to evasi0n will be released soon to recognize the iPhone 4S on iOS 6.1.1: https://twitter.com/planetbeing/status/301074594247348224 It appears Apple has...