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By RoryPiper on January 14th, 2011

Some key players in the jailbreak community are feuding again. Members of The iPhone Dev Team and The Chronic Dev Team have been bickering back and forth about who has the best jailbreak and/or unlock for current iDevices. If you follow these folks on Twitter, you know what I’m talking about. In my opinion, this…

By Ex on December 14th, 2010

Update 1: via twitter atekant: @iPhoneinCanada I am on the phone with Fido and talking to the unlock guy right now. there doesn’t seem to be a problem with the iPhone Update 2: the unlocking process explained via @atekant. He was told to restore his iPhone and it would be “unlocked” via iTunes 611->1st guy:…

By Ex on November 30th, 2010

Leading up to the new year, Telus has been making a lot of changes that are actually improving its services. Over the last month, the company has released fairly competitive price plans, restructured their cancellation policy (for the better), and introduced a new early hardware upgrade program that actually lets Telus customers get a new…

By Ex on November 25th, 2010

A quick note for those keeping track, the iPhone Dev-Team has made very good progress lately on the iOS 4.2.1 unlock and according to MuscleNerd, an unlocking tool should be available by Sunday. At this time, the unlock will only support iPhone 3G/3GS. The iPhone 4 unlock will require a bit more time. From MuscleNerd:…

By Gary Ng on October 12th, 2010

Finally! After all that drama in the jailbreak scene with geohot’s limera1n, we have some good news. The Chronic Dev Team has released their highly anticipated jailbreak for iOS devices. First off, compatibility. From The Chronic Dev Team: “Initially, this will be a Windows-only release. This is due to some technical complications that we soon…

By Gary Ng on October 7th, 2010

Oh sure, Mac users got this treatment more than two weeks ago. But not everyone uses a Mac right? Which is exactly why the Dev-Team has just released an updated redsn0w for Windows. Before you ask, this is for the iPhone 3G and iPod Touch (second generation) ONLY. More importantly: this update is NOT for ultrasn0w…

By Gary Ng on September 21st, 2010

The iPhone Dev-Team has done it again. If you’re still holding on to an iPhone 3G or 2nd generation iPod Touch running 4.1, your jailbreak tools for Mac are here. It’s fairly straight forward as usual with redsn0w, get on the official 4.0 or 4.1 firmware, then use redsn0w to jailbreak. Dev-Team: “IF YOU USE…

By Ex on September 8th, 2010

With Apple expected to release iOS 4.1 today, the iPhone Dev-Team has issued another warning urging iDevice owners to NOT update their device to iOS 4.1. We all know that it is difficult to fight the urge to update our iDevice, but by doing so this week could make future jailbreaking and/or unlocking impossible. As…

By Ex on August 26th, 2010

Today, the Dev-Team announced that there will not be a jailbreak coming for iOS 4.0.2. With the Jailbreakme.com being one of the most successful and easiest jailbreak methods ever to jailbreak iOS 4.0.1 and earlier, Apple quickly closed that hole with iOS 4.0.2. If you have not yet updated to iOS 4.0.2, good! That means…

By Ex on August 13th, 2010

iPhone owners who recently unlocked their iPhone with the latest version of Ultrasn0w may have been experiencing a sudden decrease in battery life. The battery levels have been so severe in some cases that some users have reported battery levels dropping an average of 5% every hour. By jailbreaking your iPhone, Ultrasn0w 1.0-1 is the…