Jailbreak

Attention all Windows users! You can now jailbreak your iOS devices running iOS 5 beta 5 with the just released Sn0wbreeze 2.8 b5. The latest version of Sn0wbreeze adds support for device hacktivation and can also bypass device UDID registration check which is required for activation of any iOS 5 beta release. Also, the expiry dates will be...

Ever wanted to use your iPhone's camera roll photos as a slideshow on your homescreen? Well now it is possible with this upcoming springboard tweak called "MultiWall". The tweak allows you to set multiple photos for automatic scrolling on any jailbroken iPhone or iPod's homescreen, replacing the regular background wallpaper. The tweak has not yet...

If you're a developer on iOS 5 beta 5, and rely on a jailbreak, you'll be pleased to know redsn0w 0.9.8b5 has been released. This tethered jailbreak means if you reboot, run out of battery, or restart your Springboard--you'll need to jailbreak again to use your phone. As noted by @musclenerd, via the iPhone Dev...

Update: Geohot also won an award for 'Best Song', with his rap titled 'The Light it Up Contest. Check that song out below: --- Comex, the brains behind the notoriously brilliant JailbreakMe.com for iOS devices, has just won a 2011 Pwnie Award for 'Best Client-Side Bug'. The Pwnie awards happen yearly in Las Vegas to...

If you're ever used JailbreakMe.com, then you've seen the miraculous work of iPhone hacker, @comex. He has managed to stay out of the limelight, but his ingenious hacking skills have not. Forbes has revealed @comex as 19 year old Nicholas Allegra, a Brown University student that lives with his parents in Chappaqua, New York: The...

The iPhone Dev Team is back at work, again. Just like iOS 5 beta 3, the latest beta 4 build can be jailbroken by redsn0w, as noted by @musclenerd. This is a tethered jailbreak, and should only be used if you require a tethered jailbreak for iOS 5. As described on the iPhone Dev Team...

With iOS 4.3.4 released yesterday by Apple to patch up the PDF exploit that made JailbreakMe.com 3.0 possible, a tethered jailbreak has been released by the iPhone Dev Team, via redsn0w 0.9.8b3: Update #3: For the convenience of kernel hackers like @comex and @i0n1c, we have a new redsn0w 0.9.8b3 that supports a TETHERED jailbreak...

Sn0wbreeze 2.8b4 for Windows has been released by iH8sn0w. The update enables users to jailbreak their iOS device on iOS 5 Beta 3. This jailbreak tool is the Windows equivalent of PwnageTool (Mac only). Users should use sn0wbreeze if they want to update to iOS 5 Beta 3 safely but keep their existing baseband. Sn0wbreeze 2.8b4 release...

If you’re a developer using iOS 5 Beta, the iPhone Dev-Team has now released an update to the jailbreaking tool redsn0w. The jailbreaking tool was released to fix issues with running App Store apps after jailbreaking a device on iOS 5.0 Beta 3. The redsn0w jailbreak for iOS 5 Beta is tethered which means if you...

As confirmed by @MuscleNerd via Twitter, developers looking to jailbreak iOS 5 Beta 3 (released today) can do so with redsn0w using the same version released a few weeks ago. MuscleNerd notes: Today's 5.0b3 can be jailbroken with last month's redsn0w http://is.gd/6eek4Y(point it at 5.0b1 IPSW..devs only please!) As long as you still have the iOS 5 Beta 1 firmware file, you're good...

JailbreakMe.com 3.0 has set another incredible milestone. According to a tweet from @chpwn, the site surpassed two million jailbreaks since its release in the early morning on Wednesday, July 6th. In under 24 hours of its initial release, the site saw over one million jailbreaks. There have been over 200 million iOS devices sold. If...

Update 1: Andrew Liu has updated Swype to beta 2 with the following new features: - improved accuracy - added blue swipe tracer line - feature added to work with most apps Swype developed a way of typing on a touchscreen keyboard by sliding your fingers across keys and letting its unique auto correct work...