Jailbreak

Update: @i0n1c states this newest jailbreak should fix the battery drain issue with the previous PwnageTool 4.3.3/redsn0w 0.9.6rc15 jailbreak. BTW: by using the latest RedSw0w you also might decrease the battery drain. Process Priority was not restored after the kernel exploit. That might have caused some battery drain. The iPhone Dev Team has released a...

A new tool has been released by the folks at Planet iPhones, and it's called Cydia Search. This will allow you to search for new Cydia packages on the web easily and quickly. Typically searching for packages on Cydia can be slow, and this new search makes it easy. Cydia Search is updated every hour...

Formerly known as ipswDownloader, openIPSW helps Windows users determine their jailbreak status. It helps identify your device (you should know this!), iOS version, what jailbreak tool to use, unlock status, baseband version, and status of SHSH blobs. Ryan mentioned to me on twitter that Mac/iOS support could be coming in the future. Essentially openIPSW does...

The iPhone Dev Team released updated jailbreak tools for iOS 4.3.3 today. Ultrasn0w 1.2.3 was also updated for iOS 4.3.3. This is NOT a new unlock. ultrasn0w has been updated to v1.2.3 to be compatible with iOS 4.3.3 and earlier (the ultrasn0w update does not include any new baseband support!). Please reboot your iPhone using...

If your iDevice (except iPad 2) is jailbroken or unlocked, it is now safe to update to iOS 4.3.3. The iPhone dev team has confirmed that iOS 4.3.3 is still vulnerable to the untethered jailbreak exploit that @i0n1c created for 4.3.1. This morning, PwnageTool and redsn0w have been updated and will jailbreak iOS 4.3.3 on...

Just like iOS 4.3.2, the latest release of iOS 4.3.3 is still vulnerable to i0n1c's untether exploit. This was confirmed by @comex and @dpdesilva: What does this mean? It means an untethered jailbreak will soon arrive for jailbreakers. Stay tuned as we hear from The iPhone Dev team on the status of updated PwnageTool/redsn0w jailbreak...

Peter Hajas has just released MobileNotifier beta4 (decadent dinobites as he calls it), and it's now available in Cydia. MobileNotifier gained a lot of attention for improving iOS notifications, and this new version brings some new changes. Here's what's new: - Brand new alert style that lives in the doubleheight statusbar. Takes unobtrusive notifications to...

The makers of Icy have a new project in the mix. It's called Lima/fr0st, and will allow the installation of jailbreak apps/tweaks via Mobile Safari. The problem with Cydia is that it's slow, and always 'Reloading Data' (even though it was sped up recently). Lima plans to bypass Cydia and take full advantage of Mobile...

Are you buying a white iPhone 4? Maybe you already have one. You might be asking yourself, "can the white iPhone 4 be jailbroken?". The answer is a big YES, thanks to confirmation via former Apple employee @dpdesilva: Already confirmed but good to reiterate; white iPhone 4 is jailbreakable via#limera1n iPhone hacker @chronic was informed via...

If you've had difficulty downloading tweaks and apps from Cydia, it was because they were affected by the massive failure of Amazon's Cloud Web Service. Saurik (aka Jay Freeman) sent out a tweet today announcing everything should be back up and running after more than three days of downtime. After 86 hours offline, Cydia is...

The iPhone Dev Team has just released PwnageTool 4.3.2 and ultrasn0w 1.2.2, to support iOS 4.3.2. What is PwnageTool? It will create a custom jailbroken firmware for you to restore from, without updating your baseband (for Mac users; PC users should use sn0wbreeze). Follow our PwnageTool guide here, and ultrasn0w guide here. Update #3: PwnageTool...

Earlier today it was revealed that since iOS 4, your location has been tracked and saved on your iPhone in an unencrypted file. There hasn't been a way to stop this--until now. Canada is here to save the day, via iPhone developer Ryan Petrich, from Edmonton. He has created a tweak called Untrackerd that will...