Jailbreak

How to Hide Calls/SMS on the iPhone: BossPrefs, Poof, iBlacklist

Hey Everyone! Today I’d like to talk about 3 apps that you can use together if you have a jailbroken iPhone for a powerful way to hide text messages and phone calls.  I’m not going to review these apps in full, as there are reviews out there already, but I'd like to tell you how...

Icy Installer: Cydia Made Quick and Easy

When I first jailbroke my first gen iPhone, the source for 3rd party apps was through Installer (also known as AppTapp). Now, as I've moved on to the iPhone 3G, Installer has taken a backseat to Cydia, which has emerged as the only place to download apps. Cydia is great but it does have some...

How to Add a Five Icon Dock to your iPhone

I'm sure everybody out there by now knows when you hold your finger down on an icon, the icons start to "wiggle". During this time, you can freely re-arrange icons and delete apps (you can even delete Cydia apps this way too). Along the dock of the iPhone, the default icons are Phone, Mail, Safari,...

How to Use Skype Over 3G on your iPhone

Update May 30, 2010: Skype 2.0 has been updated for 3G calling. Check the App Store! Want to use Skype to make calls when you're out of WiFi hotspots? Imagine if you could use Skype ANYTIME, ANYWHERE by using your Rogers/Fido data plan! You can do so by following the steps below... 1. Jailbreak your...

CyDelete: Delete Cydia Apps Just Like iPhone Apps

For jailbroken iPhone users out there, installing 3rd party applications is easily done through Cydia. However, deleting Cydia apps can be tedious process since you have to wait for Cydia to load, navigate to Manage, go to Packages, select your app, click Modify, then hit Remove. Phew--that took a while! Introducing CyDelete: It's What We've...

iPhone OS 3.0 Jailbroken: iPhone Dev Team

In my previous post about what everybody ought to know about iPhone OS 3.0 and jailbroken iPhones, I warned users to not update their firmware until we heard from the Dev Team. Well, low and behold, the iPhone Dev Team the other night responded on their blog already. Their announcement for us all is that...iPhone...

iPod Touch 2G Jailbreak Has Finally Arrived

For all you Apple lovers with both an iPhone and iPod Touch, the following news might be important to you: the iPod Touch 2nd generation now can be jailbroken like an iPhone. The iPhone Dev Team previously released a tethered jailbreak, but it was fairly complicated. Yesterday they announced that they have now established an...

Cydia Store for iPhone Launches Today

For those with jailbroken iPhones, Cydia is the place where you can download 3rd party applications that don't make it into the App Store. Such applications like QIK, PDAnet, Cycorder, Snapture, Winterboard, Clippy, and more. Most applications are free in Cydia, but some can be purchased via PayPal. Well, that process for getting paid apps...

Apple Says Jailbreaking your iPhone is Illegal

Happy Valentine's Day! It looks like Apple is taking a stance to get the PR machine rolling to denounce jailbreaking your iPhone. News broke yesterday that Apple has submitted documents to the US Copyright Office stating that jailbreaking our iPhones is DMCA violation and copyright infringement, which essentially makes it illegal. This was posted on...

How to Turn your iPhone into a BlackBerry

If you've been following me on Twitter, you may have noticed that there has been some debate recently with Stephen Fung from FutureLooks.com. Stephen was going to purchase an iPhone 3G, until he walked into Rogers and fell in love instantly with a BlackBerry Bold, and ended up buying that instead. Jeez, poor guy hehe...

PwnageTool and QuickPwn 2.2.5 Download Available

The Dev Team has done it again. Yesterday they released updated versions of their PwnageTool and QuickPwn. Both have been updated to 2.2.5, to jailbreak the latest iPhone firmware 2.2.1. QuickPwn 2.2.5 has been updated for both Mac and Windows. PwnageTool 2.2.5 remains Mac only at the moment. Download Links PwnageTool 2.2.5 for Mac OSX...

iPhone Firmware 2.2.1 Released in iTunes: Breaks yellowsn0w Unlock

Most of you have probably heard by now that this afternoon Apple released an iPhone firmware update in iTunes. The latest version 2.2.1 is supposed to fix the following: -further stability in Safari -fixes to images saved in Mail not showing up properly in the Camera roll So it seems that this 2.2.1 update will...