"Hey jailbreaking friends, I’ve found a bug that can untether iOS 5." This was the message by @pod2g, a member of the Chronic Dev Team, posted earlier today on twitter suggesting that he has discovered a loop hole in iOS 5 that can be exploited to achieve an untethered iOS 5 jailbreak. However, he also mentioned...
If you have notification banners set in iOS 5, they are a real treat as they can show you relevant information and then disappear quickly. However, if you are in an application that requires concentration, constant notification banners can be distracting and annoying. It might seem like an eternity for them to disappear on their...
An interesting report published by The Next Web (via Windows Live blog) suggests how iOS 5 is proving beneficial for Hotmail's rapid growth, especially through mobile devices. It is claimed that over 2 million customers have connected Hotmail to iOS devices since the release of iOS 5 with over a 100,000 new iOS 5 devices...
Apple has confirmed to multiple sites iOS 5 suffers from battery life issues, and that a fix will be coming in the next few weeks. Just moments ago, Apple released iOS 5.0.1 beta to developers to fix battery issues and more. In a statement to The Loop: “A small number of customers have reported lower...
The TD Canada Trust iPhone app has been updated to version 2.4.0 to support iOS 5, and also introduce the ability to send and receive email money transfers through the re-branded Interac e-Transfer (a previous update in April introduced Interac Email Money Transfer). The TD app is a fully featured banking app to allow users...
iMessage on OS X Lion is back in the news. We had previously reported that iMessage might be integrated into the Mac OS iChat application based on strings of code found in Lion’s iChat. However a report from last night indicates that the decision to integrate iMessage into iChat or create a standalone client not been finalized. Both are reported possibilities that are...
Jailbreaking your iOS devices is fun, but backing up all those jailbreak apps and tweaks manually isn't fun at all. There wasn't any simple backup / restore solution for Cydia apps available out there until PKGBackup was introduced. It not only provides the simplest, fully automated backup solution for all your jailbreak stuff including Cydia...
If you're a new iPhone 4S or iOS 5 user, an essential free download is Apple's iPhone User Guide for iOS 5. This 150 page book has been updated to include content related to the iPhone 4S, such as information about using Siri and more. The information within these guides are concise and clear, and...
What is the state of the iOS 5 jailbreak? Currently a tethered jailbreak is available by using redsn0w. A tethered jailbreak means if you run out of battery or reboot your iPhone, you'll need to connect to Mac/PC to 'boot' your phone again to make it usable, whereas an untethered jailbreak is the opposite. BigBoss...
Just moments ago, Dev-Team pushed another update to Redsn0w jailbreak for iOS 5. The news came from @MuscleNerd as always via Twitter explaining that Redsn0w 0.9.9b7 for Windows and Mac is the fastest jailbreak solution for iOS 5. Total jailbreak time has been reduced to 80 seconds which was previously around 210 seconds. However, this will stretch...
Apple has just sent out an email to its developers to broadcast the iOS 5 Tech Talk World Tour 2011. This event will span 9 cities across the globe to help developers learn from Apple experts. If you're in the iOS Developer Program, you are eligible to attend, but preference will be for those with...
Heads up guys! Everyone's favorite iOS customization utility i.e Winterboard has just been updated to support iOS 5 and is now available for download in Cydia. Jay Freeman (@Saurik) has been updating all his Cydia packages one by one to make them work smoothly with iOS 5. A beta version of Winterboard for iOS 5 was handed over...
