Earlier today it was revealed a passcode flaw in iOS 6.1 allowed anyone to bypass its security and allow anyone to access contacts, photos and voicemails. AllThingsD received a comment from Apple regarding the exploit: “Apple takes user security very seriously” spokeswoman Trudy Muller told AllThingsD. “We are aware of this issue, and will deliver...
A new security flaw has been discovered in iOS 6.1 that allows anyone – who knows the trick – to bypass the passcode lock on your iPhone in a couple seconds and access your contacts, voicemails and photos. (more…)
Since the release of iOS 6.1 over two weeks ago a bug has been affecting users with Microsoft Exchange accounts. Apple has now acknowledged the fix and has offered a temporary solution while an impending update is waiting to be released, reports ZDNet. In an updated knowledge base article, Apple acknowledges the bug and also...
The Firecore team has announced the release of aTV Flash (black) 2.2 and Seas0nPass to support Apple TV firmware 5.2 (iOS 6.1) to support Bluetooth keyboards and more. Full list of changes NEW! Added support for Apple TV 5.2 and Bluetooth keyboards Minor improvements to backups Minor improvements to DVD playback A handful of other...
If you rely on ultrasn0w 1.2.8 to unlock your iPhone 3G/3GS or iPhone 4, it was updated to support iOS 6.1 on Monday, the same day evasi0n was released, according to @musclenerd. https://twitter.com/MuscleNerd/status/299189418605043713 Ultrasn0w 1.2.8 will only unlock the following basebands: iPhone 3G/3GS: 04.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01, 05.13.04, and 06.15.00 iPhone 4: 01.59.00 How to unlock your existing...
As with all 1.0 jailbreak releases there are always initial bugs, which happens to be the case with the new evasi0n tool. Earlier we covered a few of the issues which involved the "patching kernel" freeze, Cydia downtime and the weather app crashing on launch. Another issue that has become quite common is the time...
Earlier today the @evad3rs team released their untethered iOS 6.1 jailbreak tool, evasi0n 1.0--one of the easiest to date. Just how was this latest jailbreak accomplished? Braden Thomas, from Accuvant Labs, explains what @planetbeing, @pod2g @pimskeks and @musclenerd were able to figure out to bypass Apple and iOS to reach an untethered jailbreak: This blog post...
The newest untethered jailbreak - evasi0n - is out for your iOS devices running iOS 6.0 through 6.1. We have a great step-by-step walk through on how to do it here. But if you're like me, you may want to see the process from start to finish visually. So here is my video tutorial on...
This morning the @evad3rs jailbreak team released their evasi0n iOS 6.1 jailbreak tool to the world. As with any jailbreak release, there are bugs that need to be squashed. Here are some issues users have have experienced: Device screen frozen on "patching kernel". Fix? @pod2g says Press Power+Home to force a reboot Cydia not loading...
The @evad3rs jailbreak team has released their iOS 6.1 jailbreak tool evasi0n to the masses. The tool will allow you to jailbreak the following devices on iOS 6.0, iOS 6.0.1, iOS 6.0.2, and iOS 6.1: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Mini iPod touch 4G, iPod...
It appears the Evasi0n iOS 6.1 jailbreak could be released at 9AM PST/12PM EST, according to some sleuths over at reddit. They have determined the algorithm used by the @evad3rs jailbreak team to move the progress bar, which is advancing at the rate of 0.0090863/min. By the time the bar reaches 100%, it will hit...
Looks like Sunday isn't going to be 'fun day', but that's not going to be a problem for many. The @evad3rs jailbreak team just tweeted they have entered its "final testing and preparation" phase and said the release will be coming tomorrow. http://twitter.com/evad3rs/status/298224369203814400 The website now shows 90% completion with the next step being "release!":...
