Jailbreak

A new Cydia tweak called SwipeBack has just been released by famous iOS developer, Ryan Petrich. The tweak which is currently in beta, brings a gesture based alternative to the default "back" button on jailbroken iOS devices which lets users go back one step within an app using a single left-to-right swipe. To make SwipeBack work...

It's not too often that you see Saurik on Twitter, so when he is, you pay attention. Saurik is the creator of Cydia, the widely popular 3rd party installer for iOS. Saurik (Jay Freeman in the real world) has been one of the largest contributors to the jailbreak scene, creating this platform for many other...

Firecore has released the latest version of Seas0nPass, the only jailbreak available for the AppleTV2 on the current firmware. This is a tethered jailbreak, so if you ever unplug your AppleTV, or if there's a power outage, you'll need to run the "boot tethered" part of the jailbreak. Firecore has also updated their ATVflash software,...

It's been a while since we've anything about jailbreaking iOS 5.1 on the newer A5 devices and the new iPad. Within 24 hours of the launch of the new iPad we had what seemed like 4 different ways to to go about jailbreaking the newest device on the newest firmware. We even had a few...

iOS 5.1 brought iPhone and iPod Touch users a new camera button on the lock screen, that let you "grab" the lock screen and slide it away to automatically open the camera app. With jailbreaking options limited for iOS 5.1, many jailbreakers have not yet updated their devices, and haven't been able to use this...

Canadian iOS hacker iH8sn0w tweeted that he has found a way to restore A5 devices to an earlier firmware. This is quite significant, as it was previously only possible to downgrade to a 4.x.x firmware and not an earlier 5.x.x firmware. Downgrading is used in a case where you have accidentally, or out of necessity,...

I've been getting a lot of questions lately about how I'm screen recording my iPhone for my videos. I used to just mount my Canon 60D on a tripod and shoot the screen. This is generally how most do it. However, it can be tough keeping your iDevice not only in frame, but in focus....

A brand new jailbreak tweak from JamieD360 called NCSettings has just hit the Cydia store. The tweak adds some attractive looking settings toggles to the iOS 5 Notification Center. For those who frequently use SBSettings on their jailbroken iOS devices, this is a pretty cool alternative. You get toggles for common settings like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane Mode, Respring and more....

One of the features on my iPhone that rarely gets used is the Spotlight page. When you're on you home screen, and you swipe your finger to the right, you can search for anything on your iDevice, in one convenient search field. If it's something you don't use regularly, and you have your device jailbroken,...

A few days back, the popular Sparrow iPhone app went live in the App Store as the first real viable alternative to Apple’s Mail app. Sadly, the app was released without "push notifications" since the feature was pulled by Apple before approval, due to the fact that Sparrow team was caught using an API reserved for VoIP apps....

Stefan Esser, also known as @i0n1c has teased that he has an untethered jailbreak for the iPad 3. He recently showed off pics of an iPad 2 jailbroken on iOS 5.1. In response the Musclenerd's recent post of his jailbroken iPad 3, i0n1c had this to say: This is great news! A bit of cat...

If you are not familiar with jailbreaking, and the tools involved, TinyUmbrella is a great tool that allows you to easily save your device's SHSH blobs, allowing some devices on certain firmwares to be restored from a 3rd party server. The creator of this software, @notcom, has released an update, which is compatible with Apple's...