Jailbreak

Just moments ago, famous iOS hacker Stefan Esser a.k.a @i0n1c who is known for his untethered jailbreak exploit for iOS 4.3.1, has just published screenshots of his iPad 2 showing a successful A5 jailbreak on iOS 5.1. The screenshot clearly shows Cydia running on an iPad 2 with iOS 5.1 firmware installed. However, he hasn't given any details...

iH8sn0w has released another version of his popular Windows jailbreak tool, Sn0breeze. It now supports AppleTV 2G, on iOS 4.4.3/4.4.4. Added Apple TV 2 support for iOS 4.4.3/4.4.4. Fixed rare issues with iOS 5.0.1 where it would halt on the Apple upon boot. Just adding this in mainly for users who dumped their SHSH blobs....

This probably goes without mentioning, but iOS hacker @pod2g has confirmed that he is looking for vulnerabilities in iOS 5.1. He is the hacker who has found vulnerabilities in previous iOS versions, which eventually led to an untethered jailbreak in some cases. The Absinthe jailbreak for iPad 2 and iPhone 4S was based on exploits...

We've heard from many of you that newly released iOS 5.1 has resulted in better battery life, as promised by Apple. The question remains--are you willing to lose your iOS 5.0.1 Absinthe jailbreak to get access to increased battery life in iOS 5.1? The A5 jailbreak for the iPhone 4S was a long time coming....

The Dev Team has already released an update to Redsn0w following the public release of iOS 5.1 earlier this week and now, Windows exclusive jailbreak tool Sn0wbreeze has been updated to support Apple's latest firmware. Sn0wbreeze v2.9.2 can now jailbreak iOS 5.1 on A4 devices by creating custom jailbroken firmware files. Newer devices with A5 chip i.e...

Each year, Apple holds the WWDC (World Wide Developer's Conference), to get the developers together and show off some new products that are soon to be released. Well, the jailbreak community has started getting their developers together to share ideas and celebrate the modding/hacking community. The WWJC (World Wide Jailbreak Convention) comes to San Francisco...

The iPhone Dev-Team has released an update regarding jailbreaking and saving your SHSH blobs, just prior to the new 3rd gen iPad announcement. With the release of iOS 5.1 over the air, Apple stop will stop signing 5.0.1 SHSH blobs. Soon after 5.1 appears on Apple’s public servers (i.e. iTunes starts to offer it), Apple will...

A simple yet handy new jailbreak tweak has just hit the Cydia store called ActionSlider. As the name implies, the tweak adds a 'slider' to the iOS 5 Notification Center which looks similar to the brightness slider. The slider can be configured to perform commonly used iOS actions be sliding it LEFT or RIGHT. Once you download and...

A brand new jailbreak tweak has just hit the Cydia store called SMSmileys. This simple tweak brings real smileys to the native Messages.app and is available as a free download. Once you install the tweak on your jailbroken iPhone, your text smileys like  :') or <3 etc. will be automatically converted into more fun and...

With iOS 5 came the Notification Center. It was a vast improvement over the way iOS used to handle notifications, but there is always room for improvements. In cases where we are not getting what we want from Apple, we look to the jailbreak community and Cydia. A tweak has recently been released called "SpeakEvents",...

There is a new web based store on the way for jailbroken iDevices. It is called iTweak. It is being described as an alternative to Cydia, featuring themes and utilities for your jailbroken iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. They also hint that there will be a Mac and PC client to visit the store, but...

If you have a jailbroken iDevice, you have probably heard of a tweak called Zeppelin. It allows you to quickly change your carrier logo in the status bar, without Winterboard or respringing your device. Since it's release, Cydia has been flooded with lots of different logos. We thought there should be at least one more....