Jailbreak

Earlier this week, the Chronic Dev-Team released the latest version of Greenpois0n, the popular iDevice jailbreaking tool. The latest version features an untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1. This means that users who jailbreak with Greenpois0n will be able to turn their iDevice off and on without having to tether their device to a computer upon reboot...

Update 4/5: Greenpoison for Mac updated to RC5.4. Click here to download. Also, Greenpois0n for Windows released! Click here to download RC5.4. Update 3: Greenpois0n RC5.2 released! Official link is here. Unofficial download links here or here. Update 2: Are you on tethered 4.2.1 via redsn0w? You can just jump straight into greenpois0n to untether your jailbreak, as...

There are many jailbreak-only tweaks available on Cydia, but this 3D Homescreen tweak definitely ranks high in the visual category. Apocalypse, an app developer, is working on a new jailbroken tweak called 3DBoard, which as seen below, adds a subtle 3D effect to the icons on your iPhone homescreen when the device is tilted (no...

Pod2g notes that a small bug remains where the wifi icon doesn't show up. Once fixed they will package the untether for release. Here's a video demo below, released via twitter: An 'untethered' iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak is what the world has been waiting for. It would be wise to release this after iOS 4.3 is...

The iPhone Dev Team have released another beta of Redsnow 0.9.7. This brings the untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 to beta 6. This time they have resolved the Skype and Bluetooth issues. That have been present up to beta 4. (They fixed the Bluetooth issue in beta 5). Also, there is no need for a...

In this article, we're taking a look at a new tweak that was recently released in Cydia. This tweak, called "Move Lockscreen to Unlock", does just what it says. Rather than just moving your slider to unlock the device, you can move the entire lockscreen. You can still have the unlock slider active, or you...

When the new iPod Nano was announced, earlier this year, There was speculation that the new touch screen iPod Nano would be running some form of iOS and that it might be able to be jailbroken. Once it was in people's hands it was quickly determined that, it does not run iOS, but just a...

The iPhone Dev Team have been teasing an untethered jailbreak for the newest iDevices on iOS 4.2.1, for a while now. The rumour was that Christmas weekend would be the release date. Well, they came really close, and released a beta of Redsn0w to beta tester who have a Mac, and were willing to possibly mess...

The iPhone Dev team has released the 'beta' version of redsn0w, their untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4, iPod touch 4G, and iPad. This is beta, so use at your own risk and only with iOS devices you're willing to test. Known issues are Bluetooth not working, Springboard to crash via task switcher, and the...

Earlier tonight, Comex of the iPhone Dev Team sent out a tweet indicating that he may miss his self-imposed untethered jailbreak deadline. I think I'm going to miss my Christmas deadline... On Tuesday the iPhone Dev-Team announced that they may have an untethered jailbreak ready by Christmas. This jailbreak would not require a restore or...

At this time, the way to jailbreak your iOS 4.2 device is by using a tethered jailbreak. This means that whenever your iDevice turns off or battery dies, you have to plug the device into iTunes to reactivate. It's a decent process, but not very convenient. Earlier in December, Comex (Spirit jailbreak, JailbreakMe) indicated that...

That's a common question asked by new jailbreakers, and a challenging one to articulate by master jailbreakers. The latest version of redsn0w 0.9.6b4 will jailbreak your iOS 4.2.1 device--but depending on which device you have, your jailbreak will be either tethered or untethered. Here's the following explanation from the iPhone Dev Team: Update #2:  The...