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You must be aware that the present iOS 4.2.1 jailbreaking tool works best only on the older models like iPhone 3G and 3GS. While iPhone 4 and iPad users too may jailbreak using the available version of RedSn0w, these users will need to make do with a tethered jailbreak. That means, every time you need

Image via Wikipedia Cydia is a household name amongst the jailbreak community, but what does the word really mean? and why was it called that? Those of you who have jailbroken iOS devices are very likely to have used Cydia. The credit for this store which brings extra unrestricted functionality to our iOS devices goes

After releasing a jailbreak app which enables AirPlay functionality via third-party apps, Erica Sadun has now released AirPlayer for Mac OS X which mimics as Apple TV (2nd-gen) to playback videos from iPhone, iPad and iPod touch to your Mac. Perfect for those of you who use 27-inch iMac or Cinema Display as your TV

If you have updated your iPhone 3G(S) baseband to iPad baseband 06.15.00 in order to unlock it on iOS 4.2.1 and now you are having issues while restoring the device, Sherif Hashif has posted a simple method which we are going to share with you people. In case you want to restore iPhone 3GS back

Graviboard is a cool new Cydia tweak developed by Conradev. Once activated, it will make the your homescreen icons loose gravity. There are a few different settings of gravity to choose from such as Earth, Moon, and Zero Gravity. The effect actually works really well and the icons even gravitate towards the direction you tilt

I’ve been working on this project for the past 2 months. For a while, everyone asks whats killing their battery. The only real benchmarks available to people were the iOS Battery meter, and the handful of AppStore (and Cydia) Apps that relied too heavily on UIDevice (thats an SDK term for you non-programming folk), which

The recently released PwnageTool / Redsn0w jailbreak tools for iOS 4.2.1 requires you to transfer iPad’s 3.2.2 baseband to your iPhone 3GS & 3G in order to unlock it using Ultrasn0w 1.2. This has resulted in poor battery performance as has been experienced by many users. Some users have also complained about their device becoming

Apple’s claims about iPhone privacy and security are exaggerated, according to software engineer and security expert Nicolas Seriot, who gave a presentation this week about the iPhone at the Black Hat Conference in DC. Apple’s sandboxing technology restricts iPhone applications to operating system resources with a list of deny/allow rules at the kernel level, but

We’ve been down this road before: a new iOS version is released that undoes all of the nasty stuff hackers did to the previous version. A week later those same hackers blow out a jailbreak and then a few days later they release a full unlock (the latest iOS unlock is only for 3G and

Amazon.com Widgets Image via Wikipedia Been waiting a while for this. Go to the Dev Team blog for important info on baseband upgrade warnings. Click here: http://blog.iphone-dev.org/ Admin The iPhone Dev-Team has released the updated version of carrier unlocking tool called Ultrasn0w which can unlock the latest iOS 4.2.1 and 4.1 firmware on iPhone 3GS

Today we’re pleased to announce our free carrier unlock for iPhone3G/3GS owners with a baseband later than 05.13.04.  The unlock for that baseband exploited the AT+XAPP command, thanks to a crash initially discovered by @sherif_hashim (@Oranav also found this crash).  So what hole are we exploiting today, since Apple closed that AT+XAPP hole?  Well, we’re

It was only a few days ago when a proof of concept hack for streaming videos via AirPlay using third party apps was shown on video. This was based on Erica Sadun’s discovery, details on which can be found here. By default, Apple’s AirPlay video streaming feature is limited to YouTube app only. But now,

With Turkey Day a few days off, today Apple publicly released FW version 4.2.1.  As always, ultrasn0w unlockers please stay far far away from this official firmware (and all official firmware).  Wait for the ability to create custom 4.2.1. IPSWs that don’t update your baseband!  If you’re not an unlocker, read on! The best news

I don’t know about anyone else, but I was pretty excited for the Chronic Dev Team to release Greenpois0n so that I could jailbreak my iPhone 4 on iOS 4.1. And no, I didn’t upgrade to 4.1 for the HDR camera or any other additional feature. I had to upgrade for a VPN app that

Image via Wikipedia Yes you read that right! As the title suggests, you can now enable HD video recording on your jailbroken iPhone 3GS, running iOS 4.x. ARM Cortex processor on iPhone 3GS is apparently capable of handling 720p video encoding, it is just that Apple has imposed some limitation in the software which Mike

Image via CrunchBase By sheer serendipity, a member at Macrumors reported to have discovered a new bug in iOS 4.1 that allows you to make calls and send mail, even though your iPhone is locked or password protected. Hit the video after the break that shows how to bypass the device’s lock screen and make

If, for whatever purpose, you want to make your iOS device look like it’s on iOS 4.1 (or another version) when, in fact, it’s on an older version, then you can use Firmware Changer to do just that without digging into complicated .plist files. Firmware Changer 4.0 enables you to change your devices firmware version

This tutorial will show you how to upgrade your iPhone 4 to 4.1 without upgrading its baseband using TinyUmbrella. We recommend reading the TinyUmbrella Read Me Located here before doing anything. The Mac version of this tutorial is here. Please Note: This ONLY Works with the iPhone 4! Step One Download TinyUmbrella from here Also

Update : After the soap drama, GreenPosion re-did their code as to not release the Shatter exploit. Its out today. Might be better that the LimeRa1n in some cases. http://www.greenpois0n.com/ is the link to their Jailbreak. Be carefull on the 4.1 upgrade. It will blow away your modem firmware and you wont be able to

Limera1n surprise After a few very dramatic days in the jailbreak community, geohot has come out of nowhere to release limera1n.  It’s a bootrom-level jailbreak that works on the iPhone3GS, iPhone4, iPod touch 3G, iPod touch 4G, the iPad, and (technically) the AppleTV 2G. DO NOT USE LIMERA1N IF YOU USE THE ULTRASN0W CARRIER UNLOCK

Image by Getty Images via @daylife GreenPoison only works on the new iPhone4 and iPad and iPod4g, so this new news of LimeRa1n is good for a lot of people stuck with their 3g and 3gs iphones on 4.1. Kevin Alright, I chatted with geohot earlier today but was sworn to secrecy – although it

With the low-level SHAtter exploit scheduled to pwn all iOS devices for life soon, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that the iOS 4.1 jailbreak will go down in history as one of the most anticipated jailbreak tool releases ever. And it is now “seems” only a matter of days, not weeks, till GreenPois0n tool

Earlier this morning Apple released the promised iPhone 4.1 software update that brings not only new features such as HDR photography and Game Center but also promises to fix — among others — the Bluetooth connection bug we previously exposed. Naturally, many iPhone owners are eager to upgrade to 4.1 as soon as possible. If

Image via Wikipedia By Myriam Joire posted Jul 9th 2010 12:20PM How-To Image via Wikipedia Myriam Joire (tnkgrl) was born wearing combat boots and holding a keyboard; moments later she picked up a soldering iron. She’s been stomping, typing and hacking ever since. In her regular series, she’ll share her tips, tricks, and mods on

It’s been a year and a half since Rock Your Phone first made live their Rock.app store for 3rd party iPhone apps. Over the past few months, the folks who own both stores (Jay Freeman and Mario Ciabarra) have been working through a huge deal, which has come to public fruition tonight – Cydia is

The iPhone hacker (pod2g of Chronic Dev Team) who previously found the 24kpwn exploit has successfully managed to find another bootrom based exploit which can jailbreak all iOS based devices on the latest iOS 4.1 firmware. What this means is that the next jailbreak most probably is going to be based on bootrom exploit which

Earlier this morning Apple released the promised iPhone 4.1 software update that brings not only new features such as HDR photography and Game Center but also promises to fix — among others — the Bluetooth connection bug we previously exposed. Naturally, many iPhone owners are eager to upgrade to 4.1 as soon as possible. If

It’s a trap! Today you’ll likely start seeing iTunes innocently offer you a new version of iOS…version 4.1.  Don’t accept it…it’s a trap! You can JailBreak 4.1 but there is not a unlock for its baseband (Tmoble users) There are ways to upgrade with out updating the baseband using Pawnage tool . Others should be

I was like 3 hours to late to get this app before Apple pulled it. Had to get it by other means, ie: torrent. Its really a nice app for taking pictures. Here is how to activate the volume buttons to be the shutter button. Kevin So, what if Apple banned Camera+’s volume snap feature

The official UK website of Apple has this confirmation up on the site that iOS 4.1 for iPhone and iPod touches will drop on Wednesday, September 8th. This is probably the same day when the new iPod lineup for fall 2010 (iPod nano, iPod shuffle and iPod touch 4G) will also go retail. If your