So, the highly anticipated untethered jailbreak for iPad 2 on iOS 5.0.1 is finally out and with it opens a whole new portal of Cydia tweaks for your jailbroken device. If you’re into jailbreaking (who isn’t?) and have freshly jailbroken your iPad 2 on iOS 5.0.1, here are 3 must have Cydia Tweaks for your device all of which have been tested to be fully compatible.

RetinaPad

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Update 1: The GUI version of Absinthe for Windows has been released. Download here.

Yesterday @pod2g and his ‘dream team’ released the much-anticipated jailbreak for the iPad 2 via the tool called Absinthe. Currently it’s only available for Mac OS X users, however the iPhone Dev Team has released a command-line interface (CLI) version of the tool for advanced users that supports Windows. A Windows version of Absinthe will … Read More

@Planetbeing, one of the lead members of hackers ‘dream team’, who is working real hard on releasing an A5 jailbreak (iPhone 4S/iPad 2) as soon as possible, teased his twitter followers today by posting a photo showing iOS 5 exclusive jailbreak tweak ‘IntelliScreenX’ running on his iPad 2. He also said that it was a productive day for him as he successfully tested ‘IntelliScreenX’ on both iPhone 4S and … Read More

Update 1: Looks like the blog post has been removed.

Pod2g has been hard at work with his iOS hacking ‘dream team’, and previously noted the iPhone 4S jailbreak release was imminent. As for the iPad 2? He has just updated his blog with an image of Cydia’s start screen showing on a white iPad 2  (notice the front facing camera) under the title ‘iPad 2 5.0.1 untethered’. … Read More

News has emerged over the iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for the iPad 2. iOS hacker @pod2g previously released the untethered jailbreak for the iPad and other A4 devices, and now he tweets the iPad 2 jailbreak is expected to be released in a week:

I made a step today for the A5. With some luck we could expect a release in a week.

Yes, upgrade your 4S and … Read More

There has been some significant news on the jailbreak front for iOS devices thanks to the hard work of @pod2g. His work has resulted in the release of updated tools for an untethered jailbreak for the iPad 1 on iOS 5.0.1.

All you have to do is use redsn0w via The iPhone Dev Team (or use Corona in Cydia via the Chronic Dev Team if you’re already tethered … Read More

It looks like the iOS 5.0 untethered exploit discovered by pod2g has been successfully applied to the first generation iPad, as noted on his blog:

iPad 1 5.0.1 untethered

Code is done, testing tomorrow with a friend’s device.

Just to let you know my progress in real time.

He has also tested this iOS 5.0 untether on the following devices:

iPod touch 3g
iPod touch 4g
iPhone 3GS
iPhone 4
Apple TV2 on 4.4.3

There’s no ETA … Read More

PhoneIt-iPad is a tweak available for jailbroken iPads which allows 3G capable iPads to take full advantage of their connection to a cellular network and make / receive phone calls as well as send / receive SMS messages. The tweak from iPhoneIslam which is available on Cydia for $19.99, has just been updated to fully support iOS 5. The tweak does require a SIM card with an active voice plan. To install, … Read More

All of us have been eagerly waiting for an iPad 2 jailbreak beyond iOS 4.3.3 and as it seems, the wait is finally over. Just moments ago, @MuscleNerd of Dev-Team has pushed a demo video to show the world an iPad 2 running smoothly after a jailbreak on iOS 5 with full support for Newsstand.

As we are all very well aware that iOS 5 jailbreak on other … Read More

iOS 5 beta 7 is out and most of us beta testers have already updated to the latest build. Once again, Dev-Team has been quick enough to release Redsn0w 0.9.8 b7b which can jailbreak iOS 5 beta 7 tethered on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 3G / 3G and iPad. iPhone 3GS users with older bootrom get to enjoy an untethered jailbreak on iOS 5 beta 7 like always. If you own … Read More