Archive for the ‘Jailbreaking’ Category
If you own a Mac, you might be following the development of Apple’s next operating system, OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion. Many new features have been revealed, showing that Apple is really trying to close the gap between OSX and iOS. One of these features is Notification Center. OS X 10.8 comes with iOS 5’s Notification Center, but handles it in a different way. You click the notification button at the … Read More
If you’re into jailbreaking your iPad, you probably heard Absinthe 2.0 was released to jailbreak iOS 5.1.1. This also includes all versions of the iPad so if you’re into tweaks and such, it’s something to consider.
Absinthe has been updated to version 2.0.2, which also means early bugs from the initial release have been squashed. To jailbreak, all you have to do is backup your device via iTunes, update to iOS … Read More
Earlier we saw a concept video that showed how text editing on the iPad could be improved, created by Daniel Hooper. Now, that concept has come to life thanks to jailbreak developer Kyle Howells. He has created a usable tweak of the concept called SwipeSelection, reports iDownloadBlog:
But it’s one thing to see a demo video, and a whole another thing to actually use a workable version of said concept. … Read More
Earlier we told you about @musclenerd and @i0n1c talking about jailbreaking the new iPad on iOS 5.1. Well, no i0n1c has posted video evidence of his jailbreak on YouTube. The video clearly shows a new iPad jailbroken on iOS 5.1. No further information was posted about a possible released, but it’s pretty amazing how this has occurred on iPad launch day.
This video shows an untethered jailbroken iPad 3,3 also … Read More
This evening, our beloved iPhone Dev Team has posted on thier official blog, that there are a few avenues towards a possible iPad 3 jailbreak. The iPhone Dev Team have been responsible for the Pwnage Tool and Redsn0w jailbreaks, and have also had a hand in the Spirit and JailbreakMe.com jailbreaks.
Interestingly enough, it seems that the same exploit used to jailbreak the iPad, … Read More
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
This … Read More
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