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

LockInfo is another one of those jailbroken iPad tweaks that, because it is extremely clever, will be adopted by Apple and be available as a standard feature in iOS 5. In other words, LockInfo delivers a very similar function to that of the Notification Center found in iOS 5.

However, because iOS 5 is still a few months away, we jailbreak our iPad and use Cydia to get these great tweaks … Read More

The following Cydia tweak is another one of those must-have jailbroken functions. Winterboard is one of the oldest jailbroken tweaks available on Cydia and it is also one of the most amusing tweaks too!

If you’ve ever wanted to completely customize your iPad, such as changing icon colors or designs, changing Home Screen backgrounds, Lock Screen backgrounds, using animated backgrounds, or whatever theme you can think of, Winterboard is your resource.

Once … Read More

This morning Apple released iOS 4.3.4 to patch the PDF hack used in the JailbreakMe.com jailbreak tool.

iOS 4.3.4 Software Update

Fixes security vulnerability associated with viewing malicious PDF files.

The update is available for all models of iPad and iPad 2 via iTunes.

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One of the major updates in the upcoming iOS 5, scheduled for release this fall 2011, is a completely redesigned notification system.

Instead of being forced to used the intrusive and annoying iOS 4.3.3 and earlier pop-up notifications, iOS 5 moves notifications to the status bar and then hides them in the new “Notification Center. While you can opt out of using this new notification system, it is one of the … Read More

Looking for more jailbroken apps or tweaks for your new jailbroken iPad? You have come to the right place!

Isn’t it frustrating when your Home Screen folders are full? Maybe you have some more apps you would love to organize into your “Utilities” folder, but that folder is full! So you have to create “Utilities 2”, “Utilities 3” and so on. Well, there is a better way!

Jump into Cydia and download … Read More