In a recent Twitter update, Joshua Hill (@p0sixninja) of the Chronic Dev Team has announced that already 10 million crash reports have been submitted by jailbreak fans via the Chronic-Dev Crash Reporter.
Well, that didn’t last long. Just days after our iOS Academy guru showed us how to make home screen shortcuts to the Settings app without jailbreaking, comes word Apple has killed the tweak in iOS 5.1 beta.
Officially, Apple’s voice recognition service, Siri, is only available on the iPhone 4S. However, a new jailbreak is expanding Siri’s reach to the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS for the first time, according to iDownloadBlog.
Today has definitely been an interesting day for the jailbreak community. Both the Chronic Dev Team and the iPhone Dev-Team have made announcements regarding the untethered iOS 5 jailbreak and iPhone 4S unlock, and the good news is that solutions for both are in the works and will, at some point, become available.
There is currently no iPhone 4S jailbreak. However, one of jailbreaking’s most impressive feature, SBSettings toggles, can be recreated on Apple’s latest handset, according to iDownloadBlog. Best of all, all that is required is an app available in the App Store.
If you’ve already upgraded your iDevice to iOS 5.0.1 and now wish to jailbreak, we’ve got a solution, which uses redsn0w 0.9.9b8. But, according to the folks at JailBreak Nation, if you’re still waiting for an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0, you may wish to stay away from iOS 5.0.1 all together, at least for now.
For those waiting desperately for an untethered iOS 5 jailbreak, the time may soon arrive. French-based iOS hacker @pod2g has announced via Twitter that a bug he found can untether Apple’s latest iOS.
The "SemiTether" jailbreak tweak that allows users to reboot their jailbroken iOS device without connecting to a computer has recently been updated. Now, the package is more stable and can patch Safari to work in the non-jailbreak reboot mode.
Earlier today, iPhone Dev-Team member @MuscleNerd posted a couple of screenshots taken on a jailbroken iPhone 4S handset, stating that this was a preliminary solution and that there was "lots of work left." Now, the Dev-Team's most vocal member has uploaded a YouTube video in which the aforementioned jailbreak solution is demonstrated on an iPad 2 running iOS 5.
In a recent Twitter update, iPhone Dev-Team member @MuscleNerd has shared some information on the state of the iPhone 4S jailbreak. In short, the Dev-Team has been able to jailbreak the handset, but @MuscleNerd does note that this is a "very preliminary" solution, and that there is "lots of work left."
Here's how you can apply a semi-tethered jailbreak solution to your iOS device.
A new jailbreak package called "SemiTether" has just been released in Cydia, which allows tethered-jailbroken iOS device users to reboot their device without having to plug it into a computer.
Great news, unlockers: The iPhone Dev-Team has just updated ultrasn0w, adding support for iOS 5.
Here's how you can preserve your iPhone's baseband when updating to iOS 5.
Great news, unlockers! The iPhone Dev-Team has recently confirmed that an iOS 5 compatible version of ultrasn0w will launch in Cydia tomorrow, following a planned MobileSubstrate update.
Yes, you can jailbreak under iOS 5 - though the only solution available is a tethered solution for now. Here's our walkthrough.
Today, iPhone Dev-Team member @MuscleNerd announced (via Twitter) that the team is working on merging PwnageTool and redsn0w together, and creating a jailbreak tool that will be compatible with iOS 5.
Here's how you can fix the quarter screen issue caused by jailbreaking an iPhone under iOS 5.
Jay Freeman has confirmed that he is now in control of the JailbreakMe domain.
MuscleNerd, a member of the iPhone Dev Team, has announced via Twitter that jailbreakme.com is no more. The site was sold by its owner, according to CydiaHelp. But, no worries jail breakers, as you can now visit jailbreak.me.
It might seem strange, but the App Store has only been around for three years. Beforehand, Apple was the only company to officially offer apps for the iPhone, with all the others created by jailbreakers. Now comes word than one of the most popular apps around today, Pandora, actually got its start thanks to the jailbreaking community.
Jailbroken iDevice owners may want to check out Gesturizer, a new hack that lets you control apps using gestures. Priced at $2.99, the download is available now from Cydia’s BigBoss repo, according to iDownloadBlog.
Hackers have found a way to put what looks like OS X Lion onto an iPhone. Ultimatum is a new beta iOS mod for jailbreakers that attempts to bring the Mac desktop experience to your mobile, according Lifehacker.
