Jailbreak ‘Spirit’ for iphone ipad 3.1.3 3.2 is out.

Finally.  I was wondering how long this would take.  I have to tried it myself, my general rule is to wait for awhile and see how it goes.  But if you are a poor soul that updated accidentally, then there is hope!!  Now this jailbreak supports 3.2 as well as 3.1.3.  However, 3.2 is still… Read More

Top 10 ish iPad jailbreak applications

The iPad just got its official jailbreak with ‘Spirit’ from MuscleNerd. WIN! Now many of my top jailbreak apps for the iphone does not make sense for this version of the ipad since it does not have a camera, but we all know the next version will. … Read More

And on the third day, the iPad is jailbroken

Well, technically it was the second day, but what fun is that given that Sunday was Easter?  So we have a proof of concept break out there using ‘Spirit’ by a hack0r called MuscleNerd. The video shows him getting to root and running a few command, some he placed within the OS himself.  Now this… Read More

Why you should jailbreak your iPad

Jailbreak the ipad?  Oh yea!  From what I’ve heard, we should have a blackra1n or some other jailbreaking or pwning tool pretty soon after the ipad hits the street.  I would guess the iPad is going to run some form of 3.1.3 or perhaps we should just call it 3.2 because you know they will… Read More

iphone 3.1.3 jailbroken on the Mac only for now with QuickPWN

{Update} The Spirit jailbreak for 3.1.3 and 3.2 is out. It only took 5 days. I think we are getting a little spoiled now because jailbreaking a new release in under a week is almost expected. Of course, this is just a minor update, so we should not be all that surprised. There are two… Read More

How to change your SSH password on the iphone

There are more reports of hackers mucking around with jailbroken iphone where SSH is on and the password has not been changed.  So again, for all you jailbroken iPhone users out there, change your password, or as I do, keep SSH off.   Here are the instructions.  If you want to thank me, a Guinness would… Read More

Blackra1n returns tethering for iphone jailbreakers

I use PDANet so I’m unaffected by all this, but I saw this on TC’s mobile crunch and felt compelled to share. 🙂  Now again, as I remind my readers every time, there is a difference between jailbreaking and unlocking. {UPDATE:  the newest version RC3 now has unlock as well as jailbreak.  I have not… Read More

Hackers breaking into a jailbroken iphones and how to stop them

Saw this story via CNET.  I was a bit concerned till I read how the hack was done.  A bit of background information though, seems a hacker got in to a few jailbroken iphone running T-Mobile in the Netherlands.  Basically, it puts a message on your phone saying you have been hacked and to learn… Read More

Text message (SMS) to voice on the iphone

My nephew Jared turned me on to this app. DriveSafe.ly is still in Alpha and only on jailbreak at the moment.  At some point they will release it via the app store, but without backgrounder, I’m not sure how useful it is. The app is simple enough; every 5sec or 1min it checks for new… Read More

New iPhones have current jailbreak exploit blocked

So what does that mean?  Well in short, the exploit that has been used in the rain series is now closed.  Basically the new crop of iphones you get off the shelf cannot be jailbroken.  This includes BlackRa1n if I understand the TechCrunch article correctly. (I still need to research this a bit more). If… Read More

Unlock for iphone 3.1 is in the works, jailbreak should be soon

For anyone who has jailbroken or unlocked their iphone knows, when you update your iphone to a new OS, like OS 3.1 that just came out, you are going to lose your jailbreak and unlock.  Re Jailbreaking 3.1 should not be much of an issue and I except an updated redsn0w to be out soon. … Read More

iphone OS 3.1 is out. Still no itunes on multiple computers.

I had my hopes, but it was a longshot.  Nothing about sync’ing itunes to multiple computers, which means we still have to use the hack methods.  Sigh. Do note; if you are unlocked, do NOT upgrade to 3.1 till the untrasn0w and redsn0w are ready. I’ll update this post as needed in case a later… Read More

Ultra customize (pimp) your iphone with Supreme Preferences

I’m not a big ‘pimping’ kind of guy when it comes to my iphone.  In fact, I tend to keep as many thing off it as I can in order to increase speed (I’m the same with my desktop/laptops). However, when I saw ‘Supreme Preferences’ in Cydia last night, I thought I would give it… Read More

Jailbreaking the iphone 3gs – purplera1n

This did not take long did it?  But the funny thing is that it did not come from the Dev-team, but instead instead from George Hotz. Now this is windows only (sorry mac people) but I’m sure it will be ported soon enough.  Now remember this is 3.0, so if you are running the 3.1… Read More

Running iphone app in the background on ready for 3.0 with Backgrounder

W00t I say, w00t! In case you do not know about running an iphone app in the background, read this.. https://www.perivision.net/wordpress/?p=1451 Remember though, if you are playing digital radio, it will take up power and thus your phone will get warm and that’s BAD for batteries. So make sure you do what you can to… Read More

How I upgraded my iphone 3G to 3.0 using Pwnage Tool

First off, I’m not your typical user, and if you read my blog you would know this; I use jailbreak and LOVE it. However, I also cannot resist experimenting with the iPhone, so once I felt satisfied I heard the jailbreak for 3.0 was relatively stable, I decided to go for it.  However, just as an… Read More

Notes from WWDC2009.. HTML5 and Video

I’m not going to go over everything, you can find that anywhere.. I’m instead going to look at a few things that I think are really interesting… HTML5 support!  Why is this so important?  HTML5 is like having flash lite without the plug-in!  (I still wish I had flash though).  But take a look at… Read More