Restore iphone without losing jailbreak using SemiRestore I have not tried this so use at your own cation. But if you want to know how to restore your iOS on your iphone or ipad but NOT lose your jailbreak, this could be for you. Now before you ask, its RESTORE. Not upgrade or downgrade. So that being said, here is SemiRestore! SemiRestore… Read More
Changes coming for Apple care. Fix your device on the spot. Good news for jailbreakers This is welcome news. According to AppleInsider, Apple Care will not fix your device on the spot instead of exchanging your device for a like new one. That is not the only new news. Apple is also looking to move to or add a subscription model to Apple care. This can be great for those… Read More
How to play Piano Passcode – jailbreak iphone hack Want to unlock your phone using a piano keyboard? A fun little hack is out called Piano Passcode. Simple enough hack, you have a keyboard and you type a tune in as your passcode. How to play it is easy enough, set pianopasscode to some key combination from 1-7 and your gold. However, it is… Read More
Qubop Creates MICROS inMotion, Bringing The Consumer Experience to Enterprise Mobile In the past year, we’ve seen rapid infusion of consumer technologies into today’s workplace in the form of mobile apps. This trend is driven by two factors: the movement towards bring-your-own-device (BYOD), and the fact that enterprise apps now use consumer sales channels. As a result, user expectations on mobile are steadily rising, and customers… Read More
The coming SimCity crack or a Jailbreak or what? When I was more active on this blog, I mostly wrote about the iPhone. Especially jailbreaking. The cat and mouse, back and forth between the Jailbreaking community and Apple. In time, a completely outside eco system based on Cydia appeared where people could submit apps, store purchase history and get SAAS services all without going… Read More
Want to go make a call from the SMS text message screen? RaisetoCall is your app RaisetoCall is for jailbreak app, so for you non jailbreakers, need not apply. The way the app works is simple enough. If you are sending and receiving text messages on the SMS screen, simply raise the phone up to your face / ear and it will dial the number you were texting. Simple! The tweak… Read More
If you plan on jailbreaking your iphone, better do it now Yup, the cat and mouse games goes on. Its rumored that iOS 6.1.3, that has been released to beta testers, will close the whole used by the jailbreak Evasi0n. This new release is not just to close the exploit keep in mind, there are plenty of other bugs in 6.1 that needs to be address,… Read More
What are the correct steps for upgrading my jailbroken device and easily reinstalling my Cydia packages? This is a repost.. You have to restore and jailbreak again, so here’s a series of steps for making this process as easy as possible. (Keep in mind that you cannot update a jailbroken device via Settings, also called OTA or wireless updates.) Before restoring, always check first to make sure the new iOS version… Read More
2007. The year the iPhone made the world more quiet, less interactive OK, that was a really misleading title, but in a way, it sums up what I have observed in the last few years. There are so many people with smart phones, that as I’m sitting on the train typing this, 85% of the people in my car are looking at phones or tablets, headphone in,… Read More
Cydia is not down, just under heavy load because of new Jailbreak If you are trying to access Cydia and having issues, dont worry, its simply under heavy load at the moment. The new jailbreak evati0n just broke today, so everyone who have an iPhone 5 who has been waiting for a jailbreak has jumped at it. Odds this will last for a few days as people… Read More
Jailbreak for iOS6.1 on iphone 5 is out. Called evasi0n And its out. Called evasi0n they claim to Jailbreak 6.x iOS’s, untethered, on the A5 chips found on the iPhone 5 and future Apple mobile devices I’m sure…. Till the A6 comes out. I have not tried this jailbreak myself, and as I ALWAYS say, give this a few days to a week to be… Read More
It is now illegal to unlock your phone, but there is a petition to reverse that As I wrote yesterday, it is now illegal to unlock your phone to work on another carriers network. This will make quite a few people unhappy, especially those who make a business out of helping people get the codes needed to unlock their phones. But they are not taking this laying down, already there is… Read More
Unlocking your phone will be illegal tomorrow. Should you care? For most people, probably not. Just in case you do not know what unlocking is; unlocking your cell phone allows you to use a phone carrior other then what is ‘locked’ to your phone. For example, if you bought an iphone that is locked to AT&T, you can ONLY use AT&T. However, if you ‘unlock’… Read More
What is the difference between unlock and jailbreak for the iPhone? Tomorrow, Jan 26, if you buy a smart cell phone, its illegal to unlock it to work on a different carrier. If you already have a phone or buy one today, you are safe. This has caused many people to think that jailbreaking will be illegal tomorrow. No. Jailbreaking is still legal. Which leads to… Read More
10 things that iOS could pick up from Android Seriously?!! Apple is already planning on making a new iPhone? If the iPhone5 what such a crash and burn (as alot of people think), shouldn’t they be taking a a little time to improve on some of the features that the iPhones are lacking? Android OS has quite a few things that put them ahead… Read More
Untethered Jailbreak for iOS6 is working, but your not going to get it. Wait, what? They have a working jailbreak for iOS6 and I cannot get it? Why? Well because the cat and mouse game with Apple had entered its next dimension. Consider that we have gone from checkers to chess. David Wang wrote on r/jailbreak that they already have an exploit but do not want to release… Read More
A cool iphone android retro phone handset Yes, this is pure dorky goodness, but I dont care. It works! I got this retro phone handset on sale for under $10. Last one at Bed and Bath in fact. The funny thing is, just like the original iphone phone handle, this is practical. Its kind of funny how popular this is. Go on… Read More
Want more proof Apple Maps sucks? Upgrades to iOS6 has jumped I wrote a few days after the release of iOS6 that I would not be updating because Apple maps suck and told my readers that if you use maps ALOT, like I do, do not update until they fix it… or until Google releases an app. And they did. And now people are upgrading to… Read More
GMail Locking up? Could it be .. Google Maps? So your gmail and other Google apps have been acting up? Screen locking up? Mail not sending, then when it does you send out 2 or 3 copies? I sure have. The funny thing is this started for me the day after Google for iOS5. Now before any one jumps on this, I have no… Read More
Google Maps for iOS5 is back yea’ll! Yes, the long national nightmare is over. iOS5 users can finally say goodbye too Apple maps and use a better system. And I bet the Auzzies are super happy. 🙂 I’m going to download this puppy right now and test it out. More later. Now we just need to wait for a jailbreak to make… Read More