Curious about the New HDR Photo? You can try it now using clearcam

I’ve written about clearcam a few times before because I thought it was one of the coolest apps to really extend the abilities of the Apple hardware, in this case the camera. Clearcam is jailbreak only (last I checked) because for some reason they could not get into the app store. I’m guessing because of… Read More

Jailbreak iphone ipad iOS4 via safari now with MMS and Facetime fixed.

Crazy.  You can now jailbreak and UNLOCK iOS4  for the iphone4 ipad from the web browser.  Now this is not new news per say, but there have been some issues with the current jailbreak in that some people have been experiencing problems with MMS and Facetime. As I always advise my readers, NEVER jailbreak right… Read More

iPhone iPad Jailbreak is now legal

Tada!  The ruling just came down saying its legal to modify the software on a device. The big part of the ruling that I was looking to see more details on letting a user unlock there phone (a separate step after jailbreaking) to allow the user to run an other networks. From NBC: Another exemption… Read More

A new iOS4 jailbreak Scam is out there, ClawPack. Avoid it.

At first when I saw this, I thought it was a new jailbreak, but as I dug around, it turned out to be a scam.  How do I know? I go to the iphone dev website to check, and there is was.. Update #3: Remember, there are scammers everywhere in the iPhone scene.  The latest… Read More

iphone 4, iOS4 already jailbroken within 1 day!

ONE DAY people!  Yes, even before the iphone 4 or known as iOS4 hits the market, its already jailbroken using a Pwnage Tool Bundle.  Wow.  And hoo dunnit?  msft.guy Yup, the same guy who did the blacksn0w, ultrasn0w fix for jailbreak and baseband unlock for 3.1.3.  He ALSO did the oS4 Beta jailbreak.  Now, we… Read More

Connect a mouse to the iPad with Magic Mouse

Yes folks!!!  Sick and tired of having to put down your beer to click something on your ipad??  Hate having to reach up to the table when your ipad is set up like a monitor?  Have you had it with smudge marks??  Cant get the ‘chessie poofs’ dust off the screen??? Well those days are… Read More

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

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

Issue with Jailbreaking the iphone 3.1.3

Does it work for you? Normally, when I write about jailbreaking I’m trying to report the news or talk about interesting app.  However, in this case, I’m asking for feedback. I have a friend who foolishly updated to 3.1.3 and lost his unlock.  He gave me his phone and I tried blackra1n.  5 times!  Nothing. … 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

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