Posts Tagged ‘ jailbreak ’

Synchronicity Lets You Use Your iPhone Even While It’s Syncing

August 29, 2010
By Federico Viticci
Synchronicity Lets You Use Your iPhone Even While It’s Syncing

Here’s a huge one, jailbreakers: Synchronicity is a new tweak that has just been released in Cydia which lets you use your iPhone while it’s syncing with iTunes via USB.By default, when the iPhone is syncing with iTunes (to install apps, or copy some music or whatever) a new screen appears which warns you...
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Why Jailbreak Makes The iPhone 4 A Better Device: My Setup

August 25, 2010
By Federico Viticci
Why Jailbreak Makes The iPhone 4 A Better Device: My Setup

Two months ago I wrote that jailbreak on iOS 4 still had its importance, but when JailbreakMe came out earlier this month I was very disappointed that the iPhone 4 wasn’t really supported. Sure, I could jailbreak my iPhone and install Cydia – but what for? Tweaks and apps weren’t updated for the Retina...
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iPhone devteam releases browser-based 4.x jailbreak

August 1, 2010
By Erica Sadun
iPhone devteam releases browser-based 4.x jailbreak

Filed under: iPhoneHave you been waiting for an easy-to-use jailbreak for your iOS 4.x device? Well, you may have to wait a little longer. Last we checked, the just-announced browser-based jailbreak (a return of jailbreakme.com) was so swamped that the...
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JailbreakMe 2.0 Jailbreaks iPhone 4, 3GS, and 3G on iOS 4, 4.0.1, and iPad on iOS 3.2.1

August 1, 2010
By David W. Martin
JailbreakMe 2.0 Jailbreaks iPhone 4, 3GS, and 3G on iOS 4, 4.0.1, and iPad on iOS 3.2.1

iOS hackers have released jailbreakme.com, a browser-based jailbreak utility for the Apple iPhone 4, 3GS, and 3G when running iOS 4 or 4.0.1. The jailbreak is reminiscent of one of the original jailbreaks for the original iPhone. In addition to the ab...
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Will jailbreaking your iPhone void your warranty?

July 27, 2010
By Victor Agreda, Jr.
Will jailbreaking your iPhone void your warranty?

Filed under: Jailbreak/pwnageAccording to the manufacturer, maybe. Intrepid Apple blognaut Leander Kahney rang up Apple, asked the question above, and got a response. This was more than we got when several of us asked Apple multiple variations of the s...
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Reader Poll: Will You Jailbreak Your iPhone?

July 26, 2010
By Nicole Martinelli
Reader Poll: Will You Jailbreak Your iPhone?

Now that the US Copyright Office has ruled that jailbreaking your phone is not a violation of the DCMA, you can go ahead an tinker without crossing over to the wrong side of the law. Tell us whether you will jailbreak your iPhone now or not and why in...
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Updated: Jailbreaking Your iPhone No Longer A Matter for the Copyright Police

July 26, 2010
By Darrell Etherington
Updated: Jailbreaking Your iPhone No Longer A Matter for the Copyright Police

Feel like jailbreaking your Apple iOS device? Fearful that Apple will set the law on you if you do? Fear not, because a decision just rendered by the U.S. Copyright Office now allows you to legally jailbreak your device for a number of purposes.
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Library of Congress rules in favor of jailbreaking

July 26, 2010
By Erica Sadun
Library of Congress rules in favor of jailbreaking

Filed under: iPhoneToday, the Library of Congress has ruled in favor of both jailbreaking and unlocking phones according to an Associated Press Statement published on the New York Times. The Library of Congress statement can be found here if you'd pref...
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Interview with Saurik, Part 2 [Video]

July 26, 2010
By Federico Viticci
Interview with Saurik, Part 2 [Video]

Second part of the interview Make It Work had the chance to have with Jay Freeman (a.k.a. Saurik, founder of Cydia) about the origins of Cydia, the jailbreak community and the latest updates on the upcoming universal jailbreak tool by Comex. We’re embedding the second part of the video below, check out the first one...
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Found footage: the REAL iPhone 4 jailbreak, courtesy of Saurik

July 23, 2010
By Steven Sande

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So, you have an iPhone 4, but you're missing all of that Cydia love? Well, in a recent interview with Make It Work, Jay Freeman (known to the jailbreak world as Saurik) talked about the iPhone 4 Read more »

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