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Apple’s A5 chip serving iPhone 4s and iPad 2 received its first public jailbreak not too long ago and we’ve already seen several tweaks that expand Siri’s capabilities. SiriToggles allows you to open apps and change system settings, while AssistantExtensions offers a plug-in architecture allowing developers to extend Siri functionality (command and GUI snippets). This week we were given yet another fun Siri tweak in Cydia, and it just may be the best one yet.
MyAssistant is a 99 cent app in the BigBoss repo that adds a ton of customization to the virtual assistant. The biggest feature here may be the integration with Activator, the app that lets you pick an activation method for just about any task. When combined with Activator, Siri can [...]
Continue reading: Cydia App “MyAssistant” Brings Plethora Of Enhancements To Siri
This guide is for Mac only and will teach you how to jailbreak various iOS devices using the newly released tool, Absinthe. The current version of Absinthe is 0.3. It should be noted that this is an UNTETHERED JAILBREAK, meaning that you will be able to reboot your phone just like you normally would at any time.
This guide should be used with the following device/firmware combinations:
iPhone 4S | 5.0 (9A334) iPhone 4S | 5.0.1 (9A405) iPhone 4S | “other” 5.0.1 (9A406) iPad2 (CDMA) | 5.0.1 (9A405) iPad2 (GSM) | 5.0.1 (9A405) iPad2 (Wi-Fi) | 5.0.1 (9A405)
It should also be noted that the team that put this jailbreak together included both Saurik and MuscleNerd, both of which are core members of the iPhone [...]
Continue reading: How To Jailbreak Your iOS Device Using Absinthe (Mac OS X)
This guide is for Windows only and will teach you how to jailbreak various iOS devices using the newly released tool, Absinthe. The current version of Absinthe is 0.3. It should be noted that this is an UNTETHERED JAILBREAK, meaning that you will be able to reboot your phone just like you normally would at any time.
This guide should be used with the following device/firmware combinations:
iPhone 4S | 5.0 (9A334) iPhone 4S | 5.0.1 (9A405) iPhone 4S | “other” 5.0.1 (9A406) iPad2 (CDMA) | 5.0.1 (9A405) iPad2 (GSM) | 5.0.1 (9A405) iPad2 (Wi-Fi) | 5.0.1 (9A405)
It should also be noted that the team that put this jailbreak together included both Saurik and MuscleNerd, both of which are core members of the [...]
Continue reading: How To Jailbreak Your iOS Device Using Absinthe (Windows)
Since Apple introduced an API in iOS that detects jailbroken iOS devices, developers have been using it to prevent users who have jailbroken their iOS devices, developers have been using it to prevent users who have jailbroken their iOS devices from using their apps. Typically these users are greeted with the following error message: “Jailbreak detected. App cannot run on a jailbroken device” when they launch such apps.
The jailbreak detection has been found in apps such as Bloomberg Anywhere, Cablevision, Cisco M-Learning, DirecTV for iPad, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Time Warner Cable, Verizon On Demand /FlexView etc. Cable companies such as Cablevision and Time Warner that allow their apps to be used only over home Wi-Fi network are paranoid that users who have jailbroken their iOS device could use their [...]
Continue reading: Bypass Jailbreak Detection Found in Apps With xCon
The Chronic Dev Team has recently published a blog post titled “Weapons of Mass Exploitation” where they provide an update on the untethered jailbreak for iOS 5. It was more of a call to action, asking the jailbreak community to help send in device crash reports via a tool they released called the C-Dev Reporter. The crash reports would help the Chronic Dev Team discover a vulnerability in iOS, which they could use to help release a jailbreak.
In the past, the Chronic Dev Team released GreenPois0n, which was a popular jailbreak tool for iOS 4.2.1. A few months back, they announced that they had discovered 5 new vulnerabilities in the iOS 5 beta and recently a bug in iOS 5 that could possibly [...]
Continue reading: The Chronic Dev Team Releases C-Dev Reporter to Help Discover iOS 5 Vulnerabilities
Even for those of you who aren’t jailbreakers, TinyUmbrella is a great little app that allows you to save your iPhone, iPod touch or iPads SHSH blob files locally. Some of you may be wondering what SHSH blobs are and what the purpose of saving them might be. It is quite simple, if you have your blob files stored locally, you can downgrade your iDevice to an earlier version of iOS; useful if your iPhone gets hit with a bug in the latest version of iOS, or an app you can’t live without stops working.
If you are running iOS 5.0.1, you might want to head on by TinyUmbrella’s official website and grab the latest version: it’s been updated to save the latest version’s [...]
Continue reading: TinyUmbrella v5.01.00 Released – Save iOS 5.0.1 SHSH Blobs
Apple recently released iOS 5.0.1 (build number (9A405). iOS 5.0.1 is available for the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 4G, iPad, and iPad 2. According to the release notes, iOS 5.0.1 includes the following bug fixes and improvements:
Fixes bugs affecting battery life Adds Multitasking Gestures for original iPad Resolves bugs with Documents in the Cloud Improves voice recognition for Australian users using dictation Contains security improvements
It also fixes the ipad 2 smart cover security flaw which was discovered in iOS 5. As mentioned previously, iOS 5.0.1 has supposedly fixed the battery life issues as well. It is currently available via the computer or OTA as well. For those of you who prefer to update via the [...]
Continue reading: Apple Publicly Releases iOS 5.0.1 – Jailbreakers Should Stay Away
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