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iPhone hacker iH8sn0w, the guy who made f0recast, iFaith, and sn0wbreeze, has announced an update to his iREB tool that allows you to fix iTunes errors and restore to a custom IPSW to achieve a jailbreak.Via Twitter comes this short message from iH8sn0w: “I updated iREB for the first time in 10 months. Release ... |
13 January 2012
07:28 GMT |
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One of the people helping out with the A5 jailbreak has announced on Twitter that the Corona kernel has been patched to resolve a problem with Apple’s iBooks application on jailbroken devices.
About an hour ago, the Chronic Dev’s Pod2g retweeted a fellow hacker’s update on his progress on iOS jailb... |
12 January 2012
10:45 GMT |
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Seas0nPass 0.8.1 is the latest version of fireCore’s jailbreak utility for Apple TV owners. This new release provides an untethered jailbreak of the set-top box under firmware 4.4.4.“Happy New Year! Today we are happy to release an updated version of Seas0nPass that supports an untethered jailbreak of the... |
3 January 2012
09:11 GMT |
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People who may wish to jailbreak their iPhones or iPads and didn’t follow the news lately should learn that the community’s most beloved hackers have released the necessary tools to provide an untethered jailbreak for most devices running iOS 5.0.1.
We’re posting this in light of yet another questi... |
29 December 2011
16:41 GMT |
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A jailbreak tool recently unleashed by the Chronic Dev Team on Cydia can “untether” your existing (tethered) iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak, which means that you won’t have to do a restore, and that you won’t lose anything important, such as photos, apps, etc.
Corona, as the untether-tool is called, wor... |
28 December 2011
13:21 GMT |
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The trusty folks at the iPhone Dev Team have rolled out an updated version of the popular, Mac-only jailbreak utility, PwnageTool. Version 5.0.1 provides an untethered jailbreak for all the devices supported by yesterday’s Redsn0w release.Compatible with iOS 5.0.1 on iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4-CDMA, iPad 1,... |
28 December 2011
04:11 GMT |
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It has been revealed that some people are experiencing issues with a third party application after applying the iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak with the latest version of Redsn02w.Updated to version 0.9.10b1 earlier today, Redsn0w finally provides the much anticipated untethered jailbreak for iOS 5 customers. It suppo... |
27 December 2011
11:13 GMT |
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Chronic Dev’s Pod2g is busy tweeting left and right about the nuts and bolts of his untethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak for non-A5 devices, including one interesting aspect regarding a certain iOS 5.0.2.
Although not confirmed by Apple (not even by developers testing future iOS releases), iOS 5.0.2 may be on Apple&... |
27 December 2011
08:16 GMT |
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iOS hacker Stefan Esser, also known as i0n1c in jailbreak circles, has decided to roll out an untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.3.5, without mentioning the actual motivation behind his decision.As pointed out by CydiaHelp, Esser asked followers on the 23rd of December, “Does anyone see a need for an iOS 4.3.5 unte... |
27 December 2011
04:56 GMT |
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Well known iOS hacker Pod2g acknowledges in a recent blog post that many people are waiting for an ‘A5 jailbreak’, referring to the newer Apple iPhone and iPad models. He is now focusing on those, and has passed on the iOS 5 ‘untether’ responsibility over to the Chronic Dev Team.Pod2g begins h... |
23 December 2011
02:53 GMT |
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A new version of the Redsn0w jailbreak tool has been released and although it still provides a ‘tethered’ hack for most users (the exception being old-bootrom iPhone 3GS owners), it does deliver a few additions worth your attention.The iPhone Dev Team updated their blog a few hours back with the announcem... |
22 December 2011
08:07 GMT |
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iPhone Dev crew member Musclenerd is proud to announce availability of Redsn0w 0.9.9b9, an updated version of their notoriously simple jailbreak that adds native support for iOS 5.0.1. The hack is tethered for now.According to the hacker, this version of Redsn0w “will let you do that 5.x replay attack”. I... |
19 December 2011
02:48 GMT |
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The so-called jailbreak & unlock solution providers are at it again with fresh advertisements promoting their pricey, questionable hack tools, this time as for iOS 5.0.1.The latest marketing schemes come from easyra1n.com and appleunlocker.com, two web sites whose offerings seem to be exactly what our readers have la... |
13 December 2011
10:45 GMT |
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You may not find an Android-based OS in the Kindle Touch or anything more than some basic hardware for this matter of fact, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t jailbreak your Touch to run custom code on it.The process is extremely simple as it only requires you to run an MP3 file on the Kindle Touch.The ... |
12 December 2011
10:23 GMT |
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As the iPhone Dev Team is actively working on an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5, Musclenerd has fired away a few tweets confirming that a new Redsn0w release is on the way.An hour ago, the hacker wrote on Twitter, “Upcoming redsn0w release makes both TinyUmbrella and Cydia blob saves useful for 5.0+ (1st verifi... |
9 December 2011
03:10 GMT |
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In a letter to the U.S. Copyright Office, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged the regulatory body to renew and expand the critical exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) noting that the matter has since evolved.Granted last year in response to EFF's requests to protect the rights of... |
7 December 2011
03:33 GMT |
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The PwnDev crew are proud to release the second beta version of their infamous jailbreak tool, Ac1dSn0w. Beta 2 works with Mac OS X Lion and Snow Leopard, includes some legal updates, fixes some ramdisk issues, and removes the boot logo.“I’m pleased to announce that we’ve just released Beta 1 of Ac1... |
6 December 2011
05:09 GMT |
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has asked the United States Copyright office to review a number of provisions in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and allow for users to jailbreak devices like smartphones, tablets and video game consoles.The request from the EFF comes after the same organism decided in 2010 to ... |
5 December 2011
08:51 GMT |
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The Pwn Dev Team released and then pulled a tethered jailbreak app called Ac1dSn0w which supported iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch 4G and the first-generation iPad under iOS 5.The tool did pretty much the same thing as the iPhone Dev Team’s Redsn0w application. However, it provided the jailbreak by using Apple... |
28 November 2011
05:19 GMT |
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JailbreakiPhone4S.com is the new iOS 5 jailbreak solution on the block being advertised as the best solution to hack your Apple device. The offer sounds questionable, much like those before it.Touted as the leading iPhone 4S jailbreak solution with over a million downloads since launch, “The latest application ... |
17 November 2011
16:03 GMT |
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As a result of widespread coverage on a ‘Jailbreak’ app that somehow made its way in the iTunes App Store, Apple swiftly removed developer RiliSoft’s binary.RiliSoft’s “Jailbreak” application was not an actual hack tool, but a game whose description was so misleading you could actu... |
14 November 2011
05:07 GMT |
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Apple’s latest iOS release has been confirmed as jailbreak-able by people testing the bits against Redsn0w 0.9.9b5, the newest jailbreak tool from the iPhone Dev Team.A group who makes a habit out of jailbreaking the heck out of Apple’s devices and posting tutorials on the web, Redmond Pie can confirm tha... |
11 November 2011
13:31 GMT |
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Here's something you don't hear every day. A “Jailbreak” application with an extremely misleading description and a hefty price tag has been approved in the iTunes App Store with the potential of tricking unwary customers who may believe they’re downloading a jailbreak solution for their h... |
11 November 2011
05:26 GMT |
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Following the advertising of several iOS 5 jailbreak & unlock solutions like FastRa1n 5.0 and Ghost 5.0, a new solution purports to deliver the same results for US $24.95 (or equivalent currencies).Likely marketed by the same people responsible for the other purported jailbreaks I mentioned above, ‘Unlock iPhon... |
4 November 2011
04:54 GMT |
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FastUnlockiPhone.com, a company that markets and sells alleged iOS jailbreak and unlock solutions, is at it again with a new announcement that their FastRa1n 5.0 can provide an ‘untethered’ jailbreak for those who are rocking the latest iOS from Apple.There is some reason to regard FastUnlockiPhone’... |
24 October 2011
16:21 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 has, reportedly, been hacked once again, through a brand new 'jailbreak' device called JB2, which is now being tested out by people in Indonesia, of all places.Sony has had quite a lot of problems at the beginning of the year with security on the PlayStation 3, as groups of hackers finally... |
24 October 2011
05:32 GMT |
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The iPhone Dev Team has released a new Redsn0w beta which no longer ‘stashes’ applications automatically, reducing the jailbreak time by as much as 60 percent for those who choose to turn off this option.According to a new entry over at the Team’s blog, “After some feedback on reddit, we&rsquo... |
21 October 2011
04:27 GMT |
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Tweeted minutes ago by Musclenerd, news of an updated Redsn0w should be more than welcomed by the iOS community looking to jailbreak the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system.The update mostly targets iPhone 3GS owners with the 06.15 baseband. Although Redsn0w currently provides only a ‘tether... |
18 October 2011
03:36 GMT |
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The infamous iPhone Dev Team has posted a download link for the latest Mac version of Redsn0w (Windows version in the works) which works against iOS 5, the newest mobile OS from Apple.The Team informs on its blog that redsn0w has been updated to 0.9.9b5 to include the public URLs for the iOS 5 IPSW files for all supp... |
13 October 2011
10:49 GMT |
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Not long after Apple released the golden master (GM) bits of iOS 5 to developers, the infamous iPhone Dev Team was able to jailbreak the software and update their existing desktop applications so that others could do the same.In the ever-lasting cat-and-mouse game between Apple and the hacker community, iOS 5 GM was ... |
5 October 2011
09:38 GMT |
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A company addressing customers under the name 'The Fast Unlock iPhone Team' are advertising an ‘untethered’ jailbreak and unlock tool for iDevice owners under several firmware versions.I have reason to believe that FastRa1n (the product in question) is a repackaged version of one of the fre... |
28 September 2011
08:40 GMT |
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Jailbreaking fans should already be aware of a few brightness adjusting tweaks like Light Bright, SBBrightness, and LockGestures, but they may have missed out on Brightness Icons.I say that because it’s relatively new on Cydia, the App Store alternative for jailbroken users.iPhone and iPod touch owners looking ... |
26 September 2011
10:21 GMT |
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Nicholas Allegra, or Comex as the jailbreak community knows him, will no longer serve the needs of iOS enthusiasts looking to break free from Apple’s ‘shackles,’ now that he is beginning an internship with the Mac maker.
He will, however, want to jailbreak his phone. Whether or not he joked about... |
30 August 2011
07:56 GMT |
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Known as Comex in the iOS community, Nicholas Allegra, the author of the sophisticated JailbreakMe application, is taking up an internship position with Apple mere weeks after being profiled by a major publication whose advice was: Apple, hire this man.
In a feature on Forbes, Comex is revealed to the world as a 1... |
26 August 2011
05:26 GMT |
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The infamous team of hackers that prides itself on jailbreaking the iPhone and iPad have posted a tasteful goodbye message dedicated to Steve Jobs on their blog, referencing the Tom & Jerry cartoons that symbolize the cat-and-mouse game between their crew and the company headquartered at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, C... |
25 August 2011
07:45 GMT |
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An unofficial patch for a critical SSL vulnerability found in iOS has been released on Cydia, the app store used by people with jailbroken iDevices.Called 'isslfix' the patch addresses CVE-2011-0228, a very serious vulnerability that compromises the confidentiality and security of SSL/TLS traffic.The flaw s... |
17 August 2011
15:27 GMT |
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The police force in Johannesburg, South Africa has announced that it has taken down an organization that specialized in jailbreaking PlayStation 3 home gaming console and in distributing games that have been launched on the console.The local press reported that the Commercial Crime Unit in the city entered the house ... |
9 August 2011
13:41 GMT |
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The iPhone Dev Team has confirmed that Comex’s JailbreakMe 3.0 is now available with support for all iDevices starting with iPhone 3GS. The iPad 2 is finally supported as well.
The Team informs on its blog that “Once again, @comex has resurrected [JailbreakMe] for your jailbreaking ease and pleasure!&r... |
6 July 2011
03:54 GMT |
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A video demonstration featuring a jailbroken iPad running iOS 4.3 ‘untethered’ has been uploaded to the web for everyone to see what is in store for the iOS fanbase.
Uploaded to YouTube yesterday, the video “shows [an] alpha untethered jailbroken iPad on iOS 4.3.”
According to its author... |
11 March 2011
08:08 GMT |
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Apple has released iOS 4.3 addressing a high number of security flaws but also implementing Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), a technology that makes vulnerability exploitation harder.The update fixes sixty vulnerabilities located in different components of the mobile operating system, including the WebKit l... |
10 March 2011
05:57 GMT |
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Killzone 3 developer Guerrilla Games is working hard with Sony to track down PlayStation 3 hackers and jailbreak users that want to exploit the online mode of the first-person shooter.
Killzone 3 is the latest and most important PlayStation 3 exclusive game, but this doesn't mean that it's been spared fr... |
24 February 2011
18:01 GMT |
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It has been revealed that iBooks 1.2.1 contains a jailbreak-aware program that stops the app from loading books on jailbroken iPhones.TUAW cites Comex of the iPhone Dev Team as saying that, before loading any DRM controlled book, iBooks runs a small program that is deliberately designed to fail to run.However, jailbr... |
15 February 2011
11:37 GMT |
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German security researchers have demonstrated that passwords stored on a stolen or lost iPhone can be retrieved in around six minutes even if the device is locked. Researchers Jens Heider and Matthias Boll from the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT) have published a paper [pdf] and a video ... |
10 February 2011
10:57 GMT |
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Sony could track down PlayStation 3 owners that installed jailbreak devices or custom firmware versions on their console, as the device goes online as soon as it starts up, according to a new report on the web.
The PlayStation 3 has been at the center of quite a lot of controversy lately, as hackers were able to f... |
17 January 2011
03:55 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 hackers that have recently been the target of Sony's legal efforts have replied to the accusations of the Japanese company, saying that they only tampered with the home console in order to get the Other OS function back.
Sony, after seeing its PlayStation 3 console being opened up to the li... |
14 January 2011
18:01 GMT |
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After a few balanced statements about the hacking progress on the PlayStation 3, Sony is now going on the offensive, taking legal action against the primary individuals that broke the console's decryption key.
Sony Computer Entertainment America has just filed a temporary restraining order against everyone in... |
12 January 2011
03:45 GMT |
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The people involved with VLC Player haven’t wasted any time in making the app available to the iOS community, following Apple’s decision to remove the software from its App Store’s listings.
Last week, Softpedia reported that VLC Player for iOS had been removed by Apple, presumably over a license... |
11 January 2011
06:17 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 hacking saga continues, as famous hacker George "GeoHot" Hotz has just revealed a jailbroken version of the consoles newest firmware, version 3.55, which can run homebrew applications.
The PlayStation 3 hacking scene has been brought back to life when a team of hackers called fail0verflow announc... |
10 January 2011
04:50 GMT |
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The infamous iPhone Dev Team has updated redsn0w to include “one-click” support for those running the tethered 4.2.1 jailbreak. Users can now invoke command-line arguments to bypass the screens they’d normally see as they use redsn0w to “Just boot tethered for now,” the Team says.In a re... |
3 January 2011
04:02 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 hacking debate continues, even after Sony tried to patch up the vulnerabilities of the system through firmware updates, as the team that hacked the Nintendo Wii many years ago, fail0verflow, has just revealed that it has obtained the PS3's "private cryptography key."
For those of us less tec... |
30 December 2010
20:31 GMT |
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