Chronic Dev Team upgrades Corona, new release just launched

Feb 1 12 under Jailbreak & Unlock Software | Leave a comment

If you have jailbroken your device or are just preparing for making the jump you will be glad to hear that Corona just get upgraded. As always, this upgrade introduces a number of small fixes to various bugs, as well as improvement in the stability of the app.

As always, it is highly advisable to update the jailbreak as soon as possible. One of the most important fixes is the solution for iBooks image bugs. AS you perhaps know, this bug caused users with jailbroken devices including iPad and iPhone problems with books image in iBooks reading app.

Corona is available as a free download in Cydia app store. It will work on all devices except on iPhone 3GS which have the old bootroom (older iPhone 3GS).

Jailbreak instructions: Absinthe for iPhone 4S

Jan 26 12 under Jailbreak & Unlock Software | Leave a comment

iPhone 4S can be jailbroken, courtesy of Chronic and iPhone Dev Team and of course thanks mostly to the person which has discovered the jailbreak exploit: @pod2g. Here are the instructions for jailbreaking iPhone 4S if you are a PC user. Please note: the same jailbreak is available for Mac OS X users and we will write instructions for this very soon. As always we advise you to make a complete backup of all your data just in case something goes wrong, but typically nothing should happen if you follow these simple and straightforward instructions. In a few cases some users have had problems with loosing the images in their Camera Roll after jailbreaking their iPhone 4S.

Step by step Absinthe jailbreak guide:

1. First tasks first: download Absinthe for Windows.

2. Double click the downloaded file and extract it. Click on the Absinthe file to start the jailbreak.

3. When prompted, plug your iPhone into your Windows PC.

4. Now click on the “Jailbreak” button to start jailbreaking your device.

5. You will be now guided through a number of steps which include: Sending the data, restarting, waiting for reboot, preparing the jailbreak and sending off the payload data.

6. You will see the message which informs you that the jailbreak is almost finished.

7. This step is easy. Check your iPhones Springboard and find the new icon named Absinthe on it.

8. When you see a Error popup, go to Settings app and allow VPN. If another Error message appears do not panic as everything is just fine, this is the exploit in action! After a couple of moments your device will reboot itself and you will discover a new icon on your Home screen: Cydia.

That is all. Your device is jailbroken for the first time! You can now proceed and get all those interesting apps which are available only for jailbreak users. You will find also many free apps and customization tweaks. Enjoy your new found freedom and stay tuned to our blog for all news on Apple, iOS and jailbreaking!

Untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 almost ready for launch!

Jan 20 12 under Jailbreak & Unlock Software | Leave a comment

After solving a couple of last obstacles, iPhone Dev Team jailbreak developers have announced on their website that the work on the new jailbreak is almost done. The only reason the jailbreak hasn’t being launched yet are a few, more or less simple bugs which need to be ironed out before making the jailbreak available to the public.

To make this solution work for as many people as possible, developers have worked on parallel tracks. iPhone Dev Team has created a command line interface which will enable users to jailbreak their devices by following a number of simple steps. The reason for doing it in this manner, is that it makes thing easier easier for developers to catch remaining bugs. After this is solved, the jailbreak will be implemented into the new version of RedSn0w jailbreak software. We are sure most users will have to wait for this solution to be added into RedSn0w, as the command line interface is probably too complicated jailbreak tool for average iOS users. Chronic Dev Team on the other side, has implemented Corona jailbreak into an app which works on your PC or your Mac computer.

Jailbreak for A5 devices will be available for iPhone 4S on iOS version 5.0, 5.0.1. Corona will support iPad 2 on 5.0.1 firmware version only. Stay tuned to our blog, and we will inform you as soon as the jailbreak is released! Please note: if you have iPhone 4S you should keep it on iOS version 5.0 if you need the carrier unlock. This unlock should also become available soon, but it will work only for users with the lowest version of the modem firmware!

Cydia tweaks: PullToDismiss

Jan 3 12 under Apps | Leave a comment

iOS is certainly among best mobile operative systems, if not the best one. Still, some features, while pushed out by Apple can and do irritate large number of iPhone users. After all, iOS is used on millions of devices and users and their preferences certainly aren’t the same. Every one among us has things he prefers and those he more or less deplores. We are sure, most of us jailbreak our favorite Apple devices to upgrade features we enjoy and disable things we don’t enjoy as much. PullToDismiss is a jailbreak tweak which prevents the second kind of iOS features.

Whenever you try to read some message, be it an email or a humble SMS, iOS tends to display the virtual keyboard. This wastes half of your precious iPhone screen, making it a complicated task to read some longer messages. If you are someone who doesn’t like this, stay tuned as we show you how to prevent this from happening via this jailbreak app.

PullToDismiss is invented and created by well known jailbreak app developer Ryan Petrich, who is also the main force behind other great jailbreak tweaks and apps like DietBar, Activator and other. This tweak makes it easy to pull down the keyboard, as you only need to drag it above it’s usual position on the screen. The tweak works so flawlessly across every part of iOS and any iOS app, that you could mistakenly think of it as a native feature of iOS itself.

You can get this excellent tweak for free from the Cydia app store. Of course you’ll need to jailbreak your device first. If you are a regular reader on our blog, you’ll know it is fairly easy to jailbreak your iPhone or iPad with RedSn0w, Pwnage or Corona jailbreak. Untethered jailbreak is available even for iOS 5.0.1. For guides and manuals, feel free to check our blog archive.

Zephyr jailbreak app upgraded to 1.0.1

Jan 2 12 under Apps | Leave a comment

For those of you which do not know what Zephyr is, it is a kind of multitasking gesturing app fro iPhone and iPod Touch. With Zephyrs swiping up for the multitasking switch or quick sweeps from app to app, Zephyr offers a rich world of gesture multitasking on your iPhone or iPdod Touch.

This app was made by a well known jailbreak developer known as @Chpwn, who has just updated his jailbreak app to latest version 1.0.1. This version offers a number of incremental updates and bug fixes. One of the most important updates is the possibility to actually block multitasking gestures in certain apps like Cut the Rope and others where this ability could crash the app.

With Zephyr 1.0.1 you can start using multitasking gestures, almost as same as what is by default available on iPad tablet. You can get this app from Cydia app store for only $2.99. Get this app and enjoy playing with it, if you have jailbroken your iPhone or iPod Touch. If not, you can check our blog archives for instructions and downloads on how to jailbreak your favorite iOS device.

How to port Siri assistant to your unsupported iPhone or iPad tablet

Dec 27 11 under iPhone News | Leave a comment

We have been quite pleased t write this post as Siri is probably one of the best and most popular things becoming available on iOS devices lately. Despite Apple being reluctant to make Siri available to their other iPhone models, jailbreak developers have been busy developing ways to port this fabulous vice assistant to iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS. One of the prominent jailbreak developers known as @chpwn has with help from some other developers released a new jailbreak app known as Spire. Spire enables users to legally use Siri on otherwise unsupported Apple iOS devices.

Spire employs a different way of obtaining files needed for Siri to work, thus circumventing previous issues with Apple copyrights. Also in a similar vein, instead of forcing the ensuing traffic through only one server, Siri will enable every user to choose their own proxy server. Spire is available as a download in Cydia ap store right now.

So head over and download and install your own voice assistant and show your Android using friends how cool iPhone really is! As always let us know did this app work for you.

Pod2g demonstrates the new jailbreak on iPhone 4

Dec 22 11 under Jailbreak & Unlock Software | Leave a comment

As a proof that his jailbreak really works on iPhone 4, @Pod2g has made the video bellow where you can see for yourself this new jailbreak in action and working on iPhone 4 as wells as on iPod Touch. It is easy to understand why was the video released: many doubters thought that Pod2g’s new jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 could work only on iPod Touch. Well, to our satisfaction, it works as well on iPhone 4. So get ready to jailbreak your iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS with 5.0.1 firmware, with the upcoming new jailbreak release by Pod2g!

So far, users with devices powered by the new Apple‘s A5 chip are out of luck, as iPhone 4S and iPad 2 can not yet be jailbroken with this solution. But you shouldn’t lose all hope: some important breakthroughs have already happened, as Pod2g has earlier explained that A5 caching is not an serious issue anymore.

So we think these holidays could easily become even more fun, as it is quite possible that the new jailrebak is around the corner, and jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 shouldn’t be far away neither. So tighten your seatbelts and stay tuned as we walk you through all latest gossips and news about iPhone jailbreaking and other interesting news form the world of IOS devices.

Here is Pod2g’s jailbreak video.

Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 confirmed!

Dec 12 11 under Jailbreak & Unlock Software | Leave a comment

We are quite happy to announce to our readers that the untethered jailbreak is underway as it is being tested and developed by Pod2g, one of the best jailbreak developers out there. Hi has just confirmed in his Twitter stream that the jailbreak he tested on his iPod 3G works also on iPhone 4 iOS upgraded to 5.0.1. According to this news, this jailbreak will work only on A4 based devices, meaning that if you have iPhone 4S or iPad 2, this wont work for you at this time. Here is his tweet about the breakthrough:

Please be careful: if you are iPhone user depending on the carrier unlock with UltraSn0w, you should not upgrade to iOS 5.0.1 with Apple‘s official firmware file. As always it is quite important and highly recommended to users to save their SHSH blobs. You can use TinyUmbrella (Mac and Windows) or iFaith (Windows only) apps for this.

We certainly hope we wont wait too long for this new untethered jailbreak tool to be released! What is your opinion on this? Are you eager to get an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1?

Ac1dSn0w Beta 2 jailbreak tool launched

Dec 6 11 under Jailbreak & Unlock Software | Leave a comment

Here is another jailbreak option for iPhone users. It is an alternative to well known ReedSn0w jailbreak (for Windows and Mac) and Sn0wBreeze jailbreak (Windows PC only) solution. It was developed and released by group a of jailbreak developers which is known as Pwn Dev Team. This is the second version of the jailbreak as the first version had some serious flaws. Namely Ac1dSn0w has originally contained many lines of Apple‘s proprietary code, thus making the software vulnerable to copyright disputes.

This upgraded version is certainly a step in good direction as Apple’s code is now completely removed from the software. Some other bugs are also removed as a number of users reported earlier that this tool didn’t work for them. The console view of Ac1dSn0w has also being upgraded and now it displays more precisely what is really going on during the jailbreaking process.

So it seems that Ac1dSn0w is now as good as other jailbreak tools, as it provides a flawless tethered jailbreak for iPhone on iOS 5. Unfortunately, same as other jailbreak solutions, it still doesn’t work for iPhone 4S. This jailbreak tool supports following iOS devices: iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G and the original iPad. Another interesting information coming from Pwn Dev Team is that in the future this jailbreak could be done over the internet, meaning that you will be able to help your friends to jailbreak their device no matter where they are located, providing that both of your devices are connected to the internet.

Another improvement with beta 2 of Ac1dSn0w is that the download file is much smaller now. After all being done and said, Ac1dSn0w is working just like any other jailbreak already available, with the difference being only in the user interface which looks somewhat different. We probably see soon enough how will it work in the real world! Please note: Ac1dSn0w works only on Mac computers at this moment.

Jailbreaking useful not only for Apple devices

Dec 1 11 under Jailbreak & Unlock Software | Leave a comment

Jailbreaking isn’t a skill which is needed only on those fabulous Apple devices, as it can become quite useful kind of enhancement on other devices too. If you are a frequent reader on our blog ,you will probably be aware how jailbreaking can improve your device in a hundreds of small ways. Besides being able to use a ton of unofficial apps which would never be allowed into Apple app store, you can also enjoy in myriad of small tweaks which can fully customize your iPhone and make it way cooler than possible with only Apple approved apps. Now it seems that other devices and tablets will enjoy such future as well. We are quite glad to inform our readers that RIM’s PlayBook tablet has just being jailbroken for the first time in the history of RIM. Jailbreak developers have finally gained complete access to PlayBook’s QNX operative system.

This is a large success for the jailbreak community as it is known that RIM is very conscious about their enterprise level of security. Developer which made this significant breakthrough is Chris Wade also known by his nickname @cmwdotme. @cmwdotme is by the way a well known and reputable iOS jailbreak developer. He decided to call his new jailbreak ‘Dingleberry’.

You can see in this Youtube a demo of Hulu app on Playbook. As you perhaps know, Hulu is not officially available on RiIM’s Playbook at the time being. It is unclear how will this impact RIM’s image as it has always built its brand on the security it’s devices offer. Many government institutions prefer Blackberries instead of iPhones because of their so far impermeable operative system. All in all we, are sure many PlayBook users will soon have the chance to enjoy in jailbroken devices! Perhaps there will be a Cydia app store for Playbook and Blackberry soon?