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BlindType is a new iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad tweak that is currently in the works hoping to one day be released onto the AppStore (however it is more likely that it will be released in Cydia rather than the AppStore). It’s a tweak which improves the keyboard so that you can type without looking and not make any (or very few) mistakes! Read the rest of this entry »

Some good, or bad, news has been tweeted by Comex. He has announced that he is not going to wait for iOS 4.1 to release his userland untethered jailbreak for all iDevices on iOS 4.0 and iOS 4.0.1, but rather release it before hand and risk having Apple patch the exploit before iOS 4.1 comes out. Read the rest of this entry »

Good news from the iH8sn0w camp today. It turns out that he is working on version 2.0 of his Sn0wybreeze program, a Windows port of the Dev Team’s application called PwnageTool, that will work on OS 3.1.x/4.0/4.0.1/4.1b1. Read the rest of this entry »

MuscleNerd, one of the members of the Dev Team, has posted on his Twitter a link to the latest post on the Dev Team’s website. It turns out that Apple are now doing soft SHSH blobs checks on old iDevices like the iPod Touch 2nd generation and the iPhone 3G. Therefore, Cydia is now accepting SHSH blob backups from those two iDevices. Read the rest of this entry »

Sherif Hashim was the one who managed to crash the 05.12.01 baseband which eventually led to it being unlocked. Now, he has found out another interesting hack which allows you to activate an iPhone 3G, 3GS or iPhone 4 without the original SIM card that the iPhone is locked to. Read the rest of this entry »

During Apple’s antenna keynote yesterday, Steve Jobs made sure to show all iPhone 4 users out there that it isn’t only the iPhone 4 that has antenna issues. Steve Jobs showed demonstrations of how other Smartphones, including Nokia and RIM phones, drop bars as well when held in a wrong way. Read the rest of this entry »

Apple held their much needed press conference today regarding the iPhone 4 antenna issue. Final answer: free bumper cases for early adopters, and refunds for people who already bought them.

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Apple have gone ahead and released a new update to the iOS devices. No it’s not the iOS 4.1 that was seeded to developers but is instead version 4.0.1. Included in the change log is that it ‘improves the formula to determine how many bars of signal strength to display.’ So now solution for iPhone 4 users yet!

EDIT: Comex says do not update your iPhone 4 if you are planning on unlocking!

Some tests have been conducted on the new iOS 4.1 beta that was released yesterday and unsurprisingly, it does not fix the iPhone 4 antenna problems. Why is this unsuprising? Because tests have  been done on the iPhone 4 and was deemed that the antenna problems aren’t caused by a software problem, but a hardware one. Read the rest of this entry »

Apple have finally released the first edition of the iOS 4.1 firmware update that was supposed to solve all the iPhone 4 problems that people are suffering. There is no change log for this firmware released but it has been feeded to developers everywhere.

If you care about jailbreaking, do not update to this firmware. Wait for news from the Dev Team before doing anything!

Apple is hosting what seems to be a last minute press conference this Friday at their headquarters in good ol’ Cupertino, California. The company has said it will be an iPhone 4 press conference, probably addressing this whole antenna crisis that has been going on for the past number of weeks.

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Yesterday it was announced that Planetbeing had managed to complete the iPhone 4 unlock that he and the rest of the Dev Team had been working on. Now he has released that above video of him demoing the unlock.

This is an incredible performance of Beyonce’s ‘Sweet Dreams’ song by Yoari and iBand using only iPhones, iPod Touchs and iPads. Definitely worth checking out!

Wondering which jailbreak is the one for your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad? Wondering which tool to use if you are on a certain firmware? Then this post is definately for you! Inside you will find a table explaining which jailbreak to use for all the iDevices and firmwares! Read the rest of this entry »

Great news! The iPhone 4 unlock that the Dev Team have been working on for the past few days has finally come to completion! Planetbeing tweeted the above tweet announcing it. Read the rest of this entry »