ModMyi is reporting that SaurikIT has acquired Rock Your Phone Inc. This is a huge move for the jailbreak community, as Cydia and Rock app have been competitors for quite a while now. When Rock was first introduced they had their own extentions that conflicted with Saurik's MobileSubstrate, making … [Read more...]
PDANet For iPhone: Use iPhone As A Wireless Router For PC / Mac
No Cable? No DSL? Satellite too expensive? Too many trees for line-of-sight radio? How was I supposed to know when I moved here 15 years ago? I canceled my dial-up account when I figured out how to tether my Nokia E62 to my old iMac G4 via Bluetooth. Edge was faster than dial-up and I only had to … [Read more...]
How To Manually Delete Or Remove Broken Sources Or Repositories From Cydia
Typically, going into Cydia and browsing the latest tweaks and themes is an awesome experience. Saurik has done a killer job on creating this amazing outlet for the jailbreak community to share all kinds of cool hacks for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad. There is one really annoying thing that … [Read more...]
How To: Fix Facebook 3.2 Errors On iPhone
Yesterday, Facebook rolled out an update to their popular iPhone application. Version 3.2 brings a few new features including "Places", that allows you to let friends know where you are, and "Pull Down to Refresh", like the Twitter for iPhone app. After the update some jailbroken iPhone users may … [Read more...]
Cydia App: iAm Jailbroken
A fellow by the name of Jake Schultz has released an app in Cydia and Rock, that collects a bunch of tutorials and info on what to do with your newly jailbroken device. There is a video tab, with links to many video tutorials on the very basics of jailbreaking, like how to SSH into your device, … [Read more...]
FaceTime over 3G Demo [Video]
Way back when we first got the official announcement that the iPhone 4 was coming, and Steve Jobs said FaceTime would only work over WiFi, I immediately thought, "Not for long! :)". (Yes, I think in emoticons.). I was sure that as soon as we could jailbreak the iPhone 4, we would have FaceTime over … [Read more...]
Signal Cydia Tweak By Planetbeing Displays Information About Cell Tower Your iPhone Is Connected To
With all the work Planetbeing has done on the recent iPhone 4 unlock (being released very soon!), somehow he has found time to release his own app, in Cydia. The app is called "Signal". It maps the cell towers around you, and tells you the signal strength of each one. Signal is a utility created by … [Read more...]
Base Structure: Fix For The FaceTime / MMS JailbreakMe Issue
Just a few hours after this bug was reported, we have a fix! In case you haven't heard, the new jailbreak from Comex, "Star", has been released in the form of www.JailbreakMe.com. Shortly after users started using this, it was discovered that there was a permissions error, causing MMS and FaceTime … [Read more...]
How To Jailbreak iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad On iOS 3.1.2 – iOS 4.0.1 With JailbreakMe.com (aka Star)
After weeks of testing and preparation, the new iOS 4 jailbreak is finally released. Comex came through with another great, cross device, cross platform, new jailbreak. www.jailbreakme.com. Yes, that's right, jailbreakme.com is back! Just visit the site on your device, and you're jailbroken! No need … [Read more...]
US Courts Say Jailbreaking And Unlocking Are Legal
I know you're probably saying, "What? Jailbreaking was illegal?". Well, no it wasn't really illegal. The actual act of opening your device (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) to allow you to install what ever you want (Cydia tweaks and applications etc.) on it certainly not illegal, but will void your … [Read more...]