It is an obvious fact that Apple is not a fan of Jailbreaking. Since the very beginning, Jailbreaking has been something Apple has tried to stop. They have done this through releasing regular firmware updates, using new bootroms in their iOS devices, etc. Even certain companies who have released applications in the App Store are not a fan of people who Jailbreak their iOS devices. In fact, applications like Time Warner Cable have been built with Jailbreak detection software to disable the application from running on Jailbroken iOS devices.
Luckily however, as Jailbreaking is all about innovation, there is a Cydia tweak available called xCon that will patch these applications so that they can still run on Jailbroken iOS devices. It has been some time since we have updated you on the status of xCon, thus today we thought it would be a good idea to shed some more light on this Cydia tweak once again.
Over the last few months xCon has seen numerous updates to improve compatibility with a variety of new services, improve stability and also fix numerous bugs a lot of people initially complained about. For those curious on just what services xCon now supports you can take a look at the compatibility list below.
- AlwaysOnPC
- Bloomberg Anywhere
- Bright House
- Cablevision
- Cisco M-Learning
- Cox iPad
- DirecTV iPad
- Flixster
- Golden Cinema
- Good For Enterprise
- Grimm’s Fairy Tale apps
- Hanabank
- KB starPlus
- Maxis Movies
- Samsungcard
- Time Warner Cable
- TV d’Orange
- Verizon OnDemand/FlexView
xCon works by running apps with anti-jailbreak protection in a special contained environment where they cannot detect whether you have a Jailbroken iDevice or not. Thus, allowing you to run whatever App Store application you wish, without having to worry about whether it has anti-jailbreak protection or not. The developer has even mentioned that if you notice an application that is not supported by the xCon Cydia tweak to send him an email (n00neimp0rtant@me.com).
For those interested in the latest version of the xCon Cydia tweak, which at this time is version 20, you can find it through the ModMyi repo for FREE. Don’t forget to let us know what you think of the xCon Cydia tweak in the comments.
Adrian Argueta says
finally can use my directv app on my ipad again!!
Niterun2 says
Doesn’t seem to work on my jailbroken ipad 2 with ios 5.01, I still get the same message on ipad when trying to open the Bright House app, ( I did do a complete reboot just to see if that would work) thanks for reading.
Atufano7 says
I still get error 179 on Cox TV Connect app…anyone have any idea why or how to fix it?? I have the new release o Xcon….? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!?
Test says
Xcon does Not work with the New Version of Good for Enterprise
guest says
yup – doesn’t work with Good – just tried it.
guest says
I’ve also got the same issue… I could only find an old .deb for v11 online, so I’ll try installing that for now, until we get a fix.
Ihatesky says
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE sort out sky go on iphone. I would love to see the smug *****ers at sky see there excuse of blocking JB phones worked around!
EMNYC says
today is March 5th 2012, and XCON DOES NOT FIX Good For Enterprise App.
Does anyone know why they cant fix this app????
Dan says
this xcon…. It’s a beautiful thing. It truly represents the glory of the jailbreaking community in its entirety. I believe i speak for us all when i say, “Bravo. A job well done” plus now i can watch Sherlock Holmes on my ipod without Flixster being a little bitch about it. (no offense flixster)
Dackman says
Xcon does not work with the new version of Sky Go.
Daveshaw001 says
Same here..Xcon not working on sky go :(
ssssssssss says
xcon is not working anymore for skygo
Halecroftave says
Xcon been updated and New Sky Go not working on this – does anyone know a way around this ….help !!!
Deanhaithwaite says
just updated skygo on my jailbroken phone and xcon doesnt work anymore.
someone please help.
Mikemk100 says
Nope! Sky go not working!! Thats not cool :-(
Please fix this for us mere mortals
Jmcevans says
Xcon installed on my ipad and Sky go was available – updated App, and now Sky have blocked jailbroken device. ANY HELP
Nivekred says
not working with DTV Nomad 16 Jul 2012
Mark says
Xcon don’t work on time Warner app the app don’t start at all 8/3/12
Edddie13 says
Use cox Contour App. It’s better than TV Connect and has no Jailbreak detection. Contour lets you watch on demand titles and the User interface is much nicer.
Lazarus Arguelles says
Does this still work on iOS7?
khirbysygmon says
yes its working on ios &..just tried it with eternity warriors cause i cant play multiplayer because my device was jailbroken..but now i bypassed it and can play it freely! thanks for this, really saved my day :)
Chill says
Contour app will check for Jailbreak detection. I just tried on IOS7.
uday says
plz do the fix for all famousgram apps