If you own a jailbroken iPhone, you'll need to find somewhere else to download and install apps. Cydia will no longer distribute apps, founder Jay 'Saurik' Freeman confirmed. The digital store, which launched more than a decade ago, doesn't generate enough revenue to remain viable. In a post on Reddit last week, Freeman revealed how Cydia requires a lot of money to operate and falls...
BigBoss, one of the biggest and most popular Cydia repositories, has allegedly been hacked. Attackers "Kim Jong-Cracks" claim to have gained access to all packages — including paid titles — and made them available for free via their own repo. Cydia users are advised to steer well clear of it, however. If you're unfamiliar with Cydia, it's the jailbreaker's App Store alternative for iOS...
Amazon giveth, and Amazon taketh away… at least if you have a jailbroken iPad. When the news hit earlier that the Amazon Instant Video iPad app debuted in the Apple App Store, the collective happy dance from Amazon Prime-wielding iPadders was almost palpable. But for a certain segment of the userbase, the cheers quickly turned to jeers when they realized that the app wouldn’t work on...
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If you’re a seasoned jailbreaker, then you know not to immediately jump to the next iOS the moment it’s available. You watch and wait, and make sure there’s an appropriate jailbreak for this version before you update. If you’re a newbie, however, you might not be well-versed in how all this goes. The Basics There are two main types of jailbreaks — tethered and untethered. Tethered...
If you’re into iOS jailbreaking, then you may have noticed a spiffy new item recently: Browser-based JailbreakMe 3.0 was just released this week, and it can handle the long-awaited untethered jailbreak of the iPad 2. That’s right — it hacks all iPads, as well as the other iOS 4.3.3-running devices (iPhone 4, 3GS and iPod Touch 3rd and 4th gen). The official jailbreak release follows...
In a previous life, I managed an iOS-focused site. Now, one of the glorious things about working at TechnoBuffalo is the ability to explore the bigger tech universe, but it’s hard to break old habits. Since I’ve gotten questions about what we could see in iOS 5, I’m going back to the old stomping grounds and throwing down my take on what is (and isn’t) on the menu for the next major...
Less than one week ago we showed you how to get Multifl0w working on any of your iOS devices for free. Hours prior to writing that, I myself took the plunge into the jailbreaking world not with my iPhone 3GS, but my multitask-less iPad. Days later, I turned back. The single most glaring omission in the iPad's current software version is the lack of any multitasking beyond the native...
Our article on five reasons to jailbreak your iPhone got a tremendous response. I've received many requests for an article walkthrough on how to jailbreak your iDevice, so let's get started. If you haven't already, upgrade your iPhone's firmware to the latest version (3.1.2). Also make sure your device's baseband firmware reads 05.11.07. To verify both of these software versions,...