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...
Jailbreakers have been hard at work hacking Apple's latest mobile operating system for a while now, and it looks like all that effort has finally paid off. The latest untethered iOS 8 jailbreak from Pangu is apparently "stable enough" to use, according to Cydia creator Jay Freeman. If you are waiting to jailbreak your iOS 8.0-8.1 device until things are "stable enough": we now seem to...
Think your iOS device is immune to malware? Think again. If you jailbreak, your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch could be infected by "AdThief" malware, a money-making machine that is now installed on an estimated 75,000 devices. First discovered back in March and also known as "Spat," AdThief was created by a Chinese hacker and comes disguised as an innocent substrate extension that...
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...
Cydia, the app store Apple doesn’t want you to use, is finally accessible on iOS 7 thanks to a new jailbreak. After Cydia-creator Jay Freeman—known online as Saurik—initially said he was caught off guard by the release this weekend, an updated version of his app was released today with a fresh iOS 7-inspired design. For those who don't already know, Cydia has been updated for a better...
A clever iOS developer somehow managed to finagle a completely dishonest app onto the App Store under the same name as popular Jailbreak tweak IntelliScreenX. The ploy here is obvious: Entice customers with a false promise, wrap it up in a nice package, and sell it. What's underneath the fancy presentation, though, is not even close to what IntelliScreenX really is. How did this sneak...
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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Apple's new iPad is the first of its iOS devices to adopt super speedy 4G LTE connectivity. But it still won't let you make FaceTime calls on-the-go without finding a Wi-Fi hotspot first. Attempt to make a FaceTime call over 4G — or even 3G — and it will fail, just like it does on your iPhone or iPad 2. FaceTime has remained exclusive to Wi-Fi connections since it was introduced back...
The intrepid "dream team" collective of the top iOS hackers revealed the untethered iPhone 4S (and iPad 2) jailbreak is just around the corner. The iPhone 4 and original iPad (A4 devices) received the jailbreak treatment in December, with continued efforts to crack the defenses of A5 devices ongoing. While there's no exact date for a public release, it looks as though we're only days...