by monis on April 26, 2012 ·
The developer behind SAM Method has pushed yet another update to SAM application after the discovery of its ability to unlock iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S on any carrier. Earlier, you might be using your original Sim or the iTunes for the unlock process to complete. But now, you could perform the unlock independently. The SAM application can be downloaded from Cydia under http://http://repo.bingner.com repository.
Once the repo is added, search for SAM and install it on your iPhone. Navigate to SAMPrefs and make sure that the Method is set to Auto Detect. In Utilities, tap on Attempt activation until a pop up appears and tells you – “Please wait…. This may take a while”. If, by chance, Attempt activation doesn’t appear, just “Deactivate iPhone” from the utilities itself and then follow the previous step. The iPhone might try to respire while searching for the network. Don’t worry! This is normal. Your carrier would be detected instantly. [click to continue…]
by monis on April 22, 2012 ·
While DevTeam is still working on an update to ultrasn0w for the software unlock, Loktar_Sun after tinkering with the SAM method which is originally used to activate iPhone on any carrier or push notification from iTunes now unlocks a JailBroken iPhone 4 & iPhone 4S. The SAM method was developed by Sam Bingner (@sbingner) for a separate purpose, but it turned out to be one of the simplest method to convert a temporary software unlock into true one.
MuscleNerd has confirmed SAM unlock method to be working on his iPhone 4S. He was being able to run T-mobile without issues. However, you need to have the particular carrier sim inside for the unlock process to proceed specifically for that sim. As per Sam Bingner, the unlock could also work for people who are on iOS 5.1 with tethered JailBreak. Until iPhone hackers releases iOS 5.1 untethered JailBreak for all devices, you can give it a shot.
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by monis on April 21, 2012 ·
If you remember, the legendary team released a tool called ‘Absinthe‘ to JailBreak iPhone 4S & iPad 2 on iOS 5.0.1. Due to the fact that this team also included DevTeam member MuscleNerd, they have updated their popular tool – ‘Redsn0w’. Now, Redsn0w has the capability to untether JailBreak your A5 based devices on iOS 5.0.1. It means that you won’t require to use Absinthe anymore if you are looking for a JailBreak.
In addition to it, we have many other features. If you have accidentally uninstalled the untether, it would let you re-install the JailBreak. Redsn0w also fetches saved SHSH Blobs/APTickets from Cydia automatically during the JailBreak. So, you don’t need to manually save them from any other tool such as TinyUmbrella. Moreover, it would now show additional information about your device, that is wether you are on an iPhone 3G with vulnerable baseband boot loader or an old bootrom in iPhone 3GS.
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by monis on April 20, 2012 ·
Pod2G seems to have resolved issues with ASLR which he had come across earlier. Today, he tweeted about his progress in bringing iOS 5.1 untethered JailBreak for new devices. Now, Pod2G has taken a step forward to ROP the payload. Hopefully, everything would end up soon and we would have a working iOS 5.1 untethered JailBreak running on all of the devices including the new iPad.
However, there are several exploits among the iOS hackers, but they would most probably use one of them. Also, i0n1c after the criticism on twitter could have decided to back off in the JailBreak scene. He surely has his own perceptions about how people use JailBreak to earn money. Anyways, Pod2G is actively working to make things possible once again. However, there’s no news on ETA of the release. [click to continue…]
by monis on April 18, 2012 ·
If you were following the recent conversation of @i0n1c and @pod2g over twitter, you would realize that they had been fighting over the free JailBreak and the issue of earning money through donations. Anyways, all this began once Pod2G updated us on the recent situation of iOS 5.1 untethered JailBreak for all devices. It means that the new iPad which is based on A5X would get a JailBreak as well.
According to Pod2g, all those exploits which had been earlier found out by various hackers and iOS developers are ready for the new JailBreak. Currently, he is working on bypassing the ASLR at boot up. However, i01nc had previously demonstrated iOS 5.1 JailBreak in a video, but never made it public. Due to which he had to face many criticism on twitter and people even abused him for the same. [click to continue…]
by monis on April 1, 2012 ·
With the latest update on Apple TV 2, Â Apple has brought most of the features of the new Apple TV which offers a redesigned UI, music purchase through iCloud, Genius recommendations and so on. When we have a tethered JailBreak for A4 devices, it was pretty much expected that the support would be expanded for more devices and that includes Apple TV 2 as well. Fortunately, FireCore has come up to release a tethered JailBreak for Apple TV Â 2 on latest firmware, iOS 5.1.
Similar to all A4 devices JailBroken on iOS 5.1, Apple TV 2 also needs to be attached to PC/Mac once the device is rebooted. But the chances for the same are certainly less because unlike other devices, Apple TV 2 doesn’t have an inbuilt battery for the charge. You need to keep it connected to the power source for the continuous usage. That’s why, you may require to perform a tethered boot of an Apple TV 2 once in a while. Also, there are several plugins which works with the current tethered JailBreak. [click to continue…]
by monis on March 28, 2012 ·
When Apple launched iPhone 4 in US and other countries, there had been rumors of Antennagate. It means that when you hold an iPhone 4 in a certain way, the signals would start dropping down. Due to which Apple had to call a press conference where they told about the existence of this antenna gate in devices from other vendors as well and offered a Bumper/case to the concerned customers.
However, Apple figured out that they had been using a wrong algorithm to calculate their signals strength. Hence, they worked with carrier partners to improve on that front. But if you want to increase the accuracy further, you have to install a tweak from Cydia called ‘Bars’. Once you have installed the tweak, the signal bars would even show half of the bar if signal strength is present in decimals. According to the developer, the bars are calculated accurately without decoding what an RSS is. [click to continue…]
by monis on March 25, 2012 ·
Well, there’s a good news for people who have saved SHSH Blobs and looking forward to downgrade their iDevices. A popular iOS hacker, iH8sn0w has told us over twitter that he has been successful in finding a loophole in A5 devices where you can downgrade from a higher firmware to lower firmware. Interestingly, he was able to downgrade his iPhone 4S from iOS 5.1 to iOS 5.0.1 with the SHSH Blobs that were saved earlier.
Till now, if you have upgraded your iDevice to iOS 5.1 from iOS 5.0.1, there’s no way for you to revert back. Also, if you are experiencing an issue with your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, you can’t restore to the same firmware, given that a newer one is available for download. However, MuscleNerd, the member of DevTeam informed previously that he has been working on a method to save APTickets/SHSH Blobs and downgrade which might be implemented in future. That’s the reason we were advised to save SHSH Blobs for iOS 5.0/iOS 5.0.1 even if they are not useful at the moment. [click to continue…]
by monis on March 22, 2012 ·
If you wants to add shortcuts in Notification center such as Brightness, Wifi, Sound, Location, Rotation Lock and so on, you can do it with the help of NCSettings widget. Similar to many Samsung Android smartphones, which is an inbuilt feature of TouchWiz, these shortcuts are modest, sleek and attractive. They mix up with the native look of the notification center easily.
According to your needs, you can even turn OFF the shortcuts form the Settings. Also, you can tap and hold on a specific shortcut to move from its default position in the notification center itself. The tweak may resemble with other already widgets in Cydia, but NCSettings has its own aura and charm. From any perspective, we didn’t find it as an add-on from the third-party store. Instead, after installing the tweak, we found it a part of the notification center like Weather and Stock widget. [click to continue…]
by monis on March 19, 2012 ·
Today, i0n1c, the popular iOS hacker who was the first one to post screenshots of JailBroken iPad 3 has told over twitter that all those exploits present with other hackers are untethered. He also informed that this is an entire misconception that there exists only one untethered exploit among three of them for iPad 3 JailBreak. Moreover, all those exploits present with other hackers are kernel exploits as well.
i0n1c added that the source of this misconception is Redmond pie who posted an article that there exist only one untethered exploit for iOS 5.1. According to him, if there existed an untethered exploit then it is highly likely that that exploit could be used to untether all of the previous devices. Hence, we can expect a release from one of the hackers in coming days. However, none has given an ETA yet. It seems that more work is required for the proper implementation. [click to continue…]
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