iPhone 4S and iPad 2 Untethered Jailbreak Released!

As you may have already known, a Jailbreak "Dream Team" was compiled in order to complete the A5 (iPhone 4S and iPad 2) Untethered Jailbreak. Well, guess what guys? They finally finished it after we waited for so long with baited breath.

There has been quite a bit of anticipation for the jailbreak, especially after the iOS 5 A4-and-less unthethered jailbreak was released. Now, here it is, the iOS 5, A5 Unthered Jailbreak. Pristine in all it's glory, Absinthe. 

You can download Absinthe for Windows: [Direct Link]

Absinthe for Mac is available for download: [Direct Link]

Alternatively, if a guide is necessary, follow this one written up by CydiaHelp.

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Although I do not own an iPhone 4S, or any iPhone to begin with, or an iPhone, I'd like to give a big thanks and congratulations to all the members of the iOS 5 A5 JB Dream Team.


Thank you Joshua Hill, aka @p0sixninja


Thank you @pod2g


Thank you Nikias Bassen, aka @pimseks


and last, but most definitely not least, thank you Yiduo David Wang, aka @planetbeing


Thank you for all your time and effort put into this jailbreak and congratulations on the huge improvement. We hope all this work does not go to waste and is fixed in the next iOS release. Good luck on all your future endeavours!

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iPhone 4S Untethered Jailbreak Update

As you guys might have heard, there's an iOS 5 Jailbreak "Dream Team" that's been assembled that consists of @planetbeing, @pod2g, @MuscleNerd, and @p0sixninja.

The guys at Dream Team JB iOS5 have really been focusing in the past few days/weeks on the A5 Jailbreak and it seems they put more work into it than they would in a 40 hour a week daytime job!

Let's get to the point. The iPhone 4S is JAILBROKEN! Yes, the iPhone 4S finally has an untethered Jailbreak. Here's a video demonstration:




Now, I assume, all that's left is to compile the jailbreak method into an easy to use and simple jailbreak tool.

Happy waiting!

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A Must Have in Notification Center Tweaks [Jailbreak Tweaks]

There are quite a few Notification Center tweaks out there, some I'm fond of, and others not so much. But there's one I would definitely recommend to novice and advanced jailbreakers out there. This particular tweak is named Omnistat for Notification Center.

The tweak provides an at a glance display of useful and commonly searched-for information. Here are some screenshots:

Tapping the R.A.M. Pie Chart will free up as much space as possible without interfering with apps running in the background


Considering the iOS 5 Battery Percentage just won't show even if checked off in redsn0w, here's a good alternative :)


Tapping the "Wifi logo" will bring up a menu that allows you to turn on/off: Airplane Mode, Wifi, Bluetooth, and Location
Tapping the power button will allow you to: Kill BG Apps, Restart Springboard, Reboot and Shutdown


There's not much to do in this page except for view running processes and copy your UDID. This page would be most useful for iOS developers.



Swiping left or right will change the display from page to page. OmniStat for Notification Center is available from the BigBoss repo (a default repo for Cydia).

Happy Tweaking!

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iOS 5 Untethered Jailbreak

It was a few days ago that the iOS 5 untethered jailbreak was was released both as a bundle from greenpois0n AND redsn0w (sorry sn0wbreeze, get with the program.)

This jailbreak is available thanks to @pod2g and his dedicated time and work done on this exploit.

Along with the chronic-dev and iPhone-dev team releases, the corona release is also available from cydia. (no need to re-jailbreak my friends ;) ).

You can jailbreak with either greenpois0n or redsn0w:
redsn0w: http://blog.iphone-dev.org/tagged/redsn0w
greenpois0n: http://greenpois0n.com/?p=150

The process should be clearly explained within the apps but feel free to contact me at nolet.brandon@gmail.com if there are any issues.

Another method (redsn0w users only) that is possible is directly through cydia. Go to Cydia and search for "corona".

I advise restoring then rejailbreaking your iDevice just because it would give a clean slate. But it's not completely necessary.

Note: This jailbreak is only available for pre-A5 devices (iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G, etc.) with iOS 5/5.0.1

Happy Untethered Jailbreaking!!

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iPhone 4S Untethered Jailbreak Looks To Be A Go!

Earlier today pod2g, an iOS "Hacker", reported that he was close to untether jailbreaking the iPhone 4S but was having issues.

"The untether fails right now because I'm having processor cache issues.

I'm close, but I can't figure out what happens. It certainly has something to do with the Cortex-A9 cache management.

I could sort it out quick, it's a matter of chance."

Now, things seem to be looking up as he notes in his latest blog post:

"OK, figured it out, the A5 cache is not a problem anymore.

I sorted it out by doing the untether in a single thread and by flushing all the dcache then all the icache in a row at a strategical point of the process.

It took me like a hundred of tests to find the key. Hard for the nerves."

Congratulations pod2g, you're a huge hero.

Stay tuned for more information on the iOS 5 Untethered Jailbreak

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New Feature Found In iOS 5: Panorama Camera Mode [Update: It's up!]

In the early days of the iOS 5 beta, there were bits of code that showed a panorama feature. Now, Conrad Kramer has found a way to enable this feature.

 Why this wasn't added in the original iOS 5 release? We have no idea. However, Conrad intends to release a tool (jailbreak tweak) that would allow any user to easily enable it:

Here are a few screenshots:

and here's the image taken in panorama mode:

Note: The jailbreak tweak has now been released. It is called firebreak and is available in the BigBoss Cydia repository.

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sn0wbreeze Jailbreak Works With iBooks :)

I've been trying to get an alternative to iBooks for quite a while. While I found a way by using BlueFire, unfortunately, it required me to SSH the files over to my iPod and move them around using iFile. However, iH8snow, seems to have found a way to get iBooks working in perfect fashion (without using some complicated method). He has implemented the fix in his latest of jailbreaks into sn0wbreeze which would require you to do a restore with a custom IPSW made by the tool.

Here's a demonstration:

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Using redsn0w In Windows 8[How To]

I've recently noticed that quite a few people have been complaining that Windows 8 and redsn0w just aren't compatible. I don't necessarily know why, but I have the fix.

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iDevice Tweak [QuickReview]: Color Keyboard

Have you ever wanted to change the color of the keys on your iDevice's keyboard? Well now you can do that and more with Color Keyboard!

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iDevice Tweaks: CyDelete, LabelSlide, and AlertArtist

Here are a few iDevice tweaks that I stumbled upon recently.

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iOS security update: 4.3.4

iOS 4.3.4 has been released to all iOS device users in response to the JailbreakMe.Org report. If on one of the latest iOS devices, a user who wanted to jailbreak their iPod could simply visit the website and download Cydia via a flaw in the iOS Safari's webkit in terms of how it handled PDF documents.

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sn0wbreeze = FAILBREAK

Recently, I have Jailbroken my iPod using several of the Jailbreakers available out there. Greenpois0n is a great one, had no problem with it. As for redsn0w, I was dissapointed to find out I had to download the .ipsw file from apple in order to jailbreak my iPod with that, though sn0breeze is just really annoying. It does NOT do what it says it's supposed to do. Add cydia repo's BEFORE jailbreaking from the app = not done. Hell, even cyder 2 (the cydia repo manager for PC/Mac->iPod) worked in putting repo's into my iPod from my computer. Now, for the biggest dissapointment of ALL. It came to my surprise to find out that even my stereo, SPECIFICALLY MADE to put any video or music I play into the output of that machine wouldn't work with my iPod. Sn0wbreeze is a failbreak on the highest level I have EVER seen. To be honest, I rather it just not be jailbroken than have it failbroken.

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