Archive for the 'iPhone Hacks' Category

JailbreakMe Offers Easy Jailbreak Solution

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

With jailbreaking your iPhone now declared a legal activity – in the USA at least – there could be a few more iPhone owners around who want to give it a try, but are put off by the process of actually doing so.  However, whether you’re a jailbreak virgin or something of an expert, the

Geohot hints at iPhone 4 jailbreak, mentions it “won’t happen” from him

Monday, July 12th, 2010

If you have been a fan of jailbreaking, or even paying attention to jailbreak related news — you likely know who Geohot is. After all, he has been around doing great things for those who like to play with their iPhones for quite a while now. That said, the outlook of him releasing something for

You’re Twisting my iPhone Man!

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Or, more precisely, you’re twisting a knob on my iPhone!  This is a brilliant hack seen over at dsLabs, where what looks like an old volume control knob has been filled with science and now allows precise twisting and turning of your iPhone’s screen! According to the blog, the knob works in a similar way to

redsn0w 0.9.5 released, will jailbreak some iPhones running OS 4.0

Friday, April 16th, 2010

The good news is that someone has released a jailbreak for iPhone OS 4.0. The bad news is that only a limited few are going to actually be able to use it. That said, while a little surprising, it is nice to see this released. If nothing else it will allow some jailbreak developers to

iPhone OS 4 jailbroken, already

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

iPhone OS 4 isn’t even available to consumers, but a quick-fingered hacker by the name of iH8snow claims to have already jailbroken it, no real surprise there. In response to a question regarding whether or not he had plans to jailbreak OS 4, iPhone hacker iH8sn0w replied (via twitter) “I already have. .” The hacker has

Jailbreaking news: Unsure if you can jailbreak, check the chart

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Interested in jailbreaking your iPhone but not sure if your device can be jailbroken. That is understood, heck I follow the jailbreaking scene pretty close and still have a hard time remembering which phones can be jailbroken at this point. Its not a hard process, but at this point the ability to jailbreak is based

User mods his iPhone 3GS with titanium exterior casing

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Recently we have seen images of the titanium iPhone 3GS floating around the web, and it turns out that the phone is real and seemingly pretty sweet looking. The length people will go to if they do not like the gadgets they are carrying will never surprise me and this one was done because Martin

Jailbreaking news: Redsn0w will not yet jailbreak every device

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Those that jailbreak do so with the knowledge that they may have difficulty upgrading immediately after Apple offers an update, and that is the case with OS 3.1.3. This post is dealing with redsn0w, and it has been noted that it is able to jailbreak OS 3.1.3 — but not on every device. According to the

Apps that make me willing to jailbreak: QuickReply

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Just to offer something a little different from all of the rumors, I will mention another app that makes me willing to jailbreak. Of course, I should point out that after the announcement later today, the whole jailbreaking scene is likely to become unstable for a little while again. So if you decide to jailbreak

Apps that make me willing to jailbreak: Shrink

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Of course, assuming we see the unveiling of iPhone OS 4.0 the jailbreak scene is going to become very unstable for a while, and given that I would not necessarily recommend now as a time to begin jailbreaking. But just in case you already are, here is another app that makes me willing to jailbreak.