A few hours after updating their famous jailbreak tool RedSn0w to bring an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 to the masses, the Dev Team has now released an updated version of PwnageTool. PwnageTool is the perfect tool for unlockers as it will allow you to create a custom IPSW, thus allowing you to update your firmware while still preserving the [...]

Greenpois0n jailbreak is being worked on to bring iOS 5.0.1 untethared jailbreak. The news comes from Pod2g, who originally developed the untethered jailbreak exploit. In a blog post, he explains that he has handed over the untethered exploit information to the Chronic Dev-Team for a speedy release of theuntethered jailbreak.Since the untethered jailbreak is ready for A4 devices [...]

Ac1dSn0w is a new jailbreak tool for iOS 5.0.1 and iOS 5 on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 1 and iPod Touch 4G, 3G. These are the steps to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1, iOS 5 with Ac1dSn0w jailbreak…If your’re wondering about the benefits of Ac1dSn0w over other jailbreak tools like PwnageTool, RedSn0w, or Sn0wBreeze, the answer is: No. Ac1dSn0w offers no major benefit over RedSn0w or other popular [...]

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has asked the US Copyright Office to make legal the jailbreaking of all consumer electronic devices, including smartphones, tablets, and video game consoles. The proposal aims to remove jailbreaking, or gaining root access to a device, from being prohibited by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The EFF has also asked that [...]

            Siri0us, the jailbreak tweak that allows iPhone 4, 3GS, and iPod touch owners to use Siri dictation, has been pulled from Cydia. After the Siri0us servers experienced several outages due to high traffic over the last 48 hours, the developer, Eric Day, has removed Siri0us from Cydia. Eric is looking for [...]

(Credit: Apple) Despite the overwhelming success of Apple’s “walled garden” approach to the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, many users still wish to part ways with the benefits of control in favor of the unbridled technology (good and bad) available when jailbreaking iOS. If you are one of those users, you can actually become an [...]

            Chronic Dev team broke the bad news earlier today that the exploits that they had discovered in iOS 5 beta that could have resulted in an untethered jailbreak for iOS device users and more importantly a jailbreak for iPhone 4S … Continue reading ? from iphonehacks 

Hackers have been trying to port Siri to older iDevices since the virtual assistant was announced alongside the iPhone 4S. Siri doesn’t technically require the new handset’s A5 processor and increased memory, so limiting the technology to the 4S is clearly a marketing maneuver. We’ve already seen Siri running on an iPhone 4, so we know [...]

From the main Ac1dSn0w window, you are presented with 4 options: Jailbreak, Boot Tethered, Pwned DFU Mode, and Exit Recovery. You also have two check boxes for “Show Console” and “Show Assistant.” You can check both boxes to have access to more information throughout the jailbreak process. Step 1: Connect your compatible iDevice running iOS 5.0 [...]

Ever since Pete Lamonica, a.k.a plamoni, unveiled his Siri proxy project last week, we’ve been excited to see what developers would come up with. The project allows knowledgable programmers to “teach” Siri new commands using a public proxy server. We’ve seen Siri control a Wi-Fi thermostat, and we’ve even seen her start a car, but all of that is [...]

For those of our readers that have a DIY streak in them, and like to save money, this is an interesting little project that when finished will give you a ‘ghetto-iMac’ to enjoy. All that is needed is a Mac Mini, a flatscreen display, and a few easily attainable accessories to create your very own all-in-one OS [...]

 Unlock iPhone 4S without Jailbreak As per numerous reports, an iOS 5 bug allows you to unlock iPhone 4S without jailbreaking the 4S or using UltraSn0w orGevey SIM to unlock it. Michael Capozzi, who found this trick, managed to unlock iPhone 4S to use T-Mobile network and according to him, this method should work with any GSM carrier. The person has provided [...]

Tentative iOS 5.0.1 Support Even though there is still no working solution for restoring 5.x on iPhone 4S I have released a 5.01.00 so you can at least save 5.0.1 SHSH. I have added tentative support for at least saving 5.0.1 SHSHs for iPhone 4S but as of now we are unable to use them [...]

The developers over at Applidium are claiming they have cracked Siri’s security protocol, which could enable the speech recognition technology on any device. The possibilities of devices range from iPhone 4, to iPad, to Mac, to even Android. When it comes to this crack you actually need a UDID of an iPhone 4S to get [...]

=============================== sn0wbreeze v2.8 [BETA 11]: =============================== * Supports iOS 5.0 (9A334)/5.0.1 (9A405) * Fixed iBooks sandbox crashing issues (as of 2.8b9). * Fixed location services issues with iPhone 3GS users running the iPad baseband (as of 2.8b9). * Re-added iPad baseband install option to iPhone 3GS. * Tethered devices are booted via iBooty which is [...]

Apple released iOS 5.0.1 to the public today, and with it comes the need to jailbreak. Fortunately, we’ve got that need covered using the latest version of RedSn0w 0.9.9b8. Keep in mind that many are warning those wishing to jailbreak to stay away from iOS 5.0.1 — especially iPhone 4S owners and those who have [...]

Pod2g, an ex-Chronic Dev Team member has found a new exploit for iOS 5 untethered jailbreak. With this untethered iOS 5 exploit discovery, now there are 3 parties including iPhone Dev team, Chronic Dev Team and Pod2g working full force to develop an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5 firmware Pod2g, ex-Chronic Dev Team member, tweeted [...]

Security guru Charlie Miller’s new iOS vulnerability that allows an approved App Store app to run unsigned code remotely. Miller has been hacking Apple’s products for years, and this most recent bug is a particularly nefarious exploit that could be used for all kinds of evil purposes. Charlie Miller is one of the good guys, [...]

On the iPhone 4S launch date just a couple of weeks ago, we broke the news that developer Steven Troughton-Smith had successfully ported the Siri user-interface and some of the underlying code from the iPhone 4S onto the iPhone 4. The port was functional except for the most important part: talking to Apple’s servers. Now, [...]

Want some hands-on time with IntelliScreenX before it is officially released tomorrow? Then read the full article from idownloadblog

MuscleNerd, one of the most popular iPhone hackers and jailbreak/unlock developers, has released a Youtube video and a tweet showing the iPad 2 jailbroken and the iPhone 4S, running Cydia and Siri at the same time. Read the entire article from sinfuliphone

If you have an iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.x.x, unlocked with UltraSn0w / Gevey SIM and now want update to iOS 5, you’ll have to preserve iPhone 4/3GS baseband to keep your unlock. These are the steps to preserve iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 baseband while updaing to iOS 5 firmware

As promised, the iPhone Dev Team released an update to the UltraSn0w unlock for iOS 5 today. This update allows users with unlockable basebands running iOS 5 to unlock their iPhone 3GS, or iPhone 4. For further details read the post from idownloadblog

Apple has been battling against the jailbreak scene for nearly 4 years. Every time hackers find an exploit, Apple is right there to release a software update to patch it. But boot-level exploits, like GeoHot’s Limera1n, are much harder to fix. In fact, Limera1n continues to be used for iOS 5 jailbreaks on pre-A5 devices. [...]

Sprint’s policy for unlocking the iPhone 4S is a confused mess. First it was reported the handset would be sold unlocked, then it was said this report was false. Now a third report claims both statements, though contradictory, are true. Confused? Let’s explain. The first report from Macworld claimed the Sprint iPhone 4S would be [...]

          Hours after iOS 5 was released, Dev team had released Redsn0w 0.9.9b4 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch running iOS 5. As promised, iPhone Dev team has just released a new version of Redsn0w – Redsn0w 0.9.9b5 with PwnageTool functionality. They have also added the public URLs of the iOS [...]

iPhone Dev-Team has released the promised major update for the RedSn0w jailbreak. RedSn0w 0.9.9b1 is now available for download. You can download RedSn0w 0.9.9b1 for both Windows and Mac from the links below. Hit the jump to see a detailed list of new features… Redsn0W New Features Uses DFU mode to try to automatically determine [...]