Those of you who updated to iOS 5.0.1 over battery concerns, but still want to jailbreak your device need not worry – iOS 5.0.1 can already be jailbroken, thanks to a new version of redsn0w supporting the firmware.
Jailbreak users who have upgraded to iOS 5 now have something new to get excited about, as Chronic Dev Team member @pod2G has discovered a bug in iOS 5 that may soon bring an untethered iOS 5 jailbreak.
Following Apple’s release of iOS 5.0.1 beta to developers last night, Dev Team member Musclenerd revealed via Twitter that the new beta firmware can still be jailbroken using the current release of Redsn0w.
BigBoss has released a semi-tethered jailbreak utility for iOS 5, allowing you to use a few limited features of your jailbroken device after a reboot.
With the public release of iOS 5 set for Wednesday, October 12th, many are wondering whether there will be an untethered iOS 5 jailbreak released, and when the next iOS jailbreak will come out.
Notable iOS jailbreak hacker MuscleNerd has issued a warning through his Twitter account that once-popular jailbreak website JaimbreakMe.com has been sold to an unknown buyer, and is no longer available to use for jailbreaking your devices.
Make all your friends think that you can run OS X Lion on your iPhone with this freakin’ awesome jailbroken theme for your iOS Device.
If German iOS developer Patrick Wildt has his way, you’ll soon be able to run desktop Linux on certain iOS devices through a jailbreak hack. The Linux port is expected to be unveiled at the MyGreatFest jailbreaking convention on September 17th.
A cool new YouTube video by iGuitardude2744 does a fantastic job in showcasing some of this year’s very best jailbreak hacks for iOS devices. While I haven’t heard of all of these, they do all look rather fascinating.
Comex, the guy behind popular Jailbreak web app Jailbreak Me is moving from the dark side to the shiny aluminum side. In a bit of a strange maneuver, the jailbreak expert – whose site has been used by more than 3 million hackers – is taking up an internship with Apple .
Those of you that have already updated to iOS 5 beta 6, which Apple released to developers on Friday, will be glad to know that this latest developer beta can already be jailbroken using the same tools as beta 5.
Although it took longer than previous iOS 5 betas, iOS 5 beta 5 has now been jailbroken using redsn0w 0.9.8b5. It’s still a tethered jailbreak, and so far does not support the iPad 2, but progress is progress, right?
It appears that AT&T has now confirmed that they will soon begin revoking unlimited data plans from users of jailbroken iPhones who use “unauthorized” tethering and mobile hotspot solutions.
Even though Apple just released their iOS 4.3.5 update yesterday, it appears that they didn’t do anything to prevent it from being jailbroken, and a jailbreak is already possible using the latest version of Redsn0w!
One of the things that really grinds my gears about my iPad 2 is the lack of user accounts. If the iPad 2 is meant to be a laptop replacement then why doesn’t it cater for multiple accounts in the same way that OS X can? A Cydia hack for Jailbreaked iPads to the rescue!
Have you ever wished your iPad could support multiple user accounts, just like your Mac does? Pedro Franceschi agrees – that’s why he developed a jailbreak hack that enables exactly that!