Well, if you didn’t know it was coming, you should have: it’s been confirmed that the current beta of iOS 6 eliminates the exploits used by pod2g and the rest of the Dev Team to jailbreak iOS 5.1.1. In other…
iOS 5.1 Jailbreak “A Matter Of Days” Away
It seems there was quite a bit of jailbreak-related news over the weekend. First and foremost, it looks like pod2g’s jailbreak of iOS 5.1.1 is nearly ready for public release. Second, it looks like the public tool that will be…
Apple Stops Censoring “Jailbreak” From iTunes And The App Store
Yesterday we brought you news that Apple had suddenly begun censoring the word “jailbreak” in its various stores. Visitors to the App Store or the iTunes Store who searched for “jailbreak” saw it replaced with “j*******k.” That, as you may…
Apple Censors “Jailbreak,” Thin Lizzy Album Now An Obscenity
Do you know how much Apple hates jailbreaking? Apparently, it’s enough to label the mere mention of it as an obscenity, worthy of the full “**********” treatment. That’s right, searches within iTunes for anything relating to “jailbreak” now shows “j*******k”…
iOS 5.1 Jailbreak “Weeks Away,” But Getting Closer
Yesterday we brought you news that iOS hacker pod2g had gotten an untethered jailbreak of iOS 5.1 working on his third generation iPad. In his tweet yesterday, he said that after a little more work, he would test it on…
iOS 5.1 Jailbreak Coming Sooner Than Expected?
Just yesterday we brought you news that the latest update to the jailbreak took redsn0w, which should be coming soon, would allow users to roll back to an older version of iOS. This was good news, because it meant that…
iOS 5.1.1 Jailbroken, But Don’t Update Just Yet
Yesterday we brought you news that Apple had released iOS 5.1.1, a minor update that focused mainly on squashing a few bugs that had been discovered since the release of iOS 5.1 back in March. As usual, those whose iOS…
iOS 5.1 Jailbreak Coming Soon-ish. Maybe.
If you’re a member of the iOS jailbreak community, you know that sometimes a jailbreaking a new version of iOS can take awhile. While Apple is legally required to tolerate jailbreaking – and by “tolerate” I mean “not sue jailbreakers”…
iOS 5.1 Jailbreak One Step Closer To Reality
The groundwork for an iOS 5.1 jailbreak has been laid, according to jailbreak developer pod2g. He took to Twitter in the wee hours of this morning to say that all the exploits necessary for a jailbreak of iOS 5.1 had…
iOS 5.1 Jailbreak April Fool’s Day Prank Angers Some
An April Fool’s Day gag drew the ire of a number of would-be iOS jailbreakers yesterday. A post on iJailbreak.com proclaimed that a new untethered iOS 5.1 jailbreak for A5 and A5X iOS devices (iPhone 4S, iPad 2, new iPad)…
Jailbreak For iOS 5.1 Still Weeks Away
When Apple unveiled their new iPad on March 7th they also rolled out iOS 5.1. This was great news for most iOS users, but frustrating for those (like me) who prefer their iPhones jailbroken. As expected, iOS 5.1 possessed none…
Untethered iOS 5.1 Jailbreak Coming Soon?
If there’s one rule that everyone who jailbreaks their iPhone or iPad knows, it’s this: do not update your iOS when Apple releases a new version. Though legally required to tolerate jailbreaking, Apple is not a fan of the practice,…
iOS 5.1 Update Is Available To Download, Screenshots Inside
Apple announced earlier today that their latest update iOS 5.1 would be available. WPN has confirmed that it is available to download. Most of the details surrounding the update have been known, with a couple of mystery improvements we now…
iOS 5.1 Update Available Today, Announced at Apple Event, Coming to Japan Soon
For those who have been waiting for the iOS 5.1 update, Apple has just announced that it will be available to download today, and will be coming soon to Japan. The major function being lauded in the 5.1 update is…
iOS 5.1 Reveals Details About iPad 3, iPhone 6
The latest beta release of iOS 5.1, the forthcoming update to the iOS operating system, has been found to contain some hints about what to expect from the next generation of iPhones and iPads. It seems that the software’s processing…
iPhone 5 Rumor: iPhone 5,1 Spotted In iOS 5.1 Beta
As iOS 5.1 beta is being seeded to developers, everyone has already carefully picked through it in order to find the tiny hints that signal upcoming Apple devices. And iOS 5.1 beta is full of those indicators – the most…