iPhone 4S and iPad 2 Jailbreak release countdown

If you are like most of other iPhone and iPad users, you are probably eager for a new solution which could jailbreak and perhaps even unlock your new A5 based device. And the best news since the beginning of this year is that it seems that we will have the jailbreak in a couple of days or even earlier!

iPhone 4S unlock close, do not update to 5.0.1 firmware!

Many rumors are claiming that it is necessary to update iOS version if you want to jailbreak as the jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 is close, according to reports from various jailbreak developers. Now a completely different claim is circulating in jailbreak world, claiming something different! If you want to unlock your iPhone 4s or iPad 2 you must stay away from the iOS 5.0.1 upgrade. It seems that users with earlier 5.0. firmware version, have much better chances for an unlock.

Untethered Jailbreak for iPhone 4S video

It looks like the long awaited, untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S and probably iPad 2 is around the corner. The developer who has made the breaktrough is of course Pod2G, the same jailbreak developer which responsible for the iOS 5 untethered jailbreak for iPhone and iPad. He has just published a short video which shows iPhone 4S with a working, untethered jailbreak, and Cydia installed on iOS 5.0.1.
He said in a comment that he and his buddy @DHowett made this video. @Dhowett also happens to be a iOS jailbreak dev and a member of the famous Chronic Dev Team group.

Apple blocks untethered Corona jailbreak with iOS 5.1 beta 3

We have waited for some long time for a stable and reliable untethered jailbreak for iOS devices runnig iOS 5. The jailbreak was finally developed and released only recently, at the end of the last year. It has enabled a excellent untethered jailbreak for all iOS devices, with exception of devices with A5 processors such as iPad 2 tablet and the latest iPhone 4S. Sadly it seems that it didn’t take too long for Apple’s engineers to patch the exploit which enables Corona jailbreak to work. A number of jailbreak developers have confirmed that the jailbreak isn’t working anymore with the beta 3 version of iOS 5.1. Keep in mind that the same exploit is being used in the latest version of RedSn0w jailbreak, so the same thing applies for this jailbreak too.

iPhone 4S and iPad 2 jailbreak soon to be released

If you are like most of our readers, you have probably already jailbroken and unlocked your iPhone or iPad. And if you have upgraded your A4 based iPhone or iPad to iOS 5.0.1 you are probably already using untethered jailbreak which was developed and released by Pod2g via latest RedSn0w or Corona Cydia package. But so far if you own iPhone 4S or iPad 2 you couldn’t jailbreak your device at all. Now we have a good news for you: jailbreak for those devices will probably become available in short time, courtesy of Pod2g!

TinyUmbrella update, iPhone 4S iOS 5.0.1 firmware supported

TinyUmbrella app developed and maintained by NotCom has being updated, and now offers support for saving SHSH blobs for the second instalment of iOS 5.0.1 which was seeded by Apple only few weeks after the iPhone 4S was launched. You need to update your iOS version to iOS 5.0.1 in order to save SHSH blobs which are essential if you intend to get an untethered jailbreak for your iPhone.

According to latest rumors, we could see an untethered jailbreak even for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 sometime next week. So hurry up and save your devices SHSH blobs before it too late!

Corona untethered jailbreak, additional informations released

Famous jailbreak developer Pod2g has added some new stuff about his Corona jailbreak on his own personal blog. If you are by some chance interested in how the mechanics of jailbreaking iOS 5.0.1 really functions, you might want to check out his blog.

In his own words: by using a “fuzzer”, he found out after some effort that an vulnerability exists in the sol called racoon config parsing code. If you wonder what racoon actually is: no its not the small hairy mammal, racoon is actually “ IPsec IKE daemon”. It is a part of iOS and it starts up when you begin a Ipsec connection. By the way: the name of this jailbreak - Corona is actually an anagram of racoon.

Independent developers running iOS apps on Apple TV

Independent developers (in some circles misnamed as hackers) have made another great breakthrough. iOS ap runing on Apple TV? Sound to good to be true? Not any more, according to latest news stories coming from the world of jailbreak developers. Using a special Mobile X iOS windows manager and Mobile Launchpad, a number of iOS apps have being demonstrated running on Apple TV, no AirPlay involved in the whole process!

Get RedSn0w Redsn0w 0.9.10b3 for improved iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak!

You have probably already heard about the latest untethered jailbreak solution developed by Pod2g and released by Chronic Team and iPhone Dev Team. Many users have already taken the chance to jailbreak their favorite iOS device. While this is the best gift for any iPhone or iPad users, as any new software it included some minor or not so minor bugs hidden in its code. So it turns out, Redsn0w 0.9.10 beta 1 and Redsn0w 0.9.10 beta 2 had some bugs which needed to be promptly solved. And this is exactly what jailbreak developers have done with the latest release of Redsn0w 0.9.10 beta 3. The main problem was that a number of users have experienced problems with the so called “launchctl” issue appearing while using some Cydia tweaks and apps.

How to jailbreak iPhone or iPad on iOS 5.0.1

More than two months has passed since the famous jailbreak developer, Pod2g publicly announced his discovery of a bug which could provide a working, untethered jailbreak for devices on iOS 5.x. And now we finally have a functioning, untethered jailbreak solution at our disposal, thanks to Pod2g but also to Dev Team and Chronic Dev Team which were quick to implement the solution.