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.

Cydia apps: DisplayRecorder updated to version 1.2.5

DisplayRecorder, is a Cydia app created by well known jailbreak dev Ryan Petrich has just being upgraded to version 1.2.5. If you haven’t used this app before, DisplayRecorder is an app which allows you to record any activity on your iPhone screen. You can also save the video of the activity as .avi file which can be later used for different purposes like publishing it on Youtube, Facebook or any other social network. It contains a large scale of different options and customizations. You can easily enable custom gestures which will activate the app, you can choose the quality settings of your video and so on. All preferences of this app can be adjusted in iOS settings app.

Apple to held Media event in New York later this month

Sources inside Apple have leaked plans about some small scale media event which should be held in New York at the end of this month. Could this mean that iPad 3 tablet announcement is near? Or will Tim Cook and his crew use this opportunity to announce some other mayor step like a new iOS version or perhaps the rumored Apple TV set? Nobody knows for sure, although Apple has never missed the opportunity to point the public attention to some new interesting developments whenever possible. So while it is certain that this event will be media oriented, it could also become an opportunity projecting new trends for upcoming Apple products and services.

New iPad 3 leaks, images of Retina Display appear online

We have just seen some images claiming to represent the iPad 3 Retina Display for Apple’s next tablet. This images have been posted on some South Korean Apple related forums. The upper part of the photo shows a iPad 2 display, while the lower part shows a photo of the supposed next Retina Display for iPad 3. As suggested by some analysts, this image shows among other things three cables which are probably data cables. Apple’s next iPad model will probably have a superb 2048×1536 resolution, which is four time better than what is now available with iPad 2, which explains easily why so many data cables are needed.

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!

iPhone alarms works if you have updated your iPhone iOS version

Many iOS users have voiced their concern and dissatisfaction with the fact that iPhone alarm didn’t sound off after the New Years eve. This bug rosed its ugly head first time last year, but it was later supposedly fixed with iOS 5 upgrade. One reason for so many people criticizing Apple about this issue could be that a number of users actually did not upgrade their iOS firmware.

Apple working on iPad 3 tablet with much larger battery capacity

According to Digi Times, which is a well known Taiwanese Apple blog with good inside sources, Apple is working on a new battery for the next iPad 3 model. According to this rumor, new iPad 3 will have battery capacity twice larger than what is now possible. The same blog is also a source of the speculations about Apple releasing as much as three new tablet models, which would supposedly cater to different market segments: low, middle and high end tablets. The most expensive and best tablet could have this new battery, with significantly increased capacity.

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.

Apple working on two new different iPad tablets?

After different rumors on a possible new 7.85” iPad tablet, we now heard another rumor mentioning at least two new models, coming with larger screens of 9.7” which will have QXGA graphic resolution and a unique light bar design. According to this rumor, which isn’t convincing in our opinion, these iPad models could be announced on 26 January already, at Apple’s annual iWorld event. Some analysts claim Apple’s strategy is based on forking out their tablet products to cover wide range of users. Essentially, Apple wants to announce different tablets which should cover entry, middle and high end market segments.