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.

How to waterproof your iPhone

You have probably heard about different experiences with iPhone damages. One of more frequent problems happening in everyday life is that some users manage to drop their favorite iOS device into bathtub, kitchen sink or some other place filled with liquid. Water and electronics don’t fit particularly well, and in most cases you will end with a defunct device. And given today’s slow economy, loosing a couple of hundred of bucks worth device like this isn’t something which will make you happy.

Verizon sold more than 4.2 million iPhone contracts

More than 4.2 milion users decided for Verizon CDMA network as their choice, during the last quarter 2011. The rising demand for Verizon iPhone offer. clearly shows that Verizon is successfully attracting both new and old iOS users, onto their nation wide carrier network. Interestingly, it took them only a relatively short time to attract exceptionally high number of iPhone users.

During the third quarter of the last year,more than 2 million users decided to take an Verizon iPhone with a contract, which is a number only slighlty behind AT&T’s 2.7 million iPhone users in the same period. To remind you, AT&T is much longer in the iPhone business, as they have offered Apple’s smartphones all the way since it was launched for the first time, back in 2007.

UPS releases updated version of UPS iPhone application

UPS Mobile app for iPhone users has just being updated with a new options like package scanning, new icons and other new features. UPS mobile is an app which enables users to manage their shipments while they are travelling and wit no access to their computers. It will help you to track your shipments, create different shipment labels, find nearby UPS locations and even inform you about possible shipment costs and package delivery timing. Most importantly you will track your shipments much easier. With this updated version of UPS Mobile, you’ll get two new ways for adding your tracking number.

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.

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.

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.

iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch launched!

And finally after many weeks of patient work by jailbreak developers and long waiting for iOS users, jailbreak which was created by Pod2g is now officially launched. This jailbreak works for iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3G and 4G and for the original iPad tablet.

Only a couple of days ago, Pod2g has forwarded his jailbreak solution to both iPhone Dev Team and Chronic Dev Team. Both groups have immediately added the jailbreak to their respective tools which in case of iPhone Dev Team is RedSn0w and PwnageTool. Chronic Dev Team has made the jailbreak available in a Cydia package.

Tizi uses iPhone for voice based iPad remote control

There are some great apps and products out there begging for your attention, but from time to time we see some really cool apps which stand apart from the rest of of the crowd. Such is the case with Tizi and Tizi app for iOS. Tizi is a German product which enables over the air streaming of content from device to device kind of similar to what Slingbox offers.