Tag archive: jailbreak

Since 2010, smartphone users who want to jailbreak their devices, freeing them from manufacturer constraints, have the legal authority to do so. But that right may soon be flushed down the proverbial toilet, warns the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Luckily, there's a way to fight back, and even expand the right to jailbreak to tablets and gaming consoles. Here's the situation: In 2010, the EFF petitioned the US Copyright… Read More

The team behind ChevronWP7, the Microsoft-sanctioned unlocking method for Windows Phone 7, has started the New Year with some good and bad news — the good is that they've made 10,000 sales so far, but the bad is that they've now sold out and currently have no plans to restart operations. Initially unofficial, the ChevronWP7 unlock tool gained official sanction from Microsoft early last year, and since then has gone on to help… Read More

Your Apple TV is already an iOS device, so why not make it act a little bit more like its tablet and smartphone siblings? A pair of iOS developers, Steven Troughton-Smith and TheMudKip, have come up with a hack that allowed a 2nd generation Apple TV (jailbroken, 'natch) to run iOS apps at full resolution, according to The Verge. It's not publicly available for anyone to use just yet, but the news should bring hope to those… Read More

This has been a rough week for AT&T’s customers with “unlimited” data plans. On Monday, we reported that user’s with unlimited plans will start getting throttled due to heavy usage. On Thursday AT&T confirmed that it will start taking action against iPhone users who use unofficial Jailbroken tethering apps. AT&T offers an official tethering service that users can pay an additional $20 for, on top of their already hefty bill. We… Read More

The game of see-saw between Apple and jailbreak enthusiasts has swung back to favor the latter. Earlier this month, one-stop jailbreak source JailbreakMe relaunched, making use of a PDF-related exploit to crack open what had been the latest iOS firmware update at the time. The exploit was fixed in a new patch released last week, and that patch has now been jailbroken. That's iOS version 4.3.4, to be specific, for the iPhone (3GS or… Read More

Apple has released iOS 4.3.4 (iOS 4.2.9 for users on Verizon) which fixes a vulnerability with the operating system's PDF support that could enable attacks via maliciously-crafted PDF files. Earlier this month, Jailbreakme.com relaunched using this PDF exploit to enable user to jailbreak their iOS devices. As expected, the patch shuts down that particular jailbreaking technique. The update is free for the iPhone (3GS or newer), iPad,… Read More

No sooner goes JailbreakMe.com come back online—enabling iOS device users to jailbreak their devices just by clicking a link—than security alerts start flying. Germany's Federal Office for Information Security has issued a security warning to consumers (German), warning users to avoidf opening PDF files on Web sites or as email attachments unless users are sure the documents come from a trusted source. Although the… Read More

Hackers have once again found a weakness in the way Apple's Mobile Safari browser loads PDF files, making it possible to jailbreak iOS devices without connecting to a computer first. Anyone interested in jailbreaking their device simply needs to point their Mobile Safari browser to jailbreakme.com and follow a simple set of instructions. JailbreakMe is web-based, but does, however, recommend first connecting to iTunes to perform a backup.… Read More

Apple outlaws can rejoice today over the news of an update to the popular jailbreak app, redsn0w, with untethered support for iOS 4.3.2. The jailbreak works on any Apple device that uses the current firmware version, with the exception — like other recently released jailbreaks — of the iPad 2. Everyone else — iPhone 3GS and 4, iPod Touch 3G and 4G, and the original iPad — is safe. Relatively so, anyway. Some people are… Read More

The days of awaiting a new jailbreak and unlock for your iPhone every time Apple releases an iOS update may be over. A company called CutYourSim is claiming it can unlock your iPhone without jailbreaking, and keep it that way for life. Of course you will have to pay up, but $169.99 for a permanent unlock may be worth it to eliminate the hassle. It seems like CutYourSim has someone on the inside helping with the process. It’s likely the company… Read More

The tug of war between Apple and its more tech-savvy iOS users continues. Version 4.3.1 is the latest firmware version available for the company's mobile devices, and top hacker crew Dev-Team has released its first untethered jailbreak little more than a week after the new update's release. Although the new jailbreak is untethered — meaning your device can be rebooted without being re-jailbroken each time — and both… Read More

The fight between Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA) and famous jailbreak hacker George Hotz (aka GeoHot) continued this week, reports CNet. But this time, the jabs came from Hotz's camp. According to court papers published on Groklaw.net, Hotz's legal team, led by attorney Stewart Kellar, filed numerous motions on Friday that argue that the lawsuit against Hotz should be dropped altogether. The first reason given by… Read More

Sony claims that PlayStation 3 jailbreaker George “GeoHot” Hotz fled to South America to avoid legal action. But according to Hotz, he's just on vacation. Earlier this week, Sony filed papers in a California court, which accuse Hotz of fleeing the country to avoid handing over “components of his hard drives as requested” to the court. Sony says Hotz has attempted “to dodge this Court’s authority,” which… Read More

In the world of Apple's mobile devices, non-practitioners often confuse jailbreaking and unlocking. With the former, you are removing Apple's built-in restrictions from your iOS gadget while with the latter — and this is true of all mobile devices, really — you are freeing up your tech to be used with wireless service providers that don't sell or support it. Unlocking tends to be a little bit trickier than… Read More

AT&T has begun to crack down on iPhone customers who use their smartphones to connect laptops to the wireless carrier's 3G network without the purchase of a tethering plan, reports OSX Daily. Offending customers, which includes those who use the MyWi unofficial iPHone Wi-Fi hotspot app, have begun to receive letters and text messages indicating that AT&T requires the purchase of a $45-per-month tethering plan to use the… Read More