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RipDev leaves the iPhone “jailbroken community”

by Patrick Lutz on Oct 24, 2009 at 08:32 PM

If you’ve been following iPhone jailbreaking and related information for a while now you’re probably familiar with the company. There is no doubt they have brought the jailbreak community many great things, from Installer to Kate to the more recent Icy. Sadly, RipDev will be leaving the iPhone community for… Continue Reading »

Numerous illegitimate app stores steal Apple’s thunder

by Josh Holat on Mar 13, 2009 at 03:53 PM

There are plenty of reports of various App Stores popping up that promise to offer iPhone applications in a way other than through the actual iTunes App Store. Just this week, the Cydia store was made available for jailbroken iPhones. These App Stores—which are completely illegitimate in Apple’s eyes, I’m… Continue Reading »

First look: Five-Column Springboard

by Patrick Lutz on Jan 8, 2009 at 12:17 PM

For all of those with jailbroken iPhones/iPod touches, there’s a cool new hack to look forward to in Cydia in the near future. Known as FCSB (Five-Column Springboard), it does exactly what the name implies; it allows you to have five columns of apps on your springboard! This new hack… Continue Reading »

iPhone Dev-Team launches yellowsn0w unlock

by Indraneel Purohit on Jan 1, 2009 at 11:59 AM

Ringing in the new year is the iPhone Dev Team, who have just made available their iPhone 3G unlock software, entitled “yellowsn0w.” Contradicting their previous blog posts, however, is the fact that this only runs on the 2.2 firmware, whereas the Dev Team had stated the unlock would not work… Continue Reading »

First real iPhone 3G unlock appears

by Josh Holat on Dec 22, 2008 at 05:38 PM

If you’ve been eagerly waiting for the iPhone Dev Team to unlock the iPhone 3G so you could use it and its wonderful new features on any carrier like the old iPhone, your wait will soon be over. With news that the official unlock will be released on New Year’s… Continue Reading »

iPhone Dev Team jailbreaks iPhone 2.2 software, does it matter?

by Josh Holat on Nov 3, 2008 at 05:28 PM

You may not even know this, but the iPhone Dev Team announced last week that their current way of jailbreaking iPhones still works on the unreleased iPhone 2.2 Software. Although this is great news and I appreciate the time these developers have taken out of their lives to release this… Continue Reading »

iPhone Dev Team Updates Pwnage Tool already

by Josh Holat on Jul 21, 2008 at 04:22 PM

Hot on the tail of the recent Pwnage 2.0 tool for the iPhone, the iPhone Dev Team has already updated their app to version 2.0.1. This version brings a couple of large fixes, but it isn’t necessary if the 2.0 version already worked with your iPhone. There are three different… Continue Reading »

iPhone Dev Team finally releases PwnageTool 2.0 for iPhone, iPod Touch

by David Gonzales on Jul 20, 2008 at 10:36 PM

Just when we were beginning to savor the peace and quiet of the Sunday, the iPhone Dev Team finally announced that the iPhone/iPod Touch PwnageTool 2.0 is available for download. It comes in a sizable ZIP file that can be downloaded from the iPhone Dev Team’s blog, as well as… Continue Reading »

iPhone Dev Team shows off first jailbroken iPhone 3G

by Indraneel Purohit on Jul 16, 2008 at 07:30 AM

I guess it was inevitable The iPhone Dev Team has a new video showing off their PwnageTool 2.0, which jailbreaks the new iPhone 3G. Though this provides no public date of release for the software, it does reopen doors. When the iPhone 3G is capable of being jailbroken, it breathes… Continue Reading »

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