Apple has been getting better in making life difficult for jailbreakers. Cracking iOS 5.x has proven to be more difficult than other releases. @pod2g’s corona release did work for older generation iOS devices. The A5 based products may be difficult to jailbreak. But according to the iPhone Dev Team, a solution is almost ready to be released. Thanks to the efforts of @pod2g, members of the iPhone Dev Team and Chronic Dev Team, iPhone 4S and iPad 2 users will soon have the chance to jailbreak their devices. These folks are already working on fixing the bugs. Read the rest of this entry »

The year 2011 is coming to an end with a bang for iPhone fans. For starters, we are already hearing rumors about the iPhone getting a complete redesign job in 2012. As BGR has reported, Apple is planning to launch a completely redesigned iPhone in the fall of 2012. The new iPhone will have an aluminum back and plastic bezel covering, if the rumors are right.

 … Apple is planning to use a rubber or plastic material — similar to the material used in the company’s bumper cases — that will be built into the new iPhone case. In all likelihood, this material will be used as a bezel surrounding the front edge of the phone (like the iPhone 3GS bezel) and it will serve two purposes. First, it will join the glass iPhone face with a new aluminum back plate. It will also cover a redesigned antenna system that surrounds the device, allowing Apple to build the rear case out of aluminum without having to use a large plastic insert above the antennas as the company does on its iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G.

Of course, we have heard similar rumors in the past. At this point, it is quite obvious that Apple will go out of its way to make the next generation iPhone more than competitive against the next wave of Android handsets. BGR has no words on whether we will see multiple models of Apple iPhone debut next year. Read the rest of this entry »

Apple did not release an iPhone 5 this year. But it did release iOS 5 and Siri, both of which are now causing issues for Apple fans. Siri was promoted as a personal assistant for iPhone 4S. But there are many other Apple customers that are interested in using Siri on their devices. It seems iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G have been hacked to run Siri. Videos of Siri running on these devices are already generating buzz across the Internet.

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A couple of years ago, people used to jailbreak their phones to unlock it and use it on other carriers besides AT&T. These days, iPhone fans can always buy a Verizon phone but that has not stopped jailbreaking by any means. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could unlock your iPhone without jailbreaking it? A couple of services have popped up that promise to do just that. They do that remotely too. Read the rest of this entry »

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It is no secret that Apple does not appreciate jailbreakers or the role they may have played in expanding the iOS platform. In fact, the company goes out of its way to stop jailbreakers from getting around the restrictions it has set on its products. In another shot against jailbreakers, it seems Apple has pressured Toyota and its ad partner to pull their iOS-based theme and ad campaign from ModMyi.com. Read the rest of this entry »