Tag: JAILBREAK

A 57-year-old Spanish man is back in prison today, after using something called a fax machine to break free. The inmate, Juan Carlos Serna, reportedly got his wife to send a fax to the jail, posing as an official order from a regional court. The letter demanded that Serna be released, and was followed by a phone call to confirm. Police then let him stroll out of the facility, in much the same ...

iPhones and iPod touches running iOS 4.1 now have a jailbreak solution courtesy of Limera1n and hacker Geohot. However, the Windows-only jailbreak tool is causing a stir among developers, many of whom believe Limera1n was rushed to upstage rivals before being ready for broad use. The hack doesn't support the iPhone 3GS, and is definitely used at your own risk. ...

Highlights from this morning's big tech headlines... Just hours after the release of iOS 4.1, hackers claim they've been able to jailbreak Apple's latest mobile OS. [From: VentureBeat] New numbers reveal that, despite the growth of netbooks, 15-inches still reigns as the most popular laptop size. [From: Engadget] The popular, cross-platform, multi-format video player VLC may be landing on ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Apple is reportedly trying to patent technology that would allow it to remotely commandeer stolen iPhones, but its patent application apparently indicates that jailbroken or unlocked devices could also warrant the kill switch. [From: Engadget] Dish Network is officially introducing DishOnline tomorrow, and the streaming service ...

It was only about a week ago that the Web-based JailbreakMe iPhone hack started setting off security alarm bells across the Internet. So, color us shocked that Apple, not usually known for its swift release of security patches, released iOS 4.0.2 for the iPhone and 3.2.2 for the iPad today, sealing up that bug for good. Disabling the exploit used by JailbreakMe is the only change to this version ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Apple claims to have created a fix for the iPhone 4's PDF vulnerabilities (sparked by JailbreakMe), saying its patch "will be available to customers in an upcoming software update." [From: Engadget] According to a new Nielsen survey, the U.S. surprisingly ranks 36th in the world's online video usage, but that could be part ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... 'StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty' has already conquered a huge slew of blockbuster rivals to become 2010's best-selling PC title, moving 1.5 million copies during its first two days on the market. [From: Games Beat] A Michigan politician apparently believes that the actions of alleged Wikileaks informant Bradley Manning demand ...

Some news outlets have gotten a little hot and bothered over the latest jailbreak app for the iPhone 4. JailbreakMe.com, which was posted this weekend by the iPhone Dev Team, allows you to circumvent Apple's lock on the device and run unapproved apps and code -- just like every jailbreak before it. What makes JailbreakMe unique is that, rather than requiring you to connect to a PC and load a ...

iPhone 4 users finally have an easy way to jailbreak their new smartphones -- a new browser-based tool, released just a few days after the Library of Congress officially declared jailbreaking totally cool. According to Engadget, JailbreakMe works on any Apple phone (except for the original), including the new iPhone 4, iPad and all iPhone 3GS models running iOS4. Developer Comex originally posted ...

If you love your iPhone but hate Apple's often draconian and seemingly arbitrary restrictions on what apps you can install, then you've likely at least thought about the prospect of jailbreaking. Yet, knowing whether or not your device is even jailbreakable, much less picking the proper tool and finding the right firmware to download, is about as difficult to comprehend as string theory. Someone ...

If you jailbreak your iPhone in a country where jailbreaking is legal, can it really be called jailbreaking? That's what American iPhone users will soon have to ask themselves, thanks to a new set of governmental rules approved by the Library of Congress. As the AP reports, the Library has just legalized code-breaking on Apple's smartphone, meaning users can now download non-Apple approved apps ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Despite the media's focus on ordering issues, "Antenna Attenuation" and questionable customer service, consumers purchased iPhone 4s at record pace over the weekend. Apple moved 1.7 million iPhones before Sunday, making the gadget's opening weekend the most successful ever for a cell phone. Basking in new gadget success, Apple has ...

Other than jailbreaking it or using e-mail, the iPhone offers no built-in way to accept non-media files, even ones that it's able to display (like PDFs and Office files, among others). There are a few iPhone apps, however, that help. AirSharing is a nifty app that lets you wirelessly mount your iPhone on your computer (Mac, PC, or Linux) like a network drive. From there, you simply drag and ...

Charlie Miller (the man who hacked the MacBook Air in two minutes) and his partner-in-crime, Collin Mulliner, plan to unveil an exploit at this Thursday's Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas. Apparently, it would let a hacker take complete control of the iPhone with nothing more than a simple text message. By taking advantage of a flaw in how the handset handles text messages, Miller ...

Spyware on the iPhone hasn't evolved quite as far as that on your Windows PC, but iSpyware is slowly becoming a real danger. Until now, spyware and viruses on the iPhone have been primarily proof-of-concept applications that would be difficult if not impossible for a user to accidentally install. Installing one of these baddies required a jailbroken phone, input from the user, and the apps left an ...