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[Rumor] Geohot To Release Untethered iOS 4.2.1 Jailbreak

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January 3, 2011
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The most vocal member of the iPhone Dev Team, MuscleNerd seems to be confirming that GeoHot already has a working untethered iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak solution but one that may not work for all iOS devices. This was discovered in a recent reply to a tweet sent out by a user named iPodguy79. We recently posted about a recent discovery of yet another domain dubbed “rubyra1n” by Geohot and this may be the name of his new jailbreak utility.

iPodguy 79 tweeted the following message to @sherif_hashim @MuscleNerd @iphone_dev @chpwn:

keep up with your soap opera and geo will be slapping another reality More >

[How To] Boot Your Tethered Jailbroken iPhone (Mac)

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January 3, 2011
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The iPhone Dev-Team recently released Redsn0w 0.9.6rc7 to help you boot your tethered jailbroken iPhone, iPad or iPod touch quickly by bypassing some of the screens that you will normally see when using Redsn0w for iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak.

We’ve updated redsn0w to include “one-click” support for those of you running the tethered 4.2.1 jailbreak.  Using command-line arguments, you can now bypass the screens you’d normally see as you use redsn0w to “Just boot tethered for now”.

Below are instructions on how to quickly boot your tethered jailbroken iPhone using RedSn0w for Mac.

Disclaimer:

This More >

[How To] Boot Your Tethered Jailbroken iPhone (Windows)

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January 3, 2011
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The iPhone Dev-Team recently released Redsn0w 0.9.6rc7 to help you boot your tethered jailbroken iPhone, iPad or iPod touch quickly by bypassing some of the screens that you will normally see when using Redsn0w for iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak.

We’ve updated redsn0w to include “one-click” support for those of you running the tethered 4.2.1 jailbreak. Using command-line arguments, you can now bypass the screens you’d normally see as you use redsn0w to “Just boot tethered for now”.

Below are instructions on how to quickly boot your tethered jailbroken iPhone using RedSn0w for More >

RedSn0w Updated To 0.9.6RC7; Allows Easy Tethered Boot Option

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January 3, 2011
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The iPhone Dev-Team has updated RedSn0w to easily boot devices that are running a tethered jailbreak.

We’ve updated redsn0w to include “one-click” support for those of you running the tethered 4.2.1 jailbreak. Using command-line arguments, you can now bypass the screens you’d normally see as you use redsn0w to “Just boot tethered for now”.

Disclaimer:

This guide is for information and educational purposes only. Use it at your own risk, we cannot be held responsible if anything goes wrong.

Available command line arguments:
  • -j to ask Redsn0w to “Just boot now tethered for now”
  • -i More >

Comex – Untethered Jailbreakme 3.0 Tool Relies On iOS 4.3 Release

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January 3, 2011
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The much anticipated JailbreakMe 3.0 untethered jailbreak solution for users currently using iOS 4.2.1 may be delayed until further notice; this time dependent on the release of iOS 4.3. An Italian site recently contacted @Comex; the dev behind Spirit and JailbreakMe to ask him about his plans for releasing his untethered jailbreak tool for iOS 4.2.1. Comex replied with a sift and simple (similar to Steve Job style e-mails) that it all depends when iOS 4.3 is out. This can be seen in the quick email and replying email address proof provided in the pic below.

The email sent by Andrea More >

RecBoot 2.1: Enter & Exit iPhone/iPod Touch in Recovery Mode

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January 2, 2011
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The nifty utility that puts your iDevice into Recovery Mode or help you exit out from recovery mode in a single click named RecBoot has just been updated to version 2.1. RecBoot comes in handy for rookie users, for those who don’t know how to insert the iPhone into recovery mode, and for those who don’t have a fully functional Home key.

Download RecBoot 2.1:

How to use RecBoot 2.1 on iPhone, iPod Touch:
  • Connect your iPhone or iPod Touch to your computer and run the program.
  • Click on one of two buttons depending on what you want to do: [Exit More >

Kinect Hacked With FAAST Allows Player More Immersed Gameplay

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January 2, 2011
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A new hack for the Kinect allows players to become even closer to their avatar in World of Warcraft. With an open source framework tool called OpenUI and a Kinect, University of Southern California researcher Evan Suma and his team have hacked together a middleware program called Flexible Action and Articulated Skeleton, or FAAST. This program allows users to plug their Kinect directly into their computer and use it in the place of a keyboard and mouse for the game World of Warcraft. The software takes real-world gestures and translates them to commands for moving, casting spells, and other More >

GreenPois0n Jailbreak for iPhone iOS 4.2.1 Coming Soon

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January 2, 2011
by TechHead in , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The popular hacker of the Chronic Dev-Team and the master mind behind the Greenpois0n jailbreak tool, p0sixninja just recently posted on Twitter that the untethered jailbreak for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch running on iOS 4.2.1 is coming soon using the new version of the Greenpois0n tool. According to him, the new version of the greenpois0n tool will be supported for all iDevices. Back in November he mentioned releasing a tethered and/or semi-tethered version of the tool and then later apologized informing the public about working on a permanent untethered solution.

His tweet from More >

Possible Solution For WP7 FreeMarketplace Cracked Apps Found By Its Developer

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January 2, 2011
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As we already reported on, a simple crack could be used to strip the Digital Rights Management (DRM) tools in place on the applications from the Marketplace thus allowing a free download and install of any app on any Windows Phone 7 device. This situation could have easily turned dire for Microsoft, but surprisingly  it took a completely different and unexpected turn. The developer of FreeMarketplace, the tool needed to crack the DRM, has decided to turn all his information and knowledge over to Microsoft and has begun to find a permanent solution.

The developer named Tobias, the mastermind More >

Apple’s App Store Reaches Impressive Revenue Mark For 2010

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January 2, 2011
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Apps on smartphones started out as just a novelty when the App store launched but as they became more advanced and actually starting serving a useful purpose for the real world, thats when the money started rolling in. Now that it only takes moments to find an app for literally almost anything, from controlling your finances to finding a game to kill time while you wait for the bus, Apple’s App store has turned into a huge success. And the success of the store doesn’t seem to slowing down anytime soon according to recent report.

The App Store is expected to bring in upwards of $2 billion More >

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