Aug 12, 2010

Apple released the 4.0.2 iOS 4 update for iDevices and 3.2.2 iOS update for Apple iPad yesterday. This security update fixed the PDF loading bug that the hackers exploited to bring the jailbreakme jailbreak to all iDevices. Only problem was Apple’s security fix did not include iPhone 2G and iPod Touch 1G users!! These device owners have been left at the mercy...

Aug 11, 2010

You might have heard that the recent userland jailbreak for iDevices including iPhone 4 was due to a vulnerability in Apple’s PDF rendering in Safari. Apple has released an iOS 4.0.2 update that fixes this vulnerability and in turn closing down a way to jailbreak iOS 4.x on some devices. There are 2 scenarios depending on if you want to jailbreak or not. If...

Sep 14, 2009

Update: PwnageTool 3.1. for iPhone 3GS 3.1 jailbreak is here! iPhone 3GS Users: Don’t update to iPhone OS 3.1 via iTunes until a jailbreak is released. Dev Team has been successful in iPhone 3GS 3.1 jailbreak! Yes! Dev Team had warned against updating to iPhone firmware 3.1 if you wanted to jailbreak/unlock your iPhone 3GS or 3G. I have been patiently...

Sep 9, 2009

Today was the Apple’s Rock and Roll event and they announced new iPod Touch 32GB & 64GB models and new iPod Nanos with video cameras. Plus, there were 2 more exciting announcements by Steve Jobs – iPhone OS 3.1 and iTunes 9! iPhone OS 3.1 The new version iPhone OS version is 3.1 and features the following new features and updates to OS...

Aug 6, 2009

We receive promo codes from iPhone App developers both for giveaways as well as for reviews & sneak peeks. The  iTunes App lets us redeem those promo codes right from the iPhone. It used to be in the iTunes application under the More option. But, when I looked recently it was gone! I was like, hmmm. Where could it be? And it was in the last place I would...

Aug 1, 2009

You might have heard of the iPhone OS 3.0′s SMS security vulnerability that was disclosed a few days earlier in a BlackHat conference in Las Vegas. Basically, this SMS vulnerability exploits a security hole in the cellular carrier letting a hacker send a bunch of inteliigible codes to your iPhone by SMS and take complete control of an iPhone. Even though...

Jul 18, 2009

Recently, a friend of mine asked if there was a way to attach multiple photos to an email right from the Camera Roll. I was like, um, I haven’t tried that yet. I have to say it wasn’t that obvious. But, the actual answer is, you can. When you are in the Camera Roll, tap on the Share icon in the bottom Now you will the bottom panel change to...

Apple has seeded iPhone OS 3.1 to developers with a few new features. Voice Control activation from a Bluetooth Headset iPhone vibrates on moving apps on the Home Screen Modem firmware updated to 5.08.01 OpenGL and Quartz improvements Cut, Copy, Paste functionality in Dial Pad of Phone App Non destructive Video editing – option to trim your clip then...

Dev Team just passed on the good news for those with a iPhone 3GS or waiting to buy/sell unlocked iPhone 3GS. In less than a week from iPhone 3GS launch (has it just been a week?), they have been able to verify that an exploit used to jailbreak iPod Touch 2G, dubbed 24kpwn, is still applicable to the bootrom of the iPhone 3GS! If you are familiar with...