Chat Heads Bust Out Of Facebook App Prison Thanks To Jailbreak Tweak

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If you’ve used the new Facebook app, you might have found yourself bumping into those quirky Chat Heads, the new circular messenger icons that stick to the sides of your screen. First launched on Android as part of the Facebook Home initiative, the iOS version keeps them confined within the walls … [Read more...]

Apple’s Latest iOS Beta Patches Jailbreak Exploit

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The popular evasi0n jailbreak compatible with iOS 6 might be coming to an end in an upcoming iOS 6 release. According to David Wang, one of the developers behind the evasi0n release, the latest beta release of iOS 6 patches one of the exploits used for the jailbreak. … [Read more...]

7 Million Devices Hacked Thanks To evasiOn Jailbreak

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An article today in Forbes cateches up with Jay Freeman who runs Cydia, the app store synonymous with jailbroken devices. It offers themes, tweaks and all sorts of software not available in the App Store. The store also offers a good method of data collection when it comes to figuring out the number … [Read more...]

evasi0n iOS 6 Jailbreak Appears On Target For Release Today

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The much anticipated iOS 6.x jailbreak that goes by the name evasi0n has been teasing us with a progress bar that started last week when an official website launched. Originally rumored for a Super Bowl Sunday release, it appears the developers behind the jailbreak are now targeting a mid-day … [Read more...]

iOS 6 Jailbreak evasi0n gets website, possible Super Sunday release

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The jailbreak team has been working feverishly on delivering the long awaited jailbreaking of iOS 6.X. Testing for both Windows and Mac are finished, with some final testing being done prior to release. The name of the new jailbreak is evasi0n with website of the same name to provide updates on … [Read more...]

Non-Jailbreak iOS Piracy Sites Thrive in Wake of Hackulous Closing

Recently we covered the sudden closure of the website Hackulous, a community devoted to supplying pirated iOS apps to jailbroken users. However, now that they've shuttered their doors, people on the hunt for free versions of paid apps have turned elsewhere, and it seems that there's a new generation … [Read more...]

Hackulous Pirate App Community Shuts Down, Takes Installous, Apptrackr With It

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The popular piracy-based iOS community Hackulous has shuts its doors, taking down one of the major locations for pirating paid apps. In a note on the website, the team posted a short message saying: Goodnight, sweet prince. We are very sad to announce that Hackulous is shutting down. After many … [Read more...]

MapsOpener Jailbreak Tweak Makes Maps Links Open in Google Maps

Okay, so we've figured out how to make Siri route you with Google Maps, but what if you want to intercept address links to that they go directly to Google Maps instead of Apple's Maps? It turns out there's a jailbreak tweak just for that. MapsOpener is available for free on Cydia’s BigBoss repo, … [Read more...]

Dream Jailbreak? It’s a Rickroll

We only just covered the Dream Jailbreak, which was set to go live on December 22nd. Alas, the entire thing has turned out to be a prank, and we don't have an untethered jailbreak for iOS 6 — yet anyway. … [Read more...]

Untethered iOS 6, iPhone 5 Dream Jailbreak Teased For December 22nd

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The jailbreak world has been quiet over the last few months — we haven't seen much advancement on the new Apple devices or version of iOS. But a new website is promising a complete and total untether jailbreak for iOS 6 on the iPhone 5, iPad, iPad mini, and more. Meet Dream JB. … [Read more...]