How awesome of a proof of concept is this? An app for the iPhone which allows you to type by measuring the vibrations of you tapping around the phone. Designed by Florian Kraeutli, a student at Goldsmiths, this program is called Vibrative, and you train it to measure the vibrations caused by … [Read more...]
iOS 5 Leaked, Now Available
October 6, 2011 by 3 Comments
The iOS 5 Gold Master was just released to developers, a version that's identical to what will be released as iOS 5.0 on October the 12th. There's a rumor that you didn't need a dev account to install the update, just the correct IPSW files. Well, said files have now leaked onto the internet, and if … [Read more...]
FaceTime Hacked Onto iPad
February 7, 2011 by 1 Comment
It's an ugly hack, but a genius iFans has managed to port the iPod Touch version of Facetime onto the existing iPad. Since it has no camera, obviously the people on the other side can't see you, but the audio works just fine, and the interface has been tweaked for the high res screen, too. It'll … [Read more...]
Android 2.3 Ported To iPhone 3G
January 7, 2011 by 1 Comment
It's slow, nigh on unusable, but cool nonetheless. It's Android 2.3 on the iPhone 3G! The newest iteration of Android on a two-generation old iPhone, I can't say I'm particularly surprised that it doesn't run very well. This was posted by Nick Pack on Twitter, who said: http://twitvid.com/6SWN3 - … [Read more...]
iPod Nano Put In DFU Mode, Onwards Towards Jailbreak
December 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Hot on the heels of the first iPod Nano hack comes a major step towards jailbreak. Steven Troughton-Smith figured out how to boot the Nano into DFU mode, enabling him to get at the firmware: Hold down the restart buttons until you get a black screen (it reboots twice) and iTunes sees the device and … [Read more...]
Tethered Jailbreak Ready For iOS 4.2.1
November 23, 2010 by 5 Comments
The Dev-Team have moved with their regular speed and grace, and released a jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 within minutes of the iOS update. The new app is redsn0w version 0.9.6b4, and it's tethered, which means that you need to have your iPhone hooked into your computer via USB in order to reboot it. We're … [Read more...]
iPhone Hacked To Run Over Serial Port
November 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment
ComputerWorld has put up an article about hacking the dock port of an iPhone to make it work as a serial port. Combine that with jailbreaking, some SSH settings and console controls, it now functions as a pocket sized alternative to a laptop for an IT professional who needs to tinker with a … [Read more...]
Greenpois0n Launched Using Limera1n Exploit
October 12, 2010 by 5 Comments
The Chronic Dev Team have decided to go ahead and release greenpois0n, but using the security hole found by geohot and used for limera1n rather than SHAtter, like they originally planned. It looks like they'll keep that trick in reserve for when the limera1n exploit gets patched by Apple in … [Read more...]
Chrome OS Running on Hacked iPad
September 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment
In what can only be described as a reverse-Hackintosh, an iPad has been tweaked to run Google's netbook OS: Chromium. Chrome OS hacker Hexxeh put this together, though it sounds like it's a far shot from being fully functional. As he said on his Twitter account: you have my official permission to … [Read more...]
Lowtide Hacked Onto iPod Touch
September 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment
While the new Apple TV is an iOS device, it doesn't look anything like the interface on the iPhone or iPad, because it runs a completely different front-end, Lowtide. By digging around inside Lowtide, there was some evidence that it could be ported to other iOS devices, and an enterprising … [Read more...]
