Untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4 iOS 5.1 achieved

The wait continues for the iPhone 4S and new iPad to be jailbroken, but for anyone using an iPhone 4 or iPad 2 there’s good news. An untethered jailbreak for those devices running iOS 5.1 has finally been achieved by one determined iPhone hacker.... 

Untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4 iOS 5.1 achieved

The wait continues for the iPhone 4S and new iPad to be jailbroken, but for anyone using an iPhone 4 or iPad 2 there’s good news. An untethered jailbreak for those devices running iOS 5.1 has finally been achieved by one determined iPhone hacker.... 

Onion Browser brings encrypted mobile browsing to the iPho

In an era when security is at the top of our minds, mobile web browsers seem to be lagging behind. There are few options for secure web sessions on smartphones, but a new iPhone app called Onion Browser is changing that. Onion Browser connects to the... 

Geek 101: How to install Android apps

If you’ve just come home with your first Android phone, the first thing that you’re going to want to do is to get some apps. If you’re coming from iOS, then you may be accustomed to only having one way to install apps (the App Store)…... 

How to jailbreak iOS 5.1 tethered on Windows or Mac (for n

With the announcement of the new iPad, Apple released the latest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 5.1. As with every Apple software update, one of the first questions was “how long will it take until it’s jailbroken?” That... 

SiriToggles lets you open apps, change systems with your v

Siri has some impressive technology behind it, but the voice assistant’s scope is, at launch, relatively limited. Sure, it lets you ask about the weather, set reminders, and message your friends — all in casual language. But many other tasks... 

How to jailbreak the iPad 2

iPad 2 owners have been left out of all jailbreaking fun for quite some time now. It only had one jailbreak, which was during a brief window last summer (before Apple patched comex’s jailbreakme) but that didn’t last long. That dry spell,... 

iPhone 4S jailbreak so close, yet so far?

The iPhone 4S has been available for about two months, yet it has no jailbreak. The iPad 2 has been available for the better part of a year and it can only be jailbroken on an ancient version of iOS 4 (4.3.3). It’s dark times for the jailbreak... 

iOS 5.1 beta brings Photostream deleting, iPhone 10 jab

For several weeks, all has been quiet on the iOS 5 front. Apple released iOS 5, people had battery problems, Apple released iOS 5.0.1, some people still had battery problems, then nothing. Today though Apple gave developers a second beta of iOS 5.1.... 

iBooks gets a huge update

Launching less than two years ago, iBooks quickly established itself as a leading eBook app. It has a gorgeous interface, a store with thousands of titles, and even allows sideloaded PDF and EPUB files. Last night Apple pushed the biggest update to iBooks... 

Install Siri dictation on iPhone 4, 3GS, and iPod touch

iPhone 4 and 3GS owners, this may be your lucky day. One of the iPhone 4S’s selling features, Siri dication, can now be yours. Jailbreak developers have released their version of the voice recognition service, compatible with the iPhone 4, iPhone... 

Review: Case-Mate’s Tank case means your iPhone can take

While conventional cases and even bumpers offer some protection they don’t make your iPhone rugged. To do that you need something more, something like Case-Mate’s Tank case. At $60 it’s not cheap, but the company believes that it offers... 

How to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 on Windows or Mac

The gap between iOS updates and tethered jailbreaks is awfully narrow these days. All of the iOS 5 betas were almost immediately jailbroken, and the same pattern is now following with official iOS 5 releases. Yesterday’s iOS 5.0.1 update, which... 

Is iOS 5.0.1 helping iPhone battery drain?

It looks like Apple may not have put out this fire after all. A day after issuing the first official update to iOS 5, in order to fix battery drain problems, many users are now saying that the new firmware didn’t make things any better. In fact,... 

Download iOS 5.0.1 with battery fix now

Not wasting any time, Apple has released the first official update to iOS 5, which fixes the reported battery drain problems. In addition to fixing bugs related to battery life, the update to iOS 5.0.1 also adds multitasking gestures for the first iPad,...