It’s late Christmas time for the iOS community, that just got a present through the release of the untethered jailbreak for the A4 devices with iOS 5.0.1. This is the result of two months of hard work and research done by pod2g and also by the iPhone Dev and Chronic Dev teams, making the jailbreak ready for the general public. Following the A4...
One would think that after Apple borrowed the notification bar from Android they’ll also borrow the face recognition unlock… Well, that’s wrong, since Apple had a patent out there for this technology since 2010, but it’s only now that the patent application was released and detailed. The system involves minimal computing power...
BGR has some inside knowledge related to the next generation of iPhone. It appears that the handset will sport a completely redesigned look and it will debut in the fall of next year. This followed the trend started by the iPhone 4S that changed the mid-year debuts of the iPhones, that we were used to. The report about the new Apple phone says that...
One might imagine that by now the iPhone 4S is available all over the world, but apparently it will be coming to China mid-January. The handset will debut in China before the Chinese New Year, that takes place on January 23rd. A couple of retail stores in Shenzhen and Shenyang are already taking preorders for the handset, although Apple didn’t...
If you ever wanted to customize your iPhone and make it all shiny and nice, now’s your chance. There’s a video below showing how to customize the Apple logo on the handset so that it glows just like the one on the MacBook line of laptops. Be wary that if you do follow the tutorial, you’ll most likely damage something, unless you’re...
Famous developer and hacker MuscleNerd announced on Twitter that Redsn0w 0.9.9b9 tethered jailbreak method has been released. He also gave the public a list of changes included in this version, that you can access in the source link below and start checking at point 17. Consider this as sort of a holiday season present, if you want. He recommends that...
In case you didn’t know, hidden inside the second iOS 5.0.1 update there’s an error fix for the iPhone 4S SIM card error that some users have been reporting. This second revision of the Apple firmware includes the decryption of key files that allow a legal port of Siri and other than that there’s no major novelty here, aside from the...
Remember when HTC sued Apple on grounds of infringed patents? Well, the International Trade Commission found initially that Apple didn’t infringe any patent, but now they’re back to review one of the claims. ITC will do a reexamination of the case and they could in the end find Apple guilty of violating one of the 4 patents that HTC mentioned...
The rollout of the Apple iPhone 4S continues all over the world, with 20 more countries getting the handset. These include Brazil, where the 16GB version of the device goes for $1,410, a huge amount of money that I can’t even explain or justify through transport fees, since it’s still to the South of the Apple mother land. The 20 countries...
Apple fans in China will be glad to know that the iPhone 4S is finally coming to their area this month… Chinese regulators have at last issued the necessary documents to allow the handset to be sold regionally. MIC Gadget is claiming that earlier this week the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology signed the needed papers to...
