iOS 5 Semi Tethered Jailbreak

Quick state of the jailbreak. There is no iOS 5 jailbreak for the iPad 2 or iPhone 4S. However, for the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 1, iPod Touch 4G, iPod Touch 3G you can use Redsn0w. This is a tethered jailbreak which I don't recommned, but once done you can add Semi Tether from the Big Boss source to make it semi tethered. This means if your iPhone reboots the only items that will not work are Cydia and Safari. This isn't a huge deal to live without until you can get to a computer and re-jailbreak with Redsn0w to make everything work again. I decided to take my iPhone 4 from iOS 4.3.1 to 5.0 and jailbreak this afternoon.

iOS Jailbreaking: My Thoughts

My thoughts on jailbreaking your iOS device.

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Jailbreaking: 3 Great Tweaks

Today I've got a quick post about a few good tweaks for Cydia (when you jailbreak your iOS device, Cydia will install on the device) The first tweak is AndroidLockXT which lets you have the Android unlock screen where you draw a pattern, instead of the "slide to unlock" unlocking process. The next one is called Barrel, which let's you have different transitions when you swipe to go to you're next page of apps. I think the standard swipe is pretty stale, so this is an awesome tweak in my eyes. The last one is Infinidock, which let's you have more than the standard four applications in the dock. I think it's kind of useful. So, those three tweaks you can get in Cydia. Hope you found this helpful and will make iOS a better experience for you! 

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Want to Update your Old iOS Device to 4.2?

When Apple released 4.0 they cut off all updates to the iPhone 2G(Edge) and the original iPod Touch. This decision made much sense because of  there low ram.  People with the iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G noticed this as well. Even though there was no multitasking or wallpapers, the devices could barely handle the upgrade.

But thanks to some modders there is a way to upgrade your older devices to a firmware like 4.2 without loosing your usability of your device.

For the older devices the custom firmware is based on iOS 3.1.3 and the firmware reproduces the majority of the features from 4.0 such as: Wallpapers, new  transparent dock, backgrounds, all new icons from iOS 4.0 and up multitasking, video recording, and much more.

There is a version for the iPhone 3G and the iPod touch 2G that is based on iOS 4.

I have been using it for about 3 days now and the speed difference is insane. My iPhone 3G feels as fast as the day I bought it. I can definatly feel the speed differnece with texting, there is no lag at all.

Here is a tech demo of it running.

WhiteD00r 4.2 firmware  can be downloaded from here.  There is a ton of options to choose from. Defiantly worth a try for people using older iOS devices that would like a speed boost.

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New Jailbreaks Coming: Tiny Umbrella Required if Need to Unlock

Great news for those with new Apple devices! Greenpois0n is going to be released any day (likely 10/10/10) and it will jailbreak 4.1 firmware for iPhone 4, iPod touch 4 and iPad. Further, rumors are Geohot will release a jailbreak for all devices on the one year anniversary of blackra1n, 10/11/2010. For those with jailbroken iPhone 4’s who have been waiting (like me) this means you can get the promitiy sensor fixed, HDR photos and Game Center.  However, if you ever want to unlock your iPhone, you must upgrade to 4.1 with Tiny Umbrella. If you use iTunes to upgrade before you jailbreak you might never be able to unlock as it upgrades your baseband from 01.59.00. This video shows how simple it is to do and the step by step follows.

1) Download TinyUmbrella Here & Download iPhone 4 4.1 Firmware Here (its 590MB) – place both on your desktop

2) Connect your iPhone 4 to your Mac or PC with the USB cable and then Close iTunes

3) Start TinyUmbrella – again be sure iTunes is closed

4) Click Save My SHSH to save your 4.0, 4.0.1 or 4.0.2 SHSH blob

5) Check the Advanced Options and in the Device/Version box, select iPhone 4.1 (8B117) and click Save My SHSH again to save a 4.1 SHSH blob

6) Make sure iTunes is still closed and click Display SHSHs to verify you have saved both your iPhone 4’s current firmware (either 4.0, 4.0.1 or 4.0.2) AND 4.1

7) Click Start TSS server

8) Open iTunes select your iPhone under Devices, hold the option key (or Shift key if its a PC) and click Restore (not Update)

9) In the pop-up select the 4.1 firmware you downloaded in step 1

10) Click next and let it run

You should get a 1004 error which means the baseband didn’t update which is exactly what you want! Click OK then go back to Tiny Umbrella and click Kick Device out of Recovery. Go ahead and disconnect your iPhone and do a hard reboot. You should now have firmware 4.1 with baseband 01.59.00! You are now ready to jailbreak with Greenpois0n or Limera1n and then unlock.