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“jailbreak” collection

  • February 5, 2013

    How To Change Your iOS Device’s Root & Mobile User Password After Jailbreak and OpenSSH Install

    As many of you may know, the latest untethered jailbreak tool for iOS called Envisi0n was released to the general public yesterday (2/4/13). As a consequence, the Cydia installer which manages all of the repositories for 3rd party app that you can install on your jailbroken iOS device was pretty much hammered. Things are coming back to normal now (but…

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  • November 23, 2009

    Tech News: Android & Apple, PS3 & 3D, LinkedIn Open & iPhone Worm

    I'm going to try something new here. When you are writing about Gadgets or Consumer Electronics, things happen quickly within the space. While I try to post 1-2 gadget reviews a week, that takes time and often I miss out on quickly discussing things that catch my eye. So, I'm going to embark on a bit of an experiment here.…

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  • January 23, 2009

    Copy & Paste on iPhone: 2 New Options – Clippy & hClipboard

    This week two pieces of software came out that allows you to "Copy & paste" on the iPhone. About time, right? Well, you can get them, only if you have a jailbroken iPhone. The first one to hit the streets is called "Clippy" and the second, released today, is called "hClipboard." Both essentially do the same thing: allow you to…

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  • September 5, 2008

    iPhone: Quickly Launch Apps, Website & Phone Calls with QuickGold

    Today I installed an application on my jailbroken iPhone that I personally think Apple should incorporate into their next release of the firmware. It honestly is this GREAT! I have over 6 "pages" of applications on my iPhone and have all but sprained my fingers from flipping through all of the pages as I attempt to find a particular application.…

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  • June 23, 2008

    Quick Roundup of iPhone JailBreak & Unlockers

    Just a quick post here. Last weekend as I was installing a 3rd party app, I managed to freeze my iPhone. I could only restart the iPhone but it would freeze at the Apple logo upon each restart. So, since it had been a while since I had Jailbroken my phone, I had to find the latest and greatest iPhone…

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  • May 13, 2008

    Fix it: Cannot Sync iPhone with Any Computer

    Today I received an email with a plea for help from Rav. The contents are as follows: In desperation I am emailing to you for help or direction. I cannot connect my iphone to any computer ( used different computers and cables). Was able to do so but I think I downloaded software through installer and since than iphone is…

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  • March 18, 2008

    Fix-It: iPhone Bookmark Sync errors

    Been a while since I did a post so here is a quick one...an iPhone Fix-it. I'm on firmware 1.1.4 on a Jailbroken iPhone and recently started getting some errors when trying to sync my device. As iTunes was synching and hit the bookmarks section, I continually received the following error message: "iTunes could not sync bookmarks to the iPhone…

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  • February 29, 2008

    Finally Jailbroke my 1.1.4 Firmware iPhone

    I know, I know. I said that I was going to wait and see what happens with the iPhone and the SDK (due out very soon). And, I really really like how well the iPhone just works as an un-modded phone. I actually think that I could have waited to see what happens. But the intrigue got to me, especially…

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  • January 28, 2008

    iPhone: Jailbreaking of Firmware 1.1.3 – not for me, yet!

    I'm usually an early adopter of these types of changes. This time I'm taking a different approach of "wait and see." I have read through the instructions (ranging from the early release of NateTrue's fix to the more "official" version from the iPhone Dev team) and have visualized the process. There are lots of sites that discuss the changes. From…

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  • January 16, 2008

    iPhone: Upgrade to Firmware 1.1.3 Observations

    Last night I took the plunge and decided that I wanted to have the latest and greatest firmware from Apple. The Google Maps location feature, the Web Clips on the springboard and the ability to re-arrange icons really grabbed me. But this post is not about that. Since I was coming from a Jailbroken 1.1.2 iPhone with 3rd Party Apps…

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  • November 16, 2007

    iPhone: New, easier release of 1.1.2 jailbreak application released

    Conceited Software has released an updated version of their 1.1.2 Jailbreak application. I have not personally tested this nor do I have an iPhone or iPhone Touch that I can test it on since my iPhone is already jailbroken using my instructions here, but I'm assuming from some commentary that I have read that it supposedly fixes a lot of…

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  • November 12, 2007

    iPhone: Jailbreaking 1.1.2 – This time it WORKED!

    My previous post showed how I failed miserably with the Jailbreak process on 1.1.2. Now I have done some research and have tried it again...and it WORKED!!! UPDATE on 11.13.07 @ 3:45pm - added some screenshots of the iNdependence MobileFramework stuff at the end of the post. UPDATE #2 on 11.15.07 @ 10:30am - added instructions on how to put the…

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