Abstract You’re running a jailbroken iOS 5.01 on an iPad 2 and you cannot use Firewall iP. Installing Firewall iP shows no indication of errors, but when you try to start it, it just splashes shortly and closes instantly. This behaviour is known to some more applications (like Safari or Mail). Workaround It looks like [...]

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Crashes and system freezes have become an exception nowadays. However, they still do occur. Here we show you two ways of accessing detailed log information on your iOS devices. 1. Finding Logs inside of iOS This approach does not require a jailbreak. Inside the filesystem you may find logs here: Settings » General » About [...]

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Attention iPhone, iPad and iPod-Touch users: Singapore based Arun Thampi found out that the social media App PATH uploads the entire addressbook to the PATH servers without asking the user for permission. You can find more details on Arun’s blog. Recommendation 1. Update to latest version If you’re a PATCH user we strongly recommend to [...]

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Abstract You absolutely like Moog’s latest iOS application named Animoog and wanna control it from your Mac but it doesn’t work and you are running iOS 5 or iOS 5.01. So at the moment it seems there is an issue in Animoog related to a modification in Apple’s CoreMidi stack. On iOS 4.3.x devices the [...]

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NOTE: This walkthrough is for iPhone OS 3.0 only! For MMS on iPhone 2G with firmware 3.1, buy SwirlyMMS on Cydia Store I. Abstract Many iPhone 2G users are not very amused about Apple’s update policy. As of iPhone OS 3.0, owners can eventually use MMS on their iPhones. All owners? No, not the ones [...]

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Update July 5th, 2009: GeoHot now also provides a Mac OS X version of the jailbreak tool. Windows and Mac versions ready for download at purplera1n.com… That’s it with the 3.0 firmware and the iPhone jailbreaks. Apple has been beaten again. This time by GeoHot. Although the iPhone Dev Team seems to have their programs [...]

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Update July 04, 2009: MMS now works, MMS server settings are getting saved with the help of some (more or less complicated) tricks. We’re currently prepping a fool proof step-by-step tutorial for all of you. We recommend to not play around with those settings at the moment to not screw up settings worse. Tutorial will [...]

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I. Abstract The following article will show you how to install firmware 3.0 on your iPhone 2G by also allowing to jailbreak, activate and eventually to unlock (JAU process). At the moment of writing this article is for Mac OS X users with iPhone 2G’s only. II. Who needs this article? We suppose 50% of [...]

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I. Abstract The following article will show you how to install firmware 3.0 on your iPhone 2G by also allowing to jailbreak, activate, and eventually to unlock (JAU process). At the moment of writing this article is for Mac OS X users with iPhone 2G’s only. II. Who needs this article? We suppose 50% of [...]

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According to forum reports the iPhone DFU mode, which is required to install custom firmware with PwnageTool, does not get detected properly after updating Mac OS X to 10.5.6. That means you cannot Jailbreak or Unlock the iPhone currently. The iPhone Dev Team has investigated in to this issue and comes to the conclusion that [...]

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I. Abstract This is a short HowTo since all of you by now know how to use QuickPwn, don’t you? in short: QuickPwn is an Après-Tool. Means: you let iTunes 8 do the update process and use QuickPwn afterwards to “open” your device. Note: 2G iPhones can be jailbroken and unlocked 3G iPhones can be [...]

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We read all over the net and found some solutions to the most common issues that occurred. If you are kinda conservative user, we’d recommend not to update to firmware 2.1 and wait until a PwnageTool and QuickPwn update has been released. Since the iPhone Dev Team is reacting very fast, this should take only [...]

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Windows Vista users complain about complete operating system crashs resulting in blue screens. iTunes 8 for Windows seems to have the following issues, when using under Vista: after connection an iPod Touch or an iPhone to the USB port: complete system hang up CD/DVD drives disappear from Windows Explorer But Apple already reacted and distributes [...]

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Warning Firmware 2.1 will be released today. As of now, it cannot be pwned – no matter if you are running QuickPwn or PwnageTool. We recommend not to update until further notice. Current Status The iPhone Dev Team reports iTunes tries to countermeasure the exploits the well known Pwnage Tool is using. After having compiled [...]

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After some days of using a pwned iPhone 2G with firmware 2.0, we found some issues. As of now, we don’t know where they come from. But we definitly know: we don’t like them. WiFi doesn’t stay connected, it falls “asleep” and takes time to reconnect the more apps have been used, the longer it [...]

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Article is outdated. Find newest Jailbreak and Unlock HowTo for iPhone Firmware 3.0 here. Note We need to stress: respect the laws of the country you live in. For instance as german citizen with a T-Mobile Germany plan and iPhone you are not allowed to jailbreak or unlock your iPhone. T-Mobile is not kidding in [...]

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[Update] Aug/25th/2008: read here, everything you gotta know about Proxy SIM solutions. The Brazilian based company DesbloqueioBr.com.br claims to have unlocked the 3G iPhone. The whole procedure is like a deja-vu. It is said it works almost the same like with TurboSIM for the “old” iPhone. The difference is they say they make use of [...]

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[Update] Sep, 26th: News from Hong Kong added (details here) [Update] Aug, 25th: Apple’s list update included. Almost unnoticed on july, 11th 2008 Apple also published a list of carriers offering the iPhone. The interesting thing with this list is, it also contains information about the status of the SIM lock in specific countries. Apple’s [...]

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english deutsche Übersetzung bitte hier klicken… Yes, we know, the iPhone’s Safari can interprete and display normal internet webpages (if they don’t use Adobe Flash, though). Anyway, being on the road and having to use EDGE/GPRS based internet, the loading times just take long, if not even too long. So we decided to put together [...]

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english Update July 20th, 2008: Pwnage Tool 2.0 has been released. Read our tutorial here. Read german version below! Deutsche Übersetzung hier entlang… Ok it is time to do it. The elite is talking about it, so we’re gonna do it, pwn our iPhones and show you (hopefully) some hints you can’t read anywhere else. [...]

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