Are you using an iPhone 5 on T-Mobile? Are you in an area with re-farmed 1900MHz HSPA+ spectrum? Well rejoice! Some enterprising folks over at TmoNews have hacked Apple's carrier update for T-Mobile to boost data speeds on the 1900MHz (PCS) HSPA+ band. Better yet, this tweak applies to both T-Mobile's iPhone 5 and the AT&T / unlocked versions -- no jailbreak required. White the official carrier update enabled LTE for the iPhone 5 on T-Mobile, it also decreased data speeds on re-farmed PCS HSPA+ spectrum for many users. The hacked file makes a number of adjustments: it enables Release 9 for... Read similar

Cydia, a platform commonly thought of as the alternative app store for jailbroken iPhones and iPads, has just today arrived on Android of all places. Though Android is by its nature more open and customizable than Apple's locked-down iOS, it now has a growing collection of apps designed for power users who root their devices - a process that's similar in spirit to the iOS jailbreak. Cydia for Android could soon become home to some of those same tweaks in time - or at least allow developers to port them to the Android ecosystem, whether or not they're housed in Cydia directly.Read similar

Famed iPhone jailbreaker Comex, whose real name is Nicholas Allegra, tweeted on Tuesday that he will be joining Google as an intern in the coming weeks. Allegra originally made a name for himself when he released a jailbreak tool dubbed JailBreakMe. As the name implies, the tool enabled users to easily and quickly bypass Apple's iOS security measures. Allegra's work eventually caught the attention of Apple who decided to hire the Brown University student as an intern in August of 2011. Allegra lasted 14 months at Apple before being let go under somewhat murky circumstances in late 2012. As fo... Read similar

Not even Google Glass can stand up to the itchy fingers of famed iPhone hacker Jay Freeman. He revealed via Twitter that he has successfully rooted Google's fancy new eyewear, even posting this picture as proof: This is business as usual for Freeman, who operates under the internet handle Saurik. His app Cydia is an essential tool for anyone on a jailbroken iOS device and is automatically installed when you jailbreak. He's ubiquitous! Using an exploit in the Android operating system originally developed by a hacker called "Bin4ry," Freeman was able to gain root access to Google Glass. This es... Read similar

If you like TV, and you like the Internet, you've got some really good options for getting those two crazy kids to play nicely together. Even without a Smart TV in your living room, you can use an HDMI cable to connect your Mac or iPad directly to your big-screen HDTV (although that's a bit of a mobility buzzkill). It's easier to put something in the middle to handle that conversation, at least until Tim Cook and Jony Ive make all our big-screen dreams come true. For most Apple-centric households, the natural middleman is the $99 Apple TV. Apple's "experiment" delivers 1080p content direct f... Read similar

It looks as if the popular Flipboard app for iPad has added a jailbreak warning in a recent update. Upon launching the app, users that are jailbroken see a pop up warning them of potential issues on a jailbroken device. Is this anything to be concerned about? I’d highly doubt it. As far as I [...]In-app Jailbreak warnings — should you worry? is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store. TiPb - The #1 iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch BlogRead similar

iOS 5 isn't set to actually ship until Fall, but that's not keeping the Redsn0w team from keeping up with Apple and releasing a jailbreak of iOS 5 beta 5. Redsn0w 0.9.8b9 is a tethered jailbreak that works on just about any iOS device except for the iPad 2. It's not likely that an untethered jailbreak will be available soon since iOS 5 is still beta-ware, so you're going to need to plug your device into a Mac or PC running Redsn0w every time you power it up. Otherwise, it's not going to boot into a jailbroken condition and all of those unofficial apps will be worthless. To jailbreak you... Read similar

Which current Jailbreak apps would you like to see go official on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad in iOS5? It’s amazing how many have done so already from Installer, which was the App Store before there was an App Store, all the way up to MyWi, which is now going to be duplicated by Personal [...]TiPb Asks: Which jailbreak apps should go official on the iPhone? is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store. TiPb - The #1 iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch BlogRead similar

As everyone waits patiently for an untethered 4.2.1 jailbreak, I thought I’d let you know about some popular Cydia iPhone app updates including Bytafont, Barrel, Scrollingboard and more. Read on for the updates! Bytafont 1.1 Bytafont got a much needed update and is now the app that most were hoping would be released. As with fontswap [...]Bytafont, Barrel, Scrollingboard, and more Cydia iPhone app updates! [Jailbreak] is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store. TiPb - The #1 iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch BlogRead similar

  The popular Flipboard app was updated on Wednesday, adding Instagram support and search across social networks. But it also included a surprise for users with jailbroken iPads. For users running the latest version of Flipboard on a jailbroken iPad, the following warning pops up: “Warning. Your iPad appears to be jailbroken. This may cause bugs, crashes [...]Read similar