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2013

Ryan Petrich Reveals Hidden Topography Setting In Google Maps

Posted by Antonio Alvarez at 2:41 pm

Cydia Icon As we all know, the native Google Maps application was recently released following its departure in the iOS 6 update. Today, iDownloadBlog is reporting that the app includes a hidden feature — topography.

Early feedback shows the app m ay be superior to the Android version, even though both versions of the app offer the same basic set of features. While the Android version offers more features such as Wikipedia integration and other Google services, the iOS version offers a more clean and intuitive experience.

Both may be useful apps, but the more recent iOS version seems to have one feature that has yet to be publicly announced. (more…)

Jan

2013

New iOS Lock Screen Concept Expands on Camera Shortcut

Posted by Joe Rossignol at 11:30 am

Sentry_NC, the creator of popular jailbreak tweak Auxo, is back with a new user interface concept that expands on the lock screen camera shortcut on iOS devices. And just like with Auxo, the concept designer is collaborating with a jailbreak developer to turn this design into a real jailbreak tweak available for jailbroken devices through Cydia.

The concept involves tapping on the lock screen camera shortcut, which then reveals additional shortcuts for the Phone, Messages and Music apps. It’s a fairly simple concept at first glance, but it’s yet another minor detail that would make the iOS experience all that better. It would be nice if Apple could implement a native feature like this, and finally add an easy-to-access brightness toggle while they’re at it.

Jailbreak developer Rudolf Lichtner is currently working on this concept, which should be available in Cydia in the foreseeable future. We’ll assume that both iOS 5 and iOS 6 devices will be supported. The release of new, innovative jailbreak tweaks like Auxo and this is really adding to the anticipation of an iOS 6 untethered jailbreak for newer devices. What do you think of this new concept?

[iDownloadBlog]

How to Change Your Carrier Logo Without Jailbreaking

Posted by Joe Rossignol at 9:19 pm

A countless number of jailbreak tweaks have been released over the years that allow the carrier logo to be changed on an iPhone or iPad. In fact, I used to take custom carrier logo requests within the discussion forums nearly five years ago. At this point, Cydia tweak Zeppelin is one of the more popular options for those with devices running iOS 5 or later. Winterboard has been another method of choice in past years.

With the absence of an untethered jailbreak for iOS 6 devices, however, there has emerged a new method of changing your carrier logo without jailbreaking. It’s called CarrierEditor, an application developed by Kevin Ko and Daniel Levi that creates a carrier settings update file containing customized carrier logos. The file can then be applied to your iOS device easily by using iTunes. Step-by-step instructions follow. (more…)

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The End of an Age: Hackulous Shuts Down Installous

Posted by Stephen Hall at 10:22 am

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Today’s news will undoubtedly lead to many cheers and snickers within Apple’s security team, as long-time piracy app collective Hackulous has announced the shut down of its site and most popular piracy tools, Installous and AppSync.

Hackulous has not made clear exactly why its services have shut down, but a statement on its site blames a lackluster forum community and the inability to keep it effectively moderated. The statement reads as follows: (more…)

iOS 6.1 Steps Up Security

Posted by Jonathan Kizer at 6:22 pm

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While pod2g continues to be very optimistic about the prospects of a jailbreak for iOS 6, jailbreak developer and hacker i0n1c tweeted on December 24th the following message:

There must have been some change of guard at Apple.iOS6.1 adds again tougher protections although public JB community hasn’t broken iOS6 yet

Auxo Is Now Available for Just $1.99

Posted by Jonathan Kizer at 1:38 pm

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Information for a new jailbreak tweak by the name of “Auxo” was released just a few days ago. At the time, the developers were saying that a release would come “soon.” We now know just how soon they meant: Auxo is available on Cydia for only $1.99.

iOS Hacker Pod2g is ‘Very Confident’ About iOS 6 Jailbreak

Posted by Joe Rossignol at 7:30 am

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Cyril Cattiaux, better known as pod2g, is a very prominent iOS hacker and member of the jailbreaking community. Cattiaux, along with other developers, has been working tirelessly on an untethered jailbreak for iOS 6.

The lack of a new jailbreak lately has resulted in the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and fourth-generation iPod touch being the only jailbroken devices on the latest iOS version thanks to the limera1n bootrom exploit. (more…)

iH8sn0w Updates ‘f0recast’ Tool, Adding New Features

Posted by Antonio Alvarez at 5:25 pm

News on jailbreaking has been somewhat dormant lately, as Apple continues to seed multiple versions of iOS 6. Legendary iOS hackers MuscleNerd, pod2g, planetbeing and others have potentially found a jailbreak exploit as of October, although they still refer to it as a failbreak at this point because of its various flaws.

However, while these famous iOS hackers work very hard to get a jailbreak out for the public, hacker and developer iH8sn0w has gone ahead and updated his ‘f0recast’ tool, which detects if a particular device can be jailbroken or unlocked. The program is essentially a jailbreak status tool for those that are waiting patiently to exploit their devices. (more…)

Auxo: A Jailbreak Tweak that Revitalizes the App Switcher

Posted by Jonathan Kizer at 4:07 pm

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Multitasking was introduced to the iPhone in iOS 4. Since then, Apple has made more APIs available to developers that make applications more functional. However, the actual UI has literally not been touched since then. Frankly, it shows – while Android and even Windows 8 enjoy streamlined ways to switch in and out of applications, iOS’ multitasking has become cumbersome to use in comparison. Auxo, a clever jailbreak tweak, hopes to change that.