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Absinthe A5 Sees About 1 Million Downloads in Just 3 Days

posted onJanuary 26, 2012
by l33tdawg

In a blog post by the iPhone Dev team, at least 950,000 Absinthe A5 untethered jailbreak devices accessed the Cydia app store between Friday, January 20th and Monday, January 23rd. The Absinthe A5 untethered jailbreak is meant for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 devices powered by the fifth generation iOS platform.

Absinthe is the newest untethered jailbreak tool which was released about 10 months after the launch of iPad 2 and three months after the iPhone 4S. GreenPoisOn released this jailbreak tool on Friday.

Absinthe Jailbreak Tool Updated With Linux Support And Cosmetic Changes

posted onJanuary 24, 2012
by l33tdawg

The Chronic Dev Yeam’s Absinthe jailbreak tool for iPad 2 and iPhone 4S owners has been updated to version 0.3. This latest update brings Linux support and minor cosmetic changes. A small bug fix for Windows users has also been included.

Tweeted by Chronic Dev team member @pimskeks, Absinthe v0.3 can be downloaded from this direct link for Mac users. Windows users can download it here. The Linux tool is also now available. If you’ve already jailbroken with Absinthe, then there’s no need to re-jailbreak with the updated version. Over 1 million people have already used the tool.

Absinthe - 'Dream Team' A5 untethered jailbreak released

posted onJanuary 20, 2012
by l33tdawg

The iPhone 4S and iPad 2 owners waited patiently, then they waited some more, and finally after a little more waiting welcomed the Absinthe jailbreak software to the community. Produced by the famous Chronic Development Team, and supported by the conjoined efforts of Pod2g and the iPhone Dev Team, Absinthe offers users the ability to jailbreak iOS 5 and 5.0.1 into an untethered state.The supported devices and firmware for Absinthe are:

    iPhone 4S running iOS 5.0, 5.0.1 (9A405 and 9A406)
    iPad 2 Wifi/GSM/CDMA running iOS 5.0.1

DevTeam says prepare for Corona A5 jailbreak

posted onJanuary 20, 2012
by l33tdawg

Ever since the December release of @pod2g’s “corona” untether for iOS 5.x on A4 and earlier devices, all eyes have been on the attempts to extend it to the A5 devices: the iPhone4S and iPad2.  Due to the combined efforts of @pod2g and members of the iPhone Dev Team and Chronic Dev Team, we’re nearly ready for a general release!  All technical hurdles dealing with the underlying technique have been overcome, and it’s now all about making the jailbreak as bug free as possible.

Can you port Siri to any iOS device by restoring an iPhone 4S backup?

posted onJanuary 18, 2012
by l33tdawg

Ever since Apple announced that Siri would be exclusive to the iPhone 4S, hackers have been chomping at the bit to port the AI voice assistant to older devices. The jailbreak community has released several hacks, including one, Spire, that is the product of some of the most notable developers on the scene.

Jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 just days away ?

posted onJanuary 12, 2012
by l33tdawg

iOS jailbreakers who happen to own an iPhone 4S or iPad 2 may be going through withdrawal. After all, it’s been a while. The iPhone 4S has been locked down since its birth in October while the iPad 2 only had one brief summer fling with a jailbreak. The dry spell, however, may be about to end. Hacker extraordinaire pod2g has announced that the untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 (on devices running the A5 chip) should be available in a matter of days.

Two iOS5 Security Flaws Exploited By Apple Jailbreak Tool

posted onJanuary 5, 2012
by l33tdawg

A researcher has released a new jailbreak tool that would allow iPhone users to run code from sources other than Apple’s iTunes App Store.

The new jailbreak, dubbed Corona, takes advantage of two different bugs in iOS 5 to untether iPhones and other devices running iOS 5.01, a researcher, Pod2g, wrote on his iOS Research blog. One flaw exists in the iOS binary and the other was a heap overflow in the kernel, according to the post.

Apple Users May Witness a Series of Jailbreaks in 2012

posted onJanuary 1, 2012
by l33tdawg

As 2011 counts down to its last few hours, there will be a number of people working on Apple's forthcoming mobile operating system - the company themselves, the product users and, obviously, iOS hackers.

Apple Inc. is expected to release at least two new devices in 2012 and a new operating system (popularly tagged iOS 6), as well as a number of updates for the newest current software iOS 5.