Ios 5

How to fix auto-brightness issues with iOS 6

By Allyson Kazmucha, Wednesday, Dec 5, 2012 a 4:29 pm

Ambient light sensor readings got quite a bit of an overhaul in iOS 6, and now include Lock screen auto-brightness and better memory management. This has lead to many people experiencing issues with auto-brightness settings. iPhone 5 users in particular seem to be having trouble. If your auto-brightness isn't working under iOS 6, here's how to reset it and get it back in gear.

Untethered jailbreak your iPhone 4S, new iPad and more with Absinthe 2.0 for iOS 5.1.1

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, May 25, 2012 a 10:31 am

Absinthe 2.0 has launched and it provides support for a fully unthethered jailbreak under iOS 5.1.1 (and only iOS 5.1.1) for the following devices:

iPad, iPad 2, new iPad (except the 2012 iPad 2, which will come later)
iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S
iPod touch 3, iPod touch 4

Developed by a collaborative "Dream Team" between Chronic-Dev Team and iPhone Dev Team, Absinthe 2.0 and promises to be so easy, your "grandma could do it." Here are the steps:

Have you updated to iOS 5.1.1? [Poll]

By Georgia, Tuesday, May 15, 2012 a 9:47 am

Apple released iOS 5.1.1 for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad so I'm wondering -- have you updated yet?

Apple releases iOS 5.1.1 for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, May 7, 2012 a 1:21 pm

Apple has pushed out iOS 5.1.1, a free software update for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users. The minor point release focuses, as usual, on bug fixes and performance enhancements.

iOS 6: Is it time for Apple to revamp the Home screen?

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 a 5:08 pm

At Macworld 2007 Steve Jobs pulled the original iPhone from his pocket, held it up high above the stage, and showed off the app launcher-based Home screen... that's pretty much remained the same ever since.

That's not entirely true, of course. Apple quickly added the ability to create WebClip icons for websites, and to re-arrange and delete them. With iOS 2 (iPhone OS 2) they added native apps to that mix. They increased the number of Home pages. They added Spotlight. They added wallpaper. With iOS 4 they layered in the multitasking fast app switcher. They layered in folders. The iPad, and the iPad alone, got landscape Home screen support. With iOS 5 they layered in Notification Center and Siri.

Is it time for something more?

Apple TV jailbreak updated for iOS 5.1

By Allyson Kazmucha, Friday, Mar 30, 2012 a 3:53 pm

If you updated your Apple TV recently to 5.0 (iOS 5.1) you can now jailbreak it again. FireCore has just updated their popular Seas0nPass jailbreak tool to offer tethered support for the newest firmware on the second generation Apple TV. If you picked up a new Apple TV, you'll have to sit this one out for now.

iOS 5.1 for iPhone and iPad walkthrough

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Mar 11, 2012 a 12:45 am

How is your battery life and performance with iOS 5.1? [Poll]

By Georgia, Saturday, Mar 10, 2012 a 2:36 pm

iOS 5.1 has been out for several days now, so it's time to ask -- how's it working for you? Did it fix any bugs or battery life issues you were having with iOS 5 on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad? Did it make performance better on your older original iPad or iPhone 3GS? Did any of the new features like even faster camera access and Photo Stream photo deletion make you life easier?

How often do you use Notification Center? [Poll]

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Feb 28, 2012 a 12:29 am

Notification Center was one of the major features of iOS 5 and we're wondering how much you still use it?

Why Apple chose Twitter over Facebook

By Andrew Wray, Sunday, Feb 26, 2012 a 6:44 pm

With the upcoming release of OS X Mountain Lion, Apple will be fully integrating Twitter social sharing across all of their included apps, as well as extending a developer API for 3rd party apps available through the Mac App Store. This follows similar integration in iOS 5 last year and leaves one huge, lingering question: where's the Facebook integration?