Jailbreak

iOS slammed as "crystal prison" by Electronic Frontier Foundation

By Simon Sage, Wednesday, May 30, 2012 a 11:26 am

The Electronic Frontiter Foundation (EFF), an electronic rights activist group, has recently labeled the iPhone and iPad app ecosystem as a "crystal prison" for developers and end-users. The EFF's main justifications for this conclusion include Apple's content filters, restrictions on code usage (like ones tapping into AirPlay uninvited), and limiting developers to using Apple's payment infrastructure (though some devs seem pretty happy with the current set-up).

Best jailbreak apps for iPhone

By Allyson Kazmucha, Monday, May 28, 2012 a 11:16 am

Just jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 on your iPhone and iPad and looking for the very best apps, tweaks, and other enhancements to try out? With jailbreak comes Cydia, the jailbreak app store, and an amazing amount of software simply unavailable inside Apple's App Store. But which ones are the best? Which are the top jailbreak apps you simply have to try out right now?

Below you'll find iMore's favorite productivity enhancements, Notification Center enhancements, Messaging enhancements, customization and theme engines, and a lot of extras.

1.2 million iOS 5.1.1 devices jailbroken with Absinthe 2.0

By chrisoldroyd, Monday, May 28, 2012 a 8:11 am

The Absinthe 2.0 jailbreak is now responsible for jailbreaking more than 1.2 million devices since its release on Friday. The Absinthe 2.0 jailbreak lets you enjoy an untethered jailbreak on your device running Apple’s latest 5.1.1 firmware. It supports nearly every iOS device including the just released iPad 3 and is available for Mac, Windows and Linux.

Jailbreak, app piracy, and the true cost of theft

By Allyson Kazmucha, Saturday, May 26, 2012 a 11:23 am

Now that the iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak is available for the iPhone 4S, new iPad, and older devices, the subject of jailbreak in general is getting a lot of attention again, and with it, the dark side of jailbreaking. It seems whenever someone wants to attack the very concept of jailbreak, one of the first salvos unleashed is app piracy. The sad, ugly truth is that those attacks are made possible because some people who jailbreak do so mainly or entirely to get "free" apps. And the sadder, uglier truth is that there's no such thing as "free". Everything has a cost. Even and especially theft.

How to jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 on your iPhone 4S, new iPad, and more with Greenpois0n Absinthe

By Allyson Kazmucha, Friday, May 25, 2012 a 4:11 pm

If you've been waiting for a iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak you're in luck. Greepois0n Absinthe 2.0 was just released and you can now enjoy an untethered jailbreak on your iPhone 4S, new iPad, iPad 2, and several other support iOS devices. If you've never used Greenpois0n before, that's okay. Hit the jump for a walkthrough!

Are you jailbreaking your iPhone or iPad on iOS 5.1.1? [Poll]

By Georgia, Friday, May 25, 2012 a 3:12 pm

We're keeping this one really simple, iMore Nation -- Absinthe 2.0 was released this morning and it lets you untethered jailbreak most iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads running iOS 5.1.1... So are you going to do it?

If you're already jailbroken on iOS 5 (like I am) is there anything that makes it super compelling for you to upgrade to iOS 5.1.1 and re-jailbreak? Any new features you've been lusting after for a while? Any security updates you're really concerned about?

And if you've never jailbroken before, does Absinthe's ease of use tempt you to give it a try? Have you been frustrated by anything you couldn't do in stock iOS that's making you want to pull the trigger on jailbreak?

Vote in the poll above and give me your reasons in the comments below! If you need extra help, head on over to our fabulous jailbreak forums!

I'm still undecided. I'm leaning towards my current jailbreak not being broke, so why fix it? Let me know what you're doing while I decide what I'm going to do...

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:

Untethered iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak will reportedly arrive in a matter of days, support the new iPad [Updated]

By chrisoldroyd, Sunday, May 20, 2012 a 4:44 pm

The untethered iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak should be released in just a matter of days according to a tweet by pod2g. Many people have been eagerly awaiting an untethered jailbreak for the latest version of iOS 5.1.1. It has taken a while for it to even look possible never mind become available.

Hack BlackBerry 10-style word prediction onto your jailbroken iPhone with Octopus Keyboard

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, May 13, 2012 a 7:10 pm

RIM has only just begun previewing BlackBerry 10 and already features like the on-key, gesture-based word prediction are being quickly copied for the iPhone -- at least for jailbreak. Octopus Keyboard is the name of the tweak, and Jeff Benjamin from iDownloadBlog took a look at its current state of development.

As of now the Octopus keyboard can do the following:

Jailbreak concepts Apple should implement in iOS 6

By Allyson Kazmucha, Saturday, May 12, 2012 a 5:18 pm

Another year has gone by and with it has come a wealth of jailbreak apps, hacks, and tweaks that we here at iMore hope to see end up in iOS 6. We had a similar jailbreak to iOS want list before iOS 5 was released and luckily a lot of the things we really wanted, Apple delivered or at least touched on. Here's what we hope to see surface in iOS 6 that jailbreakers have access to right now.