All posts tagged ios 5

The Untethered iOS 5 Jailbreak Is Finally Here

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After almost 8 weeks of development, pod2g has successfully jailbroke the latest version of Apple’s iOS, 5.0.1. His exploit is able to jailbreak all iDevices (iPhone 4, iPhone 4 (CDMA), iPhone 3GS, iPad 1, iPod Touch 4G & iPod Touch 3G) except for the latest iPhone 4s and iPad 2. Jailbreakers can use the official tools of the iPhone Dev Team (redsn0w) and the Chronic Dev Team (a new package in Cydia called Corona) to jailbreak their iDevices running iOS 5.0.1. Continue reading →

FastPdfKit Is The First Siri Controlled iOS App

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MobFarm is an app development company that is responsible for a PDF viewing iOS app called FastPDF+, and now they have created a set of tools called FastPdfKit. This kit allows you to preview PDF documents in iOS applications bypassing all problems related to native iOS PDF viewer. With a few tricks to bypass Apple’s strict Siri authentication, they have added Siri functionality to control viewing a PDF on your iOS device. Continue reading →

How To: Enable 3 Hidden Features In iOS 5 Without Jailbreaking

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Think you know everything about iOS 5? Before you answer that question, you should know that there are a few hidden features you might not know about. The Camera app has a feature that allows you to take panoramic shots just by shifting your iDevice left or right.

What was once restricted to WiFi only, high definition YouTube videos can be played over 3G. Finally, an Android-like Autocorrect bar appears over the standard keyboard when enabled. The best part is that it will take you less than 30 minutes to enable all three features and we’re here to show you how! Continue reading →

iOS 5 Tip: How To Reopen Your Last Closed Tab In Safari

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Making mistakes is something we all do. I mean, we’re only human afterall. There’s been quite a few times I’ve been browsing the web and accidentally closed a tab in Firefox. Luckily, there’s a shortcut (Windows Ctrl+Shift+T or Mac Cmd+Shift+T) in Firefox that allows you to reopen tabs that you’ve accidentally closed. Well, that same digital forgiveness has come to iOS 5′s Safari with an even faster way to reopen closed tabs. Continue reading →

How To: Fix iBooks From Crashing On Jailbroken iOS 5

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If you’ve updated your iDevice to iOS 5 and did the smart thing ;) of jailbreaking it, you may have noticed that iBooks instantly crashes after opening it. The reason iBooks crashes is because of the sandbox – partitioned app folders that are protected from other apps accessing them – protection in iOS 5. As with every iOS release and jailbreak, the jailbreak community eventually fixes every issue and this problem isn’t excluded. Let’s get started on how to fix iBooks from crashing in jailbroken iOS 5. Continue reading →

How To: Jailbreak iOS 5 On Apple TV 2 With Seas0nPass

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About two weeks ago Apple released the 5th revision to its mobile operating system iOS. Not only does this software run on mobile devices such as the iPhone and iPad, but it also runs a slightly different variation on the Apple TV. Of course, with any piece of software that Apple releases, the jailbreak community always finds a way to break inside of it to unleash the real power behind the hardware.

This guide will walk you through jailbreaking your second generation Apple TV with iOS 5 (or 4.4.1 build 9A335a) installed. It’s easy to do and should only take about 30 minutes, but there are a few things you should know before diving in. Continue reading →

How To: Enable iOS 5′s Multi-Touch Gestures On Your iPad

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The floodgates are open today as the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 5, becomes available for iDevice owners. Users will be glad to see new features in iOS 5 like iMessage, Notification Center, Twitter integration, and more, but it seems Apple has left out one feature iPad users have been looking forward to since April: multi-touch gestures.

Indeed, multi-touch gestures will not be present in iOS 5 for first-generation iPad users, but lucky iPad 2 users will be getting the feature. Of course, we aren’t very happy about this, but we’ve figured out an easy way to enable multi-touch gestures on your first-generation iPad. Continue reading →

Tweetbot Gets iOS 5 “Single Sign-On” Twitter Integration

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iOS 5 is set to debut tomorrow and app developers have been working hard since June to update their apps for iOS 5 compatibility. Tweetbot, the little Twitter client that could, has been updated with full support for iOS 5 including system level Twitter integration. Along with some bug fixes this update will allow users to tie into iOS 5 single log in to twitter. Continue reading →

How To: Install iOS 5 GM In Six Easy Steps

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Every year Apple reveals its latest upgrade to its mobile operating system known as iOS. In June, Apple showed off its 5th revision of iOS at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Since then, they have released 8 beta versions to developers and now the final version, dubbed iOS 5 GM (Gold Master), has been released to developers.

Apple won’t be officially sending iOS 5 to the public until October 12th, but we’ve found a way to get it a few days early! And that’s not even the best part; there’s already a jailbreak for iOS 5, too! Of course, jailbreaking is optional but highly recommended! ;) Continue reading →

Our Giant Roundup of Apple’s Announcements From Today’s iPhone Event

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Apple held its 5th iPhone event today in Cupertino, California. They did things a little bit different by combining both their fall iPod announcements with a big iPhone announcement. Things didn’t go quite as well as the rumormill predicted, but Apple still introduced 3 new products along with several software upgrades and features. With today’s announcements from Apple paired with our opinions, we present to you our major roundup of Apple’s iPhone event. Continue reading →