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Q&A: Only 10 Days Left to Keep Jailbreaking Legal

10:00AM February 1, 2012 | Kyle Wiens - iFixit

In less than two weeks, jailbreaking your phone, your tablet or gaming console could become a crime. If the exemption to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act expires, what you do to your devices will again be covered under copyright law. More »


Mobile

Siri Can Translate Languages For You With A Tweak

4:00AM January 27, 2012 | Casey Chan

Siri is more powerful than Apple lets on, so it’s up to the tweaking, hacking, tinkerish souls of the jailbreak community to unleash her full potential. Like this latest Siri hack, Lingual. It’s a jailbreak-only tweak that turns Siri into a translation device. Just say what you want to Siri, name the language you want to translate it to, and Siri will display it in its translated glory. More »


Mobile

Jailbreaking (or Rooting) Phones Could Become Illegal Again In The US

6:30AM January 26, 2012 | Kyle Wagner

Jailbreaking or rooting your phone is pretty much a nerd birthright at this point. But soon it could once again be deemed illegal, if the acts’ exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act runs out. That’s where you come in. More »


Mobile

Untethered Jailbreaker For iPhone 4S And iPad 2 Now Available For Windows

3:00PM January 24, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

Last week, the first untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 was announced — but it only worked if you ran OS X. Forunately, the Windows version is now ready. More »


Software

10 Apps For Your Jailbroken iPhone And iPad

1:00PM January 23, 2012 | Roberto Baldwin

You’ve taken the plunge. Your iOS device is jailbroken. And now it’s time to head straight to Cydia and download all those illicit apps that’ll supercharge your iPhone or iPad. More »


Mobile

iPhone 4S, iPad 2 Get An Untethered Jailbreak

6:00PM January 21, 2012 | Roberto Baldwin

It took a while, but owners of the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 finally have an untethered jailbreak. Yup, it’s time to start putting ROM apps on our iOS A5 devices. More »


Mobile

iOS 5 Untethered Jailbreak Now Available For iPhone, iPad And iPod

11:30AM December 28, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Attenshun iPhone, iPad and iPod users! The wait is over! The iOS 5 untethered jailbreak is now available for iPhone, iPad and iPod using Redsnow. You just need to follow the following steps and enjoy your non-authorized apps right away: More »


Software

Warning: Don’t Install Full Siri On Your iPhone 4

5:32AM December 6, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

I personally don’t give a damn about this gimmicky piece of software, but if you have a jailbroken iPhone 4 now you can add full Siri functionality using a Cydia program called H1Siri. Unfortunately, there’s a catch. More »


Computing

Nook Tablet Rooted, Android Free-For-All Coming

11:00AM November 21, 2011 | Brent Rose

Who would have predicted that Barnes and Noble’s new Nook Tablet would be rooted? Oh, everyone? Well, it still happened, and that’s good news for modders who are looking forward to hacking the bejeezus out of these low-cost tablets. More »


Software

IconSettings For iPhone: Like Jailbreak On Your iPhone Without Jailbreaking

10:30AM November 15, 2011 | Casey Chan

I used to jailbreak my iPhone because stock iOS couldn’t do the things I wanted it to. But then iOS got better and I stopped. But one thing I desperately miss from my jailbreak days is SBSettings. It’s a way to control your iPhone’s settings from your home screen. And now you can (kind of) do the same thing with IconSettings. Without jailbreaking. More »