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Jailbreak iPad 1 on iOS 5.0.1 with redsn0w

Douglas — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:11:08 +0000

For this jailbreak I will be using redsn0w for the Mac to jailbreak a first generation iPad running iOS 5.0.1. Most steps are the same on a PC and for other devices such as iPhone3GS, iPhone4, iPhone4-CDMA, iPod touch 3G, & iPod touch 4G. NOTE: iPhone 4S and iPad 2 are not supported at this time.

First you should make sure you are upgraded to firmware iOS 5.0.1. Just go to your Settings app, then General, then Software Update.

Next, sync & back up your device with your computer or iCloud. Now you can download the program redsn0w to your computer. The download links can be found here: blog.iphone-dev.org Once downloaded you’ll need to unzip the file and move the app to your applications folder. Run redsn0w to begin the jailbreak!

You’ll need to turn off your device and be ready to put it into DFU mode. Follow the instructions in the app on how to do that.

On the next screen you will need to make sure “Install Cydia” is checked and click next. Don’t worry about “Enable Multitasking Gestures” because that is part of the new iOS firmware 5.0.1. Now just click next and wait for the software to do the rest. You will see a few crazy screen shown below but soon your device will reboot and you will have a new application called Cydia where you can install all kinda of hacks and mods no available in the Apple App Store.

Note: A few parts of the process may seem like you device freezes up but things like “Moving Applications” and other steps just take a while. Be patient!

Easy Jailbreak For All Current Devices & Firmware – Jailbreakme.com

Douglas — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:16:13 +0000

Jailbreakme.com is back! Just visit the website in Safari on your device and tap install. It installs just like an app from the app store! This hack uses an exploit in the way iOS handles PDF files. It even works on the iPad 2 and Verizion iPhone. Note: this will not work on devices running the iOS 5 Betas. Here’s a video of how to do it and how easy it is.

Puller for Byline – Pull to Sync

Brooke — Sun, 01 May 2011 03:05:19 +0000

For those of you who don’t know… I have a love hate relationship with the Byline application. Love because it is my favorite RSS reader application. Hate because, in my information craved state, I check the application FAR TOO OFTEN throughout the day! If it were not bad enough… I now have a hack that adds one of my favorite gestures to the application… “pull to refresh.” If you have been around AiS long enough, you know that I almost always install all “pull to refresh” hacks. You name it (Safari, Mail…) I most likely have it installed. So, in sticking to my “pull to refresh” hacking trend, I was overjoyed to see that there was a hack in Cydia that added this feature to Byline.

Simple and easy. Install the hack in Cydia, open Byline, pull to sync! So much more cool than tapping the sync button!

The app is instantly activated when you install it in Cydia. There is no icon or settings for this hack. To deactivate the hack, you would need to uninstall it in Cydia (or use SBSettings Mobile Substrate Addon feature)… but seriously why would you need to deactivate it! I had no issues when I tested the app. You can get Pull To Refresh Safari via the BigBoss source.

Available In: Cydia

Price: Free

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Friday Night Movie Night – Why you should jailbreak your iPhone According to Saurik

Douglas — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 03:22:10 +0000

It’s always kewl to hear from the developer of Cydia and in this video he explains some reasons why you should jailbreak your iPhone. There are many specific reasons but to me the main reason is to have the freedom to do whatever you want to your iPhone. Apple controls the software and jailbreaking it allows you to have the control. Check out the video and also check out our page titled “Why Jailbreak?”

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Cydia Gets Twitter-Like QuickBar

Douglas — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:00:23 +0000

Ok, first I must say that I hate today. I would like to travel to the most desolate island and sit under a coconut tree all day with no interaction with people or technology. Since I can’t, I’ll go with the flow and post this article about a new feature of Cydia.

Twitter recently removed a very annoying feature of their iPhone app called the QuickBar. It originally hovered over your timeline and was a type of ticker that rotated between trending topics. Not only was it annoying because it was in the way, but if you tapped on it, 95% of the tweets were spam. It was so annoying that someone even made a hack in Cydia that removed the bar. Twitter eventually removed it stating they were just “testing” it.

This morning, Cydia came with a new QuickBar of it’s own. There are some funny “trending apps” that actually link to actual Cydia packages like #ToyStory3, #LebronJames, #Portal, #JustinBieber, #Glee, and one that’s called “Push the Button” that is a Rick Rollr app. Hopefully, it will be gone tomorrow, although it is more functional than Twitter’s.

Cydia 1.1 Update

Douglas — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:17:51 +0000

This morning Jay Freeman (@saurik) release Cydia 1.1. This update makes Cydia “faster, slimmer, and more stable; including an improved search algorithm and resume where you left off.”

When it was first released it was running a bit slow but now that the rush of people downloading it is over it’s running great.

Also, don’t worry about some of your sources being uninstalled during the process. They will still be there as explained in this tweet:

Here are some screenshots of the new Cydia.

UPDATE: While writing this article, version 1.1.1 was released. As of now, I do not know what changes where made but if we find out, we will let you know.

New Cydia “Manage Account” Feature

Douglas — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:57:28 +0000

This is something I’ve been wanting in the App Store for a long time but I never thought of it working with Cydia. A new link when Cydia first opens allows you to see a list of all the apps you’ve paid for in the Cydia Store. They are linkable so you can just click on the link, install the app again and you’re all set. Again, would love to see this as an app store feature.

ScreenShots

If there seems to be apps missing from the list, Saurik has a list a reasons why they might not be showing up:

1) The package might be discontinued by the vendor. I have spent a bunch of time figuring out how to maintain a list of what is “currently hosted”, so this list only includes things that are available.

2) You probably logged in with the wrong account. Remember: Cydia does not ever use PayPal or Amazon accounts for login, only for payment.

Also, users sometimes have multiple Facebook accounts or multiple Gmail accounts, and most people have both an account with Facebook and an account with Gmail: each of these is separate: there is no way for me to know they are all the same person.

I seriously have lost track of the larger number of users who have adamantly sworn to either myself or to a vendor that they have only ever logged in with a single account: trust me, Cydia has only once ever had a “lost payments” bug, and it was only due to PayPal going offline and returning the wrong error code. I did not lose your payment: try another account… please?

3) You purchased the product directly from the vendor, and Cydia does not keep the records for that transaction.

In this situation, you still may see “Package Officially Purchased” on the product: Cydia’s backend APIs allow developers to integrate into the product licensing as seen by Cydia’s UI. Still, it is not practical to iterate every product here to build a “complete” list.

4) You didn’t buy this product from Cydia, you bought it from Rock. In this case, while Cydia has tried very hard to automatically connect together accounts “as if by magic”, sometimes you will need to manually associate your Rock account. You can do that using the giant buttons on any ex-Rock product.

Latest Version of Cydia Ported to iOS 2.x and 3.x

Brooke — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:37:32 +0000

Saurik, the developer of Cydia, recently tweeted that he has ported the new version of Cydia to iOS 2.x and 3.x. The new version of Cydia is currently only available to people who jailbreak using the latest version of redsn0w. The best part of the latest Cydia is that it is much faster. Below is a list (compiled by ModMyi) of a few of the other features included in the new version. Maybe we will see an update in Cydia for the Cydia app… we have seen that before. I personally would love to have the faster version of Cydia!

What’s New:
● reduced loading changes time
● section remapping optimizations
● faster reloading data
● faster, native search
● uses public SDK classes whenever possible
● rewritten, faster web views with zooming support
● changes badge works again
● more stable webviews (no crashes when queueing)
● redesigned settings page
● redesigned stashing page
● faster scrolling of table views
● bug fixes
● ads no longer break the package views until restart
● much better queueing UI
● stabler refreshing bar

iPad improvements:
● landscape
● popovesr
● modal views that cover only a portion of the screen
● less annoying errors with bad internet connections downloading packages
● updated section mappings, less typo’d sections

More Cydia Crashing (December 28th)

Douglas — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:53:08 +0000

My Cydia started crashing on my today and I’ve heard of others having the same problem. ~~I’m looking for a fix and if I hear of one I’ll let everyone know.~~ I’ve found a solution by searching Twitter

It seems the only people having trouble have the macciti/zodttd’s source. There is no need to restore your iPhone. Here is a simple fix:

- Connect to your iphone/ipod via either ssh, mobile terminal, ifile, diskaid or some other type of usb file system browser. Browse to /var/lib/apt/lists/
- Delete cydia.zodttd-1.com_repo_cydia_dists_stable_main_binary-iphoneos-arm_Packages. Mine was actually /var/lib/apt/lists/cydia.zodttd.com_repo_cydia_dists_stable_main_binary-iphoneos-arm_Packages.

Cydia encountered a section with no package header [fix]

Douglas — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:05:05 +0000

My Cydia app hasn’t been working lately. I’ve been getting the error “Cydia encountered a section with no package header”, then most of Cydia won’t work. I tried reinstalling Cydia but that didn’t work. After searching around, I found a fix that worked for me. You’ll need to have SSH installed, or use an app like Disk Aid, so you can see the file structure of your iPhone and delete some stuff.

Here’s where you need to go to delete the files. /private/var/lib/apt/lists/ Make sure you do not delete the folder “partial”! You can delete all the other files in that folder.

After doing this your Cydia should be back to working again.