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30 Good Reasons To Jailbreak Your iPhone

iPhone and iPad News and Reviews — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:59:20 +0000

Here are 30 excellent reasons to jailbreak your iPhone:

1) It’s risk-free. Worst case scenario, you can restore your iPhone to factory settings

2) Install third-party applications with Cydia

3) Get MMS with SwirlyMMS

4) Add custom notification sounds and ringtones for free

5) Use a free turn by turn GPS with xGPS

6) Get video recording for your iPhone 2G or 3G with Cycorder

7) Stream live videos with Qik

Use Voice Over IP apps over 3G and Edge with VoIPover3G

9) Enable Flash with iMobileCinema

10) Download and save YouTube videos on your iPhone with MxTube

11) Tether your iPhone with PDAnet

12) View your iPhone on your TV with TVOut

13) Play Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, NES and PlayStation games with emulators

14) Watch every single episode of South Park, American Dad, Family Guy, the Simpsons, the Office, and Futurama for free

15) Filter incoming calls with iBlackList

16) Email your voicemails with Voicemail Forwarder

17) Customize the look and feel of your iPhone with WinterBoard

18) Quickly manage your settings preferences with BossPrefs

19) Sort your apps into folders with Categories

20) Run apps in the background with Backgrounder

21) Quickly reply to SMS with iRealSMS

22) Track your lost/stolen iPhone with iLocalis

23) Display information such as emails, SMS, calendar and more directly on your lock screen with IntelliScreen

24) Spoof your caller ID with 123Spoof

25) Change your iPhone fonts with FontSwap

26) Get haptic feedback for your keyboard with HapticPro

27) Show a picture of your contacts in your contact list with Cyntact

28)Transfer files via Bluetooh with iBluetooth

29) Enable battery percentage on the 2G and 3G with Battery Percentage

30) Unlock your iPhone

Can you think of more reasons to jailbreak? If so, please add them by leaving a comment below.

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Jailbreak: MultiFl0w Task Manager for Backgrounder-enabled iPhones

iPhone and iPad News and Reviews — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:12:18 +0000

Running Backgrounder on your Jailbroken iPhone and looking for a little UI magic for your task switching? Check out MultiFl0w, free to try and $5 to buy, it’s not free like Kirikae but it’s fun.

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How To Jailbreak Your iPhone 3.1.2 Using Mac or Windows

iPhone and iPad News and Reviews — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:38:49 +0000

blackra1n is the latest, simplest Jailbreak tool from iPhone hacker George Hotz (Geohot) and supports all modern iPhone and iPod touch devices running the latest 3.1.2 firmware. blacksn0w is the associated Unlock utility. (Jailbreaking lets you run software not approved by Apple, like background tasks, Google Voice apps, etc. Unlocking lets you use your iPhone on other carriers, like T-Mobile US or international carriers when traveling). blackra1n makes the process faster and easier than ever before.Note: For those of you who are planning on jailbreaking your new iPhone 3GS with the updated bootrom, you should be aware that BlackRa1n supports only a tethered jailbreak. This simply means if you have to reset your phone or your battery runs out on you, you will need to connect your device to your computer and run BlackRa1n to be able to boot your iPhone.

Lets Get Started:

Preparation
First things first, before we start please be sure you are currently on the 05.11.07 baseband. If you are not, connect to iTunes and update your software to 3.1.2. Once that is done it is time to begin. You will need to go to the BlackRa1n homepage, and click on the Apple to download the proper software. You will want to save the zip file to your desktop and then double-click on it. This will then create the BlackRa1n launch icon.
The Jailbreak Process
Connect your iPhone to your computer. Once connected double-click the BlackRa1n icon to begin the process.

Now simply click “make it rain”. Your device will now enter recovery mode.

Your device will now reboot.

Once your device reboots the jailbreak process is complete and you will see the following message on your desktop.

After you see this screen, enjoy the iPhone the way it should have been out the box. You will need to install either Rock or Cydia to download all the custom programs and themes. Also download Winterboard to organize and enable all of your downloads. Enjoy!!

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iPhone Development Releases 3.1 Jailbreak

iPhone and iPad News and Reviews — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:47:31 +0000

The Dev Team have updated their blog to let the jailbreakers of the world know how to go about jailbreaking iPhone 3.1. It seems as if Apple has really thrown a monkey wrench into jailbreaking the 3.1 software, however, so sit tight as this may be a bit confusing…

First and foremost they have released the PwnageTool 3.1 for Mac OS X that should only be used with the original iPhone and iPhone 3G. Sorry 3GS owners, you’ll have to wait. Be sure to heed some of the Dev Teams warnings before attempting to jailbreak your device.

•If you are using a 3G iPhone with ultrasn0w and rely on ultrasn0w to obtain cellular service, then you should only upgrade to 3.1 with a PwnageTool created .ipsw. – Stay away from Apple’s direct updates.
•If you have an original iPhone (1st generation) then 3.1 unlock works with this PwnageTool release. iPhone 3G users upgrading to 3.1 will need to continue using ultrasn0w with a PwnageTool created 3.1 .ipsw
•PwnageTool WILL work for Original iPhone (1st Generation), Original iPod touch (1st Generation) and the iPhone 3G.
For the full rundown please visit the Dev Teams blog and make sure you fully understand what you are getting yourself into before attempting to jailbreak iPhone 3.1.

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