iPhone Techie

MuscleNerd recently tweeted to Pod2G, that he thinks GeoHotz will be releasing an untethered jailbreak for newer A4 iDevices after February 10th.

Could this mean that GeoHotz will be releasing the rumored RubyRa1n jailbreaking tool? I really don’t know but this is the second time MuscleNerd has tweeted about GeoHotz having an untethered jailbreak for newer iDevices (the first time being in the beginning of January). Read more…

Apple has posted the Verizon iPhone 4 firmware to its servers for public download for Verizon iPhone 4 owners ofcourse.

You can download the iOS 4.2.6 firmware right now directly from Apple here is the link to it here. One of the iPhone Dev-Team members MuscleNerd has posted the keys for anyone who’s interested.

I’m not sure what you would do with this firmware right now but it is available. This is the time to start taking it apart and looking for clues and exploits. It almost seems Apple does this on purpose every time.
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Ok, so here is what I have for you today.. It appears GreenPois0n RC5 will be bringing untethered jailbreak to iOS 4.2.1 sooner rather than we all thought and will support all devices.

Here is why. Apple has now closed the loophole hackers have been using up until iOS 4.3.

Now there’s obviously no point in waiting for the new update to be released it’s been decided that GreenPois0n will go ahead as-is, with a new attempt at 4.3 to be made later.There are a lot of good news for all of us, TRUST ME!!! Keep reading… Read more…

After digging little bit deeper into the new iOS 4.3 Beta Firmware, Engadget has found references to two new iPhone models and three new iPad models in the iOS 4.3 firmware.

If you dig far enough into iOS’s code, you’ll eventually come across iPhone3,1, which is the AT&T iPhone 4, and the analogous iPhone3,2 (i.e. Verizon iPhone). It’s nothing we haven’t seen before, but then along comes iOS 4.3 with a handful of new mystery identifiers to spurn speculation — namely, two new-generation iPhones (4,1 and 4,2) and three iPads (2,1; 2,2; and 2,3).

Its likely that the new iPhone models represent the GSM and CDMA version of the device and the three new iPad models are WiFi, GSM, and CDMA variants. Read more…

Apple may be planning to remove the home button from future iPad and iPhone devices, according to a BGR report.

According to sources at BGR, Apple is going to drop home button on both the iPad 2 and iPhone 5. You will be controlling your next-gen iPhone or iPad using multi-touch gestures which has been introduced with iOS 4.3 for iPad.

We have exclusively been told that the reason Apple just added multitouch gestures for the iPad in the latest iOS 4.3 beta is because the iPad will be losing the home button. Read more…

On January 12th, Italian site contacted Comex to ask him about whether he is going to wait for Verizon iPhone 4 to launch, and the next iOS release, that is iOS 4.3 / 4.2.5 before releasing his untethered jailbreak.

Comex swiftly replied that one month is too long a wait to keep the long-awaited untethered jailbreak from releasing. But Comex may wait for the release of the Verizon iPhone before releasing his untether, according to a tweet he sent on January 12th. Read more…

Hey guys, yesterday I wrote and article about a possibility of upcoming release of Apple iOS 4.3 which would reportedly bring the Personal Hotspot feature to GSM iPhones just like the feature on Verizon announced CDMA iPhone 4.

A source who is close to / knows “RedmondPie” (who wishes to remain anonymous) has informed RedmondPie that iOS 4.3 will indeed bring the “Personal Hotspot” feature to all iPhones in March this year.

This new feature was introduced yesterday with the announcement of Verizon iPhone 4, running the new iOS 4.2.5. Read more…

An upcoming release of iOS 4.3 will reportedly bring the Personal Hotspot feature to GSM iPhones.

The new mobile hotspot feature that ships with the Verizon iPhone lets your phone create a wireless network and share its Internet connection with up to five devices. Read more…

Hey Guys, I have some good and bad news for all users who are waiting on Untethered Jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 from Comex.

An iPhone Italia Italian site contacted Comex of Spirit and JailbreakMe fame to ask him about whether or not he is going to release his untethered jailbreak tool for iOS 4.2.1.

Comex’s reply was swift and simple, just like Steve Jobs normally does in his emails back to users. The news was quite shocking for those who are eagerly waiting for the Comex’s release to untethered jailbreak iOS 4.2.1.

He is going to wait for Apple to release the next firmware update to public before releasing his tool. Read more…