Well it looks like iOS 4.3 Beta 2 has more stuff secretly hiding deep inside the firmware. An Italian blog iPhoneItalia has now uncovered thumbnails for crop and rotate functionality which indicates the arrival of this feature for basic image editing natively in future iOS versions.
We have just been tipped off about this method floating around which can apparently allow you to restore your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch on iOS 4.3 beta without having to have UDID of your iOS device registered on a developer account.
Hackers have finally managed to port Android 2.3 Gingerbread on a jailbroken iPhone 3G. It looks a bit sluggish, but that is to be expected, everything else seems to be working fine as can be seen in the video embedded below.
Raskin Software today has announced an update to its zoom-able Finder alternative for the Mac OS X. Raskin for Mac OS X utilizes an iOS-style visual interface to represent all your files and images on a single page without the need to open the native Finder on the machine. This saves a considerable amount of time and more importantly can be more than handy for non-Mac users or those who have just migrated to OS X.
The developer behind NitoTV app for jailbroken 2nd-gen Apple TV has released an unofficial PwnageTool bundle which can jailbreak Apple TV 2G on the latest iOS 4.2.1 firmware with the existing version of PwnageTool. This jailbreak however is limited to tethered-boot only for now.
We have already told you about an upcoming tool named Antid0te which promises to enhance the security mechanism of all the current jailbroken iOS devices so that they are secured as much, or even more than the non-jailbroken iOS devices. This new method uses ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) process which has been absent from all the current iOS devices, making them vulnerable to attacks such as the ones demonstrated at Pwn2Own contest.
If you have tried updating to the recently released iOS 4.2.1 update on iPhone 4 and encountered Error Code 1013 or Error Code 1611, then you are a not alone. This has been a common issue across all iOS devices updating to iOS 4.2.1 and Apple Support Discussion forums are full of users complaining about this issue.
Sources close to MacStories have informed them that Apple is preparing a major update to iOS i.e. iOS 4.3 sometime in December this year. This new update will allow you to subscribe to content like the much talked about News Corp’s iPad-only newspaper, The Daily.
Alright guys, here is a quick heads up! Apple has seeded iOS 4.2.1 GM to developers hinting towards the fact that final version will see the light of day soon. If you’re one of those who are currently relying on a jailbreak or a carrier unlock then we highly recommend that you avoid updating to iOS 4.2.1.
For those of you who couldn’t get Android 2.2.1 to work on iPhone 3G or 2G using the steps we posted earlier, we now have a complete step by step video guide on how to install Android 2.2.1 with iOS in dual-boot configuration on iPhone 3G & 2G using Bootlace in Cydia. Installing Android using this method with Bootlace wont replace your existing iOS installation. You can keep running both OS’ side by side.
