With the release of iOS 7 soon to be upon us, many of the core reasons to jailbreak your device are now integrated right into iOS itself. Things such as quick toggles, and improved multi-tasking functionality have been seen to by Apple; but it just doesn't have the same appeal of being able to do it ourselves. Thousands of jailbreak packages are available within the Cydia software distribution service, and they're certainly not going anywhere.
A new untethered jailbreak tool, by the name of UnthreadedJB, has just been released which apparently can jailbreak CDMA iPhone 4 running on iOS 5.1.
Some interesting news cropped up just recently about a new game release for iOS, and a rather unusual anti-piracy system. In fact, as far as any system goes, it was actually rather effective, if only for a short while.
If you remember Apple’s big iPhone reveal back from 2007, then you may remember one of the big plusses that Steve Jobs said made the iPhone so unique. Standing on stage as only Steve Jobs could, the then Apple CEO said that the iPhone's lack of physical keys made the iPhone so special because it could adapt its software keyboard to suit any situation. Obviously that was something that could not be said about the competition of the time.
It may seem like an eternity ago when we watched Apple lift the covers off the radically redesigned iOS 7 at this year's WWDC, but let's be honest with ourselves here - we're all still talking about it. Whether our opinions are largely positive, negative or remain neutral; the fact remains that Apple is embarking on a journey of rebirth when it comes to iOS. The introduction of iOS 7 saw a number of existing jailbreak tweaks become null and void, but developer Evan Swick can think himself lucky that his new NativeQR package is still relevant and hasn't been Sherlocked by Apple's creative teams.
Since the launch of iOS 7 beta 1 last Monday following its announcement at WWDC, it's fair to say that not everybody has been won over. The Cupertino's decision to make some, quite frankly, dramatic changes has left even long-time iOS users bemused, and one in particular, jailbreak legend Pod2g, has taken to Twitter to voice his displeasure.
We take a lot of screenshots here at Redmond Pie. We take screenshots of Macs, and we take screenshots of Windows. We take screenshots of Android phones and we take screenshots of iOS devices. No matter what the device, or what operating system it is running though, we seem to always end up with the image in some sort of photo editor just so that we can crop it.
Should i ditch my iPhone 5 jailbreak to try iOS 7 beta 1? That's a good question actually, and one I've been contemplating for a few days now.
The jailbreak scene is an ever changing landscape. What's new, noteworthy and popular on any given day can easily be cast into obscurity on the next, leaving space for a new package to step into the limelight and gain praise. Over the last few years we have seen a number of powerful and innovative solutions that allow jailbroken iOS users to quickly and efficiently access commonly used system settings without having to drill-down into menu structures within the Settings app. Most of those offerings have come in the form of some kind of modal overlay, or are accessed by other means, but now we have a new centralized toggle system called FlipSwitch and it's about to take the limelight.
‘Platinum’ for iPhone allows you to place predicted search queries into the search bar of Mobile Safari without actually going ahead and processing them. It's a feature borrowed from Google's Chrome browser, and means that you can skip unnecessary typing while also only pushing the search through once you've fully entered your subject into the field.
