Less than 24 hours away from WWDC, the Apple community, especially iOS enthusiasts, are impatiently awaiting announcements at what will be a very iOS-heavy keynote. After months of rumors, the Cupertino company announced last week it would be introducing iOS 5 at the conference. Aside from the benefits it will likely bring to consumers, many enthusiasts are left to ask themselves: what will jailbreaking look like in iOS 5? In order to answer that question, I think we need to look at the origins of jailbreaking itself, and the need for it in the first place.
Fake Mail or ‘FakeMail’ is a Cydia App that lets users send anonymous email, or more specifically, email from inexistent email addresses. Useful if you want to pull a prank on your friends or just don't want to be identified on a particular email you're sending.
iAndroid is a new iOS application for jailbroken devices that simulates the Android operating system experience on the iPhone or iPod touch. While it's still very far from completion, the project is taking shape.
iH8Sn0w, a Toronto-based iPhone developer, released iFaith, a new SHSH blob dumper for all iOS devices which can save SHSH files of any firmware running on your device even if Apple is not signing it.
On the current version of iOS, by default, removing folders is a fairly convoluted and time-consuming process, which forces users to drag out every single item inside that folder until it's finally empty and deletes itself. This tweak will change that forever.
The iPhoneIslam team, which has previously authored FaceIt3GS, has come up with a new hack which will blow your mind: full calling and SMS support on the 3G iPad.
It's no secret that iOS is full of subtle but possible resource-intensive eye-candy. TidySpring is a Cydia tweak allows you to turn some of those features off in order to save RAM, battery life and processor resources.
Cydia, despite being the de facto standard tool for installing non-Apple-approved applications on jailbroken iDevices, it has a major drawback: it won't run in the background. That means you can't keep using the phone while you're installing an app, which can be quite tedious, especially when you're on the road, and most likely in a hurry. Here's how you can modify your iPhone to your wildest dreams and still check your email while you do it.
The developers at GreenPois0n announced limited edition T-shirts, as well as updates on its future jailbreaking software in a "State of the Chronic" post, providing status update on the the iPad 2 jailbreak, and GreenPois0n support for iOS 4.3.x. No releases yet, but they're close (or are they?)!
FolderLock is an iOS mod that lets you password-protect some features in iOS, such as folders, Spotlight, multitasking and the phone's settings. If you ever wished to lock down your phone in order to stop others from changing your settings or accessing your background apps, this might be a good choice.
