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Absinthe 2.0 untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 now available

Brad Linder — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:54:46 +0000

The folks behind the Chronic Dev Team and iPhone Dev Team have released the first tool for performing an untethered jailbreak on most devices running iOS 5.1.1 You can download the Absinthe 2.0 utility from the greenpois0n website. Jailbreaking an iOS device allows you to run apps and adjust settings that would otherwise be unavailable. The difference between a tethered an untethered jailbreak is that... Read more »

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Unofficially unlock AT&T HTC One X bootloader (with official tools)

Brad Linder — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:28:27 +0000

HTC offers tools that let users unlock the bootloaders on dozens of mobile devices -- but not the AT&T version of the new HTC One X smartphone. You can unlock the international version, but not the AT&T model sold in the US. But there's now a way to trick HTC into thinking your AT&T smartphone is actually running on Canada's Rogers wireless network -- and... Read more »

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Android apps can now use in-app billing for subscription content

Brad Linder — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:38:50 +0000

Google has rolled out an update to its in-app billing feature for apps distributed through the Google Play Store. Now developers can charge for subscription content using the same in-app billing service. In other words, you'll be able to subscribe to newspapers or magazines, pay for music subscription services, or make recurring payments for games or other apps that require subscriptions -- and the apps... Read more »

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Commercial jailbreak tool for iOS 5.1.1 released, free tools coming soon

Brad Linder — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:09:36 +0000

Members of the iPhone Dev Team expect to release tools that will let most owners of recent iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad models jailbreak those devices for free. Update: Absinthe 2.0 was released on 5/25/2012. You can use it to perform an untethered jailbreak on most iOS 5.1.1 devices for free. If you can't wait a few days though, there's a tool that will let... Read more »

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Amazon lets you test apps on your phone before purchasing

Brad Linder — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:57:42 +0000

Up until recently there have basically been two reasons to use the Amazon Appstore as an alternative to the official Google Play Store. First, the Play Store isn't available for all phones and tablets. And second, even if you can use Google's marketplace Amazon offers one free app each day and sometimes runs promotions which offer discounts on other apps. That was a big deal when... Read more »

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Apollo now available for Android 4.0 (CyanogenMod 9 music player)

Brad Linder — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:08:46 +0000

Apollo is the new default music player for CyanogenMod 9. If you download and install the latest nightly release of the custom firmware for Android phones and tablets it should include Apollo. But you can also download and install the app manually on virtually any device running Android 4.0 or later. The music player features a very clean user interface that actually seems to match... Read more »

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App lets you decide how many CPU cores run on your quad-core phone

Brad Linder — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:30:07 +0000

Android smartphone users looking for more control over their devices have been rooting their phones and using software like SetCPU to manually adjust the processor speed for years. But now that dual, and even quad-core phones are becoming the norm, there's another way to speed up your phone or adjust performance to improve battery life: decide how many processor cores should run at a given... Read more »

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Coming soon: Unethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1

Brad Linder — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:55:50 +0000

Just days after confirming that it's possible to jailbreak and Apple device running iOS 5.1, pod2g has confirmed that the jailbreak also works on iOS 5.1.1. Update: Absinthe 2.0 was released on 5/25/2012. You can use it to perform an untethered jailbreak on most iOS 5.1.1 devices. It's already possible to jailbreak some devices running iOS 5.1.1, but there are two big differences in pod2g's upcoming tool. First,... Read more »

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CyanogenMod 7.2 RC2 now available for dozens of devices

Brad Linder — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:30:20 +0000

The CyanogenMod team has released a second release candidate of CyanogenMod 7.2 for a few dozen smartphones and tablets. CyanogenMod 7.2 RC2 is a custom version of Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread with a number of tweaks and special features including customizable lock screen and notification areas and a theme manager. While much of the development team's work is now on developing a custom version of Android 4.0... Read more »

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Untethered iOS 5.1 jailbreak demoed on an iPad 3

Brad Linder — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:08:47 +0000

Shortly after Apple released iOS 5.1.1 users discovered they could jailbreak Apple's latest operating system. But the current jailbreak tools only work on older iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad models -- and it's a tethered jailbreak which means you need to connect to a PC and run the software again every time you reboot. Now iOS hacker pod2g is demonstrating an untethered jailbreak that works on devices... Read more »

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Downgrade any device to an earlier version of iOS using redsn0w

Brad Linder — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:00:23 +0000

As promised the iPhone Dev Team has released a new version of the redsn0w jailbreak utility with one major new feature: You can now use redsn0w to downgrade any current iOS device to an earlier version of Apple's operating system. There's a new "restore" option in redsn0w 0.9.11b1 and later under the "Extras -> Even More" menu. In order for the restore function to work... Read more »

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Samsung releases Android 4.0 for international Galaxy Note

Brad Linder — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:03:38 +0000

Samsung has started to push out an Android 4.0 software update for the Samsung Galaxy Note. Right now the update only seems to be rolling out officially in Germany -- but xda-developers forum member Faryaab has repackaged the update so that you can flash it manually on any Galaxy Note. Keep in mind, you'll probably void your warranty if you use Faryaab's method -- and... Read more »

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Redsn0w jailbreak tool to add support for iOS downgrades

Brad Linder — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:05:37 +0000

An upcoming version of redsn0w will allow users to downgrade an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad from one version of iOS to an earlier version. Redsn0w is one of the most popular tools for jailbreaking iOS devices, but the utility also includes a number of other tools which let you save SHSH blobs, get out of recovery mode if your phone or tablet is stuck,... Read more »

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CyanogenMod 7 development will continue alongside CyanogenMod 9

Brad Linder — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:13:40 +0000

CyanogenMod is a popular Android-based operating system designed to run on dozens of phones and tablets. There aren't any devices that ship with CyanogenMod. Instead you can unlock the bootloader on many Android devices and replace the default operating system with CyanogenMod. There are currently two main branches of the operating system. CyanogenMod 7 is based on Android 2.3 while CyanogenMod 9 is based on... Read more »

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One-click root for the HTC One X (unofficial bootloader unlock on the way)

Brad Linder — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:32:27 +0000

The HTC One X is one of the hottest smartphones around. It has a large 4.7 inch, 1280 x 720 pixel display, a fast processor, and a high capacity battery. It also uses the latest version of HTC's Sense software, which blends in with Google Android 4.0's default look and feel much better than earlier versions of Sense. Unfortunately while HTC offers official tools that... Read more »

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You can already jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 — on older devices

Brad Linder — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:29:22 +0000

Apple released iOS 5.1.1 today. It fixes a number of bugs in iOS 5.1, but doesn't add any major new features. Unless you've jailbroken your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad there's no reason not to upgrade. But if you do have a jailbroken device, upgrading to iOS 5.1.1 will remove your jailbreak. The good news is that you can already re-jailbreak Apple's latest mobile operating... Read more »

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Apple releases iOS 5.1.1 for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad

Brad Linder — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:44:47 +0000

Apple has released a minor operating system update for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. While iOS 5.1.1 doesn't add any major new features, it does offer a few bug fixes. The improvements include an update that sometimes prevented the new iPad from moving between 2G and 3G wireless networks, and one that sometimes prevented users from streaming video from an iOS using the Apple... Read more »

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CyanogenMod 9 theme manager available in latest nightlies

Brad Linder — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:08:11 +0000

The CyanogenMod team introduced a theme manager in CM7, allowing users to change the look and feel of Android 2.3 by installing custom themes. Now the theme manager has been updated for Android 4.0. It's available in the latest nightly builds of CyanogenMod 9, which is still in pre-release testing. You can try out the theme manager by downloading a nightly build of CyangoenMod for... Read more »

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AT&T HTC One X bootloader remains locked

Brad Linder — Sun, 06 May 2012 12:34:49 +0000

HTC offers tools that let users unlock the bootloaders on many of its phones. This makes it possible to install custom recovery tools or custom ROMs or make other changes. Unlocking the bootloader will void your warranty, but if you're cool with that, HTC is cool with letting you do it on about 45 handsets. Unfortunately the AT&T version of the HTC One X smartphone... Read more »

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Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1 discovered

Brad Linder — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:13:25 +0000

When Apple released iOS 5.1 in March, it took almost no time at all for hackers to figure out how to jailbreak older iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad models running the new operating system. But at the time there was no support newer devices with Apple A5 processors -- and the jailbreak was tethered, which means you have to connect your device to a computer... Read more »

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RIM launches BlackBerry OS 7.1 in the UK

Brad Linder — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:42:54 +0000

Research in Motion is rolling out a software update for BlackBerry users in the UK. No, it's not BlackBerry 10 -- no current handsets will get that as a software update. But BlackBerry 7.1 does include a number of nifty new features, and it's available today for half a dozen existing phones including the latest BlackBerry Torch, Bold, and Curve devices. BlackBerry 7.1 includes a number of... Read more »

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So much for tablet only: The Daily news app comes to iPhone

Brad Linder — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:39:00 +0000

The Daily is a daily news publication that's only available in digital form. And I don't mean a website. When Rupert Murdoch launched The Daily launched last year, it was billed as the first major tablet-only news source. It was billed as the (or at least one possible) future of news. Instead of simply taking images and text from a printed paper or magazine and... Read more »

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Want a BlackBerry 10 phone? You’ll probably need to buy a new device

Brad Linder — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:45:59 +0000

Research in Motion is starting to show off its BlackBerry 10 operating system this week, and the company is actively courting developers in hopes of bringing some high quality apps to the new operating system. But what if you already have a phone that's running the recently released BlackBerry 7 operating system? Will you be able to upgrade to BlackBerry 10? No. PhoneScoop reports that... Read more »

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RIM unveils BlackBerry 10 platform for smartphones and tablets

Brad Linder — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:43:24 +0000

Research in Motion is launching its BlackBerry 10 software platform for smartphones today, and the company is providing developers with a BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha smartphone to kick the new operating system's tires and develop apps for the new platform. Eventually RIM plans to offer the same operating system for both phones and tablets -- but for now the company is emphasizing on the smartphone... Read more »

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Skype updates apps for Android, iOS

Brad Linder — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:24:58 +0000

Just a few days after launching an official voice and video chat for Windows Phone, Skype has released new apps for Android and iOS. Skype 2.8 for Android is now available from the Google Play Store, while you can grab Skype 4.0 for iPhone or iPad from the App Store. The new Android app features support for video rotation on additional phones and tablets, instant... Read more »

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Reader mode coming to Firefox Mobile

Brad Linder — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:19:54 +0000

Mozilla plans to introduce a new "reader" mode in future versions of the Firefox web browser for Android devices. Reader mode strips away sidebars, advertisements, and pretty much everything but the text and pictures in an article. It's something that's currently offered by the Safari web browser for iOS and some third party Android apps such as Readability. Soon it will be baked into Firefox... Read more »

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You can’t download Windows Phone apps from Zune PC software anymore

Brad Linder — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:06:33 +0000

Microsoft is pushing the kill switch on app downloads through the Zune PC software. Instead, from now on if you want to download Windows Phone apps you'll need to do it on your device or using the web-based Windows Phone Marketplace. The move makes sense, because the Zune PC software wasn't really designed to be an app store or app management service. It was originally... Read more »

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Skype for Windows Phone exits beta, won’t run on cheaper phones

Brad Linder — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:38:59 +0000

Skype is a voice and video chat app for PC and mobile which lets users make cheap or free calls to other Skype users or telephone numbers. Microsoft bought Skype in 2011, so it's no surprise that the company was working on a Windows Phone app to join the Skype apps for Android and iOS. Skype for Windows Phone has been available as a public... Read more »

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Redsn0w 0.9.10b7 adds untethered iPad (5.0.1) jailbreak

Brad Linder — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:06:14 +0000

The iPhone Dev Team has released an updated version of the popular redsn0w all-in-one jailbreak utility. While there's still no way to jailbreak a new iPad or any other device running iOS 5.1 (yet), you can now use the latest version of redsn0w to jailbreak just about anything else. Jailbreaking an iOS device allows you to access settings and files that are normally protected. This... Read more »

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Spotify overhauls Android app for Android 4.0

Brad Linder — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:01:07 +0000

Online music service Spotify has released a preview of its new app for Android. It has a new look and feel, support for Android 4.0, and other improvements. You can download the public beta of the new Spotify from the company website. Spotify lets anyone in a supported regions stream music for free using a desktop app. But if you want to stream music to... Read more »

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