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EXCLUSIVE: Icy Ready to Launch for iOS 4.x this week

shady_jd15 — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:16:31 +0000

We learned from rumours earlier this week that Icy, Ripdevs Cydia alternative that was shut down and made open source after 3.1.x release, is set to make appearance on iPhones and iPads near you. But since we were not sure about the legitimacy of the rumours, we thought to hold back until we could get to the roots of this. And it turns out that folks from Infini-Dev Team have been working hard to bring us back our old Cydia alternative, the fast and light-weight Icy.

Enjoy these screenshots:

Other than Icy, we have also received reports regarding Lima, a completely Mobile Safari based version of Cydia which let’s you browse and install Cydia packages right from Safari on your iPhone or iPod touch. Advantage of this would be no loading times every time you browse to Lima unlike Cydia. We have no ETA’s on when it will be released. Lima was teased running on an iPod touch in the video below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWPFfb4mF6k

As of now, Icy has been completely updated to work on iOS 4.x and has entered beta stage. It is being tested for bugs. And since these are no rumours, you can actually go ahead and download the beta version of Icy from here.

P.S. SSH this anywhere on to your iDevice and install using iFile. Respring and enjoy Icy cold Icy.

Thanks to Infini-Dev Team for their hard work. Do let us know what you think about these 2 projects in the comments below.

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White iPhone 4 Thicker Than The Black One

shady_jd15 — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:52:14 +0000

The white iPhone 4 is slightly thicker than the black iPhone 4, according to user reports.

A MacRumors forum member writes, “Just picked up the white iPhone 4 and realized it doesn’t fit into my Incase slider case. It appears that Apple has increased the size of the plastic that borders the glass on both sides by about 1mm. “

Ryan Cash of Marketcircle discovered the same…

A colleague of mine just picked up a 16 GB iPhone 4 in white. I was a bit surprised when I picked it up off his desk (I had my black 32 GB in my other hand at the same time) – it immediately felt thicker. We placed them side-by-side on his desk, and sure enough, the white iPhone was a hair thicker.

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Here’s How You Can Watch the Royal Wedding on Your iPhone/iPod Touch

shady_jd15 — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:54:42 +0000

The wedding of the year is just hours away. Millions upon millions will be watching the Royal wedding live on TV, but what if you’re unlucky enough to be out of the house when the big event takes place? Don’t worry, we at Jailbreaknews have got your back, thanks to YTLive.

With YouTube launching its live streaming service recently, iOS devices were left out in the cold, but with the help of YTLive, iPhones, iPads and iPod touches can also play host to the Royal wedding in all its streaming glory.

YTLive promises to bring streaming goodness to iOS via their web app. The site works by taking any YouTube Live URL and then converting the Flash stream into something iOS can understand. The result is a (relatively) seamless experience and one that’s certainly better than the alternative of, well, nothing. Just hit play and you’re good to go.

If you’re really into Royalty, you could even stream the wedding on your iPad and watch another channel on your TV. Now that’s multitasking!

[via RedmondPie]

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White iPhone 4 Vulnerable to Limera1n & Redsn0w [updated]

shady_jd15 — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:33:18 +0000

The white iPhone 4 being released tomorrow is susceptible to the limera1n jailbreak, according to tweets by iH8Sn0w.

For future (tomorrow or today) White iPhone 4 users, limera1n is NOT patched and has no difficulty with current jailbreaks.

Also for those wondering, i0n1c’s untether will work for the device as well.

i0n1c’s exploit is iOS based. Since the iPhone 4 runs the SAME iOS, its fine.

Update: We have also discovered by a tweet from Chpwn that redsn0w 0.9.6rc9 is also able to jailbreak the new white iPhone 4.

We will keep you posted once we hear more from the devs on the white iPhone 4 jailbreak.

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iPhone 4 White to Launch Tomorrow, Confirms Apple

shady_jd15 — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:03:48 +0000

The much awaited iPhone 4 White is set to make appearance tomorrow. Apple today announced that the white iPhone 4 will be available beginning tomorrow. White iPhone 4 models will be available from Apple’s online store, at Apple’s retail stores, AT&T and Verizon Wireless stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers.

“The white iPhone 4 has finally arrived and it’s beautiful,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “We appreciate everyone who has waited patiently while we’ve worked to get every detail right.”

White models of iPhone 4 will be available in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Macau, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, UK and the US, beginning Thursday, April 28 and in many more countries around the world soon.

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Garageband for iPad ported to iPhone 4 [video]

shady_jd15 — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:07:30 +0000

The folks at 9to5Mac received a video and some screenshots of Garageband for iPad running on the iPhone 4 from one of their readers. It was further told that Garageband for iPad was run on iPhone 4 using a hack that requires a jailbroken device. The process involves transferring the GarageBand application with changed metadata to an iPhone 4 via OpenSSH.

http://www.youtube.com/v/vgCYA8-SlZs

This obviously in’t the perfect solution as Garageband isn’t formatted for a slightly lower iPhone 4 resolution but it works well enough. Here are some of the screenshots:

[via 9to5Mac]

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Hood, The old SBSettings like tweak goes open-source.

shady_jd15 — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:16:39 +0000

Of course you remember Ripdev! And if you do then you definitely know Hood. The neat little SBSettings like tweak from the OS 2.x days. And for those who don’t, Ripdev is the company that is associated with the development of Installer, which is arguably the first iPhone app store, much before Apple’s official iPhone AppStore came about and before Cydia took over as the leading jailbreak app store. Well history apart.

We’ve learned from a tweet from Ripdev saying Hood was made open-source. Ripdev tweeted :

Well for some of the folks this might be an exciting news as they might have found something to work on and carry forward while for others this may just be a regular post. For now all we can say is that we miss Ripdev.

What packages from Ripdev have you used and think should be porte to latest iOS firmwares? Leave your answers in the comments.

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iPhone 4 White Unboxing [video]

shady_jd15 — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:32:38 +0000

As you may already know that iPhone 4 White is rumoured to officially release tomorrow, some retailers have already started to push the stock out to customers. Folks behind the iSpazio italian Apple blog have already managed to get their hands on the official white iPhone 4 from the Hutchison 3G store.

You can see the redesigned proximity sensor on the white iPhone 4. The device is being released almost after a delay of 10 months. The cause of which as described by Apple was the white paint that not only messed the camera but also leaked light from certain spots.

We haven’t heard a word from Apple about the release of the much awaited white iPhone 4 but it seems people from all around the world have started to fetch their white iPhones. Here’s the unboxing video from iSpazio:

Have you heard of the release of iPhone 4 White in your country? Do let us know in the comments.

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Verizon Releases iPhone 4 Teaser Commercial

modmyi — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:21:34 +0000

The iPhone may still be a few weeks away from being released on the Verizon network, but that hasn’t stopped them from taking a page out of Apple’s playbook. To hype the event, Verizon today released a teaser commercial that plays on the pent up demand for the iPhone. The ad implies that Verizon customers are counting down the seconds until the fabled iPhone is released on their network. It’s clear that Verizon expects a great deal of AT&T users to switch carriers and they may just be right.

The iPhone will finally be available to Verizon customers on February 10, 2011. AT&T, although optimistic about the prospect of loosing customers to Verizon, is sure to loose a substantial amount of subscribers come mid-February. AT&T has the lowest customer satisfaction rating in the US. A great many people may in fact wait until their AT&T contracts are up before switching networks. This should stem the tide of defectors to Verizon, but not for long. Over the next couple of years as people’s contracts expire, it should be interesting to see how many iPhone users stay with AT&T.

Verizon, on the other hand, has the highest customer satisfaction in the industry. Given the voracious amount of bandwidth the average iPhone user consumes, I wonder if Verizon will be able to maintain the high level of service people have come to expect from them. Hopefully, Verizon will be able to deliver the one thing AT&T has had difficulty providing and that is the ability to actually use an iPhone as a phone.

Source: 9to5 Mac

XBMC on Your Apple TV 2

modmyi — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:44:01 +0000

This is great news for those of you with jailbroken Apple TV’s. Since the release of our jailbreak, there hasn’t really been much going on in terms of new software to utilize. The folks behind XBMC (formerly “Xbox Media Center”) have managed to bring their software to the Apple TV 2. This means you can decode that awesome 1080p HD content, and utilize the hardware inside your little box.

Due to the nature of developing for Apple TV, this isn’t entirely an easy hack for the beginners. You will be required to use terminal commands, but if your familiar with this it should be a breeze.

Instructions are located here, which should help you through it all.

Install XBMC on ATV2 – XBMC

UPATE: also available for iPhone/iPad by adding this source to Cydia and installing
http://mirrors.xbmc.org/apt/ios/

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XBMC on Your Apple TV 2