Category Archives: iPod Touch
Mac Version Of Redsn0w has been updated to 0.9.10b6b to Fix Issue Affecting Users Running OS X 10.5.x or earlier
While we eagerly wait for the jailbreak community to release an untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 1, iPod touch 4 and iPod touch 3 and a jailbreak for iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and iPad 3, the iPhone Dev team has quietly updated Redsn0w to fix an issue for those running OS X 10.5.x or earlier.
The OS X version of Redsn0w has now been bumped up to 0.9.10b6b. Dev team hasn’t provided any details about the issue that was affecting users running OS X 10.5.x or earlier. They’ve just updated their blog with this brief note:
The OS X version of redsn0w has been updated to fix an issue for those running OS X 10.5.x or earlier.
Redsn0w 0.9.10b6/0.9.10b6b can only perform a tethered jailbreak on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS (expect iPhone 3GS with old bootrom), iPad 1 and 3rd-generation iPod touch, which means that you need to connect your iOS device to the computer on every reboot. So if you’ve jailbroken your iOS device running on iOS 5.0.1, you are better off avoiding the iOS 5.1 software update, which doesn’t include any major feature.
A pair o’ docks: Edifier Tick Tock Dock and XtremeMac Luna Voyager II
Alarm docks are one of the most popular genres of charging docs for iOS devices.
They not only charge your device while you sleep, but help to wake you up to tunes from your device, FM radio, or auxiliary sources such as chimes. I received a couple of docks over the past month that caught my attention, and here’s a full review of both the Edifier Tock Tock Dock and XtremeMac Luna Voyager II — two very different products that do the same thing.
Edifier Tick Tock Dock
I’m old enough to remember the good old wind-up alarm clocks. They had several really annoying habits, like ticking way too loud and scaring the crap out of me when they went off, but in a lot of ways they had some charm. They always had two bells on the top sticking out like ears, and a round face with a dial clock. Now Edifier has come up with a fun retro-styled dock for the iPhone and iPod touch called the Tick Tock Dock (US$79.99) that brings the old round alarm clock into the future.
An iPod touch for kids and parents: one dad’s guide
I’ve been separated for about two years now; as any part-time custodial parent will tell you, it can be tricky to communicate with the kids when you’re not around as much. This past Christmas I decided to get an iPod touch for each of my kids. At the time, they were living about 30 minutes away from me, and for whatever reason we didn’t always have nightly phone calls to stay connected.
“If only there was some easier way to stay in contact,” I thought, “then they won’t have to miss me as bad.” Well, the experiment has been a success. In the process it yielded a few interesting tips for divorced parents, and also anyone considering an iPod touch for a kid under 11 (as both of mine are).
Sn0wbreeze Updated To v2.9.3 For iOS 5.1 Jailbreak On iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
Apple makes a number of premium products, but it is mainly the iPhone and iPad that have stolen the limelight in recent years.
Their smartphone and tablet range are clearly their most successful products in recent years, but one of their other media devices is starting to gain some traction now, thanks to recent hardware and software updates.
Apple announced the new and improved Apple TV during their San Francisco media event at the beginning of March, bringing 1080p video streaming to the set-top box as well as well as dedicated section of the iTunes store for high-definition movies. They also announced the release of the iOS 5.0 (iOS 5.1 9B179b) firmware for the existing second-generation unit (iOS 5.1 for all other iOS devices) that brings an entirely re-imagined user interface and a number of new native applications. The updates have obviously pleased the masses of Apple TV fans out there, but the jailbreak community is only really concerned with one thing – when will my Apple TV be jailbroken?
Popular developed ih8sn0w has pushed out an update to his Sn0wbreeze restore based jailbreak utility taking it to version 2.9.3.
Update On iOS 5.1 Untethered Jailbreak For iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
It seems like only yesterday that the jailbreak dream team dropped the good news by announcing the release of an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 that would bring liberation and freedom to those who were using an iPhone 4S or iPad 2 powered by Apple’s A5 chip.
It was in fact over eight weeks ago and although it was a huge accomplishment by all involved to release the Absinthe jailbreak, the community is once again focusing all eyes on the development teams hoping for a jailbreak which covers iOS 5.1.
With the release of the new iPad, along with the updated 5.1 version of iOS, Apple have once again thrown the proverbial cat amongst the pigeons; meaning that researcher Pod2g and his band of merry jailbreaking men will need to get their thinking caps on once again. The release of the new iPad can be treated as a special beast due to the fact that it features Apple’s new A5X processor, but it is no secret that iPhone Dev Team leader MuscleNerd, German security researcher Stefan Esser and iOS developer Grant Paul have all succeeded in jailbreaking the third-generation iPad but unfortunately not through methods that make it a viable and distributable option.