Month: June 2011

iPhone 5 Will Enter Production “in Mid to Late August,” Ready for September Launch

Guest Author ∙ Updated July 2, 2011

Following the iPhone 4's first birthday earlier this month, we're now sitting patiently awaiting the release (or at least the announcement) of Apple's iPhone 5. The device is rumored to land this September, and backing up those rumors is some new "intelligence" obtained by one investment banker on a recent trip to Taiwan.

Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty met with individuals in Taiwan last week — home to Apple's supply chain and manufacturing facilities — and issued a note to clients in which she claims the fifth-generation iPhone will enter production in August and will "ramp aggressively" into the fourth calendar quarter...

Are the iPhone 5 and 4S BOTH Coming in September?

Cody Lee ∙ Updated June 13, 2016

If you've had enough of the next-generation iPhone rumors, you may want to skip over this post. As before any major Apple product launch, the rumor mill is working over time with everyone trying guess Apple's next move.

While most of the gossip aligns with a September launch, the hardware debate seems to ping pong back and forth. Some folks believe we'll see a major update to the iPhone line (iPhone 5), and some think it'll only incur minor changes (4S)...

‘iScreenSaver’ Reveals Your Wallpaper as Your Screen Dims

Cody Lee ∙ June 27, 2011

Dan Zimmerman's latest entry into the TweakWeek daily challenge was uploaded yesterday. The jailbreak tweak is called iScreenSaver, and it puts a new spin on the old function.

Remember when custom screen savers on your desktop were cool? The effect never really made the transition to smart phones, as 3.5" screens don't typically need saving. But Zimmerman's tweak isn't your typical screen saver...

‘BatteryShower’ Gives You More Lock Screen Battery Options

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated August 4, 2011

Is it show-er, or shower? I think I'll stick with shower since that's more fun to say.

Naming discrepancies aside, BatteryShower is an iPhone jailbreak tweak that is basically an extension of a previous tweak we touched on called 'ASB'.

ASB allows you to always show the battery icon on your lock screen, regardless of whether or not you have it connected to a power source.

BatteryShower takes this formula, and remixes it so to speak by also allowing you to never show the battery as well...

Apple Stepped Up Their Game to Combat Jailbreaking in iOS 5

Cody Lee ∙ Updated July 2, 2011

When Apple announced iOS 5 a few weeks ago, there was some speculation that its hundreds of new features would deter a lot of folks from jailbreaking . In fact, iOS 5 was thought by some to be a jailbreak killer.

While it doesn't look like the promise of new features has phased the jailbreak community, there are some things in iOS 5 that are troubling. The Dev Team recently posted a report on some things they are seeing in iOS 5 that are making them nervous...

Apple Stores Can Unlock AT&T iPhones at the Point of Sale

Cody Lee ∙ June 27, 2011

Earlier this month, Apple announced that it would finally be offering unlocked iPhone 4s in the U.S. Unlocking the iPhone has largely been a process of the jailbreak community for the past few years, so needless to say the news was surprising.

Since the announcement, a lot of folks have been wondering whether or not AT&T or Apple would be able to unlock previously owned devices. Well, 9to5Mac has just discovered that some Apple stores do indeed have the ability to unlock AT&T-branded iPhones...

iCade SDK Now Available to 3rd Party Developers

Cody Lee ∙ Updated November 13, 2019

Here at iDB, we are huge fans of homegrown, iDevice-related products. We've featured all kinds of crazy inventions from an invisible instrument to a remote control helicopter.

Unlike the aforementioned products, the iCADE wasn't a Kickstarter project. In fact, it originally started out on ThinkGeek's website as an April Fool's prank. Well, obviously the iCADE materialized and the $99 accessory just opened up it's doors for 3rd party development...

Leaked AT&T Documents Hint at LTE-Flavored iPad

Cody Lee ∙ Updated February 24, 2017

Last night, the 6-man hacking group known as LulzSec ended their 50 days of chaos with one last act of mischief. The team once again published confidential data recovered from their latest attack. One of the folders in the stolen archives is titled "AT&T."

In digging through the data, the folks over at iFans have come across some interesting information. The internal AT&T documents reveal that the carrier is planning to roll out their new LTE network in the first week of July, but that's not all...

New Cydia Tweak Will Allow Tweeting From Anywhere Inside iOS 5

Oliver Haslam ∙ June 26, 2011

When Apple announced iOS 5 during its WWDC 2011 keynote three weeks ago, one of the standout features we were all drawn to was the twitter integration.

Promising to tie Twitter right into the operating system, iOS 5 has the potential to do some pretty cool things with one of the world's favorite social networks, but, at least in the first two beta releases, iOS 5 doesn't seem to make the most of the possibilities. Currently, the only real part of iOS to use Twitter is the Photos app, which allows the tweeting of images direct from the app.

It looks great, and works just as expected while also offering the ability to geotag tweets on the fly...

Sn0wbreeze Gets iOS 5.0 Beta 2 Treatment, 3GS Still Untethered

Cody Lee ∙ June 26, 2011

Apple seeded the 2nd beta of their iOS 5 software to developers last Friday. As typical of any new iOS firmware release, we have been asked if the new update can be jailbroken and unlocked.

Though we've heard the disappointing news that the new firmware has patched the Gevey SIM unlock, the software is certainly still jailbreakable. RedSn0w was the first to announce compatibility with the new beta, but Sn0wBreeze wasn't far behind...

iOS 5-Like Incoming Call Notifications Coming to Cydia

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated April 2, 2018

The last three weeks have been largely spent by developers writing new widgets that work with Apple's new Notification Center, part of iOS 5. We've seen so many widgets come out of the jailbreak community in the last 21 days that we can't imagine Apple not giving normal App Store developers access to Notification Center's widgets, too.

A rare tweak to be shown off that doesn't involve iOS 5's Notification Center promises to bring iOS 5-like roll-down notifications to incoming calls, making them appear and work just like other notifications do...

FakeLocation: Make Apps Believe You Are Anywhere

Cody Lee ∙ Updated November 13, 2019

In reading through my RSS feeds this morning, I came across a jailbreak app that I couldn't believe hadn't ever covered on iDB. Though FakeLocation has been around for quite some time, it is a useful utility worth reminding folks about.

The package certainly lives up to its name, as it allows you to fake your GPS location for inquiring applications. This means that you can trick apps like Google Latitude into thinking you are located somewhere else...