Month: October 2010

Tutorial: How to Jailbreak your iPhone with LimeRa1n

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated October 14, 2010

Geohot's LimeRa1n jailbreak has been released, and even though it comes with its fair share of downsides, it does work for some people. Thanks to iDB reader Whammy who send me screenshots of LimeRa1n in action, we're now able to get a tutorial for you.

This step by step guide and tutorial will show you how to use LimeRa1n to jailbreak your iPhone iOS 4.1. LimeRa1n will jailbreak the iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 4. It will also jailbreak the iPod Touch 3G and iPod Touch 4G. As usual, proceed at your own risks.

This tutorial was done with a PC but LimeRa1n will also work if you have a Mac, and the steps will the exactly the same.

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LimeRa1n to Mess Up GreenPois0n Release

Sébastien Page ∙ October 9, 2010

Talking about drama... LimeRa1n was released minutes ago and the first reviews are not very good. Worst part is Geohot decided to screw the whole jailbreak community by revealing his exploit whereas the Chronic Dev had been working on their own SHAtter exploit for weeks now.

MuscleNerd just confirmed on Twitter that SHAtter will not be used this time for GreenPois0n. Instead of "giving away" 2 exploits to Apple, both iPhone Dev Teams have decided to hold on on the release of a SHAtter-based jailbreak and instead, they will use Geohot's exploit. This is good, but this could also mess up the release of GreenPois0n...

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Should You Stay Away From LimeRa1n?

Sébastien Page ∙ October 9, 2010

The news just fell that LimeRa1n has been released. If you follow the major iPhone hackers on Twitter you probably got a good feel of what to expect from LimeRa1n: a buggy and untested jailbreak.

So really, the question is: should you use LimeRa1n? Should you put your iPhone in jeopardy? Or should you wait for GreenPois0n or PwnageTool?

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LimeRa1n Jailbreak Released [Download]

Sébastien Page ∙ October 9, 2010

Geohot just released the LimeRa1n jailbreak for iOS 4.1 (LimeRa1n download here). LimeRa1n will jailbreak the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, the iPad, the iPod Touch 3G and 4G. So far it is Windows only but a Mac and Linux version are in the work.

Geohot claims he released LimeRa1n today to get the Chronic Dev Team to do the "right thing". Basically Geohot is saying "F U" to the whole jailbreak community....

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LimeRa1n Jailbreak for all iDevices is for Real

Sébastien Page ∙ October 9, 2010

Yesterday we broke the news about the potential come back of Geohot and LimeRa1n, a new jailbreak-it-all tool that will supposedly be released next Monday, a day after GreenPois0n scheduled release date. At first I was very skeptical about it and to be honest with you, I still am.

However it's been confirmed by all the big wigs that LimeRa1n is indeed for real and that it will most likely drop on Monday. Here is what we know so far...

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Bad News: There Won’t Be an iOS 4.1 Unlock

Sébastien Page ∙ October 9, 2010

We just gave you the bad news that there won't be an iPhone 3GS iOS 4.1 jailbreak, and unfortunately, we have more bad news, especially for unlockers. According to iPhone hacker Veence, there will not be an unlock for any baseband on iOS 4.1.

So why is that? I've got my ideas...

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Jailbreak for iPhone 3GS iOS 4.1 Won’t Be Released Until November

Sébastien Page ∙ October 9, 2010

GreenPois0n is going to be released on Sunday. It will jailbreak the iPhone 4, iPad, and iPod Touch 4G. It won't however jailbreak the iPhone 3GS. So what happens to those of you who have an iPhone 3GS?

Well, yesterday we confirmed that Comex is working on a jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS but if I were you, I wouldn't hold my breath too much on that as MuscleNerd made it clear that such a jailbreak wouldn't be released until November, when iOS 4.2 is released...

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MarkdownMail – Composing HTML Emails on the iPhone

Alex Heath ∙ Updated July 24, 2016

MarkdownMail is an iPhone app from Second Gear Software for creating HTML emails. The app is based on John Gruber's Markdown markup syntax. MarkdownMail converts your Markdown formatted message into a HTML message for emailing. If you're not familiar with how HTML works, don't worry. After five minutes of learning the Markdown syntax, you're ready to start writing yourself.

It's dead simple...

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FCC Investigating Cellphone “Bill Shock”

Guest Author ∙ October 9, 2010

According to an article in yesterda's Washington Post, the FCC is finally going to do extensive investigating into cellphone "bill shock".

Over the last few years, more and more customers have been complaining about overages, third party charges and various other mystery charges that appear on their monthly cellphone bills...

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Is Geohot Making a Come Back in the Jailbreak Scene with LimeRa1n?

Sébastien Page ∙ October 8, 2010

The rumor just started going around on the web that infamous iPhone hacker Geohot might be making a come back with a jailbreak for iOS 4.1. The jailbreak will supposedly called LimeRa1n and would be released on 10/11/10, just a day after the GreenPois0n scheduled release date.

We've heard about LimeRa1n before, and it all turned out to be just a website with no real purpose. So what's different now? Is Geohot really coming back? He is, if you believe this image...

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Want Video Calls on Your iPhone Over 3G? Then it’s Time to Tango!

Guest Author ∙ Updated December 26, 2016

Tango Video Calling by Sgiggle, Inc. (available free in the App Store) is a video-calling app that’s similar to FaceTime, but has a few more features that gives it a definite edge over Apple’s built-in video calls.

The most notable difference?  Tango works over 3G.  This is often the complaint I hear most about FaceTime.  It’s been promised 3G functionality is coming to FaceTime… someday.  We also heard that about tethering and how long did that take?

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