Month: January 2012

We’re Giving Away 10 Copies of aTV Flash (black) for Your Jailbroken Apple TV [Winners Announced]

IDB Staff ∙ January 6, 2012

The fine folks at FireCore have partnered with iDB for an especially-awesome giveaway. If you've jailbroken your Apple TV before then you've probably heard of aTV Flash (black). This full-featured jailbreak apps brings some amazing features to Apple's little set-top box, including a web browser and wireless streaming support for many video formats.

In celebration of the recent untethered jailbreak for the Apple TV, FireCore has given us 10 licenses for aTV Flash (black) to give away to lucky iDB readers. We know, it sounds too good to be true.

iPhone 4S Users Consume Double the Data of iPhone 4 Users

Cody Lee ∙ January 6, 2012

As wireless carriers have started cracking down on data usage, users have become more conscious of their megabytes. So much so that many smartphone owners have resorted to using applications to keep track of their activity.

It looks like data-conscious users who are still contemplating snagging Apple's latest handset may have reason to worry. A new report shows that iPhone 4S owners use about double the data of that of iPhone 4 owners...

Easily Exit Wiggle Mode With TapDeWiggle

Jeff Benjamin ∙ January 6, 2012

Have a broken Home button, or just to lazy to use it? If so, then you may want to give TapDeWiggle a shot.

TapDeWiggle is a jailbreak tweak that allows you to exit the iPhone's edit mode — a.k.a. "wiggle mode" — by tapping any blank spot on your Home screen.

To see it in action, check inside for our video analysis...

Third-Party Apps Running Fullscreen on the Apple TV

Alex Heath ∙ January 6, 2012

We've been keeping you up to date on the developments surrounding third-party iOS apps and the Apple TV. Steven Troughton-Smith has been working with other developers to bring all kinds of iOS apps to the jailbroken Apple TV with the hopes that Apple will open up access to the App Store for its set-top box.

The first app to be shown publicly for his project is Jackoplane's Frequencies. As you can see, the app is running fullscreen on the Apple TV in the full 720p resolution.

Rumor: iPad 3 to Arrive in March with iPad 4 Joining in October

Oliver Haslam ∙ January 6, 2012

There's no outrunning the rumor-mill, especially when the world is expecting a new iPhone or iPad just around the corner. While we're barely coming down after the whole iPhone 5 craziness that surrounded the iPhone 4S release, it's fair to say that we are now well and truly in iPad-silly season.

That said, we never expected to hear something like this report. According to the infamous Digitimes, Apple could be set to bring an iPad 3 to market as soon as March, only to follow that up with the release of the iPad 4 seven months later in October.

Citing component suppliers, Digitimes believes that the two-pronged attack is designed to stave off the impending influx of both new Android tablets and the release of Windows 8 machines later in the year.

iOS 5.1 Hints at New iDevices With Quad Core Processors

Cody Lee ∙ January 6, 2012

With an iPad 3 announcement expected sometime within the next two months, we've seen an increase in gossip surrounding the tablet. Will it feature better cameras, a retina display, a faster processor, or all three?

Well it seems that evidence of the latter has just been uncovered in the latest version of iOS. The folks over at 9to5Mac are reporting that they've uncovered A6 quad-core processor references in the beta release of iOS 5.1...

Samsung’s Efforts to Block the iPhone 4S in Italy Go Unrewarded

Cody Lee ∙ January 6, 2012

The back-and-fourth legal battle between Apple and Samsung continues today as the two companies have been handed down another decision from a presiding judge.

Following a similar ruling in France last month, the Mulan court has denied Samsung's preliminary request to ban iPhone 4S sales in Italy while the court listens to its patent infringement case...

pod2g Enlists 3 Legendary Hackers to Help With the A5 Untethered Jailbreak

Alex Heath ∙ Updated October 10, 2018

pod2g has been working feverishly to give us an untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. While the untether for A4-based iOS devices and older on iOS 5.0.1 has already been released, the A5 untether has yet to see the light of day.

Now, pod2g has listed 3 legendary jailbreak hackers, planetbeing, MuscleNerd, and p0sixninja, to help him with the A5 jailbreak for iOS 5:

iPad Survives 100,000 Foot Fall With G-Form Case

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

Until last year, G-Form was known for its extreme sports protective gear (elbow/knee pads). Then it introduced the Extreme Sleeve case for iPad, and it is now known for making one of the most durable tablet cases around.

The company has gone through great lengths to demonstrate the Sleeve's toughness, dropping a bowling ball on an iPad wrapped in the case, and even hurling one from an airplane. And now it's taken things to a whole new level...

How to manage your iCloud backups and storage from your iOS device

Cody Lee ∙ Updated February 14, 2017

iCloud launched in October 2011 to much confusion amongst consumers. Apple's cloud-based storage service doesn't work like your typical drag-and-drop cloud software (Dropbox), leaving some folks wondering how to use it.

But never fear, iDB is here to show you how to make the most of your iCloud account. Today we are going to show you how to manage and/or delete your iCloud backup files from your iOS device in just a few easy steps.

TinyUmbrella Updated to Fix Crashing Bug

Sébastien Page ∙ January 5, 2012

TinyUmbrella was recently updated to bring support for the iPhone 4S second iOS 5.0.1 build, but a few Windows users have encountered this issue where the app would just crash on launch.

Notcom, the developer of TinyUmbrella, was quick to fix this and just updated his tool to resolve this issue...

Sprint Throttles Top Data Users Too [Updated]

Sébastien Page ∙ January 5, 2012

Sprint, the carrier that touts itself as the only one to offer "truly unlimited data", actually has nothing on AT&T and Verizon, as CEO Dan Hesse confirmed today that his company is doing exactly the same thing:

"For those that want to abuse it, we can knock them off," Hesse said at an investor conference Thursday. He said Sprint pares back data use for about 1% of users, a practice known as throttling.

Both AT&T and Verizon have been throttling top data users for a few months now. The difference is that AT&T and Verizon weren't misleading about it. Bad Sprint!