Cody Lee

Cody Lee, iDownloadBlog.com’s longest-serving Editor, joined the site in 2008. He specializes in uncovering the best deals on Apple products, apps, and accessories. With years of experience in technology journalism, Cody helps readers save money while staying informed about the latest trends and updates in the Apple ecosystem. Cody’s history with smartphones goes almost as far back as he does. As the son of a Nokia employee, he was exposed early on to handsets like the N91 and the Communicator. He has since been involved in nearly every aspect of the mobile phone industry. While going to college, he worked at a Nokia factory, building handsets, and later moved on to a sales position at a major wireless carrier.

Ultrasn0w updated for iOS 6.1

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 26, 2016

Between the rise of third party vendors and the recent change in DMCA policy, the need for iPhone software unlocks is steadily dwindling. But that doesn't mean that the method is obsolete, as there are still many people out there with older iPhones.

And if you happen to be one of those people, you'll be happy to know that MuscleNerd has confirmed that Ultrasn0w was quietly updated this week to support iOS 6.1. So if you're on an eligible device and baseband, you can unlock on the new firmware...

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Siri programmed to control an entire house

Cody Lee ∙ February 7, 2013

It seems like it's been a while since we've seen any good SiriProxy hacks. If you recall, setting up Siri proxy servers to program Apple's digital assistant to execute custom commands was all the rage last year. But the movement has since quieted down.

There's a new video out, though, of a guy using Siri and a Rasberry Pi-based SiriProxy server to control almost everything in his house that may rekindle interest in the community. Watch him control his thermostat and TV, open his garage and more...

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Apple updates Airport Utility for iOS with new features and improvements

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 26, 2016

Good news this afternoon for those of you who own AirPort base stations—that includes the AirPort Express, Extreme, and Time Capsule—Apple has released updates for both the Mac and iOS versions of its AirPort Utility.

The app allows you to set up and manage all of your AirPort devices, and today it gets some much needed improvements and a few new features including the ability to add WPS-capable Wi-Fi printers to your network...

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Apple responds to recent calls for it to return cash to shareholders

Cody Lee ∙ Updated November 28, 2016

Apple has just issued a statement regarding its commitment to return some of its extremely large—now more than $130 billion— cash pile to shareholders, saying that the company and its Board of Directors are in "active discussions" on what to do with its money.

The comment follows a press release sent to Apple investors this morning by Greenlight Capital, a major Apple shareholder, calling for the Cupertino-based iPhone maker to stop 'hoarding its cash,' and start returning some of it to its large base of stock holders...

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Apple’s ‘disappointing’ holiday quarter compared to other companies

Cody Lee ∙ Updated February 8, 2016

When Apple announced the results for its 2012 holiday quarter, the reaction from Wall Street was extremely negative. Despite selling a record 48 million iPhones, and recording a record $54.5 billion in revenue, the company's stock dropped more than 10% following the news.

A lot of folks have tried to explain the phenomenon—investors are worried about its slowing growth, or its ability to handle stronger competition from the likes of Google and Samsung. But the truth is, Apple is performing better than it ever has, and better than everyone else...

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Evasi0n 1.1 released with fixes for Weather and long reboot bugs

Cody Lee ∙ February 6, 2013

Earlier today, the evad3rs uploaded two new packages to Cydia that were built to fix a few bugs found in the latest jailbreak: one that caused the Weather app to crash, and another that caused longer reboot times.

This afternoon, the team has released an update to evasi0n, bringing the utility to version 1.1. And as expected, it includes these bug fixes, so users should no longer encounter them when jailbreaking their devices...

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Apple seeds iOS 6.1.1 beta to developers

Cody Lee ∙ February 6, 2013

It's only been a week since Apple released iOS 6.1 to the public, and it's already hard at work on the software's next update. The iPhone-maker has seeded the first beta of iOS 6.1.1 to developers this morning, bringing the build to version 10B311.

It's also worth noting that today's beta arrives just 48 hours after the iOS 6.x evasi0n jailbreak was released. So obviously, those of you who are jailbroken that have access to today's software update will want to avoid it until it's investigated...

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iOS discovered to be saving deleted iMessage attachments

Cody Lee ∙ February 6, 2013

This is kind of odd. It's recently been discovered that iOS has been holding on to deleted SMS and iMessage attachments. The software stores all attachments in the Library/SMS/Attachments directory, and when they're erased from Messages, they're supposed to be erased there too.

But as many folks have pointed out, that doesn't seem to be the case. One user in particular, on a quest to determine what the 'Other' category listed in his device storage consisted of, found that the directory contained thousands of sub-folders with images he was sure he had deleted...

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Pod2g shares more evasi0n stats: 40 million page views, 20% from China

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 14, 2018

We've been keeping close tabs on the popularity of the evasi0n jailbreak since it was released on Monday. Within the first 10 minutes, it saw over 100,000 downloads. And yesterday morning, Saurik said that it had crossed the 1.7 million mark.

Today, pod2g shares even more interesting stats on the jailbreak, noting that the evasi0n website has seen more than 5 million unique visitors, and 40 million page views in the last few days. Here's a breakdown of all of that traffic by country...

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Apple awarded design patents for slide-to-unlock feature, iPhone 3GS

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 10, 2018

When Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone back in 2007, he had a blast showing off the handset to the Macworld audience. And one feature he particularly enjoyed demonstrating was the phone’s 'slide-to-unlock' unlocking mechanism.

Apple has since been extremely protective of the feature, going after both Motorola and Samsung for using similar unlock methods. And it's just strengthened its IP portfolio regarding the feature, with a newly granted design patent...

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Popular Reddit client Alien Blue receives major update

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 22, 2018

Reddit, as you know, is a social news and entertainment aggregation website that is ranked among some of the most popular in the world. Unfortunately, its official client for iOS leaves a lot to be desired, as it hasn't been updated since 2011.

But luckily, the folks of Morrissey Exchange are committed to providing a proper mobile Reddit experience with Alien Blue. The app is considered by many to be the goto client for the popular website, and it just got a whole lot better...

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