Earlier today we shared the excellent news with you that the first beta version of iOS 5 had already been jailbroken by MuscleNerd. This tethered jailbreak uses the same LimeRa1n exploit that has been used from iOS 4 to 4.3.3.
However, because it is a tethered jailbreak, the community was hoping that i0n1c's untether might still work with iOS 5, but unfortunately, it doesn't look like it...
You can file this under the creative and ridiculous categories. Just in case you haven't gotten enough of Apple's WWDC keynote on Monday, you can now watch "WWDC 2011: The Musical." We know, sounds like a dream come true.
It may sound like the worst 4 minutes of your life, but the guys that put this funny video together are actually quite entertaining. Check it out after the break...
Since Apple unveiled iOS 5 at the WWDC keynote yesterday, developers have been diving into the software to discover the hidden secrets within. The latest development actually points towards future models of the iPhone and iPad.
As would be expected, there are code placeholders for the next gen iPhone, and there are also references for two future iPad models. Ladies and gentleman, start your rumor mills...
Everyone's dying to get their hands on the first beta of iOS 5 and try out all of its terrific new features, but unless you're signed up to the $99 per year Apple developer program, you'll have to wait until later this year to get your hands on the public release. That is, until now!
A Gizmodo reader has discovered a "backdoor" that allows you to install iOS 5 on the iPhone and enjoy all of its features without having to register its UDID with Apple first...
The mega-retail chain, Wal-Mart, is currently offering Apple's iPhone 4 for a reduced price of $147. The 16GB iPhone 4 is originally priced at $197, but Wal-Mart's promotion offers the device in white and black at a $50 discount.
This sale goes through June 30, and requires an accompanying contract with either AT&T or Verizon.
A new handy feature that made its way to iOS 5 is the ability to launch the camera directly from the lockscreen. Have you ever wanted to take a picture rapidly but missed the perfect shot because it took you too long to unlock your phone and launch the camera app? No more of that.
Now you can launch the camera app more quickly by simply hitting the home button twice while on the lockscreen. This will bring the camera icon. Hitting this icon will launch the camera app...
Since Apple dropped the first beta release of iOS 5 yesterday, those of us with access to the firmware have been keen to play around with it and discover those "200 new features" that weren't quite big enough to get a mention at the WWDC keynote yesterday.
In addition to customizable keyboard shortcuts, one feature you may not have noticed is the 'Private Browsing' mode within mobile Safari...
Despite concerns, the iPhone 3GS will be supported in iOS 5. This means that 3GS owners will be able to download and install Apple's next version of iOS when it goes live for the public this fall.
Although most parts of iOS 5 will work on the 3GS, certain features will not. This includes parts of the new Camera app. Overall, the iPhone 3GS works pretty well with the iOS 5 developer beta that people have already been testing...
iOS 5 continues to amaze us. The amount of customization that now exists at the system level almost rivals what a jailbroken iPhone can do.
Thanks to the shiny new Notification Center, you can customize the way incoming push notifications look in iOS 5. You can customize how many notifications display on your lockscreen, and you can even toggle the lockscreen view on and off
Yesterday, Apple unveiled the next version of their mobile software called iOS 5. We've already shown you a lot of iOS 5, including some screenshots of things like Notifications Center and the new Music app.
We've got a few more iOS 5 screenshots to show you, and these reveal some of iCloud's settings and customizations. A similar, new feature in iOS 5 is the ability to view memory usage for different apps alongside iCloud usage...
Up until now, you could assign a specific ringtone to a contact, which is quite a handy feature as it allows you to quickly figure out who's calling you without having to look at your phone. iOS 5 just introduced a similar feature that allows you to assign a vibration pattern to a specific contact.
You can choose from 5 standard vibration patterns, or even better, you can create your own vibration pattern...
Apple introduced a handy new feature in iOS 5 called "Shortcuts". If you are familiar with the Mac app called TextExpander (I highly recommend it), or even the awesome jailbreak app called Xpandr, then Shortcuts shouldn't seem too foreign to you.
Like the name suggests, Shortcuts allow you to create your own shortcuts. For example, if you're always typing "Talk to you later" in your emails or text messages, you can create a shortcut for "ttyl", and every time you type these 4 letters together, it will automatically insert the full "Talk to you later" phrase...