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How to Preserve Your Baseband For iOS 5 Unlock on Windows Using Sn0wBreeze

If you're looking to preserve your iPhone's baseband when upgrading to iOS 5 on a Windows machine, then Sn0wBreeze is your ticket to baseband freedom.

Preserving your unlockable baseband is integral to being able to unlock your phone when an updated version of UltraSn0w is released tomorrow.

Windows users, this one's for you. Check inside for the full video tutorial that shows how to preserve your baseband, while upgrading to iOS 5 using Windows...

AppsCenter: Launch Apps Directly From iOS 5’s Notification Center

It's been a little over 24 hours since iOS 5 was released, and already, the jailbreak devs are putting in work. Case in point: AppsCenter, from jailbreak developer, Filippo Bigarella.

AppsCenter is a jailbreak widget that allows you to launch apps directly from Notification Center. In fact, this can ultimately become your de facto method for launching apps.

Take a look past the break for a video preview of AppsCenter in action...

How to Preserve Your Baseband For Unlock When Upgrading to iOS 5

Want to update your iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS to iOS 5, but need to preserve your unlockable baseband for a future UltraSn0w unlock?

Early this morning, the Dev Team released an update to RedSn0w, which as we told you, incorporates some of the baseband preservation features normally found in PwnageTool.

Inside, you'll find an easy to follow video walkthrough that shows you how to preserve your baseband for a soon to be released UltraSn0w unlock...

How to Enable Jailbreak Widgets in iOS 5

So, you went ahead and took the plunge and jailbroke your iDevice running iOS 5. Now what?

It's time to install some awesome Notification Center jailbreak widgets, that's what! But before you begin your download frenzy, check out this video tutorial that shows you how to enable jailbreak widgets on iOS 5...

How to Jailbreak iOS 5 Final With RedSn0w [Video]

iOS 5 is finally available to the public, and fortunately, it can be jailbroken with only a few simple steps.

As of now, this is a tethered jailbreak, which means you must perform a tethered boot when rebooting your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad 1.

Inside, we'll show you step-by-step how to jailbreak iOS 5 with RedSn0w 0.9.9b3...

iPhone 4S Tops Samsung Galaxy S II in Multiple Browser Tests

As iPhone 4S units start arriving across the globe this week, expect to see several head-to-head comparison videos with top competitors. Some critics believe that the latest iPhone doesn't measure up to the competition, so it's time to find out for sure.

Slashgear is one of the first to the party, as the site has obtained a Verizon-flavored version of Apple's new handset. And with a T-Mobile-branded Samsung Galaxy S II laying around, they decided to pit the two smartphones against each other in a web test...

Apple Releases AirPort Utility App for iOS 5 [Video]

As was previously rumored, Apple has released an AirPort Utility app for iOS 5 in the App Store. The app lets you manage and configure the settings of your AirPort router and Time Capsule remotely from a connected iDevice.

AirPort Utility for iOS lets the user see what devices are connected to a home network, manage technical router settings, and remotely update the firmware for an AirPort device...

Apple Releases Find My Friends Social Network for iOS 5 [Video]

As noted by MacStories, Apple just released the Find My Friends social network for iOS 5. Find My Friends was introduced at Apple's "Let's Talk iPhone" last week.

Find My Friends runs on iCloud and enables users to share their location with friends while also seeing the location of other friends. The app integrates with the Maps and Contacts app in iOS 5.

‘Activator’ Update For iOS 5 Brings Native Twitter And Notification Center Actions

No less than a few minutes after I posted about TwitterTask, iDB viewers and readers were on it like white on rice.

I hereby stand corrected; TwitterTask isn't the only way to send out native tweets from anywhere on a jailbroken iOS device.

That's because Ryan Petrich's iOS 5 compatibility update to Activator wasn't just some minor change to make sure it worked on the new firmware; no, it includes quite a few new features; Twitter and Notification Center actions being among them...

TwitterTask: Send Tweets From Anywhere In iOS 5

iOS 5's Twitter integration is nice and everything, but it's not without its shortcomings.

The biggest shortcoming for Twitter integration in iOS, is the inability to send a tweet from anywhere; without an attachment.

As it stands now, you have to perform an action such as sending a picture, in order to send out a tweet in iOS. No longer...

First Hands-On Video With iPhone 4S Surfaces

Last weekend, Apple and its carrier partners opened up their iPhone 4S pre-order pages to record-breaking sales numbers. This is by far the most successful iPhone launch in the device's history.

Though the handsets aren't expected to start arriving until this Friday, some parts of the globe are already receiving shipments. We saw some of the first screenshots of the iPhone 4S earlier today, and now we have the first hands-on video...

How to Accurately Track Your iPhone 4S When Apple’s Order Page Says “Preparing for Shipment”

Needless to say, the last few days have been both frustrating and exciting. Exciting because I was among the first to order my iPhone 4S on Friday morning; frustrating because Apple's order status page still reads "Preparing for Shipment".

This wouldn't be so annoying if it weren't for the fact that most of the iDB staff received shipment notifications a while ago.

I know, first world problems indeed, but a problem it was. Thankfully, there's a quick and easy way to gather accurate results about the whereabouts of your new iPhone 4S. I show you how in this video tutorial...