iOS 5.0.1 - The "NON-A5" Untethered JB is FINALLY here

Oh what a happy day it is for most people.  Well for every iOS owner except for people who own the iPhone 4s & the iPad 2.  The Long awaited Untethered JB for iOS 5.0.1 is here.  Thanks to @pod2g and the DevTeam for making this happen.  Please keep reading for more information on the JB straight from the Dev-Team's Blog.


The following info came directly from http://blog.iphone-dev.org/


@pod2g has created a terrific gift for iOS fans — an untethered 5.0.1 jailbreak for non-A5 devices! 

Here are the basic steps for how to get it:

• The untether is for iOS 5.0.1 on iPhone3GS, iPhone4, iPhone4-CDMA, iPad1, iPod touch 3G, iPod touch 4G
• If you have one of those devices and are not on 5.0.1 yet, update now!  The SHSH window is still open for 5.0.1  If you unlock via ultrasn0w or gevey, make sure you only get to 5.0.1 via a custom IPSW!  See the guides at places like iClarified.com if you don’t know how.  Once you’re at 5.0.1, use the latest redsn0w 0.9.10 to both jailbreak and untether.
• If you’re already at 5.0.1 with a tethered jailbreak, you have two choices: either run redsn0w 0.9.10 over your current jailbreak (deselect “Install Cydia” if you do that), or install the Cydia package prepared by the chronic devteam.  The patches are the same regardless of which you choose.
• Some of you are using a hybrid 5.0/5.0.1 configuration.  If so, do not attempt to install this untether over that setup!  You will most likely get into a reboot cycle.  Do a sync and fresh restore to 5.0.1 then install the jailbreak + untether.

Download Links

Here are the redsn0w download links:

• redsn0w 0.9.10b5c for OS X
• redsn0w 0.9.10b5c for Windows (be sure to run inAdministrator mode)

PwnageTool Official Bittorent Releases

• PwnageTool_5.0.1.dmg

SHA1 Sum = 32e90607378988cdebb6c76d3acf8ffac6366e35

iOS 5.0.1 is now available to the public!

Update #1 - The Untethered Jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 has been released.  You must update to iOS 5.0.1 before the signing window closes and Apple patches the JB with iOS 5.1

Apple has come out with an update to iOS 5.0.  iOS 5.0.1 

iOS 5.0.1 is available now in 2 versions =  (9A405 & 9A406).

Other Updates NOT listed:

• Attempted to fix battery drain bug 
• Fixes bugs affecting iCloud mail push. 
• Contains security improvements. 
• Activates the LED camera flash, whether the speaker is muted or not, for incoming calls and messages, when activated within the Accessibility sub-menu. 
• Introduces a new way for developers to specify files that should not be backed up.

Download Links

You can either update your iDevice through iTunes, or by using the official iOS 5.0.1 links below.

v9A405 is for all iPhones that support iOS 5
v9A406 is an update for iPhone 4s ONLY

• iPhone 4S - 9A405 
• iPhone 4S - 9A406 
• iPhone 4 (GSM) - (AT&T) 
• iPhone 4 (CDMA) - (Verizon) 
• iPhone 3GS
• iPad 2 WiFi
• iPad 2 GSM - (AT&T) 
• iPad 2 CDMA - (Verizon) 
• iPad
• iPod touch 3G
• iPod touch 4G

SOPA - Evil or a Necessity?

WTF is SOPA?

SOPA = Stop Online Piracy Act

The TRUTH about SOPA.

Read the truth about SOPA, and you will understand why 14 of the largest companies in the Technology industry have backed out of supporting it.  These companies include: Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, Intel, Sony, AOL, eBay, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Mozilla, Twitter, Yahoo & Zanga.

Truth is… you’re either a pirate, or you’re not.  But before people jump on the bandwagon, you need to know the facts. 

Don’t be fooled by what SOPA is. 

SOPA will tell the public that it is the Stop Online Piracy Act.  This, for some, sounds like a good idea.  At first glance, the bill sounded good.  Stopping all piracy, blocking questionable piracy sites, and helping the companies keep making money off of their products.

But what the SOPA bill is actually doing is allowing the Government to become a true “Big Brother”.  And us as citizens are letting this happen. 

SOPA not only will attempt to stop piracy, but it also allows the government to control EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON THE INTERNET.  With SOPA, “the government or law enforcement could seize and shut down any WebSite that held questionable content or broke the law”.  It is the “questionable content” part that should bother you!

So, for example:  If the Government decides they don’t like a YouTube Video, they can BAN it (aka: Delete it) from ever existing.  That’s just plain sad.  SOPA gives the Government the power to take anything off of the internet they want. 

Another Example:  Let’s say your child is doing a paper for school on World War II.  Sure, the information will be out there to write a report, but if the Government decides there are Pictures, Videos, or any kind of content out there that they don’t want you to see or know about, they can blacklist the website from the Internet.  (In laymen terms, it will just cease to exist.)

Another Example:  School districts are already toying with the idea of replacing school books with iPads.  Sounds great right?  The Evolution of Technology.  But with SOPA, the things you learned from books in school might no longer be there for our future “online” generations.  If you want to know what happened with prohibition or how/when the U.S.  Stock market crashed in 1929, you might not be able to.  Not if the government decides that it doesn’t want you to read about it online.

Another Example:  Website creating, Blogging, tweeting & Facebook would be monitored 24/7.  If you had something to say about the President of the US, or how the government isn’t doing what they should be doing… You CAN’T.  You really think the government won’t monitor and “delete” any derogatory comments or  news stories about them?  Think again.

Now you might read these examples and say, whatever.  You might read these examples and think that the Government will never go that far…  WOULDN’T THEY???  The Government is still conducting its private “business” today.  If you think that they aren’t doing “business” that is written on pieces of paper that don’t exist, about plans and operations that don’t exist, THINK AGAIN.  What we are doing by letting SOPA pass, is giving the government a BILL passed by U.S. Congress as an excuse to do what they feel is right when it comes to Censorship.

Am I getting through to you now?  SOPA, is BAD.  Yea, stopping piracy might be a good thing.  Think about it this way.  If you wrote a piece of software, and wanted to sell it for $100 per copy, but found out it was available for free on the internet with in the first week of it hitting the shelves, you would be pissed to… But to give the government full control of what we see and listen to…  Isn’t that the definition of a Dictatorship?  Our constitutional rights & Freedom of speech would be a thing of the past. 

I have had this image on my BLOG since day 1.
It's sad to see that, with each passing day, it is becoming more & more true.

iTunes 10.5.1 is now available for download

Per Apple...

What's new in iTunes 10.5.1

Introducing iTunes Match. Store your entire music library in iCloud, including music you've imported from CDs, and enjoy your collection anywhere, anytime, on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, computer, or Apple TV.

iTunes 10.5 also included:

• iTunes in the Cloud. iTunes now stores your music and TV purchases in iCloud and makes them available on your devices anywhere, any time, at no additional cost.

• Automatic Downloads. Purchase music from any device or computer and automatically download a copy to your PC and iOS devices.

• Download Previous Purchases. Download your past music, TV, app, and book purchases again, at no additional cost. Previous purchases may be unavailable if they are no longer on the iTunes Store.

• Sync with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 5.

• Wi-Fi Syncing. Automatically sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iTunes any time they're both on the same Wi-Fi network.

For information on the security content of this update, please visit: support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

Download Links

Today, Apple has come out with iTunes 10.5.1.  You can either update iTunes to 10.5.1 using apples "Apple Software update" app, or by using the link below.

• iTunes 10.5.1 (Win or Mac OS X)

iOS 5 is now available to the public!

Are you ready for iCloud? Are you ready for iOS 5?

Some of us have had the privilege of using iOS 5 for a week now.  The GM was released last Tuesday at the “Lets Talk iPhone” apple event.

Personally, I think it has some great features.  My favorites I have already covered in previous posts... But here are my top 3...  

You can set custom tones for every sound your iDevice makes.

  

The notification center which takes all your alerts for every app, and puts them into one convenient place.  

When you get text messages, you no longer get the text alert in the middle of your screen, completely interrupting what your doing at the time.  Your device now just shows a small alert at the top of the screen, then disappears to the notification center to remind you about it later.

*** Just be for warned.  There is ONLY A TEATHERED jailbreak out right now for the GM.  Now that the final version of iOS 5 is here, there is not telling if that same JailBreak will work or not.  So… If your planning to upgrade, but can’t live with out your jailbreak… Then wait.  TEATHERED jailbreaks SUCK!!! ***

UPDATE: - For a full review of iOS 5, check out this article I found over at CNET.com = http://cnet.co/nCch5s

Download Links

Today, Apple has come out with the Final Build of iOS 5.0.  You can either update your iDevice through iTunes, or by using the links below.

• iPhone 3gs
• iPhone 4 (GSM)
• iPhone 4 (CDMA)
• iPhone 4s
• iPad
• iPad 2,1 – (WiFi Model)
• iPad 2,2 – (AT&T GSM)
• iPad 2,3 – (Verizon CDMA)
• iPod Touch 3^rd Gen
• iPod Touch 4^th Gen
• iPhone 3g – (No Longer Supported)

iTunes 10.5 is now available for download

Apple has released the new iTunes, iTunes 10.5, to the public, just one day before it plans to launch its newest mobile operating system, iOS 5.

iTunes 10.5 is available for download either from your iTunes desktop client by checking for an update in the Main Menu, for apples software update app or at the Apple website.  iTunes 10.5 will be required for iPhone, iPad and iPad Touch owners who want to sync their devices using the forthcoming iOS 5. 

Announced back in June, iOS 5 is scheduled for an October 12 release.  Now that iTunes 10.5 has come out, all iDevice owners can prepare themselves and their gadgets for the newest Apple mobile operating system.

The key features of iTunes 10.5 concern access to music, movies and apps from multiple devices. Here are the big changes and additions, per Apple:

What’s new in iTunes 10.5

• iTunes in the Cloud. iTunes now stores your music and TV purchases in iCloud and makes them available on your devices anywhere, any time, at no additional cost.
• Automatic Downloads. Purchase music from any device or computer and automatically download a copy to your PC and iOS devices.
• Download Previous Purchases. Download your past music, TV, app, and book purchases again, at no additional cost. Previous purchases may be unavailable if they are no longer on the iTunes Store.
• Sync with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 5.
• Wi-Fi Syncing. Automatically sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iTunes any time they’re both on the same Wi-Fi network.

You can download iTunes 10.5 for Windows and Mac straight from Apple’s official website by heading over to the links below, or simply launch the Apple Software Update app on your PC or Mac, and there you should see an update for iTunes 10.5, hit the Install button and you’re all set!

Download Links

• iTunes 10.5 (x32) - 76.96mb – (v10.5.0.142)
• iTunes 10.5 (x64) - 77.84mb – (v10.5.0.142x64)
• iTunes 10.5 (OS X) - 74.02mb

How To Install iOS 5 GM Right Now Without Developer Account

How To Install iOS 5 GM Right Now Without Developer Account

By Ahmed Omar On October 7, 2011

iOS 5 GM was released two days ago once Apple finished its media event where it announced the iPhone 4S. iOS 5 public version will be available starting from October 12 for all device but in case you can’t wait until that date, we’re here to help you to get iOS 5 GM on your device right now without need to developers account.

At first you will need to back up your iOS devices with iTunes in case of a problem happened. Once you back up your data, now you’ll need to download iOS 5 GM firmware file (use Google for this). Also download and install iTunes 10.5 beta 7 from here.

Now open iTunes then to your iPhone settings and hold down the option key on a Mac or the shift on Windows and click the Restore button. Point iTunes to your iOS 5 GM IPSW file you downloaded then wait for iTunes to finish.

Finally, restore your device from your backup to get your data back on the new iOS. It will be rebooted once then you’ll get your device ready to use.

In case you’re a jailbreak fan, you might want to tethered jailbreak iOS 5 GM using redsn0w or sn0wbreeze.

Image via lifehacker

Download Links

Download iOS 5 Gold Master (GM) .IPSW File

·         Download iOS 5 GM for iPhone 4 GSM from [Here].

·         Download iOS 5 GM for iPhone 4 CDMA from [Here].

·         Download iOS 5 GM for iPhone 3GS from [Here].

·         Download iOS 5 GM for iPod Touch 4G from [Here].

·         Download iOS 5 GM for iPod Touch 3G from [Here].

·         Download iOS 5 GM for iPad 2 Wifi from [Here].

·         Download iOS 5 GM for iPad 2 3G from [Here].

·         Download iOS 5 GM for iPad 1 from [Here].

Where the hell is my iPhone 5 Apple???

We have been watching (well, reading actually) a live blog this morning covering the events that are unfolding at the Apple headquarters in Cupertino CA.

Everyone (geeks like me) have been waiting for today.  The day that we hear about the iPhone 5…

Well that shit isn’t going to happen!!!

So what have we learned so far?  Here is a quick iPhone recap of the “let’s talk iPhone” event happing right now at the Apple Campus in Cupertino, CA…

So now it’s official, the iPhone 4 will be followed by and updated phone…..  the iPhone 4s.  That’s right… the 4s.  Like people couldn’t see that one coming.  I mean, you all heard of the 3g and its upgrade, the 3gs right???

Maybe we will see an i5 next year?  Makes sense though if you think about it.  Apple has been doing MAJOR version changes every 2 years…

• iPhone 2g (original) = 2007
• iPhone 3g = 2008
• iPhone 3gs = 2009
• iPhone 4 = 2010
• iPhone 4s = 2011
• iPhone 5 = 2012???

So what's the pricing on the 4s???

$199 = 8gb

$299 = 32gb

$399 = 64gb

Ok.  Here are the key “perks”

• The A5 chip is now making its way into the iPhone
• “Dual-core CPU, 2x as fast at CPU tasks. Also dual-core graphics. Up to 7x faster in the previous iPhone. One area you really see it scream is in games.”
• Data can now download up to 2x as fast. Theoretical max performance used to be 5.8 up and 7.2 down — now doubles to almost 14.4Mbps down.
• “What’s the new camera on the iPhone 4S like? It starts with an 8 megapixel sensor.”
•  Increased to 8 hours talk time, damn! “Fantastic battery life.”
• Second, wireless system: “Our engineering team has worked really hard to advance the state of the art that’s never been done in a phone before. It can now intelligently switch between two antennas between send and receive to make even better call quality.”
•  That’s right Sprint people, you’re FINALLY getting the iPhone. Sorry, T-Mobile people.

So when is it coming out?  Pre-Orders will start on October 7^th, and the iPhone 4gs will launch on October 12^th.

iOS 5 – Coming to a iDevice near you October 12^th 2011.  Price = FREE

Windows 8 - Developer Preview is now available for download

Windows 8 - Developer Preview is now available...

Disclaimer: Windows 8 is currently in the Developer Preview stages. It is not recommended that you install it over your Windows 7 (or possibly older) operating system in order to try this OS out. It is recommended that you create a separate test partition on your hard drive.

Download Links

Windows Developer Preview English, 64-bit (x64)

DOWNLOAD (3.6 GB)

Sha 1 hash – 79DBF235FD49F5C1C8F8C04E24BDE6E1D04DA1E9

Includes a disk image file (.iso) to install the Windows Developer Preview and Metro style apps on a 64-bit PC.

Windows Developer Preview English, 32-bit (x86)

DOWNLOAD (2.8 GB)

Sha 1 hash - 4E0698BBABE01ED27582C9FC16AD21C4422913CC

Includes a disk image file (.iso) to install the Windows Developer Preview and Metro style apps on a 32-bit PC.

Windows Developer Preview with developer tools English, 64-bit (x64)

DOWNLOAD (4.8 GB)

Sha 1 hash - 6FE9352FB59F6D0789AF35D1001BD4E4E81E42AF

All of the following come on a disk image file (.iso). See below for installation instructions.

64-bit Windows Developer Preview

Windows SDK for Metro style apps

Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Express for Windows Developer Preview

Microsoft Expression Blend 5 Developer Preview

28 Metro style apps including the BUILD Conference app

Watching my Bandwidth speeds

I have been having some trouble with my Bandwidth lately... so I decided to keep track of the speeds I am getting...

Monday, September 19th 2011

D-Link DWA-130 Wireless adapter

Friday, September 16th 2011

D-Link DWA-130 Wireless adapter

iPad 2 - Jailbreakme.com - Photos

Finally got back home from Vegas on July 16th, had to update to 4.3.3, then jailbroke it.  I was lucky enough to beat the iOS 4.3.4 & iOS 4.3.5 updates which of course broke the jailbreakme.com exploit...  :-(

iPad 2 now Jailbroken via jailbreakme.com

iPad 2 users have been waiting a loooong time to jailbreak their devices. Well, that wait is now over thanks to @comex for http://www.jailbreakme.com/.


Also known as jailbreakME.com 3.0, or (jbme3.0)... This jailbreak works on all of the following devices!!!

• iPad1: 4.3 through 4.3.3
• iPad2: 4.3.3
• iPhone3GS: 4.3 through 4.3.3
• iPhone4: 4.3 through 4.3.3
• iPhone4-CDMA: 4.2.6 through 4.2.8
• iPod touch 3g: 4.3, 4.3.2, 4.3.3
• iPod touch 4g: 4.3 through 4.3.3

Pictures to come. (http://db.tt/FBlqwNv) In Vegas right now & I don't have the equipment with me to jailbreak my iPad 2. You need to be on iOS 4.3.3. I am still running 4.3.2...

DOWNLOAD LINKS

iOS 4.3.3

• iPad 2 WiFi
• iPad 2 GSM
• iPad 2 CDMA

iTunes 10.3.1 is now available for download

Apple just released iTunes 10.3 during the WWDC on June 6th.  A lot of users were getting "unknown error (-50)" errors while trying to Sync their iOS devices.  iTunes 10.3.1 is suppose to fix that issue.

As far as 10.3 & 10.3.1 being safe for JailBreakers... I am not 100% sure.  Everything I have read on the Internet is pointing to YES, IT'S SAFE... but don't take my word for it until you have heard it straight from either DEV-TEAM or @MuscleNerd.

Download Links

• iTunes 10.3.1 (x32) - 76.96mb
• iTunes 10.3.1 (x64) - 77.84mb
• iTunes 10.3.1 (OS X) - 74.02mb

Finally got with the times & installed iOS 4.3.3...

Now that it's official, and iCloud beta is out for iOS 4.3.3 via iTunes 10.3... I have been wanting to give it a try.  I have personally been running a JailBroken 3gs on iOS 4.2.1 pretty much ever since it came out.  I have never seen a "GOOD" reason to update; until now.

This was by far the most "TESTING" JB I have ever done.  I started with an iPhone 3gs, JailBroken on iOS 4.2.1.  I tried to use PwnageTool_4.3.3 & PwnageTool_4.3.3.1, with no avail.  YES, I know how to use both, but I just couldn't get it to work right.

I chose PwnageTool.  Not because I only have a Mac to work with, (I have a PC too), but I liked the fact that it allows you to build your own custom Cydia packages that you can build right into your CUSTOM IPSW.  This way you do not have to manually install them one by one later.

What a big waist of time.  The custom Cydia Packages builder seemed to work like a charm... but when I restored my 3gs to the custom firmware, it installed all the packages, but no CYDIA???!!!  Rebooted the device 3 different times....  NO CYDIA.   Launched Winterboard, all it did was close right away....  BULLSHIT!

So long story short, I went back to Winblows 7.  Did a full restore of the OFFICIAL iOS 4.3.3 from Apple.  Then gave redsn0w_win_0.9.6rc16 a try.  It JailBroke my 3GS in about 30, maybe 45 sec.

So long story short, those of you who are worried about trying out redsn0w_win_0.9.6rc16, don't be.  IT WORKS.

BUT BE FORWARNED BEFORE USING ANY JAILBREAK METHOD....

This was taken straight from http://blog.iphone-dev.org/

"ultrasn0w unlockers must stay away from redsn0w!  Use only a custom IPSW to update to 4.3.3, to avoid updating your baseband."

DOWNLOAD LINKS

The 4.3.3 untethered JB works on all iDevices that actually support iOS 4.3.3 EXCEPT for the iPad 2.

redsn0w 0.9.6rc16:

• OS X
• Windows

PwnageTool Official BitTorrent Release

• PwnageTool_4.3.3.1.dmg.6375459.TPB.torrent

SHA1 Sum = 2c8b17c28ae10295b72dabde30bb4b39b0e85821

iOS 4.3.3 Downloads:

• http://dradias-hacks.blogspot.com/2011/05/apple-ios-433-drops-today.html

Tutorials used from http://iclarified.com

*** Double checked my work afterwards, just to make sure ***

• How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.3.3]
• How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]