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by Stephen Schenck | February 6, 2013 2:33 PM
Read OnIt's been nine days since Apple publicly released iOS 6.1, and two since team evad3rs launched its evasi0n untethered jailbreak. That spelled an end to the four-and-a-half month grace period Apple enjoyed where none of its users running current software could employ an untethered jailbreak. Today we learn that Apple has already started seeding an iOS 6.1.1 beta to its developers, making us wonder if the company is trying to quickly shut the door on the evasi0n jailbreak. From what we heard yesterday, evasi0n relies on a whole bunch of separate exploits in order to worm its way into iOS ...
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by Stephen Schenck | February 5, 2013 4:36 PMRead OnWhile most of us are only going to focus on the end results of a massive hack like the one the evad3rs managed to pull off to produce their evasi0n jailbreak, some of us smartphone fanatics are just as interested in exactly what steps needed to be taken to overcome Apple's heavyweight iOS security system. Luckily for us, evad3rs member David Wang (planetbeing) spoke to Forbes to reveal just what tricks evasi0n uses to sidestep Apple's protection. Wang's report isn't quite a full technical description of exactly what evasi0n does to achieve its jailbreak down to every last system call, but ...
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by Jaime Rivera | February 5, 2013 3:56 PMRead OnTo Jailbreak or not to Jailbreak, that's the question we've received everywhere for the last 24 hours since Evasi0n was released, and we do understand the concerns of many of you. The fact of the matter is that it's really a matter of personal preference, and while some may be extremely inclined to do it because of their daily needs of their iPhone or iPad, some users don't really use their iOS products in a way that would warrant it. Jailbreaking an iPhone is very different to rooting an Android device. On Android, rooting allows you to load custom ROMs that enable you to really push the ...
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by Stephen Schenck | February 5, 2013 11:03 AMRead OnThere have been plenty of rumors suggesting that Apple's interested in moving beyond simply selling its users music through iTunes as an a la carte experience, and introduce something along the lines of services like Spotify, where users can get access to a huge library of music to stream for an ongoing monthly fee. Despite all the reports along this line, we've yet to see anything of the sort materialize, an absence that separate rumors have pegged to Apple's struggles in working out the necessary licensing agreements with rights-holders. Rumors suggest that this kind of service could ...
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by Jaime Rivera | February 4, 2013 7:30 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the new Jailbreak for all iOS 6 Compatible devices called Evasi0n. We then talk about the leaked T-Mobile roadmap, which is rumored to include the BlackBerry Z10 and an LTE-based Samsung Galaxy S III. The HTC M7 takes the spotlight next with good and bad rumors, which on the positive side talk about new camera technologies, but on the bad side include a delay to important carriers. Then we talk about the Nokia PureView EOS rumors for Windows Phone 8, which may come sooner than you think. We end today's show talking about Stephen Elop's recent ...
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by Jaime Rivera | February 4, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnFirst we showed you how to get it done on the iPad, and now it's the iPhone's turn. For those of you fans of the Jailbreak underworld, the time has come. Evasi0n was finally released today for all iOS 6 compatible devices, and it’s as easy and stable as the most popular Jailbreaks we’ve seen in the past. Jailbreaking will allow you to side-load applications and services to iOS 6 that Apple has either not intended or not considered for your device. And as we historically know, many of these solutions have served to make iOS what it currently is since Apple has hired a couple of the ...
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by Jaime Rivera | February 1, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Peter Chou's recent appearance on TV with none other than the white variant of the HTC M7. Then there's some more HTC talk, but now with new leaks by the name of the M4 and G2 which are not as hot as the M7. Then Samsung takes the spotlight as we cover all the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean updates for legacy devices like the original Galaxy Note. Then we talk about a new Samsung tablet that has made rumors, this time with codename GT-P3200. We end today's show by talking about the Jailbreak status of iOS 6. All this and more after the break. Stories: ...
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by Michael Fisher | February 1, 2013 3:22 PMRead OnOne man returns from a mission to Canada, and is greeted by friends. Friends with questions, observations, and inflammatory declarations about the future of a very special smartphone. A smartphone called BlackBerry. Yes, it's a special edition of the Pocketnow Weekly podcast, covering all the ups, downs, and all-arounds of the new Research in Motion BlackBerry smartphone platform, BlackBerry 10, as well as the sleek black slab of potential it's riding on, the Z10. Join us as we welcome an old friend back into the smartphone space by discussing things like Peeking, Balance, Hub, and even ...
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by Stephen Schenck | January 31, 2013 7:19 PMRead On
Earlier this week, following Apple's launch of iOS 6.1, we told you about how all signs were pointing to the release of an untethered jailbreak supporting all the latest iPhone and iPad models for this Sunday. Team evad3rs has since put up a website to keep interested iOS users up to date on their progress towards getting the code ready for a release, and by the looks of things, that Sunday estimate could well be within their reach. We now know that the jailbreak itself will be called evasi0n, and according to the team, they're about 68% of the way done from starting with the exploit ...
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by Stephen Schenck | January 28, 2013 3:19 PMRead OnNow that iOS 6.1 has landed, where's the rumored jailbreak? We've been hearing that a fully-working untethered jailbreak has been nearly ready for public release, and that the developers behind it were waiting for Apple to deliver iOS 6.1 before its distribution, in order to prevent the company from closing up any holes used to achieve the needed exploits. We've got some good news along those lines, and while nothing's official just yet, it sounds like the jailbreak could get here sometime this weekend. There was always a chance that, even with the jailbreak still private, Apple could ...
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by Stephen Schenck | January 28, 2013 2:35 PMRead OnA couple weeks back, we heard rumors that Apple was just about ready to begin distribution of iOS 6.1. Later, we found new reasons to look forward to the software's release, upon news suggesting that a full-on untethered jailbreak would finally see the light of day shortly after such an iOS update arrived. Well, it may have taken a little longer than anticipated, but Apple's latest iOS update is now finally here. So, what's new in iOS 6.1? Apple's doing its part to give iPhone 5 and iPad users access to the latest data networks around the globe, enabling LTE operation for dozens of new ...
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by Michael Fisher | January 23, 2013 1:45 PMRead OnLife frequently defies our expectations. For example, if it's your first full season covering mobile-technology trade shows, sometimes you find your expectations for a nice, quiet lull between CES and MWC completely upset -toppled, really- by reality. For this editor, that reality came fast and fierce, delivering an unbelievable bounty of rumor and speculation at his doorstep on the morning of this week's Pocketnow Weekly podcast. The bright side: you get to hear all the latest news and gossip surrounding Galaxy S IV and Note 8.0 speculation; HTC's Droid DNA upgrade with a very James ...
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by Stephen Schenck | January 23, 2013 1:09 PMRead OnLately, it had seemed like progress on an untethered iOS 6 jailbreak, one supporting even the iPhone 5, had slowed to a halt. We heard that work would continue out of the public eye, but just when would we see any results? Well, now it's sounding like a release could be ready any day now, and all we're waiting for is Apple to get around to distributing iOS 6.1 updates. Notable players in the iOS development scene have been tweeting about jailbreak progress, and the encouragement they've spouted for Apple to hurry up and release iOS 6.1 seems to suggest that will be the impetus for the ...
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by Jaime Rivera | January 22, 2013 9:59 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the additional rumors of more than one iPhone being launched in 2013. Then Microsoft takes the spotlight as we talk about the official Microsoft Surface Pro announcement when it comes to pricing and availability. The LG Optimus G Pro is next as it just became official in Japan, and there are a lot of cool things coming with the device. Then we move to the Galaxy S IV as some of the news show some leaked image renders of how the device will look, and the other news show that the launch date will most likely not be on MWC 2013. We end today's ...
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by Michael Fisher | January 17, 2013 1:00 PMRead OnJanuary: the post-holiday comedown mixes with the post-CES recovery and pre-MWC quiet to form a lull of epic proportions. Fortunately though, leaks and rumors never stop, and we've got a few of them to bat around on this episode of the Weekly. Today, Joe Levi and Anton D. Nagy each return to the podcast to talk rumored Sony Xperia tablets, LG Windows Phones, and the will-it-never-die speculation surrounding a cheap iPhone. Also making the cut: the HTC M7 and Samsung Galaxy S IV, the Huawei Ascend W2, and some far-out pseudo-news regarding LG's supposed "Nexus 5" and "Nexus 7.7." All that, ...
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