Posts tagged with "iOS"


iOS 4 Jailbreak: Why It Still Matters

iOS 4 brought multitasking, folders, unified inbox, threaded email conversations and note syncing to the iPhone. For these reasons, some people think that jailbreaking a device running iOS 4 is now pointless, considering that two of the biggest features of jailbreak (multitasking and folders) are now developed by Apple itself.

Did I jailbreak my iOS 4 iPhone 3GS? Yes. Do I think is still worth it? Yes.

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Remove Recents Hides iOS Apps That Don’t Support Multitasking

The most important feature of iOS 4 is multitasking and, look, we get it. You’re now able to quickly switch between apps and go back to the exact place you left off the app. It’s cool, and it works good. The problem is, there are too many apps that still don’t support the new multitasking APIs, and it’s kind of annoying to get these apps in the multitasking drawer, tap on them and find out that they haven’t been updated for iOS’ persistent state.

Fortunately for jailbroken users, the solution is in Cydia.

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Byline Reaches 3.2 - Brings Background Feed Syncing and Caching to iPhone

We’ve talked about Byline 3 for iPhone before. It’s a great RSS application that features a brand new engine and a good looking UI design. The latest 3.2 update, just approved by Apple and available in the App Store, brings complete iOS 4 support to Byline.

Thanks to iOS’ task completion mutlitasking APIs, the app can now finish the syncing and caching process in the background. Like many other apps though, it can’t fetch feeds on its own. Also, restore state is used to bring you back to the exact location you were before closing the app. Last, Byline now supports the iPhone 4’s Retina Display.

Go get the app here.


iPhone Dev Team Releases PwangeTool 4.0 - Let the Official iOS Jailbreak Begin

Earlier today we posted a tutorial on how to jailbreak an iPhone 3GS running iOS 4 with an unofficial build of PwnageTool. Now, the Dev-Team has just release its official build of PwnageTool, read the blog post here.

PwnageTool 4 works on the iPhone 3G / 3GS and iPod Touch 2G. iPhone 2G, iPod Touch and iPod Touch 3G are not supported. The process of creating a custom firmware is the same we described this morning.

Enjoy your jailbroken iOS 4, folks.