Comments on: Video shows you how to jailbreak your iOS 6.1 device http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 21:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Alessandro Magni http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1647661 Alessandro Magni Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1647661 jailbroken Ipad > iMame4all + Icade (http://www.ionaudio.com/products/details/icade ) = heaven! jailbroken Ipad > iMame4all + Icade (http://www.ionaudio.com/products/details/icade ) = heaven!

]]> By: Finnagain http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1647048 Finnagain Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1647048  If it were Grim Fandango, I'd be all in.  If it were Grim Fandango, I’d be all in.

]]> By: adonai http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1647046 adonai Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1647046 Hell yes...I judge my phones on whether they can play Day of the Tentacle or not :) Hell yes…I judge my phones on whether they can play Day of the Tentacle or not :)

]]> By: jgs http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1646792 jgs Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1646792 You just now noticed that Apple has shown a strong willingness to obsolete older machines? Sorry about that. Sometimes this behavior on their part pisses me off, but it's my understanding (and impression from using my own) that the iPad 1 is pretty badly RAM-deprived compared to the more recent ones. So I'm not so sure this is anything other than a practical move on their part. This time. (The straight-up answer to your question, by the way, is "you can't".) You just now noticed that Apple has shown a strong willingness to obsolete older machines? Sorry about that.

Sometimes this behavior on their part pisses me off, but it’s my understanding (and impression from using my own) that the iPad 1 is pretty badly RAM-deprived compared to the more recent ones. So I’m not so sure this is anything other than a practical move on their part. This time.

(The straight-up answer to your question, by the way, is “you can’t”.)

]]> By: jgs http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1646781 jgs Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1646781 This story is about a jailbreak. It has nothing to do with unlocking the baseband. A jailbroken SOME_CARRIER phone will still be network-locked to SOME_CARRIER. This story is about a jailbreak. It has nothing to do with unlocking the baseband. A jailbroken SOME_CARRIER phone will still be network-locked to SOME_CARRIER.

]]> By: rynokins http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1646535 rynokins Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1646535 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWBn2RtnZd0 I prefer NCSettings over SBSettings. It's the one thing I missed the most when I upgraded my phone. Feels like it should come stock in iOS.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWBn2RtnZd0

I prefer NCSettings over SBSettings. It’s the one thing I missed the most when I upgraded my phone. Feels like it should come stock in iOS. 

]]> By: Jason Weisberger http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1646525 Jason Weisberger Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1646525 I ran it, Mark. Injecting. Not Touching. Tapping. Remounting. A boy could have a pretty good time running this software... I ran it, Mark. Injecting. Not Touching. Tapping. Remounting. A boy could have a pretty good time running this software…

]]> By: David Phillips http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1646443 David Phillips Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1646443 This is the number one reason why I jailbreak my iPad. I hate to think of going back to a non-Flux world and still trying to use my iPad as a primary reading device. This is the number one reason why I jailbreak my iPad. I hate to think of going back to a non-Flux world and still trying to use my iPad as a primary reading device.

]]> By: jandrese http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1646433 jandrese Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1646433 Lyricalizer by ac3xx Lyricalizer by ac3xx

]]> By: kwoww http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1646414 kwoww Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1646414 sorry - i meant what app do you use to do it? i would find that VERY useful. sorry – i meant what app do you use to do it? i would find that VERY useful.

]]> By: EggyToast http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1646385 EggyToast Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1646385 It's a common feature in businesses, but it's essentially for any situation where you'd receive a voicemail but be unable to retrieve it from the phone network. For business, it's like having a VM on your office phone when you're out of the office, and for personal, it's for when you're traveling w/o cell service but have internet access (wifi), or just lazy and don't feel like answer your phone that you left downstairs while you're upstairs on the computer. It’s a common feature in businesses, but it’s essentially for any situation where you’d receive a voicemail but be unable to retrieve it from the phone network. For business, it’s like having a VM on your office phone when you’re out of the office, and for personal, it’s for when you’re traveling w/o cell service but have internet access (wifi), or just lazy and don’t feel like answer your phone that you left downstairs while you’re upstairs on the computer.

]]> By: kwoww http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1646345 kwoww Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1646345 what do you use to forward voicemail to email? i saw voicemail forwarder, but that looks like it's only for older versions of ios... what do you use to forward voicemail to email? i saw voicemail forwarder, but that looks like it’s only for older versions of ios…

]]> By: Jeffrey Martin http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1646328 Jeffrey Martin Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1646328 I want to remove icons from the home screen. Completely. including that "news stand" app that I can't even put in a folder! I want to remove icons from the home screen. Completely. including that “news stand” app that I can’t even put in a folder!

]]> By: Nick Kukich http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1646261 Nick Kukich Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1646261 1.) Have actual control of your expensive device. 1.) Have actual control of your expensive device.

]]> By: Jordan Pickett http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1646222 Jordan Pickett Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1646222 i get lots of bang for my buck w/ my 1st gen ipad (still running ios 5.0), jailbroken to run btstack and a third party blue tooth gps with GISroam - i work as an archaeologist in the eastern mediterranean, and this type of software interface lets me do mobile GIS work in addition to super valuable/time-saving GPS work for navigation (finding unmarked monuments on Google Earth, dropping points, then driving to them on dusty roads through fields in the middle of nowhere!). folks have been using palmpilots with mobile GIS platforms for several years now (thank you Tom Tartaron and the Eastern Korinthia Survey project!), but i'd never have had this sort of flexibility without a jailbroken ipad - i've set several people up w/ the same system.. paying for international roaming charges on my ipad vs wifi at the basecamp or hotel - easy choice!!! i get lots of bang for my buck w/ my 1st gen ipad (still running ios 5.0), jailbroken to run btstack and a third party blue tooth gps with GISroam – i work as an archaeologist in the eastern mediterranean, and this type of software interface lets me do mobile GIS work in addition to super valuable/time-saving GPS work for navigation (finding unmarked monuments on Google Earth, dropping points, then driving to them on dusty roads through fields in the middle of nowhere!). folks have been using palmpilots with mobile GIS platforms for several years now (thank you Tom Tartaron and the Eastern Korinthia Survey project!), but i’d never have had this sort of flexibility without a jailbroken ipad – i’ve set several people up w/ the same system.. paying for international roaming charges on my ipad vs wifi at the basecamp or hotel – easy choice!!!

]]> By: citykids http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1646134 citykids Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1646134 I'm still running IOS 5.1 on my jailbroken 1st gen iPad, now I find out after waiting all this time for IOS 6 to be broken - that Apple has it so that only iPad 2 and up can only get IOS 6!?! So what happens when the apps that I have need updating and say "requires IOS 6 and up"?  Gee, thanks a lot Apple! I’m still running IOS 5.1 on my jailbroken 1st gen iPad, now I find out after waiting all this time for IOS 6 to be broken – that Apple has it so that only iPad 2 and up can only get IOS 6!?!

So what happens when the apps that I have need updating and say “requires IOS 6 and up”?  Gee, thanks a lot Apple!

]]> By: Andy III http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1646122 Andy III Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1646122 There's a simple little app that allows all kinds of rule based settings changes that I found really useful.  For instance, I have it set my phone's brightness to go way down after 10pm. Then back up in the morning. It also has triggers for things like locations (by wifi) when plugged in to charge (which for my phone meant that maybe it was in the car, so bring up my podcast app to get ready for the commute. Not earth shattering, but really handy. There’s a simple little app that allows all kinds of rule based settings changes that I found really useful. 

For instance, I have it set my phone’s brightness to go way down after 10pm. Then back up in the morning. It also has triggers for things like locations (by wifi) when plugged in to charge (which for my phone meant that maybe it was in the car, so bring up my podcast app to get ready for the commute. Not earth shattering, but really handy.

]]> By: Mitch_M http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1646077 Mitch_M Tue, 05 Feb 2013 03:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1646077 Just being able to put your foot down and say "It's MY device, I paid for it, and I can do whatever I want with it, goddammit!" is cool in and of itself. But it's sad that a plurality of people would accept devices that they can't use however they want by default. Just being able to put your foot down and say “It’s MY device, I paid for it, and I can do whatever I want with it, goddammit!” is cool in and of itself. But it’s sad that a plurality of people would accept devices that they can’t use however they want by default.

]]> By: ohbejoyful http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1646048 ohbejoyful Tue, 05 Feb 2013 03:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1646048 Ooo, name of app or plugin please?! Ooo, name of app or plugin please?!

]]> By: Ben King http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1646044 Ben King Tue, 05 Feb 2013 03:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1646044 Too bad the service area is abysmally lacking. Too bad the service area is abysmally lacking.

]]> By: jimmoffet http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1645994 jimmoffet Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1645994 I run a rooted android phone with a version of android developed by an open-source community (cyanogenmod). Because I am rooted (~jailbroken), I can use any number of flavors of android developed by thousands of different people. I can use the latest cutting-edge version of Android as soon as it is developed. No more waiting for device manufacturers to release a watered-down update months behind the android development community. The important bits: I now get three full days of normal use, whereas I got around 20 hours with the stock OS. Speed is also much, much better, the phone does not stall regardless of what I'm asking it to do (I don't use animations). I can control which apps autostart on my phone (this is part of both the battery savings and the increase in speed) and I have frozen everything that I don't use and that isn't necessary. As a result, my phone only busies itself with what I ask it to do, not what the carrier or the device manufacturer thinks it should be doing. I would put my 3 year old phone up against the newest, fastest hardware and I have no doubt it would destroy any new stock model in battery life, responsiveness and general usability. Even before using a single app that requires root, I have a device that is superior in user-interface, responsiveness and battery life, all of the most important priorities for the average user. My phone outperforms its market-price by roughly a factor of four, because I was able to root it. Imagine if you bought a car outright from the dealer and they tried to tell you that it was illegal (not just that it voids your warranty, but it's actually illegal) to change the stereo or the spark plugs, or to put on a seat cover, unless you bought them from the dealership, you'd never stand for it (and forget about driving it in another country, they'll actually take you to jail for that!). Well, you shouldn't stand for it with phones either. I run a rooted android phone with a version of android developed by an open-source community (cyanogenmod). Because I am rooted (~jailbroken), I can use any number of flavors of android developed by thousands of different people.

I can use the latest cutting-edge version of Android as soon as it is developed. No more waiting for device manufacturers to release a watered-down update months behind the android development community.

The important bits:

I now get three full days of normal use, whereas I got around 20 hours with the stock OS. Speed is also much, much better, the phone does not stall regardless of what I’m asking it to do (I don’t use animations).

I can control which apps autostart on my phone (this is part of both the battery savings and the increase in speed) and I have frozen everything that I don’t use and that isn’t necessary. As a result, my phone only busies itself with what I ask it to do, not what the carrier or the device manufacturer thinks it should be doing.

I would put my 3 year old phone up against the newest, fastest hardware and I have no doubt it would destroy any new stock model in battery life, responsiveness and general usability.

Even before using a single app that requires root, I have a device that is superior in user-interface, responsiveness and battery life, all of the most important priorities for the average user.

My phone outperforms its market-price by roughly a factor of four, because I was able to root it.

Imagine if you bought a car outright from the dealer and they tried to tell you that it was illegal (not just that it voids your warranty, but it’s actually illegal) to change the stereo or the spark plugs, or to put on a seat cover, unless you bought them from the dealership, you’d never stand for it (and forget about driving it in another country, they’ll actually take you to jail for that!). Well, you shouldn’t stand for it with phones either.

]]> By: Sitaram Das http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1645970 Sitaram Das Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1645970 at the risk of seeming spammy, I work with a company that offers unlimited talk/text/data for $50 a month. If you have an unlocked GSM iPhone, you can use the service with it. I'm pretty happy with it. http://solavei.com/sitaramdas at the risk of seeming spammy,

I work with a company that offers unlimited talk/text/data for $50 a month.
If you have an unlocked GSM iPhone, you can use the service with it.
I’m pretty happy with it.
http://solavei.com/sitaramdas

]]> By: Finnagain http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1645963 Finnagain Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1645963  There are free video converters available.  There are free video converters available.

]]> By: Zack Rubenstein http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1645956 Zack Rubenstein Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1645956 This can be done on a non-jailbroken iPhone too. Good player is one app that I use. This can be done on a non-jailbroken iPhone too. Good player is one app that I use.

]]> By: Magill Foote http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1645950 Magill Foote Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1645950 VLC's media player app allows you to transfer whatever video files you want from your computer to your ipad. Really handy if you want to take movies or TV shows on the road but don't want to buy them through iTunes, or won't have access to an internet connection. VLC’s media player app allows you to transfer whatever video files you want from your computer to your ipad. Really handy if you want to take movies or TV shows on the road but don’t want to buy them through iTunes, or won’t have access to an internet connection.

]]> By: wrybread http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1645948 wrybread Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1645948 Lots of important reasons have already been mentioned, but the biggie for me is SBSettings: swipe the status bar (the bar at the top) and I get a bunch of buttons, one of which gives me instant access to brightness control. I read all the time off my iPhone, and having to go to Settings to control the brightness is really tedious, and this fixes that nicely. I really wish Apple would a shortcut to brightness in the taskbar like they did on the iPad, but alas. Lots of important reasons have already been mentioned, but the biggie for me is SBSettings: swipe the status bar (the bar at the top) and I get a bunch of buttons, one of which gives me instant access to brightness control. I read all the time off my iPhone, and having to go to Settings to control the brightness is really tedious, and this fixes that nicely. I really wish Apple would a shortcut to brightness in the taskbar like they did on the iPad, but alas.

]]> By: SuperMatt http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1645944 SuperMatt Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1645944 Google "cydia" and you'll see. Google “cydia” and you’ll see.

]]> By: Glaurung-Quena http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1645939 Glaurung-Quena Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1645939 I just have two must-have jailbreak apps: Adblock for mobile safari, and Ikeywi (5 row keyboard, saves my sanity when typing in passwords).  I also install a few tweaks (no lock screen for my ipad, change autocorrect to only correct what I tell it to, stuff like that), but Adblock and number keys on the same screen as the alphabet are what kept me from upgrading to IOS 6 until today. I just have two must-have jailbreak apps: Adblock for mobile safari, and Ikeywi (5 row keyboard, saves my sanity when typing in passwords).  I also install a few tweaks (no lock screen for my ipad, change autocorrect to only correct what I tell it to, stuff like that), but Adblock and number keys on the same screen as the alphabet are what kept me from upgrading to IOS 6 until today.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1645920 niktemadur Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1645920 Where I live, cell signal comes and goes, and here I'm happy just to use Wi-Fi to listen to TuneInRadio on the iPhone. However, iPhone insists on telling me and making me physically acknowledge that yes, "signal is no longer available" every time the signal goes, dozens of times a day, every day. With the jailbreak and Popup Blocker, I finally got permanently rid of this extremely annoying "notification setting" that Apple does not allow you to deactivate. Living close to the US-Mexico border, I like to quickly and easily disable and re-enable network settings when I drive across the border, so a big favorite of mine is one of the most popular ones, SBSettings which I access from the lockscreen with the Activator app.  I just double tap the clock, SBSettings comes up, and with four more taps, down goes Location, 3G, Data Roam and Data, otherwise I'd have to navigate in and out of several menu labyrinths. Good stuff, all about customizable functionality. Where I live, cell signal comes and goes, and here I’m happy just to use Wi-Fi to listen to TuneInRadio on the iPhone.
However, iPhone insists on telling me and making me physically acknowledge that yes, “signal is no longer available” every time the signal goes, dozens of times a day, every day.
With the jailbreak and Popup Blocker, I finally got permanently rid of this extremely annoying “notification setting” that Apple does not allow you to deactivate.

Living close to the US-Mexico border, I like to quickly and easily disable and re-enable network settings when I drive across the border, so a big favorite of mine is one of the most popular ones, SBSettings which I access from the lockscreen with the Activator app.  I just double tap the clock, SBSettings comes up, and with four more taps, down goes Location, 3G, Data Roam and Data, otherwise I’d have to navigate in and out of several menu labyrinths.

Good stuff, all about customizable functionality.

]]> By: Rauz242 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/video-shows-you-how-to-jailbre.html#comment-1645916 Rauz242 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210824#comment-1645916 I haven't jailbroken in years since I really haven't been missing too many of the features but might be fun to try it again. This thread on Reddit has a lot of good tips. http://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/17lors/a_list_of_76_cydia_packages_i_have_on_my_iphone_4/ I haven’t jailbroken in years since I really haven’t been missing too many of the features but might be fun to try it again.

This thread on Reddit has a lot of good tips.
http://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/17lors/a_list_of_76_cydia_packages_i_have_on_my_iphone_4/

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