Even though iOS 5 has seemingly been turned inside out over the last 6 months, there are still a few easter eggs hidden in the software. Earlier this month we told you about the invisible buttons on the iPad’s split keyboard, and now we’ve come across another little-known feature…(…)Read the rest of Pro tip: how [...]
The App Store has over 500,000 applications available for download. That means that your iOS device has access to some of the best mobile software money can buy — and, unfortunately, some of the crappiest. Here at iDB, we’ve seen a number of examples of bad software. And no, we’re not talking about the 300+ [...]
One of my favorite components of iCloud is Photo Stream. I love having instant access to all of my photos on both my iPhone and iPad. Having instant access to my photos on my laptop is awesome too, but there is one major caveat. You see, to access your Photo Stream photos on your Mac [...]
Have you ever wondered what files a specific jailbreak tweak places on your device? Have you ever wondered where the files are stored? If so, you could always fire up iFile or use an FTP utility to go digging around in your file system. Or, you could just head to Cydia and utilize a provision [...]
Plex is a simple way to access both local media stored on your PC or networked drives, along with online media on a variety of devices. There are Plex apps for the Mac, PC, iOS, and even Android devices. Being the ubiquitous app that it is, it’s not surprising that it runs on a jailbroken [...]
Okay, so we’ve been debating running this story for quite some time now, but we figured since this involves Siri, that ultimately we should do so. You’re probably all aware of the so-called Siri port that runs on some Russian server hosted who-knows-where. Well, apparently it technically works, although many have had very mixed success [...]
Ever since I jailbroke my iPhone 4S using Absinthe, it has been behaving a little weird, sometimes displaying white icons or even transparent icons for certain applications. It seems that this issue only affects Apple’s stock applications such as the Phone app, Calendar, etc. I can’t really pinpoint the issue. Is it because of Absinthe? Or [...]
Have you ever wondered what the letters stand for in an iPhone’s serial number? Whether you answered yes or no, the truth is that the code actually contains some pretty interesting information about the handset. The folks over at OSXDaily have just published a legend of sorts that breaks down what each set of letters [...]
Now that the Linux version of Absinthe has been released, all major platforms have access to the jailbreak tools needed to jailbreak their iPhone 4S and iPad 2. We’ve already covered how to jailbreak on OS X and Windows in depth, but we didn’t want to leave our Linux readers out in the cold. Since [...]
Siri on the iPad 2 is now a reality, courtesy of the iPad 2 untethered jailbreak. It became a lot more compelling with the release of tweaks like SiriToggles, and updates to Hands-Free Control. We’ve already shown you how to install Siri on the iPhone 4, so we’ll use that tutorial along with some additional [...]
