<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com</link><description>TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</description><image><url>http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif</url><title>TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com</link></image><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.</copyright><generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>iPhone jailbreak hack puts Facebook Messenger all over iOS</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/18/iphone-jailbreak-hack-puts-facebook-messenger-all-over-ios/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/18/iphone-jailbreak-hack-puts-facebook-messenger-all-over-ios/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/18/iphone-jailbreak-hack-puts-facebook-messenger-all-over-ios/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;">
	<img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2013/04/chatheads.jpg" style="width: 270px; height: 559px;" /></p>
<p>
	The Verge is reporting that a <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/17/4235816/chat-heads-for-iphone-jailbreak-tweak">new jailbreak tweak</a> to the Facebook iOS app enables the chat heads feature to run on iOS the same way it does on Android. In other words, chat heads can now permeate the entire iOS UI if you simply can't get enough of Facebook messaging.</p>
<p>
	The tweak was put together by 21-year-old Canadian Adam Bell who is planning to have it available for download this weekend on Cydia once he works out a few kinks.</p>
<p>
	As for how Bell added his own enhancements to chat heads, The Verge reports:</p>
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	The trick, according to Bell, was isolating the Facebook app from the chat heads living inside it. Chat heads inhabit a separate layer inside the Facebook app, so it was just a matter of finding that layer and making the rest of the app transparent. "The hardest part was getting this all to render on top of everything else," Bell says, which means Facebook is always running on your phone. Apparently, Bell's tweak doesn't take much of a toll on battery life.</blockquote>
<p>
	Chat heads originally came to Facebook earlier this week when Facebook <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/16/facebook-6-0-for-ios-available-loren-brichter-helping-at-face/">revamped their iOS app</a>. As for a full Facebook Home experience arriving on iOS, don't expect that to happen anytime soon, or ever for that matter. Apple exerts strict control over its UI and wouldn't have much to gain in allowing Facebook to dominate the iPhone experience.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/18/iphone-jailbreak-hack-puts-facebook-messenger-all-over-ios/">iPhone jailbreak hack puts Facebook Messenger all over iOS</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/18/iphone-jailbreak-hack-puts-facebook-messenger-all-over-ios/">iPhone jailbreak hack puts Facebook Messenger all over iOS</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/17/4235816/chat-heads-for-iphone-jailbreak-tweak>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/18/iphone-jailbreak-hack-puts-facebook-messenger-all-over-ios/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20545001/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/18/iphone-jailbreak-hack-puts-facebook-messenger-all-over-ios/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>chat heads</category><category>ChatHeads</category><category>facebook</category><category>IOS</category><category>jailbreak</category><dc:creator>Yoni Heisler</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tweetbot for iOS outs pirate users</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/27/tweetbot-for-ios-outs-pirate-users/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/27/tweetbot-for-ios-outs-pirate-users/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/27/tweetbot-for-ios-outs-pirate-users/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;padding:0;margin:0 0 10px 0">
	<img alt="" border="0" height="323" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2013/02/tweetbotshaming.jpg" width="350" /></p>
<p>
	A lot of us at TUAW use Tapbots' wonderful <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tweetbot-for-twitter-iphone/id428851691?mt=8">Tweetbot</a> iPhone app to feed our mobile Twitter habit. The US$2.99 price tag is apparently off-putting to some iPhone users who want the excellent features of Tweetbot, but would rather pirate the app than pay three measly bucks for it. Gizmodo UK has discovered that <a href="http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/tapbots-shows-you-how-to-shame-bottom-feeding-pirates/">Tapbots now has a way to get revenge on those jailbreakers who are pirating the app</a> -- those pirated copies automatically insert the following phrase into the compose field:</p>
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	<img alt="Tweetbot for iOS outs pirate users" data-src-height="69" data-src-width="407" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2013/02/tweetbotshamingcloseup.jpg" style="margin:4px" /></p>
<p>
	A quick search on Twitter shows that the messages appeared to have peaked a couple of days ago and have since tailed off, so either the shamed pirates are now deleting the message and getting on with their evil ways, or someone has figured out how to remove the "offending" string from the pirated version of the app.</p>
<p>
	Many loyal Tweetbot users are publicly applauding Tapbots' response to piracy, especially since those pirates are chewing up the company's Twitter token allotment. This isn't the first time a developer has tried to shame pirates; <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/13/dictionary-apps-try-to-shame-supposed-pirates-plan-backfires/">Enfour had its plan backfire</a> when it attempted to call out pirates on Twitter and accidentally burned a few valid users of its dictionary apps in the process.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/27/tweetbot-for-ios-outs-pirate-users/">Tweetbot for iOS outs pirate users</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/27/tweetbot-for-ios-outs-pirate-users/">Tweetbot for iOS outs pirate users</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/tapbots-shows-you-how-to-shame-bottom-feeding-pirates/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/27/tweetbot-for-ios-outs-pirate-users/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20480936/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/27/tweetbot-for-ios-outs-pirate-users/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>iOS</category><category>iPhone</category><category>piracy</category><category>tapbots</category><category>tweetbot</category><category>twitter</category><dc:creator>Steven Sande</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>evasi0n jailbreak tool updated to support iOS 6.1.2</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/19/evasi0n-jailbreak-tool-updated-to-support-ios-6-1-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/19/evasi0n-jailbreak-tool-updated-to-support-ios-6-1-2/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/19/evasi0n-jailbreak-tool-updated-to-support-ios-6-1-2/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;padding:0;margin:0 0 10px 0">
	<img alt="" border="0" height="220" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2013/02/evad3rs21913.jpg" width="456" /></p>
<p>
	iOS owners with a jailbroken device will be happy to know that <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/19/ios-6-1-2-now-available/">the latest iOS 6.1.2 update</a> is safe for them to install. iOS 6.1.2 may fix <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/14/apple-says-ios-6-1-exchange-bug-fix-is-coming/">the Exchange calendar issue</a>, but it does not close the exploit being used by <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/04/untethered-ios-6-x-jailbreak-evasi0n-now-available/">the evasi0n jailbreak</a>.</p>
<p>
	Shortly after iOS 6.1.2 was released, the evad3rs team <a href="https://twitter.com/evad3rs/status/303996839198334977">updated their evasi0n jailbreak tool</a> to support this latest firmware. iOS owners that updated to 6.1.2 can download the jailbreak tool from <a href="http://evasi0n.com/">the evasi0n.com website</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/19/evasi0n-jailbreak-tool-updated-to-support-ios-6-1-2/">evasi0n jailbreak tool updated to support iOS 6.1.2</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/19/evasi0n-jailbreak-tool-updated-to-support-ios-6-1-2/">evasi0n jailbreak tool updated to support iOS 6.1.2</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://evasi0n.com/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/19/evasi0n-jailbreak-tool-updated-to-support-ios-6-1-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20468826/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/19/evasi0n-jailbreak-tool-updated-to-support-ios-6-1-2/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>evasi0n</category><category>iOS</category><category>iPad</category><category>iPhone</category><category>iPod</category><category>jailbreak</category><dc:creator>Kelly Hodgkins</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hack brings all iPhone notifications to Pebble watch</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/14/hack-brings-all-iphone-notifications-to-pebble-watch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/14/hack-brings-all-iphone-notifications-to-pebble-watch/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/14/hack-brings-all-iphone-notifications-to-pebble-watch/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<img alt="" border="0" height="195" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2013/02/pebblwatchicon21413.jpg" style="float:right;margin:0 0 8px 8px;border:none" width="193" />
<p>
	<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/23/limited-number-of-pebble-watches-ship/">Pebble watch owners</a> have a good reason to jailbreak their iOS device. A new jailbreak app from <a href="https://twitter.com/conradev/status/301342454311960576">developer Conrad Kramer</a> lets the smartwatch accept all incoming notifications, not just the ones from native iOS apps, like messages and phone calls. This hack is available to most iPhone owners now that the iPhone 6 and iOS 6.1 is <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/04/untethered-ios-6-x-jailbreak-evasi0n-now-available/">jailbroken</a>.</p>
<p>
	Pebble owners with a jailbroken device can download the BTNotificationEnabler tweak for free from Cydia.</p>
<p>
	[Via <a href="http://bgr.com/2013/02/13/pebble-hack-iphone-jailbreak-326198/">BGR</a>]</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/14/hack-brings-all-iphone-notifications-to-pebble-watch/">Hack brings all iPhone notifications to Pebble watch</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/14/hack-brings-all-iphone-notifications-to-pebble-watch/">Hack brings all iPhone notifications to Pebble watch</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=https://twitter.com/conradev/status/301342454311960576>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/14/hack-brings-all-iphone-notifications-to-pebble-watch/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20461975/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/14/hack-brings-all-iphone-notifications-to-pebble-watch/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Cydia</category><category>iPhone</category><category>jailbreak</category><category>notifications</category><category>Pebble</category><category>SmartWatch</category><dc:creator>Kelly Hodgkins</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>FireCore releases updated Apple TV jailbreak tool</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/14/firecore-releases-updated-apple-tv-jailbreak-tool/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/14/firecore-releases-updated-apple-tv-jailbreak-tool/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/14/firecore-releases-updated-apple-tv-jailbreak-tool/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;padding:0;margin:0 0 10px 0">
	<img alt="" border="0" height="105" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2013/02/firecorelogo021413.jpg" width="351" /></p>
<p>
	Jailbreak provider FireCore announced yesterday that it has <a href="http://blog.firecore.com/post/43012930684/atv-flash-black-2-2">released an update to the Seas0nPass jailbreak tool and aTV Flash (black) Apple TV software</a>. The update supports the 5.2 Apple TV software released by Apple on January 28, 2013, which is essentially iOS 6.1 for the little black box.</p>
<p>
	So what does FireCore's work do for Apple TV jailbreakers? Well, Apple added support for Bluetooth keyboards in Apple TV 5.2, so now aTV Flash (black) 2.2 works with a keyboard as well. FireCore also made "minor improvements" to backups and DVD playback, and also cleared up some earlier bugs.</p>
<p>
	FireCore warns that third-party plugins like Plex, Remote HD, Rowmote and XBMC still won't work with Apple TV software newer than version 5.1. To update your device, FireCore suggests that you back up settings through the Maintenance &gt; Manage Backups menu, then run the latest version of Seas0nPass to update your Apple TV to 5.2. Next, download and install version 2.2 of aTV Flash (black), install desired items through Maintenance &gt; Manage Extras, and then restore your saved settings from the Maintenance &gt; Manage Backups menu.</p>
<p>
	Unfortunately, there's no jailbreak available for the third-generation Apple TV (2012, 1080p version), but if you have a second generation (2010, 720p version) box you can definitely jailbreak your device.</p>
<p>
	Once all that is accomplished, sit back with your favorite Bluetooth keyboard and enjoy some mind-numbing video entertainment.</p>
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	[via <a href="http://www.imore.com/firecore-releases-updated-apple-tv-jailbreak-tool-and-atv-flash-black-software">iMore</a>]</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/14/firecore-releases-updated-apple-tv-jailbreak-tool/">FireCore releases updated Apple TV jailbreak tool</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/14/firecore-releases-updated-apple-tv-jailbreak-tool/">FireCore releases updated Apple TV jailbreak tool</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://blog.firecore.com/post/43012930684/atv-flash-black-2-2>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/14/firecore-releases-updated-apple-tv-jailbreak-tool/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20462215/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/14/firecore-releases-updated-apple-tv-jailbreak-tool/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Apple TV</category><category>aTV Flash black</category><category>AtvFlashBlack</category><category>firecore</category><category>jailbreak</category><category>update</category><dc:creator>Steven Sande</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Evasi0n used to jailbreak 7 million devices in less than a week</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/08/evasi0n-used-to-jailbreak-7-million-devices-in-less-than-a-week/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/08/evasi0n-used-to-jailbreak-7-million-devices-in-less-than-a-week/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/08/evasi0n-used-to-jailbreak-7-million-devices-in-less-than-a-week/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<img alt="" border="0" height="220" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2013/02/evad3rs2813.jpg" style="float:right;margin:0 0 8px 8px;border:none" width="220" />
<p>
	Forbes <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/02/08/evasi0n-is-the-most-popular-jailbreak-ever-nearly-seven-million-ios-devices-hacked-in-four-days/">talked to Jay Freeman</a>, aka Saurik, who confirmed that <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/04/untethered-ios-6-x-jailbreak-evasi0n-now-available/">the recent Evasi0n jailbreak</a> is the most popular jailbreak in iOS history. According to Saurik, the utility was used to jailbreak more than 7 million devices in the four days since it was released earlier this week.</p>
<p>
	Freeman claims his <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/tag/Cydia/">Cydia</a> jailbreak marketplace has been visited by an insane amount of traffic that includes 5.15 million iPhones, 1.35 million iPads and 400,000 iPod touches. iOS owners who used <a href="http://evasi0n.com">the Evasi0n tool</a> can attest to this incredible amount of traffic as many <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/17w5g9/cydia_is_down_atm/">could not connect to Cydia</a> in the hours following the release of the jailbreak.</p>
<p>
	You can read more about the iOS 6 jailbreak and its rapid adoption rate in <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/02/08/evasi0n-is-the-most-popular-jailbreak-ever-nearly-seven-million-ios-devices-hacked-in-four-days/">the original article on Forbes</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/08/evasi0n-used-to-jailbreak-7-million-devices-in-less-than-a-week/">Evasi0n used to jailbreak 7 million devices in less than a week</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/08/evasi0n-used-to-jailbreak-7-million-devices-in-less-than-a-week/">Evasi0n used to jailbreak 7 million devices in less than a week</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/02/08/evasi0n-is-the-most-popular-jailbreak-ever-nearly-seven-million-ios-devices-hacked-in-four-days/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/08/evasi0n-used-to-jailbreak-7-million-devices-in-less-than-a-week/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20454412/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/08/evasi0n-used-to-jailbreak-7-million-devices-in-less-than-a-week/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>cydia</category><category>evasion</category><category>Forbes</category><category>jailbreak</category><category>Jay Freeman</category><category>JayFreeman</category><category>Saurik</category><dc:creator>Kelly Hodgkins</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Untethered iOS 6.x jailbreak evasi0n now available</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/04/untethered-ios-6-x-jailbreak-evasi0n-now-available/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/04/untethered-ios-6-x-jailbreak-evasi0n-now-available/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/04/untethered-ios-6-x-jailbreak-evasi0n-now-available/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>
	<img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2013/01/evad3rs13113.jpg" style="width: 220px; height: 220px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 8px; float: right;" />The Evad3rs Jailbreak Team has made the <a href="http://evasi0n.com">evasi0n jailbreak available</a>, and it is capable of jailbreaking the iPhone 5, 4, 4S, 3GS, iPad mini, all full size iPads, and 3rd, 4th and 5th-generation iPod touches running iOS 6.0 and 6.1.</p>
<p>
	The jailbreak is untethered, meaning you won't have to connect to a computer to activate it. It's also available for Windows, Mac and Linux from the evasi0n site. You can also contribute via PayPal to the project on the site.</p>
<p>
	[via <a href="http://thenextweb.com/apple/2013/02/04/untethered-ios-6-1-evasi0n-jailbreak-arrives-for-iphone-ipad-and-ipod-touch-devices/">The Next Web</a>]</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/04/untethered-ios-6-x-jailbreak-evasi0n-now-available/">Untethered iOS 6.x jailbreak evasi0n now available</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:45:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/04/untethered-ios-6-x-jailbreak-evasi0n-now-available/">Untethered iOS 6.x jailbreak evasi0n now available</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:45:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://evasi0n.com/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/04/untethered-ios-6-x-jailbreak-evasi0n-now-available/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20448014/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/04/untethered-ios-6-x-jailbreak-evasi0n-now-available/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>evasi0n</category><category>iOS</category><category>iPad</category><category>iPhone</category><category>iPod</category><category>jailbreak</category><dc:creator>Victor Agreda, Jr.</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>iPhone 5 jailbreak release expected very soon (Updated: Jailbreak now available)</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/04/iphone-5-jailbreak-release-expected-very-soon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/04/iphone-5-jailbreak-release-expected-very-soon/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/04/iphone-5-jailbreak-release-expected-very-soon/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;padding:0;margin:0 0 10px 0">
	<img alt="" border="0" height="167" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2013/02/evasi0n2413.jpg" width="455" /></p>
<p>
	Last night while the US was watching football, the <a href="https://twitter.com/evad3rs/">evad3rs jailbreak team</a> was putting the final touches on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/28/untethered-ios-6-1-jailbreak-to-land-on-most-apple-mobile-device/">its untethered iOS 6.1 jailbreak</a>. Early speculation suggested the tool would be released during Sunday's Super Bowl, but the evad3rs dispelled that myth with <a href="https://twitter.com/evad3rs/status/298224369203814400">a tweet</a> that officially announced the jailbreak would be made available on February 4th.</p>
<p>
	The <a href="http://evasi0n.com/">evasi0n website</a> has a status bar that is counting down the time to the jailbreak launch. According to <a href="http://www.redmondpie.com/evasi0n-jailbreak-will-be-available-for-download-on-monday-february-4/">Redmond Pie</a>, the timer is decreasing in 0.0045 percent increments every 30 seconds. Some not-so-fancy math hints at a noon ET release (9 AM PT) for the evasi0n jailbreak tool.</p>
<p>
	[Via <a href="http://www.redmondpie.com/evasi0n-jailbreak-will-be-available-for-download-on-monday-february-4/">Redmond Pie</a>]</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
	<strong>Updated</strong>: The jailbreak is now live on <a href="http://evasi0n.com/">evasi0n's website</a>!</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/04/iphone-5-jailbreak-release-expected-very-soon/">iPhone 5 jailbreak release expected very soon (Updated: Jailbreak now available)</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/04/iphone-5-jailbreak-release-expected-very-soon/">iPhone 5 jailbreak release expected very soon (Updated: Jailbreak now available)</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=https://twitter.com/evad3rs/status/298224369203814400>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/04/iphone-5-jailbreak-release-expected-very-soon/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20447652/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/04/iphone-5-jailbreak-release-expected-very-soon/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>evad3rs</category><category>evasi0n</category><category>jailbreak</category><dc:creator>Kelly Hodgkins</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>iOS 6.1 jailbreak almost ready for prime time</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/31/ios-6-1-jailbreak-almost-ready-for-prime-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/31/ios-6-1-jailbreak-almost-ready-for-prime-time/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/31/ios-6-1-jailbreak-almost-ready-for-prime-time/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<img alt="" border="0" height="220" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2013/01/evad3rs13113.jpg" style="float:right;margin:0 0 8px 8px;border:none" width="220" />
<p>
	The newly formed <a href="http://twitter.com/evad3rs">evad3rs</a> are close to completing their work on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/28/untethered-ios-6-1-jailbreak-to-land-on-most-apple-mobile-device/">the latest iOS 6.1 jailbreak</a>. The team, made up of <a href="http://twitter.com/MuscleNerd">@MuscleNerd</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/pod2g">@pod2g</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/planetbeing">@Planetbeing</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/pimskeks">@pimskeks</a>, have created <a href="http://evasi0n.com/">a website for their jailbreak</a> and are updating it with progress reports.</p>
<p>
	According to the evasi0n site, the jailbreak is 68 percent done, with both the jailbreak apps for Mac and Windows completed. The Linux app and some testing are on their plate right now. The next step is private beta testing, which will likely be followed by another round of tweaking before the final release.</p>
<p>
	The latest rumor suggests the team will be ready to roll out the jailbreak <a href="http://www.redmondpie.com/iphone-5-jailbreak-on-ios-6.1-confirmed-to-be-working-release-likely-on-super-bowl-sunday/">on Super Bowl Sunday</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/31/ios-6-1-jailbreak-almost-ready-for-prime-time/">iOS 6.1 jailbreak almost ready for prime time</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/31/ios-6-1-jailbreak-almost-ready-for-prime-time/">iOS 6.1 jailbreak almost ready for prime time</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://evasi0n.com/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/31/ios-6-1-jailbreak-almost-ready-for-prime-time/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20444289/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/31/ios-6-1-jailbreak-almost-ready-for-prime-time/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>evad3rs</category><category>evasi0n</category><category>iOS 6.1</category><category>Ios6.1</category><category>jailbreak</category><dc:creator>Kelly Hodgkins</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Untethered iOS 6.1 jailbreak to land on most Apple mobile devices (Updated)</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/28/untethered-ios-6-1-jailbreak-to-land-on-most-apple-mobile-device/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/28/untethered-ios-6-1-jailbreak-to-land-on-most-apple-mobile-device/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/28/untethered-ios-6-1-jailbreak-to-land-on-most-apple-mobile-device/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;padding:0;margin:0 0 10px 0">
	<img alt="" border="0" height="203" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2013/01/jb61-12813.jpg" width="456" /></p>
<p>
	<a href="https://twitter.com/MuscleNerd">MuscleNerd</a> is the bearer of potentially good news for iOS device owners. According to <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/01/28/ios-6-1-untethered-jailbreak-support-almost-all-devices/">a report in iDownloadBlog</a>, MuscleNerd <a href="https://twitter.com/MuscleNerd/status/2958620049655848960">has said</a> that the upcoming untethered jailbreak for iOS 6.1 will support most iOS devices. This would include the following:</p>
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	<li>
		iPhone 3GS</li>
	<li>
		iPhone 4</li>
	<li>
		iPad 2</li>
	<li>
		iPod touch fourth generation</li>
	<li>
		iPhone 4S</li>
	<li>
		iPad 3</li>
	<li>
		iPod touch fifth generation</li>
	<li>
		iPhone 5</li>
	<li>
		iPad mini</li>
	<li>
		iPad 4</li>
</ul>
<p>
	MuscleNerd is now working on this jailbreak as part of <a href="https://twitter.com/evad3rs">the evad3rs</a>, along with <a href="https://twitter.com/pod2g">@pod2g</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/planetbeing">@Planetbeing</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/pimskeks">@pimskeks</a>. Hopefully, this jailbreak pans out as expected and will be ready soon since <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/28/ios-6-1-ready-for-download/">iOS 6.1 finally landed in the hands of the public</a>.</p>
<p>
	<strong>Update</strong>: As reported by Redmond Pie, a <a href="http://www.redmondpie.com/jailbreak-ios-6.1-on-pre-a5-iphone-and-ipod-touch-now-how-to-tutorial/">tethered jailbreak</a> for all non-A5 iOS devices running 6.1 is available using redsn0w. Also, the iPhone 5 jailbreak noted in the article above could be released as early as <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/01/30/evasi0n-website-hints-sunday-release-ios-6-untethered-jailbreak/">Superbowl Sunday</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/28/untethered-ios-6-1-jailbreak-to-land-on-most-apple-mobile-device/">Untethered iOS 6.1 jailbreak to land on most Apple mobile devices (Updated)</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/28/untethered-ios-6-1-jailbreak-to-land-on-most-apple-mobile-device/">Untethered iOS 6.1 jailbreak to land on most Apple mobile devices (Updated)</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=https://twitter.com/MuscleNerd/status/295862004965584896>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/28/untethered-ios-6-1-jailbreak-to-land-on-most-apple-mobile-device/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20440719/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/28/untethered-ios-6-1-jailbreak-to-land-on-most-apple-mobile-device/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Apple TV</category><category>iOS</category><category>iPad</category><category>iPhone</category><category>iPod</category><category>jailbreak</category><dc:creator>Kelly Hodgkins</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Why you can't have an iPhone 5 jailbreak yet</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/21/why-you-cant-have-an-iphone-5-jailbreak-yet/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/21/why-you-cant-have-an-iphone-5-jailbreak-yet/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/21/why-you-cant-have-an-iphone-5-jailbreak-yet/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;padding:0;margin:0 0 10px 0">
	<img alt="" border="0" height="253" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2013/01/a5cpu012113.jpg" width="450" /></p>
<p>
	TechCrunch has put together a <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/21/behind-the-scenes-of-the-iphone-5-jailbreak/">really great post</a> covering the current iOS jailbreak scene, along with a bit of history behind the quest to find exploits in Apple's devices. For iPhone 5 owners, the piece contains some news that should be very welcome indeed: a working untethered jailbreak for the device exists, even if its creators aren't quite ready to release it to the public.</p>
<p>
	The jailbreak team has evidently uncovered a significant bug that can be used to enable the jailbreak, but is holding off on showing its hand until it can find another to take its place after Apple squashes it. Apparently, the team is willing to "burn" the current bug and release the jailbreak if a replacement isn't found, but not quite yet. As for a timeframe, the group hopes to have something ready before this year's hardware revision hits.</p>
<p>
	Beyond the upcoming exploit, TechCrunch's piece looks at the current state of the iOS jailbreak scene, even asking if there's really as much demand for jailbreaks on Apple's devices anymore. According to the article, the number of people running Cydia remains pretty massive, so we doubt the demand for jailbreaking new devices is ever going to subside entirely -- plus, hackers are always going to be looking for a new challenge.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/21/why-you-cant-have-an-iphone-5-jailbreak-yet/">Why you can't have an iPhone 5 jailbreak yet</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/21/why-you-cant-have-an-iphone-5-jailbreak-yet/">Why you can't have an iPhone 5 jailbreak yet</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/21/behind-the-scenes-of-the-iphone-5-jailbreak/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/21/why-you-cant-have-an-iphone-5-jailbreak-yet/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20434549/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/21/why-you-cant-have-an-iphone-5-jailbreak-yet/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>iPhone</category><category>iPhone 5</category><category>Iphone5</category><category>jailbreak</category><dc:creator>Randy Nelson</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hackulous iOS app community closes</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2012/12/31/hackulous-ios-app-community-closes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2012/12/31/hackulous-ios-app-community-closes/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2012/12/31/hackulous-ios-app-community-closes/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;padding:0;margin:0 0 10px 0">
	<img alt="" border="0" height="242" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2012/12/hackulousshuttethdown.jpg" width="456" /></p>
<p>
	Jailbreakers and users of cracked iOS apps have one less thing to be happy about this New Year's Eve. <a href="http://hackulo.us">Hackulous</a>, the cracked app community for iOS, <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/31/3820802/hackulous-and-installous-shut-down">shut down as of yesterday</a>.</p>
<p>
	Along with Hackulous, Apptrackr -- which was a web-based index of cracked apps -- and Installous -- an app that was used to transfer cracked apps to iOS devices -- also shut down. The Hackulous team announced the shutdown in a statement: "After many years, our community has become stagnant and our forums are a bit of a ghost town. It has become difficult to keep them online and well-moderated, despite the devotion of our staff."</p>
<p>
	Many in the jailbreak and cracked app community are not buying the story, noting that Hackulous still had many users. The Installous app was allegedly generating a lot of revenue for the team, as ads were served to users every time they performed an app-related action in the software.</p>
<p>
	TorrentFreak attempted to contact Dissident, the admin of the Hackulous projects, for a statement, but he appears to be lying low. In the past, Dissident often preached about the need for users to be able to try out apps before buying them. Since trial apps are now more available, <a href="http://torrentfreak.com/apple-sighs-in-relief-pirate-app-store-shuts-down-for-good-121231/">TorrentFreak speculates that Dissident may have felt the Hackulous "mission was over"</a>.</p>
<p>
	Another possible reason for the closure could just be that there's no iOS 6 jailbreak coming soon. No jailbreak means that Installous and even the legal <a href="http://cydia.saurik.com/">Cydia</a> "alternative app store" will not function on new iOS devices. Whatever the reason behind the closing of Hackulous, it's certainly a blow for the jailbreak community.</p>
<p>
	[via <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/31/3820802/hackulous-and-installous-shut-down">The Verge</a>]</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/12/31/hackulous-ios-app-community-closes/">Hackulous iOS app community closes</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/12/31/hackulous-ios-app-community-closes/">Hackulous iOS app community closes</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://torrentfreak.com/apple-sighs-in-relief-pirate-app-store-shuts-down-for-good-121231/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/12/31/hackulous-ios-app-community-closes/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20413989/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/12/31/hackulous-ios-app-community-closes/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>apptrackr</category><category>cracked</category><category>hackulous</category><category>installous</category><category>iOS</category><category>jailbreak</category><dc:creator>Steven Sande</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Want to replace Siri with Google Search? You can via jailbreak</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/09/want-to-replace-siri-with-google-search-you-can-via-jailbreak/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/09/want-to-replace-siri-with-google-search-you-can-via-jailbreak/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/09/want-to-replace-siri-with-google-search-you-can-via-jailbreak/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;padding:0;margin:0 0 10px 0">
	<img alt="" border="0" height="389" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2012/11/gvsearch11912-1352469158.jpg" width="456" /></p>
<p>
	Google's latest version of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-search/id284815942?mt=8">its voice-enabled Search app</a> may not have the personality of Siri, but <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/10/30/google-search-app-gets-expanded-voice-features/">it is as good</a>, if not better, than Siri at pulling up relevant search information. If you want to replace Apple's personal assistant with Google's version, you can do so thanks to a jailbreak tweak called NowNow.</p>
<p>
	As <a href="http://appadvice.com/appnn/2012/11/this-jailbreak-tweak-can-replace-siri-with-google-voice-search">spotted by AppAdvice</a>, NowNow is available in Cydia and allows you to launch Google Voice Search anywhere in iOS. It requires you to install Activator and Google Voice Search, but once you set it up, it's as easy to use as Siri. If you drop Siri for Google, remember that you will lose the "assistant" features of Siri, like adding reminders and setting alarms.</p>
<p>
	Your device has to be jailbroken to use this tweak, which means it is not available to iPhone 5 users or anyone with an iOS device with an A5/6 processor on iOS 6.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/09/want-to-replace-siri-with-google-search-you-can-via-jailbreak/">Want to replace Siri with Google Search? You can via jailbreak</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/09/want-to-replace-siri-with-google-search-you-can-via-jailbreak/">Want to replace Siri with Google Search? You can via jailbreak</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://appadvice.com/appnn/2012/11/this-jailbreak-tweak-can-replace-siri-with-google-voice-search>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/09/want-to-replace-siri-with-google-search-you-can-via-jailbreak/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20375340/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/09/want-to-replace-siri-with-google-search-you-can-via-jailbreak/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>google search app</category><category>google voice search</category><category>GoogleSearchApp</category><category>GoogleVoiceSearch</category><category>jailbreak</category><category>NowNow</category><category>Siri</category><dc:creator>Kelly Hodgkins</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>iOS 6.0.1 jailbroken</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/02/ios-6-0-1-jailbroken/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/02/ios-6-0-1-jailbroken/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/02/ios-6-0-1-jailbroken/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;padding:0;margin:0 0 10px 0">
	<img alt="" border="0" height="93" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2012/11/iostagline-tuaw-011112.jpg" width="456" /></p>
<p>
	<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/01/ios-6-0-1-now-available-iphone-5-users-need-to-download-install/">iOS 6.0.1 has only been out for about 24 hours</a>, but now jailbreakers can rejoice -- the newest iteration of the iPhone Dev Team's <a href="http://www.redmondpie.com/jailbreak-ios-6.0.1-on-pre-a5-iphone-and-ipod-touch-using-redsn0w/">Redsn0w can be used to jailbreak certain iOS 6.0.1 devices</a>.</p>
<p>
	The news comes from Redmond Pie, which tested the jailbreak and found that since it takes advantage of the Limera1n exploit, it only works on devices that use an A4 chip or lower. That means that if you want to jailbreak your iPhone 5, any of the new iPads or the fifth-generation iPod touch, you'll have to wait. The iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and fourth-generation iPod touch should be able to operate with the jailbreak.</p>
<p>
	This is a tethered-boot jailbreak, meaning that any time you reboot or shut down your device, it will need to be connected to your computer in order to bring it back to a jailbroken state. Full instructions on how to install the jailbreak are available on Redmond Pie.</p>
<p>
	[via <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57544324-37/ios-6.0.1-already-jailbroken-for-some-devices/">CNET</a>]</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/02/ios-6-0-1-jailbroken/">iOS 6.0.1 jailbroken</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/02/ios-6-0-1-jailbroken/">iOS 6.0.1 jailbroken</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://www.redmondpie.com/jailbreak-ios-6.0.1-on-pre-a5-iphone-and-ipod-touch-using-redsn0w/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/02/ios-6-0-1-jailbroken/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20369205/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/02/ios-6-0-1-jailbroken/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>ios</category><category>ios 6.0.1</category><category>Ios6.0.1</category><category>iPhone</category><category>jailbreak</category><category>pwnage</category><dc:creator>Steven Sande</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Redsn0w updated with tethered use of Cydia</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2012/10/15/redsnow-updated-with-tethered-use-of-cydia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2012/10/15/redsnow-updated-with-tethered-use-of-cydia/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2012/10/15/redsnow-updated-with-tethered-use-of-cydia/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;padding:0;margin:0 0 10px 0">
	<img alt="" border="0" height="333" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2012/10/redsnow101512.jpg" width="456" /></p>
<p>
	The <a href="http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/33546509336/restoration-reinvigoration">iPhone Dev Team</a> released a new version of RedSn0w late last week that includes several major new features. At the top of the list is the inclusion of Cydia in the tethered jailbreak for A4-equipped iOS devices. Previously iPhone 4/3GS owners had to use SSH to install Cydia manually. This latest 0.9.15b1 version also lets owners downgrade to earlier firmwares without <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/09/28/how-to-downgrade-ios-6-to-ios-5-1-1-a4-devices/">jumping through a bunch hoops</a> that require you to stitch your SHSH blobs together with your IPSW and ignore multiple iTunes errors during the restore. You can read the full changelog and detailed install instructions on <a href="http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/33546509336/restoration-reinvigoration">the iPhone Dev Team's blog</a>.</p>
<p>
	[Via <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/15/ios-6-tethered-jailbreak-now-with-cydia/">Engadget</a> and <a href="http://www.redmondpie.com/jailbreak-ios-6-with-official-cydia-on-iphone-and-ipod-touch-a4-using-redsn0w-0.9.15b1/">Redmond Pie</a>]</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/10/15/redsnow-updated-with-tethered-use-of-cydia/">Redsn0w updated with tethered use of Cydia</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/10/15/redsnow-updated-with-tethered-use-of-cydia/">Redsn0w updated with tethered use of Cydia</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/33546509336/restoration-reinvigoration>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/10/15/redsnow-updated-with-tethered-use-of-cydia/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20350014/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/10/15/redsnow-updated-with-tethered-use-of-cydia/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>iOS</category><category>iPhone</category><category>iPhone dev team</category><category>IphoneDevTeam</category><category>jailbreak</category><category>redsn0w</category><dc:creator>Kelly Hodgkins</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How-to posted for jailbreaking iOS 6 on A4-powered iPhones, iPods</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2012/09/20/how-to-posted-for-jailbreaking-ios-6-on-a4-powered-iphones-ipod/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2012/09/20/how-to-posted-for-jailbreaking-ios-6-on-a4-powered-iphones-ipod/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2012/09/20/how-to-posted-for-jailbreaking-ios-6-on-a4-powered-iphones-ipod/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<img alt="" border="0" height="250" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2012/09/cydiaicon92012.jpg" style="float:right;margin:0 0 8px 8px;border:none" width="250" />
<p>
	Once the gold master version of iOS 6 landed in the hands of developers, the iPhone Dev Team was <a href="http://www.iphonehacks.com/2012/09/jailbreak-ios-6-gm-redsn0w.html">quick to release an iOS 6-compatible version</a> of its Redsn0w jailbreak tool. Now that iOS 6 is available to the public, select iPhone and iPod touch owners can download the tool and jailbreak their device.</p>
<p>
	This latest version of Redsn0w includes support for iOS 6 devices with an A4 processor, which limits the jailbreak to the iPhone 4, the iPhone 3GS and the fourth generation iPod touch. You should also note that this is a tethered jailbreak, so you will have to connect your iOS device to your Mac every time you reboot your phone. If you don't mind the tethered part of the jailbreak, Redmond Pie has <a href="http://www.redmondpie.com/jailbreak-ios-6-iphone-and-ipod-touch-a4-based-only-using-redsn0w-tutorial/">an excellent set of directions</a> that'll step you through the process.</p>
<p>
	iPhone 5, iPhone 4S or iPad 2/3 owners running iOS 6 will have to wait for the Dev Team to successfully jailbreak those devices and package the hack into a public-friendly format. There's no ETA on when the Dev Team will release the jailbreak for these newer devices, so owners will have to practice patience while the Dev Team works out all the details.</p>
<p>
	[Via <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/20/ios-6-jailbreak-a4-devices/">Engadget</a>]</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/09/20/how-to-posted-for-jailbreaking-ios-6-on-a4-powered-iphones-ipod/">How-to posted for jailbreaking iOS 6 on A4-powered iPhones, iPods</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/09/20/how-to-posted-for-jailbreaking-ios-6-on-a4-powered-iphones-ipod/">How-to posted for jailbreaking iOS 6 on A4-powered iPhones, iPods</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://www.redmondpie.com/jailbreak-ios-6-iphone-and-ipod-touch-a4-based-only-using-redsn0w-tutorial/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/09/20/how-to-posted-for-jailbreaking-ios-6-on-a4-powered-iphones-ipod/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20328973/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/09/20/how-to-posted-for-jailbreaking-ios-6-on-a4-powered-iphones-ipod/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>iOS 6</category><category>Ios6</category><category>iPad</category><category>iPhone</category><category>iPhone 4S</category><category>iPhone 5</category><category>iphone dev team</category><category>Iphone4s</category><category>Iphone5</category><category>IphoneDevTeam</category><category>iPod touch</category><category>IpodTouch</category><category>jailbreak</category><category>redsn0w</category><dc:creator>Kelly Hodgkins</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Apple delivers Black Hat talk to mediocre reception</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/30/apple-delivers-black-hat-talk-to-mediocre-reception/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/30/apple-delivers-black-hat-talk-to-mediocre-reception/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/30/apple-delivers-black-hat-talk-to-mediocre-reception/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;padding:0;margin:0 0 10px 0">
	<img alt="" border="0" height="144" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2012/07/blackhatconference.jpg" width="450" /></p>
<p>
	CNET's <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57480890-83/ho-hum-first-date-with-apple-at-black-hat/?tag=mobile_social">posted a strange writeup</a> for Apple's first talk at <a href="http://www.blackhat.com/">the Black Hat security conference</a>, and though the piece is short on details, the theme is clear: There wasn't a lot of groundbreaking news shown off to attendees. Manager of Platform Security Dallas De Atley basically gave a quick rundown of the security measures built in to the architecture of iOS, and didn't give much more. Any hackers looking for Apple to speak in person about vulnerabilities or work being done for the future of the Mac or iOS platforms were apparently turned away disappointed.</p>
<p>
	But I would argue that Apple just showing up at the Black Hat conference is the beginning of a good public dialogue with the company on security. Apple has been quiet to say the least in the past, preferring instead to just close its doors and windows where security is concerned, and release hotfixes and updates on its own schedule. Just an appearance at the Black Hat conference, then, is a gesture by Apple that it recognizes the values of hackers and their culture. As CNET's writer says, maybe next year Apple will have a more satisfying presentation.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/30/apple-delivers-black-hat-talk-to-mediocre-reception/">Apple delivers Black Hat talk to mediocre reception</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/30/apple-delivers-black-hat-talk-to-mediocre-reception/">Apple delivers Black Hat talk to mediocre reception</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57480890-83/ho-hum-first-date-with-apple-at-black-hat/?tag=mobile_social>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/30/apple-delivers-black-hat-talk-to-mediocre-reception/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20289463/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/30/apple-delivers-black-hat-talk-to-mediocre-reception/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>apple</category><category>black hat</category><category>BlackHat</category><category>conference</category><category>developers</category><category>iOS</category><category>Mac</category><category>manager</category><category>security</category><category>talk</category><dc:creator>Mike Schramm</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>DevJuice: Beeblex offers in-app purchase validation services</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/18/devjuice-beeblex-offers-iap-validation-services/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/18/devjuice-beeblex-offers-iap-validation-services/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/18/devjuice-beeblex-offers-iap-validation-services/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>
	<img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2011/06/tuawdevjuice240.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 8px; border: 0px solid; width: 240px; height: 350px;" /></p>
<p>
	The security of <a href="http://tuaw.com/tag/iap">iOS in-app purchases</a> is a hot topic after an <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/13/russian-hacker-circumvents-ios-in-app-purchases/">IAP hacking server</a> was launched last week by a Russian developer. When The Next Web <a href="http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/07/13/how-a-flaw-in-apples-in-app-purchase-process-enabled-more-than-30000-illegal-virtual-transactions/">talked to Alexey Borodin</a>, he told them he's since turned the service over to an unnamed third party -- and, as of that conversation, he'd collected only $6.78 in donations to cover his costs.</p>
<p>
	While we strongly advised users to steer clear of this theft-of-service hack, that doesn't solve the problem for developers waiting on Apple to come up with a fix. In the interim, <a href="https://www.beeblex.com/public/">indie startup Beeblex may provide a validation workaround for developers</a>.</p>
<p>
	Some background: The underlying framework for all IAPs in iOS is <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/search/?q=StoreKit">StoreKit</a>, covered in depth in my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-iOS-Developers-Cookbook-ebook/dp/B007CAXLA2">iOS Cookbook</a>. Every successful StoreKit purchase transaction contains a receipt. This receipt, which is sent in raw NSData format, corresponds to an encoded JSON string. It contains a signature and purchase information.</p>
<p>
	Apple strongly recommends that you validate all receipts with their servers to prevent hacking and ensure that your customers actually purchased the items they are requesting.</p>
<p>
	You POST a request to one of Apple's two servers. The URL you use depends on the deployment of the application. Use buy.itunes.apple.com for production software and sandbox.itunes.apple.com for development.</p>
<p>
	The request body consists of a JSON dictionary. The dictionary is composed of one key ("receipt-data") and one value (a Base64-encoded version of the transaction receipt data). I normally use the <a href="http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?BaseSixtyFour">CocoaDev NSData Base 64 extension</a> to convert NSData objects into Base64-encoded strings. CocoaDev provides many great resources for Mac and iOS developers.</p>
<p>
	A valid receipt returns a JSON dictionary. The receipt includes the transaction identifier, a product ID for the item purchased, a <a href="http://thenextweb.com/2012/07/18/apple-adds-uniqueidentifier-to-in-app-purchase-receipts-not-udid-may-be-related-to-recent-breach/">unique ID</a>, the bundle ID for the host application, and a purchase date. Most importantly, it returns a status. A valid receipt always has a 0 status. Any number other than 0 indicates that the receipt is invalid.</p>
<p>
	Simply checking for the status may not be sufficient for validation. It's not too difficult to set up a proxy server to intercept calls to the validation server and return JSON {"status":0} to all requests. What's more, the receipt data that is sent along with the validation request can be easily deserialized. For that reason, always use receipt validation cautiously and as part of the overall purchase process, where it's less likely that proxy servers can override communications with Apple.</p>
<div>
	<p>
		Enter <a href="https://www.beeblex.com/public/">Beeblex</a>. They just launched a free IAP validation service for iOS apps that, according to their marketing text, "verifies IAP receipts against Apple's servers" using time-limited tokens and strong encryption to limit IAP purchase end-runs.</p>
	<p>
		Encryption prevents "man in the middle" attacks; time limited tokens prevent replay attacks. Together they make it much less likely that a simple proxy could successfully spoof an IAP reciept and fool your app into providing something for nothing.</p>
	<p>
		It's an intriguing option. The advantage seems to be that Beeblex provides a server component for apps developed without one. Still, I'm not sure I'd want my apps to rely on a third party service when any service interruption could create a large angry user base.</p>
	<p>
		I wonder how Beeblex will pay for the bandwidth necessary to facilitate this service, and what would happen should they get hacked. Hacking could be a big deal, because it'd circumvent potentially hundreds or thousands of apps, instead of just one.</p>
	<p>
		[Update] Marco Tabini, one of the Beeblex developers, writes, "One thing that I wanted to point out is that we have, in fact, thought about the possibility that our service may go down by building methods inside the SDK that would inform the app of transaction failures due to networking errors. Of course, you are completely right that we need to show that we can grow and maintain the service, and we have a lot of work ahead of us in this respect. We'll do our best!"</p>
	<p>
		I'd probably feel a lot more comfortable buying from a well-known quantity than relying on a free start-up. <a href="http://urbanairship.com">Urban Airship</a> <strike>doesn't appear to provide this kind of service. I gave them a call and a sales guy said it's not an option.</strike> [Update] CEO Scott Kveton replied to my email saying, "Yes we do IAP receipt verification."</p>
	<p>
		He adds a note from his team: "This is not really a security problem. It's long been known that you can put your own root CA on iPhones, and at that point you can basically do anything as a proxy. The people being bitten by this on the IAP side are only those that are not doing receipt verification with Apple out of band via a server, which is something we do in our IAP product as a standard. If you do out of band receipt verification, this fails and nothing is purchased/granted."</p>
	<p>
		My feelings on IAP and piracy are this (in no particular order):</p>
	<ul>
		<li>
			Developers use IAP too much, and often without regard for the user experience. Requiring IAP in apps for kids is, in my opinion, evil -- it should be strongly discouraged by Apple policy. If your app requires IAP to bypass gameplay segments, your game design needs some serious reconsideration.</li>
		<li>
			Focus on providing good experiences for your paying users instead of fighting piracy. If your anti-piracy protections tick off even one paying customer you have lost the war.</li>
		<li>
			Trying to fight piracy is a losing proposition with one exception. The one exception is scalable server support. If pirates are killing your servers, either find another app to build or try to limit the impact of unpaid customers.</li>
		<li>
			Don't save IAP unlocks in plain text files. There are keychains and other more secure solutions available.</li>
	</ul>
	<p>
	</p>
	<p>
	</p>
</div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/18/devjuice-beeblex-offers-iap-validation-services/">DevJuice: Beeblex offers in-app purchase validation services</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/18/devjuice-beeblex-offers-iap-validation-services/">DevJuice: Beeblex offers in-app purchase validation services</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=https://www.beeblex.com/public/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/18/devjuice-beeblex-offers-iap-validation-services/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20281135/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/18/devjuice-beeblex-offers-iap-validation-services/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Apple Inc</category><category>beeblex</category><category>developer</category><category>DevJuice</category><category>features</category><category>hack</category><category>IAP</category><category>in app purchase</category><category>InAppPurchase</category><category>Sci/Tech</category><category>StoreKit</category><dc:creator>Erica Sadun</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>iPhone Dev-Team has jailbroken iOS 6 Beta</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2012/06/15/iphone-dev-team-has-jailbroken-ios-6-beta/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2012/06/15/iphone-dev-team-has-jailbroken-ios-6-beta/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2012/06/15/iphone-dev-team-has-jailbroken-ios-6-beta/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<img alt="" border="0" height="214" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2012/06/ios6icon456615.jpg" style="float:right;margin:0 0 8px 8px;border:none" width="225" />
<p>
	As always, the iPhone Dev Team didn't waste anytime trying to jailbreak <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/06/11/apple-announces-ios-6/">Apple's iOS 6.0 beta release</a>. Within a day or so of its announcement, the Dev Team <a href="http://blog.iphone-dev.org/redsn0w-iOS6">released</a> an iOS 6-compatible version of the redsn0w jailbreak tool for developers. The jailbreak works on limera1n-able devices like the iPod touch 4G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 (GSM) and iPhone 4 (CDMA).</p>
<p>
	This is a tethered jailbreak and designed for developers who write jailbroken apps. Many core iOS components are broken and there is no Cydia in this release. There's also no hacktivation so you have to be an iOS developer with a registered UDID to activate the jailbroken device.</p>
<p>
	Interested developers can download redsn0w 0.9.13dev2 from <a href="http://blog.iphone-dev.org/redsn0w-iOS6">the Dev Team's website</a>.</p>
<p>
	[Via <a href="http://www.ifans.com/blog/50953/">iFans</a>]</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/06/15/iphone-dev-team-has-jailbroken-ios-6-beta/">iPhone Dev-Team has jailbroken iOS 6 Beta</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/06/15/iphone-dev-team-has-jailbroken-ios-6-beta/">iPhone Dev-Team has jailbroken iOS 6 Beta</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://blog.iphone-dev.org/redsn0w-iOS6>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/06/15/iphone-dev-team-has-jailbroken-ios-6-beta/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20259277/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/06/15/iphone-dev-team-has-jailbroken-ios-6-beta/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>iOS 6 beta</category><category>Ios6Beta</category><category>iphone dev team</category><category>IphoneDevTeam</category><category>jailbreak</category><category>redsn0w</category><dc:creator>Kelly Hodgkins</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Untethered iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch now available</title><link>http://www.tuaw.com/2012/05/25/untethered-ios-5-1-1-jailbreak-for-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch-now/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tuaw.com/2012/05/25/untethered-ios-5-1-1-jailbreak-for-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch-now/</guid><comments>http://www.tuaw.com/2012/05/25/untethered-ios-5-1-1-jailbreak-for-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch-now/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;padding:0;margin:0 0 10px 0">
	<img alt="" border="0" height="300" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2012/05/greenpois0n-absinthe-.jpg" width="300" /></p>
<p>
	This is super good news for the jailbreak crowd. GreenPois0n <a href="http://absinthejailbreak.com/">Absinthe 2.0</a> is out for iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreaking enjoyment. Absinthe is an easy solution for jailbreaking, and going untethered is pretty awesome. Excellent work by Chronic Dev Team and pod2g.</p>
<p>
	Absinthe works on A4-powered devices and A5 ones, like the iPhone 4S and new iPad. It won't work on the <em>newer</em> iPad 2, however (thanks for pointing out the distinction -- the newer iPad 2 uses a different chipset). <a href="http://jailbreak-untethered.com/download-absinthe-2.0-jailbreak-5.1.1-untethered/">JailbreakUntethered</a> has explanations on how to get this going on your device, so if you've ever wanted to try jailbreaking, it's never been easier.</p>
<p>
	[Via <a href="http://www.bgr.com/2012/05/25/untethered-jailbreak-ios-5-1-1-iphone-ipad/">BGR</a>]</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/05/25/untethered-ios-5-1-1-jailbreak-for-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch-now/">Untethered iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch now available</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Fri, 25 May 2012 10:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com"><img src="http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/05/25/untethered-ios-5-1-1-jailbreak-for-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch-now/">Untethered iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch now available</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.tuaw.com">TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog</a> on Fri, 25 May 2012 10:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://jailbreak-untethered.com/download-absinthe-2.0-jailbreak-5.1.1-untethered/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/05/25/untethered-ios-5-1-1-jailbreak-for-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch-now/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20245176/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/05/25/untethered-ios-5-1-1-jailbreak-for-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch-now/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>absinthe</category><category>greenpois0n</category><category>iOS</category><category>jailbreak</category><dc:creator>Victor Agreda, Jr.</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 10:15:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>