Even though iOS 5 comes with more than 200 new features, we were disappointed that it did not include the ability to customise the look and feel of our iOS device.
Thankfully, we have jailbreak tweaks and apps like WinterBoard, Springtomize that allow you to customize almost every aspect of the iOS.
Last weekend, BigBoss had released a new package on Cydia called SemiTether, which allowed users to reboot their tethered jailbroken iOS 5 device without the need to connect it to the computer.
However, BigBoss’s solution had some limitations and number of users reported issues after using it. BigBoss has released a new version of SemiTether (v0.91), which incorporates the new mobile substrate by Jay Freeman a.k.a saurik that should make the semi tethered mode more stable.
Couple of weeks back, Siri - Apple’s revolutionary personal assistant feature, that is exclusively available only on Apple’s iPhone 4S, was ported to iPhone 4. And last week it was also successfully ported to iPad and iPod touch.
However, at that time iPhone hacker and developer - Steven Troughton-Smith had only managed to get Siri’s UI working as Apple was not authenticating commands on its servers from non-iPhone 4S devices.
IntelliScreenX public beta for iOS 5 for jailbroken iPhone and iPod touch has been released.
Last week, Intelliborn had given a sneak peak of IntelliScreenX, which adds tons of features to iOS 5 Notification Center so that you can do a lot more with it.
FireCore has announced the release aTV Flash (black) Release Candidate 1 (RC1) for the 2nd generation Apple TV. aTV Flash (black) has been in beta for almost 10 months now.
aTV Flash (black) RC1 adds a number of new features include a brand new ‘grid view’ browsing mode, huge subtitle related improvements, and other performance and playback related improvements.
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It has taken sometime, but we finally have some good news regarding jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2.
MuscleNerd has just tweeted that iPhone Dev team has managed to jailbreak iPhone 4S and iPad 2, but he is calling it a preliminary jailbreak and as there is “lots of work” left before the jailbreak is released to the public.
FireCore has released an updated version of their jailbreaking tool – Seas0nPass to support tethered jailbreak for Apple TV software update 4.4.x for second generation Apple TV.
Apple had released Apple TV software update 4.4 two weeks back along with iOS 5 and since then released two minor updates to fix some bugs.
WeeSpaces for Notification Center is a new custom widget that allows users to quickly access any home screen and launch an app running in the background via iOS 5 Notification Center.
Since it is integrated with iOS 5 Notification Center, it means that you can access your iPhone’s home screen or switch to an app running in the background from any app by just swipping on the status bar.
Late last night, BigBoss released a new package on Cydia called SemiTether, which allows you to reboot your jailbroken iOS 5 device without the need to connect it to the computer.
However, BigBoss’s solution had some limitations and number of users reported issues after using it. BigBoss has released a new version of SemiTether to fix some of the issues.
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As you know, Redsn0w and Sn0wbreeze allow iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users to jailbreak their iOS device on iOS 5, but they support only a tethered jailbreak, which means that you need to connect their iOS device to the computer on every reboot, otherwise your iOS device is stuck at the Apple logo.
