The iPhone Dev-Team has released a jailbreak of iPhone OS 4 beta 4 (redsn0w 0.9.5b4) intended solely for developers of jail broken applications. Since this release is only meant for developers, this version of redsn0w only works with Mac OS X and iPhone 3G devices that are registered with Apple’s developer program.
If you meet those requirements, and you’re willing to risk bricking your iPhone, follow how to jailbreak iPhone OS 4 beta 4 after the break. Read the rest of this entry →
Original iPhone adopters may have felt left out when Apple confirmed that there will be no more support for their model, including no iPhone OS 4, but those very same users can rejoice knowing that Android in all its goodness has come to the original iPhone. Using OpeniBoot, it allows users choose to load between the standard iPhone OS or Android. It’s not perfect, but kinks will soon get flattened out and there’s also hope that it will soon be implemented in the iPhone 3G and 3GS.
So you’re every bit as excited as us for iPhone OS 4, and now with beta 2 out, things are looking are bright. Except there’s one problem: you’re not an iPhone developer paying $100 a year. No problem. From now until iPhone OS 4′s final build, we’ll search the internet and bring you the download links for all the upcoming betas all on the day it’s posted – with one caveat. The caveat is that you have to provide yourself with the UDID activation and willingness to do it.
We are not responsible for your (possible) bricked device, nor are we for other harm that may be caused by installing beta software. But if you’re feeling devilish, keep on reading after the break for the download links for iPhone OS 4 beta 2! Read the rest of this entry →
Taking a step forward, probably in response to CTIA 2010, Apple has now begun selling contract-free iPhones in the United States at list price. List price means $499 for 8GB, $599 for 16GB and $699 for 32GB. The iPhones would still be tied to AT&T and require their SIM cards, but you don’t need to show proof that you have AT&T as your current wireless provider to get them this way. Original report speculated that the phones would be sold unlocked, and proved to be inaccurate minutes before us posting this. Let down, yes, but now you don’t need to lock yourself into AT&T clutches, since “everyone knowns it takes 2 minutes to unlock them”.
At the time of writing, Apple’s online store still requires a two year contract. Customers can pick up one iPhone a day only. Sorry for your multiple impulse buys.