Category : iPod

Quickly Close All Running Apps on iPhone with Weekillbackground Tweak for iOS5

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iOS 5 is by far Apple’s greatest OS yet.  However, since the release of iOS 4, Apple has began to include multitasking as a feature.  As nice as this is, it can sometimes cause your phone to start to slow down or you notice the battery is draining more than normal.  Before, you would have to hit your home button twice, hold down on one of the apps, and close each one individually.  Now, in iOS 5 we have the Notification Center, which allows us to see our important information with just a swipe down on the top bar.  Weekillbackground is a jailbreak tweak that adds a quick way to close all your apps running in the background right from the notification center.

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Corona A5 Jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 Latest Updates – Release Only A Few Hours Away!

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Musclenerd, member of the iPhone Dev Team and part of the ‘Dream Team’ (iPhone Dev Team + Chronic Dev Team) that’s working on the Corona A5 jailbreak for iPad 2 and iPhone 4S on iOS 5.0.1, has posted an update on the iPhone Dev Team blog regarding its status. According to him, and the news making rounds on Twitter, the untethered jailbreak release is near is final stages and they’re testing for any remaining bugs in the apps.

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Apple Releases iTunes U App for iPad and iPhone

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iTunes U has been Apple’s attempt at providing educational institutes to publish content in the iTunes Store which can be downloaded for free. iTunes U contains over 500,000 free lectures, videos, books and other resources spanning across a huge variety of subjects. Distinguished educational institutes such as Stanford, Yale, Oxford and the likes have published content in iTunes U.

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Show Album Art in App Switcher on iOS with this Cydia Tweak

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Normally when a music or video app is running, its icon shows in the application switcher tray in iOS. A few examples of such apps are the Music (formally iPod), YouTube and Vevo. How cool would it be if instead of the icon, the album art of the currently playing son shows instead of the Music app? Well, we aren’t sure since that’s not one area we see often, but you can find out by installing AlbumArt in AppSwitcher tweak from Cydia.

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Apple Introduces Replacement Program for First Generation iPod Nano Due To Overheating Problem

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iPod nano was first launched in September 2005 and sold from that time onwards to December 2006. 5 years later, Apple has introduced a replacement program for iPod nano sold during that time as the batteries in these devices may overheat and pose a safety risk ( in rare cases ). To avoid any such issue, the program will get you a replacement unit without any battery defect.

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Facebook Messenger Updated to Version 1.5 – Shows Online Friends, Typing Indicator and More

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Facebook has updated their Messenger app for iPhone and iPod Touch with support for iOS 5 and turned it into more of a chat/messaging app hybrid. It was initially just a simple messaging app but has now gained status indicators to show which contacts are online and which are on mobile. During a conversation, typing indicator is also shown making it essentially a stand alone Facebook chat app as well as a quick way to access your inbox.

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Apple To Release iOS 5 “Golden Master” By End Of September

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We’ve been waiting for iOS 5 to come to our iOS devices for a very long time. According to an analyst, Apple is looking to release a “Golden Master” build for suppliers during the week of September 23 to September 30. This build will then be preinstalled on future iOS devices to be sold.

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Jailbreak iOS 5 Beta 6 With Redsn0w 0.9.8b6 On iPhone 4 / 3GS, iPod Touch, iPad

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Apple seeded iOS 5 beta 6 to developers several days ago, at the time Redsn0w wasn’t working very well for everyone. Days later, we reported on how to jailbreak the firmware using Sn0wbreeze. That tool did the job, however many people reported they were having problems and Mac users were left alone in the dark.

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Jailbreak iOS 5 Beta 6 with Snowbreeze v2.8 Beta 6

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Okay, now that we told you the jailbreak was not available, then available, then not available again, iH8snow has released version 2.8 Beta 6 of Snowbreeze that supports iOS 5 Beta 6.  This release of Snowbreeze also removes the UDID check and automatically activates the device once it is restored. Also, the expiration date for the beta is removed when you create the customer firmware as well. The Baseband is also preserved with the new firmware.

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Apple slowly taking away access to UDID for Developers!

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iOS 5 is expected to be released in late September or early October of this year, and it comes with a ton of new features. Betas for the new iOS have come out almost every 2 weeks now and we can’t wait to see the final version. With all of these releases comes new features and new fixes to current bugs. However, one thing “fixed” in the most recent beta is that developers have a new way for track their users instead of your UDID, or Unique Device Identifier. How does it affect developers and you? Read on.

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