Spotify, the online music service, is coming to the US after a long awaited release. The service let’s you stream music via the internet, via a free or an ad-free paid account, that gives you access to high quality music and access via mobile devices.
iOS 5 has seen 2 beta releases so far, and if you are part of Apple’s Developer Program (like me) then you’ve been able to install this new version on your device. But what if you are not a developer and want to get your hands on the new version of iOS 5. Well, there is a way!
Permalink: [How To] Install and Activate iOS 5 Beta 2 for iPod, iPad and iPhone
With Apple releasing iOS 5 into the hands of developers, all hackers and jailbreakers immediately started digging into the new iOS which brought tons of new features and enhancements. It rose the investable question, does the jailbreak work on iOS 5? and we found the answer to that pretty soon when MuscleNerd and company updated redsn0w to support iOS 5 jailbreak, though efforts of getting it untethered are currently under way. Unfortunately, a recent post from Dev-Team on their official blog has brought our attention to a rather troubling matter.
Permalink: iOS 5 Downgrade With SHSH Blobs Blocked By Apple!
When Apple released the first beta for iOS 5 to developers, the wireless syncing feature was disabled by default. However with iOS 5 beta 2, it is now possible to sync your iPhone, iPod or iPad with iTunes over your Wi-Fi network connection, without requiring any USB cable. Before this, there have been jailbreak solutions which allowed iTunes syncing over Wi-Fi. But now, this is a part of iOS 5 and trust me, it works flawlessly!
Out of over 200 new features in iOS 5, iCloud is definitely my favorite. It is brilliantly integrate into iOS 5 while the cross platform syncing is simply amazing. If you’ve setup iCloud on your iOS 5 device, you’d realize what a pleasure it is upgrading to the latest firmware when restoring from iCloud backup as compared to the same old iTunes + USB cable + sync = restore process. When I updated my iPhone 4 today from iOS 5 beta 1 to iOS 5 beta 2 which was released just yesterday, it truly was an epic experience. Let me share how seamlessly it’s done.
Permalink: [How To] Restore Via iCloud Backup In iOS 5
Apple has just dropped iOS 5 beta 2 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad to developers. If you have a developer account and have a UDID registered iOS device, you can download and update to iOS 5 beta 2 via your Apple developer’s account. According to early testers, wireless sync has now been enabled and works between iTunes 10.5 beta 2 and iOS 5 beta 2 devices.
Permalink: iOS 5 Beta 2 Available For Download, Enables Wireless Syncing!
So you’ve upgraded your device to iOS 5 Beta, and would rather go back to a more solid user experience. Well, according to Apple, it is not possible to downgrade from iOS 5 Beta. It would be best to listen to their warning, but if you are daring and ready to dump iOS 5, then here are the steps to make it happen. As always, be sure you have a backup of your device in case you have any issues.
Permalink: How To: Downgrade iOS 5 Beta back to iOS 4.3.3 [Tutorial]
We’ve showed you a bunch of Notification Center customizations & widgets currently in the works including a Twitter integration widget and an SBSettings alternative i.e UISettings which also happens to be the first iOS 5 Notification Center tweak to hit the jailbreak scene. Although UISettings is a fantastic tweak and a much appreciated one, the design fails to impress the most of us. Luckily, another developer and designer has come up with a better looking alternate theme for the tweak called UISettings HD. The image below should give you a good idea!
Apple introduced iOS 5 less than 2 weeks back and released the first beta to developers with over 200 new features. Not long after that, Dev Team managed to jailbreak iOS 5 beta 1 with the same Limera1n exploit used for iOS 4.x which allowed Cydia developers to start developing tweaks for the new iOS. Without a doubt, iOS 5 Notification Center has caught the foremost attention of these developers with back to back widgets and customization releases in the last couple of days.
Permalink: How To: Install Twitter Widget For Notification Center In iOS 5 [Guide]
Just as Redsn0w was updated earlier today by Dev-Team for Windows users to support iOS 5 beta jailbreak for developers, an update to Windows exclusive baseband preservation tool i.e sn0wbreeze 2.8b1 has also been released. For those who don’t know, sn0wbreeze is a custom firmware creation tool for Windows users like PwnageTool for Mac and supports iPhone 4 (GSM + CDMA), iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 3G/4G and iPad. It can now build an iOS 5 custom firmware while at the same time, preserving your current baseband to allow ultrasn0w unlock for iPhone 4 / 3GS on supported bands.
Permalink: iOS 5 Custom Firmware & Ultrasn0w Unlock With Sn0wbreeze 2.8b1 [JAILBREAK GUIDE]
