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Would You Replace the Glass Rear Panel on Your iPhone 4?

Or perhaps, you have already!  If you’re not sure why you would want to do such a thing, take a look at the photos here and in this article, which explains how deceptively easy it is to remove the iPhone 4’s glass rear panel and replace it with a metal one.  These panels are sold [...]

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JailbreakMe Offers Easy Jailbreak Solution

With jailbreaking your iPhone now declared a legal activity – in the USA at least – there could be a few more iPhone owners around who want to give it a try, but are put off by the process of actually doing so.  However, whether you’re a jailbreak virgin or something of an expert, the [...]

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Geohot hints at iPhone 4 jailbreak, mentions it “won’t happen” from him

If you have been a fan of jailbreaking, or even paying attention to jailbreak related news — you likely know who Geohot is. After all, he has been around doing great things for those who like to play with their iPhones for quite a while now. That said, the outlook of him releasing something for [...]

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You’re Twisting my iPhone Man!

Or, more precisely, you’re twisting a knob on my iPhone!  This is a brilliant hack seen over at dsLabs, where what looks like an old volume control knob has been filled with science and now allows precise twisting and turning of your iPhone’s screen! According to the blog, the knob works in a similar way to [...]

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redsn0w 0.9.5 released, will jailbreak some iPhones running OS 4.0

The good news is that someone has released a jailbreak for iPhone OS 4.0. The bad news is that only a limited few are going to actually be able to use it. That said, while a little surprising, it is nice to see this released. If nothing else it will allow some jailbreak developers to [...]

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iPhone OS 4 jailbroken, already

iPhone OS 4 isn’t even available to consumers, but a quick-fingered hacker by the name of iH8snow claims to have already jailbroken it, no real surprise there. In response to a question regarding whether or not he had plans to jailbreak OS 4, iPhone hacker iH8sn0w replied (via twitter) “I already have. .” The hacker has [...]

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Jailbreaking news: Unsure if you can jailbreak, check the chart

Interested in jailbreaking your iPhone but not sure if your device can be jailbroken. That is understood, heck I follow the jailbreaking scene pretty close and still have a hard time remembering which phones can be jailbroken at this point. Its not a hard process, but at this point the ability to jailbreak is based [...]

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User mods his iPhone 3GS with titanium exterior casing

Recently we have seen images of the titanium iPhone 3GS floating around the web, and it turns out that the phone is real and seemingly pretty sweet looking. The length people will go to if they do not like the gadgets they are carrying will never surprise me and this one was done because Martin [...]

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Jailbreaking news: Redsn0w will not yet jailbreak every device

Those that jailbreak do so with the knowledge that they may have difficulty upgrading immediately after Apple offers an update, and that is the case with OS 3.1.3. This post is dealing with redsn0w, and it has been noted that it is able to jailbreak OS 3.1.3 — but not on every device. According to the [...]

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Apps that make me willing to jailbreak: QuickReply

Just to offer something a little different from all of the rumors, I will mention another app that makes me willing to jailbreak. Of course, I should point out that after the announcement later today, the whole jailbreaking scene is likely to become unstable for a little while again. So if you decide to jailbreak [...]

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