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  Users waiting for an untethered jailbreak to Apple’s latest iOS devices can go ahead and download the GreenPois0n Absinthe tool. Using the corona exploit, the new tool is able to jailbreak iPhone 4S and iPad 2 that are powered by Apple’s A5 processor. The tool is available on Mac for now but is promised [...]

  The hardworking iPhone Dev Team and Chronic Dev Team are treating iOS consumers with an untethered jailbreak. The untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 is now available for iPhone3GS, iPhone4, iPhone4-CDMA, iPad1, iPod touch 3G and iPod touch 4G. This jailbreak is meant for non-A5 powered devices, which means iPhone 4S and iPad 2 are [...]

  Apple released the new iOS 5 beta yesterday and it took just a few hours before the build was jailbroken. Users using the iOS 5 beta 3 can now jailbreak their device using the Snowbreeze update that offers an untethered jailbreaking experience to iPhone 3GS users with older bootroms. iPhone 3GS with newer bootroms [...]

  iPhone Dev Team and comex have announced the third iteration of JailbreakMe. JailbreakMe 3.0 works like the previous versions where a user just needs to visit the website to initiate the jailbreak. The web-based tool supports a number of Apple devices, including iPad 2. The full list of supported devices along with the iOS [...]

  The iPhone-Dev team has released a newer version of redsn0w that supports untethered jailbreak of iOS 4.3.2. Untethered jailbreak means a user wouldn’t lose the jailbreak even after a restart of the device. The jailbreak will work with all iOS devices supporting 4.3.2 including iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch 3G / 4G and [...]

  The iPhone Dev team has released new jailbreak tool for devices running iOS 4.3.1. The PwnageTool and redsn0w now brings untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.3.1 devices like iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 (GSM), iPod touch 3G and 4G, iPad 1 and Apple TV 2G. Unfortunately, iPad 2 is still unsupported for a reason that the [...]

  Chronic-Dev team has released Greenpois0n tool that will allow users to jailbreak their iOS 4.2.1 running devices. This jailbreak solution is an untethered one, which means the jailbreak will still be active even after a user restarts his iDevice. However, users planning to unlock the device are warned to stay away as you can [...]

  Sony has been playing a cat and mouse game to prevent hackers from jailbreaking the PS3 console. But at the Chaos Communication Congress event in Berlin hackers have proved that they’ll have an upper hand in this battle. A team called failed0verflow has managed to break the PS3 security by calculating the public private [...]

  While Apple is busy revealing new Mac products, the iPhone Dev team has just released PwnageTool 4.1 meant for Mac OS X. The new thing with the tool is that it adds jailbreaking support for Apple TV 2G. Users can now jailbreak Apple TV in addition to iPad, iPhone 3G/3GS/4 and iPod touch 3G/4G. [...]

  George Hotz aka GeoHot has released a new jailbreak tool that jailbreaks all the latest Apple devices running iOS 4.0 and 4.1. Limera1n is a bootrom level untethered exploit that can be used to jailbreak iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3G, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G and “technically” Apple TV 2G. It’s in beta [...]

  It’s not over 24 hours since Apple release iOS 4.1 and hackers have managed to jailbreak it. The exploit has been found in the bootrom, which is said to give low-level access to the Apple device and would be difficult for Apple to patch the hole. The jailbreak is not yet out for public [...]

  Concerned with the jailbreak that enabled users to play game backups right from their hard drives, Sony has released v3.42 firmware patching the exploit. The firmware doesn’t add any new features but it’s a compulsory update for those who want to access PlayStation Network. Users who don’t want to lose the jailbreak capability should [...]

  Australian court might have barred from selling the specialized USB dongle that enabled PS3 jailbreak but hackers have found a new way to get the same result with a phone. The new PS3 jailbreak currently works only with Nokia’s N900 and Palm Pre but we think it is just a matter of time when [...]

  Why would he do that? Well, because he can. The new jailbreak, Jailbreakme can jailbreak any iOS running device by just visiting a site and since Apple Store allows consumers to surf the internet on their devices without any restriction, it was just a matter of not getting caught. What’s more is that the [...]

  iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users rejoice as Comex has released a browser solution to jailbreak your device running iOS 4. Just point the Safari browser from your iDevice to http://jailbreakme.com and slide to jailbreak. It will do the rest. iPhone 4 users can also jailibreak the device and unlock (coming soon) it by [...]