Untethered 4.2.1 Jailbreak VIDEO -- Unlock Follows when Ready!!

Hello world.. to everyone who is asking about the unlock, I'm just here to inform you that the work is concentrated on the untethered iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak to be ready as soon as possible. below is a video demo by Sherif Hashim (baseband unlocker) for untethered jailbreak on iOS 4.2.1...

Wanna unlock for iPhone 4? Sherif says it will follow the untethered jailbreak = it's almost ready and let the count down begin.. IN LESS THAN 10 DAYS.. DON'T forget to tweet, share and like the post with your friends. spread the word !

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Facbook's iPad: Facepad, at last

Because Facebook's CEO and founder Mr. Mark Zuckerberg believes that iPad isn't as mobile as the smartphone, he (i mean Facebook) hasn't released any official client for iPad until now.
The other developers use this opportunity to create many iPad's Facebook apps such as {Friendly for Facebook} one of the most popular Facebook app for iPad.

And now, Facepad is in the game. Facepad for iPad was released last week and it has clearly taken some design clues from the popular Twitter client called Twitter for iPad.

The similarities are obvious, but not in a bad way. The app works using windows or tabs, so you can open multiple profiles and check them out in seconds. People who have used this app seem to have really like it. It has had over a million ad impressions in its first twelve hours of release. This doubled after twenty-four hours, and now it is the 15th most popular app on the iTunes App Store.

Download Facepad – Facebook for iPad from HERE.

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Update iPhone 4 to iOS 4.2.1 While Preserving Baseband [How to Guide]

Most of iPhone 4 users didn't update to iOS 4.2.1 as it updates baseband and make it not unlockable. So in case you got an iPhone 4 on older 01.59.00 baseband, we have been tipped off about a solution for that. The below steps will guide you to update iPhone 4 to iOS 4.2.1 while preserving the same older baseband 01.59.00 and unlock it.
STEP 1: Right click on Notepad from Start - Programs - Accessories, then choose Run as administrator from the contextual popup menu.

STEP 2: Once notepad opens, select Open from the File menu then navigate to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\ and open the hosts file as shown:

STEP 3: Now add 74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com to end of the file as shown in the screenshot below:

STEP 4: Now, you'll have to restore your iPhone 4 to iOS 4.2.1 by clicking on the iPhone icon on the left sidebar of iTunes then hold left “alt” button (“Shift” button on Windows) on the keyboard and click on “Restore” then release the alt button, Now Select the original iOS 4.2.1 firmware found here.

STEP 5: iTunes should pop-up with some error as error 1013, 1015 or some other error. This indicates that you have done it successfully, hit OK to continue.

STEP 6: Now you iPhone will stuck in Recovery Mode showing the well-known "Connect to iTunes" message. You have to run TinyUmbrella (Windows - Mac) or RecBoot 2.1 for Mac OS Xto get out of recovery mode.

You'll now be able to jailbreak your iPhone 4 using Redsn0w 0.9.6 for tethered and Redsn0w 0.9.7 for untethered one then unlock it using Ultrasn0w carrier unlock. [Thanks @AppleBullet for hat tip, via @Ven000m]

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Magic Mirror: See Your Own Skeleton !

Another day, another Kinect hack. The Microsoft motion-control camera is fast becoming the go-to Augmented Reality accessory for the geek set. This week’s demo has a decidedly medical bent; the magic mirror project lets you see a real time view of "your" skeleton like a real-time x-ray.

The cross section isn’t actually the user’s skeleton but a volume visualization of a medical data set. Still, the corresponding programming magic is still impressive. The whole thing uses the Kinect for tracking and then has a simple mask revealing the skeleton underneath.

The project was made at the Technische Universitat Munchen in Germany as one of several Medical Augmented Reality projects as the university. Since the overlay isn’t actually of your own skeleton, it’s probably not accurate enough for, say, surgery or setting bones, but it’s not hard to imagine it being used for chiropractics a few revisions down the line or just for the basic medical education suggested on the project site. Or if you’re less interested in the advancement of medicine it can just be a pretty kicking display at your next Halloween party.
[via Wired] {Thanks: PCworld}

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HOW TO: Boot Your Tethered Jailbroken iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad Using Redsn0w 0.9.6rc7 (Windows & Mac)

Few hours ago, the iPhone Dev-Team has just released Redsn0w 0.9.6rc7 with one click tethered iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak boot support. Now I will show you how to quickly boot your tethered jailbroken iPhone using RedSn0w 0.9.6rc7 for Windows and Mac. Check out the step by step guide after the jump.


For Windows users:

STEP 1: Download Redsn0w 0.9.6rc7 for Windows and the proper firmware for your device then place them in one folder, let's name it "Pwnage" on you desktop (Download links at the end)

STEP 2: Double Click on Redsn0w file to extract it.

STEP 3: Press on Windows icon at the task bar and type "run" then type "cmd" to start Command Prompt on Windows with Administrative privileges.

STEP 4: Input the following command :

• For devices with the new bootrom:

%homepath%\Desktop\Pwnage\redsn0w_win_0.9.6rc7\redsn0w.exe -j -i %homepath%\Desktop\Pwnage\iPhone3,1_4.2.1_8C148_Restore.ipsw

• For devices with the old bootrom (iPod 2G, iPhone 3GS):

%homepath%\Desktop\Pwnage\redsn0w_win_0.9.6rc7\redsn0w.exe -j -o -i %homepath%\Desktop\Pwnage\iPhone2,1_4.2.1_8C148a_Restore.ipsw

(Important note: modify the name of the folder "Pwnage", and IPSW file as necessary)


STEP 5: RedSn0w will now open, follow the steps to put your iPhone into DFU mode and boot your device in a tethered jailbroken state.

For Mac users:

STEP 1: Download Redsn0w 0.9.6rc7 for Mac and the proper firmware for your device then place them in one folder let's name it "Pwnage" on you desktop (Download links at the end)

STEP 2: Double Click on Redsn0w file to extract it.

STEP 3: Launch Terminal from Applications:Utilities folder


STEP 4: Enter the following command

• For devices with the new bootrom

open ~/Desktop/Pwnage/redsn0w_mac_0.9.6rc7/redsn0w.app --args -j -i ~/Desktop/Pwnage/iPhone3,1_4.2.1_8C148_Restore.ipsw

• For devices with the old bootrom (iPod 2G, iPhone 3GS):

open ~/Desktop/Pwnage/redsn0w_mac_0.9.6rc7/redsn0w.app --args -j -o -i ~/Desktop/Pwnage/iPhone2,1_4.2.1_8C148a_Restore.ipsw

(Important note: modify the name of the "Pwnage", and IPSW file as necessary)

STEP 5: RedSn0w will now open, follow the steps to put your iPhone into DFU mode and boot your device in a tethered jailbroken state.

Now you successfully Booted your tethered jailbroken iPhone, iPod touch and iPad with these few simple steps [iClarified]

Download iOS 4.2.1 for iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G, iPad, iPod touch
Download Redsn0w 0.9.6rc7 for Windows
Download Redsn0w 0.9.6rc7 for Mac
Download iTunes 10.1.1 for Windows and Mac

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Geohot Releases PS3 Root Keys ! PS 3 is Now Pwned for Life !

Couple of days back, we informed you about a small group of German hackers calledfail0verflow who found an exploit dubbed as the PlayStation 3’s “private key”, which is used by Sony itself to restrict the access to unsigned code and block pirated software.

props to fail0verflow for the asymmetric half
no donate link, just use this info wisely
i do not condone piracy

if you want your next console to be secure, get in touch with me. any of you 3.
it’d be fun to be on the other side.
…and this is a real self, hello world

shouts to the guys who did PSL1GHT
without you, I couldn’t release this

Now, this prodigy hacker Geohot has released PS 3 Root Keys publicly on his own site beside thanking the fail0verflow team. He also encouraged them to contact him if they want their “next console to be secure”. From now on, developers can make their own applications, custom firmwares or even pirated ISOs without facing any kind of problems. Well, well, well. What's next geo? [PSX-Scene]

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iPhone Apps May be Spying on You [Warning]

What would you feel when you discover that some apps running on you iPhone which know your contact information, current location and etc, could be spying on you? here's what Wall Street Journal said regarding this.

An examination of 101 popular smartphone “apps”—games and other software applications for iPhone and Android phones—showed that 56 transmitted the phone’s unique device ID to other companies without users’ awareness or consent. Forty-seven apps transmitted the phone’s location in some way. Five sent age, gender and other personal details to outsiders.

Of course, it may be useful in some cases, such as Google's web search, Gmail and mobile AdMob which give us ads related to our interests. But in fact, I can't trust the unknown developers behind the free or cheap apps at all, what they gonna do with your private information ?

Apps sharing the most information included TextPlus 4, a popular iPhone app for text messaging. It sent the phone’s unique ID number to eight ad companies and the phone’s zip code, along with the user’s age and gender, to two of them.

In the above figure, you can see an app like Panadore which transmits lots of demographoic information while Apple claims they police the apps and make sure they fall within proper guidelines. Of course there's a permision before sharing your location, but there's no permision to share you iPhone UDID (unique identifier) which considers as a fingerprint or "super cookie" which allows the unknowns to track your activities.

WSJ has reported that Angry Birds, sends both UDID and location data back to its developer (who says, they don’t use it to advertise and don’t share it with anyone else) so what they are doning with such database. Any way, personally I trust those giants like Apple, Google and etc., but don't trust every little developer who has the same access to my device, what about you?  [via TiPb]

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