Apple  currently has 4 iOS devices available. These are the iPhone, the iPod Touch, the iPad and the Apple TV.  All of these devices can be hacked by a method known as jailbreaking.

There are two types of jailbreaking, tethered jailbreaking and untethered jailbreaking. Tethered jailbreaking and untethered jailbreaking. Essentially, tethered jailbreaking means that you have to connect your iOS device to your computer and jailbreak it every time you want to reboot your iOS device. On the other hand, untethered jailbreaking means that you can freely reboot without the need to connect to a computer.

But what is jailbreaking?  Essentially, jailbreaking is a hack which gives the user full access to the filesystem.  It also allows users to access applications, tweaks and customisations that you would never find on Apple’s official app store. Instead they are available in another app store known as Cydia.  For example, you can turn on Wi-Fi, 3G and Location services without even leaving your current app.  You can also unlock your iPhone, meaning that you can use it on almost any mobile phone network you want.

Now of course, there are some pros and cons to this. So just to scare off those who are not so sure about doing this, let me state the cons of jailbreaking your iOS devices.

Now yes, Jailbreaking is now legal as specified in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act(DMCA). However, if you do jailbreak then you may void your warranty. From what I know, if you restore your iOS device to the clean firmware, then you may be out of luck. This is because Apple’s people at their stores have many tests which can help them determine if you have jailbroken your device before hand.

The second of the many disadvantages there are of jailbreaking is that it can be used for piracy.  There are people out there who have been able to crack the copy protection on the applications for all iOS devices. This way, applications that you have to pay for from Apple’s app store for iOS can be illegally obtained for free. You are also hurting the developers. They have spend a lot of time and money just to create applications that you can enjoy using. I encourage/highly recommend that you support the developers by always using Apple’s app store to get your applications.

You may also risk rendering you device unusable. If you perform the process incorrectly, you will have to plug your device in to your computer. You will then have to run iTunes in order to wipe the device clean and set up your phone from scratch.

By jailbreaking your iPhone, you can gain full access to the phone and delete files, which are important to the functionality of the phone.  So remember, that with great power comes great responsibility.

Let’s move on to the good things that can come out of jailbreaking an iOS device. There are many different customisations that you can get. For example, you can customise the look and feel of your phone. You are able to change the colour of the keyboard, the icons on your home screen and change the slider on the lock screen.

You can also get features on your phone that allow you to do things that the iPhone should have had since iOS 1.0. Before iOS 4.0 came out, Cydia had applications that allowed the phone to be used as a Wi-Fi access point.

it provides Apple with ideas as to what to implement into a major release of iOS.  For example, the idea of folders in iOS 4 came from categories which was available in Cydia since iOS 3.1.

All-in-all, jailbreaking your iOS device has an equal amount of pros and cons. If you are going to jailbreak, then please proceed with caution.

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If you are a developer for iOS devices(iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads), and you have access to the betas of iOS 5, then I suggest downloading and checking out the iOS 5 beta right now.

However, a developer has done some investigation into iOS 5 and has found some device identifiers which hint at some upcoming iOS devices.  Apple normally gives it’s hardware some identifier which they use internally.  In particular, the identifiers given here, are “iPad3,1” and “iPad3,2”. These identifiers hint at what might be two versions of the iPad 3. It also has the identifiers  ”iPhone4,1” and “iPhone4,2”. My thinking is these identifiers point to two versions of either the iPhone 5 or the iPhone 4S.

Don’t hold me to my words, but this is what I think this means. Until next time, this is Adiman423 on behalf of iPhone Tutorial Videos signing out.

On Monday 6th June 2011, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference(WWDC) will start. This is normally where apple unveils either some new software or new products. The highlight of the WWDC every year is the Keynote which some may consider as the show piece of the conference. Here is my preview of what I think we should expect to see at the keynote.

As we know, Steve jobs and his team of executives would be covering iOS5. This is the next major release of Apple’s operating system(OS) for their mobile devices. Now there are rumours that Apple are going to have some twitter integration in iOS5. There is already a twitter app for mac and IOS, making it somewhat pointless.  I am sure that there are going to be some features that apple should have had in the iOS platform since iOS 1.1.4.

The second of the items to be covered for definite will be Mac OSX Lion (AKA OSX 10.7).  We already know that it will have a screen for your apps that looks exactly like the home screen from iOS. This is called Launchpad.  There is also resume which will allow you to shutdown your computer and pick up where you left off.

The third of the topics at the keynote will be Apple’s iCloud service.  Not much is known about it.

The keynote for WWDC2011 will also be on 6th June 2011.  I will have a roundup of the announcements right after the keynote.  If I can, then come back here at 5.50PM(UK Time) on 6th June 2011 when I will have a live stream of the keynote available.  Who knows, maybe Apple might be kind on us by doing their own live stream.  They normally let people know at the last minute that they will do a live stream. However, we still don’t know if they will do it this year. Especially after their failure with one of their demos because of there being too many Wi-Fi hotspots, during WWDC last year. Either way, mark your calendars for 6th June 2011.

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Many people thought that the white iPhone 4 would not come out until hell frozen over.  Well, I am here to report to you all that hell has just frozen over.  As of the time of posting this, Apple has updated their Apple store website for the UK and I can tell you that the white iPhone 4 is now available.

Upon further investigation, the white iPhone 4 in terms of hardware specification is exactly the same thing as the black iPhone 4. If you are going to buy a white iPhone 4, then be sure to buy a case as well.

However, with speculation of the iPhone 5 pointing to a release in September or early 2012, you may want to hold fire and wait until the launch of the iPhone 5.  If your mobile phone contract is up for renewal, then you might want to consider it.

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Time for another update on the iOS jailbreaking scene. It turns out that we are not far off from an untethered jailbreak.   But let me first tell you what is the difference between a tethered jailbreak and an untethered jailbreak.

An untethered jailbreak means that you can reboot without connecting your iPhone to your computer.

Tethered jailbreaks on the other hand require you to connect your iPhone to a computer and run a tool such as iBooty.

An iPhone hacker who goes by the name ion1c has found an exploit in the latest iOS (4.3.1) which would allow an untethered jailbreak to be formulated. He has handed this exploit over to the iPhone dev team (the people behind the jailbreaking tools Redsn0w and Pwnage Tool).  At the time of writing this, the iPhone dev team are in the middle of beta testing for this jailbreak and are now looking for the best way to implement it.

Hopefully, we should see this jailbreak released soon.  Until then, here is my advice.  Feel free to upgrade iOS 4.2.1. This will allow you to do an untethered jailbreak using greenpois0n. Whatever you do don’t upgrade past iOS 4.2.1.

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So earlier on today, Apple released iOS 4.3 and it is available for download.

It will work on the following devices:

• iPhone 4
• iPhone 3GS
• iPod Touch 3rd Generation
• iPod Touch 4th Generation
• iPad
• Apple TV 2nd Generation

The features in this update are:

• home sharing
• airplay
• faster safari browsing powered by better javascripting
• change the side switch near the volume controls to be either a mute switch or a rotation lock switch (I cannot thank Apple enough)
• Personal hotspot for iPhone 4.

If you are ready to update, then plug your iOS device into your computer and open up iTunes.  On the left-hand sidebar, click on your iOS device and you will see the main info window.  From there click on update and the rest should hopefully take care of itself.

If you are on iOS 4.2.1 or lower and you are jailbroken, please don’t update until I advise you to do so.  Until next time, this is Adiman423 on behalf of iPhone Tutorial Videos signing out.

On March 2nd 2011, Apple hosted an event where they unveiled the iPad 2 and iOS 4.3.

Apple has called their new iPad the iPad 2. It will sport an Apple A5 Dual Core CPU. It will have 2X faster CPU and 9X faster graphics. For the full specs, click here.

Finally, the iPad will be a white iPad and it will work on both the AT&T and Verizon. It will have a 10 hour battery life and over a month of standby. The pricing will be starting at $499 with the same configuration models. Starting out at $499 for 16GB and WiFi, and going up to $829 for 64GB and 3G. March 11th 2011 is when it will release in the USA, and it will release March 25th 2011.

There will also be a HDMI cable which will allow you to show the screen of the iPad. It will cost $40.

There will also be an interesting cover that apple will allow you to buy for the iPad 2.

After that, Apple talked about iOS 4.3. It will add home sharing to the iPad, better Javascript engine, AirPlay will be extended to support apps. After much hoopla, you will be able to use the mute switch as either a mute switch or a rotation lock.

For those on the iPhone 4, you will be able to use your iphone 4 as a personal hotspot.

Scott forstall came onto the stage today and demoed a feature on the new iPad 2 where you can manipulate a photo you take.

There will also be iMovie for the iPad. You will be able to edit your videos just as you would on the desktop. This app will cost $4.99 and will be available on March 11th 2011

There will also be Garageband for iPad. Put simply, it is looking really nice, you can create songs and plug your guitar into the iPad. The price for this awesomeness? $4.99 and it will hit the app store on March 11th 2011.

If you were unfortunate to miss event on the day, then I have left a video of the whole announcement which you will be able to view for yourself.  If you are on the iPad or the iPhone, then you will be glad to know that this is a HTML5 video.  This means you will be able watch the video without any problems.

In addition to this, Apple has now released iTunes version 10.2 for download. If you are on a jailbroken iOS device, then I can confirm that it is safe to update to 10.2.

On the whole, not an exciting announcement in my opinion. I would suggest to buy the iPad 2 only if you care about having facetime on the iPad and you want to have an iPad with a faster dual-core CPU.  Otherwise, you are in the clear.

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Update: Apple has now released the golden master version of iOS 4.3 to developers along with a second golden master of xCode. If you are a developer, I suggest you try it out and let us know what you think of it.

After a long wait, and some hard work from the chronic dev team.  Greenpois0n RC5 has finally been released for windows.  It’s an untethered jailbreak which now supports iOS 4.2.1, and you will be able use it with the following devices:

Now I have been getting reports of errors.  Probably because there are a lot of people trying to download and jailbreak with greenpois0n RC5.  Additionally, it is the second beta of greenpois0n so there are some bugs to be expected.

You can now go ahead and download greenpois0n RC5 for Windows and Mac by clicking here .  However, iPhone Tutorial Videos cannot be held responsible for any damage caused to your iOS device.

Once you have tried it out for yourself, please come back here and let us know if you had any problems or not.

note 1: An untethered jailbreak means that you don’t have to run greenpois0n if you wish to reboot your iOS device.  If it was a tethered jailbreak, then you would have to run greenpois0n to reboot your device.

note 2: You will not need to have the IPSW file for iOS 4.2.1 for your device on your computer for this jailbreak to work.

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Update as of 12/2/2011 at 11.04PM: Greenpois0n has been updated to RC6 and it now supports the Verizon iPhone 4 and the 2nd Generation Apple TV (Released in October 2011). If you are on the 2nd Generation Apple TV running iOS 4.1, you can now go ahead and upgrade to iOS 4.2.1.

Apple has released beta 3 of iOS 4.3 and beta 3 of the SDK.  You can now go to the iOS developer center and download your copy.  Either way, please be sure to download your copy and let us know what you think of it.

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If you are on iOS 4.1 or iOS 3.2.2 on your iOS device, you might have already jailbroken it.  However, I have received word that there are some untethered jailbreaks for iOS 4.2.1 that will be released very soon.  The whole on the operating system also has the potential to be used in iOS 4.3.   I may have mentioned this in previous posts, however I cannot stress this enough.  If you wish to keep your jailbreak, do not update to iOS 4.2.1 until further notice.

If you are going to update,  connect your iOS device to your PC and  launch iTunes and back up your iOS device.  Then restore the device.  When you restore, you will also upgrading, killing two birds with one stone.  I should warn you that this process will remove all of your jailbroken apps. From there you can jailbreak again when the jailbreak is ready for download and installation.

In other news, host of web-based show diggnation Kevin Rose has received some information saying that the iPad 2 is most likely not to have a retina display.  In the past, Rose did predict correctly about a previous iPod Nano having a curved screen.  He was also correct on cut copy and paste iOS 3.0.  With this track record, I think we can say that this could be a good prediction.  However, I would not trust the rumours about facetime coming to iPad 2.

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BREAKING NEWS: Apple has just released iOS 4.3 beta 2 has been released to all developers along with the SDK for iOS 4.3 beta 2 and xCode 3.2.6.  So far there has been some changes made since beta 1.  The multitasking gestures I had shown a video of in beta 1 have gone.  I will update this post when I see other features emerge.  If you are a developer who has access to iOS 4.3 beta 2, please go ahead, download it and let us know what is in there and what you think of it.

Until next time, this is @Adiman423 on behalf of iPhone Tutorial Videos

About a week ago, iOS 4.3 beta 1 was released to developers on Apple’s iOS developer program along with the 4.3 SDK and XCode.  So what is new iOS 4.3 beta 1 you might ask?

Let me start off with something that many an iPad owner has been complaining about since the launch of iOS 4.2.1.  When 4.2.1 was released, it has turned the screen rotation lock switch on the side of the iPad to a mute switch.  With 4.3, you can now choose to keep it as a mute switch.

There has also been an addition which allows the user to do 4 or 5-finger gestures. To explain this better, I have left a video below to show how this works.

The third addition, is that you will be able to use your iPhone as a Wi-Fi hotspot. However, you can only have a maximum of 5 devices connected at a time.  At the moment, Verizon Wireless in the USA will be one of the first of the networks to support this feature, but be patient and I can assure you that your network will support this feature.

All-in-all, this seems like another release from apple for the iPad.  However, we have learnt a good lesson here.  Complain in bulk and Apple will respond.

Now I am not going to spoil all the fun for you. If you are a developer, go ahead and download your copy of iOS 4.3 beta 1 and have a look at it for yourself, and feel free to let us know what you think of it.

On a side note, I can confirm that a Jailbreak for iOS 4.3 is also in the works.  However, if you are on iOS 4.0.1 and you rely on Ultrasn0w for your unlock, do not upgrade to 4.2.1 or 4.3 beta1.  If you are on 4.1 and you are jailbroken, do not upgrade to 4.2.1 or 4.3 beta 1.  You will lose your jailbreak and will have to reinstall all your Cydia apps again.  However, if you have paid for apps in the Cydia store, then you will not have to pay to download them again.

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This just in: At Verizon’s media event, Verizon has just announced that the iPhone 4 will be available on Verizon on February 10th in the USA.  After high demand from the American public, it has finally come.   It will cost US$199.99 for a Black 16GB iPhone 4 on the condition you are ready to tie yourself into a 2-year contract and a new data plan, and US$299.99 with a 2-year contract.

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Nick Pack, an
iDroid developer, has just posted a video of an iPhone
3G running Android 2.3 Gingerbread (video embedded after the
break). It’s pretty sluggish, and the video quality is poor, but the
proof of concept is clear: it’s certainly Android 2.3 on an iPhone.

The same developer went
on to add that it’s still very early days for the port, and
that the “iPhone 4 port is under way and progressing steadily.” Of
course, once it runs on the iPhone 4, the Android 2.3 on the iPad is
just the tiniest of baby steps away.

While a public release of Android 2.3
for iPhone is probably a few weeks away, a stable build of Android
2.2 for iPhone is available from the iDroid site;
installation is pretty easy, and it runs quite well too.

so there you have it. A great way to get the best of both
worlds on an iPhone 3G.  I have also left a video clip of this
above for you to have a look at.  Though there may have been
performance issues with iOS 4 on the iPhone 3G, I am sure that when a
stable release of Android is ready, it should be usable.  As
mentioned above, all of you iPhone 4 owners out there should also be
able to get in on the action soon as there will be a version of Android
for iPhone is in the works at the moment.

However, I should warn you that you will need to jailbreak
your iPhone if you want to try this out for yourselves.

I don’t know about you, but I personally think that it has been a long time coming.  After god knows how long, the Skype app for iOS has been updated with support for video calling using either Wi-Fi or 3G.  I am also glad to announce that this updated has been posted to the app store earlier on today, so go ahead and check it out.

For those of you who don’t know it already, Apple already has video calling (FaceTime) which is available on the iPhone 4, and the 4th Generation iPod Touch(released October 2010).  FaceTime is only available on Wi-Fi for the time being unless you jailbreak.