Just a note that Apple stopped signing 3.1.2 today. That means those of you 3gs or iPod touch 3 users that did not rush out and store your TSS in Cydia or Rock are screwed and cannot restore anything but 3.1.3. If you are a jailbreak user running a 3gs or ipod touch 3 (or later generation ipod touch 2) that has not stored the TSS in cydia, you should be very careful with what you do from now until the next jailbroken firmware. You will want to be careful in what you install to make sure you don’t have to restore for any reason. It would be a good idea to install open SSH and learn how to use it so that you can get in and fix any problems without a restore, also.

3g / 2g users need not worry as you dont need Apple to sign your firmware files.

Note: the warning applies only to 3gs, ipod touch 2 and 3 users. Regular 3g, 2g, and ipod touch 1 users can use redsn0w 0.9 to jailbreak 3.1.3.

iPhone OS 3.1.3 is now out from Apple. Supposedly it fixes some battery issues. (Doesn’t every release make things faster and fix battery problems?) There are no new features. The release only stops jailbreaks. That’s right. No new features.

DO NOT UPDATE YOU WILL BE SORRY.

Currently there is no jailbreak for this firmware. Unofficial sources have confirmed that they have patched up the method we used to jailbreak 3.1.2 so you will not be able to jailbreak. If you update you will lose all your jailbreak apps and will not be able to get them back. In other words, updating means you lose a lot of stuff in return for almost nothing back. In addition, there is no ETA on a jailbreak for 3.1.3. It may never be jailbroken. It is likely that they (dev team, geohot) will not waste another hole on 3.1.3. They will most likely hold it for the bigger update that will come with the release of the iPad and iPhone 4.0.

One more thing, as of right now, Apple is still signing 3.1.2 for you 3gs users but no one knows for how much longer they will be. Make sure you *rush* into Cydia or Rock and get your keys signed on the front page if you have not. This will make certain you can always restore 3.1.2 even in the future using Saurik’s server.

To summarize:

- Update adds NO NEW FEATURES, do not update.

- Update kills your jailbreak. Do not update.

- Get your 3gs 3.1.2 keys signed by Cydia/Rock now if you haven’t.

Read dev team info about this update here.

As a point of interest, the iPhone dev team has released redsn0w v0.9b3 which handles 3.1.2. For the most part, if you are already jailbroken with blackra1n and everything is working ok, no need to use redsn0w. If you need to jailbreak and dont want to use blackra1n for some reason, you can use redsn0w as an alternative. Redsn0w also has options to change boot logos. The redsn0w page has more details as well as download links at the bottom for both MAC and Windows users.

Note: if you have a 3GS newer than week 40 of last year then you still have a tethered jailbreak. That means if you ever reboot, you have to rerun blackra1n (or redsn0w). You don’t have to restore. Try not to reboot if you have these devices.

Ever want to fake your device into believing it’s anywhere in the world? Now you can, with Location Spoofer available on Cydia Store! Location Spoofer allows you to get around all of the location specific locks that some apps put in place to prevent you from viewing content in certain regions, as well as creating [...]

Did you know your iPhone/iPod Touch can play videos on your TV? Did you know Apple wants you to pay $50 to get a cable that lets you do such? Did you know you don’t need to? There are plenty of accessories on the market that allow you to play video out with iPods, but [...]

There are plenty of accessories on the market that allow you to play video out with iPods, but when plugged into the iPhone, display “This accessory is unsupported by iPhone”, and refuse to play video out. Or at least used to.

Resupported is a safe and cheap alternative to paying the Apple tax. It enables video out through many unsupported AV cables and devices, and it does not modify system files!

Here’s a simple check to see if your cord is likely to be supported:
-Does it plug into the dock connector?
-Will audio play through it when connected to your device?
-Does it have a video output or a screen?

Available in Cydia for $1.99

AnyRing – The popular Mobile-Substrate extension from RockYourPhone just went up on Cydia Store ! With AnyRing (3.2) you can easily select any song on your iPhone (or Record you own voice) to play as a Ringtone or SMS Ring. AnyRing even lets you select the starting/ending point in the song to play when the [...]

There is a problem with a particular source this morning. Signs point to it being Zodttd’s repo sending data that Cydia has a problem with. This causes Cydia to go into a crashing loop.

You should NOT need to restore your firmware to fix this problem. Please have patience, a fix is being worked on. If the coming solutions do not help there is still the possibility that a restore may be needed.

Update #1: Some good advice and instructions in the comments below. You can also try the FIXES AND SUGGESTIONS HERE, as the problem is the same as it was then. You must remove the zodttd source list that is causing the problem.

Update #2: A quick fix for some (works only if you have apt7 installed)

• Log-in as root using MobileTerminal or SSH and run this command:
• apt-get update
• This will update your lists and then Cydia should work.

With this app called BTstack Keyboard from Matthias Ringwald, jailbroken iPhone users can now use a bluetooth keyboard for text entry in your iPhone. Great for college or taking notes in a class or meeting at work! The app should work with most any bluetooth keyboard available. For more details see Ringwald’s product page.

The keyboard is available for $5 on Cydia Store. Added to reasons to jailbreak!

A few days ago a major update of Firewall iP has been released. New features are: WhoIs: when FiP’s main popup appears you’ll see that the hostname is now in a button. when you tap the button a new view will appear containing the the whoIs-info for the domain/IP (if available) Now you’ll always know [...]

15 December 2009 NEW Cool Searching feature.. Ability to Cancel a message while it’s sending! Added a toggle for SBSettings – called “SMS Alerts”. Great for privacy, or while you are busy and don’t want to be disturbed. Improved call handling, so that Quick Compose and Quick Reply interact in a much better fashion with [...]

Tired of taking pictures only to aim for the virtual small camera button in the bottom ? Want to take self-portrait pictures on your iPhone but couldn’t till now ? Welcome SnapTap, a program which allows you to use most of the camera picture taking apps (including the built-in one) and take pictures easily using [...]

Multifl0w is a Palm Pre-like multitasking interface for the iPhone/iPod Touch. (jailbreak only!). The idea was inspired by the Palm Pre multitasking interface and a video posted by Ocean Observations that showed a Coverflow-like interface. A video of multifl0w is here (~5 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrGLGoB88So. Shorter video (26 seconds) here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-jcclXaUk4 Multifl0w is somewhat like Kirikae [...]

Firewall iP 1.1 has been released. It has many new features and I’m sure you’ll like them. Changelog for 1.1 support for Apple’s native Applications manually set global rules (you can use an asterix  ‘*’ in front of the hostname to extend the rule to all subdomains which contain the hostname (i. e. *admob.com -> [...]

Geohot’s Blackra1n RC3 now includes blacksn0w unlock. Good job Geohot on figuring out how to unlock the 3.1.2 baseband so fast! I have updated the blackra1n guide to include instructions on the unlock. Instructions are quite simple though. Just install the sn0w option when installing cydia or rock. Also, thankfully, Geohot has removed the buggy Icy from the RC3 build.

Hey Guys! I’ve developed a new cool project called Customote that allows you to set a custom action for each button in your Mac’s Apple Remote. I recorded a video demonstration of the tool in action (click here to see). It’s very simple to use. After downloading and installing the .pkg file, if you press [...]