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The evad3rs team have released their untethered jailbreak for iOS 7 for about 2 weeks now and already the number of jailroken iDevices can't be less than millions. One of the very immediate reason to jailbreak an Apple device is to install apps for testing purposes before finally deciding on purchase it if it meets your taste and standard. You don't wanna spend that hard currency on a shitty app. In other words, cracked apps are installed to serve as demos in a situation where demo for a particular app isn't available. To be able to install cracked apps, the iDevice needs to be jailbroken and AppSync for iOS needs to be installed. To get AppSync installed on your iOS 7 iDevice, follow to steps below. Requirements 1. Jailbroken Apple iOS 7 device 2. Internet Connection on your device Procedures 1. Click on the Cydia icon on your home screen to reveal the Cydia interface. 2. Click on Manage at the bottom of the page to reveal the menus it con...

iOS 7 is out and there are lots of new features they are not so easy to find talk less of enabling them.  In the same vain, there are old features that can still be difficult to find in the new OS. One of those old and useful features is the LED Flash for Alerts. Its a little feature in which whenever a call comes in, the LED flash light at the back of the phone close to the camera flashes consistently. This feature is most useful in dark places or when you want to have a kind of bragging as no other kind of smartphone make alerts in that manner. In other to enable this feature, follow the steps below. 1. Tap on the Settings icon on your home screen to take you to the Settings menu. 2. Scroll down and Tap on General to reveal the General interface. 3. Tap on Accessibility to reveal to menus contained in that area. 4. Finally, scroll down and you will see LED Flash for Alerts. Toggle it on. 5. The LED Flash Alerts works only when the ...

The much expected compatible substrate for iOS 7 have finally being released by Saurik. Initially, we told you that Saurik didn't have the knowledge that Evad3rs was going to release a jailbreak for iOS 7 at the time it was released, thereby taking Saurik aka Jay Freeman off guard. The immediate consequence of this was that Cydia which is a very important component of a jailbroken device was not totally compatible for use on iOS 7 especially in the substrate needed for fluid installation of certain Cydia tweaks. This has caused issues and have not allowed the installation of certain apps and tweaks. However, thank God for Saurik, a fully compatible version of the substrate for iOS 7 is now live and valuable for download from Cydia. The Cydia Substrate which is now in version 0.9.5000 brings compatibility with iOS 7 and ARM64 CPUs used in iPhone 5S, iPad Air, and iPad mini 2. It means that most tweaks can now function properly and effectively. Head o...

Updated: Finally, the wait is over, the victory is won, iOS 7 have gotten a stable untethered jailbreak that is ready for the public to use.  The guys behind the jailbreak are the famous guys who together formed the evad3rs team. The same guys that brought us the tool to untethered jailbreak iOS 6.x. This time around, the tool to jailbreak iOS 7 is known as evasi0n 7 tool and we shall show you how to achieve the jailbreak. List of supported devices for this jailbreak include the following iPhone 5s iPhone 5c iPhone 5 iPhone 4S iPhone 4 iPad 2 iPad 3 iPad 4 iPad Air iPad mini iPad mini 2 iPod touch 5   Apple TV isn't supported for this jailbreak To jailbreak, you would need the following as it applies to you. Requirements 1. iPhone, iPod or iPad running iOS 7.0 to 7.1 beta 1 & 2 2. Windows or Mac PC 3. evasi0n 7 tool which you can download here for Mac PC or download here for Windows PC 4. iTunes installed on your co...

Whatsapp messaging app have finally been updated to the feel and look of iOS 7. The new update is good and stable as you would expect from the Whatsapp team. One new feature that is long overdue is the ability to send broadcast message to everyone at the same time without having to manually select people have been added to this new update. Furthermore, location services is better, with 3D maps location sharing being implemented. For those that love their Whatsapp to be up to date, you can grab the free update from Apple app store. Like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter for more smartphone news.  [via: engadget ]

Apple recently released iOS 7.1 beta 1 to developers. As you may know, beta versions of iOS are for developers only which means that its not available to everyone yet. Also, these beta versions may have glitches and issues. That being said, if you are a developer or not a developer and wish to install this new iOS 7.1 to your iDevice, you carry the risk of not getting some apps to work. Furthermore, you would lose your jailbreak if  you are currently on a jailbroken iOS device. iOS 7.1 seek to address many issues and bug fixes. Among them is Bluetooth issue where 32-bit apps running on a 64-bit device cannot attach to BTServer.  The links below are the links to download iOS 7.1 beta 1 for various devices. Download IOS 7.1 Beta 1 For iPad Air (Model A1474) Download IOS 7.1 Beta 1 For iPad Air (Model A1475) Download IOS 7.1 Beta 1 For iPad 4 (Model A1458) Download IOS 7.1 Beta 1 For iPad 4 (Model A1459) Download IOS 7.1 Beta 1 For iPad 4 (Model A1...

Siri is great but can be even better when it can read your emails and iMessages, thanks to iOS 7 One thing is that, sometimes our hands could be so busy its not ready to pick up a call or read a message when a message or an email comes in. However, during this time when our hands are busy, you can get Siri to read your emails and iMessages for you with very minute hand interaction. To read your email, click and hold the home button to enable personal assistant, and then say, "Read my email". Siri will sk you to unlock your phone if its password protected and then start reading your mail for you.  Siri will announce the name of the sender and the date it was received and then proceed to reading every content of the email. After reading is completed, Siri will ask you if you want to reply the email. You can say "Yes" or "No". If you say "yes", Siri will take your voice dictation and reply the email for you. The same goe...

Day in day out, people use Apple's iMessage service to get in touch and sending of messages. It becomes very easy to totally rely on this means of communication if all friends are iPhone users. consequently it can become very frustrating and alarming if one can't get messages sent through iMessage as its the case lately after iOS 7 upgrade. This problem is due to Apple servers having a hard time activation the iMessage service on troubled devices. To fix this, the following workaround have been offered. 1. Go to Settings/Messages and then check if the phone number and Apple ID mail address displayed is actually the right one. 2. Sign out of the Apple ID and then sign in back or sign in with a totally different Apple ID if you have another one. 3. Now, once you are signed in, toggle iMessage OFF and then a few seconds and then toggle ON again. 4. If this still fails to solve the iMessage issue, go to Settings/General/Reset  and tap on "Reset Network...

iOS 6.1.3/6.1.4 Untethered Jailbreak Might Be Released next week if everything go as planned. This is the vibes we have been getting of late, especially with the recent tweet made by iH8sn0w on Twitter. According to info reaching us, the exploits needed to fully jailbreak iOS 6.1.3/6.1.4 untethered is available but not totally stable yet for public released but should be in matter of days. Of course, iOS 7 released yesterday to the world and many would have upgraded to it. Although, the evad3rs team are certain that iOS 7 untethered jailbreak will happen soon enough in coming weeks, yet not so many people want to load the iOS 7 on their devices. So if you are one of those people that wan to remain with iOS 6.1.3/6.1.4, an untethered jailbreak is closer to you than you might imagine. Besides, Apple is still signing iOS 6.1.3/6.1.4 firmware. It is a good time to quickly backup your SHSH blobs with iFaith locally before its too late. Backing up your SHSH for iOS ...

In matter of hours (10am Cupertino time), Apple will publicly release iOS 7 into the wild for the whole Apple fans in the world to download. Of course there are some folks that really want to get their hands on this new firmware and try out to see for themselves while some already know what it looks like and don't want to be a part of Ive's colour book. What is most important is that, just like any other new Apple firmware, updating your device to it may leave behind unpleasant situations. Therefore, Its important you consider the following before you update to iOS 7 1. Updating to iOS 7 will erase your device if you didn't back up you contacts and all other stuffs 2. Updating your device to iOS 7 will change your device's baseband. Consequently, if you rely on Gevey unlock especially iPhone 4 folks, you won't be able to unlock your phone's network. Therefore make sure you device is factory unlocked before you jailbreak or you have authorise...

Today by 10am Cupertino time, iOS 7 will  be officially released globally either for good or bad; which ever way, a lot of downloads are expected. If you are interested in knowing the exact time 10am Cupertino time falls on your watch knowing that there would be time difference worldwide, all you need do is follow these easy steps. 1. Click on Clock on your iPhone  2. Click on World Clock in the menu below. 3. Current Cupertino time will be listed, click on the + sign at the top-right corner as seem in the image above.  4. Look for your city and country and select it 5. Immediately, the corresponding time in your country is displayed 6. Do the time difference maths.That would give you time difference. In my case am 8hrs ahead, so 10am means 6pm on my watch. 7. Set your alarm and wait for the official release. For those without an iDevice, the image below should give you what you looking for if your country is liste...

iOS 7 jailbreak confirmed! Good news fellas, its in the air, we can smell it, iOS 7 public jailbreak is more certain than it ever was. One of the usual suspects in the evad3rs team, @pod2g has tweeted that he is becoming "more and more confident of an iOS public jailbreak". He's however stated that although he's confident of a public jailbreak it doesn't mean that it would be released right away. Of course we can't wait to get our hands on the tool to jailbreak iOS 7, we however, have to exercise some patience for every thing to tested be  and perfected. The evad3rs team which is made up of pod2g, musclenerd, planetbeing and pimskeks are quite dedicated to task of bringing iOS 7 jailbreak to all supported devices just like they did iOS 6, therefore perhaps, an evasion jailbreak tool for iOS 7 maybe imminent. Let's sit tight, relax and wait for it. It will come soon enough. Like our Facebook page and follow on Twitter to be in the ...

iPhone 5C A number of news sites have been able to go hands-on with Apple's newly announced iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c , both of which introduce a number of new features. While the iPhone 5c’s major selling point is its bright and colorful polycarbonate shell, the iPhone 5s boasts processor improvements and a new Touch ID fingerprint sensor.   iPhone 5s In a hands-on post of the iPhone 5s, The Verge notes that the gold color “looks better in person” compared to leaked images, and notes that the "Space Gray" and white colors are very similar to the iPhone 5. The major difference between the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 5 is the ring around the home button and the slightly larger flash. iPhone 5S Starting with that home button, it's now made of sapphire so that it can act as a reliable fingerprint reader. It's not nearly as concave as previous models — in fact, it's almost flat. Luckily, it still maintains a nice, tactile feel when...