Jailbreaking an iOS device is the process of taking away the restrictions Apple places on their devices giving the user root access, access to the raw file-system, and the ability to run software not signed by Apple.

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How could I hide the slide lock? (both text, background)

How could I hide the slide lock part of my lock screen? Only the bottom, that is. Both camera, slide button, and the background. So far I found an app in Cydia, called "Slide to Unlock killer". But ...
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Is it possibe to upgrade and re-jailbreak (in order to unlock) a 3Gs running on 4.1?

I have a locked 3Gs running 4.1 and it's pretty annoying not be able to install anything on it anymore (most apps nowadays require at least 4.3) I can not unlock it officially because i bought second ...
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WiFi keeps turning off (logging out) automatically

I own an iPhone 5 running on iOS 6.1.2. It is jail broken. I connect to the internet via the university WiFi system, which provided each of us a unique username and password, and we have a set ...
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How to password protect apps without Jailbreaking iiphone

Is there an app for iPhone that allows you to password protect apps without jailbreaking the phone?
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3G “on sleep” when iPhone 3Gs (5.1.1) locked

I have a jailbroken iPhone 3GS running on 5.1.1. When I use 3G cellular and the phone is locked, I don't receive push notifications (from the apps that need internet for push notifications) and my ...
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What are some places to download iPad mini themes? [closed]

I bought myself an iPad mini and just got it jailbroken. I realized I could install themes on it, but there aren't many to choose from on Cydia and most of them are noncompatible. I searched Google ...
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How can I upgrade my jailbroken iPad?

I got an iPad 2. With 4.3.3 version, that I somehow managed to jailbreak last year. Im a jail breaking noob, and was wondering, how do I update my current jail broken version, to a later jail broken ...
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What's a good tool to jailbreak iPad mini?

I just bought myself an iPad mini and I'm wondering what is a good tool to use to jailbreak it and hopefully without breaking the device. I've heard a couple names like Evasi0n and Redsn0w but am ...
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Do you use bank apps in your jailbroken device? [closed]

Ever had problems with it? Do you think it's safe?
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Upgrading jailbroken iPad 4th gen with iOS 6.0 to iOS 6.1.2

I've an not-jailbroken iPad 4th gen with iOS 6.0. I understand that it's not possible to go to 6.1.3 in order to downgrade to 6.1.2 and then jailbreak and it's not possible upgrading to 6.1.2 in ...
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Can I get a new iOS on my 1st generation iPod touch?

I've got a 1st generation iPod touch that won't run anything over iOS 3.1. Is there any way to put something newer on it?
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itunes error(-1) coming when restoring iPhone 4?

I made a custom iOS 6.1.3 ipsw using sn0wbreeze to prevent the baseband update, then stitched my 6.1.3 sHsH blobs to it using redsn0w. Then I went to itunes and put my iPhone 4 in pwned DFU mode and ...
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Can I run Seas0npass without giving admin permissions?

I'd like to run the new Seas0npass to jailbreak my Apple TV2. But it always bothers me that I'd have to give it admin permissions. It looks like it's just doing some automating in iTunes, so is it ...
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Using the iPad as an Audio Slave [closed]

Title could be something like: How can I stream music from Linux to a jail-broken iPad I'm trying to play/stream music on my iPad from my computer and I'd like a way to be able to do this and also be ...
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Updated my jailbroken iPhone 4s to 6.1.3, stuck in Recov. loop

My iPhone 4s was jailbroken, I think at 5.something or 6.0. I wish I remembered. I tried to update it to 6.1.3 via my phone in the settings menu. It restarted and told me to connect to iTunes. I ...
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Is there a Cydia tweak that gives the camcorder its own button?

I have an HTC One V in addition to my iPhone. One thing I love about it is the camera application. It has two buttons: one to capture a photo, and another to capture a video. I love that you don't ...
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Can we partially jaibreak our iOS devices for enterprise management?

We manage a large number of iOS devices in an enterprise environment and are finding Apple's management utilities lacking. I wonder if there are any options for jailbreaking which do not entail ...
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How To? Scheduled Auto Archive Files/ Folders inside iOS File Structure on Jailbroken device - Zip, Rar, Tar - Any will do?

How To? Scheduled Auto Archive Files/ Folders inside iOS File Structure on Jailbroken device - Zip, Rar, Tar - Any will do? I remember reading somewhere about some person running a Cron job or ...
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Need Quicklookd file

I was messing with my iPhone 5's "quicklookd" file and it got deleted so now I cannot pull up email in any apps or picture messages when received through iMessage or regular text. Is it okay to copy ...
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How do I unlock an iPhone 3GS?

I bought a second hand iPhone 3GS which is locked to AT&T's network, I want to unlock it for use in the UK. I'm on the Redmond Pie site which can unlock and jailbreak it, but I don't know what ...
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My iphone 4S is stuck on the Apple logo because the battery died, it has tethered jailbreak, I'm desperate!

It's impossible to put it on DFU mode because the thing won't turn off and I don't know what to do and it's getting me crazy, please someone help me! iTunes won't recognize it either.
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iPhone 4 Restore loop 6.1.2

OK so the other day I tried to restore my iPhone while it was jail broken on ios 6.1.2. Well it was a terrible idea.... NEVER DO IT. any way i have worked on trying to restore it back to normal but it ...
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Using the apple wireless keyboard with an iPad with PC/Mac-like keyboard commands

I have jailbroken iPad2 (iOS5.1.1) and an apple wireless bluetooth keyboard that I use for typing on the iPad. Although the keyboard is a joy to use, I can't use it for much else other than typing ...
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Controlling iOS apps via command line

I have jailbroken iPad (iOS5.1.1) with the shell utility installed. I'd like to be able to launch and control applications via the command line, as I would normally do in Unix or Linux. Say I want to ...
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Services on homescreen jailbroken iphone

On my jailbroken iPhone 5 with ios 6.1.2 I sometimes see all kinds of services from applications filling up my homescreen. Most of the times this happens after installing an application. After a ...
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Can I update my jb 4s to 6.1.2 without restore?

I had tried to update (unsuccessfully) several times before yesterday's 6.1.3 release & now I do not want to restore is there a way to get my jailbroken phone to just update? Any help would be ...
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jailbroken iPhone 4 stuck at boot screen after update

My aunt's iPhone 4 was jailbroken the day it was bought. And about last month, she updated it. Suddenly the screen went blank only the apple logo was showing. She can't fix it with iTunes because she ...
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“Unable to Download”/“Unable to Install” on iOS app update

Whenever I try to update one of my apps, it downloads 79%, stops for a moment, then the progress bar resets and one of two dialog boxes appears: Unable to Download Item "App Name" cannot be ...
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iBooks storing books in iFile not with original file names but renamed to 16 length Hex character

I store many books epub and pdf through direct downloads on my ipad into iBooks as well as copying over from iTunes. My problem is that when I view the books what I get a 16 char hex string instead of ...
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Will jailbreaking allow me to run apps that require iOS > 4.2.1?

I have an iPod Touch (2nd gen), which can't update past iOS 4.2.1. I can't download many apps anymore, so I was wondering if jailbreaking it would allow me to download the things I want? I don't even ...
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Downloading videos and saving to camera roll?

I need a tweak like "Download Manager pro", which allows you to download any video you play. The thing is, it saves to its own private storage (and not camera roll) so I can't share them with anyone. ...
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Jailbreak iOS 6 without cydia

How do I jailbreak iOS 6.1.2 without installing Cydia?
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How to update my jailbroken iOS 6.1 iPhone to iOS 6.1.2?

I had jailbroken my iPhone last month when I was using iOS 6.1, and currently iOS 6.1.2 is available, which solves some battery issues (I am really suffering from these), so I want to update to iOS ...
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Does Pwned DFU mode allow an iPhone 4 to install any version of iOS?

Does Pwned DFU mode allow an iPhone 4 to install any version of iOS? I have read http://blog.nialbarker.com/824/dfu-pwned-dfu-soft-dfu-iphones-demystified ...
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Restore app data

I have an app that was deleted after accidently syncing from another computer (Deleted most of my apps). Before connecting to my home PC (which has all my ios backups) I installed the app from an .ipa ...
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apt-cache search -n on iPhone [closed]

I try to search certain package using apt-cache search -n iap cracker, but some list from /var/lib/apt/lists it's not appear. Example: Ojek:~ root# apt-cache search -n iap cracker ...
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Cannot Upgrade jailbroken iPod touch 4.3.3 to iOS 6.1.2

I got a jailbroken iPod from a friend and I want to update to iOS 6 so I can restore my backed up data on it. I tried SHIFT + Restore / Upgrade to iOS 6 but the first error I got was this Figure 1 ...
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iPad boot loop only when powered - brief flash loop when connected to USB - jailbreak gone awry?

Received an iPad from a customer in an unknown state. Report was "does not power on". Device is out of warranty. It's the 1st generation iPad with a 3G chip. Symptoms: when connected to power only, ...
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Lock screen music player controls fail to appear

I am using a jailbroken iphone 4 and recently I starting having problems with the lock screen. No music control buttons and no short cut for camera when screen is locked. But when I boot into safe ...
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Is it possible to compile and run an Xcode project on a jailbroken device without a paid developer certificate?

Both for kicks and for budgetary reasons, I'd like to take a package that would normally requite a developer account and build an app to run on a jailbroken iOS device. I have a 5th gen iPod Touch, ...
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How to fix Weather.app images not showing on iPad 3

I have the Weather.app partially working on jailbroken iPad3 and iPad Mini (using steps: http://www.sinfuliphone.com/showthread.php?p=953237 and iApp Installer to install the Weather.ipa ) On iPad ...
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Other Apple IDs popping up

I have a jailbroken iphone 4 running 6.1. I accidentally installed a incompatible jailbroken app and as a result had to restore my phone. When I got it back up to the set up iphone part of the ...
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How does one update a Jailbroken 4S on 6.1 to 6.1.1 and preserve their jailbreak?

I'm running a iOS 6.1 on a jailbroken iPhone 4S. I was one of the many to jailbreak my phone when evasi0n came out. As some of you may know, Apple has released iOS 6.1.1, an 'emergency' update for ...
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is there an iphone (Cydia) app to forward/back 30s

With SBSettings+Activator one is able to program the physical buttons on the iPhone, to open apps, toggle settings, skip to next/previous song, play/pause musik, open controls, etc. Is there ...
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Jailbroken iPod touch stuck in boot

I jailbroke my iPod touch 4g running iOS 6.1 yesterday. I got SiriPort, but it kept crashing my iPod and booting into safe mode. I reinstalled it, and took it for a test run, and of course, it ...
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iPhone 3G w/o SIM messaging app

I would like to use our jailbroke iPhone 3G with NO SIM. Is it possible to use the built in messaging app that Apple supplies on this iPhone wit no SIM? Is this possible to do or do I need to use ...
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How to build last version of Ruby for jailbroken iOS?

I jailbrake my iPad and want to run Ruby in the console. I installed OpenSSH & Ruby from Saurik. But it is too old (1.9.2) & buggy. I would like to compile and install the latest version of ...
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Anyone else having issues with the weather app?

So I jail role with the new evasi0n tool and now I can't launch my weather app. Anyone else experiencing similar problems?
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How do you jailbreak your device on iOS 6?

I am interested in jailbreaking an iOS 6 device that I have. Just recently I noticed that this looks like it is now possible. Is it possible an iOS 6.x.x device? Also, what devices is it possible to ...
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What to backup and restore from IOS using rsync?

I am backing up my jailbroken iphone using full filesystem rsync clone. The backup command is: rsync -axvPH --numeric-ids --delete -e 'ssh -i /root/.ssh/ifone' \ ...

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