Justin Long is rocking a jailbroken iPhone, established after seeing Cydia during a quick shot of his iPhone’s screen during an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Not really that big a deal, since jailbreaking has been declared legal. It’s just interesting since he’ll always be known as “that guy in Apple’s I’m a Mac series of ads,” and he’s got a JB’d iPhone just like every other Mac and PC user. Three clips are available after the break, with the Cydia app icon making an appearance at around 2:18 on part 3. Hilarious interview by the way, so even if you’re not interested in Justin Long’s jailbroken iPhone, you might want to hear about his text chat experience with a stranger who thought he was “Eduardo.”
Apple quickly released a new iOS 4.0.2 update to close the PDF vulnerability that could allow the installation of malicious code into devices running iOS 4.0.1. Unfortunately, this also closes the window on the awesome JailbreakMe 2.0 method that allowed anyone with an internet connection to jailbreak an iOS 4 device in an instant. So everyone running on iOS 4.0.1 and 3.2.1 (for iPads), just fire up iTunes and run the auto update to close up the hole pronto if you’re concerned about the security risk. Jailbreakers, you might want to hold on for a second. Essential info after the break.
“Frash,” the Flash plugin that was tweaked and ported to the normally non-Flash running iPad, has been out in its Alpha form for about a month now, but if you own an iPhone or iPod touch, you’ll be happy to know that your smaller iDevice can now run Flash animations too. Developed by Comex, the guy behind the idiot-friendly Spirit and JailbreakMe jailbreak methods, just released a working Flash plugin for jailbroken iPhone 4, 3GS, and iPod touch 3G/2G. (more…)
There’s a report over at iLounge that gives off details for Apple’s expected iPod launch for September that includes three new iPods. We can’t be sure of the accuracy since it could all be just a rumor, but we do know that Apple is due for an iPod refresh very soon.
The new iPod models are said to include three new models, highlighted by the new iPod touch that could be rocking a FaceTime-supporting cam. The other two includes a new iPod nano, and what could be an all-new iPod shuffle that comes with this tiny touchscreen. No word on the classic though, which might mean the end of the line for the original clickwheel-and-large-drive-packing player.
The userland jailbreak from comex and the iPhone dev team is finally out, and they designed the new JB method to be easy enough for anyone—non-techies included—to pull off. Now, we thought the previous Spirit jailbreak was easy (all you needed to do was download the desktop app, and press a button), but this new method, called Jailbreakme 2.0, is even better. All you need is your iDevice, a live Wi-fi connection, and a finger. Quick how-to after the break.
