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iOS 5 Beta 6 Set to Expire on September 29

Aug 24, 2011 - Leave a Comment
iOS 5 Beta 6 expires on September 29

Heads up to iOS devs out there, if you installed iOS 5 beta 6, you might find it useful to know that sixth beta is set to expire on September 29. At that point you’ll either need to have installed a newer beta, which will surely have been released by then, or downgrade iOS 5 … Read More

iOS 5 Beta 6 Released for Developers to Download

Aug 19, 2011 - 4 Comments
iOS 5 beta 6

Apple has released iOS 5 beta 6 for developers to access through either OTA updates on the iOS device itself, or through the iOS Dev Center. Supported hardware continues to be all versions of iPad and iPad 2, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and the last two generations of iPod touch. OTA updates are by the … Read More

iOS 5 Beta 5 Released to Developers

Aug 6, 2011 - 8 Comments
iOS 5 Beta 5

Apple has released iOS 5 beta 5, the latest build is 9A5288d and the same hardware is supported as prior iOS 5 betas, including iPad 2, iPad, iPhone 4 GSM & CDMA, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch 3rd and 4th gen. You can download iOS 5 beta 5 in one of two ways: OTA delta … Read More

UDID Sellers and Non-Developers Running iOS 5 Beta Being Targeted by Apple?

Aug 5, 2011 - 4 Comments
UDID sales and improper iOS 5 beta usage crackdown

Apple has begun to crack down on registered iOS developers who are selling UDID activation slots for iOS 5 betas to other users, in some cases sending email warnings to devs, but also deactivating other developer accounts completely. Apple is even flagging some individual UDID’s and making the devices unusable, forcing users to downgrade from … Read More

iOS 5 Beta 4 Available for Devs to Download

Jul 22, 2011 - 11 Comments
iOS 5 Beta 4 downloads on the iOS Dev Center

Apple has released iOS 5 beta 4 and is available for developers to download through the iOS Dev Center. The build comes in as 9A5274d and like the iOS 5 betas supports iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, and iPod touch 3rd and 4th gen. Developers can grab the release on Dev Center, … Read More

iPhone Custom Text Message Alert Sounds Come to iOS 5

Jul 11, 2011 - 11 Comments
Custom iPhone Text Tone

iOS 5 will finally bring iPhone users the ability to customize their text message alert sounds. Yes, customize, as in your own user created text tones the same way the ringtone maker in iTunes 10 works. You’ll no longer be forced to select from the limited Apple default offerings or hear the barrage of Tri-Tone … Read More

iOS 5 Beta 3 Available to Download

Jul 11, 2011 - 19 Comments
iOS 5 Beta 3

Apple has released iOS 5 beta 3 for developers to download, the build comes as 9A5259f and supports iPad 2, iPad, iPhone 4 GSM & CDMA, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch 3rd & 4th generations. Apple TV2 has received a separate update, however it is still not considered iOS 5. Alongside the latest iOS 5 … Read More

Downgrading iOS Firmware No Longer Possible After iOS 5

Jun 27, 2011 - 7 Comments

In another move suggesting that iOS 5 is aimed to kill jailbreaking, the infamous iPhone Dev Team is reporting that new versions of iOS 5 prevent future iOS versions to be downgraded. To clarify, users will continue to be able to downgrade from iOS 5 back to iOS 4 and other pre-5 firmware using older … Read More

iOS 5 Video Shows iCloud Restore in Action

Jun 26, 2011 - 4 Comments

iDB, the same guys who brought us the iOS 5 wireless syncing video, are now showing off another hot feature in iOS 5: restoring iOS backups directly from iCloud. The video shows how smooth the process is.

iOS 5 Wireless Syncing Shown on Video

Jun 25, 2011 - 6 Comments

One of the most hotly anticipated features of iOS 5 is wireless syncing, and the video above from iDB shows exactly how it works in iOS 5 beta 2. If you’re a developer you can access this feature right now in iOS 5 beta 2 but it also needs to be enabled in iTunes 10.5b2, … Read More

Jailbreak iOS 5 Beta 2 using Redsn0w

Jun 24, 2011 - 8 Comments
jailbreak iOS 5 beta 2 with redsn0w

Just moments after the freshly released iOS 5 beta 2 was available, it has been jailbroken using Redsn0w 0.9.8b1. This is the same version of redsn0w that worked to jailbreak the first beta of iOS 5 and therefore doesn’t require any additional downloads, but it does include the same caveats as before. In order to … Read More

iOS 5 Beta 2 Released to Download

Jun 24, 2011 - 15 Comments
iOS 5 Beta 2

iOS 5 beta 2 has been released to download, the new build is 9A5248d, supports wireless syncing, and likely includes a hoard of bug fixes and improvements. The second iOS 5 beta supports the same hardware as before, running on iPad 2 WiFi GSM & CDMA, iPad, iPhone 4 CDMA & GSM, iPhone 3GS, and … Read More

User Created iOS Widgets Are Coming to iPhone, Apple Patent Suggests

Jun 22, 2011 - 4 Comments
Widgets mentioned in iPhone patent

Soon users may not need to jailbreak in order to get custom widgets on the iPhone with iOS 5. At least, that’s what a recent patent granted to Apple suggests. Multiple references of widgets, custom widgets, and user created widgets using a “widget creator module” are reference in the patent listing on the US Patent … Read More

iPhone 5 Release Set for September

Jun 22, 2011 - 4 Comments
iPhone 5 set for September

The next iPhone will be released in September, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Citing several sources with apparent knowledge of Apple’s plans, here’s what Bloomberg seems to confirm about iPhone 5: A5 CPU, same as iPad 2 8 megapixel camera, up from the current 5mp iPhone 5 will “closely resemble the iPhone 4” … Read More

iPad 2 & iOS 5 AirPlay Become a TV Gaming Console

Jun 19, 2011 - 2 Comments
iPad 2 and iOS 5 AirPlay make a gaming console

The iOS line is gearing up to be a viable contendor in the video game console world, thanks largely to the new wireless AirPlay video mirroring feature coming in iOS 5. It works like this: an Apple TV2 becomes a wireless receiver that an iOS 5 equipped iPad 2 can then export it’s screen to, … Read More

iOS 5 Beta 1 Expires on August 4th

Jun 18, 2011 - 10 Comments
iOS 5 beta 1 expires on August 4, 2011

If you run iOS 5 beta 1 on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, you might be interested to know the beta includes an automatic expiration date of August 4th. For those with proper access to the newest beta releases from iOS Dev Center, this won’t be an issue as long as you upgrade to … Read More

No New Mac Hardware Until Lion Ships? New iPhones Waiting for iOS 5?

Jun 16, 2011 - 2 Comments
MacBook Air

Updated Mac hardware will not ship until Mac OS X Lion is publicly released or at least finalized sometime in July, this is to insure that new Macs will include Mac OS X Lion and iCloud preinstalled, according to a new report by AppleInsider. The decision is expected to impact the release dates of several … Read More

Downgrade iOS 5 beta to iOS 4.3.3

Jun 13, 2011 - 82 Comments
Downgrade iOS 5 beta to iOS 4.3.3

Alright so you’ve had your fun playing around with the iOS 5 beta, but you’re tired of dealing with the quirkiness and bugs related to a beta OS. Now, contrary to popular belief, you can downgrade back to iOS 4.3.3 without much effort. Unlike downgrading from other iOS versions, Apple still signs iOS 4.3.3, so … Read More

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