📅 April 24, 2013

Comex Heading To Google For An Internship

If Apple couldn’t appreciate one of the most talented hackers to ever touch its products, perhaps its biggest competitor can

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If Apple couldn’t appreciate one of the most talented hackers to ever touch its products, perhaps its biggest competitor can. Nicholas Allegra, a.k.a. Comex, who rose to fame as the 19-year-old creator of the JailbreakMe hacking tools for iPhone and iPad before being hired by Apple, has found a new home: Google.

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📅 January 31, 2012

ipswDownloader: Find and Download iOS Firmwares and Jailbreaking Tools

ipswDownloader is one of those tools, that makes the process of finding and downloading iOS releases and jailbreaking tools extremely easy. With just a few clicks, you can download any iOS for every device, check out the official Apple info on any iOS, see if you can jailbreak/unlock your device and more.

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📅 October 8, 2011

Saurik Buys Back JailbreakMe.com. Once Again Safe to Use

MuscleNerd informs us, that they got it back. Saurik bought it from the new owner at his purchase price which was ‘a lot’. So, feel free to use it again.

Yesterday we told you that it’s not safe to use JailbreakMe.com anymore. It had a new, unknown owner and can very easily point to a malicious “hack” of the real jailbreak.

Today, MuscleNerd informs us, that they got it back. Saurik bought it from the new owner at his purchase price which was ‘a lot’. So, feel free to use it again.

📅 October 7, 2011

DO NOT Use JailbreakMe.com Anymore

Just a quick heads-up: as of today DO NOT use JailbreakMe.com anymore! Its got a new, unknown owner and can very easily point to a malicious “hack” of the real jailbreak.

Just a quick heads-up: as of today DO NOT use JailbreakMe.com anymore! Its got a new, unknown owner and can very easily point to a malicious “hack” of the real jailbreak. According to MuscleNerd all the web-based JBs will be at jailbreaks.me now. So be patient and be advised.

📅 August 26, 2011

Comex Starting an Internship With Apple Next Week

Unfortunately all good things will come to an end eventually… for some of us. Comex, is starting an internship with Apple next week.

If you have an iOS device, it’s a must that you know the name ‘comex’ . Comex got into the iPhone jailbreaking scene back in 2010 with an untethered jailbreak called Spirit. A couple of months later, he released a new untethered jailbreak for all iOS devices running iOS 4 ( including  iPhone 4 ) called JailbreakMe 2.0 ( which we used to jailbreak an AT&T Store display iPhone 4 and to save its SHSH blobs – watch the video )

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📅 July 15, 2011

Apple Drops iOS 4.3.4 To Fix JailbreakMe. Jailbreakers And Unlockers Do Not Update

Just a quick heads-up: Apple jsut dropped iOS 4.3.4. Nothing new in this update, except for Apple patching the JailbreakMe exploit.

Just a quick heads-up: Apple jsut dropped iOS 4.3.4. Nothing new in this update, except for Apple patching the JailbreakMe exploit. Jailbreakers and especially unlockers stay away from this update and save your 4.3.3 blobs NOW ( using TinyUmbrella ).

Products compatible with this software update:

  • iPhone 4 (GSM model)
  • iPhone 3GS
  • iPad 2
  • iPad
  • iPod touch (4th generation)
  • iPod touch (3rd generation)

 

📅 July 13, 2011

JailbreakMe 3.0 Updated To Fix Verizon iPhone Issues

Just a quick heads-up: comex has updated JailbreakMe 3.0 to fix the issues Verizon iPhone users were having with the tool. A bug in JailbreakMe 3.0 could cause iPhone 4 (CDMA, i.e. Verizon) to get stuck at the Apple logo and be unable to boot.

Just a quick heads-up: comex has updated JailbreakMe 3.0 to fix the issues Verizon iPhone users were having with the tool. A bug in JailbreakMe 3.0 could cause iPhone 4 (CDMA, i.e. Verizon) to get stuck at the Apple logo and be unable to boot. To jailbreak your device with JailbreakMe, follow this tutorial

📅 July 12, 2011

JailbreakMe 3.0 Support Files Available. Fixed Camera Connection Kit Issues

Just a quick heads-up: comex has released support files for JailbreakMe 3.0. As there were some issues users experienced with JailbreakMe 3.0 (such as issues with the Camera Connection Kit), comex has worked hard this last week to provide an upgraded version of the kernel patches that came with it: this package is that upgrade for existing users.

JailbreakMe 3.0 support files are available in Cydia.

📅 July 7, 2011

Comex Drops ‘PDF Patcher 2’ To Patch The PDF Vulnerability As Used By JailbreakMe 3.0

Just a quick heads-up: comex has released PDF Patcher 2 to patch the PDF vulnerability as used by JailbreakMe 3.0.

Just a quick heads-up: comex has released PDF Patcher 2 to patch the PDF vulnerability as used by JailbreakMe 3.0. If you are already jailbroken, and you don’t need to use JailbreakMe, go ahead and install this package which will protect you from any malicious use of the exploit.

PDF Patcher 2 is available for free in Cydia via BigBoss repo…

NOTE: No new icons will be added to your homescreen. There are no options to configure.

If you want to know how to use JailbreakMe to jailbreak your iPad 2, iPad 1, iPhone 4, iPhone 3Gs, iPod Touch 3G/4G check out this tutorial

📅 July 7, 2011

List Of Cydia Tweaks That Work On The iPad 2

If you are wondering which Cydia tweaks are already working on the iPad 2, we got a list for you after the break…

Last night, comex has finally released the much-awaited iPad 2 jailbreak ( on a side note, we really don’t understand what was all the fuss about the other devices that JailbreakMe can be used on. This was always about the iPad 2. Anyway… ). If you are wondering which Cydia tweaks are already working on the iPad 2, we got a list for you after the break…

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