How to: Install XBMC on iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch
The rather excellent XBMC media centre has been ported to the iOS platform, so without further ado, lets get that wonderful software on your iPhone, iPad and / or iPod Touch!
The rather excellent XBMC media centre has been ported to the iOS platform, so without further ado, lets get that wonderful software on your iPhone, iPad and / or iPod Touch!
Permission is granted for you to carry out a little happy dance before sitting down and carrying out the merry business of carrying out an untethered jailbreak of your cherished device using the Absinthe tool on Mac / Windows or Linux.
So, you’re all fired up and ready to either enter the world of jailbreaking iOS device for the first time, or maybe are just looking for the most current “How to”? The method we’re about to explain uses redsn0w and works on both the PC and Mac platforms.
With the recent release of an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 a plethora of people are updating their iDevices. Some using the OTA mechanism, others by plugging into iTunes. If you haven’t already downloaded the firmware update then you’ll often find iTunes will time out at these busy periods. Thankfully, as always, it’s possible to download those massive firmware files directly from the big fruit and it’s faster too!
Chances are your iOS device has already prompted you that there’s an update available to install. Many people just ignore these in the same way they do App Store updates. Thankfully, it’s really easy to kick off that installer and update your device
iOS 5 is out. Apple’s servers are melting under the load of people trying to download it, Mac updates, iTunes updates and other software updates like iPhoto and Apeture. Thankfully, there is a faster way to download the firmware updates.
If you want to go ahead and download / install this firmware update then you might find one of the following links
Photo credit: B Rosen (Flickr) One of our regular readers, @nishmyshkin recently got in touch to ask us why his iPhone 3GS wouldn’t let him upgrade his iOS to a newer firmware. Each time he tried he got the following message: “The iPhone could not be restored . This device isn’t eligible for the requested build.“ [...]
Fast on the heels of the iOS 4.3.4 (or 4.3.9 for Verizon users) Apple have released iOS 4.3.5 (or 4.3.10 for Verizon users).
Apple have released iTunes 10.4. It includes full screen support to accompany the just released OS X Lion. It is safe for jailbreakers so download or update away!
1% of the jailbreak community, or in other numbers, 2 million iOS devices have now been jailbroken using JailbreakMe v3. A fantastic feat in this version’s first week.
It’s recommended that you plug the JailbreakMe PDF exploit once you’re up and running with your jailbreak. As you’d expect, there’s a jailbreak app for that.
We’ve already written specifically about how to jailbreak the iPad 2 since that’s ground breaking. The great news is this jailbreak can be used on other iDevices too
You’re all excited about iOS 5, you’ve had your fill of blog posts, articles, pictures and videos on Apple’s site; now you want to get a copy and aren’t sure how you can go about it?
iOS 5 has been jailbroken by the iPhone dev team on an iPhone 4. Photos for proof of concept.