Apple TV 2G, aTV Flash, and Greenpois0n.

by WyldKard on February 14, 2011

We held off on buying aTV Flash for the 2G Apple TV because we didn’t want to deal with a tethered jailbreak; the idea of having to connect our Apple TV to a Mac whenever it needed a reboot or lost power, was too much of a hassle to bear. So we waited. Fortunately, GreenPois0n [...]

Upgrade to iOS 4 and lose cellular data?

by WyldKard on June 25, 2010

A number of people have reported losing data over AT&T when upgrading older iPhones to iOS 4. The culprit isn’t clear, though many owners reported jailbreaking their iPhones in the past, though this doesn’t appear to be a universal factor. Regardless, the common solution for getting data back is to restore the iPhone from a [...]

Multitasking a death-knell for jailbreaking?

by WyldKard on March 12, 2010

It was only nine months ago when we wondered whether there was little reason left for jailbreaking an iPhone. Apple has continued to move OS X Mobile in a generally positive direction, and rumours of the 4.0 OS version supporting multitasking for certain applications is welcome news. Per our last mendax.iphone app roundup, we only [...]

mendax.iphone v3.0.

by WyldKard on January 27, 2010

With word-on-the-street that the iTablet will emerge from the Pandora’s Box that is Apple’s campus later today, and with all signs pointing towards the iTablet leveraging the iPhone’s version of OS X (and with it, the AppStore), it makes sense to identify apps that no iPhone user should be without. That is to say, must-have [...]

Upgrading iPhone 3.0.1. to jailbroken 3.1.

by WyldKard on October 5, 2009

Since we picked up an iPhone 3GS a couple months back, our jailbroken/unlocked 2G iPhone has been sitting on a shelf collecting dust, as though a forgotten relic in the battle against Big Apple. Now forced to use AT&T, which drops calls at an alarming rate compared to our experience with the 2G iPhone on [...]