With the update of iOS 5 last week, the Apple mobile operating system’s Mail application was upgraded as well. New jailbreak tweak AllMail is the first of its kind to be compatible with the newest version of the Mail app, which makes managing your e-mail easier but doesn’t include a “Select All” function, a feature that’s helpful when applying the same action to a large group of messages.
“AllMail is a simple tweak available in Cydia that appears in the upper-right corner of the Mail app when you tap the Edit …

Just as expected the iPhone Dev-Team updated its ultrasn0w unlocking tool Friday, adding support for recently-released mobile operating system iOS 5. The latest ultrasn0w frees jailbroken phones of their network ties.
“We’ve updated ultrasn0w to be compatible with iOS5, which came out a few days ago. While ultrasn0w 1.2.4 (available now in Cydia) doesn’t add support for any new basebands, the update is required for any ultrasn0w unlockers trying out iOS5 (it remains backwards compatible though, so you should be able to use it no matter what firmware you have),” reads …

Much has been made of the brand-new iPhone 4S’ faster processor and overall performance, and as Jared Spurbeck writes in an article for Yahoo!, it’s for good reason. In terms of speed, Apple’s latest smartphone surpasses all of Android’s phones, according to a recent benchmark test.
“How does an iPad in an iPhone’s body stack up to the current crop of Android smartphones and ‘superphones?’ As it turns out, unbelievably well,” Spurbeck writes, referring to how the 4S sports many of the same internal parts as Apple’s iPad 2 computer tablet. …

Whether you experienced “Death Grip” problems with your iPhone 4 or got the same signal strength no matter how you held it, you shouldn’t have any similar trouble with the iPhone 4S. With its latest smartphone, Apple seems to have fixed the problem where the phone lost signal when users held it in a certain way.
“Early testing and reports from iPhone 4S users seem to show that the signal drop from tightly gripping the iPhone has been diminished or even eliminated,” reports Arnold Kim in a Friday story for MacRumors. …

Fans of iOS 5’s Notification Center should be delighted with upcoming jailbreak add-on AppsCenter, which lets jailbreakers launch applications directly from the new mobile operating system’s informational hub. The widget conveniently adds app icons to the Notification Center’s front page.
“It’s been a little over 24 hours since iOS 5 was released, and already, the jailbreak devs are putting in work. Case in point: AppsCenter, from jailbreak developer, Filippo Bigarella,” writes Jeff Benjamin for iDownloadBlog. “AppsCenter is a jailbreak widget that allows you to launch apps directly from Notification Center. In …

As expected, Apple is combating jailbreakers more than ever with its latest generation of mobile products. The company has switched up the way it authenticates software restores, potentially rendering the saving SHSH blobs useless. These are often used by jaibreakers so they can downgrade to a previous version of the iOS mobile operating system and take advantage of certain hacks, but beginning with the recently-released iOS 5, that won’t be possible.
“What does this mean for jailbreakers? Nothing, at the moment. iOS 5 is eligible for a tethered jailbreak, and this …

Since summer, we’ve known what superficial changes the iPhone 4S would include: A5 processor, improved battery, better camera, etc. However, with Apple’s new smartphone being released to the public Friday, iDevice experts are finally able to teardown the phone and check out all of its components.
“With the iFixit teardown of the iPhone 4S under way today, system memory and a slightly improved battery stand out so far,” writes Brooke Crothers for CNET. “The Apple A5 chip has 512MB of memory, according to iFixit’s teardown… Apple has managed to boost the …

One of the mobile applications included in Apple’s steady stream of updates this week is AirPort Utility, which allows iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch owners to manage their AirPort and Time Capsule base stations directly from a mobile gadget. The long-rumored app is similar to the program available on Macintosh computers.
“The app comes with some pretty advanced features letting you effectively manage your networks and base stations, akin to its desktop sibling,” writes Christian Zibreg for 9to5Mac. “The software is provided as a universal binary which supports both iPhone/iPod touch and …

Stat-heads got Moneyball last month, and now those number junkies that run jailbroken iOS devices can download new jailbreak tweak OmniStat. The Cydia tweak, which is incorporated into iOS 5’s Notification Center, displays a number of stats about your iDevice, such as its available memory and usage rate.
“For stat junkies, there’s no better jailbreak tweak than OmniStat. OmniStat is a widget that resides in iOS 5?s Notification Center, and it puts a ridiculous amount of iDevice stats right at your fingertips,” writes Jeff Benjamin in a recent post for iDownloadBlog. …

Even though Apple’s latest mobile operating system update, iOS 5, was just released earlier today, jailbreakers can already run a hacked version of it on their iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches. Of course, you have to get past all of the error messages and status bar freezes to install iOS 5 on your device, but a jailbroken iOS 5 should make it all worthwhile.
As of Wednesday night, the latest iterations of jailbreak programs RedSn0w and Sn0wbreeze are compatible with iOS 5. While both tools create a tethered jailbreak of the …