• Facebook for iPad App Coming Soon

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    Facebook is about to release an official iPad app, according to the NYT. Facebook has been working on it for approximately the past year and is closing up their testing ahead of a launch in the “coming weeks.” The Facebook for iPad is said to be “carefully designed and optimized for the tablet” and will be totally free:

    People who have seen the application said it has a slick design that has been tailored for the iPad and its touchscreen interface. Facebook developers and designers have also overhauled the Facebook Chat and Facebook Groups features for the application. And the app will go beyond the features available on the Facebook Web site by allowing users to shoot and upload photos and videos directly from the iPad’s built-in cameras.

    “The photo and video experience is amazing, offering full resolution and full-screen images,” said a person who has seen the app.

    Facebook for iPad is said to include everything from the Facebook website but will add mobile-optimized features like taking and uploading pics directly from iPad’s built-in cameras.

  • iPad 3 Retina Display Graphics Found in iOS 5 SDK

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    iPad with Retina Display was much rumored earlier this year, iPad 2X graphics were found in the iBooks application and were immediately assumed to be for the iPad 2, which does not include a Retina display once unveiled.

    Now, the guys at TechUnwrapped digging deep inside the new iOS 5 SDK have found images marked with 2X making the new iPad capable of displaying 2048 x 1536 resolution on its display (four times the pixels) of the current iPad (1024 x 768) this pushes the speculation further more as this is not apparently for pure testing purposes. The image below from Newsstand app.

    As iOS 5 is the base for the next generation iPhone and iPad it does make sense that the new iPad will get a really Retina display after all

  • iOS 5 Tethered Jailbreak Using Sn0wbreeze 2.8 Guide

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    Sn0wbreeze 2.8 beta 2 (a.k.a PwnageTool for Windows) brings tethered jailbreak for iOS 5 on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS (New Bootrom), iPod Touch 4G, iPod touch 3G, & iPad 1. It brings Untethered jailbreak for iPhone 3GS (Old Bootrom).

    A step by step guide on how to jailbreak iOS 5 Beta tethered using Sn0wbreeze 2.8 (Windows)

    Notes:

    • For Redsn0w you can follow our guide posted here (Redsn0w 0.9.8) to get tethered jailbreak iOS 5.
    • For iPhone 3GS (Old Bootrom) its Untethered.

    Step 1: Start Sn0wbreeze, click the next “blue” arrow to proceed.

    Step 2: Select the required firmware .ipsw file for your iOS device by clicking on the “Browse” button.

    Step 3: Sn0wbreeze will now identify the selected IPSW file. Once done, click the next “blue” colored arrow to proceed.

    Step 4: Now select the “Expert Mode”, followed by “Build IPSW” option to start creating your custom firmware.

    Step 5: Sn0wbreeze will greet you with the following “Done!” message when the custom firmware has been successfully created.

    Step 6: Now follow the onscreen steps to enter DFU mode using Sn0wbreeze:

    • Hold Power and Home buttons for 10 seconds
    • Now release the Power button but continue holding the Home button for 10 more seconds
    • You device should now be in DFU mode

    Step 7: Start iTunes, click on your iOS device icon from the sidebar in iTunes. Now press and hold Left “Shift” button on the keyboard and then click on “Restore” (Not “Update” or “Check for Update”) button in iTunes and then release this button. This will make iTunes prompt you to select the location for your custom firmware 5 file. Select the required custom .ipsw file that you created above, and click on “Open”.

    Step 8: Now sit back and let iTunes do the rest for you. This will involve a series of automated steps. Just wait while iTunes installs the new firmware 5 on your iOS device. Your iOS device screen at this point will be showing a progress bar indicating installation progress. After the installation is done, your iOS device will be jailbroken on iOS 5.

    Required Downloads:

  • JailbreakMe 3.0 For iPad 2 Jailbreak is Imminent?

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    iPad 2 is the only device left without jailbreak or accurately Apple’s A5 processor-based architecture in iPad 2 and later iPhone 4S/5 seems a hard puzzle to solve. The Limera1n exploit, which worked on A4-based iOS devices like iPod touch 4G and iPhone 4, is hardware-based and, since iPad 2 is A5-based, the exploit doesn’t work on it. And so the community has to find an all-new exploit this time around.

    iPhone hacker Comex and his JailbreakMe tool, which worked on a userland exploit, used to jailbreak iOS 4.0/4.0.1 with a very simple method of “slide to jailbreak” bar and Comex’s tool did the rest. However the exploit was later patched in iOS 4.0.2.

    Today, Comex has updated his website for the tool JailbreakMe. The updated page teases an image:

    The image shows a signboard with the word “PDF” written on top of it. this is might be pointing towards a potential PDF-based exploit. however its highly likely the new tool would work on iPad 2. Comex teased a lot of tweets:

    We just pin our hopes for an untethered jailbreak for iPad 2 as well as other iOS devices on iOS 5 which is set to release this fall.