• iPad 2 Jailbreak Is Waiting For An Elevat0r

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    iPad 2 is the only iDevice left with no jailbreak available yet and as the Jailbreak community seem rushed to figure out a rigid exploit, one of them, Stefan Esser a.k.a @i0n1c, a well known security guy among the jailbreak team, has recently thrown the word “Elevat0r” and began to tease a series of tweets since a month ago and apparently this is an iPad 2 jailbreak exploit. Stefan Esser has successfully found an exploit in iOS 4.3.1 which once again used in subsequent iOS 4.3.2 and iOS 4.3.3.

    To tie the loosing ends, a new website elevat0r.com has surfaced and, interestingly, it says:

    “Is an elevator arriving soon?

    This website is dedicated to all those iPad 2 that are waiting for an elevator…
    If your iPad 2 is waiting for an elevator don’t hesitate to share a photo of it with the rest of the world.”

    And for more ambiguity they put another statement at the bottom which read:

    “This website is not about an iPad 2 jailbreak, it is about photos of waiting iPad 2 only.”

    The website is full of iPad 2 images showing a real elevator and it seems Stefan is waiting for 1000 images to be submitted before he reveals the expected jailbreak. He tweeted:

    Wonder how many days it will take to get 1000 submissions for http://elevat0r.com

    Do you think that Elevat0r is the upcoming iPad 2 jailbreak/exploit?

  • Samsung Demands Apple To Get Access to iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 and iPad 3 Devices

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    As part of the ongoing lawsuits between Apple and Samsung, started back in April when Apple sued Samsung over the “look and feel” of the Galaxy phones and tablets. This Is My Next points to an interesting piece of information as now Samsung is requesting to see some of Apple’s unreleased final and commercial versions of products . Namely the iPad 3 and the next iPhone, be it iPhone  4S or iPhone 5. This is to ensure and  evaluate if their future products, like the Droid Charge and the Galaxy Tab 10.1, could share similar features with them.

    This move comes after Apple requested to see some of Samsung’s unreleased products, which most of which were publicly released before, Droid Charge, Galaxy Tab 8.9, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Infuse 4G and Galaxy S 2. Providing that only Apple legal team will get access to the devices. Similarly now Samsung says only the company’s lawyers would be able to see the iPhone 5 and iPad 3, with no one else inside the company getting access to the units.

    Samsung’s asking for a court order requiring Apple to produce “the final, commercial versions” of the next-generation iPhone and iPad and their respective packaging by June 13, 2011, so it can evaluate whether there’ll be confusion between Samsung and Apple’s future products. If the final versions aren’t available, Samsung wants “the most current version of each to be produced instead.

    Samsung says “fundamental fairness” requires Apple to give up its future products, since Samsung had to do the same. Tellingly, Samsung doesn’t reference any precedent or law to bolster this line of argument — it’s basically just asking the court to be nice.

    The full breakdown of Samsung’s latest request can be read over This Is My Next

  • iOS 4.3.3 Untethered Jailbreak Using Greenpois0n, iPad 2 Jailbreak Latest Updates

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    Chronic Dev Team has issued an update regarding 4.3.3 Jailbreak status. The upcoming Greenpois0n RC6.2 will be capable of jailbreaking iOS 4.3.3 on iPhone iPad and iPod Touch. iPad 2 jailbreak status is not quite clear as they are no details and no ETA yet. Joshua Hill aka posixninja is currently working on it:

    As I’m sure many people have heard, Josh (posixninja) has recently been quoted saying the iPad 2 jailbreak is coming in “weeks”, I know I have been very publicly abrasive and non-commital on giving any kind of timeframe or comment on this matter, but at the behest of Josh (in conjunction with his need for a swift kick to the ass for motivation) we’re ALL going to hold him to that!!! I’m not going to get into extensive detail about this, but what I will say one of the missing puzzle pieces may have reared its head and cast a glance in our direction… take from that what you will.

    Greenpois0n RC 6.2 is coming soon to jailbreak iOS 4.3.3 untethered for iPhone, iPad  and iPod Touch.

    In the past I have also said that 4.3.x support was on hold for greenpois0n to focus on iPad 2 jailbreak exclusively, our course has slightly changed (primary focus has never shifted from iPad 2 since it was released) it has now become possible to easily update and execute a workflow to enable RC6.2 (tentatively speaking… mmm #dirt) to be released “soon”…

    Greenpois0n RC 6.2 will be a simpler one to use comparatively. Still you can jailbreak iOS 4.3.x with the already present tools which you can find below.

    iOS 4.3.3 Untethered Jailbreak Using Redsn0w 0.9.6rc16 Guide

    iOS 4.3.3 Untethered Jailbreak Using PwnageTool 4.3.3.1 Guide

    iOS 4.3.3 Untethered Jailbreak Using Sn0wbreeze 2.7.1 Guide

  • Apple Gets Early Access to Unreleased Samsung Prototypes Over Copy Infringement

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    The legal battle between Apple and Samsung has taken a new ride. Apple is suing the Korean corporation over alleged copying the “look and feel” of the iPhone and iOS with its Galaxy range, and a federal court is forcing Samsung to hand over samples of new phones for Apple to pore over. Only Apple’s legal team for this case will see the products, so no-one from Apple or even Apple’s in-house lawyers will see the rival devices.

    Samsung Galaxy S 2 and Infuse 4G are on sale now, the other three devices Droid Charge, Galaxy Tab 8.9 and Galaxy Tab 10.1 aren’t yet on the market. As noted by Cnet UK

    Apple’s legal battle with Samsung has taken a new twist. The California outfit is suing the Korean corporation over alleged copying of Apple products in Samsung’s Android range, and a federal court is forcing Samsung to hand over samples of new phones for Apple to pore over.

    Normally, there’d be three months before Samsung had to hand over samples, but San Jose Judge Lucy Koh has decided that Samsung has already been shooting its mouth off about the unreleased phones and can’t claim they’re secret models, Courthouse News reports. Apple points out that Samsung even gave away a Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet to all 5,000 people at the recent Google I/O developer conference.

    Apple claims Samsung is causing confusion in the minds of the phone-buying public by copying the look and feel of the iPhone and iPad in the design of phones and tablets, the interface and even the packaging. Samsung even has its own version of the iPod touch, which strips out the phone functions — the Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 and Galaxy S WiFi 4.0.