Thanks to awesome work of @planetbeing and @pimskeks, we’re near ready for a release. Now it’s a matter of days.

List of tested devices for the upcoming 5.1.1 jailbreak

The new update includes some buy fixes.

As reported by sites like AnandTech, the folks at Chipworks discovered that Apple is using a different production process for its A5 processors. The company switched from using Samsung Semiconductor’s 45nm process to Samsung’s 32nm process, reducing the size of the chip by 41 percent.

The new iPad 2, referring to the $399 iPad, features a new 32nm process for the chip design. This made the chip nearly half the size, and made room for Apple to increase the size of the internals. However, the big gain in switching from 45nm to 32nm is speed and efficiency. Though the 32nm chip found in the new iPad 2 is smaller, and more efficient, it still scores similarly to the 45nm chip found in the old iPad 2. Scoring roughly the same in web browsing, graphics, and the Geekbench tests, which were conducted by Macworld. Many people won’t even notice a speed difference in day to day usage, even with the new chip design.

They also put the devices through battery tests, but the difference was so minuscule, that it didn’t really prove that the new chip was more power efficient. In some of the speed tests, the old iPad’s 45nm design beat the new design.

So right now those users who are having old devices like iPhone 4 or etc and can’t unlock it as they are running their devices on AT&T carrier, don’t worry all what you have to do is make a call for the carrier and dial 611 from my current iPhone, and navigated my way through the automated system. After a few minutes I landed in the tech support department, with a customer service representative who obviously hadn’t gotten the memo yet.

After this they will ask you to give them your iPhone’s IMEI number, after that AT&T will submit your request for unlock. That’s it right now wait about 20 minutes But if I would have known that the unlock request could have been submitted through AT&T’s online chat service, I probably would’ve gone that route.

You can give it a try and call AT&T where they will unlock your iPhone by sending a code and some instruction in a message then wait about 20 minutes until your iPhone is unlocked, that’s it you are done..

I was at first confused as to how exactly you open the App Switcher since it appeared as though the settings were merged with that of closing an application. The key is that you pause halfway, it will take approximately one second for Zephyr to realize that you want the App Switcher open and that you don’t want to only close the application. Even under the circumstances that you do exit the application, you can always open the App Switcher when you are on the home screen after exiting.

For many of us who purchased Zephyr, this literally means that we don’t ‘have’ to use the home button anymore. The only reason that I could possibly see fit for using the home button is to enter DFU mode. I don’t use the iOS 5 Camera button from the lock screen often, and I don’t normally use the home button as a shortcut for going from the last SpringBoard page to the first. That being said, I think that Zephyr has replaced a hardware function of iOS with a great software counterpart.

You can go into the Zephyr settings and choose between swiping up to both toggle the App Switcher and exiting an application, or you can choose to have only the App Switcher opened. It’s up to you how you ultimately want to use Zephyr, since the settings are extensive and intuitive. If you have never bought Zephyr before, buying version 1.1 will set you back $2.99 and you can download it from the BigBoss repo today!

Follow the steps below which shows you how to use GreenPois0n Absinthe to jailbreak iPhone 4S on iOS 5 / 5.0.1 and iPad 2 on iOS 5.0.1.

Downloads

• Download iTunes from here.
• Download Greenpois0n Absinthe 0.1.2-2 (Mac OS X [mirror] – Windows [Guide])
• Download iPhone 4S 5.0 (9A334), 5.0.1 (9A405) or 5.0.1 (9A406).
• Download iPad 2 5.0.1 (9A405)

Steps

STEP 1: Backup your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch and restore it using the iOS 5.0.1 or 5.0 IPSW file downloaded above.

STEP 2: Plug in your iPhone 4S or iPad 2 you want to jailbreak.

STEP 3: Now open GreenPois0n Absinthe and make sure that your device is detected then hit the jailbreak button as shown.

STEP 4: Now you’ll see “Restoring in Progress”, you should wait for few minutes. Once done, get on your iPhone and you’ll find an icon named “Absinthe”, hit it and this will open greenpois0n.com which will install Cydia on your device replacing the Absinthe icon as shown.

Errors:

• For FATAL(_LINE_) error, go to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content And Settings. Then do the procedure all over again.
• For Camera Roll error: You can simply fix this error by rerunning the jailbreak on the A5 device.
• For error establishing database connection : You can fix “error establishing a database connection” message by going to Settings > General > Network > VPN > ON. Now try again and you won’t receive this message.

The above picture is a concept for the iPhone 5 made by Kris Groen which shows an iPhone 5 with a bigger screen and a nice and faster app switcher, also as you can see Kris changed the iPhone 5 home button making it much better.

The upshot? It turns out that iOS is actually pretty darned clever…

Through the 16-minute video, Speirs shows apps running on an iPad and in various different states, ranging from active to inactive and everywhere in-between.

iOS Multitasking from Fraser Speirs on Vimeo.

BiteSMS 6.0 changelog:

• Introduced the ability to manually select which icon to use from that of the native application BiteSMS and Posts;
• Introduced the ability to hide the messaging application;
• BiteSMS is now compatible with Dreamboard;
• Fixed some problems with installing from Cydia on iPhone OS 4;
• Added the “Retry if it fails”;
• Enhanced password protection with rapid response;
• Research Spotlight is now up and running;
• Introduced the “Repeat” as part of scheduled SMS;
• Introduced support for keyboards and other Chinese other than traditional keyboards;
• Improved process for the purchase of credits and licenses;
• Introduced the option to use the passcode also in rapid response;
• Improved performance of startup;
• Introduced an option to automatically call the rapid response in the lockscreen;
• Introduced SMS planned;
• Introduced a new method to call speed dial;
• Notifications in the center you can select all messages as read quickly by pressing the red “x” and then “Clear”;
• The contact pictures are now displayed in rapid response;
• In rapid response and speed dial, you can now select the number of buttons to be displayed in every page;
• Introduced the ability to manually select which icon to use from that of the native application BiteSMS and Posts;
• Introduced the ability to hide the messaging application;
• Implemented automatic forwarding of messages;
• The application now also works on iPod touch;
• Badges BiteSMS now appear instantly on the icon of the app;
• The installation of the application no longer requires a reboot.

Yet Apple and third-party developers have set a new record: in 453 days since the original iPad came out on April 3, 2010, the App Store has more than 100,000 iPad-exclusive apps available.

It is no secret that the iPad development scene was fueled by the success of the iPhone and iPod touch. When the SDK was first released in 2008, thousands of developers began building and testing apps for the iPhone and iPod touch. With over 10 billion downloads, the AppStore is now becoming one of Apple’s prized possessions in terms of digital downloads.

With the current growth of the iPad, it would be no surprise to see a 200,000 app milestone soon. With Apple pushing automatic downloads, wireless sync, and iCloud, it is clear that Apple is trying to ensure an easy process of downloading, syncing and using apps.

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