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  • iPad 2 Jailbroken…Remotely

    iPad 2 Jailbroken…Remotely

    To the delight of those waiting to get Angry Birds HD for free, Apple hacker Comex has successfully jailbroken the brand new iPad 2. Comex, part of iPhone Dev Team, announced his accomplishment via Twitter with this picture, showing the iPad 2 running the application-snatching jailbreak software Cydia:

    Comex, who does not own the iPad 2, had to use an iPad 2500 miles away to work on the hack.

    @iphone_dev
    iphone_dev    Congrats to @comex for jailbreaking yet another brand new device (iPad2) while 2500 miles away from it! 18 hours ago via web · powered by @socialditto

    Unfortunately for anxious iPad 2 owners, the jailbreak has not been made available to the public yet. This new jailbreak, at three days, comes at a sloth-like pace compared to the one day it took to jailbreak iOS 4.3.

  • iPhone Users Flock to JailbreakMe

    iPhone Users Flock to JailbreakMe

    Comex has launched a site called Jailbreakme.com, that when visited from an iOS device, allows you to jailbreak it. This is the first jailbreak for iOS 4, and can be accessed via the mobile version of Safari. The point is to make jailbreaking easier for the average joe, I presume.

    "A jailbreak is simply the ability to run apps and use themes and tweaks not approved by Apple," explains the site. "Jailbreaking doesn’t slow down your device or use any extra battery, and is fully reversible (just restore in iTunes). A jailbreak lets your device be how you want it."

    Engadget has posted this video trying to jailbreak the phone, but some issues were encountered:

    Apple recently gave the following statment to Cult of Mac:

    "Apple’s goal has always been to insure that our customers have a great experience with their iPhone and we know that jailbreaking can severely degrade the experience. As we’ve said before, the vast majority of customers do not jailbreak their iPhones as this can violate the warranty and can cause the iPhone to become unstable and not work reliably."

    Some have had problems with FaceTime and MMS after jailbreaking, but Redmond Pie offers a solution.