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New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs

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Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs

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Post by ashray »

smtddr wrote: post #4
ashray wrote: post #2

Finally! I've been waiting for an iOS jailbreak to finally be able to use bitcoin related stuff on my iPhone and iPad. It's been a pain so far. This is the first time that the iOS walled garden approach REALLY started to bother me. The other was to do with emulation but that was filed under 'minor nit-pick'.

I need some help understanding this. So, at my job the way I install iOS apps onto phones that are not at the AppStore is that the developers give me the .ipa file and I do: ideviceinstaller -i /path/to/ipafile (You can get this prog by doing "brew install ideviceinstaller", takes awhile) Is there some reason the bitcoin devs can't upload the ipa somewhere and have everyone do that? EDIT: Ah yes, joshstrange & jreed9…

Well, I don't know the dev perspective on this but most things do not readily have .ipas available. For example f.lux is an application I use all the time on my Mac. But I haven't been able to get it into my phone for a while. Couldn't find a .ipa.

Maybe developers want to be able to charge for their apps at some point in the future through the Cydia store ? Just 'cause you can't get your app into the app store doesn't mean you shouldn't make money off it if people love it :) (just speculating, maybe that's not the reason..)

Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs

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Post by joshstrange »

smtddr wrote: post #4
ashray wrote: post #2

Finally! I've been waiting for an iOS jailbreak to finally be able to use bitcoin related stuff on my iPhone and iPad. It's been a pain so far. This is the first time that the iOS walled garden approach REALLY started to bother me. The other was to do with emulation but that was filed under 'minor nit-pick'.

I need some help understanding this. So, at my job the way I install iOS apps onto phones that are not at the AppStore is that the developers give me the .ipa file and I do: ideviceinstaller -i /path/to/ipafile (You can get this prog by doing "brew install ideviceinstaller", takes awhile) Is there some reason the bitcoin devs can't upload the ipa somewhere and have everyone do that? EDIT: Ah yes, joshstrange & jreed9…

IIRC you have to have the phone in question registered as a developer phone to do that. There are sites that will add your phone to their dev account for ~$10 (vs the $100/yr dev program) but it's just a barrier to entry that's a little too high for the average person. Whereas 5 minutes with a one click jailbreak tool + Cydia can make the process much easier and you get app updates (it's been a while since I did iOS work and as I was leaving the scene things like test flight were making it even easier to distribute dev/test/beta copies of an app and even offer a way to update them so my last comment might be out of date).

Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs

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Post by IBM »

mrich wrote: post #13
IBM wrote: post #5

I can't think of a compelling reason to jailbreak my iPhone in 2013, and I suspect that's true for a lot more people than it was in the past.

Are custom software keyboards officially available yet? This would be the first thing I would miss.

A custom keyboard is not something I find compelling.

Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs

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Post by IBM »

cfontes wrote: post #10
IBM wrote: post #5

I can't think of a compelling reason to jailbreak my iPhone in 2013, and I suspect that's true for a lot more people than it was in the past.

I have several to do it. The one that pisses me off the most is not having "Lockinfo". Another one is to be able to share your internet with a PC without begging to your provider. And the list goes on. (facetime on 3G...)

Those things are already possible without jailbreaking.

Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs

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Post by thejosh »

IBM wrote: post #5

I can't think of a compelling reason to jailbreak my iPhone in 2013, and I suspect that's true for a lot more people than it was in the past.

lockscreen info is great, I can't remember the name of the lockscreen but it was cheap and provided great info.

tweaks for 3g were also great.

Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs

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Post by mitchell209 »

ics wrote: post #7
mitchell209 wrote: post #6

Hopefully F.lux works still. That was the worst thing about using a new, unjailbroken iPhone and iPad. Especially now that iOS 7 has a lot of white UI.

Jailbreaking now, we'll see. Flux is the one thing I want to work more than anything too.

I just installed it and it doesn't work properly. Here's to hoping it gets updated quickly.

It may be an issue with MobileSubstrate, as Saurik just pointed out that the evasi0n team gave him no lead on the jailbreak.

Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs

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Post by ics »

mitchell209 wrote: post #18
ics wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Jailbreaking now, we'll see. Flux is the one thing I want to work more than anything too.

I just installed it and it doesn't work properly. Here's to hoping it gets updated quickly. It may be an issue with MobileSubstrate, as Saurik just pointed out that the evasi0n team gave him no lead on the jailbreak.

Everything's blue for you too?

Removing F.lux didn't do anything so I thought it was Mobile Substrate, but removing that didn't do anything until I rebooted the device so I can't be sure.

Other apps depending on Mobile Substrate work OK so far, so don't let it turn you off trying things out.

Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs

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Post by trauco »

IBM wrote: post #16
cfontes wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have several to do it. The one that pisses me off the most is not having "Lockinfo". Another one is to be able to share your internet with a PC without begging to your provider. And the list goes on. (facetime on 3G...)

Those things are already possible without jailbreaking.

The hotspot function is carrier-dependent.
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