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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 stcredzero »

graeme wrote: post #49
aroch wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could just stop staring at your iPhone before you fall asleep?

I don't use my phone in bed. But usually in the hour before bed I'll have to schedule something on the calendar, or set my alarm, etc. Now, I could do one of the following: 1. Reorder my life so that I never look at my phone after sundown. 2. Jailbreak I tried not using my phone for 1 hours before bed, still had insomnia. There's no trivial lifestyle fix that would address the issue f.lux solves.

You could also buy a pair of $8 orange safety goggles and a piece of orange cellophane to cover your phone. The frequencies that disrupt circadian rhythm are 500nm to 450nm or so with the strongest response at 470nm. Response is also dependent on duration and ambient light levels, so if you are in the dark, as much as 0.5 lux of blue light over an hour can halt your pineal gland from producing melatonin.

F.lux also shouldn't be relied upon by itself. How well it works is dependent on the particular frequencies emitted by the RGB components of your screen. I have a 470nm band pass filter that I look at light emitters through, and f.lux reduces such emitters, but doesn't stop them completely. I have constructed a removable orange filter as a supplement.

Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs

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Post by grugq »

DLay wrote: post #27

From Jay Freeman's (saurik) twitter: So, I got no lead time on evasi0n7, nor was I asked for an official iOS 7 Cydia; I was not given builds, nor was I asked for things to test. In fact, @evad3rs didn't even try my testing build of Substrate I gave core developers, so they didn't notice a fundamental incompatibility. This means they are going to have to push a new version of their untether to fix this oversight befor…

Well, the reason that the Cydia store doesn't work, and that Saurik wasn't included in the discussions, is starting to become clear. A Chinese company paid the evad3rs a rumored 1 million dollars for the jailbreak, forcing their own App Store onto the phone.

If the computer running the jailbreak has Chinese as the main language, then the Chinese 太极 (taiji) market app is install. Cydia is available as an option, but it is deselected by default.

https://twitter.com/i0n1c/status/414784367215382528

https://twitter.com/i0n1c/status/414783332040179712

Confirmation:

https://twitter.com/Cre4t/status/414782483956133888

The default apps that get installed for Chinese users:

http://twitpic.com/dpl5k5

(via: https://twitter.com/a_titkov/status/414778967070359552)

The install screen for Chinese users:

http://twitpic.com/dpl4vz

(via https://twitter.com/a_titkov/status/414777987989774336)

So, if you want to run a heavily obfuscated application that exploits your phone, disables application signing, and installs uid 0 processes running on your phone... sponsored by China, go ahead. (The jailbreak app is heavily protected so that competing Chinese companies can't replace the Taiji app store with their own. But who knows what else is in there?)

Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs

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Post by runjake »

reginaldjcooper wrote: post #40
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.

My top three: Freedom to copy your data out of an app into your computer even if the app doesn't "allow" it. E.g., get into Notes.app's sqlite database after they decide to delete all the data when you unlink your account even if it hasn't successfully synced for a year so that you can recover half of it. Develop apps on your own device without paying $100 and supporting the war on general purpose computing. Also com…

> A caller and texter black/whitelist.

iOS has this functionality. For blacklisting, you can block a caller or texter. For whitelisting, you can enable Do Not Disturb, and then whitelist people by adding them to your Favorites.

Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs

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Post by reginaldjcooper »

lreeves wrote: post #58
reginaldjcooper wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My top three: Freedom to copy your data out of an app into your computer even if the app doesn't "allow" it. E.g., get into Notes.app's sqlite database after they decide to delete all the data when you unlink your account even if it hasn't successfully synced for a year so that you can recover half of it. Develop apps on your own device without paying $100 and supporting the war on general purpose computing. Also com…

You can actually do the first bullet point with software like iExplorer - the app sandboxes are only protected on the device, but when connected to your computer it's all available to you.

Could you go as far as messing with the carrier bundles? I had a problem a while ago where Safari would reinstall the carrier's default bookmarks every time it reopened. To be fair it was irritating, not critical, but I was able to hack the carrier bundle and remove the bookmarks, plus change the carrier name out of spite.

Stuff like that, it doesn't change my life but it makes me mildly happier, all because I can get at the filesystem and have root on my own devices.

Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs

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Post by graeme »

stcredzero wrote: post #71
graeme wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't use my phone in bed. But usually in the hour before bed I'll have to schedule something on the calendar, or set my alarm, etc. Now, I could do one of the following: 1. Reorder my life so that I never look at my phone after sundown. 2. Jailbreak I tried not using my phone for 1 hours before bed, still had insomnia. There's no trivial lifestyle fix that would address the issue f.lux solves.

You could also buy a pair of $8 orange safety goggles and a piece of orange cellophane to cover your phone. The frequencies that disrupt circadian rhythm are 500nm to 450nm or so with the strongest response at 470nm. Response is also dependent on duration and ambient light levels, so if you are in the dark, as much as 0.5 lux of blue light over an hour can halt your pineal gland from producing melatonin. F.lux also s…

I actually have those goggles, but find they don't fit well over my glasses. Know of any pair designed to work with glasses?

I know flux isn't perfect. But as I don't really use my phone much before bed, it seems to work well enough. The glasses could be useful for late night computer work though.

Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs

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Post by girvo »

kalleboo wrote: post #24
archagon wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In regards to sharing, I believe your provider can detect this and charge you more.

I'm on an MVNO who doesn't care, but the settings for the network the MVNO runs ontop of override it with a different APN. It's times like this I really hate Apple's operator-relationship BS.

I hate how they make it super hard if not impossible to override the APNs yourself... I change carriers every month, and do all sorts of odd stuff with my SIMs, and my iPhone chokes on them because of it :(

Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs

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Post by dingaling »

graeme wrote: post #66
dingaling wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interestingly ( perhaps ), in a house fitted entirely with 5600k 96%-daylight spectrum bulbs, I have no problems falling asleep nearly instantly after using a smartphone or laptop. Perhaps you could try changing the lamp bulbs in you bedroom to daylight-spectrum so there isn't such a sharp distinction between a screen and the ambient light colour?

Could you expand on what prompted you to install those? I had thought the blue light itself was the issue. I don't know what daylight spectrum bulbs are like, but I'm assuming they emit more blue light. So that's an interesting result.

Several years ago I started working from home more, and during the winter found myself really struggling to focus on screens and written text. It seemed to be 'vague' but my eye tests showed no deterioration.

I read online about daylight-spectrum bulbs assisting fine-work ( crafters use them extensively ) and on a hunch I bought a few bulbs. What a transformation! I found myself much more alert and better able to read.

I also like how they seamlessly transition from dusk to pure artificial light, particularly in the rooms we have painted white.

Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs

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Post by eropple »

IBM wrote: post #15
mrich wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Honestly, I said the same thing until I switched to Android and was able to optimize that for myself. Being able to use something like Swype is pretty huge and makes me faster and less error-prone.

Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs

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Post by stcredzero »

graeme wrote: post #75
stcredzero wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could also buy a pair of $8 orange safety goggles and a piece of orange cellophane to cover your phone. The frequencies that disrupt circadian rhythm are 500nm to 450nm or so with the strongest response at 470nm. Response is also dependent on duration and ambient light levels, so if you are in the dark, as much as 0.5 lux of blue light over an hour can halt your pineal gland from producing melatonin. F.lux also s…

I actually have those goggles, but find they don't fit well over my glasses. Know of any pair designed to work with glasses? I know flux isn't perfect. But as I don't really use my phone much before bed, it seems to work well enough. The glasses could be useful for late night computer work though.

There is a website that sells over the glasses shades for this purpose, but those are way over priced. Most anything orange stands a good chance of working. You can park an incandescent bulb behind one and look at its spectrum reflected off of a CD or DVD. Look for the blue that looks like the sky on a cloudless day. I'd buy over-glasses safety goggles from a store, then test them at home and return them until you found a pair that works.

Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs

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Post by manmal »

graeme wrote: post #75
stcredzero wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could also buy a pair of $8 orange safety goggles and a piece of orange cellophane to cover your phone. The frequencies that disrupt circadian rhythm are 500nm to 450nm or so with the strongest response at 470nm. Response is also dependent on duration and ambient light levels, so if you are in the dark, as much as 0.5 lux of blue light over an hour can halt your pineal gland from producing melatonin. F.lux also s…

I actually have those goggles, but find they don't fit well over my glasses. Know of any pair designed to work with glasses? I know flux isn't perfect. But as I don't really use my phone much before bed, it seems to work well enough. The glasses could be useful for late night computer work though.

How about a stick-on filter specifically made for iPhones? https://www.lowbluelights.com/detail.asp?id=110
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