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The most recently introduced iOS 5 untethered alternative Semi-tethered for iOS 5 gets to update from the team behind its born. The team has been working with the creator of Cydia, Saurik, to make it more reliable for users to use it on their devices. The Semi-tethered jailbreak update comes up with an incredible fix for the old bugs and with the support of new Mobile Substrate for iOS 5.

The team has re-write the Mobile Substrate and Semi-Tethered jailbreak with Saurik and produced a new patch to the old release jailbreak, which could allow users to successfully boot on their device and allows them to use their devices in non-jailbreak status. The new patch also comes up with a patch which allows users to fix Safari Mobile browser to work on non-jailbreak status.
SemiTether Jailbreak aka Semi-Tethered jailbreak is updated to version v0.9.1this morning with the numerous notes worthy features and fixes for the old bugs in the core of jailbreak. Besides all the features, SemiTether now protects your iOS 5 Notification Widgets on your iPhone. BigBoss has also announced that they are currently working with MyWi and AppSync team to make them run with SemiTether jailbreak.
Per BigBoss here are is the summary of changes:
1) Much more stable with new mobile substrate
2) Can patch safari so it works in the non-jailbreak reboot mode
3) App to monitor the status of your semitether and reapply. Check after Cydia installs.
Remember, the source for the SemiTether package is as follows: http://thebigboss.org/semitether

SemiTether Jailbreak For iOS 5 Updated v0.9.1 With Fixes

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With the release of iOS 5 beta 1 Apple had discontinue using the iPod term name in its iOS firmware, instead they have separated both Videos and Music app in the new iOS, many of the users liked it but still there are large number of users who didn’t like the separation of the iPod app into to apps, indirect Apple has just added a new icon into the springboard of the device.

But with this move I guess they actually want to make some difference between the iPhone and iPod Touch, as the rumors circulating around the globe that Apple going to power its iPod Touch with 3G radio, but till now, we have not seen any such device prototype from Apple. Well the main point is, if you are one of those who dislikes the separate app move by Apple, then here on FreaKGeeKs, we have a solution for you to get them back both in a single app with name of “iPod”.

You might be interested to know how to get it back, a new jailbreak tweak is launched in Cydia today with aim to bring the app back on iOS 5 jailbroken devices. Unified iPod For iOS 5 – is available in the Cydia for free of cost, you can simply download it on your device to get the iPod app back on your device back. All you have to do is to install the tweak and re-spring your device. When you done up with the mentioned steps you could get iPod app back on iOS 5 device.

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Apple has recently kicked out the couple of Apple TV firmware updates in an act to keep its users updated with new features of iOS 5, but at first they kicked out the buggy version which caused many errors on the user’s devices, but later they quickly pushed another update to the firmware finally with at least a fix for the problem. Apple TV seems to be working not perfectly on the new firmware 4.4.2, because many users had bricked their devices while updating to newer version.

While Apple was busy in fixing all of these issues on Apple TV, the team behind the most popular jailbreak tool “Seas0nPass” for Apple TV has just launched the new version of the tool to support the Apple TV jailbreaking on 4.4.2. The new Seas0nPass jailbreak currently only supports the tethered jailbreak at that time, which means you have to connect your TV set-up box to the computer on every boot of the device.
The Seas0nPass developers at Firecore note that they will continue to support the last untethered Seas0nPass jailbreak for the Apple TV 2G on iOS 4.3. However, the new Apple TV 4.4.2 firmware supports these below mentioned features from Apple:

• AirPlay Mirroring: Now with video mirroring – wirelessly stream what’s on your iPad 2 screen to your HDTV.
• Photo Stream: View photos recently taken on your iOS device and pushed to your Photo Stream in iCloud.
• Trailers: A whole new way to browse and view hundreds of the latest theatrical trailers.
• National Hockey League: Watch live games. View highlights, scores, and more.
• Wall Street Journal Live: Watch up-to-date news, business commentary, and financial analysis from leading experts.

However, on the other hand, you could get a lot of plugins on your Apple TV to make more out of from it. You can check out the list of current working plugins with the latest Apple TV 4.4.2 firmware jailbreak.

• Media Player (works)
• Couch Surfer (works)
• Last.fm (works)
• Weather (works)
• RSS Feeds (works)
• NitoTV (works)
• Overflow (works)
• Remote HD (works)

So if you are still interested in jailbreak your device, all you have to do is download the latest iOS 4.4.2 firmware for Apple TV from the official website and to download the Seas0nPass for your machine from its official FireCore website. You can also get the tutorial on how to jailbreak, the Apple TV on 4.4.2, right on the FireCore’s own website.

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A very large number of users had already updated their device to iOS 5 and already enjoys the tethered jailbreak boot on their devices, as we have noticed most of the user’s jailbreak their devices to run free crack apps on their iOS devices, but not for all the time. Many of them installed the applications on their devices before making the actual purchase of the application in the app store, but there was also a group of users who always wanted to run crack apps on their iOS devices and saves their many bucks.

However, the process of running cracked app does not end on the jailbreak, the user needs the couple of different tweaks, which allow them to sync and resigned the apps with different codes, which makes the app to run on any iOS device without looking for a certificate. App Sync is one of the most important tweaks available there in Cydia, which allows users to sync the cracked applications back with the iTunes and save their data from being lost on the crack applications.
As the Apple has launched the new version of iOS, so almost the entire jailbreak tweaks need little updates from their developer to work properly on the new iOS 5 and with iTunes 10.5.x. Today we have reported by the users that AppSync is updated with the iOS 5 compatibility and enable users to sync their cracked apps with iTunes. Cracked apps were mostly the paid apps, which users have downloaded for free of cost from different servers.
As we said earlier we don’t recommend pirated or cracked apps, but if you want to install AppSync for test purpose, here are the steps.
Step 1: Update your device to iOS 5 and jailbreak it with Redsnow.
Step 2: Launch Cydia, tap on “Manage” and then on “Sources.”
Step 3: At the top-right corner, tap on “Edit” and then on “Add” button at the top left corner.
Step 4: Now write this address http://cydia.hackulo.us/ in the given field and hit “Add Source.”
Step 5: After the source, files are installed, search for “AppSync for iOS 5+” using the search option available in Cydia app.
Step 6: Install it.
Step 7: Reboot your device again using Redsnow and synchronize your apps with iTunes.

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