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How To Backup iPhone SAM Activation Ticket To The Cloud via Cookie [Cydia]

To those who like to stay up to date with the latest news regarding the jailbreak world, SAM is nothing new by any means. You must also have heard of the new method through which it has become possible to carrier-unlock any jailbroken iPhone on any baseband and firmware, in a few simple steps (discussed [...] (more…)

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How To Unlock Bootloader On Sony Xperia S

The Xperia S, with all that it boasts, has ben moving ahead quite fast in terms of development for the device by Android fanatics. In case of the Xperia S, the only way you can actually manage to install a custom ROM, or for that matter root your device, is to have an unlocked bootloader. [...] (more…)

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How To Unlock Any Jailbroken iPhone Baseband With SAM

For some strange reason, SAM for iPhone has been somewhat of an underdog in jailbreaking. This powerful tool has been around for quite a while, and has proved to be of use in a number of scenarios, including the activation of locked devices, fixing iMessage, FaceTime and Push Notifications (these fixes are discussed in great [...] (more…)

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Unlock AT&T iPhone 4S Without Losing Jailbreak Using SAM

You can now unlock your AT&T iPhone 4S without having to lose your jailbreak, thanks to SAM (Subscriber Artificial Module). Right now, this is the only working method for unlocking a jailbroken iPhone 4S on AT&T, so do not bother trying it out with jailbreaking tools, such as redsn0w. SAM basically allows you to activate [...] (more…)

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How To Interop Unlock Nokia Lumia 710/800 & Flash A Custom ROM

In the opinion of most Windows Phone 7 users, the Nokia Lumia series represents the best breed of WP7 devices. The awesome camera, form-factor and display of the Lumia 800 and 710 have gone a long way towards endearing Nokia’s Mango phones to the masses. Given the popularity of these devices, it makes sense that [...] (more…)

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FaceLock: Unlock Android Screen & Favorite Apps via Facial Recognition

If you wish to secure your favorite Android apps using facial recognition, then the previously reviewed Visidon AppLock is probably an ideal option for you. New to the Google Play Store, FaceLock is yet another handy app based on said concept that lets you unlock protected apps using the facial recognition mechanism. You can opt [...] (more…)

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DS Marketplace: Get Homebrews, Wallpapers, & Games For Unlocked WP7

Despite its being rather new to the Windows Phone 7 development scene, Bazaar has become a fairly popular homebrew store for Mango phones running custom ROMs. It even has a desktop version, letting users manage their homebrew collection on a PC. However, it is always nice to see some competition, and it’s good to see [...] (more…)

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File Governor: Unload DLL Files & Quit Process To Resolve File Lock

Sometimes, it happens that when we attempt to rename, delete, or modify a file/folder, Windows shows an error message saying “access denied” or “file you’re trying to modify is being used by Windows or other application”. Such files, which are being used by Windows-initiated processes and services, are called locked files, and they can’t be [...] (more…)

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Overachiever: Force-Unlock All iOS Game Center Achievements [Cydia Tweak]

Almost every game you play on your iOS device has some sort of scoring system, designed to motivate users to get ahead of their friends. For extra incentive, some games have additional “Achievements” that are logged in the Game Center. Some of these achievements are next to impossible to gain, and a thorn in the [...] (more…)

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Void Lock: Gesture-Based Lock Screen That Makes Your Android Device Seem Powered Off

When it comes to selecting a custom device/screen protection method, Android users have plenty of options to choose from. The Face Unlock feature introduced in the latest Android operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich, is a useful addition to the already existing screen unlock methods that include a user-defined PIN, password or pattern. Amid the availability [...] (more…)

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How To Get Other Manufacturer’s Marketplace On Your Windows Phone 7

Nokia’s Windows Phone 7 devices have been termed as the last hope for the Mango platform. This is for the reason that Nokia has been granted the permission by Microsoft to tinker with the operating system, and there are some exclusive Nokia apps available in the Nokia Store section of the Marketplace. Some of these [...] (more…)

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Jailbreak & Unlock WP7 Samsung Phones, Enjoy Homebrews And Root Access

If you own a Samsung Windows Phone 7 device, Christmas just arrived a day earlier for you. Thanks to the amazing work of Jaxbot over at Windows Phone Hacker, an interop unlock has been released for WP7 devices. However, it has to be admitted that Jaxbot’s WindowsBreak is not the first option available for unlocking Mango [...] (more…)

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What Is The WP7 Homebrew Store, Bazaar, & How To Install It

If you are a smartphone user, then you most probably have heard about Cydia, the alternative app store for jailbroken iOS devices. In Android, no such alternative is necessary, as anyone can flash an APK file to their device. That left out Windows Phone 7 - or not any more, as the platform just got its very own [...] (more…)

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How To Get Interop Unlock On A Developer Unlocked HTC Windows Phone

Android devices can be rooted, and iOS gets jailbroken, but what about Windows Phone 7? The equivalent of rooting and jailbreak for WP7 is known as developer unlock. You might own a device that has really been unlocked by Microsoft because you are a developer, or have employed one of the other ways of unlocking a [...] (more…)

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Free/Paid Ways To Unlock Your WP7 Mango Phone & Problems You Might Face

Being quite a Windows Phone 7 fan, I have a Samsung Omnia 7 and an HTC HD7 (thanks to AddictiveTips, of course). On Nodo, both were unlocked as I used Chevron to gain privileged-level access to the devices. Having an unlocked device was important for me because it allowed me to take screenshots using homebrew [...] (more…)