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With the powerful free  Winterboard  app on Cydia for  Jailbroken  iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches, you are able to easily and quickly change the entire aesthetic look of iOS. While this feature is nothing new, the Retina Display has allowed for a whole new level of artistry and themeing fun! Retina quality HD themes are popping up daily on the Cydia store and TiPb.com brings you our Top 5 best HD themes after the break! EnVy HD by JunesiPhone An HD remake of the popular EnVy theme, this gorgeous and full Retina quality theme was only released a week ago but is quickly becoming a favorite of the jailbreak community. The theme includes an animated lockscreen, 4 Icon sets, slideshow wallpaper, themed notes, weather, calculator, camera, phone, SMS interface, mail, safari, and much more to come including color mods, Animated Weather, and more animated lockscreens. EnVy HD is available on Cydia for $2.99. Timeless HD by Bluemetal Timeless HD is a truly...

Now that  iPad 2 can finally be Jailbroken , many of you are considering it and are asking us whether or not it’s worth it.  Jailbreaking  has always been popular among iPhone users, but some believe iPads already do what they want a tablet to do and aren’t as sure about the need for the extra functionality Jailbreak provides. With  iOS 5  on its way this fall, the gap between stock iPads and Jailbreak will be closed even further. So should you Jailbreak your iPad 2? Keep reading to see some of our top reasons why iPad and iPad 2 users may want to jailbreak. LockInfo While  LockInfo  may remain more popular for iPhone, it’s also great on the iPad. We all know that the upcoming  Notification Center will add better notifications to iPhone and iPad but it still doesn’t give you a ton of control. For power users who like to have complete control over their notifications and how they are presented, LockInfo will still remain at the top...

Jailbreaking  your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad and need to know how to troubleshoot all those annoying little errors, bugs, and assorted problems that crop up along the way? Whether you’re having issues getting your device to jailbreak or running into problems after you’ve jailbroken, we’ve got the answers to lots of common problems. First make sure you’re performing the process correctly. If you need a guide or tutorial, we’ve most likely got you covered. Guides to jailbreaking and jailbreak basics If you know you’re performing the process correctly but you’re running into an error, we’ve got a whole list troubleshooting steps you can try and we add more to it all the time. If you find a new issue, let us know! How to troubleshoot common issues during the jailbreak process If none of the guides or troubleshooting tips seem to solve your problem, you can check out our general jailbreak forums. We’ve got the answers to a variety of questions and a huge community tha...

Need help figuring out what the best apps and tweaks are for your newly  jailbroken  iPhone? Cydia  can be overwhelming if you’re not sure where to start. Whether you’re jailbreaking to theme or add more functionality, we’ll have you on your way to becoming a jailbreak ninja in no time. Quick toggles and gestures Utilities like Activator and SBSettings should be at the very top of any jailbreaker’s list. Who likes to tap all the way into Settings to disable Wifi or 3G? I know I don’t when I can just use SBSettings to disable it with two taps from virtually anywhere on my iPhone. SBSettings has a limitless amount of toggles available in Cydia and can be customized and tweaked until your heart’s content. If you want a quick toggle to turn off SMS alerts, you’ve got it. It also allows you to monitor free memory and clear it out. All with a simple swipe on your status bar. Activator is also a staple in the jailbreak world when it comes to accessing informatio...

All of you witnessed the release of  untethered jailbreak for the A4 devices just before the start of the new year. Pod2g along with the iPhone Dev Team and the Chronic Dev Team managed to pull it off. There has been recent activity going on for the untethered jailbreak for the A5 devices. Details below! Only 3 days ago, Pod2g tweeted that the untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 could be expected the coming week. There isn’t any permanent jailbreak for the A5 devices as they haven’t received any bootrom exploit such as limera1n as the A4 devices had received in the past. The iPhone 4S hasn’t been jailbroken ever and the iPad 2 can be jailbroken using JailbreakMe 3.0, which was released by Comex on iOS 4.3.3, later patched to iOS 4.3.4 update. However, the fact is that this isn’t an untethered jailbreak. On the same day, pod2g was asked that whether it was ok to update to iOS 5.0.1 on which his reply was a positive one. Users on lower versions ar...