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The traditional iPhone lock screen is functional but it's pretty boring. Watch as the Atom Cydia tweak turns the drab slider into an app hub you won't be able to live without!

The iPhone is often touted as being one of the most secure smartphones on the planet. However, these findings say that this Apple product is still more of a security risk than its Android counterparts. Find out why by clicking onward!

Apple has always had a way of designing their software that makes it incredibly pleasing to the eye. However this new app switcher makes all of their hard work look like it's lagging behind the competition.

While there hasn't exactly been too much to speak of on the iOS 6 jailbreak front, we can tell you that downgrading to 5.1.1 is now completely possible as long as you happened to save those SHSH blobs!

While I'm sure most of you DashHacks readers are probably satisfied with using SBSettings to hide your apps, I've got word of a cool new website that will do the same for you that will work on all those new, untapped devices.

 

A few weeks ago, a kind iPhone app developer and fan of DashHacks placed a message in my LinkedIn inbox to review their FX Photo Studio app. After sitting with the program for a little bit, here are my impressions on what I liked and disliked about my experience.

iOS 6 is Apple's very latest attempt at creating a usable mobile operating system. However, some of us may not want to make the jump, which makes it all the more frustrating when we see our friends messing around with the new version. With this tweak, you can at very least give your iOS 5 device the new tinted status bar it deserves.

We all know that today's Apple event is going to be all about the next iPhone, but there are a lot of smaller announcements that will be coming along the way as well. The experts  over at 9 to 5 Mac have some supposed details on the accessories to be revealed later today.

While Zynga may have released their own Pokemon clone on to the App Store last week, the effort that drops today has come to us from a developer who is a lot less known than the aforementioned mobile development monster force.

If you're looking to spice up that DashHacks forum avatar, sometimes there can be nothing more hilarious than the right animated GIF. In many instances constructing your own can be an annoying process, but this free official App Store app can have you making animations from your own photos in no time.

Even if you love the new speed enhancements found on Facebook 5.0, a true jailbreaker is still bound to feel at least a little bit constricted. Thanks to this new app, you'll be able to tweak your more rapid Facebook experience to make this mobile the social networking centerpiece to look and feel just the way you like it.

Whether we want to admit or not, viruses are a part of all major operating systems. With the increased popularity of mobile devices comes a powerful Spyware with the ability to take full control of your iOS or Android device.

If you dig the look of the rumored iPhone5 but simply don't have enough money to spring for the full phone upgrade at launch time, iPhone5Mod has a case that might be of interest to you.  Find out more details in the full story!

If you can't create a ringtone on your computer for whatever reason, mp3m4r.com has you covered. It allows you to quickly and very easily create a ringtone for your iPhone in 3 simple steps.

1. Enter your E-mail address. -- You need this because the ringtone will be created and you'll be notified via email once it's completed.
2. Upload an mp3 file of the song you want created as a ringtone.
3. Finally, select the part of the mp3 you want as a ringtone, Sadly, this doesn't allow you to listen to the part of the mp3 you choose. So you'll have to figure out the times before hand.

After you got all that figured out, you click "Create My Ringtone" and mp3m4r.com will create it and email you a download link. All you have to do before that, is download it, add it to iTunes, and sync it with your iPhone. Easy as pie.
- source: mp3m4r.com Thanks Martin!

TinyUmbrella version 4.1.2 has been released to allow you to back up SHSH Blobs for the latest iOS version, 4.1 -- This new version includes iOS 4.1 support, baseband protection for iPhone 4, among other features and fixes.
Change log:

• Fixed a naming issue for 4.1 shsh
• 4.1 iOS support
• Baseband Protection for iPhone 4

Baseband protection, prevents the baseband from updating on your iPhone 4 when updating to iOS 4.1 -- From The Firmware Umbrella:

I put my money where my mouth is. I tested my code on my own iPhone 4 and was able to update to 4.1 without touching my baseband. The only doctoring I did was removing my private info. The newest version of TinyUmbrella will have an added side-benefit of allowing you to update to 4.1 without the fear of baseband update. Of course, in order to downgrade back to 4.0.x you need to have your SHSH saved on Cydia or locally. Have fun :)

Downloads: TinyUmbrella v4.1.2 for Windows PC TinyUmbrella v4.1.2 for Mac OS X TinyUmbrella v4.1.2 for Linux
- source: The Firmware Umbrella

It's official, AT&T has ran out of iPhone 3G's. We reported AT&T running low on iPhone 3G stock last month. -- Boy Genius Report makes note of an apparent AT&T internal memo letting retail store employees that the company is officially out of stock of the device.

June 4, 2010 iPhone 3G 8 GB is Out of Stock Effective immediately, iPhone 3G 8GB is Out of Stock. Please refer all customers to iPhone 3GS 16 GB and 32 GB models. FAQ: Q: When will we receive inventory for iPhone 3G 8GB? A: At this time, we do not know when more iPhone 3G 8GB will arrive. Q: Are there any iPhone 3G 8 GB available in COR if my customer can purchase there? A: Check with your local COR stores to see if they have any inventory available.

Now, we just wait till the iPhone 3GS drops to the $99USD price tag and the new iPhone (presumably iPhone 4G or iPhone 4GS) to slip into the $199/$299 price tag.
Stay tuned!
- source: boygeniusreport.com

Wow, a day after the iPhone Dev Team released their updated Redsn0w software, Apple releases an update to iPhone OS. This isn't a significant update to the iPhone OS. It doesn't introduce new and exciting features to the current hardware but it does fix a number of issues and bugs.

This update fixes and improves the following:

• Improves accuracy of reported battery level on iPhone 3GS
• Resolves issue where third-party apps would not launch in some instances
• Fixes bug that may cause an app to crash when using the Japanese Kana keyboard

This update is for all current hardware, iPhone 1G (EDGE), iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and all iPod Touch devices. You can easily get the update via iTunes by connecting your device and clicking "Check for Update"
*Note* It's been confirmed by the iPhone Dev Team that Redsn0w 0.9.2 works with this new iPhone OS update only with iPhone 1G (EDGE) and iPhone 3G and *ONLY* if you don't care about unlocking. Just point Redsn0w 0.9.2 to the iPhone OS 3.1.2 firmware IPSW -- The iPhone Dev Team urges iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch users who wish to jailbreak to stay away from this update until further notice!
Downloads: iPhone OS 3.1.3 Downloads will be up shortly! iPhone 2G EDGE 3.1.3 IPSW Download iPhone 3G 3.1.3 IPSW Download iPhone 3GS 3.1.3 IPSW Download

In a brief press release by RadioShack earlier this week, RadioShack announced they will begin selling Apple's iPhone starting with the Dallas-Fort Worth and New York City markets later this month. RadioShack plans to sell the iPhone across the U.S. in 2010.

"As part of its ongoing mobility strategy, RadioShack is pleased to announce that it will introduce Apple's iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS in a limited number of company-owned stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth and New York City metropolitan areas beginning later this month. RadioShack expects to introduce iPhone in stores nationwide in 2010. For more information about exact store locations and product availability, visit www.radioshack.com. For more information about iPhone, visit www.apple.com/iphone."

Turns out BGR was right, Last year The Boy Genius Report reported that Best Buy and Radio Shack would begin selling the iPhone. Best Buy began selling the iPhone in September 2008.
- source: ir.radioshackcorporation.com

GeoHot has released a free unlock for the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS called blacksn0w. You can install blacksn0w from the blackra1n application installed on your iPhone when jailbreaking with blackra1n. You can also install blacksn0w from Cydia by adding blackra1n.com to the Cydia source list.

blacksn0w is a free unlock for the latest iPhone 3G and 3GS
blacksn0w is also available on Cydia, add blackra1n.com as repo requires firmware >= 3.1 and baseband 05.11.07

If you happen to use blacksn0w and run into Wi-Fi issues, GeoHot suggests you try to Reset Network Settings in Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset Network Settings.
- source: iphonejtag.blogspot.com

It's about time! AT&T has announced in a press release that MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) will be finally coming to the iPhone on September 25 2009 for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS customers, on the AT&T Network of course. Sadly, no iPhone 2G (First Generation) MMS support due to hardware limitations.

We know many of our iPhone customers are eager for an update on our rollout schedule for Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). Weve been working for the past several months to prepare our systems and network to ensure the best possible experience with MMS when it launches – and that launch date is: September 25 for iPhone 3G and 3GS customers. MMS will be enabled through a software update on that day.

Many iPhone customers on the AT&T network have been waiting for AT&T for the past four months since Apple announced it back in June 09. The MMS service will not be an extra paid service, it will be free to existing iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS customers with text messaging. So, in other words, everyone with an iPhone on AT&T (except iPhone 2G owners) will have MMS for free.
- source: att.com