iPhone News Updated

iPhone 5 may release with reshaped batteries

There will be many owners of the iPhone 4S currently downloading the Corona Jailbreak now it has gone live. While the current version is being jailbroken reports of what Apple may be planning for their next smartphone begin to emerge. Today we have news that the iPhone 5 may release with reshaped batteries powering it following a patent application.

A lot of speculation about the iPhone in the last year or so has talked about the device having LTE connectivity. Apple hasn’t put the technology into their handset because the current chips are not only too large, but also put too much strain on the battery. According to a report on Cult of Mac the iPhone 4S would probably last under six hours if it was connected to a LTE network.

There are a couple of things that could address this in the coming months though, as firstly new LTE chipsets are on route that are not only smaller, but also demand less power. Secondly a new Apple patent application reveals that the company is looking to make batteries slimmer and more efficient.

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iPhone 4S and iPad 2 untethered jailbreaks are finally here

Finally! Notable hacker pod2g and the Chronic Dev Team have released the first untethered jailbreak for Apple’s iPhone 4S and iPad 2.

Jailbreaking your iPhone opens the door to loading unapproved applications and using the phone on other carriers. Not surprisingly, Apple hates its devices being jailbroken and used in unintended ways, so the company regularly issues operating system updates that make it harder to jailbreak. The iPhone 4S, in particular, has taken months to find a full jailbreak.

The new jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 is called “Absinthe A5″ and it can be downloaded direct here. Unfortunately, the Absinthe jailbreak is only available now for Mac users right now, but versions for Windows and Linux are planned to be released soon.

What makes this release such a big deal is that this is an “untethered” jailbreak versus a “tethered” jailbreak. A tethered jailbreak means your phone can only be rebooted when it is plugged into the computer, while an untethered jailbreak means your phone can be rebooted anytime. As someone who’s had a tethered jailbreak on his iPhone 3GS before, I can tell you life is much easier with an untethered jailbreak.

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