In a sign of unity, it appears that an Android phone can be used to jailbreak an Apple iPhone so that its users can experience true freedom outside the walled garden of delights. iOS jailbreaking ...

People have been jailbreaking iOS devices for years in an effort to add a little more flexibility to Apple’s walled garden. This has mostly been a Mac or PC affair, with some jailbreaks showing up on ...

It only took Google about three days to recognize, examine and fix the vulnerability that allowed Android phones to be ‘jailbroken’, and users should see the fix (update RC30) pushed to their phones ...

Rooting your Android phone might be reasonably easy but jailbreaking an iPhone is still more of a cat and mouse affair. Tools like QuickpPwn made it easier to jailbreak back in the day, but more ...

So why is Google so suddenly concerned with keeping Android "locked up"? After news of the jailbreak made headlines, it took a day and a half for Google to issue an update that "fixed" this problem.

Hackers have found a way to circumvent controls in the Google Android operating system used on T-Mobile’s G1 mobile phone, allowing them to get around restrictions created by the phone’s designers.

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It seems as though the wide-open door for the Google Android-based T-Mobile G1 wasn’t nearly wide enough. Intrepid hackers have blown the door right off the hinges and shined a big spotlight inside ...

Folks have been jailbreaking iPhones for years in an attempt to gain more control over their devices and install apps that wouldn’t otherwise be supported. But Apple doesn’t make it easy — the company ...