Last week, news broke out that JailbreakMe creator Comex was working with iMods on developing a Cydia Substrate alternative. Comex mentioned that him working on a Cydia Substrate alternative will cause a lot of drama in the jailbreak community, and it has. Creator of Cydia, Saurik aka Jay Freeman, … [Read more...]
Here’s All The Cydia Tweaks Saurik Has Installed On His iPhone
Saurik, otherwise known by his actual name Jay Freeman, the founder of Cydia has recently took to Reddit to share all of the tweaks he has installed on his Jailbroken iPhone. So if you're curious to know what one of the most iconic names in the Jailbreaking scene has on is Jailbroken iPhone here … [Read more...]
Saurik Elaborates On MobileSubstrate For iOS 7, 64-Bit Jailbreak Tweaks And More
Over the past few days a lot of people have been trying to install Cydia tweaks with no avail due to MobileSubstrate and other important frameworks not yet being updated to support iOS 7. Although we showed you guys a solution to getting tweaks to work on iOS 7, this quick fix does not work with A7 … [Read more...]
Jay Freeman (Saurik) Has Jailbroken Google Glass Just Days After Its Release To Developers
With Google Glass being released to developers only days ago, it was only a matter of time before someone rooted it. I bet you wouldn't have guessed it would have been Jay Freeman, otherwise known as Saurik however. Speaking to Forbes, Freeman said "It took me two hours while I was having dinner … [Read more...]
The Reason Why Cydia Doesn’t Have A Popularity Filter
If you want inside scoops on what is going on in the Jailbreaking community or want to get answers from some of the head guys in the Jailbreaking community like Jay Freeman (aka Saurik) then Reddit seems to be the place to go. Recently, we stumbled upon an interesting Reddit thread from a user who … [Read more...]
Cydia Will Be Better Prepared For The Influx Of Traffic It Will Receive Upon The Release Of The iOS 6.1 Untethered Jailbreak
It seems that with every major untethered Jailbreak Cydia's servers, as well as many other big repositories will be extremely sluggish or in some cases go offline due to the mass influx of traffic. As such, a general rule of thumb used to be Jailbreak your device and then wait a couple days before … [Read more...]
Read Saurik’s “Novel” On What It Is Like To Live As An Underground Celebrity
One of the most iconic names in Jailbreaking has to be Jay Freeman, known by most as Saurik (his Twitter handle). Over the years as Jailbreaking has grown, Freeman has become somewhat of an underground celebrity. Considering he has over 300,000 Twitter followers and is responsible for the software … [Read more...]
Ever Wonder How Much Saurik Makes Off Cydia? Or What Happened To Cydia For Mac? Today Is Your Lucky Day!
Let's get one thing straight, the last few days things have become dramatic in the tech scene. First the Apple VS Samsung trial of the century was off to a rough start, with Apple looking to sanction Samsung the first day the trial even began. Then lets not forget the ordeal that I came across with … [Read more...]
Saurik Talks About Why He Hasn’t Released Cydia For Mac OS X In Heat Of The HackStore
We have discussed the Mac OS X version of Cydia numerous times here on iJailbreak. Whenever we seem to get clues that it is nearing completion however, nothing seems to progress as expected. The last hint we had that a Mac OS X version of Cydia was still being developed was by a comment made by … [Read more...]
Why Does Cydia Reload Data Every Time I Launch It? [Saurik Gives You An Answer]
Have you ever wondered why Cydia needs to reload its data nearly every time you launch it? Well, if you have then you will be glad to know that the creator of Cydia, Jay Freeman (Saurik) has actually left a detailed response to this question on Reddit. In essence Saurik mentions that unlike the … [Read more...]