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Reddit survey tries to identify the ‘average jailbreaker’

Cody Lee ∙ March 18, 2013

In my 4 or 5 years of hanging out in the jailbreak community, I've met people from all walks of life. Both men and women jailbreak, ranging in ages from 6-60, and they come from all around the world. I can't imagine trying to determine the 'average jailbreaker.'

But that's exactly what Reddit user spiceman54j was hoping to accomplish this weekend when he surveyed Redditors from the r/jailbreak forum. In total, he collected data from nearly 400 jailbreakers, and he's created an infographic to showcase his findings...

The first PSP emulator for iOS now plays games at 60FPS

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated January 26, 2016

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIsTO4bIZa4&hd=1

A few days ago, we told you about PPSSPP — the first PSP emulator for iOS. While the initial screens and video looked promising, at the time, the frame-rate was really low due to some technical issues. Now, it appears that those technical issues — the lack of JIT compiling — have been ironed out, as new video has surfaced showing PPSSPP playing Wipeout pure at a buttery smooth 60 frames per second.

Check out the video above, which showcases Wipeout Pure running at a silky smooth rate. Again, thanks to our friends for the heads up. Again, be sure to visit the official PPSSPP website for more information.

PPSSPP: The first PSP emulator for iOS

Jeff Benjamin ∙ March 12, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELqzUY-SZEA

PPSSPP is a PSP emulator that looks quite amazing. Yes, the framerate is slow, but that's to be expected for an early build of a hardware emulator. The fact that this is running a PSP game (Wipeout Pure), and it looks almost exactly like it does on the PSP, is pretty incredible.

According to the audible YouTube commentary, the emulator is running so slow, because it's using interpreter instead of Just In Time compilation (JIT), which would increase performance significantly. If the developer, Henrik Rydgard of Dolphin Emulator fame, and the rest of the development community can solve this issue, then we'll have a pretty solid PSP emulator on our hands.

How much control Saurik really has over Cydia

Cody Lee ∙ March 4, 2013

Cydia, despite being the go-to app and tweak store for several years in the jailbreaking community, has a number of shortcomings. It's slow to load and daftly unorganized, among other things.

And most people tend to blame Saurik for all of these issues. After all, he is the creator and 'grandmaster' of Cydia, right? Not so much, according to his latest comments in a Reddit thread...

Planetbeing talks favorite tweaks, food and more in Reddit thread

Cody Lee ∙ February 15, 2013

An interesting thread popped up on Reddit today in r/jailbreak. What started out as an AMA request (that's a request for a person or group to participate in an 'Ask me anything' thread) for the evad3rs, turned into a pretty candid Q&A session with planetbeing.

Typically when an AMA request is filled, the subject(s) comes back at a later time to answer user-submitted questions. But being the nice guy that he is, after noticing the thread, planetbeing hopped on and said he'd be happy to answer any questions. And boy did he...

Popular Reddit client Alien Blue receives major update

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 22, 2018

Reddit, as you know, is a social news and entertainment aggregation website that is ranked among some of the most popular in the world. Unfortunately, its official client for iOS leaves a lot to be desired, as it hasn't been updated since 2011.

But luckily, the folks of Morrissey Exchange are committed to providing a proper mobile Reddit experience with Alien Blue. The app is considered by many to be the goto client for the popular website, and it just got a whole lot better...

Planetbeing says he has an iOS 6.0.2 untethered jailbreak now, but we must be patient

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated January 26, 2016

iOS hacker Planetbeing posted on Reddit earlier today about the status of the iPhone 5/iOS 6 untethered jailbreak. While there have been many messages regarding the viability of a jailbreak, the famous iOS hacker insists that it's only a matter of time before a jailbreak is a reality.

In other words, we need to be patient while the guys who have proven themselves time and time again put in work...