Pod2g Gives iOS 5.0.1 Untethered Jailbreak To Chronic Dev Team For Release, Focuses On iPad 2 / iPhone 4S Jailbreak

Hey, jailbreaks, look at what news we’re bringing today! The iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak is almost here and guess what? GreenPois0n jailbreak tool will be back bringing iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for all A4 devices. Pod2g has recently updated his blog with a post informing users about the latest decision he made regarding his untethered jailbreak on iOS 5.0.1.

Pod2g says that he handed over the keys of his untethered jailbreak (which will untether iOS 5 and iOS 5.0.1) to the Chronic Dev Team so that they can test it, finish it and release the jailbreak as soon as possible.

I gave all the details to the chronic dev team so that they can finish, test, integrate and release the A4 jb ASAP.

Moreover, pod2g mentioned that he’ll now focus on jailbreaking A5 devices as the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. He hopes that he find a path quickly.

I need to focus on A5 and hope I can find a path quick, and I have the feeling that chronic-dev could help me.

Well, in my opinion, I see this is good news for both iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S users since the iPhone 4 users will get the jailbreak very soon (I mean it) and iPhone 4S users will see some good progress in the next few days.

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Sprint To Start Locking iPhone 4S SIMs From Today, November 11th

We knew this was coming, and today Sprint confirmed that it would start SIM locking the iPhone 4S. The news comes from an internal memo obtained by SprintFeed and a press release obtained by Engadget.

The press release said:

Sprint's policy is to have the iPhone 4S SIM locked to our network domestically and internationally. Beginning on November 11, the International SIM will be locked for devices provisioned on the Sprint network. Customers in good standing for at least 90 days can request to have their SIM unlocked for international use by calling Customer Care at 888-211-4727.

The leaked memo provides additional details about the locking process. Key points being:

A Sprint iPhone 4S bought (activated) before 11/11/11 would remain unlocked.The locking occurs during the activation process and is invisible to the customer (no extra action is needed by customer).

As iDB points out, a software restore of your Sprint iPhone 4S may lock your device's unlocked SIM slot. This is because after every software restore, iPhones have to be activated, and as the memo mentions, the "locking" happens during this process.

Although the iPhone 4S is a World Phone, you would need to go through Sprint's customer care to get your iPhone SIM unlocked. Sprint is also marketing its own international roaming plans along with the announcement.

The other CDMA network in the U.S., Verizon, had from day one sold the iPhone 4S SIM locked.

For the full text of the press release head over to the Engadget source link below.

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Unlocked iPhone 4S Now Available In U.S.

Apple's new iPhone 4S went on sale last month, however the fine print on Apple's US website revealed that the unlocked iPhone 4S will be available only in the November.

So as promised Apple has started offering unlocked iPhone 4S in the US starting today. 

As we had noted earlier, the unlocked iPhone 4S will be compatible with only GSM Networks. Apple is selling the unlocked iPhone 4S for $649/$749/$849 for the 16/32/64 GB models respectively with estimated shipping of 1-2 weeks.

Apple has this to say about the unlocked iPhone 4S:

The unlocked iPhone includes all the features of iPhone but without a contract commitment. You can activate and use it on the supported GSM wireless network of your choice, such as AT&T in the United States.* The unlocked iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S will not work with CDMA-based carriers such as Verizon Wireless or Sprint. If you don’t want a multiyear service contract or if you prefer to use a local carrier when traveling abroad, the unlocked iPhone is the best choice. It arrives without a micro-SIM card, so you’ll need an active micro-SIM card from any supported GSM carrier worldwide. To start using it, simply insert the micro-SIM card into the slot on your iPhone and turn it on by pressing and holding the On/Off button for a few seconds. Then follow the onscreen instructions to set up your iPhone.

Incidentally, the contract-free GSM iPhone 4S that Apple has been selling since the launch were already unlocked and not locked to AT&T's network.

Despite the high price, factory unlocked iPhones are popular among international travelers who may need to frequently switch SIM cards to avoid the exorbitant international roaming charges.

Are you planning to buy an unlocked iPhone 4S? Do you think it is worth the premium? Let us know in the comments below.

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Google Search iOS App Updated For iPhone And iPad

Google has just come up with an update to the Google Search iOS app which brings a brand new design for iPad and full-screen mode for search results and pages on an iPhone . The new interface on the iPad is inspired by the design recently showed across the majority of Google’s web services.


Now there are 4 grey icons on the main search page as History, Voice Search, Applications and Goggles. Also included in the update is a full-screen browsing mode and a visual UI for history allowing you to thumb through search results as pages.

The side-by-side view allows you to browse through web pages and search results simultaneously. Google Instant and Instant previews are also included in the iPad version. As for the iPhone, the update only lists minor bug fixes along with a full-screen mode provided. Updated Google Search app can be downloaded via iTunes.

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Siri Finally Gets Cracked! Can Now Be Ported To Android, Mac, iPhone 4, iPad 2!

You read it right, folks! You’ll be able to soon to run Siri on any device you just wish. Applidium, a French engineering firm, has managed to crack Siri’s security protocol that made Siri limited to the iPhone 4S. In other words, you’ll be able to run Siri on any device including Android, Mac and Windows.


This also includes any model of the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Siri is now not limited to the iPhone 4S, it can run on any iOS device and even on non-iOS devices.
What’s more amazing? Well, the awesome thing about this is that developers can now integrate Siri inside their apps too.

The iPhone 4S really sends raw audio data. It’s compressed using the Speex audio codec, which makes sense as it’s a codec specifically tailored for VoIP.The iPhone 4S sends identifiers everywhere. So if you want to use Siri on another device, you still need the identfier of at least one iPhone 4S. Of course we’re not publishing ours, but it’s very easy to retrieve one using the tools we’ve written. Of course Apple could blacklist an identifier, but as long as you’re keeping it for personal use, that should be alright!

The developers also found that Apple uses a lot of information when it communicates with its servers when it comes to Siri:

The protocol is actually very, very chatty. Your iPhone sends a tons of things to Apple’s servers. And those servers reply an incredible amount of informations. For example, when you’re using text-to-speech, Apple’s server even reply a confidence score and the timestamp of each word.

There’s only one bad thing; you’ll need a UDID of an iPhone 4S to get this cracking working on your device so at any time Apple could block the UDID you used. This means tat Apple could push a fix once it’s released, another cat and mouse game!
Siri was successfully ported to the iPhone 4 and iPod touch couple of weeks back. It has been also connected to Apple’s servers successfully.
Can’t wait to see this!

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Galaxy Nexus Outshines iPhone 4S In Most Benchmark Tests (REPORT)

Samsung Galaxy Nexus – the first device to feature Andrioid 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) – can already be found in the UK market despite having not being launched Stateside. The comparisons between it and others on the market have already started.

AnandTech has started off with a few benchmark tests, which scrutinize devices in key areas, scoring points depending on its capabilities, and then compared with competitors on the market. With that being said , Apple’s treasured iPhone 4S and iOS 5 do lack in some areas despite great early sales figures.

Galaxy Nexus has taken the #1 spot after quite a few tests that is highly attributable to Ice Cream Sandwich as opposed to the device itself, which is nothing astronomical despite being competitive in processor speed/GPU.

You can see from the graph the tested browsing speeds of Samsung’s latest offering. Even though the difference might be minor, such everyday tasks must be fluent and easily executed as possible. And from what you see, it out passes the Galaxy S II by a double, which is not certainly a slow device.

However, Galaxy Nexus doesn’t have everything its own way despite dominating on most fronts. iPhone 4S, with its dual-core A5 chip, outshines the Samsung rival in the GPU loading stakes which is very important for smooth game play.

Although the Galaxy Nexus dominates on most fronts, it doesn’t have everything its own way. The iPhone 4S, with its dual-core A5 chip, outdoes its Samsung rival in the GPU loading stakes – pretty important to ensure smooth game play.

But surely, the speed of emails and aforementioned browsing and other essentials should be held highly in regard than potential for gaming. Despite this claim, with smartphones becoming the new hand held console, gaming potential in a smartphone must be just as important as anything else very soon.

The American following would be more eager to get their hands on the device after hearing this news which is running the latest mobile OS from the Big G. Let’s hope the wait isn’t much longer.

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RadioShack Receiving Sprint iPhone 4S This Weekend

Now getting your hands on the Sprint iPhone 4S is a little easier as you have now got another outlet to go to. According to the internal documents obtained by 9to5mac, RadioShack will be introducing Apple’s latest handset to their Sprint lineup this weekend. Some stores are already filled with the stock now and many others will be getting the awaited iPhone 4S very soon.

But there is one thing that would disappoint you, according to the documents they have received, there is no indication that 32 or 64 GB models will be available at Radio Shack at this time.

Nevertheless the 16 GB model will be available in both the traditional colors (black and white) in all the stores currently carry the iPhone. Stores that don’t have the iPhone should be able to order it. RadioShack has been carrying the iPhone 4 on Sprint since they were selling the 4S on Verizon and AT&T last month with a note that the Sprint 4S would be a little late due to inventory issues.

Go to your local RadioShack this weekend to grab Apple’s latest smartphone.

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Unlock iPhone 4 And iPhone 3GS On Any Baseband Without Jailbreak

A successful unlock to T-Mobile in US and other nation’s networks have been reported using the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4. The method could be a bug and may be fixed with the next update of iOS.

First you need to know that this will only work until TMSI is refreshed, meaning that the unlock won’t stay for a long time. We have already posted the how-to guide to unlock the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS (follow the guide posted here). A little elbow grease may be required as swapping SIM cards is an integral part of the process and they need to have approximately the same size.

In the U.S., if you choose T-mobile for the iPhone carrier, you need to cut the standard iPhone SIM card to fit into the T-Mobile Micro-SIM slot. The best thing is this isn’t going to impact it’s functionality. You can use Google to find out the best way to do SIM card resizing if you can’t figure it out yourself.

When T-Mobile were left out from recieving an iPhone device, Sprint was the only new U.S carrier left for an iPhone device. When acquisition from AT&T happened, T-Mobile customer’s saw their wait come to an end. Before that, it would have been impossible for unlocking or using an iPhone 4 without a jailbreak.

If you have unlocked your iPhone successfully, don’t update your device when Apple releases iOS 5.0.2. This might  be an unexpected bug in the Apple iOS update. iOS 5.0.2 software update is expected to bring a remedy and an end to the simple unlocking process.

If you have been successful in unlocking your phone using this strategy, we would like to hear from you below.

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Facebook’s New Timeline Is Coming To The iPhone, It’s Incredible!

According to Ellis Hamburger over at BusinessInsider, Facebook is bringing a new update soon for its popular iPhone app to allow you to use the new Facebook’s Timeline profile. That profile design which was introduced during the F8 back in September. We’d really like to see this happening on the iPhone.

Hamburger says that feature is coming to the iPhone and it looks ‘incredible’. He claims that he’d a chance to see the interface at press function in New York yesterday.

Just wait until you see Timeline in action on a touch screen device. It’s so good it will make you want to skip the desktop experience and just use Facebook on your iPhone. Timeline is built to be manipulated on a touch screen.

Swiping through the years of your life is effortless, and Flynn even showed me a slick new feature that lets you take pictures “in line” inside your Timeline. In this way, you can see exactly how the pictures will look once they’re posted.

The lead designer for Facebook’s mobile Timeline interface told Hamburger that the feature is launching soon but it’s not yet ready. We’ll get back for any updates soon.

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Turn Your iPhone Into A Pocket Projector With This Case

Texas Instrument and Brookstone have announced a pocket projector case for the iPhone. This new case allows you to project your iPhone screen. The pocket projector is said to have an introductory price of $230. The design is somewhat similar to the battery cases available in the market. You can just slide on your iPhone on the jack and you get extended battery however the case makes the device 10x heavier.

The pocket projector’s lamp rests under the front of the iPhone where the audio jack is available. The lamp is powered by a 15-lumen-LED projection lamp and Texas Instruments’ DLP Pico projector technology. Below it is a small 0.5 watt speaker. According to the companies claim, the Pico projector can produce images up to 50 inches diagonally with a 640×360 pixel native display resolution.

External apps are required that support dock-connector video out. Some apps come preloaded with the dock-connector video out support.

You can pre-order this case by heading over to this link. Let us know what do you think.

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Download Hotspot Shield VPN For iPhone, iPad And iPod Touch

It has been quite along time since Anchor free Hotspot came in the desktop. It also provided us the service app to secure Virtual Private Network (You can call it VPN in short form) from our machine to another. This Hotspot shield has provided us many advantages in which the first one is security.VPN has secured the http into https. It is an excellent thing if you visit public WiFi.

I know that many people have been wasting their time in unsecured Wifi networks. They don’t need to borrow free Wifi from any local restaurant or any website that says it is secure but in reality it isn’t.

There are more chances of insecurity from these websites. With the help of VPN of Hotspot shield, our network will be protected. If internet connection is either blocked or monitored, the Hotspot shield will also take care of this problem. The Hotspot shield app is absolutely free for 7 day trial after that you have to buy it.

There are some problems with the VPN in serving loading but it will be fixed in near time. You can download this Hotspot shield in your iPhone, iPad and iPods if you really want to protect your connection.

Download Hotspot Shield VPN (iTunes link)

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How To Dictate Notes In Evernote With Siri On iPhone 4S

Folks at Evernote have figured out a way to use Siri - iPhone 4s' revolutionary voice activated personal assistant feature to dictate notes into Evernote account.

Andrew Sinkov has explained how to get Siri to work with Evernote on their blog:

make Evernote a contact in your address book with your incoming Evernote email address. You can add the email by going into Evernote > Settings > Evernote email address.

Launch Siri and say “Send email to Evernote.” Next, dictate your email and send it off. The message will show up in your default notebook. Even cooler, you can say “Send email to Evernote. Make apple pie for family reunion,” and Siri will send that note into your account.

It is great to see companies like Evernote and Remember the Milk figuring out a way to get their apps to work with Siri, which is easily the hottest smartphone feature of 2011.

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iPhone Users Reporting Issues With Address Book After iOS 5.0.1 OTA Update

Apple has just confirmed that iOS 5.0.1 hasn't fixed all iPhone battery issues, and if that wasn't bad enough, users have started reported new problems after upgrading to the latest iOS software update.

Paul Hontz of The Startup Foundry writes that after upgrading to iOS 5.0.1 via the over-the-air (OTA) update has screwed up the address book on his iPhone.

Hontz writes:

I updated my iPhone 4S earlier today (using the OTA method), and I discovered a nasty bug. My iPhone could no longer remember the names of any of my contacts! I opened up the contacts app on my phone and discovered that all of entries were still there but if I got a text or a call my iPhone would have a sudden bout of amnesia and forget the contacts name.

It’s even more bizarre when you’re trying to create a new text. In the example above I texted Erin Hontz. After I selected her as the contact, I wrote my message and hit send. In the message pane (pictured on the right) it would forget my contact’s name and just show the number.

Hontz is not the only one to face this issue. DC - one of our readers has just commented about an issue with iPhone contacts after upgrading to iOS 5.0.1:

Battery levels stayed the same. Where the update screwed me was my contacts. If I don't have the "+ 1" format entered, the name of the contact doesn't show up. Planning on restoring to factory settings.

According to Hontz, the issue seems to be affecting only iPhone 4S users. Hontz has provided the following workaround to fix the issue:

1) Open the Phone and dial *228. This is a Verizon over-the-air programming number. 2) When the system answer press 1 for “Program or activate your phone” 3) Wait for the call to disconnect. You should get a prompt stating something like, “Settings updated.” 4) Open the Task Manager (double click the home button) and kill the Phone, Message, and Contacts Applications 5) Wait a few minutes (I waited 3 just to be extra safe) 6) Open the Message App to verify the fix.

If you are still broken, kill the Message App again, then reboot your phone.

Did iOS 5.0.1 also mess up your iPhone Contacts? Let us know if the workaround helped.

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Unlocked iPhone 4S Now Available In Apple’s U.S Online Store

Along with then iPhone 4S launches overseas, Apple’s online store has also began to offer unlocked iPhone 4S for the US customers. The customers who were waiting for the unlocked iPhone 4S can now expect the product to be shipped in 1-2 weeks after they have placed their orders.

The price is set according to the memory of the iPhone with $649 for 16 GB model , $749 for 32 GB model and $849 for 64 GB model. Only GSM networks support the unlocked iPhone 4S such as AT & T in the united states. A micro sim card can be bought when travelling overseas by the owners.

The drawback of the unlocked iPhone 4S is that it will not work on CDMA based networks such as Verizon or Sprint. The unlocked iPhone 4S arrives without a micro-SIM card so a micro-SIM card needs to be inserted in the slot of the iPhone and it can be turned on by pressing and holding the on/off button for a couple of seconds. Then the onscreen instructions should be followed to set up your iPhone.

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Siri On iPhone 3GS Ported Successfully And Working Great (VIDEO)

We’ve already seen Siri working great on the iPhone 4 with very good performance but we haven’t known its performance on iPhone 3GS until today. Chpwn has managed to port Apple’s voice assistant feature to the iPhone 3GS. I thought that it may be working bad on iPhone 3GS but it seems like I was wrong.

A new video posted on Twitter showing the iPhone 3GS running Siri and it works as smoothly as it does on the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4. So it looks like that the iPhone 3GS is powerful enough to get Siri working on.
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Moreover, the well-known Cydia tweak, Activator, has been integrated with Siri. I’m just wondering why Apple didn’t release Siri for iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS since it’s working very good.
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The Leaked iPhone 5 Prototype Was Real After All (REPORT)

iPhone 4S was launched instead of an iPhone 5 back in October. iPhone 5 – was real and was scrapped off only months before iPhone 4S was announced. This source comes from an industry that has been making accurate predictions on Apple Products in the past. One source said that Apple engineers had a plan of announcing the release of iPhone 5 as Apple’s next big announcement prior to 3 months of the release of iPhone 4S.

The leaked prototype had a bigger screen then the current iPhone. Like the Samsung phone, it was 4” diagonal. The new phones were expected to have aluminum backs just like the iPad 2. Just like the ‘liquid metal’ technology used for the iPod shuffles, sources say Apple wanted to use the same technology to make multi colored iPhones. The source played with a prototype which had a messed up screen and color which made the source believe that the new iPhone would have a better screen and a nicer color. The press button was not a physical one and was only used to reboot the device.
The battery life of the prototype sucked and its actual power was disguised by removing its limiter. Engeeniers reported that the new iPhone was expected to have a 10 MP camera. The source also said the iPhone had Siri but it was called ‘Assistant’
Rumor has it that the new iPhone didn’t happen because Steve Jobs was unhappy with the bigger screen because it ‘fragmented’ iPhones. Even though we didn’t get a totally new iPhone, we got the iPhone 4S.
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Stay Away From iOS 5.0.1 If You Want Future Jailbreak For iPhone 4S, iPad 2, iOS 5 Untethered

Two days ago, a very dangerous flaw in the security system for iOS was discovered by security researcher Charlie Miller which allow any app to be remotely download and execute malicious, system-level code on an iPhone. Apple, just few hours after the flaw was known, banned the app developer and may release iOS 5.0.1 for public very soon to fix this security flaw.

The iPhone hacker pod2g few days ago announced that he found a bug in iOS 5 which will allow untethered jailbreak on the software. After founding the security flaw mentioned above, the iOS 5 jailbreak and iPhone 4S jailbreak became  “dramatically easier.” as tweeted by pod2g.

That’s why I’m writing this post; to tell you that you’ve to stay away and don’t update to iOS 5.0.1 when it’s released to the public very soon. iOS 5.0.1 will surely fix the security flaw found by Miller which means that jailbreaking will be even more difficult.

Pod2g has been asked about how will people get the battery fix included in iOS 5.0.1, pod2g said:

some dev may create a package on Cydia containing the differences between 5.0 and 5.0.1.

We’ve seen iPhone 4S and iPad 2 already jailbroken on iOS 5 by the iPhone Dev Team. Founding exploits now became more easier with this security flaw. An iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and iOS 5 untethered jailbreak are now on the horizon.

In brief, if you really care about the next iOS 5 jailbreak on all devices including the 4S and the 2nd-generation iPad, you’d better prevent yourself from updating to iOS 5.0.1.

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With iPhone 4S’ Improved Antenna, Consumer Reports Recommends iPhone 4S

Consumer Reports, the influential American monthly magazine trusted by a large number of people when buying consumer products, has announced that it "recommends" the iPhone 4S. The publication refused to recommend the iPhone 4 (GSM and CDMA) last year, due to reception issues when the device was held with a "death grip".

The iPhone 4S, as Phil Schiller said, "can intelligently switch between two antennas between send and receive to make even better call quality."

The improved antenna design did solve the antenna issues as per user accounts, and now Consumer Reports' sophisticated tests have concluded that the problem has indeed been solved with the iPhone 4S.

The publication says:

In special reception tests of the iPhone 4S that duplicated those we did on the iPhone 4, the newer phone did not display the same reception flaw, which involves a loss of signal strength when you touch a spot on the phone’s lower left side while you’re in an area with a weak signal. (The iPhone 4, which is still available, continues to exhibit that problem, we confirmed in tests of new samples of the phone. Because of the flaw, we continue to omit the iPhone 4 from our list of recommended models, despite its otherwise fine performance.)

The iPhone 4S did "very well"  in tests conducted by Consumer Reports, not exhibiting any sort of battery life issues. Of course not all users are experiencing satisfactory battery life, which is why Apple would be releasing a minor update to iOS in the coming weeks.

Despite a dual core processor, an upgraded camera and Siri, the iPhone 4S didn't outscore Android phones like Samsung's Galaxy S2 and Motorola's Droid Bionic. Reasons some of these Android phones topped the iPhone 4S in ratings are faster 4G speeds, 3D video/image capture and larger screens.

If you've been thinking about buying the iPhone 4S, then you've got a thumbs up from Consumer Reports.

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iPhone 4S Users Complain Of Audio Bugs While Making Calls

It seems that every iPhone launch has to be plagued by problems. The iPhone 4 had the antennagate, the iPhone 4S had battery issues as well as Siri outages. Now it seems a number of iPhone 4S users are facing an audio issue where they can not hear the person on the other end of the phone.

As with every Apple issue, a discussion thread on Apple's website has been opened with 36 pages of comments from users. One user on the forum, who initiated the thread says:

Picked up a Verizon iPhone 4S - 32GB and on about 1 in 10 calls I get no outbound audio when dialing.  Call shows the timer counting as if the call is progressing but absolutely no ring back and cannot hear the party on the other end when they answer. 

Another user on AT&T chimes in:

I am having the same issue with an AT&T 32G 4s, hitting the speaker button only works sometimes. It also has happened to me when using the Apple provided headphones/microphone.

The problem is intermittent as the comments say. Certain users in UK and Australia are also affected by the issue.

Whether the problem is a hardware issue, or a software bug is yet to be known. The newly released iOS 5.0.1 beta doesn't seem to solve the problem. Some users suggest that the problem is related to Bluetooth headsets, while others could reproduce the bug without even switching on Bluetooth.

As Mashable points out, a Facebook group named "iPhone 4S Outgoing Call No Audio" has also been created, suggesting the scale of the bug. Interestingly, another problem related to audio echo plagues a subset of iPhone 4S users.

Apple has so far remained silent on the issue. If the problem is indeed a software issue, we expect Apple to resolve it when it releases iOS 5.0.1 to public.

Have you experienced any such issue on your iPhone 4S?

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