How to Fix iBooks on Jailbroken iOS 5 on iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch

The iOS 5 firmware has been released can be jailbroken using Redsn0w and Sn0wbreeze. Unfortunately, Apple’s iBooks is not working on jailbroken iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch running on tethered or semi tethered iOS 5. We are hearing numerous reports from various iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users regarding their turbulent experience, conveniently crashing every time they are trying to launch iBooks on their iOS 5-powered devices. Well, the good news is, a temporary solution / workaround is available to fix this error.

According to iH8sn0w – the main man behind Sn0wbreeze iPhone / iPad jailbreak tool – the issue was dealing with how Redsn0w or Sn0wbreeze did sandbox patches in the kernel. And for those of you who aren’t aware, sandbox is a security measure that is used to ensure iOS apps such as the Safari mobile browser don’t have access to personal information or system files. Anyway, you can check the tutorial posted below on how to fix iBooks on jailbroken iOS 5 on iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch:

Note: This tutorial requires you to have iFile, a jailbreak app available in Cydia Store under BigBoss repo. It is a paid app, but is very useful and worth every penny.

Steps to fix iBooks on Jailbroken iOS 5
Step 1: First, you will need to uninstall iBooks on your jailbroken iOS device (or use this iTunes link to download iBooks). Make sure you don’t open the app just yet as we are going to apply the fix first.
Step 2: Now you have to launch iFile and the you have to copy iBooks.app from /var/mobile/Applications/(iBook’s folder)/ and paste it to /Applications. You can use SBSettings, or just check every folder to identify the correct iBooks folder. This process is quite if you don’t have much App Store apps installed on your iOS device.
Step 3: After pasting iBooks.app, just simply tap on /Applications/iBooks.app/Info.plist and then select the property list editor. Select the CFBundleIdentifier and then change its file name from com.apple.iBooks to com.apple.iBooksFix.
Step 4: Exit iFile and then Respring your iOS device.
Step 5: Now you have to delete the original iBooks app (the one with the rounded corners) and keep the newly installed square iBooks app.

iBooks on jailbroken iOS 5 is fixed! However, since this is just a temporary fix, there’s no way you will be able to sync your iOS device to iTunes, upload your .epub files, or purchase eBooks.

iBooks Fix For Jailbroken iOS 5 Devices:

How To Fix iBooks App Anti-Jailbreaking Code in iOS 4.2.1 Greenpois0n Jailbreak Without Jailbreaking

Well it seems like the Cupertino, California-based Apple is testing a new anti-jailbreak code, and they embedded it on its software updates. Recently, the iPhone maker launched an update to iBooks app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. And as a result, Apple disables iBooks on jailbroken iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.

Apple does not open digital books loaded with DRM on the jailbroken iOS. iPhone hacker and an integral member of the iPhone Dev Team Comex reported that the updated iBooks app is trying to analyze the iOS system to determine if its jailbroken or not through executing improperly signed binary. If the app figured out that the iOS is jailbroken then it does not open. However, the good news is that, a new Cydia tweak has been released in order to resolve the iBooks app issues. The name of this tweak is iBooks Fix and you can download it in Cydia App store for free of cost. The solution available in Cydia Store fixes the iBooks on iOS 4.2.1 devices jailbroken using the Greenpois0n without needing restore and re-jailbreak.

Here is how to install iBooks Fix.
Step 1: Tap on Cydia icon and go to Manage -> Sources -> Edit -> Add.
Step 2: Type the address of Insanelyi repositr0y “ http://repo.insanelyi.com “ and tap on “Add Source”.
Step 3: Search for “iBooks Fix” and install it.

After you have installed this tweak on your jailbroken iOS device you can now open iBooks app and access all your DRM-filled books on your jailbroken iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

GreenPoison RC6.1 Untethered 4.2.1 Jailbreak iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad & Apple Tv2:

Apple’s iBooks App Gets Updated, Adds New Features

Apple has updated its iBooks app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, and the latest version, iBooks 1.5 brings a new range of features to Apple’s eBook app, which include a new nighttime reading theme that is designed to make it easier to read books in the dark.

Other new features include a new full screen layout, a new range of fonts, which include Athelas, Charter, Iowan, and Seravek, plus some new classic covers for the public domain books and more. You can find out full details of everything is new in iBooks 1.5 over at iTunes, and the app is available as a free download for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

More information's:
http://gizmodo.com/5865798/the-new-ibooks-15-for-ipad-and-iphone-is-a-must-have-upgrade

Apple iBooks for iPad, iPhone, & iPod Touch (App Review):