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JailbreakCon
JailbreakCon or WWJC (Worldwide Jailbreak Convention; formerly MyGreatFest) is a convention centered around the iOS jailbreak community. The day after the first one was held, the name was changed from MyGreatFest to JailbreakCon (WWJC).
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JailbreakCon New York, August 2013
This event was held at Radisson Hotel New Rochelle (New York) on 23/24 August. The first day was a developer workshop, and the second day was the main event.
Speakers, second day
- Joshua Hill (p0sixninja) spoke about OpenJailbreak, explaining the project's goals. He published his slides (PPT), and both iFans and iJailbreak wrote articles summarizing the talk.
- Nikias Bassen (pimskeks) gave an explanation of how evasi0n works. Here are his slides (PDF) and an article from iFans that summarizes the talk.
- Carsten Heinelt, developer of iFile.
- Ryan Petrich, developer of many tweaks, explained some of the developer libraries he maintains and announced his upcoming revival of TweakWeek. Here is his example code and an iDownloadBlog article about TweakWeek 2.
- Adam Bell, another tweak developer, discussed developing Message Box and demonstrated how to use Cycript to prototype a tweak. Here's a video of the talk and his slides and example code. iFans wrote an article summarizing the talk.
- Jay Freeman (saurik) talked about the complications of determining whether jailbreaking is legal. iFans wrote an article about their impression of the talk.
- Filippo Bigarella, another tweak developer, talked about the process of developing tweaks. iFans wrote an article summarizing the talk.
- TCcentex, a theme artist, told the story of E is for Ezra, a theme that raises money for the ModMyi founder's charitable organization that supports neuroblastoma research. He released E is for Ezra 2 during his presentation.
- Britta Gustafson, SaurikIT community manager, talked about why people jailbreak their devices.
- Lightning talks (two minutes each): Bradley Friedman (Sirex), Julian Weiss (insanj), Adam D (kirb), Daniel Ferreira (theiostream), and Conrad Kramer (conradev). These developers talked about their tweaks and shared advice on developing. Video of the lightning talks.
More videos
More articles
- CopyTrans Blog: "Worldwide Jailbreak Convention 2013", a post describing the general experience of the conference.
JailbreakCon San Francisco, September 2012
This event was held at South San Francisco Conference Center on 29 September.
Speakers 2012
- Aaron Ash
- Josh M. Tucker
- Austin Bradley
- Jay Freeman (saurik)
- Dustin Howett
- Carsten Heinelt, developer of iFile
- Cyril Cattiaux (pod2g)
- Steven De Franco (iH8sn0w)
- Kevin Bradley (nitoTV)
- Ryan Petrich
- Justin Williams (Jaywalker)
- Nikias Bassen (pimskeks)
Videos 2012
- Live Stream (since 2011, includes 2012 event)
- Stream part 1: Aaron Ash
- Stream part 2: Carsten Heinelt
- Stream part 3: Sponsors, pod2g, iH8sn0w
- Stream part 4: Kevin Bradley (nitoTV)
- Stream part 5: Ryan Petrich, Justin Williams (Jaywalker), Jay Freeman (saurik), Dustin Howett
- Presentation of iH8sn0w
- Presentation of Kevin Bradley (nitoTV)
- Presentation of Ryan Petrich
- Presentation of Jay Freeman (saurik)
Slides 2012
- Ryan Petrich (PDF with speaker notes)
- Kevin Bradley (nitoTV) (PDF)
- Dustin Howett (Keynote)
- Nikias Bassen (pimskeks) (PDF)
- pod2g (PDF)
- Steven (iH8sn0w) (Keynote)
Articles 2012
- Redmond Pie: "JailbreakCon 2012 (WWJC): As It Happened"
- iDownloadBlog: "The tale of my three days at the epicenter of the jailbreak community"
- iDownloadBlog: "JailbreakCon 2012 schedule"
- iJailbreak: "The World Wide Jailbreaking Convention (JailbreakCon 2012) Overview"
- Cult of Mac: "The Future Of Jailbreaking: A Roundup Of What You Missed At JailbreakCon 2012"
- JailbreakNation: "Pod2G Interview On The Future Of Jailbreaking And His Personal Experience"
MyGreatFest London, September 2011
This event was held at The Old Truman Brewery in London on 17 September.
Speakers 2011
- Aaron Ash
- Carsten Heinelt, developer of iFile
- iDroid Team Members
- James Whelton
- p0sixninja and OPK
- saurik
Videos 2011
Slides 2011
- Aaron Ash (PPT)
- Chronic Dev (PDF)
- iDroid (PDF)
Articles 2011
- iDownloadBlog: "MyGreatFest — A Roundup of Everything You Missed"
- AppAdvice: "From Cydia To iOS 5 Jailbreak - Here's Everything That Happened"
- ReadWriteWeb: "Jailbreaking Convention MyGreatFest Brings iPhone Hacking to Mainstream"
- TheNextWeb: "Cydia and Jailbreak apps: The ecosystem, developers and increasing revenues"
- BBC News: "Who are the jailbreakers?"
- CNet: "I'd recommend jailbreaking to anyone"
- AppAdvice: "The Chronic Dev Talks iOS 5 Jailbreak & Plans For The Future"
- iDownloadBlog: "The Chronic Dev Team Talks iPhone 5 Jailbreak and New Exploits at MyGreatFest"
- iDownloadBlog: "Saurik, the Father of Cydia, Talks About the State of Cydia and Jailbreaking at MyGreatFest"
