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).

17 September 2011
This event was held at The Old Truman Brewery in London.

29 September 2012
This event was held at South San Francisco Conference Center.

23/24 August 2013
This event was held at Radisson Hotel New Rochelle (New York). The first day was a developer workshop, and the second day was the main event.

Speakers 2011

 * Aaron Ash
 * Carsten Heinelt, developer of iFile
 * iDroid Team Members
 * James Whelton
 * p0sixninja and OPK
 * saurik

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)

Speakers 2013

 * Joshua Hill (p0sixninja)
 * Nikias Bassen (pimskeks)
 * Carsten Heinelt, developer of iFile
 * Ryan Petrich
 * Adam Bell
 * Jay Freeman (saurik)
 * Filippo Bigarella
 * TCcentex
 * Britta Gustafson, SaurikIT community manager
 * Lightning talks: Bradley Friedman (Sirex), Julian Weiss (insanj), Adam D (kirb), Daniel Ferreira (theiostream), Conrad Kramer (conradev)

Videos 2011

 * Live Stream

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)

Videos 2013

 * Recorded stream of second day
 * day 1, Ryan Petrich Q&A
 * day 2, Lightning Talks
 * day 2, Adam Bell

Slides 2011

 * Aaron Ash (PPT)
 * Chronic Dev (PDF)
 * iDroid (PDF)

Slides 2012

 * Ryan Petrich (PDF with speaker notes)
 * Kevin Bradley (nitoTV) (PDF)
 * Dustin Howett (Keynote)
 * Nikias Bassen (pimskeks) (PDF)
 * pod2g (PDF)
 * Steven (iH8sn0w) (Keynote)

Slides 2013

 * Joshua Hill (PPT)
 * Slides and code from Adam Bell
 * Slides by pimskeks (PDF)
 * Example code from Ryan Petrich

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"

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"

Articles 2013

 * iFans: "Joshua Hill Talks OpenJailbreak"
 * iJailbreak: "The Open Source Jailbreak Repository OpenJailbreak Is Now Live"
 * iFans: "Pimskeks Goes In-Depth on iOS 6 Exploit"
 * iDownloadBlog: "Ryan Petrich is bringing ‘TweakWeek’ back"
 * iFans: "iOS Developer Adam Bell Talks Jailbreak Tweaks"
 * iFans: "Jay Freeman and the Legalities of Jailbreaking"
 * iFans: "Filippo Bigarella on Making Tweaks"
 * CopyTrans Blog: "Worldwide Jailbreak Convention 2013"