Widespread issue's are now getting reported on Apple community forums as users are complaining of excessive battery drainage and overheating issues after upgrading to Apple iOS 6.1, this is not all Vodafone UK has also issued an warning urging iPhone 4S users to not upgrade iOS 6.1 due to 3G connectivity issues.

While everybody is waiting for an official Apple response and a bug fix update, here are few solutions to fix the battery drain and overheating problem on Apple iOS 6.1.

Evasi0n - The hugely popular untethered jailbreak for Apple iOS 6.X has now been updated to version 1.2, fixing several niggling bugs. The new update is now in-corporated in Windows, Linux and Mac version of the desktop application, users who have already jailbroken there devices using evasi0n can get the upgrade by refreshing and updating from Cydia.

We have now both the Apple iOS 6.1 firmware and it's untethered jailbreak evasi0n, so it's time for an upgrade. Here is an complete noob friendly, step-by-step tutorial with images and video to get the job completed.

evasi0n - The much awaited Apple iOS 6.1 Untethered jailbreaking utility is finally available for download on Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. To get started follow the instructions posted below.

Some good news for Apple iOS users looking to upgrade there iDevices to latest iOS 6.1 but need an untethered jailbreak to enjoy there devices to it's full capability.

Apple iOS 6.1 update is now officially rolled out for public consumption, the update adds LTE (4G) support for 36 additional iPhone carriers and 23 additional iPad carriers worldwide. Other minor changes include ability to purchase movie tickets through Fandango with Siri (USA only), iTunes Match subscribers can now download individual songs from iCloud and new button to reset the Advertising Identifier. Apart from these minor changes the update features numerous other bug fixes and security updates. Direct download links to Apple iOS 6.1 update are posted below.

Users relying on software carrier unlock ultrasn0w must use sn0wbreeze created custom IPSW firmware to upgrade there iDevice to an upgraded iOS version without updating the baseband which breaks the unlock. However, Apple iTunes prevents users from upgrading or restoring to these custom IPSW files and errors out the process with codes 3194 and 1600 - for which we have shared solution earlier. Here is an step-by-step guide to restore an custom IPSW file to iPhone using iTunes the correct way without any errors.

Before downloading and installing any iOS update, majority of jailbroken iDevice users would first research whether a jailbreak is available or not for that particular update. And with the recent public final release of Apple iOS 6 - we have once again had to make the decision whether to upgrade or not from a "jailbrokenability" point of view ?

And the answer is - "Do not upgrade if you have A5 chip based iDevice (like Apple iPhone 4S) as there is no iOS 6 jailbreak for them yet, and if you have an A4 chip based device like Phone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 4th you can have an tethered jailbreak for now.". While it is strongly advisable NOT TO UPGRADE to iOS 6 if you want to retain your jailbreak, the process to jailbreak A4 devices and manually installing Cydia is posted after the jump with details of announcement by iPhone Dev Team on the topic.

As announced with Apple iPhone 5, the Apple iOS 6 upgrade made it to public downloading today. According to Apple, iOS 6 has more than 200+ new features and is aimed to deliver a stable and responsive mobile operating-system to all recent iDevice.

While majority of these 200+ new features are nothing more than minor tweaks and cosmetic changes, the major new features are new Apple Maps, improved Siri, Passbook, tight Facebook integration throughout the OS, Shared Photo Streams, Facetime over cellular, new calling features like call decline with text message or a callback reminder, Do Not Disturb mode, iCloud tabs and the ability to update apps without having to enter your password.

Direct, resumable download links and torrents for Apple iOS6 for iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and other supported iDevices (as shown in image above) posted after the jump.

Apple’s WWDC keynote 2012 unveiled the next major upgrade to the company's highly popular mobile operating system - iOS 6. With over 200 new features the all new Apple iOS6 is currently available as a free download for registered developers and will be made available to users this fall as a free software update.

The most notable new features and changes would be - all-new iOS6 Maps app which entirely replaces Google Maps, new Siri features and commands, Facebook integration for Contacts and Calendar, Social posting from Notification Center, Facebook-enabled apps like Photos, Safari, and Maps, ability to share Photo Streams via iCloud, a universal virtual ticket storage system Passbook. Detailed explanation of these new features with images and video after the jump.