DataCase now available

news August 12th, 2008

Save Your Data

The iPhone and iPod Touch keep your media close, but what about the rest of your data? DataCase keeps your files close by turning your iPhone or iPod Touch into a hand held wireless drive. Keep your data with you wherever you go and access it when and where you need, on any available computer (Mac, PC, Linux), no upload program or server configuration necessary.

Just Drag and Drop

Uploader apps are limiting and server configurations are painful. That’s why DataCase works directly with Finder and Bonjour to make saving files to your iPhone easy. Start DataCase and your Mac already knows that it’s there. Drag and drop files just like it was another hard drive. File transfer made easy: just drag and drop.

View your Files

No computer available? Why not view your files on your iPhone! DataCase makes it easy to view your Documents, Audio, Video, and Photos. Sneak a peak at your Powerpoint Document, Re-Read your Word Document, Review that PDF, Check your Excel spreadsheet. View your files, no computer necessary.

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How to update your iPhone to iPhone 2.0 (Windows)

Unlock, Windows, news, tricks August 8th, 2008

Just successfully updated my iPhone first generation to 2.0 firmare. It works great and I would like to share that method with all my readers.

You need following softwares and firmwares:

iTunes 7.5

iTunes 7.7

Original 2.0 Firmware

Custom 2.0 Firmware

1) Install iTunes 7.7 (you don’t need to uninstall previous version of iTunes), connect iPhone to PC, synchronize(to save all contacts and etc.), disconnect and close iTunes.

2) Open iTunes 7.7, connect your iPhone and hold Home + Sleep/Wake button until it put into Restore more

3) Restore iPhone to Original 2.0 Firmware via iTunes 7.7 (Holding SHIFT on your keyboard press Restore button and select iPhone1,1_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw) Quit iTunes when iPhone will be restored.

4) Rename folder C:\Documents and Settings\Your windows account name\Application Data\Apple Computer to Apple Computer backup and My Documents\My Music\iTunes to iTunes backup.

5) Uninstall iTunes 7.7 via Control Panel

6) Install iTunes 7.5

7) Connect iPhone to PC using DFU mode

  • Press and hold the Home button and the Sleep/Wake button at the same time.

  • After exactly 10 seconds release the Sleep/Wake button. Continue holding the home button until you iTunes pops up a message telling you that it has detected an iPhone in recovery mode.
  • The iPhone screen will remain black – important

This YouTube video should help you How to put your iPhone in DFU mode

8) Restore iPhone to Custom 2.0 Firmware (Holding SHIFT on your keyboard press Restore button and select 20_347_Cid.ipsw. If you get 16хх error on that stage just restart iTunes without disconnecting iPhone and repeat one more time. Quit iTunes after iPhone will be restored.

9) Wait while BootNeuter finish iPhone unlocking process (do nothing)

Congratulations! iPhone successfully updated to 2.0, unlocked and jailbreaked! Now we need to restore all backup contacts

10) Install iTunes 7.7 again (you don’t need to uninstall iTunes 7.5)

11) Remember step 4 now you need to rename folders back from Apple Computer backup to Apple Computer and from My Documents\My Music\iTunes backup to My Documents\My Music\iTunes.

12) Open iTunes 7.7 and press SYNC to restore your contacts

MAC OS X users should use MAC versions of iTunes 7.5 and 7.7 and i’m not sure about right path on hard drive to restore contacts and etc. data

iPhone Configuration Utility 1.0

news July 15th, 2008

About iPhone Configuration Utility 1.0
iPhone Configuration Utility lets you easily create, maintain, and sign configuration profiles, track and install provisioning profiles and authorized applications, and capture device information including console logs.

Configuration profiles are XML files that contain device security policies, VPN configuration information, Wi-Fi settings, APN settings, Exchange account settings, mail settings, and certificates that permit iPhone and iPod touch to work with your enterprise systems.

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference

news April 29th, 2008

June 9-13, 2008, San Francisco, Moscone West

The groundbreaking innovations of Mac OS X Leopard and iPhone OS offer two revolutionary development platforms for developers and IT professionals. The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is the only place you can receive technical information on these sophisticated platforms from the engineers who created them. Bring your code to the labs and work one-to-one with Apple engineers, applying development methods and best-practices you gain from sessions to enhance your application.

Get the details on over 150 sessions and labs.

Immerse yourself with over 150 information-rich sessions and labs where Apple engineers go in-depth on the innovative technologies that power iPhone OS, Leopard, and Leopard Server. Get all the details, including sessions for the first-ever iPhone track, that will take you deep into the technologies that offer you infinite possibilities.

http://developer.apple.com/wwdc

Apple trademarks App Store icon

news April 10th, 2008

per TGDaily

Cupertino (CA) – Apple is accelerating its patent efforts cover all legal bases to protect its iPhone assets, which also includes a potentially new cash cow – the App Store. It should not come as a surprise that the company has trademarked an App Store icon that bears more than a passing resemblance to the Applications folder in Mac OS X Leopard.

Last week, the US Patent and Trademark Office published a granted a trademark for the App Store icon, showing a visual representation for the upcoming digital download store for iPhone/iPod touch that will enable users to browse, preview, purchase, download and update iPhone applications.

The App Store icon reveals more than just a passing resemblance of the Applications folder in Mac OS X. Both icons use almost identical pictogram outlining the letter “A”, constructed from a pencil, a paintbrush and a ruler. Unlike Mac OS X Leopard icons for the Applications folder, the  App Store icon sports shiny dark and light blue shaded background that appears as if light streams originating from its center.

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iLiberty+ 1.5 for OS X

Mac, Unlock, apps April 5th, 2008

The first one was good, but take a look at this! The new version of iLiberty+ (OS X), version 1.5, has been updated with to include many new features and payloads, from assorted app packs, to a brand new, built in help file. Also, v1.5 comes with a new addition to the menu bar, “Advanced,” which brings options like ‘Enter Recovery Mode,’ and ‘Enable Re-Jailbreak’ right to your fingertips. Available here

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The iPhone: finally PWNED

Unlock, news March 31st, 2008

Via http://theiphoneproject.org

As of tomorrow, Sunday, March 30′th, the long awaited project iPhone PWNED will be available to the public! – it’s what we’ve seen on YouTube and many of us have disbelieved. However, it is real and allows for custom unsigned firmware to be flashed on to the iPhone.

Here is a quick rundown interview with the developers:
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Erica Sadun «Taking Your iPhone to the Max»

books March 24th, 2008

Unleash your iPhone and take it to the limit using secret tips and techniques from gadget hacker Erica Sadun. Fast and fun to read, Taking Your iPhone to the Max will show you how get the most out of Apple’s iPhone. You’ll find all the best, and undocumented, tricks as well as the most efficient and enjoyable introduction to the iPhone you’ll ever find. Starting with a guide to iPhone basics, you’ll quickly move on to discover the iPhone’s hidden potential, like how to connect to a TV, get contract-free VOIP, and hack OS X so it will run apps on your iPhone. From e-mail and surfing the Web, to using iTunes, iBooks, games, photos, ripping DVDs and getting free VOIP with Skype or Jajah, you’ll find it here. You’ll even find tips on where to get the best and cheapest iPhone accessories. Get ready to take iPhone to the max!

Book: Taking Your iPhone to the Max
Author: Erica Sadun
Press: Apress
Year: 2008
Format type: PDF
Size: 2.8 Mb

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Internationalize your iPhone .com key

news, tricks March 23rd, 2008

Today Mac OS X hints offers an easily overlooked internationalization hint. You probably know already that you can hold down a key on the iPhone keyboard to select international versions of a character (eg. Accented characters).

iPhone Accented Trick

What you might not have know about was the regional domains. In settings, choose General > Keyboards and enable some of those international keyboards.

Next go to Safari and start to enter a new URL. Tap the globe to switch the active keyboard from US English to some other nationality. (Russian is shown here.) Finally, tap and hold the .com button. After a second, a regionalized version of .com appears just to the left of the default.

iPhone internationalization trick

iPlus 2.0b for iPhone Jailbreaking | Activation | Unlocking

Mac, Unlock, apps March 14th, 2008

iPlus just got better with the latest release from ipluspwns.com. iPlus is quickly becoming the definitive tool for unlocking, jailbreak and activation of the iPhone. If you aren’t already familiar with iPlus you need to check it out. Why choose iPlus? iPlus uses BL 3.9FakeBlank for bootloader downgrading. This means that the process is fully reversible (unlike some other tools), giving you the peace of mind that you can go back to where you started if you feel the need!

PF EDIT: Guide is up and ready here!

Features of iPlus 2.0b include:

  • 1-Unlock and, if required, automatically downgrade the bootloader from 4.6 to 3.9FakeBlank
  • 2-Jailbreak
  • 3-Activate
  • 4-Install AFC2
  • 5-Add the following packages:
  • Installer
  • Community Sources
  • BSD subsystem
  • OpenSSH
  • VT-100

And even more:

  • BSD Fix (backspace)
  • VT100 Fix (can’t login)
  • Summerboard themes directory fix (installation issues)
  • Relocates Fonts and Ringtones (Allows for more than 120MB free for Apps!)
  • Customizable payloads!

This great release has many bug fixes including:

  • Unlock/downgrade strategy rework: Now safer than ever!
  • New Interface on the iPhone (using iPipe from MCA)
  • Fix for the “Repair Needed” problem reported by some users
  • iPlus will always reboot twice (and not 2 or 3 times)
  • Pass 2 visual feedback. Now users know what is going on
  • PC/Mac program will not end until everything is really done
  • Support for PPC
  • Better error handling
  • Empty payloads – just jailbreak
  • No need to install libreadline on MacOS X

Scared of a non GUI program? Don’t be we’ll have guides up very soon to show you how easy it is to mod your iPhone. For those of you that are still hesitant by a non GUI program don’t worry! The next release of iPlus will include both a GUI and iTouch support.

Grab your copy of the Jailbreak + Activate + Unlocking Version (Mac/Windows):

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