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New Windows Version of iPhoDroid Installs Android on Your iPhone With One Click
Sep 3rd
Sergio Mcfly has announced the release of a Windows version of iPhoDroid which can install Android on your iPhone 3G with one click.
“YES! It’s today. Gotta tell you Im so thankful for everyone to be so patient and understandable for this Release. The delay was necessary because I made everything for do not mess up your computer and despite Microsoft Windows7 64bit is very tough to accept an un-certificated DLL, I found a very good safe way to run the App without installation and no hassles. All on-the-fly and in one single click, 1SHOT Yeah!! and now it runs on fine over XP and Vista (i386 and x64). I hope all of you help me to keep this Project alive; I never ever thought that this could be this BIG as it is. Thanks everyone and God bless!”
We will post instructions on how to do this shortly.
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You CAN Make Your Own Ringtones in iTunes 10
Sep 2nd
While many sites are reporting that you cannot create custom ringtones in iTunes 10 this is still in fact possible.
As we have published in our Windows
and Mac ringtone tutorials, the general way to create a custom ringtone in iTunes was to modify the info of a track to start and stop at the desired point, create an AAC version of the song, drag this file to the desktop, rename it from .m4a to .m4r and add it back to iTunes.Unfortunately, it initially seems that Apple is no longer letting you do this as the .m4r file will not add back to your iTunes library. Turns out that you need to add the file back from within your iTunes Music folder.
There are two easy ways of doing this. First you can drag the .m4r file from the desktop to your iTunes Music/Ringtones folder then double click it. Another way of doing this is once you have created the AAC version, right click it and select
Show in Finder. Then delete the file in iTunes choosing to remove it from the library but Keep File. Rename the .m4a file you located in Finder to .m4r, then double click it to add it as a ringtone.We will be updating our tutorials shortly.
Apple Posts iOS 4.1 GM Seed for Developers
Sep 1st
Apple has posted the new iOS 4.1 GM Seed firmware and SDK for developers. They can be downloaded from the iOS Dev Center.
The SDK is build 10M2309 and the firmware is build 8B117. During today’s Apple Special Event it was announced that iOS 4.1 would be released next week and includes fixes for the iPhone 4 Proximity Sensor, Bluetooth issues, and performance issues with the iPhone 3G.
New in iOS 4.1 is High Dynamic Range photos which takes three pictures at different exposures and combines them to produce the best output. Also, Game Center will finally make its public debut.
Apple Introduces iTunes 10 With Ping Social Music Network
Sep 1st
Apple today introduced iTunes 10 with Ping, a new music-oriented social network for following your favorite artists and friends to discover what music they’re talking about, listening to and downloading. iTunes Ping lets you post your thoughts and opinions, your favorite albums and songs, the music you’ve downloaded from iTunes, plus view concert listings and tell your friends which concerts you plan to attend. iTunes 10 also features HD TV show rentals for just 99 cents an episode and AirPlay wireless music playback.
“iTunes is the number one music community in the world, with over 160 million iTunes users in 23 countries, and now we’re adding social networking with Ping,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “With Ping you can follow your favorite artists and friends and join a worldwide conversation with music’s most passionate fans.”
Ping lets you follow your favorite artists to see what they’re up to, check out photos and videos they’ve posted, see their tour dates and read comments about other artists and albums they’re listening to. You can also create a profile on iTunes to let your friends know who you’re following, what you’re listening to and which concerts you’re going to. There’s no better way to discover new music than to find out what your friends are listening to, and Ping’s Recent Activity feed shows you their posts about artists, albums, songs and concerts, plus a consolidated Top 10 list of the songs and albums your friends and the artists you follow are downloading from iTunes. In addition to using Ping on your desktop computer, you can take it with you on your iPhone or iPod touch, so you’re always plugged into your personal music scene.
With iTunes 10, you can rent your favorite HD TV shows commercial free from ABC, ABC Family, Fox, Disney Channel and BBC America and watch them at home or on the go for just 99 cents an episode. Thousands of episodes are available, many the day after broadcast, to watch on your Mac or PC, iPhone, iPod touch and the all-new Apple TV, and you have 30 days from the moment you rent an episode to start watching it, and 48 hours after that to finish it.
iTunes 10 also features AirPlay wireless music playback to listen to your music on remote speakers using Apple’s AirPort Express base station. In addition, AirPlay now works without AirPort Express, using speakers, receivers and stereo systems from companies including Bowers & Wilkins, JBL, Denon and iHome, so you can enjoy your entire iTunes music library wirelessly from any room in the house with no extra gear required.
iTunes 10 is available immediately as a free download at
www.itunes.com.
Myth behind Downgrading iOS 4.0.2 to iOS 4.0.1 without SHSH Blobs
Aug 31st
Well, it sounds very exciting when we here that it is possible to downgrade from iOS 4.0.2 to iOS 4.0.1 or iOS 4.0 without SHSH Blobs. So, in previous tutorials (Mac / Win), I have mentioned that there is a possibility of downgrading your iOS 4.0.2 running devices to iOS 4.0.1 to iOS 4.0. Well, trying that method will not hurt because, anyway you are stuck with iOS 4.0.2 for now. If it works, you can go ahead and Jailbreak it. If not you can get to your previous state (iOS 4.0.2).
Semaphone, the man behind Tiny Umbrella/Firmware Umbrella shared his thought on Downgrading iOS 4.0.2 to iOS 4.0.1 / iOS 4.0 without SHSH Blob. Well, according to him it is not at all possible.. This is what he says..
Let me get this out first.
- This is not a miracle, at least not in the sense you all hope for
- SHSHs are STILL required for any iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad, iPod Touch 3G, and iPod Touch 2G (MC Model)
- There is NO way around this… unfortunately this method included.
Let me start by explaining something very important. The buildmanifest is used by iTunes to build much of the TSS request that is used to obtain your SHSH for any given firmware revision. Unfortunately, the BuildNumber has no part to play in the request for SHSH. All that you ended up doing in following these directions is request 4.0.1 SHSH blobs. THAT IS ALL. Since every single one of you that got this to work changed your hosts file to point to Cydia, Cydia responded to the TSS request with an SHSH blob that was ALREADY “on-file”. There was no magic. There was no miracle, apart from the lucky break that your device had been put on Cydia’s SHSH request list at some time in the distant past.
That’s it in a nutshell folks. There was no amazing technique for bypassing Apple’s TSS. There was no amazing exploit that exists in DFU mode allowing for 4.0.2 -> 4.0.1 downgrading. It’s simple; Cydia had your SHSH because at sometime in the past either:
- Someone saved your SHSH with that device using TinyUmbrella and the default options
- Someone restored that device with Cydia in the hosts pointing to gs.apple.com
- Someone jailbroke the device and pressed ‘Make my life easier’
How To Downgrade Your iPhone From iOS 4.0.2 to iOS 4.0.1/iOS4 Without SHSH Blobs [Windows]
Aug 31st
This is really an awesome news for those who have upgraded to iOS 4.0.2 and want to downgrade it back to iOS 4.0.1 to take advantage of JailbreakMe (as the iPhone Dev Team is not planning to release a jailbreak tool for iOS 4.0.2). Until now, it is only possible if you have saved SHSH Blobs for iOS 4.0.1. But, it looks like there is a possibility of downgrading from iOS 4.0.2 to iOS 4.0.1 or iOS 4.0 with out SHSH Blob. With that said, lets not waste any more times and get started. Let us know if this work around worked for your.
Warning: Please do it on your own risk. We will not be responsible for any damage or breakage of your iPhone.
Step 1:
Download iPhone Firmware Version (iOS 4.0.2 & iOS 4.0.1/ iOS 4.0)
Step 2:
Now, extract the ipsw file that you have just changed using WinRaR
Step 3:
Open the Buildmanifest.plist with Notepad.
Step 4:
Now, Click “Control” + “F” to get the Find Windows
Step 5:
Here, Find and replace all “8A306? (if you are using iOS 4.0.1)/ “8A293? (if you are using iOS 4.0) with “8A400?.
Step 6:
Now, Open the Restore.plist with Notepad
Step 7:
Now, Click “Control” + “F” to get the Find & Replace Windows.
Step 8:
Here, Find and replace all “8A306? (if you are using iOS 4.0.1)/ “8A293? (if you are using iOS 4.0) with “8A400?.
Step 9:
Now, take the iOS 4.0.2 firmware file, rename its extension from .ipsw to .zip
Step 10:
Extract the iOS 4.0.2 file that we have just rename its extension and leave it open.
Step 11:
Now, move all the iOS 4.0.1 / iOS 4.0 files to iOS 4.0.2 windows (Folder that we have open in Step 11)
Step 12:
Once moved, Delete all the dmg files that have 002 at the end, leaving only the 001 files left and Close this windows.
Step 13:
Now, Change the iOS 4.0.2 firmware extension to .ipsw from .zip
Step 14:
Navigate to the following folder “C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc”
Step 15:
Now, look for the file name hosts and open it with Notepad
Step 16:
Add the following line at the bottom of the file (if you have 127.0.0.1 gs.apple.com in the file comment it out by adding # in front of the line)
74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com
Step 17: Now, click on File and select Save
Note: To double check if you updated the hosts file – Open one more terminal window and type “ping gs.apple.com” you should get some thing like this .. Step 18: Now, grab your iPhone, plug it in and lets put your iPhone into DFU mode.
- Here, iTunes will alert your that “iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore it before it can be used.” Click okay
Step 19:
Now, it time for us to restore the firmware – Hold down the “SHIFT” key and click on “Restore“.
Step 20:
That’s it! Now, you can just sit and relax and let the restore finish.
How To Downgrade Your iPhone From iOS 4.0.2 To iOS 4.0.1/iOS 4 Without SHSH Blobs [Mac]
Aug 31st
This is really an awesome news for those who have upgraded to iOS 4.0.2 and want to downgrade it back to iOS 4.0.1 to take advantage of JailbreakMe (as the iPhone Dev Team is not planning to release a jailbreak tool for iOS 4.0.2). Until now, it is only possible if you have saved SHSH Blobs for iOS 4.0.1. But, it looks like there is a possibility of downgrading from iOS 4.0.2 to iOS 4.0.1 or iOS 4.0. With that said, lets not waste any more times and get started. Let us know if this work around worked for your.
Warning: Please do it on your own risk. We will not be responsible for any damage or breakage of your iPhone.
Step 1:
Download iPhone Firmware Version (iOS 4.0.2 & iOS 4.0.1/ iOS 4.0)
Step 2:
Rename the downloaded file extension from .ipsw to .zip
Step 3:
Now, extract the .zip file that you have just changed.
Step 4:
Open the Buildmanifest.plist with TextEdit
Step 5:
Now, Click “Command” + “F” to get the Find & Replace Windows.
Step 6:
Here, In the pop up window Type “8A306? (if you are using iOS 4.0.1)/ “8A293? (if you are using iOS 4.0) in Find Field & “8A400? in Replace field
Step 7:
Click on “Replace All” and Save the File
Step 8:
Now, Open the Restore.plist with Text Edit
Step 9:
Now, Click “Command” + “F” to get the Find & Replace Windows.
Step 10:
Here, In the pop up windows Type “8A306? (if you are using iOS 4.0.1)/ “8A293? (if you are using iOS 4.0) in Find Field & “8A400? in Replace field
Step 11:
Click on “Replace All” and Save the File
Step 12:
Now, take the iOS 4.0.2 firmware file, rename its extension from .ipsw to .zip
Step 13:
Extract the iOS 4.0.2 file that we have just rename its extension and leave it open.
Step 14:
Now, move all the iOS 4.0.1 / iOS 4.0 files to iOS 4.0.2 windows (Folder that we have open in Step 13)
Step 15:
Once moved, Delete all the dmg files that have 002 at the end, leaving only the 001 files left and Close this windows.
Step 16:
Now, Change the iOS 4.0.2 firmware extension to .ipsw from .zip
Step 17:
Click on Finder and while holding SHIFT + COMMAND Key press “G”.
Step 18:
In the field type /etc/ and Hit enter.
Step 19:
Now, look for the file name hosts and open it with TextEdit.app
Step 20:
Now, add the following line at the bottom of the file (if you have 127.0.0.1 gs.apple.com in the file comment it out by adding # in front of the line)
74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com
Step 21:
Now, click on File and select Save As and save it on the desktop. (Make sure you un-check “if no extension is provided” and remove the txt. The file should not have any ext.)
Step 22:
Go back to the desktop and drag the hosts file into the etc folder. You need to authenticate it, enterpassword and click on replace to replace with the updated one.
Note: To double check if you updated the hosts file – Open one more terminal Windows and type “ping gs.apple.com” you should get some thing like this ..
PING gs.apple.com (74.208.10.249): 56 data bytes
Step 23:
Now, grab your iPhone, plug it in and lets put your iPhone into DFU Mode.
- Here, iTunes will alert your that “iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore it before it can be used.” Click okay
Step 24:
Now, it time for us to restore the firmware – Hold down the “Option” key and click on “Restore“.
Step 25:
Select the Firmware and click Open to start the restore.
Step 26:
That’s it! Now, you can just sit and relax and let the restore finish.
How to Setup Push Hotmail on Your iPhone
Aug 30th
These are instructions on how to setup push Hotmail using ActiveSync on your iPhone or iPod touch. After doing this you will automatically be notified when a new email arrives rather then waiting for a scheduled check.
Step One
Press to select Settings from your iPhone SpringBoard.
Step Two
Press to select Mail, Contacts, Calendars from the Settings Menu.
Step Three
Press Add Account..
Step Four
Select Microsoft Exchange from the list of account types
Step Five
Enter your full hotmail email address for the Email and Username fields then fill in your password. Press theNext button at the top right of the screen to continue.
Step Six
Input m.hotmail.com as the server address and press the Next button.
Step Seven
Use the switches to select which items you would like to sync and press the Save button.
Press to select Settings from your iPhone SpringBoard.
Step TwoPress to select Mail, Contacts, Calendars from the Settings Menu.
Step ThreePress Add Account..
Step FourSelect Microsoft Exchange from the list of account types
Step FiveEnter your full hotmail email address for the Email and Username fields then fill in your password. Press theNext button at the top right of the screen to continue.
Step SixInput m.hotmail.com as the server address and press the Next button.
Step SevenUse the switches to select which items you would like to sync and press the Save button.
How To Use iPhone While It Syncs With iTunes Using Synchronicity
Aug 30th
Synchronicity is a new application that lets you use your iPhone or iPod touch while it sync with iTunes.
Synchronicity gives you the option to use your device during an iTunes sync. Instead of being stuck at the lock screen while you transfer new content, you can unlock, run apps, make calls, etc. You can do whatever you want, except run the Music app, which is disabled during syncs to prevent data corruption.
Synchronicity works on any device with firmware 4.0 or 4.0.1 and can be purchased from the Cydia Store for $2.
How To Boost Battery Life On Your iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS & iPhone 4
Aug 30th
Auto3G extends your battery life by automatically turning off the 3G radio (leaving on the 2G radio) when you lock your iPhone and automatically turning on the 3G radio when you unlock your iPhone. This way you always have the speed of 3G when you need it without the battery loss.
As explained by Apple, this results in up to 100% greater battery life: “7 hours of talk time on 3G, 14 hours of talk time on 2G.” (
apple.com/batteries/iphone.html)Auto3G can be purchased from the Cydia Store for $5.99
Compatible with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS & iPhone 4 running iOS 4
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