Archive for August, 2010

Let me get this out first.

1. This is not a miracle, at least not in the sense you all hope for
2. SHSHs are STILL required for any iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad, iPod Touch 3G, and iPod Touch 2G (MC Model)
3. 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’

New day, new app in Cydia: Synchronicity. 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. Though overall performance is virtually unaffected, you may notice sight lag in certain resources/CPU intensive operations.
NOTE: Synchronicity works on any iOS device running firmware 4.0 or 4.0.1
You can buy Synchronicity from Cydia Store for $2.00 via BigBoss repo…

New day, new app in Cydia: Auto3G. 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’.
NOTE: Requires an iPhone with 3G.
You can buy Auto3G from Cydia Store for $5.00 via BigBoss repo…

New day, new app in Cydia Store: BackLiter. BackLiter is a new one-touch utility app for controlling your phone’s backlight levels. If you’re the hardcore iPhone user, you try to get everything you can out of your hardware. That means keeping your screen dim when you don’t need it bright, to save battery life.
But, what happens when you move outside, and the ambient light swamps your display? Or you’re in the car? And what happens, when you want to change the screen brightness quickly, and don’t want to spend the time or attention, to navigate multiple touches, and potentially a slider that’s difficult to control precisely, even when you’re sitting still?
BackLiter is a new tweak from Enscand, Inc. , and it’s the simplest, most efficient backlight control imaginable. You use your device Settings to preset two brightness levels ( one dim, one bright ). Then, when you run the app, with one touch, the app toggles your screen brightness between those two levels. The app tells you what it’s doing, and then closes itself. Literally one touch.
You can even set your preferences so that the app doesn’t even take the time to show you the message. It just starts, changes brightness, and quits. BackLiter’s change is temporary. When your phone’s springboard restarts, after unlocking your phon, your normal iPhone screen brightness levels will return.
BackLiter supports iPhone OS 3.0 through 4.0.1 and you can buy it from Cydia Store for $0.99 via BigBoss repo…

New day, new app in Cydia: Resupported4. Did you know your iPhone/iPod Touch can play videos on your TV, but Apple wants you to pay $50 to get a cable that lets you do such? Of course you do, but maybe you didn’t know you don’t need to do so. There are plenty of accessories on the market that allow you to play video out with iOS devices, but when plugged in, the device displays ‘This accessory is unsupported by iPhone’ message and refuse to play video out.
Resupported4 is a safe and cheap alternative to paying the Apple tax. It enables video out through many unsupported AV cables and devices, and it does not modify system files! It also adds video playback support to many 3rd party apps, such as Hulu+, IMDB, VEVO etc.
NOTES:
Cable detection only works if audio is normally able to go out your dock cable
Ressuported4 will not (by itself) mirror your applications on a TV. You will need DisplayOut to show your device’s screen on a TV
Accessory warning messages may disappear
Resupported4 will NOT enable charging with cords that do not already charge your device. That is a hardware, not a software limitation
You can buy Ressuported4 from Cydia for $4.99. (10-day full trial available!)