Category: iPhone

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Life on the straight and narrow

| be3n

My life without a jailbroken phone. . . A return to playing by the rules.

The jailbreak for my new iPhone 4 has not yet been published. So I’ve been forced to spend the last few days living within the confines that apple deems acceptable use of my phone. It’s been harder then i thought. Even though many of my favorite jailbreak apps are still not compatible with iOS 4, there are a few things i realize i miss dearly. Some other mac geeks that disapprove of my whole jailbroken lifestyle think i’m better off. I’m here today to enumerate the most pressing reasons i prefer a jailbroken iPhone. Before i start, a disclaimer. . . it is easier for me with my many other iOS devices at the ready, so i won’t get into the many networking diagnostic tools are very useful for me with work. I will simply state the many features, apps, and interface enhancements that i have come to expect from my iPhone.

Saurik’s Cyntact: i was surprised at just how much i missed seeing my contact photos in the list. I paid $1 to the man eons ago for this little hack just to support him for all his efforts that he doesn’t charge for. Now i find myself missing it most of all.

Spektro’s Notify: i thought for sure apple was going to steal this one right up. I wish they had. Without it’s handy icons and reminder sounds, my new messages often go completely unnoticed. It lights up icons on the title bar to quickly inform you when you have new txt, email, or voicemail messages.

Big Boss’s SBSettings: Worth it for brightness alone. It’s convenient info screen and customizable toggles also allow me to quickly turn on and off resources and services for battery, privacy or other reasons. Resources like wifi or gps or even applications that need to be shut down.

ZodTTD’s Emulators: NES, SNES, and now Playstation! It’s just what i need to get my Kong on at the DMV or while baby sitting status bars.

Yiller’s Firewall IP always reveals what my apps are talking about. You’d be surprised how many apps go phoning home about you. Do you know what they are saying? Phone number, GPS info, anything can be beamed to whomever while you use your flashlight app.

Realize that this is only the tip of the glacier that is the jailbroken/homebrew community. Especially with the sales of commercial projects like MyWi which allow you to transform your iPhone into a wireless access point and inspell, spell check above and beyond what apple eventually integrated. The future for jailbreak is bright. The wait, will hopefully not be much longer. Thanks again to everybody who makes it possible. (MuscleNerd, planetbeing, saurik, and comex to name a few)

iPhone, technology

iOS Updates!

| be3n

New iOS versions today. as usual, stay away if you like unlocks. I thought I’d have more time to back up my blobs (still waiting for delivery). I hope this doesn’t effect my jailbreakability. I’d hate to have a new phone that I can’t use due to software limitations.

UPDATE:
@comex reports that there is no significant change in 4.0.1 and nothing exploit, jailbreak, or unlock related was effected.

hardware, iPhone, Software, technology

iOS 4 is here! and good news for unlockers!

| be3n

i’ve been so busy that i’ve scarcely had time to mention that Apple released it’s new OS as well as the long awaited iphone 4 (just a few hours away).  got yours yet?   haven’t got hands on the new devise yet, but i finally installed 4 on my 3gs.  If you’ve been waiting to upgrade because you unlock, or if you lost your unlock because of “accidentally” upgrading then you are in luck.   Unless your a new bootlrom 3GS or you didn’t back up your blobs, you are most certainly stoked right now.  3G iphone and Touch 2g are upgradable, jailbreakable, and unlockable.  the new base band (and all previous) have been unlocked.  great work by @iphone_dev.  Touch 3g users and new bootrom 3gs users are doomed for the moment, so be careful about “accidentally” upgrading.  for now.  once the new device gets in the right hands, it’s only a matter of time.  and if you haven’t learned by now, BACK UP YOUR BLOBS!

Corporations, iPhone, Soapbox, technology

it’s not iPad security leak! it’s at$t’s security leak of iPad account info!

| be3n

at$t chasing dollarsThe media keeps reporting an iPad security leak. it’s not iPad security leak!  it has very little to do with the iPad.  it’s at$t’s security leak!  it’s only that it solely effected owners of 3g iPads with data plan with at$t. all the media cares about is iPad.  point the blame where it is due!  Security of your user’s private info must be a serious concern for all companies.

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WWDC brings new iPhone!

| be3n

lately it’s been all about the mobile devices. The big announcement was video chat, I take issue with the glaring oversights of this long awaited feature. First off, it requires wifi. That said, you would assume that it works though jabber or aim or some Internet based chat protocol. It doesn’t. It works with some new system that can ONLY video chat with other iPhones 4s. Multitasking and folders are exciting, but it looks like apple just copied the hacks already available to jailbreakers. Twice the screen resolution and the gyroscope are the features i cannot wait to try out. Lets see what AT$T has to say about my upgrade.

watch the quicktime stream of the keynote here:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv

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AT$T is broken in California!

| be3n

at$t chasing dollarsApparently, a huge outage is killing iPhone service all over California.  My own customers and friends have reported getting a disconnect message when trying to call me.  I myself have been unable to make any calls and even txts have been failing and repeating very strangely.  I called 611 furiously and after only a few minutes of complaining, they gave me a $150 credit to my account.  This doesn’t compair with the aggravation and possible loss of business.  (in fact, it took 4 calls to actually communicate with a rep)  My only hope is that if their customers effect the bottom line enough, they might just fix the problem.