How To Jailbreak 3.1.2 on All iPod Touch's and iPhone's with Blackra1n on Windows/ Mac

How To Jailbreak 3.1.2 on All iPod Touch's and iPhone's with Blackra1n on Windows/ Mac



How To Jailbreak 3.1.2 on iPod Touch 1G, 2G, 3G, and iPhone 1G, 3G, 3Gs with Blackra1n very easy
1 button process

Today im going to be showing you how to jailbreak 3.1.2
This jaibreak works for the

ipod touch first gen,
ipod touch second gen,
iphone first gen
iphone 3g
iphone 3gs

This does work for the ipod touch 3g but is a tethered jailbreak only for the ipod touch 3g. If you own a ipod touch 3g I recommend holding off a bit for full jailbreak.

and a WARNING to the iPhone 3G and 3Gs users! DO NOT upgrade to 3.1.2 unless you want to lose your baseband unlock forever!

Alright lets start this. Always start with a clean refreshed ipod touch or iphone. That means going into itunes and restoring to 3.1.2

End all itunes processes
open as admin

1. Be on OFFICIAL 3.1.1 or 3.1.2 firmware version.
2. Plug in your device to your pc or mac ( ipod touch 1g,2g,3g,iphone,3g,3gs...)
3. Go to http://www.blackra1n.com and download the blackra1n application. Click on the little windows or mac icon below the website.
3. Start blackra1n.exe on your pc or mac
4. Wait for it to reboot automatically
5. Scroll to 2nd page of your device
6. Open blackra1n app on your device and choose Cydia OR icy OR rock (i prefer cydia)
7. Congratulations
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Jailbreak 3.1.2 iPhone or iPod Touch Using Pwnage Tool

Jailbreak 3.1.2 iPhone or iPod Touch Using Pwnage Tool
Jailbreak 3.1.2 iPhone or iPod Touch Using Pwnage Tool


This is the jailbreak for users who still want to be unlocked or if you have had problems jailbreaking 3.1.2 with Blackra1n.

Mac

Tools and Downloads:

PwnageTool 3.1.4 – Tool for jailbreaking 3.1.2 firmware

PwnageTool 3.1.3 - Tool for jailbreaking your iPhone/iPod Touch


DemoGod - Run your iPhone/iTouch screen on your mac!

Cyberduck - Allows you to connect to your device through your computer (SSH

How to Jailbreak iPhone 3.1Jailbreak and unlock iPhone 3.1

How to Jailbreak iPhone 3.1Jailbreak and unlock iPhone 3.1


Jailbreak iPhone 3.1

Today the iPhone 3.1 update was released to the public. This update fixes a lot of bugs that were present in the iPhone OS 3.0 firmware. If you want to jailbreak or unlock your device, follow the steps below. If you have an unlocked iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS do not update just yet, updating will permanently lock your device and the ultrasn0w unlocking software won’t work.

The jailbreak has not been released yet, but you can do the following to prepare for it.
How to Jailbreak iPhone 3.1Jailbreak and unlock iPhone 3.1

1. You must update to iPhone 3.1 first. After updating, either locate your iPhone 3.1 IPSW file or download it using any of the links below. Remember, don’t use Safari to download. Safari can’t download .IPSW files properly, use a different browser!

iPhone 3.1 download (iPhone1,1_3.1_7C144_Restore.ipsw, 241 MB)
iPhone 3G 3.1 download (iPhone1,2_3.1_7C144_Restore.ipsw, 242 MB)
iPhone 3GS 3.1 download (iPhone2,1_3.1_7C144_Restore.ipsw, 306 MB)

2. Download redsn0w (not up yet, stay tuned!).

3. Follow the jailbreaking guide at the Jailbreak iPhone 3.1 post (not up yet).
Unlock iPhone 3.1

To software unlock iPhone 3.1, you must create a custom firmware that uses the current baseband. The iPhone 3.1 update updates the baseband to a newer one that permanently blocks the software unlock. A guide on how to unlock iPhone 3.1 this will be up later

Jailbreak 3.1 Firmware iPhone + 3G & iPod Touch

This video will show you how to jailbreak the new 3.1 firmware on iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch. This doesn't include the iPod Touch 2G/3G or iPhone 3GS.

Notes:
- This works for Windows and Mac. Yes. And you don't need pwnagetool i just used it to explain how to get into dfu mode.
- IF YOU GET THE 1600 ERROR UPDATE TO 3.0 or 3.1 AND TRY THIS PROCESS AGAIN!! THAT SHOULD FIX YOUR PROBLEMS!
- You don't need a program for this jailbreak, just iTunes.
- Sync everything you want to keep to iTunes first!!
- You may need iTunes 9 for this. I would recommend updating just to be safe.
- If you get the 1600 error, put it back in DFU mode and try it again.
- If you are confused, WATCH IT AGAIN.

Firmwares: (make sure you download the correct one, if you have problems with them please leave a comment)
iPhone(jailbroken): http://bit.ly/WI0hX
iPhone(jailbroken & unlocked): http://bit.ly/4rbp4E
iPhone 3G(jailbroken): http://bit.ly/Kay53
iPod Touch(jailbroken): http://bit.ly/ky9Qx

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Rock & roll event: photos of new iPod nano with video, radio

If you have been following our live coverage of this year's iPod event, you know that Apple has introduced a number of new features into the iconic iPod nano. The two most notable features include a video camera and a radio tuner. Here, we have photos of the new device with a few answers to some burning questions.

The built-in radio tuner allows you to tag favorite stations, favorite songs, search in radio regions, and even pause live radio so you can resume listening later. Apple did not specify how long the pause would last for and you cannot record radio, but the live pause feature is pretty interesting nonetheless.




Rock & roll event: photos of new iPod nano with video, radio
If you have been following our live coverage of this year's iPod event, you know that Apple has introduced a number of new features into the iconic iPod nano. The two most notable features include a video camera and a radio tuner. Here, we have photos of the new device with a few answers to some burning questions.

Yes, the nano has a built-in video camera, and that camera cannot take still pictures--only video. It also does not take HD video, and is limited to 640 x 480 in landscape mode.

Apple disses touch, adds video to nano, color to shuffle

Apple disses touch, adds video to nano, color to shuffle
In addition to showing off a number of updates to iTunes and the iTunes Store, Apple also unveiled its revamped line of iPod portable media devices today during a special media event. While the classic, touch and even shuffle got slight changes in capacity and new pricing, the nano was the star of the show, getting a new built-in video camera and several new features. The move baffled nearly everyone, including a number of angry folks hoping the iPod touch would get a camera and possibly GPS features to make it more comparable to the iPhone.

Apple showed off new iPod touches, which got expected bumps to CPU speed and storage capacity. Two new models have the updated CPU and graphics capabilities of the iPhone 3GS—a 32GB model for $299, and a 64GB model is now offered for $399. An 8GB model without the updated CPU or graphics is selling for $199—$30 cheaper than yesterday's model (well, before this morning's unexpected price drop). So you can quadruple your storage for just another $100, and a 16GB version is conspicuously absent.

Also conspicuously absent from the upgraded touch is any addition to the basic hardware. While the addition of GPS and digital compass would have been nice, it boggles the mind to wonder why Apple left the touch with no camera, which was widely speculated to be added this fall. A number of readers following our liveblog were beyond surprised—folks are downright angry about the omission. While Apple may have wanted to keep a clear separation between the iPod touch and the iPhone, the fact is that there are plenty of people that want iPhone-like capabilities in a portable device that isn't a) a phone, and b) beholden to an expensive service

We predict this move will have a serious material affect on iPod touch sales, despite the fact that Phil Schiller heavily promoted it as a portable gaming device during today's media event. While a number of game developers were trotted out to show how great the touch is for gaming (and honestly, we agree), we can't help but notice that one of the top-selling portable gaming devices, the Nintendo DS, had camera hardware added to the recently released DSi variant.

The omission of camera hardware was made even more glaring when Steve Jobs came back on stage to show off the highly upgraded iPod nano featuring—that's right—built-in camera hardware. Apple added SD video capability to the tiny, inexpensive media player, likening it to the popular Flip micro-camcorders. The nano also now has an integrated microphone to record audio, built in speaker for playback, a larger 2.2" LCD screen, built-in Nike+ hardware, a pedometer, built-in FM radio (that feature was about 8 years in coming), and includes the VoiceOver features introduced with the iPod shuffle earlier this year. The nano still comes in nine different colors, with an 8GB model selling for $149 and a 16GB selling for $179.

Apple also introduced updated iPod shuffle and classic models. The oft-maligned buttonless shuffle now comes in five colors, adding green, blue, and pink to the silver and black options. $59 buys you a 2GB model, and $79 doubles the capacity to 4GB. A "special edition" 4GB model in polished stainless steel is available for $99. The languishing classic stays pretty much the same, except it now has a 160GB 1.8" hard drive inside, and sells for just $249.

All of the updates are unsurprising, and for the most part keep the various iPod models up to date. The nano obviously received the bulk of the attention this time around, making it arguably the value leader among the various options. We are still scratching our heads over the ho-hum refresh of the iPod touch, though. Despite the bump in speed and capacity, ignoring the other possible upgrades, especially the camera, seems like a very un-Apple-like blunder.

Apple rocks with iTunes 9, iTunes Store improvements

Apple rocks with iTunes 9, iTunes Store improvements

Steve Jobs took the stage today at Yerba Buena Arts Center in San Francisco, and was joined by SVP of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller and VP of iTunes engineering Jeff Robin to announce a number of new music-related products. In addition to new iPods, Jobs also unveiled iTunes 9, which sports a number of refined syncing options and automatic Genius playlists. The updated iTunes also supports some new refinements to the iTunes store itself, including new iPhone ringtones, the rumored iTunes LP format (aka Cocktail), iTunes Extras for movies, and a refined store organization.

Jobs kicked off the event by making a brief statement about his recent liver transplant. Jobs received the liver of a 20-something who had died in a car crash, and had elected to donate his organs. "I wouldn't be here without such generosity, so I hope all of us can be as generous and elect to become organ donors," Jobs told the crowd. But, he said, "I'm vertical, back at Apple, loving every day of it, getting to work with incredibly talented teams to work with some great new products."

A big part of that presentation concerned iTunes 9. The revamping of Apple's all-in-one media organizing, syncing, and playing app includes a number of refinements. An improvement based on iTunes 8's Genius feature, iTunes 9 can now create automatic Genius playlists. "Imagine a 'genius DJ' that plays endless mixes of songs from your iTunes library that go great together, almost like radio stations," Jobs said. iTunes can now make 12 of them by analyzing your library.

iTunes also gets a variety of improved syncing features. You can now sync music by genre or artist (instead of making Smart playlists to do so, a tedious process if you have a large library); sync photos by album, faces, or events; or sync movies by several criteria. "I want the latest 3 movies that I bought, but I always want Ratatouille," Jobs explained. The most sought-after syncing feature, though, is a built-in way to organize iPhone apps right in iTunes. Apps can be arranged by genre, sorted onto separate screens, and even entire screens can be re-arranged right in iTunes. The whole arrangement can then sync to your iPhone or iPod touch.

iTunes 9 also supports a number of new features of the redesigned iTunes Store. The store has been reorganized to be much cleaner, with better navigation. There are new pages for artists, TV shows, movies, etc. It also includes easier access to previews inline in lists, which appear to be powered by WebKit's support of HTML5's audio and video tags.

In addition to the store refinement, there are two major new content formats: iTunes LP and iTunes Extras. iTunes LP, the result of the "Cocktail" project, gives album buyers access to a variety of additional content, including animated, synced lyrics, liner notes, performance videos, discography information, and more. iTunes LP is described like "DVD extras for music," but Apple isn't ignoring its video content, either. iTunes Extras will include similar content for movies as well, like behind-the-scenes footage and other supplementary content.

Finally, iTunes 9 introduces a number of additional sharing features. In particular, the Home Sharing feature lets a user share purchased content with up to five computers. Beyond streaming, tracks and video can be copied among approved computers, and can even be configured to automatically sync content to different machines. As rumored, iTunes will also allow you to post updates to Twitter or Facebook about songs or movies you are watching. And, also as rumored, iTunes has a new library of 30,000 pre-made ringtones for the iPhone.

In all, the changes to iTunes and the iTunes Store are welcome ones. Steve Jobs called iTunes 9 "the biggest release of iTunes in a long time." No word yet if the app is updated with full 64-bit Snow Leopard support, but we'll be sure to look into that with the download is available later today.

New iPods, iPhone OS 3.1, autopsies, and more

Week in Apple: New iPods, iPhone OS 3.1, autopsies, and more
It comes as no surprise that this week's top Apple news focused on the announcements that came out of the company's special media event. Cheaper iPod touches and new nanos made headlines, but so did iTunes 9 and iPhone OS 3.1. All this and more is in our weekly Apple roundup.
Apple’s annual iPod event has come and gone, leaving us with new iPod nanos and cheaper iPod touches. More discoveries about what is (and isn’t) in Snow Leopard popped up this week as well, in addition to iPhone OS 3.1 and an interview with Steve Jobs. Read on for the top Apple news of this week:

Apple rocks with iTunes 9, iTunes Store improvements: Apple lays out a new version of iTunes and its vision for the album in the download age.

Apple disses touch, adds video to nano, color to shuffle: At Apple's media event today, the company unveiled a video-equipped iPod nano, and a cheaper, more colorful shuffle. Despite numerous rumors (and perhaps good sense) Apple beefed up capacity for the iPod touch but did not add a camera as expected.

Rock & roll event: photos of new iPod nano with video, radio: Apple has added a radio tuner and video camera to the iPod nano. We took some up-close pictures of and got hands-on with the new device and answer a few questions about its capabilities.

Snow Leopard sheds weight, loses features: The old saying goes "sometimes you don't miss something until its gone." If Snow Leopard is any indication, it might as well read "sometimes you don't miss something until you come across a wiki on the Internet detailing all the things that are gone."

Steve Jobs says iPod touch is for games, not pictures: Steve Jobs gave his own explanation for the lack of a camera in the iPod touch, saying that it's primarily a gaming machine and low cost was an important factor. But given the hardware options in the mobile space, we're not convinced by this argument.

iPhone OS Update 3.1 now available: The iPhone OS has been updated to 3.1 bringing with it new features, bug fixes, and a bill for some iPod Touch users.

Poll Technica: iPod touch's lack of a camera—lame or not? So far, reaction to Apple's iPod touch update is, well, less than positive. Take our poll and tell what you think about the lack of camera hardware for the third-generation iPod touch.

New iPod nano delicately autopsied for prying eyes: If you like autopsy photos, you are definitely going to want to check this out. The new iPod nano is stuffed to the gills with cool-looking electronics.

Post-event roundup: QuickTime stream, death of 2G shuffle: Apple's iPod event is over, and the fallout is coming in bite-sized pieces. We have a few bullet points for things we didn't get to cover but still are worth a mention.

10.6.1 released with Flash fix, Leopard gets security update: Apple has already released an update to Snow Leopard which fixes a hodgepodge of minor issues, including the "broken" Flash included with the original installer. If you're still on Leopard or (gasp) Tiger, however, Apple has a security update with a number of patches.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

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iPhone 3G 3.0 vs. Palm Pre Clash of the Touch Titans

ek for mobile phone fans was obviously theiPhone 3.0 software update and I posted that this update would have me running to buy the iPhone 3G to use with my AT&T SIM. It turns out that is not as simple if you upgraded in the last few months (I tried the Bold and then went with the HTC Fuze) where AT&T won’t even give me an option to buy one at full price. I could resort to eBay and pick it up for a lower price than what AT&T will soon charge for a no-committment iPhone ($599/$699), but this bump in the road of picking one up has given me a chance to pause and further think about what device deserves my hard earned cash in these uncertain economic times. As a service to my readers and as a way for me to lay out and figure out what may be the best of the touch-focused devices either available or coming soon from each of the major mobile operating systems I will be presenting you with five Clash of the Touch Titans articles that looks at the operating system, hardware, carriers, 3rd party applications, and overall functionality. The selected touch screen devices will each be pitted against the new iPhone 3.0 operating system update running on an iPhone 3G because it is currently the hottest device available at the moment. Those devices include the Palm Pre, HTC Magic, BlackBerry Storm, Samsung OMNIA HD, and HTC Touch Diamond2.

A couple of these devices can be hacked and jailbroken to add functionality and features not seen in the original device. I will not be considering these methods since the majority of the buyers and readers will not be risking their expensive devices to obtain a few more features using means that are debatable. I also understand that there may be higher end devices, like the N97 and Touch Pro2, but I wanted to stick with touchscreen only devices if possible. That is also why I have the HTC Magic in the lineup instead of the currently available T-Mobile G1/HTC Dream. There is no Palm WebOS device without a keyboard so the Palm Pre is included in the lineup.

Let’s kick off this series with the iPhone 3G with 3.0 OS compared to the Palm Pre running the Palm WebOS. This first article will be focused on what we know about each of these upcoming devices/operating systems, but there are still a few aspects of both that have not clearly been defined and neither is available for any hands-on trials.

Operating System

Mac iPhone OS X: The Mac iPhone OS X operating system found in the iPhone has gone through a few updates since its launch in June 2007 and has gotten better every time. One great aspect of the OS is that Apple has been able to upgrade both the iPhone 3G and original iPhone devices to the latest and greatest version. It reminds me of why I kept an Apple computer for so long back in the 90s and 00s when I could continue to upgrade my computer with operating system updates and didn’t have to go out and buy new hardware all the time to enjoy the benefits of the OS. I still have an original iPhone (with an iPhone 3G being purchased soon) and think that my buddy Sascha Segan wrote a great article on how Apple’s OS upgrade strategy is key to the iPhone’s success compared to other mobile operating systems.

I remember the day I first turned on my new iPhone (after waiting all night in line) and asking myself immediately “How can a mobile phone have this slick of an interface?” It still amazes me how fluid everything seems to be on the iPhone, especially when it comes to navigating the Internet, browsing through photos, viewing email, playing games, and just jumping through all the applications. We have had modern smartphone devices for something like 4 years before the iPhone and it took Apple to show us how smooth an interface could really be if done right.

For the most part, the Mac iPhone OS X operating system is fairly consistent throughout the device and with the iPhone 3.0 OS update it will be even more so (landscape keyboard in all key default apps, MMS support, cut/copy/paste). It is an attractive, icon heavy operating system that is dead simple to pick up and start using. Finger gestures, swipes, pinches, and more are used to enhance the user experience and it really is a fun device to use. This is especially true if you are coming from another smartphone OS that isn’t quite as seamless and zippy.

The lack of multitasking is one area of the operating system that lags behind other smartphone platforms. I could deal with the lack of multitasking for many things, but it sure would be nice to be able to stream Pandora and work with email or surf the web as well as have IM apps running in the background. With the major improvements in the API and the server side push notifications we may see some interesting ways of dealing with lack of true multitasking in iPhone 3.0.

Another area that can use significant improvement in the Mac iPhone OS XiPhone operating system is notifications. Google nailed notifications on the Android platform and Apple should look to them for a way to improve. Currently, iPhone notifications are quite disruptive and pop up on your device no matter what you may be doing. They are also associated with apps and there is no central notification area. The Palm Pre looks to take a cue from Android and appears to get it right so I hope this is one feature that is coming, but was not detailed in the iPhone 3.0 announcement.

The iPhone makes the phone experience a breeze too with the very simple way of letting you choose speakerphone, Bluetooth headset, or handset speaker to listen to your callers. Calling is easy with your favorites or the on-screen large dial pad. Voicemail is a pleasure thanks to the visual voicemail system. The proximity sensor also avoids those unintended display presses and works like a champ.

There is no physical keyboard, but there are on-screen keyboards in both portrait and landscape orientations. The key to entering data successfully is to let the operating system predict your intended input and keep pressing on. If you go back and make lots of corrections then typing will be slow so let the software handle it and push forward to get the fastest text experience.

Palm WebOS: Palm needed something big to keep them relevant in the mobile space and the announcements of the Palm WebOS and Palm Pre may have just done that, at least for a short while. However, with a current vague launch date of the 1st half of 2009, they need to work hard to get a solid product released in the next 3 months as people hold off buying any Palm device during this period. The Palm WebOS has some amazing features that appear to exceed what we see in the iPhone and Android OS, in particular their Synergy functionality. Then again, it is very important to remember that we are seeing features and straight specifications are not what drives people to the iPhone. It is the overall user experience combined with features.

The Palm Pre has been shown with the same cool finger gestures and dynamic responsiveness we see in the iPhone. The Pre uses a capacitive display like the iPhone and Google Android devices so no stylus is supported.

The Palm Synergy feature brings together your calendars and contacts from multiple sources so you don’t have to worry about maintaining or finding things in different applications such as Outlook, Google, and Facebook. Synergy also aggregates your communication so you can start in an IM chat with someone and then switch to sending text messages through a seamless interface and experience.

Universal search is a major focus of the WebOS, but Apple also just announced that this will be coming in iPhone 3.0.

Everything we have seen so far shows the Palm Pre running multiple applications (called multiple activities by Palm) that can easily be switched through finger gestures and even quickly closed with a finger swipe while maintaining saved states.

Palm looks to have also gotten notifications right with a bottom notifications area that lets you see a small summary and then quickly jump into the applicable application. The notifications look more refined than what we see on the Google Android, but designed along the same idea.

The Palm Pre has a physical keyboard (discussed in the next section) and I am not sure if there is an option for an on-screen keyboard as this has never yet been shown on the Pre. This would mean that text entry must always be made in the portrait orientation with the keyboard.

Clash of the Touch Titans; iPhone 3G 3.0 vs. Palm Pre

Hardware

Apple iPhone 3G: At this time there are only vague rumors of new hardware coming from Apple this summer, but the iPhone 3G and original iPhone (along with the iPod touch) will be upgradeable to the new 3.0 OS. It seems that the original iPhone will not get MMS or Bluetooth A2DP, but everything else should be supported. I believe we will at least see a 32GB iPhone 3G device, if not something more substantial. I would love to see a 3.2 megapixel or better camera and maybe another button to quickly launch a wireless communications manager for quick wireless radio toggling.

The iPhone 3G has a 3.5 inch 480×320 resolution display. It weighs 4.7 ounces and is 4.5 inches x 2.4 inches x 0.48 inch deep. There is a single button on the front that works with a press and hold mode too. There is a volume button, ringer switch, and sleep/wake button. There are integrated stereo speakers is an integrated mono speaker (thanks for the correction by one of my readers) and a 3.5mm headset jack.

Quad-band GSM and tri-band HSDPA are supported, along with 802.11 b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, and GPS. You will also find a proximity sensor and accelerometer in the device.

The iPhone 3G comes in 8GB and 16GB capacities in white and black colors. There is only a 2 megapixel camera on the iPhone with no flash or video recording support. It is a decent enough camera for a mobile phone camera, but I would prefer to see a 3.2 version with video capability.

The iPhone 3G feels great in your hand and the glass display appears to be quite durable and a pleasure to use with no “squishy” feel seen on other mobile devices. It is a solid device, but is a bit big for a shirt pocketable cell phone.

Palm Pre: The Palm Pre is the first device running the WebOS and it has been shown at CES and then on a webcast so far. I should get a chance to see it up close and personal next week at CTIA in Vegas so I should get a much better feel for the device size and build quality.

The Palm Pre has a 3.1 inch 320×480 resolution display. It is also a capacitive display like the iPhone and works with touch. It weighs 4.76 ounces and is 3.9 inches x 2.3 inches x 0.67 inch deep. There is a single button on the lower middle front of the device. There is a top button that serves as a ringer switch and can be used for airplane mode. A 3.5mm headset jack is also present.

The Palm Pre differs from the iPhone with the removable back cover and battery.

The Pre will run on Sprint’s EV-DO network with a 3G GSM version most likely coming to Europe soon after the Sprint launch. The Pre also has 802.11 b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, and integrated GPS receiver. A proximity sensor and accelerometer are also present in the Pre.

The Pre is limited to the 8GB memory (7 GB for the user) and there is no larger capacity model or one with a microSD card slot.

A 3 megapixel camera with LED flash is provided, but video capture has not been mentioned in any materials so far.

The Palm Pre has a physical QWERTY keyboard that is revealed when you slide the display upwards. It appears that this is the only text entry method for the device so you need to be a QWERTY keyboard fan to enjoy the Pre. It will be a bit cumbersome to have to rotate back and forth between portrait and landscape to enter URLs if you are surfing in landscape mode and it will be interesting to see what people think of this design.

NEW iphone 3.0 can do .............

iPhone 3.0 Roundup: Copy/Paste, MMS, Push Notification, and Much More…

In case you were hiding in a cave for the last week, you probably were like most of us iPhone users, excited about the new iPhone 3.0 software. While I wasn’t invited in Cupertino for the event (what a surprise!), I followed several live coverages at the same time to make sure I wasn’t missing a single thing of what was going on.

In-app purchase, peer-to-peer connectivity, accessories, embeddable maps, push notifications, cut/copy/paste/undo, landscape keyboarding, MMS, new app (Voice Memos), CalDAV / ICS subs, stock enhancements, search and Spotlight… just a few of the more than 100 new features and 1000 new APIs that make up iPhone 3.0.
Let’s have a look at what has been said today.
The conference started with a good old “we’re the shit” kind of introduction showing how great Apple is and how amazing and simple it is to develop applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Not surprisingly, the controversy about the app approval wasn’t part of the presentation…

The App Store is seeing some enhancements and will now be able to support different business models: subscriptions, additional levels, and new content. Magazines will soon be able to sell subscriptions, iPhone developers will be able to sell new levels for their games, and publishers can sell ebooks. This new model is called “in-app purchase”.

While in the game/app, a pop up will ask you if you’d like to purchase more levels (or more accessories. For example, you can buy a new gun for a shooting game). If you say yes, the new levels will download automatically onto the app and into the phone. Everything will be tied to the App Store, and you will obviously be billed for these purchases.
It looks very interesting to me and it completely makes sense. My main concern here is that if I buy a game from the App Store, it’s understood that I get the updates to this game (new levels) for free. Well, it’s not anymore. Yet another way to get a little more money from you.

A new “peer to peer” feature will be available in firmware 3.0. For example, you’re playing a car racing game, a popover panel will show all other iPhones and iPods in the area. Really cool!

iPhone 3.0 will also allow developers to create accessories that talk right to the iPhone. For example, you can give the iPhone an equalizer to a speaker system. Here’s another example: FM transmitter, which would find the optimal broadcast channel and play your music.This is a BIG one. Apple is now letting developers use Core Location as the basis for turn-by-turn directions. Devs will however have to use their own maps because Apple can’t license Google’s Maps for turn-by-turn directions.

Apple admits that it’s late on this one. They say that it can’t let apps process in the background because it will drain your battery too fast. Instead, they will be offering unified push notification. For example, you’re on Facebook, you quit the app, but it will keep constant connection to Apple’s push service and will push to you 3 types of notifications: badges, audio alerts, and text alerts. This way, you are notified of new activity without draining your battery.
After this presentation, a bunch of iPhone developers went on stage to talk about how they integrated these new features in their new applications. The star here is of course notification. My favorite is the ESPN app which sends you a notification to let you know the latest scores. Pretty neat! A few other apps were demoed as well, such as a medical application that shows a glucose meter communicating to your iPhone app. After this presentation of cool new iPhone apps using the latest firmware 3.0, back on track with more features coming up…

Copy/paste is finally here. It only took Apple a year and a half for this super basic feature and apparently, they’ve been working really hard on it. How hard can that be? If indie developers can do it (Clippy, hClipBoard), why an army of Apple devs can’t? Mystery. Anyways. They demoed the copy/cut/paste feature. Double-tap and it selects the text. There’s a cut/copy/paste bubble. Tap on what you want to do. Grab point shows up, take the drag point, drag it down and select the block of text.

Copy/paste works across all apps. The cool thing is that you can also copy web content. Holding your finger on text grabs a block of text and gives you a copy prompt.
Landscape mode is now available across all apps, including emails, notes and SMS. Yeah! Finally!
A fantastic enhancement made to the SMS app. You can now delete and forward individual text messages. Basic and simple, but it’s good to have it now…The long awaited MMS support is now available too. You can send and receive photos directly from the SMS app. When you receive a vCard, it can automatically add it to your contacts. If you receive an audio file, it will play it back! You can even send and receive locations over MMS right from maps. It’s all added directly to the existing app.
Apple has created a new application called Voice Memos. Like the name suggests, it lets you record voice notes with the internal mic or with an external microphone. The recordings are editable and shareable. That’s great but I don’t know why Apple developed such an application when there are already plenty of them in the App Store… The Calendar applications has been improved too and now supports 2 calendar types: CalDAV (supported by Yahoo, Google, etc..) and subscriptions (ICS).

Apple has added the search feature to all its applications, including notes, emails, SMS, iPod. It didn’t stop here and created what I think is a QuickGold killer. They created a new home screen where you can search across all apps, and they call it Spotlight. Like in QuickGold (the jailbreak app that does just this) , simply start typing something in Spotlight and it will return all available information and let you know what type of search result it is (ie. contact, email, etc…).

All these are only a few of the hundred new features in iPhone 3.0. Stereo Bluetooth, A2DP, auto-fill, WiFi auto-login, YouTube accounts, iTunes account creation, encrypted profiles.

The new SDK will be available for everyone in the iPhone developer program as of today. But you, as an iPhone user, will have to wait until this summer to download firmware 3.0. I honestly don’t know if I can wait that long…

Apple enabled 3.0 to work on the original iPhone. The hardware’s changed though: MMS and A2DP won’t be available on the original iPhone. If you’re an iPod Touch user, it will cost you $10 to upgrade (greedy bastards!).

Unfortunately, no announcement was made regarding a new iPhone…

After the presentation, it was time of a Q&A session. I’m gonna write some of the most intersting questions below:

Q: Why did it take so long to get copy and paste on the iPhone?
A: There were a lot of pieces there we cared about, we wanted to spend time on it instead of putting out something that didn’t work right.

Q: Video is a black hole: Flash support?
A: No announcements on Flash. If people use HTML5 with video tags, it’s supported. Certain encodings are already supported, like h.264. We’re adding HTTP streaming for audio and video, codecs and chunking support.

Q: Can users trade files via P2P?
A: It’s possible to stream media across apps.

Q: Where do you stand on data tethering?
A: There are two pieces needed: client-side, where the client needs that support; and carrier-support. We’re supporting tethering in 3.0 — and we’re working with carriers around the world. We don’t have announcements on the when and where, but we’re building it into 3.0.

Q: New iPhone? Netbooks?
A: Nothing to announce today. Nothing to announce today. (Laughter)

Q: Bluetooth on the iPod touch?
A: Bluetooth is a capability we can “unlock” on the latest-gen iPod touch.

Q: App Store applications are still a little mysterious, will you guys be more clear on that?
There are some things we need to check for technically. That it won’t crash, etc., and there are other things we check for, like profanity, pornography, violations of privacy. With over 25k apps and 800m apps, we have a great solution that’s working.

That’s it! Well, that was a lot. Needless to say I’m a little disappointed they didn’t talk about a new iPhone but maybe they will in the next fea months. A big thank you toRyan Block at Gdgt for this fantastic live coverage. Note that all pictures used here were from Gdgt.

So, what do you guys think? Excited? Let us know in the comments!

Don’t Get Fooled By iPhone 3.0

Earlier today, Apple unveiled the new firmware 3.0 that will ship sometimes this summer. While there were a lot of new features announced, I think people are getting a little too excited. Let me explain myself.

Most of these features are old news

First, I think what people are forgetting here, is that most new smartphones now come with all the features showcased during the presentation today. Sure, copy/paste is nice, but my 3 year old BlackBerry can do that. Sure, push notification is great, but my 3 year old BlackBerry can do that. Sure MMS is awesome, but my 4 year old Nokia can do that. Sure allowing developers to create GPS enabled apps that can do turn-by-turn navigation is amazing, but again, my good old BlackBerry would do this 3 years ago… Do you get my point?

My point here is that we are fooled by Apple to believe that what they unveiled today is amazing. It’s not! I said it before and I’ll say it again, all these features should have been on the iPhone since day 1. Why didn’t they do it? Because they are marketing geniuses, and if they give us everything at once, what are they gonna give us next year… Other companies can’t afford to do that because they don’t have the marketing and branding power to do so.

We are getting ripped off!

Now regarding the in-app purchasing… I have to admit that from a developer/commercial stand point, this is a great feature. However, from an end user stand point, this is a complete rip off! As it is currently, when you buy a game in the App Store for let’s say $4.99, you know that you will get updates and new levels for free. Forget that in 3.0! Now you will have to pay for your updates and I think users are gonna get screwed.

There is still a lot missing

All these new features are pretty exciting because that’s what we’ve always asked for, but I think there is still a lot missing: iChat, push Gmail, background multitasking, flash support, and video recording are just a few of the big features I want to see on my iPhone. The Palm Pre does all of that so why can’t the iPhone too?

I don’t want to sound like an asshole but again, Apple is giving us new features one drop at a time and that’s very annoying. The thing is, all these missing features don’t prevent me from being really excited about 3.0 and I am hopeful that it will come with new hardware (aka new iPhone) this summer.

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This custom pwned firmware version 2.2 has the older Baseband, Factory default logos (No Pwnapple at boot!) , Pre-activated for non-ATT users, Root Partition size 1000 MB, Cydia and Installer as a bonus to make life simple!

Recommended Steps :

Pwn your iPhone 3G when at firmware version 2.1 using QuickPwn 2.2 either using Windows or Mac(STRICTLY REQUIRED)

Now, download this Custom Firmware v2.2 using the following Rapidshare links (totalling 236.6 MB, use HJSplit to Join these files)

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the following ipsw is with 533 MB root partition


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Use iTunes v8.0.2 on either Windows or Macs (Late 2008 Macbooks included) and hold the Shift (Windows) / Option (Mac) buttons and browse to the .ipsw you just downloaded (and joined) and let iTunes do the rest!


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1 - Switch ON your phone without SIM Card,
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Model : Panasonic X60 & X400

1 - Switch ON your phone with an Accepted SIM Card,
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or

1 - Switch ON your phone with an Accepted SIM Card,
2 - Compose : 52824**,
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Sanyo Unlock Code Entry Instructions

Model : all

- Switch ON your phone with a not ACCEPTE SIM Card,
- Enter the Unlock Code

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Siemens Unlock Code Entry Instructions

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- WITH NOT ACCEPTED SIM CARD
- COMPOSE : *#0000*CODE#. OR *#0001*CODE#.

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Sony Unlock Code Entry Instructions

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- WITHOUT SIM CARD
- Compose : *#7465625*12*CODE#.

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Wonu Unlock Code Entry Instructions

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1 - Switch ON your phone with a not Allowed SIM Card,
2 - Enter the Unlock Code we send to you

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VK Mobile Unlock Code Entry Instructions

Model : VK530

1 - Switch the handset ON without SIM Card - screen will display Insert Card.
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3 - Select Disable Personalisation
4 - Type Unlock Code we send to you and press the ok button
5 - Handset should now be unlocked

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VK Unlock Code Entry Instructions

Model : All Vitel

1 - Switch ON your phone with a not allowed SIM Card,
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1 - Switch ON your phone without SIM Card,
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3 - The phone now ask for Unlock Code.

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Toshiba Unlock Code Entry Instructions

Model : All Toshiba

1 - Switch ON your phone with a not Accepted SIM Card,
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OR
1. Insert Non Vodafone SIM into the handset and power on.
2. The display will show Enter Network Unlock Code.
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4. The display will now show Done.
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TS803 :

1. Insert Non Vodafone SIM into the handset and power on.
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NEC Unlock Code Entry Instructions

Model : Nec N342i

1 - Switch ON your phone without SIM Card,
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Model : All others NEC

1 - Switch ON your phone without SIM Card,
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1 - Switch ON your phone without SIM Card,
2 - Compose : #3210*CODE# and press Call Button.

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Sagem Unlock Code Entry Instructions

Model : Sagem My-S7

1 - Switch ON your phone without SIM Card,
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WARNING : if your mobile show "CODE POSTE" it's because you have a Security Code, can be 0000 or 1234 but we can't calculate this code with your IMEI because it's not code from Phone but code from the User of the Phone !

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Sagem Unlock Code Entry Instructions

Model : All Sharp

01 - From front screen type *01763*6371#
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09 - Scroll to Deactivate and press SELECT.
10 - Enter Unlock Code and press OK.
11 - Handset should then display DONE and be unlocked.

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Mitsubishi Unlock Code Entry Instructions

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1 - Swith ON your phone without SIM Card,
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