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[streetlifestyle]

just started updating my 3g to iOS 4.... Keep yall posted

[crazychinee]

quick question

i got a first gen IPHONE, alot of scratches to the back and screen
can I get the housing replaced?

if not can you recommend the best case for it

Love Incase.
Google it.

[streetlifestyle]

well....
loaded the OS on itunes
started jailbreak with redsnow 0.9.5 and all went well until trying to install jailbreak... phone jus wont come on! dammit

[streetlifestyle]

so........ my iphone refuses to reboot when putting it into dfu mode... Redsmow stuck on "waiting for reboot"

[M_2NR]

Going to try to cert hack for push.

Will probably fail.

according to his site...
http://www.cmdshft.ipwn.me/blog/
all gone now bro
you shoulda used nimble to back up your old push certs man. I did that. Used inject last time to reinsert my old ones when i restored and it worked well!

^ post if you get through!!!

LOL @M_2NR

thanks eh.. i just had to "ipconfig /release"

eh?????
i wanna backup my push certs before i upgrade to 4.0.... Any help?????????

that was for new users, for us, his blog has a guide and i made one with screenshots

http://modblog101.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/how-to-backup-your-push-certificates/

But i guess you already finished...

Also, WHY U DIDNT USE A CUSTOM IPSW? both Scott and I posted links to them buddy.

[SRASC]

It's hard out there for a hip-hop star. Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas recently had a not so good, good night. Thieves broke into his parked Bentley and made off with $10,000 worth of loot including jewelry, other personal property and the singer's shiny Apple iPad.

However, law enforcement officials have honed in on the the perpetrator using the iPad's GPS functionality, and are close to making an arrest. The exact means they used for locating the iPad, however, is unknown -- i.e., whether it was an app or MobileMe's "Find My iPhone/iPad" feature.

Whether for a special event performance or music partnership, Apple has collaborated with many musicians in a variety of ways. Back in 2004 the Black Eyed Peas, and their hit "Let's Get it Started," were prominently featured in the launch of the iMac G5.

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Here's a list of 5 features of iOS 4 that we think deserve more attention.

This particular feature has actually seen some airtime recently, as a few people have pointed out that the iPhone 4's call controls now have the FaceTime button where the hold button used to be. At first, quite a few people (including Steve Jobs himself) pointed out that the hold feature didn't offer much over the mute feature, and suggested just getting used to using the mute button instead. While I can see where they're coming from, the two functions were slightly different, as placing a call on mute allowed you to still hear the other party talk (though they couldn't hear you), and placing the call on hold muted both sides of the conversation.

It turns out that, despite Steve's opinion that the hold button isn't necessary, Apple did include it in the iPhone 4 -- they just combined it with the mute button. So now to place a call on mute, you just tap the mute button once as normal. If you want to place the call on hold, tap and hold the button for a couple of seconds, and the icon and label will change to show that the call is now on hold. In either case, a single tap on the highlighted button will return the call to normal.

To me, the frustrating thing about this change is that it's not necessarily intuitive. Although it does make some sort of sense that both functions are related to mute, the FaceTime button is really only usable on certain calls where the other party has an iPhone 4. It seems like they could have taken an opportunity to tweak the call control screen so that FaceTime (and any other functions that are added in the future) might have potentially had a more suitable home, but I'm guessing some of the motivation for having the FaceTime button as part of the main controls stems from Apple's desire to see other devices taking advantage of the open protocols in the future.

The hold feature is now accessed by holding down the mute button until the icon changes.

I've always been a big fan of automated package tracking, and whenever I've been tasked with writing applications that deal with e-mail correspondence, I've always included an Easter egg of sorts: the ability to detect common tracking numbers in messages. To me, there's just something cool about reading an e-mail where someone provides a tracking number for a package, and having the application automatically recognize it and include tracking details.

While iOS 4 didn't take this to the extreme that I might have, it does include new Data Detectors with the ability to recognize tracking numbers and make them in to links, just like it does with phone numbers. Tapping on the number takes you directly to the carrier's website (such as UPS or FedEx), complete with tracking results. Now all we need is for those carriers to have iPhone-friendly tracking pages, and this would be really awesome.

It would also be really cool if developers could take advantage of this to launch a specific tracking app instead of going to the carrier's site, but I doubt we will see that in the near future.

iOS 4 automatically detects common tracking numbers and links them to the carrier's website.

Remember when I said part of the problem was options that the user didn't know existed? This is one of them. Well, okay technically it's two of them.

The first option is called Group Messaging, and it appears to enable a form of threading if you send a message to multiple recipients by grouping their replies in one message window. Various discussions around the Internet about this feature suggest that it doesn't always work, particularly if you already have an open conversation with one of the recipients. Also there is speculation that the feature is intended to allow you to send messages directly to a contact group in your address book, eliminating the need to select individual contacts.

Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be the case, as the contact group doesn't show up in the list when you are typing a recipient, and tapping on it from the contact selector simply lists all contacts inside of the group. Still, it's a step in the right direction if you have a group of people and want to keep their responses together.

The second option might seem useless at first, particularly if you aren't familiar with size limits on messages. It's called Show Character Count, and quite simply, it shows a small counter next to the message box. As you type, the counter updates to show you how many characters you have typed. Due to limitations in the messaging protocols, each SMS/Text message has to be 160 characters or less. So the counter feature is intended to show you when you are approaching or going over that limit, which will typically cause the message to be broken up into multiple messages or sometimes rejected, depending on the providers involved. Note when sending an MMS/Picture message, the character count display is removed as MMS does not limit the amount of characters in the message.

New messaging options include group messaging and a display to monitor the number of characters typed.

Another welcome addition to iOS 4 is the ability to specify a complex alphanumeric password in place of the 4-digit passcode used when locking the device. If specified, a full keyboard replaces the number pad that is typically displayed when unlocking the phone. All other settings, such as erasing the device after 10 unsuccessful attempts, will still work as expected.

Now if they would just let you specify a custom swipe gesture to unlock the device, I think many Android users would be happy.

Disabling the Simple Passcode option allows you to use a full alphanumeric passcode to lock the device.

This is quite possibly my favorite hidden feature of iOS 4 -- over-the-air syncing of notes. I'm guilty of using the Notes app on my phone to jot down random lists of stuff I want to remember. While this is great for making quick notes, it can quickly become troublesome if you then need to access those notes later from your computer or another iPhone. I never was a big fan of having my notes sync in to Mail.app on my Mac (I don't really use Mail.app anyways), so having my notes end up in there was a bit of an annoyance to me.

So imagine my surprise when I noticed a new accounts button in the Notes app, and tapping it revealed a list of all of my mail accounts. Notes are saved to a folder in your e-mail account as individual mail messages, similar to how a draft e-mail would be saved. Because of this, Notes can be synced to any Gmail-based accounts you have without any additional setup. This also should work with other types of mail accounts, but given the vast feature differences between different e-mail servers, it is possible that it won't work with all accounts.

Notes can now be saved under mail accounts, instead of only to the device. This allows them to be synced over-the-air.

[Bezman]

LOL

[Bezman]

Still down that the iPhone doesn’t have a physical keyboard? Your iPhone 4 will become your powerful net-ready PDA with the mini Bluetooth keypad...

Here’s the solution -- attach it to a Bluetooth keyboard with Scotch tape. After the jump, watch a clip of an old iPhone being killed by a ‘Death Ray’. Warning: May upset some readers.

http://9to5mac.com/node/18838

[SRASC]

Apparently Microsoft has come to the realization that, much like the hipsters it was targeting with the device, no one wants to be caught dead with a KIN. Microsoft has confirmed that the two devices are toast. Here is what their PR people said.

We have made the decision to focus exclusively on Windows Phone 7 and we will not ship KIN in Europe this fall as planned. Additionally, we are integrating our KIN team with the Windows Phone 7 team, incorporating valuable ideas and technologies from KIN into future Windows Phone releases. We will continue to work with Verizon in the U.S. to sell current KIN phones.”

Good riddance, we say.

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The Ducati bike team made this ad over a period of 4 days.

[SRASC]

About the Kin, I thought Microsoft would put a much better effort at a phone than that goofy looking thing. Microsoft didn't half-ass that. More like quarter-assed.

[ryan99tt]

so........ my iphone refuses to reboot when putting it into dfu mode... Redsmow stuck on "waiting for reboot"

u shud try and take out your sim card, had a similar problem an that helped...gd luck

[SRASC]

If you've been one of the many clamoring to see Firefox running on an iPhone, you may get your chance--of sorts.
Back in late May, Mozilla announced that it would be creating an iPhone version of its Firefox browser. On Wednesday, Mozilla submitted its Firefox Home iPhone app to Apple for testing--and, it hopes, for approval.
The free Firefox Home relies on Firefox Sync, a cloud-based syncing technology that promises to securely sync your desktop bookmarks, history, and open tabs across Firefox browsers on desktops, mobile phones, and tablets.
On the coding end, Firefox Home is based on WebKit, the same technology that powers the default Safari browser. Thanks to that, there's a good chance that Apple won't reject the app as a competing browser software, as the company has (in)famously done with other full HTML browser attempts in the past. In addition, though Firefox Home will let you view your recent sites directly from the app via a WebKit viewer, the Web pages will also open in the Safari browser.
Apart from delivering Web pages, Firefox Home will also share links via e-mail.

[M_2NR]

LOL! i got error 1604 and 1611 on noth DFU and Recovery. ohh dear. I on my XP boot now. Going to try 9.2 and then recboot, etc. Fun times >_>

[Bezman]

tink you must use 9.2 for 4.0 update

[M_2NR]

boy trying it and i getting 3.1.2 custom to work.. but NOT iOS 4.0. Two different custom files as well! lol. I trying my last resort... a hackintosh on my laptop with 10.5.5. I updating iTunes.
I got error 1600 on DFU and 1604 and 1611 on Recovery Mode. I even got a 2005 in DFU once. I tried it on 3 Windows systems about 4 OS', win7, win7, xp and vista lol.

Thing is 3.1.2 is loading fine with custom ipsw but not 4.0 and i fraid to use the virgin 4.0 as i want to keep my old baseband

[Captainzaak]

Saw this online today, must admit, is real kix.

[DTAC]

^^^ Since when did Steven Hawking started selling phones????

[streetlifestyle]

WHY U DIDNT USE A CUSTOM IPSW? both Scott and I posted links to them buddy.

I didnt notice them... sigh.. But i guess the work was worth it
thanks tho

[streetlifestyle]

ok well.... it worked and it is suh-weeeet!

i downloaded itunes 9.2 (its is a MUST for iOS4)
then downloaded the iPSW file for 4.0
Finally downloaded redsnow 0.9.5

updated to 4.0 in itunes using "shift+ restore"
Started redsnow jailbreak.....
Voila!

I wasnt gettin tru cuz i was using my work pc with all the firewalls and admin restrictions. Put it on my laptop and BOOM!

BTW... this is only for iphone 3g and ipod touch 2nd gen

[SRASC]

Boy Genius Report claims to have received information from an Apple source noting that the company is finally gearing up to launch its cloud-based iTunes initiative, a program that will also included wireless syncing for devices.
We have been told iTunes will be getting a huge cloud capability that many people have been asking for (and logically thought would happen sooner or later). These new capabilities are broken down into three groups:

1. Streaming music and movies from Apple's servers to your computers, devices, etc.
2. Streaming music and movies from your home computers to your other computers, remote devices, etc.
3. Wireless iTunes syncing with devices

The report claims that Apple's cloud-based streaming service will allow "pretty much any" Apple device with Wi-Fi capabilities to stream purchased content stored on Apple's servers. Home-based streaming is expected to work in a similar fashion, allowing users to access content stored on other devices as is supported in a limited fashion for some devices today. Apple CEO Steve Jobs addressed the topic of syncing media to the cloud at the All Things Digital conference last month, noting that the company is "working on it".

As for wireless syncing, which Jobs also recently promised "someday", the report claims that apps purchased on iOS devices will immediately sync back to the devices' host computers, with syncing of calendars, notes, and contact also supported as can be accomplished by MobileMe syncing today.

Finally, the source adds in a brief hardware claim, pointing to Apple's traditional iPod-focused media event, usually held in September, as a venue for the introduction of at least "two new devices with camera/camcorder capabilities". It is unknown what exactly the source is referring to, although Apple's iPod touch is widely expected to gain camera functionality after having the feature appear in prototypes of the current generation of the device but be axed from the final released design. Apple's iPod nano also currently sports video camera capabilities, albeit at a relatively low resolution

[streetlifestyle]

^^^^ at last!

[M_2NR]

ok well.... it worked and it is suh-weeeet!

i downloaded itunes 9.2 (its is a MUST for iOS4)
then downloaded the iPSW file for 4.0
Finally downloaded redsnow 0.9.5

updated to 4.0 in itunes using "shift+ restore"
Started redsnow jailbreak.....
Voila!

I wasnt gettin tru cuz i was using my work pc with all the firewalls and admin restrictions. Put it on my laptop and BOOM!

BTW... this is only for iphone 3g and ipod touch 2nd gen

i guess i will end up doing this also yes! the custom IPSW (i try different sources) all kicking 1604. I was even going to try to make my own but pwnagetool was only showing iphone 3gs and itouch 2g (anyone knows why?)

SLS, you on the latest baseband then? 04.13?

[SRASC]

If you're afraid of heights, do not watch this video. A few guys in Los Angeles convinced a friend to loan them his new iPhone 4 for a risky little experiment: A balloon-powered flight into the air, tethered by kite string, with the video camera recording the whole time.

Yeah, we're also wondering what kind of leverage they had on this guy to make him give up the iPhone.

Aside from the relative wisdom of rigging the phone and flying it near a working radio tower, the video is actually quite compelling.

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Apple has already built a Verizon-compatible CDMA iPhone that is being "perfected all the time," but it's not likely that a formal deal with Verizon is in place, according to a new rumor.

Responding to this week's report from Bloomberg which claimed that Apple will launch a Verizon iPhone in January of 2011, Jim Dalrymple of The Loop shared some information on the subject Thursday. He likened the CDMA iPhone allegedly being tested and perfected at Apple to the Intel-powered version of Mac OS X that the company kept under wraps for years.

"Apple already has a Verizon compatible iPhone," Dalrymple said. "It's not that they have to rush around Apple HQ and start building the thing for a January launch with Verizon."

But he went on to say that he does not believe that a deal with Verizon has been finalized. He said that it's likely the two companies are in negotiations, and the leak provided to Bloomberg may have been another negotiating tactic.

"I'm sure the negotiations are very tense, and I believe, ongoing," he wrote.

Also this week, John Gruber of Daring Fireball said that a new Verizon-compatible phone would not be a holdup for a potential deal with Apple. He, too, said that the CDMA iPhone is similar to the Intel-compatible version of Mac OS X.

"It's all strategy and negotiations," Gruber said. "I wouldn't have been shocked if they'd gone to Verizon a year ago, and wouldn't be shocked if it doesn't happen for another two or three years. But whenever the time comes, hardware won't hold it up."

[M_2NR]

UPDATE (for me): iOS 4 is KICKASS. call me fanboy or w/e but even on the 3G it is epic.

Somethings are a lil slower and somethings are a lil faster, but overall it's great. I wish i could thief it from my dad.

Only downfall is the Baseband is 04.13.04 cuz i used virgin 4.0 IPSW.

k guys, noticed that i can SSH but terminal is not working on WinSCP and of course mobileterminal

[streetlifestyle]

i guess i will end up doing this also yes! the custom IPSW (i try different sources) all kicking 1604. I was even going to try to make my own but pwnagetool was only showing iphone 3gs and itouch 2g (anyone knows why?)

SLS, you on the latest baseband then? 04.13?

im on baseband 05.13.04

UPDATE (for me): iOS 4 is KICKASS. call me fanboy or w/e but even on the 3G it is epic.

Somethings are a lil slower and somethings are a lil faster, but overall it's great. I wish i could thief it from my dad.

Only downfall is the Baseband is 04.13.04 cuz i used virgin 4.0 IPSW.

k guys, noticed that i can SSH but terminal is not working on WinSCP and of course mobileterminal

AGREED!!!!!!!!!!! god damn EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!
Was wondering how come Skype doesnt have video calling now...
Any apps allow for TWO WAY video calling??

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oh yea guys..... It seems that as people are updating to iOS 4 they are losing their push certs. So if u did like me and went ahead without backing up your old certs, Push Doctor still has some certs available for use.......
"Thank me later"

[M_2NR]

There are a few hundred available. Now is the best time. BTW if you all want a

WRT to skype, i doubt that would happen so quick . with facetime here what's the use LOL.

I dont know but mobileterminal didnt work too nice for me at my 1st try so i got a modded deb file. Apparently it is now compatible (the one i had before.. lol) i'll test both later.

(I combined your posts k)

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^ facetime is between iphone owners though whereas Skype is between any device that has skype

I think eventually Skype will update for ios4 and include video chat

[streetlifestyle]

i agree.... since facetime can ALSO use the rear facing camera. why cant skype also implement it????

[M_2NR]

I know and i4 users alone get facetime. The way Skype seems to update it's app, i'd have more faith in fring doing it. They took soo long just to implement 3G video calling AND you have to pay for it.

Ohh... i forgot to mention, CallerID and Format Fix is working great on iOS 4. I used the 1st one when you search. (and appsync 4.0)

Only prob was just to rearrange icons among folders was a pain lol. i used the pc. And once you start to slap stuff in the "Background" (most apps just launch faster due to lack of MT) the battery percent just goesss

To get mobileterminal to work, add this repo:
repo.modmyi.com

and the modded one is there i got it to work for inject and get push working. SSH Terminal in WinSCP was only crashing.

[SRASC]

Dear iPhone 4 Users,

The iPhone 4 has been the most successful product launch in Apple’s history. It has been judged by reviewers around the world to be the best smartphone ever, and users have told us that they love it. So we were surprised when we read reports of reception problems, and we immediately began investigating them. Here is what we have learned.

To start with, gripping almost any mobile phone in certain ways will reduce its reception by 1 or more bars. This is true of iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, as well as many Droid, Nokia and RIM phones. But some users have reported that iPhone 4 can drop 4 or 5 bars when tightly held in a way which covers the black strip in the lower left corner of the metal band. This is a far bigger drop than normal, and as a result some have accused the iPhone 4 of having a faulty antenna design.

At the same time, we continue to read articles and receive hundreds of emails from users saying that iPhone 4 reception is better than the iPhone 3GS. They are delighted. This matches our own experience and testing. What can explain all of this?

We have discovered the cause of this dramatic drop in bars, and it is both simple and surprising.

Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many instances, mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength. For example, we sometimes display 4 bars when we should be displaying as few as 2 bars. Users observing a drop of several bars when they grip their iPhone in a certain way are most likely in an area with very weak signal strength, but they don’t know it because we are erroneously displaying 4 or 5 bars. Their big drop in bars is because their high bars were never real in the first place.

To fix this, we are adopting AT&T’s recently recommended formula for calculating how many bars to display for a given signal strength. The real signal strength remains the same, but the iPhone’s bars will report it far more accurately, providing users a much better indication of the reception they will get in a given area. We are also making bars 1, 2 and 3 a bit taller so they will be easier to see.

We will issue a free software update within a few weeks that incorporates the corrected formula. Since this mistake has been present since the original iPhone, this software update will also be available for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G.

We have gone back to our labs and retested everything, and the results are the same— the iPhone 4’s wireless performance is the best we have ever shipped. For the vast majority of users who have not been troubled by this issue, this software update will only make your bars more accurate. For those who have had concerns, we apologize for any anxiety we may have caused.

As a reminder, if you are not fully satisfied, you can return your undamaged iPhone to any Apple Retail Store or the online Apple Store within 30 days of purchase for a full refund.

We hope you love the iPhone 4 as much as we do.

Thank you for your patience and support.

Apple