JB iPad!!

Good tutorial on JB iPad!!  Just got my 3G 64gb.  1st thing I did, Spirit the crap out of it and Appsync!!

http://www.redmondpie.com/jailbreak-ipad-3.2-with-spirit/

http://cazisoft.com/2009/appsync-installd

Apple Tablet Announcement?

Live Blog…

http://theappleblog.com/live/

Leaked front and back?

http://i.gizmodo.com/5458217/is-this-the-outside-of-the-apple-tablet?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20gizmodo/full%20(Gizmodo)

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/is-this-the-apple-tablet/

3.1.2 unlocked!! BlackSn0w Nov 4th

Take a quick look at this youtube video. Looks like Geohot did it again!!! The race is on between dev-team and geohot!!

Pwnage 3.1.4 release to pwn 3.1.2

Dev-team just released Pwnage 3.1.4. It can jailbreak 3.1.2.

The easy instruction. Just create a custom ipsw with Pwnage 3.1.4 and restore from itune with the custom ipsw by pressing option-restore.

For more detail, read dev-team’s page.
http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/211802082/pwnage-pie

Download torrent link
http://xs1.iphwn.org/releases/PwnageTool_3.1.4.dmg.5122330.TPB.torrent

Things to add back again

Cydia really need to create a backup just like iTunes or iTunes should back up Cydia apps. Just making a list of things I need to add back.
repos:
http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com
http://cydia.hackulo.us

Apps:
Active Weather Wallpaper
AppSync
Emoji
Five Icon Dock
iSpazio
Lea
Lea SBSettings
OpenSSH
Poof
SBSettings
sbsettingstoggles
Talking Alerts
Time of Day
Voipover3G
WinterBoard

Pwnage 3.1.3 released for 3Gs

Pwnage 3.1.3 have been released for 3Gs.  If you want to keep your 3Gs unlock, make sure you use the pwnage 3.1.3 tool to create a custom ipsw 3.1 and restore with the custom ipsw.  This will keep your baseband so you can still run ultrasn0w.

link for more info
http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/202796266/all-aboard-the-update-train

link for Pwnage download with a torrent client.
http://xs1.iphwn.org/releases/PwnageTool__3.1.3.dmg.5107931.TPB.torrent

while waiting for jb 3.1 do this!!

For those still waiting patiently for 3.1 jailbreak, make sure you read this article.  Make sure you do the part that label “Bypassing the overlord”.  After that log into Cydia and let Sariuk take a snapshot of your ECID

http://www.saurik.com/id/12

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Copy and paste from site

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Bypassing the Overlord

To this end, I have constructed a server that duplicates the functionality exposed by Apple’s signature server, except using “on file” results rather than live requests.

All we need, then, is to make iTunes use it. Luckily, most operating systems also have the ability to locally define bypasses on specific hostnames through a file calledhosts. Using this, we can redirect requests to Apple’s signature server to Cydia.

So, open the file C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts (Windows) or/etc/hosts (Mac OS X) and add the following entry to the bottom of the file.

74.208.105.171 gs.apple.com

Now, when iTunes thinks it is talking to Apple, it is talking to Cydia instead. Doing this will allow iTunes to access signatures already stored by Cydia’s “on file” feature.

This server will also act as a cache for any SHSH blobs it hasn’t seen, acting as an intermediary to Apple’s server. This effectively registers your device with the “on file” mechanism, which means you can now enjoy the protections of being able to downgrade your firmware in the future even if you aren’t jailbroken.

This point should be stressed: even if you don’t jailbreak, and even if you never intend to jailbreak, you should consider using the new “on file” service.

Let’s say that Apple releases an OS upgrade in the future, you take it, and they break something important. Maybe they break your e-mail account, or your todo list. Your business is now crippled.

If only you could downgrade, right? Alas, Apple won’t let you anymore. That’s where the new signature cache server comes in: by doing your restores through this server you secure your ability to not accept upgrades from Apple if the need is dire.

Howto:Update AT&T Carrier file 5.5 without upgrading to 3.1

Today is the big day for those of us waiting for MMS. You can go the easy way and just plug in your 3G/3GS into itune and upgrade everything Apple feed you. That also means you’ll upgrade to 3.1 and potentially be locked out forever of jailbreak and unlock on the 3GS. But you’ll get MMS!!
As for me? I’m still on 3.0.1 waiting patiently for dev-team to come out with jailbreak for 3.1. But, I been hacking around to trying to get MMS to work. It did work when 3.0 first release but since then, I haven’t had any luck. So today is the day that AT&T officially allow us to use MMS. That also mean there is got to be a way to update the carrier file 5.5 without upgrading to 3.1.
After intensively searching for a while, I finally found the fix. It’s actually very similar to existing hacks for 5.0/5.1. I’ll outline some steps for OSX and the location to get the 5.5 carrier file. Not sure how long that link will stay alive, but heck, if it’s still there, that means, you can get it.

So follow the steps below. It’s a copy and paste of many sites out there. That means if it looks familiar to something you wrote up and want me to remove it, just msg, I’ll take it down.  Couple things of note.  I’m using a 3GS 3.0.1 with iTune 8.2 on OSX Snow Leopard.

OSX Instructions

1. Go here to download the AT&T 5.5 Carrier file.  Make sure you right-click save the file. http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/CarrierBundles/061-7282.20090925.3Sph5/ATT_US.ipcc
2. Open a command prompt and type in: sudo defaults write com.apple.iTunes carrier-testing -bool TRUE
3. Enter your password.
4. Open iTunes and plug your iPhone in.
5. Select your iPhone
6. alt click on the update button.
7. It will prompt you to Choose a File to update.
8. Select the ATT_US.ipcc file you downloaded in step 1 and click choose.
9. It will tell you that the Carrier file have been updated.
10. Reboot your phone.
11. Once the phone comes back from reboot, Go to Settings ->Messages.
12. You should now see a MMS Messaging slider.  If it’s off, turn it on.  Turn on Show Subject Field if you want it.
13. Go back and launch your Messages icon.
14. You should now see a little camera icon on the lower right hand corner.
15. Take a picture and send it to your friends.

Windows Instructions

1. Go here to download the AT&T 5.5 Carrier file.  Make sure you right-click save the file.http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/CarrierBundles/061-7282.20090925.3Sph5/ATT_US.ipcc
2. Click Start -> Run -> Type in: cmd (enter) to open command prompt.
3. Type in C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt carrier-testing 1
4. Open iTunes and plug your iPhone in.
5. Select your iPhone
6. Shift click on the update button.
7. It will prompt you to Choose a File to update.
8. Select the ATT_US.ipcc file you downloaded in step 1 and click Select.
9. It will tell you that the Carrier file have been updated.
10. Reboot your phone.
11. Once the phone comes back from reboot, Go to Settings ->Messages.
12. You should now see a MMS Messaging slider.  If it’s off, turn it on.  Turn on Show Subject Field if you want it.
13. Go back and launch your Messages icon.
14. You should now see a little camera icon on the lower right hand corner.
15. Take a picture and send it to your friends.

Post back here if it works for you.  Lastly, try this at your own risk.  It worked for me, not sure what it’ll do to your iPhone.

iPhone 3.1 & iTune 9.0

After scouring the web, looks like 3.1 is not yet ready for jailbreak. If you want to be able to keep your phone unlocked or always be able to unlock, I would suggest holding off on upgrading to 3.1. On the other hand, it is safe to upgrade iTunes to 9.0 to get some of the new features there. On exception is to make sure you copy your 3.0 ipsw to another location since 9.0 will start to delete the old ipsw that it no longer use.
I will post once I find more info on 3.1 jailbreak. As for now, I’m holding off and staying on 3.0.1.

Snow Leopard!!

I haven’t done an update in a while. But then, there wasn’t too much new news until recently. So I’ll be adding a few posts here.
First Snow Leopard!! If you haven’t gone out and buy it, DO IT!!. It is that much better. Well, most of things you won’t be able to tell but overall, the system does run faster and smoother. There are plenty of links on new features of Snow Leopard so I’m not gonna write about them again. But I will pick a few new features and hacks that I find most useful.

1. Boot into 64bit. Hold down “6” “4” when you boot up the system. It will run most of the native apps quicker. This is what I saw the most improvment. It will break some 32 bit apps though. So far I only found one that it doesn’t work. VMware fusion. I assume that Parallel will fail as well. It’s probably because they direct access the kernel. Since I don’t use Windows much, this is not a big issue. If I need it, I can always boot into 32 bit.

Here are couple links of Snow Leopard feature sets
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/20-best-new-features-in-os-x-10-6-snow-leopard-630191?artc_pg=1

Hidden feature video