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iPhone OS 3.0 has a lot of new features. But, I keep discovering little thoughts tweaks here and there. In fact, I had missed this one and came to know from Patrick of my favorite iPhone blog.

You are probably loving the copy, paste functionality much in OS 3.0. But, did you know instead of holding down the backspace button to delete characters, you can undo your whole typing in input fields by just shaking your iPhone.

This feature is definitely nifty but it would be super cool to have some sort of undo history function added to it. But, hey I welcome even this small but thoughtful add-on.

In fact, if you just copied and pasted a blob of text in the wrong place, just shake your iPhone to undo the whole paste.

Hi5 to Patrick for this tip!

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Dev Team has come through again and have released their jailbreak and unlocking (iPhone 2G)  tool for Windows hot on the heels of OS 3.0 PwnageTool for Mac.

The RedSn0w released works on Windows and Mac OS. Redsn0w works just like QuickPwn for Windows and version 0.7.1 has just been released with a bug fix for Windows.

An important thing to note is that,

Redsn0w can jailbreak

• iPhone 2G
• iPhone 3G
• iPod Touch (original) and iPod Touch 2G

Redsn0w cannot jailbreak

• iPhone 3GS

Redsn0w can unlock

• iPhone 2G (both unlocked and original)

Redsnow cannot unlock

• iPhone 3G
• iPhone 3G S

If you have a iPhone 3G and rely on unlocking for getting cellular service, you have to wait until Ultrasn0w is released sometime soon via Cydia.

Before you attempt the jailbreak, I strongly recommend reading and re-reading instructions by Dev Team. Also, make a backup of your iPhone via iTunes before you get started.

How to Unlock iPhone OS 3.0 with Redsn0w?

Here are the steps you need to follow word by word. Again check if your device is supported with this version of  Redsn0w.

1. Create a folder in your desktop named Quickpwn
   1. Download RedSn0w and place it in the Quickpwn folder
   2. Extract the RedSn0w.zip into the Quickpwn folder
   3. Download the relevant OS 3.0 firmware
      3.0 (2G):  iPhone1,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw
      3.0 (3G): iPhone1,2_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw
2. Connect your iPhone to iTunes and select your iPhone.
3. Hold the Shift button and click on Restore
4. Now, select the ipsw file from the Quickpwn folder and hit the Open button
5. Once iTunes has finished updating to the new 3.0 firmware, launch the redsn0w.exe file from your Quickpwn folder.
6. Click Browse and select the firmware ipsw file in Quickpwn folder
7. Once the firmware has been successfully verified by redSn0w, click Next
8. Select Install Cydia in this screen and click Next
9. Now plug your iPhone into the computer and make sure its turned OFF before clicking Next
10. You will be guided by RedSn0w through the DFU mode - its not hard. Just follow the instructions on the screen as follows
    • Hold down the Power button for 2 seconds
    • Without releasing the Power button, hold down the Home button for 6 seconds
    • Without releasing the Home button, release the Power button. Continue holding the Home button for 29 seconds
11. Your iPhone will now reboot
12. RedSn0w will begin uploading the new RAMDISK to your iPhone
13. Once RedSn0w tells you it’s done, click on Finish.
14. Wait till your iPhone reboots again (5 mins) and you will see Cydia app in your Springboard.

Now enjoy your jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch and have fun with stuff like iPhone Winterboard themes!

We will be updaying this post with screenshots for illustration soon. So, please check back if you need further help with that.

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Dev Team has come through again and PwnageTool for iPhone OS 3.0 has been released.

Remember, this is for Mac OS X only. PC users will have to wait a bit longer as always.

DO NOT use PwnageTool of you are using a 3G iPhone with yellowsn0w unlock and rely on unlocking to get cellular service!

Here is the Dev Team complete post and here are the most important points you should know before attempting to jailbreak your iPhone with the relevant parts highlighted (by me)

• GOLDEN RULE: If you are using a 3G iPhone with yellowsn0w and rely on yellowsn0w to obtain cellular service, then you should NOT use PwnageTool right now. UltraSn0w is not included with this release and therefore your baseband will be locked and unable to use an operator other than the official one it was bought for. UltraSn0w will be release via APT (cydia and icy) soon. If you have an original iPhone (1st generation) then 3.0 unlock works with this PwnageTool release.
• Yellowsn0w in its current form will NOT work with the baseband version that is present in the 3.0 update, you will need Ultrasn0w, which will be released sometime soon, Ultrasn0w will work with all iPhone 3G models (but not 3GS), even ones that were previously unlockable, Ultrasn0w (when available) will be released via APT (this means you can get it via Cydia or Icy).
• Please read all parts of this post before downloading and using these tools.
• Read items 1, 2 and 3 again and again.
• At the bottom of this post are the bittorrent files for the 3.0 capable version of PwnageTool.
• This app is suitable for the recent 3.0 release.
• PwnageTool will NOT work for the iPhone 3GS.
• PwnageTool WILL work for Original iPhone (1st Generation), Original iPod touch (1st Generation) and the iPhone 3G.

Official PwnageTool 3.0 Download (bittorrent link)

iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G (with yellowsn0w) unlock as well as PC users will have to wait until DevTeam posts further developments. Stay tuned here or on Twitter and we will bring you updates as we get them.

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Apple has released the 2.2.1 iPhone firmware update. Here is the detail

iPhone 2.2.1 Software UpdateThis update contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following:
• Improved general stability of Safari
• Fixed issue where some images saved from Mail do not display correctly in the Camera Roll

Products compatible with this software update:
• iPhone
• iPhone 3G

For feature descriptions and complete instructions, see the user guide for your iPhone at:
<http://support.apple.com/manuals/iphone>

For more information about iPhone, go to:
<http://www.apple.com/iphone>

To troubleshoot your iPhone, or to view additional support information go to:
<http://www.apple.com/support/iphone>

This update contains security content originally included in previous iPhone Software Updates. For more information, please visit this website:
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222>

I like the fact that they have addressed stability issues with Safari. Also, an update for iPod Touch is also reportedly available.

As always, if you have a jailbreak iPhone, don’t update to firmware 2.2.1 yet! Please wait until the Dev Team releases a QuickPwn or Pwnage that will work with firmware 2.2.1.

Update 01/29/09

And Dev Team has posted a warning asking us to hold our horses!

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Apple doesn’t seem to care that we really could use the copy/paste functionality in iPhone. But, that’s why we love the jailbreaking community.

Clippy is a jailbreak app available via Cydia in your iPhone. Clippy brings copy/paste in most apps where the keyboard is available. Eg. Mail, Notes, SMS, Maps etc but not in Safari.

With Clippy installed, you just open the keyboard and hit the ‘.?123′ button to see ‘Copy’ and ‘Paste’ buttons at the top of the keyboard. Now just use your finger to select a region and press Copy. You get visual confirmation that the text actually copied by seeing the first few letters near the ‘Paste’ button.

Now, just head on over to the app ou want the text to be copied to, hit the 123 button again and press ‘Paste’.

Are you wondering why you would need this? Imagine if you have a long address in your email and you want to map it. Unless you have an excellent memory, Clippy makes it ludicrously easy to just copy the address and plug it into Maps app!

It would be great to have this in Safari as well but this is a great start. MagicPad was another app that promised copy paste in iPhone.

I know some of us are nervous about jailbreaking, but reasons such as this available only via Cydia it might be worthwhile to jailbreak your iPhone 3g.

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Dev Team has promised to deliver the iPhone 3G software unlock today - on New Years Eve!

If you have a first generation iPhone, QuickPwn 2.2 & PwnageTool 2.2 would have already worked for you. But, those with iPhone 3g had to hold off from upgrading to firmware 2.2.

Why you shouldn’t have updated your iPhone 3g to 2.2 via iTunes?

iPhone 2.2 firmware contained a baseband update - 02.28.00. Dev Team warned against updating to this firmware using iTunes as this would prevent you from unlocking your iPhone 3G with the software (dubbed yellowsn0w) they are going to release today.

But, there was a workaround. You could have created a custom 2.2 firmware with PwnageTool (Mac only) that contained the older iPhone 3g baseband. This will allow you to unlock your iPhone 3g now with yellowsn0w.

If you have already updated to 2.2 via iTunes, you are out of luck in 2008. Dev Team did warn us butthe team loves hacking and chllenges. I have no doubt that they will be able to hack the new baseband as well and provide an unlocking solution. But, just not yet.

Jailbreaking vs Unlocking

Do these 2 terms confuse you? No worries.

Jailbreaking: Apple intentionally locked you to download apps only from AppStore. Jailbreaking your iPhone lets you install apps from outside AppStore and customize your iPhone to your heart’s content. Two jailbreak apps that let you do this are - Cydia & Installer. Some of the things you can get with jailbreaking are Record video in iPhone, Categories, Backgrounder, Quickgold, Winterboard Themes, Podcaster, etc. Check out our jailbreaking how-to post to get an idea on what’s involved.

Unlocking: This has to do with AT&T. iPhones are locked so it works only with AT&Ts network. Usually carriers including AT&T will unlock your phone after you have been through a certain period in the contract so you can use the same device even if you switch carriers. Or even just travel outside the counrty. But not for iPhones. But, Dev Team is here for our rescue. iPhone 2g was unlocked a long time back but iPhone 3g proved a little bit harder but we are finally going to see that change today. Once you unlock, you can just switch the SIM card in your iPhone and use it on any carrier.

Happy New Year

We’ll come back with a post on how to unlock your iPhone 3g shortly after the software release. Until, then we’d like to wish you a Happy New Year!

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If you have been looking to remove DRM protection from iTunes music, look no further. The freeware named DVDneXtCOPY iTurns Free does this for free by converting your iTunes music library into DRM-free mp3 files!

iTurns Free works by stripping the DRM protection from audio purchased from iTunes music store. It installs a virtual CD burner on Windows (works on Windows only).

How to Remove iTunes DRM

1. Install iTurns Free
2. Select iTurns Free as the default burner in iTunes Settings
3. Click on iTurns Free icon in your task bar and choose where to store converted iTunes files
4. Simply create a playlist of songs you want to remove DRM
5. Burn playlist. Voila!

In a few easy steps you have made drm-free MP3 songs from your iTunes music collection. This also works on WMA (Windows Media audio) files as well.

iTurns Free - Free vs Pro

The free version works just fine to convert iTunes or WMA files to drm-free mp3. The pro version that sells for $29.99 however gives you a handful of extra options. You can convert to MP4, OGG Vorbis, built-in burning engine, etc.

The way this software works doesn’t even violate any copyright law and gives you the value for the money you spent by using the music you bought on multiple computers or players, etc. You can now port your purchased music to any player of your choice!

Download iTurns FREE

[via Lifehacker]

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Update: 11/21/08

iPhone firmware 2.2 has been released! If you’d like to jailbreak 2.2, here’s why you shouldn’t update to 2.2 yet.

One of the best things about jailbreaking your iPhone is the ability to theme your iPhone to get that unique personal look that matches your style.

My Top 5 best iPhone Winterboard Themes post has become the most popular article here in Top iPhone Resource. Now, we are back with more Winterboard themes for you. But, this time we are going to look at just blue winterboard themes.

Gates Bluize

A cool bluish wooden plank like background makes the icons stand out.

Aqua Flivor

Another one of my favorite themes. I love how the icons look like they are in a shelf.

Dust Lonely

A very bluish theme with water effect in the background. Snazzy isn’t it?

Electric Blue

A very modern theme with a cool icon set. One of the best among the blue Winterboard themes.

iFrozen Theme

This doesn’t provide as much contrast like the others but I included it as some might like it actually.

If you haven’t jailbroken your iPhone, check out how to jailbreak 2.1 iPhone firmware with quickpwn. Hope you enjoyed this selection of blue iPhone Winterboard Themes.

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Update: 11/21/08

iPhone firmware 2.2 has been released! If you’d like to jailbreak 2.2, here’s why you shouldn’t update to 2.2 yet.

I am sure you’ve probably heard that Quickpwn 2.1 for Windows has been released by the dev team. High five to them for making the jailbreak process easier than ever that even your grandma can do it. If your grandma, has an iPhone that will be some picture you should share it with us.

The reason I am posting this a few days after the Quickpwn release is because I had trouble jailbreaking my iPhone 3g. But, I have a feeling this had to do with the fact that I had already jailbroken my iPhone 2.0.2 with Quickpwn. I will get to that and how I solved it later in the post.

If you haven’t jailbroken your iPhone yet

Again, if you have already jailbroken your iPhone, check the section below proceeding. If you are already updated your iPhone to 2.1 firmware and ready to jailbreak then you can start from this step. Oherwise update to 2.1firmware through iTunes and then you are ready to jailbreak your iPhone.

1. Download QuickPwn 2.1 for Windows from here, extract the files and save it in a new folder named as QuickPwn in your computer. And save your updated 2.1 firmware in the same QuickPwn folder (firmware download links). You shouldn’t even need this as Quickpwn detects your installed firmware.
2. Connect your iphone  via USB cable to computer. Now run the QuickPwn.exe file in the QuickPwn folder. In this step it will make sure your iphone is connected via USB and click the Blue arrow to continue.
3. Now in this step it will automatically detect your 2.1firmware from your computer. If not browse and select the firmware you previously saved in your QuickPwn folder and click the blue arrow to continue.
4. Next step select Cydia , Installer and if you want to replace the boot logos select it too. And click the Blue arrow to continue to next step. I like the Apple logo instead.
5. In this step it again asks you to confirm your iPhone is connceted via USB and click the arrow to continue.
6. Here in this step follow the QuickPwn instructions carefully . First it will automatically put your iPhone into recovery mode and once it goes to recovery mode you will be directed to
   • hold your home button for 5 seconds
   • hold down the home and power buttons together for 10 seconds
   • release the power button and continue to hold the home button til you see the jailbreaking progress in your iPhone and then let go..
7. 
8. With mine, even after this message was shown, the iPhone was showing some jailbreak messages with nice graphics. So, I waited pateiently for it to complete and reboot. Voila, everything came back up and worked! Hello Cydia & Installer!

If you have previously jailbroken your iPhone

If you haven’t jailbroken your iPhone before at all, you can just use the section above without a worry. To set the stage this was my status when I started:

• iPhone 3G
• iTunes 8
• Previously jailbroken with 2.0.2 firmware
• Upgraded to firmware 2.1

The Problem

Now, when I used Quickpwn 2.1 (windows) to jailbreak everything worked fine but at the end the iPhone will just keep hanging at the Apple logo screen at startup. It would do that and vibrate twice and iTunes would even recognize the iPhone but again it would reboot. This would go on until I disconnected it from iTunes, manually rebooted. Now, I can get into the iPhone but no Cydia or Installer.

The Solution

It turns out that the startup was failing because it was missing BossPrefs, 5 icon dock, Springboard, etc. I suspect it was trying to find one of these jailbreak apps I had previously installed at startup, failed and kept restarting. I kind of found this by trial and error. Because jailbreaking with QuickPwn worked on my iPhone if I reset my iPhone to factory settings by using ‘Restore’ function in iTunes 8 and not choosing to restore from a backup. I was now able to see Cydia & Installer.

So I went ahead and installed BossPrefs, Springboard, 5 icon dock, etc and made sure none of my app icons were hidden. Then I synced my iPhone to the backup I had done before starting the jailbreak. Voila, now iPhone started up fine.

In fact, this excellent guide on how to upgrade in iTunes at Sleepers.net which I came across pretty late helped me do this.

If you haven’t already messed up like I did, I highly suggest following that guide to create a backup of your Cydia apps list with AptBackup jailbreak app. Also, if you have hid some icons with BossPrefs or other apps, make sure you unhide them before you start jailbreaking. If you still having problems, this thread at MacRumours or this post at Sleepers.net might help you out.

The End

In the end, the jailbreak process itself takes just anywhere from 10-20 minutes and hasn’t been this simple so far. If you don’t make the same mistakes I did, it should be very straight forward and hope these tips helped you successfully jailbreaking your iPhone. After jailbreaking, don’t forget to get some iPhone winterboard themes for your jailbroken iPhone! Here is what mine looks like now:

Doesn’t this make the jailbreaking effort worth it?

No word on when QuickPwn for iPod Touch or Winpwn 3.0 will be released yet. Stay tuned or subscribe to our RSS feed if you don’t want to miss future updates.

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Update: 12/27/08

iPhone firmware 2.2 has been released! If you’d like to jailbreak 2.2, here’s why you shouldn’t update to 2.2 yet.

One of the best thing I love about jailbreaking my iPhone with Quickpwn is the ability to theme my iPhone the way I want. There are plenty of free themes available via Winterboard in Cydia and here are  the top 5 themes I like.

Vintage Theme

You will find this winterboard theme in cydia. This is one of the awesome theme in cydia. The vintage theme makes the iphone looks so classy.

iWood Realize Theme

This is one of my favorite theme in winterboard collections. It makes the iphone old and rusty rustic look.

Xadacka’s Shock Orange Theme

As you can the the vibrant colors will turn heads from your friends.

Aqua Flivor Theme

A theme that’s very pleasing to the eye and the one I am using currently.

Betty Boop Theme

A fun and girly theme for your iPhone. The color gradients in this theme is just plain wonderful.

Hope you enjoyed checking these themes out. I will be featuring more themes as I find and use them in my iPhone. Let me know your favorite theme in the comments and I’ll try it out too.

PwnageTool & QuickPwn for iPhone 2.1 firmware for Mac has been released. And if you are a Windows user like me, looks like we might have to wait a bit longer to upgrade to 2.1 and jailbreak it. WinPwn download for iPhone 2.1 firmware is set to be released shortly.

Update: Firmware 2.2 has been released and we will be publishing a how-to guide to unlock iPhone 3G shortly.

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Update: 11/21/08

iPhone firmware 2.2 has been released! If you’d like to jailbreak 2.2, here’s why you shouldn’t update to 2.2 yet.

The Dev Team has come through again within a day of iPhone 2.1 firmware’s release! Pwnage Tool & Quickpwn for iPhone 2.1 firmware is now available.

And they have figured without having to patch iTunes 8 at all! I think that is sweet.

PwnageTool & QuickPwn for 2.1 Firmware

Note that this is for Mac only.

• PwnageTool 2.1 for Mac OS X via Bittorent - download here
• QuickPwn 1.1 for Mac OS X via Bittorrent - download here

SHA1 Sums:-

• PwnageTool_2.1.dmg = 0b2dcb51e224b12590793e8a758dd80c450e5b64
• QuickPwn_1.1.dmg = 92487230c66296ec1e414260b5f107e5d351923f

QuickPwn or WinPwn for iPhone 2.1 Firmware

if you are looking for the Windows version of QuickPwn or WinPwn 2.5 download, join a long list of eager users looking for the same. There is no word on the street out yet about when it might be available. But, i am sure it should follow suit very soon.

Update: 9/15/08
WinPwn developer has posted saying that it’s been busy times and that we can expect WinPwn 3.0 to be released shortly. Looking forward to it!

Of course you need AT&Tcellphones to do this.

[via Dev Team Blog]

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WinPwn 2.5 beta 1 has just got out in the wild. What does it bring with it, you may ask.

• QuickPwn Support for 2.0/2.0.1/2.0.2
• Root partition resize support
• Installer support
• Basic/Expert modes
• Wizard style interface
• Automatic updater
• Support for WinXP as well as Vista 32/64bit.

So, if you haven’t seen our jailbreak iPhone/iPod Touch with QuickPwn article, you could now try it with WinPwn.

Download WinPwn 2.5 beta 1

WinPwn 3.0 for iPhone Firmware 2.1 (Update: 9/16/08)

PwnageTool & QuickPwn for iPhone 2.1 firmware for Mac has been released. And if you are a Windows user like me, looks like we might have to wait a bit longer to upgrade to 2.1 and jailbreak it.

Also, check out these iPod Screen Protectors!

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