I send and receive a lot of SMS and have always missed the feature of forwarding messages. I was also looking for a cheaper SMS service (cheaper, not free :)). I thought that carriers would not allow any other SMS app that competes against iPhone's native SMS app. Surprisingly though, the App Store does have number of iPhone apps that claim to send free SMS. Unfortunately, none of these apps deliver and have barely managed to get past the single star rating in the App store. ... Read more...
Alex Winston sent us an email to tell us about an iPhone app that they have developed which works as a virtual joystick dubbed "Wolfenstick" to control Wolfenstein 3D Classic running on an iPod Touch (or second iPhone) through the audio port. In addition to the virtual joystick which is pretty cool (you can checkout the video after the break), they have also demonstrated how it was also possible to pair an external PS2 keyboard with an iPhone using the same technique. The impressive... Read more...
Be warned, this is beta stuff and we haven't been able to test it ourselves. However, a number of breathless tipsers and commenters are reporting a successful jailbreak and unlock of their iPhone 3GS. The magic begins with a 3GS jailbreak released by GeoHot. See, George is fed up with the Dev-Team's insistence on waiting until Apple releases 3.1. As he puts it: Normally I don't make tools for the general public, and rather wait for the dev team to do it. But guys, whats up with waiting... Read more...
SSH stands for Secure SHell. It is just a protocol that allows you to access your iPhone or iPod Touch from your desktop PC or MAC and execute commands on it (thus allowing you to copy any kind of data to and from the iPhone or iPod Touch without iTunes). It’s also used for a lot of customization things if you know what you’re doing. You can use a program like Cyberduck on MAC or WinSCP on Windows and you can browse your iPhone or iPod Touch like any other hard drive and explore... Read more...
Within few hours we all will get our hands onto the most awaited iPhone OS 3.0. On top of waiting for 3.0, people have been wondering about the state of the iPhone 3G carrier unlock. Dev-Team member MuscleNerd reported via twitter that Dev-Team will put together a Live Demo of the Unlock iPhone OS 3.0 with YellowSn0w on Tuesday night, most likely on Qik and should answer a lot of questions. This demo should show how YellowSn0w can unlock firmware 3.0. I assume this unlock will only work... Read more...
iPhone Developer MeDevil in January announced it was developing iBluetooth that enable users to transfer files from your iPhone with other Bluetooth devices. He had also published a video showing an iPhone running the application sending and receiving of files between a Mac and a Sony Ericsson handset. The good news is that MeDevil has finally released iBluetooth making it the first application for the iPhone jailbroken iPhone to allow users to transfer files from your iPhone via Bluetooth, a... Read more...
Get out of the way of your wireless antenna so you can surf faster. Boosting the speed of the EDGE network is a simple matter of holding your iPhone correctly. Improperly holding the iPhone can decrease speeds by as much as half! AU: Update to be inclusive of the 3G The black plastic piece on the back of your iPhone that you see in Figure 1-14 is the antenna cover. This component is responsible for transmitting and receiving cellular signals, including the EDGE... Read more...
Two researchers have found an iPhone bug that virus could infect phones using SMS. Will reveal that the iPhone is still unpatched bug in the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas on Thursday. If you receive a text message with a single square of characters, you are advised to immediately turn off your iPhone, and warn that it means that someone has used the error to take charge of their iPhone. "This is serious. The only thing you can do to stop it turns off the phone,"... Read more...
For those interested in applications and native iPhone / iPod touch hacking, software Jailbreak for iPhone and iPod touch (Windows and OS X) has been released, called ZiPhone by Zibri. ZiPhone 2.0 claims to work on all versions of iPhone (1.1.1, 1.1.2 and 1.1.3) and has a graphical user interface.Here is a demonstration video showing how to install ZiPhone on iPod touch iPhone mods and hacks at your own risk! Installing 3rd Party iPhone applications requires the iPhone leaks before... Read more...
if you want to update your iPhone 3G to firmware 2.2.1 but at the same time preserve its baseband so that you can also unlock it then you should follow our step-by-step guide But If you don't want to unlock your iPhone 3G now or anytime in the future and only want to jailbreak it to install jailbreak iPhone apps then you can update your iPhone 3G with firmware 2.2.1 using iTunes and then use QuickPwn 2.2.5-2 to jailbreak it. Here is our step-by-step guide to jailbreak iPhone 3G using... Read more...
