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		<title>Getting &#8220;Warning: You are running low on memory&#8221; pop-ups? The Fix.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pico</dc:creator>
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Many users, including me, have gotten the iPhone System pop-up: "<strong><span style="#ff0000;"><span style="#ff0000;"><span style="#ff0000;">Warning: You are running low on memory</span></span></span></strong>...etc" in the past few days. Unfortunately for me, my phone did a hard crash when my wake-up alarm went off this morning and I had to do a full restore (I was planning on upgrading from 3.0 anyways).

The culprit? <strong><span style="#ff0000;"><span style="#ff0000;"><span style="#ff0000;">Rock App</span></span></span></strong>

Why? It seems that<strong> </strong><strong><span style="#ff0000;"><span style="#ff0000;"><span style="#ff0000;">Rock is not clearing out the log\cache file, so it constantly grows larger, indefinitely. </span></span></span></strong>

Solution.
<ol>
	<li>SSH into your phone or use iFile\Diskaid and locate <strong><span style="#ff0000;"><span style="#ff0000;">/var/mobile/Library/RYP/logs</span></span></strong></li>
	<li>Delete <strong><span style="#ff0000;"><span style="#ff0000;">rockapp_{date}.log</span></span></strong></li>
</ol>
Some users have indicated that their log files have <strong><span style="#ff0000;"><span style="#ff0000;">totaled from 1gb to over 8gb</span></span></strong><strong><span style="#ff0000;"> </span></strong>in size!

I have not confirmed this, but a user told me that going into Rock and clicking "Clear cache" will fix this problem.

I am not sure if there was a date bug, but it seemed that it has recently hit everyone that has Rock (and extensions) installed.

<span style="#ff0000;"><strong>Update</strong></span>: <cite>kwickone </cite><cite><span style="normal;">has stated that a Rock update is out that will fix this problem. Update Rock to see if the problem is resolved, if not, delete the log file as mentioned above. I had to fix my friend's phone and I could not even launch Rock. After deleting the logfile, rebooted, everything was back to normal</span></cite>]]></description>
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<p>Many users, including me, have gotten the iPhone System pop-up: &#8220;<strong><span style="#ff0000;"><span style="#ff0000;"><span style="#ff0000;">Warning: You are running low on memory</span></span></span></strong>&#8230;etc&#8221; in the past few days. Unfortunately for me, my phone did a hard crash when my wake-up alarm went off this morning and I had to do a full restore (I was planning on upgrading from 3.0 anyways).</p>
<p>The culprit? <strong><span style="#ff0000;"><span style="#ff0000;"><span style="#ff0000;">Rock App</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p>Why? It seems that<strong> </strong><strong><span style="#ff0000;"><span style="#ff0000;"><span style="#ff0000;">Rock is not clearing out the log\cache file, so it constantly grows larger, indefinitely. </span></span></span></strong></p>
<p>Solution.</p>
<ol>
<li>SSH into your phone or use iFile\Diskaid and locate <strong><span style="#ff0000;"><span style="#ff0000;">/var/mobile/Library/RYP/logs</span></span></strong></li>
<li>Delete <strong><span style="#ff0000;"><span style="#ff0000;">rockapp_{date}.log</span></span></strong></li>
</ol>
<p>Some users have indicated that their log files have <strong><span style="#ff0000;"><span style="#ff0000;">totaled from 1gb to over 8gb</span></span></strong><strong><span style="#ff0000;"> </span></strong>in size!</p>
<p>I have not confirmed this, but a user told me that going into Rock and clicking &#8220;Clear cache&#8221; will fix this problem.</p>
<p>I am not sure if there was a date bug, but it seemed that it has recently hit everyone that has Rock (and extensions) installed.</p>
<p><span style="#ff0000;"><strong>Update</strong></span>: <cite>kwickone </cite><cite><span style="normal;">has stated that a Rock update is out that will fix this problem. Update Rock to see if the problem is resolved, if not, delete the log file as mentioned above. I had to fix my friend&#8217;s phone and I could not even launch Rock. After deleting the logfile, rebooted, everything was back to normal</span></cite></p>
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		<title>3Gs Downgrade Assistant</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a tool that I whiped up to assist in the downgrade of firmware 3.1 to 3.0 (or if you&#8217;re lucky 3.0.1) using Saurik&#8217;s method. In order for his method to work you had to allow Cydia to store your 3Gs SHSH key. This tool is ONLY for 3Gs iPhones and is NOT a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-59" src="http://difrnt.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/3GsAssistant.png" alt="icon" width="128" height="128" /> This is a tool that I whiped up to assist in the downgrade of firmware 3.1 to 3.0 (or if you&#8217;re lucky 3.0.1) using <a href="http://www.saurik.com/id/12#howto">Saurik&#8217;s method</a>.</p>
<p>In order for his method to work you had to allow Cydia to store your 3Gs SHSH key.</p>
<p>This tool is <strong>ONLY</strong> for 3Gs iPhones and is <strong>NOT</strong> a jailbreak method, only an assistant!</p>
<p><a href="http://difrnt.com/blog/?p=58"><img style="bottom;" src="http://difrnt.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/DownloadIcon.png" alt="Download" width="32" height="32" /> Download 3Gs Downgrade Assistant</a></p>
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		<title>ECID Grabber &amp; iBEC and iBSS Grabber</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An ECID Grabber that difrnt created. It makes the process of getting your purplera1nyday certificate faster and less complex. Read More / Download At: http://difrnt.com/blog/?p=25 *Getting your ECID and purplera1nyday certificate may be crucial to your 3Gs Jailbreak! Screenshot: UPDATE #1 difrnt also created a iBEC and iBSS Grabber! If you find it too hard to manually grab [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An ECID Grabber that <a title="difrnt" href="http://www.difrnt.com/">difrnt</a> created.</p>
<p>It makes the process of getting your purplera1nyday certificate faster and less complex.</p>
<p>Read More / Download At: <a href="http://difrnt.com/blog/?p=25">http://difrnt.com/blog/?p=25</a></p>
<p><strong>*Getting your ECID and purplera1nyday certificate may be crucial to your 3Gs Jailbreak!</strong></p>
<p><strong>Screenshot:</strong><br />
<img style="none;" src="http://difrnt.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ecid_grabber.png" alt="" width="300" height="158" /></p>
<p><strong><span style="#ff0000;">UPDATE #1</span></strong></p>
<p><a title="difrnt" href="http://www.difrnt.com/">difrnt</a> also created a iBEC and iBSS Grabber!</p>
<p>If you find it too hard to manually grab the iBEC and iBSS files that may be needed for the 3Gs Jailbreak, try this app out.</p>
<p>Read More / Download At: <a href="http://difrnt.com/blog/?p=25">http://difrnt.com/blog/?p=25</a></p>
<p><strong>*Screenshot</strong></p>
<p><img style="none;" src="http://difrnt.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ibec_ibss.png" alt="ibec_ibss" width="300" height="261" /></p>
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		<title>Jailbroken iPhone Push Notification Problems and Unstable ultrasn0w Signal?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pico</dc:creator>
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<b><i>If you are decided that you want to try setting up your phone as a new phone after jailbreaking but want to keep all your SMS, notes, bookmarks, calendars, and mail accounts, please read and follow <a href="http://thebigboss.org/2009/06/17/iphone-30-preparation/" target="_blank">BigBoss' 3.0 Preparation Guide </a>prior to setting up as a new phone.</b></i>
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<font color="red">Update 4 (6/25/09 8PM EST)</font>: My battery drainage problems seems to originate from bluetooth. I LOSE battery charge even when plugged in when bluetooth is enabled. When I shut it off, I no longer have that problem. This is a pretty big bug to have missed the beta testing, so it is either a) personal phone problem, b) jailbreaking problem, or c) SBSettings toggle bug. I'll do more tests and update later.

Edit: I think I may have found a cause for the insane battery drainage: bluetooth A2DP. Right before I noticed the battery drainage, I tested out A2DP on my car stereo system with streaming music. I believe that before I noticed drainage the first time (2 days ago), I also tested the A2DP streaming. Another user commented that he also noticed high drainage after using A2DP. 
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<font color="red">Update 3 (6/24/09 6PM EST):</font> I was still having a plethora of problems with my jailbroken 3.0 phone on T-mobile. The battery drainage was above the roof, it would lose a percentage every minute or so - basically draining the battery within two hours. I did everything to try to diagnose the problem, and it seemed that a full restore did the trick. So many problems seem to originate from restoring your old phone backup, ESPECIALLY if it was jailbroken before. If you are having any troubles, whether poor battery life, unstable connection, etc; I suggest doing a full restore and setting it up as a new phone.

Another problem some users faced is the unstable T-mobile signal with ultrasn0w, which seemed to originate from MMS settings in conjunction with a backup restore.

<font color="red"><u>So here is what I've learned over the past few days about 3.0, jailbreaking, and unlocking:</font></u>
<ul>
	<li>Push is broken if you hacktivated your phone (2G or 3G)</li>
	<li>To get push working on your iPhone 3G, you must activate with any AT&#38;T Sim</li>
	<li>No known push fix for the iPhone 2G</li>
	<li>Some users are reporting that you cannot have Push and MMS setup at the same time using ultrasn0w. Either Push stops working or your signal becomes unstable once you enter the MMS settings in.</li>	
<li>In many cases, restoring your old iTunes iPhone backup will cause problems - especially if the backup was made from jailbroken phones</li>
	<li>Old 2.x backups seem to cause some or all of the following: Poor battery life, unstable ultrasn0w connection, and unable to launch apps</li>
	<li><font color="red">If you have ANY problems after upgrading: restore and setup as a new phone, this will fix 90% of the problems</font></li>
	<li>Apple is a bitch</li>

</ul>

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<font color="red">Update 2 (6/24/09):</font> If you have an AT&#38;T sim lying around (activated or not), you can try this method to get push working on iPhone 3G's (from user "l1ceo1l" on macrumor's forums):

Tip: if you SSH to <font color="red">/var/root/Library/Lockdown/activation_records</font> and delete <font color="red">wildcard_record.plist</font>, the next time you reboot your phone, it will ask for activation again, thus allowing you to easily put in an AT&#38;T sim and activate with iTunes open - this should allow you to skip the restore and re-jailbreaking steps if you already are in that state.

<ul>
	<li>You need a Unactivated or Activated ATT Sim</li>

	<li>Take out your T-Mobile SIM and Pop in your Unactivated ATT Sim card (Just found out any ATT Sim is ok).</li>

	<li>Restore and Jailbreak with redsn0w</li> (If you deleted <font color="red">wildcard_record.plist</font>, you can skip this step)

	<li>Go to settings and turn off your 3G!</li>

	<li>Let iTunes activate the phone - you should get a "Waiting for activation." message, dismiss it and Open cydia.</li>

	<li>Add the Ultrasn0w source repo666.ultrasn0w.com</li>

	<li>Install Ultrasn0w and turn off your phone</li>

	<li>Remove the unactivated ATT sim and insert your T-Mobile sim</li>

	<li>Turn on the phone, once you receive service you should get the message. "iPhone has been activated" </li>

</ul>

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<font color="red">Update 1 (6/23/09):</font> It seems that I did something else on top of replacing my lockdownd. Users on howardforums found out that to get push working with jailbroken phones, you MUST activate it with an active AT&#38;T sim (sim that currently has service). I asked my friend with a legit AT&#38;T service to send over his lockdownd and replaced mine - and it worked.

A few results have come back from both 2G and 3G users and apparently the lockdownd method does not work - after rebooting it has them activate again. Currently, the only sure way to enable push and stable ultrasn0w is to activate your phone (before redsn0w or after pwnage) with a legit, working AT&#38;T sim.

It might have been a fluke on my part, but I apologize for suggesting a method that does not work. I will keep looking into this. The Dev Team does recognize this problem and are currently working on the push problem.

I will keep the original post intact, as it has good information to those who don't know whats going on.]]></description>
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<b><i>If you are decided that you want to try setting up your phone as a new phone after jailbreaking but want to keep all your SMS, notes, bookmarks, calendars, and mail accounts, please read and follow <a href="http://thebigboss.org/2009/06/17/iphone-30-preparation/" target="_blank">BigBoss&#8217; 3.0 Preparation Guide </a>prior to setting up as a new phone.</b></i><br />
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<font color="red">Update 4 (6/25/09 8PM EST)</font>: My battery drainage problems seems to originate from bluetooth. I LOSE battery charge even when plugged in when bluetooth is enabled. When I shut it off, I no longer have that problem. This is a pretty big bug to have missed the beta testing, so it is either a) personal phone problem, b) jailbreaking problem, or c) SBSettings toggle bug. I&#8217;ll do more tests and update later.</p>
<p>Edit: I think I may have found a cause for the insane battery drainage: bluetooth A2DP. Right before I noticed the battery drainage, I tested out A2DP on my car stereo system with streaming music. I believe that before I noticed drainage the first time (2 days ago), I also tested the A2DP streaming. Another user commented that he also noticed high drainage after using A2DP.<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br />
<font color="red">Update 3 (6/24/09 6PM EST):</font> I was still having a plethora of problems with my jailbroken 3.0 phone on T-mobile. The battery drainage was above the roof, it would lose a percentage every minute or so &#8211; basically draining the battery within two hours. I did everything to try to diagnose the problem, and it seemed that a full restore did the trick. So many problems seem to originate from restoring your old phone backup, ESPECIALLY if it was jailbroken before. If you are having any troubles, whether poor battery life, unstable connection, etc; I suggest doing a full restore and setting it up as a new phone.</p>
<p>Another problem some users faced is the unstable T-mobile signal with ultrasn0w, which seemed to originate from MMS settings in conjunction with a backup restore.</p>
<p><font color="red"><u>So here is what I&#8217;ve learned over the past few days about 3.0, jailbreaking, and unlocking:</font></u></p>
<ul>
<li>Push is broken if you hacktivated your phone (2G or 3G)</li>
<li>To get push working on your iPhone 3G, you must activate with any AT&amp;T Sim</li>
<li>No known push fix for the iPhone 2G</li>
<li>Some users are reporting that you cannot have Push and MMS setup at the same time using ultrasn0w. Either Push stops working or your signal becomes unstable once you enter the MMS settings in.</li>
<li>In many cases, restoring your old iTunes iPhone backup will cause problems &#8211; especially if the backup was made from jailbroken phones</li>
<li>Old 2.x backups seem to cause some or all of the following: Poor battery life, unstable ultrasn0w connection, and unable to launch apps</li>
<li><font color="red">If you have ANY problems after upgrading: restore and setup as a new phone, this will fix 90% of the problems</font></li>
<li>Apple is a bitch</li>
</ul>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br />
<font color="red">Update 2 (6/24/09):</font> If you have an AT&amp;T sim lying around (activated or not), you can try this method to get push working on iPhone 3G&#8217;s (from user &#8220;l1ceo1l&#8221; on macrumor&#8217;s forums):</p>
<p>Tip: if you SSH to <font color="red">/var/root/Library/Lockdown/activation_records</font> and delete <font color="red">wildcard_record.plist</font>, the next time you reboot your phone, it will ask for activation again, thus allowing you to easily put in an AT&amp;T sim and activate with iTunes open &#8211; this should allow you to skip the restore and re-jailbreaking steps if you already are in that state.</p>
<ul>
<li>You need a Unactivated or Activated ATT Sim</li>
<li>Take out your T-Mobile SIM and Pop in your Unactivated ATT Sim card (Just found out any ATT Sim is ok).</li>
<li>Restore and Jailbreak with redsn0w</li>
<p> (If you deleted <font color="red">wildcard_record.plist</font>, you can skip this step)</p>
<li>Go to settings and turn off your 3G!</li>
<li>Let iTunes activate the phone &#8211; you should get a &#8220;Waiting for activation.&#8221; message, dismiss it and Open cydia.</li>
<li>Add the Ultrasn0w source repo666.ultrasn0w.com</li>
<li>Install Ultrasn0w and turn off your phone</li>
<li>Remove the unactivated ATT sim and insert your T-Mobile sim</li>
<li>Turn on the phone, once you receive service you should get the message. &#8220;iPhone has been activated&#8221; </li>
</ul>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br />
<font color="red">Update 1 (6/23/09):</font> It seems that I did something else on top of replacing my lockdownd. Users on howardforums found out that to get push working with jailbroken phones, you MUST activate it with an active AT&amp;T sim (sim that currently has service). I asked my friend with a legit AT&amp;T service to send over his lockdownd and replaced mine &#8211; and it worked.</p>
<p>A few results have come back from both 2G and 3G users and apparently the lockdownd method does not work &#8211; after rebooting it has them activate again. Currently, the only sure way to enable push and stable ultrasn0w is to activate your phone (before redsn0w or after pwnage) with a legit, working AT&amp;T sim.</p>
<p>It might have been a fluke on my part, but I apologize for suggesting a method that does not work. I will keep looking into this. The Dev Team does recognize this problem and are currently working on the push problem.</p>
<p>I will keep the original post intact, as it has good information to those who don&#8217;t know whats going on.</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br />
ORIGINAL POST</p>
<p>This is a notice to everyone that hacktivated your phone (either had pwnage tool activate for you or did NOT activate the phone with an active Sim before running redsn0w), your <span style="red;">push notifications will not work</span> &#8211; This is a known bug. You can easily test push by downloading the Free <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=281704574&amp;mt=8" target="aim">AIM app</a> from the appstore and messaging yourself from a computer &#8211; it should work on wifi and edge\3g.</p>
<p>Also, if you used an inactive ATT sim (no current service) to activate your iPhone and attempted to use ultrasn0w afterwards, you might have had signal dropping problems (have full bars + data, then randomly drop signal + data every 20 seconds).</p>
<p>The only current solution is to activate your phone with a legit, ACTIVE AT&amp;T sim (or whatever carrier your iphone is originally locked to). Push (and youtube) will work and you will not drop signal.</p>
<p><del datetime="00">Activation remained the same since 1.x to 2.x, and you can just replace the lockdownd file located in /usr/libexec/ and chmod it 755</del></p>
<p><del datetime="00">lockdownd is the main (and only) activation file:<br />
<a class="linkification-ext" title="http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Lockdownd" href="http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Lockdownd">http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Lockdownd</a></del></p>
<p><del datetime="00">Here is a working, 3.0 active-ATT lockdownd <span style="red;">(3G iPhones ONLY)</span>:<br />
REMOVED</del></p>
<p><del datetime="00">SSH into your phone (doesn&#8217;t matter if it was hacktivated or activated with a deactivated sim) and browse to<strong> <span style="red;">/usr/libexec/</span></strong>.</del></p>
<p><del datetime="00">Rename your current <span style="red;"><strong>lockdownd </strong></span>file to lockdownd.old </del></p>
<p><del datetime="00">Upload the new <span style="red;"><strong>lockdownd </strong></span>and chmod it to <span style="red;"><strong>755</strong></span></del></p>
<p><del datetime="00">Reboot your phone</del></p>
<p><del datetime="00">This *should* fix all your push or signal problems. This lockdownd is from ATT US, so it may not work with other carrier locked phones.</del> <span style="red;">The current lockdownd is from an iPhone 3G, so it will not work on 2G iPhones until someone sends me a lockdownd from an active-ATT activated iphone 2G.</span> Install SBSettings so if it does not work or your phone has an endless reboot, you can SSH back in and restore your lockdownd. (sbsettings turns on openSSH after a reboot).</p>
<p>I have only tested this myself on an iPhone 3G and T-Mobile Sim, so please let me know if this works for you. Please note that this should only be a temporary solution until the Dev Team fixes their activation methods with jailbreaks. If push already works for your jailbroken phone and having no problems with ultrasn0w, do not bother replacing lockdownd.</p>
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		<title>yellowsn0w for 3.0 on the way!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<strong><font color="red">Update</font></strong>: The Dev-Team has just updated their blog in conjunction to MuscleNerd's Ultrasn0w Demo (that's what they are calling the 3.0 unlock)
<blockquote>    * Only ultrasn0w is going to take til Friday to get pushed out.  All of our other tools should be out pretty soon after the official Apple release.
    * If you apply our jailbreak when it comes out, you can install ultrasn0w anytime after that.  You obviously won’t have cell service in the meantime, though.
    * This may in fact be directly applicable to the iPhone 3GS if it can be jailbroken, because it runs the same baseband version.  Whether or not it can be jailbroken is a big question right now!
</blockquote>
<a href="http://qik.com/video/1893853" target="_blank">Watch MuscleNerd's Ultrasn0w Demo</a>

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The <a href="http://blog.iphone-dev.org/">Dev-Team Blog</a> has just confirmed that they are in the finalizing stages of testing Pwnage Tool and Quickpwn that will work with iTunes 8.2.

In more anticipating news, they also announced that on Tuesday evening (just before 3.0 goes live), they will perform a <strong>live demo of the yellowsn0w carrier unlock working on official 3.0 firmware.</strong>

This is great news for all, as the image they provide shows the final 3.0 modem firmware (04.26.08) - basically sayings that all iPhone 3G's are unlockable - even ones that have 5.9 Bootloader and 02.30.00+ modem firmware.

<a href="http://thebigboss.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ulc042608dr.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1154" src="http://thebigboss.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ulc042608dr.png" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a>

I would still recommend waiting on upgrading to 3.0 until the Dev-Team releases all information regarding the jailbreak and unlock.

Thank you Dev-Team!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><font color="red">Update</font></strong>: The Dev-Team has just updated their blog in conjunction to MuscleNerd&#8217;s Ultrasn0w Demo (that&#8217;s what they are calling the 3.0 unlock)</p>
<blockquote><p>    * Only ultrasn0w is going to take til Friday to get pushed out.  All of our other tools should be out pretty soon after the official Apple release.<br />
    * If you apply our jailbreak when it comes out, you can install ultrasn0w anytime after that.  You obviously won’t have cell service in the meantime, though.<br />
    * This may in fact be directly applicable to the iPhone 3GS if it can be jailbroken, because it runs the same baseband version.  Whether or not it can be jailbroken is a big question right now!
</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://qik.com/video/1893853" target="_blank">Watch MuscleNerd&#8217;s Ultrasn0w Demo</a></p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<p>The <a href="http://blog.iphone-dev.org/">Dev-Team Blog</a> has just confirmed that they are in the finalizing stages of testing Pwnage Tool and Quickpwn that will work with iTunes 8.2.</p>
<p>In more anticipating news, they also announced that on Tuesday evening (just before 3.0 goes live), they will perform a <strong>live demo of the yellowsn0w carrier unlock working on official 3.0 firmware.</strong></p>
<p>This is great news for all, as the image they provide shows the final 3.0 modem firmware (04.26.08) &#8211; basically sayings that all iPhone 3G&#8217;s are unlockable &#8211; even ones that have 5.9 Bootloader and 02.30.00+ modem firmware.</p>
<p><a href="http://thebigboss.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ulc042608dr.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1154" src="http://thebigboss.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ulc042608dr.png" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>I would still recommend waiting on upgrading to 3.0 until the Dev-Team releases all information regarding the jailbreak and unlock.</p>
<p>Thank you Dev-Team!</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pico</dc:creator>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="#ff0000;"><strong>Update (April 2, 2009 by BigBoss) </strong></span></span>I just pushed an update to Crash-X's VoIPover3G v1.0.2 that will enable skype in the plist for you. No need for editing plist files just update the VoIPover3G app.

-
<span style="color: red;"><span style="#ff0000;"><strong>Update (April 1, 2009 by BigBoss and ranova)</strong></span></span>: Saurik just released mobilesubstrate 0.9.2805-1. This version fixes the problem entirely allowing for mobilesubstrate addons to work with Skype app. <strong>You can now use Skype app with VoIPover3G!</strong> -
Quick Tip: The voipover3g string for Skype is: <em><strong>com.skype.skype</strong></em> -All lowercase. You must add it in the VoIPover3G.plist located in /Library/MobileSubstrate/DynamicLibraries/
<a href="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/skype/how-to-use-skype-over-3g-on-iphone.asp" target="_blank">Full Guide to add Skype to voipover3g
</a>
Latest clippy and keyboard custom sounds now also seem to work with Skype using the latest Mobile Substrate update. If you are still experiencing crashes when you open up the keyboard, disable these two components.

If you are still experiencing crashes with the new Mobile Substrate and have disabled clippy and\or custom keyboard sounds, make sure to check other mobile substrate extensions or apps that run in the background and disable them. They may be still conflicting with how Skype runs. This is not a Mobile Substrate problem, but a problem with the extension or app itself and the author of it will have to update it. I had no problems using Clippy, Cydelete, Cyntact, Five Icon Dock, QuickGold, SBSettings, VoIPover3G, and Winterboard as mobile substrate extensions.

<span style="color: red;">Known extensions or apps that cause skype to crash: mcoolphone, mobilelog, AdvLock, Hood, and Intelliscreen (it may work if you mess around with the performance settings in Intelliscreen).</span>
You can check what mobileSubstrates extensions you have running and installed by looking in the folder:
/Library/MobileSubstrate/DynamicLibraries/

If you use Intelliscreen, From User Daron:
<blockquote>Eventually, I discovered that Skype would launch if I *disabled* IntelliScreen. I then tried to disable some of the IntelliScreen Performance extensions (Backgrounder, FileSchemaMobileSafari, MailToAttachmentMessageUI, PrefHooker-iKeyEx, SBHooker-iKeyEx, SBSettings, Veency, VoIPover3G, WinterBoard) and discovered that the culprit was Veency.</blockquote>
Thank you Saurik and everyone else that posted comments that helped us figure out the underlying problems.
-

<span style="color: red;"><span style="#ff0000;"><strong>Update (March 31st, 2009)</strong></span></span>: Saurik has released a new mobile substrate and the issue is fixed. No need for intelliscreen or any other hacks. Just update mobile substrate from cydia. Update to v0.9.2803-1 (or newer) of mobile substrate.

To fix the Skype crash, all mobilesubstrate based hacks are disabled on the Skype app. This means you cannot use voipover3g or backgrounder with Skype app. Do not ask how to do it or point out that it doesnt work. The developer of mobile substrate has already stated that it will not work.

-

The highly anticipated app for the iPhone has just been released in the US:
<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=304878510&#38;mt=8" target="_blank">Skype in the AppStore</a>.

Now the bad news. It seems that all jailbroken phones <em><strong>do not</strong></em> play well with the Skype app. I had problems getting it to work at all, the app would crash when you try to use the keyboard to login to the app. I later found out, through trial and error, the culprit for keyboard crashing is <em><strong>Custom Winterboard Keyboard Click Sounds</strong></em> and <em><strong>Clippy</strong></em>. Getting rid of the keyboard custom clicks (tock.aiff) seems to work with regular themes. Using SBSettings Clippy toggle to switch it off seemed to do the trick also.

That problem, while small and fixable, is not the biggest problem. Skype seems to freeze within 30-50 seconds while in the app - no matter what you do (calling, idling, chatting, etc). I went into <a href="http://zachfine.com/blog/2009/03/31/how-to-run-skype-on-a-jailbroken-iphone-without-crashes/" target="_blank">safe mode using SBSettings</a> and tried out Skype - to my surprise, everything worked perfectly - I used it to talk to my friend for about 20-30 minutes. I decided to do a little bit more troubleshooting - deleting mobile substrates one by one to see if it helped or not, and then deleting them all. Nothing seemed to work, the app would still crash within one minute.

I decided to run SysInfoPro and compare running processes (non-mobile substrate) between safe mode and regular mode. They both had the exact processes running at the same time.

Although I didn't delve much deeper into the problem (could have tried using Top and system logs), <span style="line-through;">I have come to a conclusion that Skype crashes <strong><em>ONLY</em></strong> on jailbroken iPhones. </span>I had a couple friends try it on their newly restored iPhones, and they worked flawlessly. Other people from multiple forums have also said it crashes non-stop for them (their iPhones also jailbroken):
<blockquote>"I managed to download skype and tested myself. It is buggy and all the symptoms the same as described by ranova. I have tried it on a 1G phone newly updated to 2.2.1 jailbroken. The only apps I have installed is sbsettings, ierase, nimbuzz, and skype. It still crashes after 30sec or so. It has got to be the phone that is jailbroken. I have nothing on my phone other than what you get after you jailbreak." - duceduc</blockquote>
<blockquote>"2.2.1 jailbroken 3g here. It crashes after 30 - 60 seconds." - jgsx</blockquote>
<blockquote>"Confirmed - Crashes like every minute." - Zazox</blockquote>
Let's hope this isn't an attempt from Apple or Skype to cause apps to crash only on jailbroken phones (to deter the use of voipover3g). [end conspiracy theories]
<strong><span style="color: red;">Update</span>:</strong> Saurik has just updated regarding reasons behind the crashes:
<blockquote>"Skype seems to be using some kind of /awesome/ DRM that involves them having an entire replacement binary somehow inside of it: the one on disk doesn’t link against /anything/ ;P. Whatever its doing, though, involves stressing dyld in some weird way.

Interestingly enough, its not anything MobileSubstrate does to the code: its just it existing in the process before it loads its replacement. (Which is extra weird, as the new MobileSubstrate links against almost nothing: just CoreFoundation.)"</blockquote>
<strong>So what we know so far:</strong>
<ul>
	<li><em>If Skype crashes when trying to input text</em>: Disable both clippy (Use SBSettings toggle) and any custom Winterboard sounds relating to the keyboard tick (tock.aiff).</li>
	<li><em>If Skype crashes within 1 minute of having the app open</em>: Update your Mobile substrate via Cydia. The latest version (April 1st, 2009) allows mobile substrate to play nicely with Skype. Thanks Saurik!</li>
</ul>
Temporary fix that allows mobile substrates extensions (voipover3g, backgrounder, winterboard) to run, from Autotrade at Engadget:<strong><em>
</em></strong>
<blockquote><strong><em>“For people having crashes (especially the 1 minute thing) use this FIX: I had to enable in Intelliscreen, Performance, App Boost ON and select the apps below (in my case I set Backgrounder and VoipOver3G both to ON). That fixed it, no more crashes at all, tested this on 2 iPhones."</em></strong></blockquote>
<strong><em></em></strong>

<span style="underline;">Well there you have it, Skype on the iPhone is <em>amazing</em> - sound quality sounds better than regular cell calls. I briefly tested it on T-mobile's EDGE network (using voipover3g) and for the 30 seconds that it lasted, there was no noticable lag and quality was great! I look forward in using Skype as a regular VoIP app. Thanks for all the comments and thank you saurik for looking into this.
</span>]]></description>
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<p><span style="color: red;"><span style="#ff0000;"><strong>Update (April 2, 2009 by BigBoss) </strong></span></span>I just pushed an update to Crash-X&#8217;s VoIPover3G v1.0.2 that will enable skype in the plist for you. No need for editing plist files just update the VoIPover3G app.</p>
<p>-<br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="#ff0000;"><strong>Update (April 1, 2009 by BigBoss and ranova)</strong></span></span>: Saurik just released mobilesubstrate 0.9.2805-1. This version fixes the problem entirely allowing for mobilesubstrate addons to work with Skype app. <strong>You can now use Skype app with VoIPover3G!</strong> -<br />
Quick Tip: The voipover3g string for Skype is: <em><strong>com.skype.skype</strong></em> -All lowercase. You must add it in the VoIPover3G.plist located in /Library/MobileSubstrate/DynamicLibraries/<br />
<a href="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/skype/how-to-use-skype-over-3g-on-iphone.asp" target="_blank">Full Guide to add Skype to voipover3g<br />
</a><br />
Latest clippy and keyboard custom sounds now also seem to work with Skype using the latest Mobile Substrate update. If you are still experiencing crashes when you open up the keyboard, disable these two components.</p>
<p>If you are still experiencing crashes with the new Mobile Substrate and have disabled clippy and\or custom keyboard sounds, make sure to check other mobile substrate extensions or apps that run in the background and disable them. They may be still conflicting with how Skype runs. This is not a Mobile Substrate problem, but a problem with the extension or app itself and the author of it will have to update it. I had no problems using Clippy, Cydelete, Cyntact, Five Icon Dock, QuickGold, SBSettings, VoIPover3G, and Winterboard as mobile substrate extensions.</p>
<p><span style="color: red;">Known extensions or apps that cause skype to crash: mcoolphone, mobilelog, AdvLock, Hood, and Intelliscreen (it may work if you mess around with the performance settings in Intelliscreen).</span><br />
You can check what mobileSubstrates extensions you have running and installed by looking in the folder:<br />
/Library/MobileSubstrate/DynamicLibraries/</p>
<p>If you use Intelliscreen, From User Daron:</p>
<blockquote><p>Eventually, I discovered that Skype would launch if I *disabled* IntelliScreen. I then tried to disable some of the IntelliScreen Performance extensions (Backgrounder, FileSchemaMobileSafari, MailToAttachmentMessageUI, PrefHooker-iKeyEx, SBHooker-iKeyEx, SBSettings, Veency, VoIPover3G, WinterBoard) and discovered that the culprit was Veency.</p></blockquote>
<p>Thank you Saurik and everyone else that posted comments that helped us figure out the underlying problems.<br />
-</p>
<p><span style="color: red;"><span style="#ff0000;"><strong>Update (March 31st, 2009)</strong></span></span>: Saurik has released a new mobile substrate and the issue is fixed. No need for intelliscreen or any other hacks. Just update mobile substrate from cydia. Update to v0.9.2803-1 (or newer) of mobile substrate.</p>
<p>To fix the Skype crash, all mobilesubstrate based hacks are disabled on the Skype app. This means you cannot use voipover3g or backgrounder with Skype app. Do not ask how to do it or point out that it doesnt work. The developer of mobile substrate has already stated that it will not work.</p>
<p>-</p>
<p>The highly anticipated app for the iPhone has just been released in the US:<br />
<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=304878510&amp;mt=8" target="_blank">Skype in the AppStore</a>.</p>
<p>Now the bad news. It seems that all jailbroken phones <em><strong>do not</strong></em> play well with the Skype app. I had problems getting it to work at all, the app would crash when you try to use the keyboard to login to the app. I later found out, through trial and error, the culprit for keyboard crashing is <em><strong>Custom Winterboard Keyboard Click Sounds</strong></em> and <em><strong>Clippy</strong></em>. Getting rid of the keyboard custom clicks (tock.aiff) seems to work with regular themes. Using SBSettings Clippy toggle to switch it off seemed to do the trick also.</p>
<p>That problem, while small and fixable, is not the biggest problem. Skype seems to freeze within 30-50 seconds while in the app &#8211; no matter what you do (calling, idling, chatting, etc). I went into <a href="http://zachfine.com/blog/2009/03/31/how-to-run-skype-on-a-jailbroken-iphone-without-crashes/" target="_blank">safe mode using SBSettings</a> and tried out Skype &#8211; to my surprise, everything worked perfectly &#8211; I used it to talk to my friend for about 20-30 minutes. I decided to do a little bit more troubleshooting &#8211; deleting mobile substrates one by one to see if it helped or not, and then deleting them all. Nothing seemed to work, the app would still crash within one minute.</p>
<p>I decided to run SysInfoPro and compare running processes (non-mobile substrate) between safe mode and regular mode. They both had the exact processes running at the same time.</p>
<p>Although I didn&#8217;t delve much deeper into the problem (could have tried using Top and system logs), <span style="line-through;">I have come to a conclusion that Skype crashes <strong><em>ONLY</em></strong> on jailbroken iPhones. </span>I had a couple friends try it on their newly restored iPhones, and they worked flawlessly. Other people from multiple forums have also said it crashes non-stop for them (their iPhones also jailbroken):</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I managed to download skype and tested myself. It is buggy and all the symptoms the same as described by ranova. I have tried it on a 1G phone newly updated to 2.2.1 jailbroken. The only apps I have installed is sbsettings, ierase, nimbuzz, and skype. It still crashes after 30sec or so. It has got to be the phone that is jailbroken. I have nothing on my phone other than what you get after you jailbreak.&#8221; &#8211; duceduc</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;2.2.1 jailbroken 3g here. It crashes after 30 &#8211; 60 seconds.&#8221; &#8211; jgsx</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Confirmed &#8211; Crashes like every minute.&#8221; &#8211; Zazox</p></blockquote>
<p>Let&#8217;s hope this isn&#8217;t an attempt from Apple or Skype to cause apps to crash only on jailbroken phones (to deter the use of voipover3g). [end conspiracy theories]<br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">Update</span>:</strong> Saurik has just updated regarding reasons behind the crashes:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Skype seems to be using some kind of /awesome/ DRM that involves them having an entire replacement binary somehow inside of it: the one on disk doesn’t link against /anything/ ;P. Whatever its doing, though, involves stressing dyld in some weird way.</p>
<p>Interestingly enough, its not anything MobileSubstrate does to the code: its just it existing in the process before it loads its replacement. (Which is extra weird, as the new MobileSubstrate links against almost nothing: just CoreFoundation.)&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>So what we know so far:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><em>If Skype crashes when trying to input text</em>: Disable both clippy (Use SBSettings toggle) and any custom Winterboard sounds relating to the keyboard tick (tock.aiff).</li>
<li><em>If Skype crashes within 1 minute of having the app open</em>: Update your Mobile substrate via Cydia. The latest version (April 1st, 2009) allows mobile substrate to play nicely with Skype. Thanks Saurik!</li>
</ul>
<p>Temporary fix that allows mobile substrates extensions (voipover3g, backgrounder, winterboard) to run, from Autotrade at Engadget:<strong><em><br />
</em></strong></p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em>“For people having crashes (especially the 1 minute thing) use this FIX: I had to enable in Intelliscreen, Performance, App Boost ON and select the apps below (in my case I set Backgrounder and VoipOver3G both to ON). That fixed it, no more crashes at all, tested this on 2 iPhones.&#8221;</em></strong></p></blockquote>
<p><strong><em></em></strong></p>
<p><span style="underline;">Well there you have it, Skype on the iPhone is <em>amazing</em> &#8211; sound quality sounds better than regular cell calls. I briefly tested it on T-mobile&#8217;s EDGE network (using voipover3g) and for the 30 seconds that it lasted, there was no noticable lag and quality was great! I look forward in using Skype as a regular VoIP app. Thanks for all the comments and thank you saurik for looking into this.<br />
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		<title>Get most of the features of iPhone OS 3.0 right now!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, Apple had a keynote today to announce iPhone's next update. The list of new features are pretty impressive... if you have never jailbroken before. A list of new features can be seen at Gizmodo.

Let's go over each feature and see how you can get it now.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As many of you know, Apple had a keynote today to announce iPhone&#8217;s next update. The list of new features are pretty impressive&#8230; if you have never jailbroken before. A list of new features can be seen at <a href="http://i.gizmodo.com/5171796/iphone-30-os-guide-everything-you-need-to-know" target="_blank">Gizmodo</a>.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s go over each feature and see how you can get it now.</p>
<p><strong>Spotlight</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>How to get it now &#8211; </strong><a href="http://thebigboss.org/2008/10/14/why-dont-you-have-quickgold-installed/" target="_blank">Quickgold</a> pretty much does the same thing. It allows you to search all your applications, contacts, and bookmarks. It is speedy and easily accessed by pressing the home button once while on the home screen.</li>
<li><strong>Which will be better?</strong> &#8211; Spotlight will allow you to search all information in most applications. This includes emails, addresses, and applications. Spotlight will be better in terms of content search, but Quickgold does the job of an app launcher just as well.</li>
<li><strong>Where do I get it? &#8211; </strong>Available in Cydia</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Copy and Paste</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>How to get it now &#8211; </strong>Clippy and hClipboard both feature copy and paste in most Apple applications</li>
<li><strong>Which will be better?</strong> &#8211; Apple&#8217;s copy and paste will probably initially better. I believe that later, Clippy or hClipboard will take those new API functions and integrate it with their own and add additional features to what it won&#8217;t have (clipboard is a huge example). Right now, Clippy and hClipboard are pretty limited in applications and feature-set.</li>
<li><strong>Where do I get it? &#8211; </strong>Clippy and hClipboard are both available in Cydia.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Sending multiple photos in Email<br />
</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>How to get it now &#8211; </strong>There are a few apps in the AppStore right now that allow attachments of multiple pictures.</li>
<li><strong>Which will be better? &#8211; </strong>A native copy and paste of multiple images in the mail app is no doubt a better implementation.</li>
<li><strong>Where do I get it? &#8211; </strong>Appstore links: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300913156&amp;mt=8" target="_blank">SendPhotos</a>, <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300991781&amp;mt=8" target="_blank">Multi-Photo Email</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Landscape Keyboard in Mail, SMS, and Notes</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>How to get it now &#8211; </strong>There are a few apps that add landscape function to these apps. BiteSMS (and other variations) for SMS, TouchType for Mail, and Notes+ for Notes.</li>
<li><strong>Which will be better? &#8211; </strong>Again, native landscape availability in SMS, Mail, and Notes will be better implemented for ease and usability. Although biteSMS is feature full with things like quick reply, forwarding and deleting single messages (which will be in 3.0).</li>
<li><strong>Where do I get them? </strong>Appstore links: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=288916937&amp;mt=8" target="_blank">TouchType</a> and <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=296335381&amp;mt=8" target="_blank">Notes+</a>. <a href="http://www.bitesms.com/" target="_blank">BiteSMS</a> is available in Cydia.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Multimedia Messaging</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>How to get it now &#8211; </strong>SwirlyMMS has been out for awhile, and works correctly with the right settings and carrier allowance. Uses real MMS protocols.</li>
<li><strong>Which will be better? &#8211; </strong>No doubt that integrated MMS in the Texting App will be better for ease and usability. Apple also stated that MMS won&#8217;t be available for the iPhone 2G, which I think is bullocks, as SwirlyMMS works fine with the original iPhone.</li>
<li><strong>Where do I get it? &#8211; </strong><a href="http://www.swirlyspace.com/" target="_blank">SwirlyMMS</a> is available in Cydia</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Improved Stocks Application</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>How to get it now &#8211; </strong>MadStocks shows you stock changes and related news. There may be other apps that do something similar</li>
<li><strong>Which will be better? &#8211; </strong>Personal choice &#8211; if you feel that you have to use an Apple created App, then the new stocks app will be for you</li>
<li><strong>Where do I get it? &#8211; </strong>Appstore link: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=295103986&amp;mt=8" target="_blank">MadStocks</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Turn-by-Turn GPS applications</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>How to get it now &#8211; </strong>Currently in beta, xGPS is iPhone&#8217;s first true turn-by-turn GPS app.</li>
<li><strong>Which will be better? &#8211; </strong>GPS giants like TomTom and iGo have stated that they have developed an app already for GPS, but is currently restricted by Apple. TomTom and iGo know what they are doing and will probably deliver a solid GPS app. xGPS, on the otherhand, is community driven. The developers listen to their users and will do the best to please them. In the long run, xGPS could be dominant.</li>
<li><strong>Where do I get it? </strong>xGPS is available in Cydia. Read my <a href="http://thebigboss.org/2009/03/02/iphones-first-turn-by-turn-gps-software-xgps/" target="_blank">review on version 1.2 of xGPS</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>What you can&#8217;t currently get</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Built in search for Mail, iPod, and Calendar</strong></li>
<li><strong>Support for new calendar types</strong></li>
<li><strong>Stereo Bluetooth A2DP audio &#8211; </strong>Unless iBluetooth is updated to support this</li>
<li><strong>Maps inside other applications &#8211; </strong>Jailbroken apps can integrate the google maps API, but currently, Appstore apps cannot.</li>
<li><strong>Push notification &#8211; </strong>Background jailbroken applications is a similar variation &#8211; although uses more battery</li>
<li>And other small, new features not worth mentioning.</li>
</ul>
<p>As you can see, a lot of the main features can be done now. It is obvious that an Apple implemented feature will tend to out-do the alternative way due to new API implementations. That isn&#8217;t without to say that apps (both jailbroken and Appstore approved) will be released and updated to fill in holes that Apple still overlooks or disallows, which is why most of these current solutions were made in the first place.</p>
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		<title>xGPS, iPhone&#8217;s first turn-by-turn GPS App</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span style="#ff0000;"><strong>BigBoss Edit</strong></span>: Excellent post Ranova. Added as rule #16 to <a href="/why-jailbreak-iphone/">why jailbreak</a>.

Here's another reason to jailbreak your iPhone 3G. Today, xWaves released the highly anticipated update to their GPS app for the iPhone: xGPS. xGPS features full turn-by-turn guidance through the clever use of Google Maps. It also features full voice directions (TTS - text-to-speech) that <em>try</em> to pronounce the upcoming turn in full detail (direction, street name, etc), a feature a lot of standalone GPS's do not have. It does a pretty good job at pronouncing street names. A female voice (found in most GPS units) would sound a lot better than a robotic voice, but it is still decent.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="#ff0000;"><strong>BigBoss Edit</strong></span>: Excellent post Ranova. Added as rule #16 to <a href="http://thebigboss.org/why-jailbreak-iphone/">why jailbreak</a>.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s another reason to jailbreak your iPhone 3G. Today, xWaves released the highly anticipated update to their GPS app for the iPhone: xGPS. xGPS features full turn-by-turn guidance through the clever use of Google Maps. It also features full voice directions (TTS &#8211; text-to-speech) that <em>try</em> to pronounce the upcoming turn in full detail (direction, street name, etc), a feature a lot of standalone GPS&#8217;s do not have. It does a pretty good job at pronouncing street names. A female voice (found in most GPS units) would sound a lot better than a robotic voice, but it is still decent.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taPg5q6wC0g&amp;eurl=http://xgpsdev.xwaves.net/" target="_blank">Watch the demo of xGPS 1.2 in action.</a></p>
<p>My initial impressions of xGPS fare pretty well. On 30 mile commute back from work, I gave xGPS a whirl. I had set up my &#8220;Home Address&#8221; pre-emptively, so I click the little magnifying glass and a few options pop up:</p>
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<p>From there, I simply chose &#8220;Go Home,&#8221; and it calculated the route and off I went. On the way back, I decided to go off-route to avoid toll roads, which Google Maps seems to love since it is the &#8220;easiest&#8221; way. After a few seconds of &#8220;WrongWay&#8221; flashing on the screen, it recomputed the itinerary. At first, it kept telling me to do a U-turn to get back on course of the original route. But after a few tries, it finally gave up and gave me a whole new route to go home. It finally got me home, and without weird off-roads that my standalone GPS likes to give when I choose not to go on toll roads. I pre-downloaded the area of the routes just in case I lost cell signal and it could not download the map area &#8211; and it seemed pretty smooth while I was driving.</p>
<p>Being the first working turn-by-turn version (1.1 was more of a demo that it could be done), xGPS 1.2 did better than I expected. It is fully functionaly and can be used in place of a standalone, but without all the special features a standalone has.</p>
<p>One notable problem is the volume of the TTS, it seems incredibly low. I had to connect my iPhone to my car sound system before I could hear it against all the snowplows and cars passing by. Playing music in the background (using the iPhone music player) makes the TTS voice also very hard to hear.</p>
<p>Another special feature is the maps downloading. You can download maps on your iPhone xGPS software or with software on your computer (<a title="Website" href="http://xgps.xwaves.net/" target="_blank">Website</a>). If you download the maps on your computer, you can setup a quick wireless transfer and transfer the downloaded Google maps straight to your iPhone. Quick tip: When you select the area of a map you want to download, you must select zoom levels. I find zoom levels 1 and 2 to be enough. So when it asks you for the title and zoom levels, you would enter in: 1,2. Zoom levels range from 0 (closest) to 17 (furthest). If you wanted the full range, you would enter in 0,1,2,3&#8230;17. Be warned, this will hugely increase the size of the maps. Entering in 0,2 resulted in a 650mb map for me, while 1,2 resulted in a 250mb map. The more detailed (lower numbered) maps are much, much larger.</p>
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<p>Here is a breakdown of the Pro&#8217;s and current Con&#8217;s of xGPS 1.2:</p>
<p><strong>Pros</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Uses Google Maps routing and maps.</li>
<li>Works well as a standard turn-by-turn GPS device</li>
<li>Includes TTS to speak out road names and highways</li>
<li>Recomputes Itinerary when going off-course</li>
<li>Clean and simple interface</li>
<li>Can be laid out vertically or horizontally</li>
<li>Night-mode to dim the maps during certain hours.</li>
<li>Maps rotate in-relation to what direction your car is facing, making it easier to navigate.</li>
<li>Ability to pre-download maps from the iPhone or your computer and transfer it wirelessly between the two.</li>
<li>Maps will be as current as Google&#8217;s maps</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Cons</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><em><strong>Only</strong></em> uses the routes given by Google Maps &#8211; and these routes may not be the most cost effective or most time saving route.</li>
<li>Recomputing routes can be iffy at times</li>
<li>The need for a data connection to compute routes</li>
<li>POI &#8220;locations&#8221; search works, but there is no way to get directions to the POI yet</li>
<li>No large arrow showing what to do next, a common feature that most GPS units have</li>
<li>No &#8220;time left&#8221; estimation and estimated &#8220;time on arrival&#8221;</li>
<li>When playing music from the iPhone, you can barely hear the voice guidance system.</li>
<li>Bookmark system is pretty barebones and messy &#8211; it needs to allow to save a single destination and not require a starting point and a destination.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>What it Needs to be a full-time replacement</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Multiple route selections &#8211; this may be a limitation of google maps, but allowing you to select certain options for routing is standard in a lot of GPS units. For example: to allow or disallow Toll roads, road conditions, and traffic.</li>
<li>Large Arrow showing your next turn (and even the turn after that)</li>
<li>Time-left estimation</li>
<li>Estimated Time of arrival</li>
<li>Traffic reports from Google Maps</li>
<li>Working POI system, allowing you to get details of the POI (Phone number, website, etc) and directions there from current location</li>
<li>Lowering music volume whenever it has a voice prompt</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Final Words</strong></p>
<p>This is a huge step in turn-by-turn app development. This will lay all your concerns about whether or not the iPhone 3G&#8217;s GPS can do turn-by-turn to rest. It does it and it does it well. While this may not fully replace your standalone GPS unit, it can be definitely used as a standalone if you currently do not own one. If you have a jailbroken iPhone 3G, give it a try and donate to the developers! xGPS is currently free and the developers have stated they want it to remain free. I cannot wait for what they have in store for us in future versions.</p>
<p>Lastly, you iPhone 2G users are not out of luck. You can purchase a seperate GPS module that attaches to the iPhone 2G/iPod Touch that will allow this turn-by-turn app to work. No details on this or how much the module will cost.</p>
<p>So what are you waiting for? Go in cydia and download it now! Please Digg this submission to help spread the word of xGPS!</p>
<p><a href="http://xgpsdev.xwaves.net/" target="_blank">xWaves Development Team Blog</a></p>
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		<dc:creator>Pico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There you guys go, a brand new screenshot. Let us know how you like it! Tweet with us! https://twitter.com/jailbird_dev FAQ Q: Can I jailbreak my iPod Touch 2G with Jailbird? A: If the ability is there to do it, it will be built into Jailbird, but as of right now&#8230;this second&#8230;no you can not Q: [...]]]></description>
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<p>There you guys go, a brand new screenshot. Let us know how you like it!</p>
<p>Tweet with us! <a href="https://twitter.com/jailbird_dev">https://twitter.com/jailbird_dev</a></p>
<p><strong>FAQ</strong></p>
<p><strong>Q:</strong> Can I jailbreak my iPod Touch 2G with <a href="http://www.getjailbird.com">Jailbird</a>?<br />
<em><strong>A:</strong> If the ability is there to do it, it will be built into <a href="http://www.getjailbird.com">Jailbird</a>, but as of right now&#8230;this second&#8230;no you can not</em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="normal;">Q:</span></strong> <span style="normal;">Where can I download <a href="http://www.getjailbird.com">Jailbird</a>?</span><br />
<strong><span style="normal;">A:</span></strong> You cant yet, I haven&#8217;t released it yet.</em></p>
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<p><span style="normal;"><strong>Q</strong>: Can I beta test super amazing spectacular (did I mention super cool) program?<br />
<strong>A</strong>: </span>A form will be created for you to sign up to be a beta tester, beta testers will then be narrowed down programatically, then hand selected by myself (difrnt)</p>
<p><em><span style="normal;"><strong>Q:</strong> When will <a href="http://www.getjailbird.com">Jailbird</a> be released?<br />
<strong>A:</strong> </span>I am hoping to have the beta ready for beta testers by the end of the month (January 31), and release a stable version to the public sometime in February, however no promises are being made at this time and <strong>NO </strong>dates are set in stone.<br />
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<strong>Further questions can be pointed to: </strong><a href="mailto:difrnt@difrnt.com"><strong>difrnt@difrnt.com</strong></a><strong></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong> </strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Keep checking <a href="http://www.getjailbird.com">http://www.getjailbird.com</a> for the latest updates!</p>
<p>KUDOS:</strong></em></p>
<p>iPhone Dev-Team: All their hard work; and for xPWN the meat and potatos behind Jailbird<br />
BigBoss: Allowing us to use his site to spread the word<br />
difrnt: The sole programmer behind Jailbird<br />
Doc: The sole graphics artist behind Jailbird</p>
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		<title>Operation JB iPod:  redsn0w</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>iPod Touch2G Jailbreak coming!
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They have kept it quiet long enough.  The <a href="http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/70407787/thermonuclear-pop">iphone-dev team</a> have some great news posted on their blog relating to what redsn0w actually is.  Previous speculation was the ultimate iPhone 3G unlock (bootloader exploit).  Others thought it was a prank, but we confirmed that in fact, redsn0w.com belonged to the fabulous devs.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>iPod Touch2G Jailbreak coming!<br />
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<p>They have kept it quiet long enough.  The <a href="http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/70407787/thermonuclear-pop">iphone-dev team</a> have some great news posted on their blog relating to what redsn0w actually is.  Previous speculation was the ultimate iPhone 3G unlock (bootloader exploit).  Others thought it was a prank, but we confirmed that in fact, redsn0w.com belonged to the fabulous devs.</p>
<div id="attachment_541" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thebigboss.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/picture-1.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-541" src="http://thebigboss.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/picture-1.png" alt="MuscleNerd confirming that redsn0w is infact - related to the iPod Touch 2G" width="300" height="80" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">MuscleNerd confirming that redsn0w is infact - related to the iPod Touch 2G</p></div>
<p>iPod Touch 2G jailbreak.  Finally, FREEDOM!  You&#8217;ve all been waiting for it, and now for those of you who can&#8217;t wait for them to release it (or still don&#8217;t know what jailbreaking is!), take the time to <a href="http://thebigboss.org/why-jailbreak-iphone/">review</a> over the excellent advantages there are to jailbreaking.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll be keeping everyone updated with the iPod Touch 2G jailbreak.  It may not be today, but atleast we know it&#8217;s done.  Stay tuned, though &#8211; as soon as it&#8217;s out, we&#8217;ll have the guide:  a step by step just for you.</p>
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