2.0.2 Update A Dud?

Author: BigBoss  //  Category: General

Right. So everyone is plenty excited to update to 2.0.2 to fix all those nasty bugs in 2.0 and 2.0.1 right? Well don’t bother. As far as I can tell it fixes nothing… unless you are on a 3g. Before I say any more, I will say that the 3g baseband update to 2.08 provided [...]

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2.0 Camera / Photos fix (Need Feedback)

Author: BigBoss  //  Category: General, Jailbreak

So does your camera/photos app just crash on 2.0? I had one of my iPhones doing this and twiddled around with some things and now it’s fixed.  However, before I call this a “real fix” I would like to get some feedback for others that have the same issue. So, if your camera or photos [...]

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3g Tethering iPhone Power Woes

Author: BigBoss  //  Category: General

So I set went on a trip and thought I would try some tethering with my 3g iPhone. First, I must say the tethering works great. I was able to download and install iTunes on my pc at about 120KB/sec! I was thrilled. However, most places had WiFi so I did not really need to [...]

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New Tip: Mail App Crashing Fix

Author: BigBoss  //  Category: General, Jailbreak

Is your mail app crashing on 2.0? This is generally caused after syncing your backup. This has nothing to do with jailbreaking or not. However, the fix for it is simple and is part of a jailbreak. The issue is that after syncing your backup, your mail folder is owned by root and your mail [...]

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Dev Team Member Speaks On Pwnage

Author: BigBoss  //  Category: General, Jailbreak, News

Pumpkin from the iPhone Dev Team posted his thoughts. I found it interesting and posted it here for you all to read. It does a nice job explaining the situation with Zibri as well as how pwnage and iPhone 2.0 hacks work. Enjoy. The following opinions are mine, and not those of the DevTeam as [...]

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Terminology

Author: BigBoss  //  Category: General, Jailbreak

Here is some general terminology you may hear in reference to iPhone hacking. People often confuse these terms so I will attempt to help clarify them: Unlocking vs Jailbreaking – Jailbreaking is the process of opening the phone up for installation of 3rd party apps. Unlocking is the process of allowing non-approved SIM cards to [...]

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