I know I have written articles about this, but I still get several emails a day asking questions about it. So I am going to summarize the app install situation for iPhone 2.0 here in one simple post. This applies to 2.0 and newer firmware such as 2.0.1, 2.1 etc. First point. All applications that [...]

So just so you all know what I have been working on lately, I am currently working on a very exciting new app with developer Ipodtouchmaster. It’s called SBSettings. We have taken bossprefs to the next level. It is not yet done, but here you can get a glimpse of what to expect. Here are [...]

Quickgold has moved to the BigBoss Cydia Repository! Quickgold is one of my all-time favorite applications. I cited this as one of the reasons to jailbreak your iPhone. I can’t stress enough just how useful this app is. Due to the way Cydia works, you will need to use the search in Cydia to find [...]

Avoid iDontCrash and developer Brandon (El Jabon). A week ago, a developer tried to send me an app called iDontCrash to host. Being curious, and a developer myself, I asked a few questions about this app before hosting it. The answers proved to me that it is total fraud on the community. It should be [...]

So you have jailbroken your 2.1 and it worked well. You went and restored your backup and all the sudden it won’t boot. Just apple logo! So, grumbling in anger, you start all over and go to restore your backup, and same thing. Now you have to type in all your contacts from scratch, right? [...]

Planetbeing wrote an outstanding post on the simularities and differences on pwnage, quickpwn, and ziphone. It is a very interesting read. The original post was here but you can read it here as well (posted with permission). Similarities Jailbreak Both utilities jailbreak. Payload medium Primary jailbreak payload is placed into iPhone memory for both jailbreaks [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Yep, 2.0 is out and jailbroken but there are not a lot of apps. Why not? I wrote a post a while back here about what to expect with 2.0. But one highlight is that all apps need to be ported. This means the developer has to get a compiler working and rewrite code to [...]

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 [...]

So in continuation of my rant on the SDK and firmware v2.0, I decided to compile a list of existing iPhone applications that I believe would be impossible or not allowed on the SDK. This is to give you an idea based on existing applications what types of things could not be done on the [...]

Big warning to any ZiPhone users. Zibri’s WiFi fix is extremely dangerous. It hard codes your WiFi adapter’s MAC address to “00:5a:49:42:52:49″.  This is ASCII for “Zibri”. This will cause major networking issues. All network cards sold are guaranteed to have a unique MAC address. It’s the lowest layer of how packets are routed. Now [...]

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 [...]