Showing posts with label apple news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apple news. Show all posts

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Ultrasn0w to Unlock iPhone 3GS / 3G on iOS 4.2.1 Completed

Few moments ago, Musclenerd has confirmed that the ultrasn0w to unlock iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G finally got working fully on 4.2.1, so it looks that everything over there going alright, everything on schedule, which means that we will catch new version of ultrasn0w tomorrow as we mentioned before.
 

Friday, November 19, 2010

Real White iPhone 4s on China's Grey Market ?

The Chinese web site Giz-China has published a photos claiming that there are genuine white iPhone 4s is being sold in the China's grey market (a.k.a black markets). Many digital retailers in China have been stockpiling the white devices due to its big profits.
About pricing, it starts from around 5500 Yuan ($828) and rising to nearly 8000 Yuan ($1204) for the base model 16Gb version and it's higher than these for the 32Gb models. Of course these prices are more expensive than the official retail price of the regular black iPhone 4.
This type of illegal resale has been a persistent problem for Apple. In 2008, the New York Times estimated that there were 1.4 million ill-gotten iPhones in the world. At this time last year, the Wall Street Journal estimated that number had grown to 2 million in China alone.
[via TUAW]
 

Jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 GM on iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G and iPod touch 4G, 3G with Redsn0w 0.9.6b2 [Guide]

Today we broke the news about the release of iOS 4.2.1 GM for iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G, iPod touch 4G, 3G and iPad. Now you can use Redsn0w 0.9.6b2 to jailbreak all these iOS devices. Moreover I have collected the direct download links for iOS 4.2.1 GM to all above mentioned devices.

You have to note that Cydia doesn't work till now due to some issues on the private APIs used by Cyida which has been changed by Apple. Bud don't worry the developers has fixed these issues and it is only a matter of time as they are waiting for the iOS 4.2.1 public release. For now you can install jailbroken-apps via SSH - until we got the new Cydia version - as you have full root access on your iOS device.

STEP 1: Download redsn0w 0.9.6b2,  iOS 4.2.1 GM and iOS 4.1 final version for iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G, iPod touch 4G, 3G (download links at the end).

STEP 2: Update to 4.2.1 GM firmware using the IPSW file you just downloaded via iTunes.

STEP 3: Launch Redsn0w 0.9.6b2,  and Browse for iOS 4.1 firmware final version (NOT iOS 4.2.1 GM). 

STEP 4: Select "Install Cydia" and click on Next
STEP 5: Now make sure your device is both OFF and PLUGGED IN to the computer before you click “Next”.
STEP 6: At this stage you will need to put your iPhone in DFU mode by holding “Power” button and then while holding the “Power” button, you will now have to hold “Home” button too. Now after few seconds release “Power” button but keep holding “Home” button until installation begins.

STEP 7: You will Get a Jailbroken Device on the latest iOS 4.2.1 GM as soon as the process ends.

NOTE: If you have an unlocked iDevice with ultrasn0w, you have to stay away from Redsn0w, as it updates your baseband to latest version, which is still unlockable till now.

Download iOS 4.1 (Final version) for iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G, iPod touch.
Download iOS 4.2.1 GM for iPhone 4.
Download iOS 4.2.1 GM for iPhone 3GS.
Download iOS 4.2.1 GM for iPhone 3G.
Download iOS 4.2.1 GM for iPod touch 4G.
Download iOS 4.2.1 GM for iPod touch 3G.
Download Redsn0w 0.9.6b2 for Windows and Mac
Download iTunes 10.1 for Windows or Mac

[Download Links via GumballTech]
 

Thursday, November 18, 2010

VoIP Bug in iOS 4.2 Golden Master

According to MacRumors, Toktumi the company behind the well-known VoIP application Line2 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad has sent an email to its users warning them from upgrading to iOS 4.2 due to a new bug founded in this version which results in the ringer continuing to ring even after a call is answered when Line2 is running in the background.
Attention all Line2 iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad users:

Please do not upgrade to iOS version 4.2.

If you upgrade to iOS 4.2 and you are running Line2 in the background, the ringer will continue to ring even after an incoming call is answered. This affects Line2 as well as all other VoIP and social calling apps. (Note: If you do not use Line2 your Toktumi service will not be effected.)

Apple Developer Support is aware of this issue and has designated its status as 'severe'. However, as of the most recent iOS beta (GMSeed build), this issue is still not resolved. We apologize for this inconvenience and will update you as soon as we get more information from Apple.

Line2 will continue to work as normal with your current operating system. We strongly encourage you not to install iOS 4.2 until Apple fixes the upgrade issue. We will send out an email update as soon as it is safe to upgrade.

Sincerely,
The Toktumi/Line2 Team
So it is expected that Apple has handled this bug in the newly released iOS 4.2.1 GM build for developers , you can check out details in this post.
 

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

The Beatles Now on iTunes

Apple has announced its "Tomorrow is just another day. That you'll never forget" surprise which is the Beatles music library, Apple has replaced the campaign logo with the Beatles one. The songs is now available to download through iTunes.
Here is what Apple says:
We’re really excited to bring the Beatles’ music to iTunes,” said Sir Paul McCartney. “It’s fantastic to see the songs we originally released on vinyl receive as much love in the digital world as they did the first time around.”

“I am particularly glad to no longer be asked when the Beatles are coming to iTunes,” said Ringo Starr. “At last, if you want it—you can get it now—The Beatles from Liverpool to now! Peace and Love, Ringo.”

“We love the Beatles and are honored and thrilled to welcome them to iTunes,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “It has been a long and winding road to get here. Thanks to the Beatles and EMI, we are now realizing a dream we’ve had since we launched iTunes ten years ago.”

“In the joyful spirit of Give Peace A Chance, I think it is so appropriate that we are doing this on John’s 70th birthday year,” said Yoko Ono Lennon.

“The Beatles on iTunes—Bravo!” said Olivia Harrison.

“The Beatles and iTunes have both been true innovators in their fields,” said EMI Group CEO Roger Faxon. “It’s a privilege for everybody at EMI to work with Steve Jobs and with Apple Corps’ Jeff Jones and their teams in marking a great milestone in the development of digital music.
Albums are now available for download at $ 149.00. but I wonder, is this all your expectations from this campaign?
 

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Apple Asking eBay to Remove Fake white iPhone 4s

eBay has just removed most of the fake white iPhone 4 due to Apple request. This is an e-mail sent from eBay to a black-to-white iPhone 4 conversion pacakage seller, stating this. As you know all white iPhone 4 you saw across the web is just a conversion packages from black to white device
Dear, [Redacted]

You recently listed the following listing: [Redacted listing name and number] Your listing has been removed. Your item was removed because of a request we received from Apple, Inc., a member of our Verified Rights Owner Program (VeRO), asking us to remove the item for: – Item(s) is a counterfeit product which infringes the trademark owner’s rights. For more information on why your item was removed, you should:

- Contact Apple, Inc. directly at apple@gibney.com with your questions or concerns.

- Wait 7 days for Apple, Inc. to reply to you. Although most VeRO participants are willing to respond to polite email, please know that they aren’t obligated to reply.

- If after 7 days you haven’t received a response from Apple, Inc., please contact us by simply replying to this email. The rights owner or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the rights owner, Apple, Inc., notified eBay that this listing violates intellectual property rights. When eBay receives a report of this type of violation, we remove the listing to comply with the law. It’s against the law to sell fake, counterfeit, or pirated products. Your listing was removed because the item in your listing was reported by the rights owner as a fake or counterfeit through eBay’s VeRO Program. Due to this report, please do not attempt to relist, advertise, or offer this item for sale on any eBay site or service around the world.
Apple don’t want anyone to get their hands-on the seemingly never to be released white iPhone 4. But I'm wondering why Apple doing this ? and why now? , these packages were available since the release of iPhone 4 on last June. Do you think that Apple may surprise us with something? [via 9to5mac]
 

Friday, November 12, 2010

iOS 4.2 Delayed Due to iPad WiFi Bug, New GM Build Tomorrow [Update]

Couple of days we reported you about Mac OS X 10.6.5 and iTunes 10.1 to be released Wednesday Nov 10th, then it will followed by the iOS 4.2 public release for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on Friday Nov 12th. But this scenario has been changed, as we only catch the Mac OS X 10.6.5. So what happened to iTunes 10.1 and iOS 4.2?

According to Macstories's reliable source, that iOS 4.2 public release has been delayed due to WiFi connection issues which discovered by users running iOS 4.2 GM build on iPad, as well as it has been widely documented over forums and discussion boards.
Specifically what happened ? when the iPad users - who running iOS 4.2 GM build - try to connect a local network, they lost the connection after minutes. According to the source Apple may be compelled to release a new update of the GM build to fix the iPad WiFi issue and it may be released internally, to a few selected developers .

Conclusion : iOS 4.2 public release will be delayed for at least a week, while the developers test the new GM version to get feedback free of issues. iTunes 10.1 will be delayed also due to the iOS 4.2 delaying in order to ensure compatibility with the final iOS 4.2 . For now you can check out the WiFi issue in action.

Update: German Website has just mentioned that references to November 12 have disappeared from carrier codes. [via 9to5mac]

 

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Apple Acquires Wi-Gear Bluetooth Headset Maker

According to 9to5Mac, Apple has acquired a small Bluetooth wireless headphone designer. This San Fransisco-based company called Wi-Gear, it's known for its wireless Bluetooth audio products for the iPod and iPhone. The company is now closed.
Apple plans to build its own stereo Bluetooth headphones for future iOS devices and MacBooks with technology and expertise from Wi-Gear. As you’ll recall, Apple didn’t have a great amount of success with its own Bluetooth mono headset and instead of building in-house for their new stereo product, decided to pick up the small Wi-Gear outfit.
Moreover confirmations about this rumor, the guys over 9to5mac has run a check on LinkedIn for engineers at Wi-Gear who might have joined up with Apple, they found Wi-Gear co-founder Michael Kim’s LinkedIn profile now lists him as an iOS Bluetooth Engineer at Apple, having joined the company two months ago.
 

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

No PwnageTool for Windows

There are some unpleasant news, yesterday MuscleNerd the well-known iPhone hacker spread the pleasant news around the imminent release of PwnageTool for Windows to jailbreak all iOS devices on iOS 4.1 from Chpwn, as you know PwnageTool has never been release for Windows, it's only available for Mac OS X , but now Chpwn has just confirmed that there will not be a PwnageTool for Windows.

Here is what Chpwn said for some users:
2013btuttle1: @chpwn is there an ETA on win pt? I've been waiting... Haha

Chpwn: @2013btuttle1 I don't think it is needed at all. Use limerain greenpoison redsn0w -- all good options.

sheikhali: @chpwn Can we expect PT for Win to go live by the end of this week?

Chpwn: @sheikhali No, there is no need for PwnageTool on ANY platform.
So don't wait for the PwnageTool for Windows, this will be a good news for Sn0wbreeze developers and bad for unlockers as PwnageTool can jailbreak their devices with a custom firmware which mainly preserve the unlockable baseband. You can jailbreak your device using the existing jailbreak tools for all iOS devices on all iOSs in this post.
 

Flash Coming to iPhone Next Thursday

Apple has just approved a new iOS application from Skyfire which converts Flash-based video to HTML5, according to CNNMoney. The App scheduled to hit the App Store by the next Thursday. The app technicality based on activating a function that allows Flash video content in the browser to be sent to Skyfire's servers to be converted to HTML5 then sent back to your iOS device for display.
The app won't translate games or other non-video content that runs in Flash, however. Still, Glueck estimates that the number of websites and videos that Skyfire will open up to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users is in the "millions."
This app will be prices $2.99, really it worth try, as usual we will keep you informed about any updates for this. [via MacRumors]

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

White iPhone 4 Finally Hits the Apple Store

Here is a bit of good news! The long overdue White iPhone 4 has been finally hits the Apple Store, last night Apple released an update to the Apple Store iPhone app but without any new features, the update was the ability to reserve the white iPhone 4.
Simply you have to navigate to the store then select "Reservations" > "Reserve Product" now you are able to select the white iPhone 4 16GB or 32GB configurations. In fact the white iPhone 4 still not available for purchasing from the Apple Store, but this indicates that its release time became imminent. So keep your eyes open. [via BGR]

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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Jailbreak iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod touch 4G, 3G on iOS 4.1 with Greenpois0n on Mac OS X [How to Guide]

Chronic Dev has just released the Mac OS X version of Greenpois0n to jailbreak iOS 4.1 on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 4G/3G and iOS 3.2.2 on iPad. Now I have just prepared the step by step Mac guide to jailbreak iOS 4.1 on iPhone 4/3G and iPod touch 4G/3G with Greenpois0n.

STEP 1: Download Greenpois0n jailbreak (link at the end)

STEP 2: Connect your iPhone/iPod to your computer via USB then launch Greenpois0n jailbreak application and hit "Jailbreak" button.
STEP 3: Follow the steps shown on the next screen shots to put your device in DFU mode.
  • Now you have to press and hold the sleep button for 3 seconds.
  • Continue holding sleep, then press and hold home for 10 seconds.
  • Now release sleep button but keep holding home for 15 seconds.
STEP 4: Once your iPhone/iPod is in DFU mode, the jailbreak will begin.
STEP 5: Now press "Complete" button.
STEP 6: Restart your iPhone, now you will notice Loader application icon on your springboard, hit this icon.

STEP 7: Now press "Cydia", then "Install Cydia". After finishing you will be asked to remove Loader from your device, click "Remove", then press Home button, the device will restart automatically.

 

 

 

STEP 8: After your device restart you will find the Cydia icon, Congratulations.

Note: Since there is no way to unlock 05.14.02 / 2.10.04 basebands, you should upgrade to iOS 4.1 with preserving your baseband before using Greenpois0n jailbreak by following our guide (for iPhone 4 ONLY) posted here.

Download iOS 4.1 for iPhone 4/3GS.
Download Greenpois0n jailbreak for iOS 4.1.

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    Tuesday, September 28, 2010

    SHAtter Exploit Will Also Jailbreak the New Apple TV

    Few hours ago we reported you that Apple has already placed iOS 4.1 for Apple TV on their servers. Now the iPhone dev team has just sent an update to their official blog, announcing that SHAtter exploit which discovered by Pod2g few months ago, is working successfully to decrypt the 2nd-generation Apple TV iOS 4.1 keys.
     
    It’s looking like SHAtter is going to be the gift that keeps on giving. Even though the new AppleTV isn’t yet in people’s homes, the firmware is available on Apple’s normal public distribution servers and SHAtter has been used to decrypt its keys! The main filesystem (“Mojave8M89.K66OS”) key for 018-8609-066.dmg is:

    31c700a852f1877c88efc05bc5c63e8c7f081c4cb28d024ed7f9b0dbc98c7e1406e499c6
    MuscleNerd the well-known iDevices hacker, also mentioned that if you are interested in the potential Apple TV jailbreak, so it's better to buy it early before Apple patches the discovered exploits. New jailbreak tools are still being developed. We will of course let you know once they are ready for prime time use. Stay tuned for that! [via Dev-Team]

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    Saturday, September 25, 2010

    Apple Releases iTunes 10.0.1 with Ping SideBar

    Apple has just released a new iTunes version comes precisely to 10.0.1. iTunes 10.0.1 brings Ping Sidebar to life along with some critical bug fixes. Ping Sidebar is a new feature for Ping that allows you to see recent activity for your friends and the artists you follow on Ping.
    iTunes 10.0.1 provides a number of bug fixes, such as:
    • Addresses an issue in which iTunes may unexpectedly stop when interacting with the album artwork displayed in a separate window.
    • Addresses an issue in which the image quality of a video depends on the visibility of the onscreen controls.
    • Corrects a problem that affects the performance of some third-party viewers.
    • Fixes a problem that caused the playlist and your iTunes library appears empty.
    • Fixes an issue that created incompatibilities with some third-party shared libraries.
    Download iTunes 10.0.1 for Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7
    Download iTunes 10.0.1 for Windows (64-bit)
    Download iTunes 10.0.1 for Mac OS X

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    Monday, September 20, 2010

    Apple Just Opened its Own Game Site

    This is really amazing,  Apple just announced its own Games section. Apple aims to cover all game needs for its big amount of users, as a lot of them are very interested on games, I would imagine the decision behind opening this helpful Games site is according to some statistics came from the App Store.
    The new Games site will help you in searching for games, see game trailers, buy games,  the top rated games and etc. If you tried it let us now about your impressions.
    You can check it here.

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    Friday, September 17, 2010

    Apple Launching iPad 2 in Q1 2011

    Last week we reported you about the iPad 2nd generation, which rumored to hit Apple Store by the first quarter of 2011, this rumor has pretty much been confirmed today, as Digitimes reports that suppliers are preparing for the second generation of iPad.
    Component suppliers of iPad are expected to start shipments for the second generation iPad at the beginning of 2011.
    iPad 2 will maintain the same 9.7 inch screen, in addition Apple plans to add FaceTime video calling functionality. this look awesome. I will keep you updated once coveringweb get any updates.

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    27-Inch LED Ciema Display is Now Available on Apple Store

    The new Apple's 27" LED Cinema Display, Introduced in late July, is finally available on Apple Store for purchase. The newly LED Cinema Display monitor produced by Cupertino, it has a 16:9 aspect ratio screen  full in glass, It sets on an aluminum base with an adjustable hinge which allows you to tilt the screen vertically with ease.
    The 27 inch LED Cinema Display offers color bright and a very high contrast, also it has been made with IPS (In -Plane Switching) technology to ensure more brilliant pictures with a viewing angle of up to 178°.
    the new monitor has a resolution of 2560×1440 ,It also includes an iSight, microphone, speakers, USB 2.0 hub and the universal MagSafe connector. LED Cinema display priced $999, Shipping will take between 1 - 2 weeks.

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    Tuesday, September 7, 2010

    Start Shipments of the New iPod Touch 4G

    As reported by TiPb, the shipments started of the new iPod touch announced during the last Keynote last week.The new iPod touch boasts the same display was introduced with iPhone 4, a front camera to use FaceTime and posterior to record video in high definition.

    Apple has now made available the pre-orders in most Apple Online Store.

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    Sunday, September 5, 2010

    New iPod Touch Includes Component to Vibrate

    The changes introduced by Apple in new iPod Touch are so many . One of these is the addition of a component for the device to vibrate , just like the iPhone. The function may have been designed primarily for the deaf, using it as a warning when there is an incoming call by FaceTime . The video call to Apple is a perfect way to have a conversation using sign language.
    We have no information whether this feature can be used in applications but it's likely that developers can do . Another change concerns the absence of the plastic was placed back where the Wi-Fi antenna . It will be interesting to see how Apple will manage to ensure a strong signal in an insulated frame. [via 9to5mac]

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    Saturday, September 4, 2010

    Apple Released iOS 4.1 for iPod Touch 4G

    Apple has just released iOS 4.1 for the fourth-generation iPod Touch , presented during the Apple Special Event on 1 September . The devices will be available during the next week, but if you intend to buy it for the time you can already download and save the iOS 4.1 on your computer.
    Please also be advised that we already updated our official page to download all existing firmware versions for the various Apple devices, Click Here.
    [via 9to5mac]

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