iPhone (4, 3GS, 3G) iOS4.0.1 JailBreak – Now Easier and More Legal Than Ever

Posted by Chris on Aug 10, 2010 in iOS Apps, iPhone, Technology | 0 comments

In case you have not heard, no the bird is not the word, no really if you haven’t heard: You can jailbreak you iOS4.0 and iOS4.0.1 iDevices more easily than ever. How? Simple as going to: jailbreakme.com on your iDevice. This simple jailbreak operation seems to work flawlessly. This brings me back to the original jailbreak that was done via keeping the phone unactivated, opening an emergency call, typing a code, adding a contact and enabling the preferences, joining a wifi network, and then hitting the contacts website to go to, the very same site that we are using now! It’s funny how things seem to go back to where they started. Anyway this is simple and worked perfectly fine for my iPhone 4. Now that I am jailbroken, which was recently made LEGAL, although Apple never sued anyone who did jailbreak, we can customize our phones the way we went. There has only really been 1 problem and that is with Winterboard. If you don’t know, Winterboard is an app that is used to customize your theme, not everything is working correctly on the iPhone 4 since there has been some change to theme items names because of the HD retina display. Regardless, with my Elite Pro theme, my phone looks bad ass even though all of the customizations won’t kick in until Winterboard is updated. So to recap: if you want to jailbreak your wonderful phone to unlock its true power, go to jailbreakme.com on your device and jailbreak away.  Read more here...

iPhone 4 Reception Issue

Posted by Chris on Jul 13, 2010 in iPhone, Technology | 8 comments

iPhone Reception

Whether you have an iPhone or are looking to get what I am sure you have heard about the issues that early buyers seem to be having. Many people have posted videos demonstrating the “death grip” which can drop the phone from 5 bars to searching within seconds. I can not get my phone to do this. I have watched several videos and tried every grip yet no matter what I try I do not lose any signal. I have tried moistening my hands, using metal etc. Supposedly the issue is in the lower left corner where 2 bands are separated by a black strip. By touching both of these bands the antennas “short out” causing the loss of signal. If you read my earlier post you would know I did not get into the first batch of pre orders instead I ordered my iPhone on June 25th and received it July 9th. What this tells me is that the first batch of iPhones had a problem and were shipped anyway and the problem no longer exists for later batches of phones which also tells me that the problem most likely was occurring in the manufacturing process (maybe that’s why we haven’t seen the white IPhone yet). Although this is pure speculation on my part I feel it has a decent foundation.  Read more here...

iPhone 4 is here!!!

Posted by Chris on Jul 9, 2010 in iPhone, Technology | 0 comments

I just got my new iPhone 4 from FedEx a few days early and I am loving it. I need to sync with my Mac when I get home from work but I threw some apps on to get started. I am using WordPress’s app to write this post and should be posting some pictures and more review info in the next few days!! Enjoy

iPhone 4 Accessories

Posted by Chris on Jul 9, 2010 in iPhone, Reviews, Technology | 0 comments

I usually do not buy expensive accessories for my iPhone aside from the occasional blue-tooth device which usually ends up lost, missing, or even thrown out. Generally I have been successful with getting a cheap case+screen protector from eBay and updating the case every few months. When I had my original iPhone First Generation I found an awesome little screen protector and body protector called Invisible Shield by ZAGG. The shield covered the entire body of the phone and was some what difficult to put on. With all of the curves on the original iPhone it was very hard to apply the shield correctly. The case did an awesome job of protecting the phone there was no scratches at all. After a short time I removed the case because with all of the curves the corners kept coming off making the case some what hard to use. When I ordered the iPhone 4 I also went to ZAGG and ordered the new iPhone 4 Invisible Shield.  Read more here...

iPhone 4 – Problems

Posted by Chris on Jul 7, 2010 in iOS Apps, iPhone, Technology | 0 comments

I was surprised when my fiancee told me she was getting me the iPhone 4 as my Father’s Day gift. She didn’t tell me this until after 6/15, which if she had told me before would have allowed me to pre-order on the 15th. Regardless I placed my “pre-order” on 6/21 with the information of  Ships By: 7/14 Delivered By: 7/15-19. I was very excited to see that my order shipped on 6/5 and the new delivery time seems to be 7/13 via FedEx. It sucks having to wait for something this exciting but I suppose the wait will make it all the more worth while. I haven’t upgraded my iPhone in 2 years, I do all of my development and testing on the iPhone 3g/iPod Touch. Well enough about me lets talk about the problems that have been reported so far.  Read more here...

iPhone 4G – Lost, Found, Sold, Leaked, Returned?

Posted by Chris on Apr 20, 2010 in iPhone, Technology | 0 comments

There has been a lot of news about the leaking of the new iPhone 4G by Gizmodo. Gizmodo apparently paid between $5,000-$10,000 for this “prototype” iPhone. The story basically goes like this: Apple Software Engineer gets drunk at bar, and leaves the prototype hidden in an iPhone 3GS case. Someone finds the phone, tries to find its owner, then brings it home and tries to contact Apple. Apple does not respond, Gizmodo catches wind, and buys the device from the finder. The Apple employee reportedly still works for Apple, a month after all this has happened, Apple remotely killed the device, and sent a letter to Gizmodo asking that the device be returned. Is this proof that this device really is the iPhone 4g? Perhaps, but the story seems to have a lot of lucky coincidences that just don’t make much sense. Here is the Gizmodo story:  Read more here...