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iDial Brings Nostalgia To Your iPhone

Are you old-fashioned?

Well.. if you have an iPhone then you must be an old-modern-hybrid. Does that term exists?

Anyway, if you been waiting for an old-fashioned dialer with a touchscreen twist then your dream is now reality thanks to the guys on iPhone Skinning

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New speedier iMacs available

New iMacs available

After many rumors, finally Apple announced a speedier iMacs with the new Procesessor Intel Penryn.

The two 20” models are at 2.4GHz and 2.6HGhz, respectively. The former features 1GB memory, 250Gb HD, 8x double-layer SuperDrive and ATI Radeon HD 2400 Xt with 128MB memory, while tha later bumps tha standard memory 2GB, the drive to 320GB and the video card to a ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro with 256MB memory (priced at $1199US and 1499US).

The top-of-line-24” model have a 3.06GHz Intel core 2 Duo Processor, 2GB memory standard, a 500GB HD, and 8x double-layer SuperDrive and a NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS with 512MB memory.

So, if you thinkin to buying an iMac, now is the time get a powefull and speedier iMac.

For more information visit: TUAW

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How to Fix “Repair Needed” on the iPhone

Disclaimer: I share with you this information from personal experience, and if your try this is exclusively your responsibility for any damages your iPhone may have. I am not responsible for anything that may happen for attempting this tutorial.

I came across this problem with an iPhone of a Client. The Repair Needed Screen apeared and when that shows up it something to worry about. I started to search what would be the solution, and many people have this problem and there is no known Fix.

The iPhone i was working had No WiFi , Bluetooth, IMEI , ICCID. The baseband was erased completely and this is very strange thing, and i remember in one forum thread that pspsully (i think thats the correct alias of the hacker) was very impressed with this achievement of Erasing the baseband completely.

I was still having the problem and no solution was near, so i have read that the new firmware 1.1.3 fixed this and i would give it a try, because i didn’t have WiFi to try other methods with SSH and terminal.

So the things that i did where like this Step By Step:

I had firmware 1.0.2 with no baseband, WiFi , Bluetooth, IMEI , ICCID
The next thing i did, was update the iPhone to firmware 1.1.1, ( try to get your iPhone on DFU mode with INdependence or iBrickr or use the 10 Seconds trick to get iPhone Restore on iTunes)
Once i was on firmware 1.1.1 i had no choice but to restore to firmware 1.1.3 because i had no WiFi and when i did the *#307# method the phone freezed because i had no baseband.

The next thing is a bit tricky but once i tell you is going to be easy, because i was stuck with some problems.

When you downgrade a firmware version the steps are:

a) Click on restore with alt key or shift on windows and select the desired firmware (in this case 1.1.3) b) Now that all the process of downgrading is on course an error at the end is going to happen. c) The normal thing to do is shut down iTunes and open INdependence or iBrickr and the iPhones gets out of DFU mode to activation screen.

When you are with firmware 1.1.3 you can’t get out of DFU or Restore mode with INdependence or iBrickr.
The next thing to effectively downgrade from 1.1.3 to 1.1.1 you will need to use the 10 seconds trick. Press sleep and home button for 10 seconds untill power is off, let go the sleep button but keep holding home untill your computer says iPhone in recover mode ( you need your iPhone conected to the computer) use this expample as reference
If you don’t use the 10 seconds trick and try to downgrade to 1.1.1 you will get an error (1) and you will be stuck with a 1.1.3 iPhone on recovery mode.

These new firmware rewrites all of your file system and restore the baseband and all the missing things (WiFi , Bluetooth, IMEI , ICCID)

Now that you Successfully downgraded to 1.1.1 you will need to restore with 1.1.1 firmware. This restore will get you on the Firmware 1.1.1 activation screen and now you may perform the *#307# jailbreakme.com method or any jailbreak method you know.

In my experience when i was at this stage the firmware had repaired the Repair Needed screen and now i had chance to Dial and get sound from the Phone (The baseband was restored, previously there was no sound)

I am sure this may help a lot of people that have this problem. Comment here if you are going to try it and if this works for you post so every people can get this post as a reference.

If this tutorial resolved your problem, don’t hesitate and donate whatever amount you wish. Thanks

edit: lotech commented this important thing.

WARNING!!!!!

Ok so to correct that above bit - if you do this process your bootloader will be updated too - which screws you for then downgrading to an unlockable baseband version.
You can still downgrade with the testpoint hack, but that involves pulling apart you iphone.

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iPhone 1.1.3 Jailbreak Released

The iPhone Dev Team just Released the 1.1.3 firmware jailbreak for those that are eager to “wiggle” your screen and play with triangulation GPS on the new firmware. The program released is Nate´s iBrickr software ONLY for Windows and later there would be a Mac Version. The iPod Touch jailbreak is pending too…

iBrickr contains a “soft upgrade” path for jailbroken 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 users so this can be easy and with the minimun risk possible.

You could get more info on Nate´s Page and consider donating for the hard work of all the Dev Team hackers (”planetbeing” and _Fred, who were the first to jailbreak. Other amazing developers include Zibri, netkas, NerveGas, asap18, bgm, Bugout, bushing, chris_, dinopio, drudge, gray, MuscleNerd, natetrue, pr3d4t0r, roxfan, Turbo, Zf[strike], np101137, pumpkin, and kroo, along with many contributors who wish to remain anonymous)

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Guided iPhone Unlocking?

How much are you willing to spend to be guided on the unlocking process? There is so many information out there for free, but its disorganized and you need to go through multiple blog and forum posts.

Then, when you have all the information necessary you need to get all the unlocking tools that the community have provided. Its a Daunting task for Non Tech People, and they may have fear of bricking their iPhone.

I was wondering how much are you willing to spend for this kind of service?

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TouchScreen iMac

How would life be with a Multitouch Computer? It’s becoming a reality that Touch interface is the way to go to interact with your computer with a more natural and intuitive way. There are Multiple requests of a MultiTouch Computer but i think we are not ready yet.

The iPhone is just an introducction so that we get used to it and practice while the Computers with this MultiTouch Capability Arrives.

Here is an example of a real life multitouch display, would you like to have one?

DailyMotion

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Are you Getting Mac OS X Leopard?

There is only one day left and some people are getting an impressive Operating System. Did you Pre Ordered you Copy of Leopard?

If not, you may be missing a Faster Mac, and 300 new features in the new Leopard. Lets see some of the most important Features on The Leopard Guided Tour

You are on Time to Preorder Mac Os X Leopard. Tomorrow is when they deliver the goods!

Head over to Order Mac Os X Leopard and Save $20 off the Price.

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Setup Gmail IMAP on your iPhone

Google recently added IMAP support to Gmail and this are good news for iPhone owners because IMAP allows changes made by the user to be reflected on the server, and not downloading and storing sent and received messages.

Gmail IMAP service may be an iPhone selling point for some users.

I am going to leave this video, that explains how to set up Gmail IMAP on your iPhone.

Enjoy!