Apple enjoys fanatical brand loyalty. This is not a coincidence it’s part of a well-thought-out plan to deliver strong products and create an Apple culture. The iPhone and the iPod are entry level gadgets if the consumers likes the gadget then they’re more likely to consider buying an Apple computer in the future. SOURCE

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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

Watch the Video on Youtube

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Apple Reports Record Second Quarter Results

Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2008 second quarter ended March 29, 2008. The net sales that obtained in this semester were of 7,510 billion, with net quarterly profit of$1.05 billion. These results compare to revenue of $5.26 billion and net quarterly profit of $770 million, or $.87 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 32.9 percent, down from 35.1 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 44 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

Apple shipped 2,289 million of Macintosh® computers: 856 thousand of iMacs,Etc., and 1,433 million Macbooks, The company sold 10.644 million iPods during the quarter representing one percent unit growth and eight percent revenue growth over the year-ago quarter, also sold 1.703 million iPhones.

We have seen rumors about a new iPhone model with 3G Network, and we waiting for a possible update of Macbooks with aluminium desing. I can’t wait anymore what new products Apple will bring for us in the following months.

Via: Apple Financial Results.

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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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New Gmail For the iPhone

Directly from the Official Gmail Blog, Google Announce a new facelift for Gmail, it’s faster and more fluid thanks to AJAX.

The Gmail Team sure hears their public and added, pre-fetching and auto-complete features.

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iPhone 1.1.3 Firmware Sighted

Here are some photos of the recent iPhone 1.1.3 firmware sighting that GearLive came out with. Are they Fake? or Real?

The Apple Community from sites like Digg and Hackint0sh began to speculate regarding weather this photos are real or not. Lets remember that a lot of people are crossing their fingers too. The release of the new 1.1.3 firmware would be the first step for a software unlock for Out of the Box 1.1.2 iPhones.

They are new features that maybe the real thing or some kind of wishes by the guys that created the photoshop work. We have seen many of those, so lets take the news with caution.

1.1.3 Features:

Send an SMS message to multiple people
Google Maps application can now pinpoint your location using cell tower triangulation
Google Maps can now display the Hybrid map view
You can now drag and drop application icons on your home screen
You can now add web bookmarks to your home screen

The photos seems legit, and all but we have to wonder and question, how did he got the new firmware? Maybe Apple is going to request that i get this pictures off

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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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