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AnyRing hacked! Free download

Oughtlaw — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:16:00 +0000

Man, this didn’t take long. After our review for AnyRing a few days back, one of the stumbling blocks was forking up the $3.99. No more worries now thanks to Xsellize. Those of you that were on the bubble, this should send you over the edge. And for those of you who are 4 bucks in the hole, sorry about your luck. Here is how it’s done:

Before downloading, you need to realize if you download the hacked version chances are good you won’t be able to download any of the updates. But hey, who’s complaining?

You will need to add the Xsellize repository within Cydia: http://xsellize.com/cydia/

Search for AnyRing and you should see two listings. Select the download provided by Xsellize and install

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The iPhone Jailbreak Glossary

Hammbone — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:14:14 +0000

QuickPwn? PwnageTool? Redsn0w? Yellowsn0w? Ultrasn0w? Id0NtKn0w! If you’re new to iPhone jailbreaking, I’m sure you’re confused by all these terms.

Before explaining the terms one by one, let’s make sure we understand what jailbreak is and the difference between jailbreak & unlock. Then we’ll take a look at all the other terms you may of heard about when jailbreaking and unlocking.

What’s Jailbreak & Unlock

Jailbreaking is a process that allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to run unofficial code on their devices bypassing Apple‘s official distribution mechanism, the App Store. Once jailbroken, iPhone users are able to download many applications previously unavailable through the App Store via unofficial installers such as Cydia and Icy. It’s estimated that 4 million (out of 40 million) iPods and iPhones are jailbroken.

Unlocking refers to the process by which your iPhone can use SIM card from any carrier. For instance, iPhone is exclusively distributed by AT&T in US. In other words, it is locked and iPhone user in US can only use AT&T sim card. By going through the unlock process, your iPhone is allowed to use any carrier.

Jailbreaking Tools

Redsn0w – Redsn0w is the latest generation of Jailbreak tool offered by iPhone Dev Team that supports jailbreaking on iPhone OS 3.0. It supports all models of iPhone including iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS, as well as iPod Touch. Both Windows and Mac version are available. Redsn0w comes with built-in utility to unlock iPhone 2G. Jailbreaking using redsn0w is very straightforward and it is considered as the most user-friendly jailbreak utility iPhone. Redsn0w is also considered as a replacement of QuickPwn.

QuickPwn – Developed by iPhone Dev Team, QuickPwn is a jailbreak utility for iPhone 2G & 3G. It supports jailbreaking up to firmware 2.2.1. Both Windows and Mac versions are available. It also comes with built-in utility to unlock iPhone 2G. QuickPwn is considered as the most user-friendly utility for iPhone Jailbreak and now replaced by redsn0w.

PwnageTool – Also, developed by iPhone Dev Team, PwnageTool is a jailbreak tool for Mac platform only. It supports jailbreaking on iPhone 2G/3G/3GS and firmware level up to 3.0. Same as QuickPwn, it also provides built-in option to unlock iPhone 2G. Compared with QuickPwn, for which it performs jailbreaking directly on iPhone, PwnageTool takes a different approach of jailbreak that it creates a custom firmware file (i.e. IPSW) for jailbreaking. PwnageTool is considered as more flexible as it allows the direct modification of firmware file.

Purplera1n – Purplera1n is an alternative of jailbreak tool to Redsn0w and Pwnagetool for iPhone 3GS only. It is developed by GeoHot, who is the guy that developed an unlock solution for the 1st generation iPhone dated back to 2007. Purplera1n supports both Windows and Mac.

Unlocking Tools

Yellowsn0w – Yellowsn0w is the 1st generation of unlock tool, developed by iPhone Dev team, to unlock iPhone 3G and supports firmware 2.2 (with baseband version 02.28.00). The software is freely available via Cydia. You’ll need to first jailbreak the iPhone before you can install the software.

Ultrasn0w – Ultrasn0w is the 2nd generation of unlock tool, developed by iPhone Dev team, to replace yellowsn0w. It is considered the ultimate unlock tool (as of now) to unlock iPhone 3G and 3GS on iPhone OS 3.0. To use ultrasn0w, it is required to jailbreak your iPhone first. The ultrasn0w software is available from Cydia and it’s free.

Purplesn0w – Developed by GeoHot, Purplesn0w is an alternative to Ultrasn0w for iPhone 3GS unlock. To use Purplesn0w, you’ll need to jailbreak the iPhone with Purplera1n before applying Purplesn0w.

Application Installers

Cydia – Developed by Jay Freeman, cydia is the most common installer for 3rd party iPhone application. Cydia supports the latest version of iPhone OS 3.0 and is installed by default during jailbreak process. Most of the iPhone apps in cydia are free for download. But cydia also offers a cydia store for purchasing paid apps.

Icy – An alternative of Cydia for installing 3rd party apps on iPhone, developed by RipDev. As claimed by the team, Icy offers better performance over cydia and is designed to compatible with any cydia packages. Icy can be installed during jailbreak process.

Installer – Installer is the 1st generation of 3rd party application installer. It supports firmware up to 2.2. Installer is a great app installer before the debut of Cydia. However, as of today, the iPhone apps available on Installer is much less than that on Cydia or Icy.

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Enable iPhone Tethering without Jailbreaking

Oughtlaw — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:15:14 +0000

Tethering the iPhone is one of last options we haven’t seen AT&T bring to the table yet as they promised to in 2009. Nothing like waiting until the last minute. Even though it’s probably not the most important or sought after, I can imagine traveling business users would have some use for this and be willing to pay the ridiculous fee. But, until that day comes, here is a work-around that should get you going in an emergency. I say emergency because it probably wouldn’t be the brightest idea to start racking up bizarre data numbers that raises red flags to AT&T (or whoever your carrier is). If you’re on the go and need access to your laptop, this is good to fall back on. For all you risk takers, just follow these steps:

Open up Safari
Browse to the following site: http://help.benm.at/tethering.php
Find your country and select the provider you use. Then tap “Download”
Go to Settings, General, Network, Internet Tethering Bluetooth or USB

As always, this is performed at your OWN risk. For the most part, this works reasonably well and some have really complimented the speeds. Although some have had complications with visual voicemail depending on your country or carrier.

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Enable the voicemail button on your unlocked iPhone

Oughtlaw — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:09:27 +0000

If you have an unlocked iPhone, you’ve probably already noticed that visual voicemail is not available because, obviously, AT&T is not your provider. However, you can still make use of the voicemail button to access your voicmail with this simple hack.

Note: this is NOT to enable visual voicemail for your carrier

1.) The first step you need to find out if you haven’t already is the voicemail number you need to dial. Usually your provider will provide this information online.

2.) Now that you have your voicemail number, tap on the Phone icon.

3.) Switch over to the keypad by taping on the Keypad tab.

4.) You will now need to enter the following code: *5005*86*xxx#. (the xxx represents your voicemail number)

5.) After inputing the code, tap Call. This will set the code.

Your Voicemail tab should now dial your voicemail when tapped.

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Dev-Team confirms Jailbreak/Unlock for 3.0.1

Oughtlaw — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:18:40 +0000

The iPhone Dev-Team revealed that you will still be able to use redsnOw to jailbreak the updated version 3.0.1 that Apple released yesterday. Because the only change in the update was related to SMS conflict, you will still be able to use 3.0 IPSW when running redsnOw after you have applied 3.0.1.

Via Dev-Team:

“You can re-use redsn0w v0.8 we released a few weeks ago to jailbreak today’s 3.0.1 update. Just let iTunes update or restore you to official 3.0.1 then run redsn0w. The only “trick” is that when redsn0w asks you to identify the IPSW used, point it at the 3.0 IPSW instead of the 3.0.1 one. After the jailbreak, reinstall ultrasn0w 0.9 if you need the unlock.”

“The 3.0.1 release is a “branch” from 3.0 that occurs (code-wise) before all the 3.1 betas. The programs redsn0w needs to change for the jailbreak are identical when you compare the 3.0 and 3.0.1 versions. It seems pretty much the only changes Apple made were for the SMS bug, which affects programs that redsn0w doesn’t touch. That’s why you can re-use redsn0w 0.8 on 3.0.1 even though it was written for 3.0.

And since 3.0.1 doesn’t touch the baseband either, ultrasn0w 0.9 works for those needing the soft unlock. Just install it from the repo666.ultrasn0w.com repository using Cydia as usual.

We’ll at some point fix redsn0w to recognize both 3.0 and 3.0.1 IPSW’s, but really that’s the only change that would be made to it. Everything else would be identical, so there’s no need to wait for the “proper” version that recognizes the 3.0.1 IPSW as valid.”

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Apple releases Firmware 3.0.1 to fix SMS security bug

Hammbone — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:36:55 +0000

Firmware 3.0.1 is now available for the iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS through iTunes. The update is around 300MB. There is no indication that there are any new features or fixes other than the text message exploit patch.

Earlier Friday, it was reported that Apple would release a fix for the

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Developers migrating rejected apps to Cydia.

Cajun — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:16:29 +0000

Developers who do not want their work to go to waste are embracing the world of iPhone hacks. The latest is the much publicized rejection of Google’s GV Mobile application.

Yes, it’s a logical step for jailbreakers when facing this kind of case. GV Mobile developer Sean Kovacs has ported the Voice client over to Cydia for free –although donations are gladly accepted– following Apple rejection on all Google Voice-enabled applications and Google’s official Google Voice application.

Please note that Google Voice is not a VOIP service. Basically, it’s a service that lets you manage a free phone number that Google gives you. Since the app relies on the Internet connection

(3G, EDGE, Wifi, etc), so you still need an actual phone plan.

The GV Mobile features including:

Dial numbers (domestic for free and international at a variable rate) via the iPhone’s address book or typing in on the keypad

Send SMS messages

Retrieve and delete recent call history

Playback and delete voicemails

Take calls from different phones other than your iPhone

Add, delete, enable, or disable the phones that Google Voice forwards calls to

Google Voice is currently in beta and invite only.

Developers who do not want their work to go to waste are embracing the world of iPhone hacks. The latest is the much publicized rejection of Google’s GV Mobile application.

“Yes, it’s a logical step for jailbreakers when facing this kind of case. GV Mobile developer Sean Kovacs has ported the Voice client over to Cydia for free –although donations are gladly accepted– following Apple rejection on all Google Voice-enabled applications and Google’s official Google Voice application. Please note that Google Voice is not a VOIP service. Basically, it’s a service that lets you manage a free phone number that Google gives you. Since the app relies on the Internet connection (3G, EDGE, Wifi, etc), you still need an actual phone plan.”

The GV Mobile features including:

* Dial numbers (domestic for free and international at a variable rate) via the iPhone’s address book or typing in on the keypad
* Send SMS messages
* Retrieve and delete recent call history
* Playback and delete voicemails
* Take calls from different phones other than your iPhone
* Add, delete, enable, or disable the phones that Google Voice forwards calls to

Google Voice is currently in beta and invite only.

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Apple shows its hand

J Russell — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:40:17 +0000

Apple has advised the U.S. Copyright office that Jailbroken iPhones pose a threat to carrier networks and can even damage transmission towers.

Apple made the claim, along with other allegations, in a response to the digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF) request to legalize jailbreaking. The EFF contend the jailbreaking of the iPhone’s software does not violate the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Apple’s full response can be reviewed here. The DMCA, a law that forbids the circumvention of copy control mechanisms, is reviewed every three years by the Copyright Office.

Apple alleges that through jailbreaking, the phone’s baseband processor (BBP) is exposed and can be used by hackers to disrupt carrier networks, as well as change the phones Exclusive Chip Idetnification (ECID) to hide or clone the phones idenitiy. Changing the EICD would enable anonymous calls (think terrorists or drug dealers) or even worse, free calls, although most GSM carriers rely on the SIM for identity and billing considerations.

Regardless, Apple is making a play to lock out competition and impose (ever changing) limits on products that have been lawfully purchased. Let’s hope the iPhone community continues to fight back.

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