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Easy iPhone Unlocking with RedSn0w – Jailbreak an iPhone

Bobby Jay — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:06:46 +0000

IPhone unlocking has become something of an art form in recent years–one that continues unabated ever since the Library of Congress gave its official seal of legality to the entire unlocking — or “jailbreaking — process in mid-2010. Since then, nearly every iOS update from Apple has been unlocked or jailbroken within weeks or even days of its release. The current iOS is the 4.3.5 security update from back in July of 2011. And, true to form, the 4.3.5 iPhone OS has already been unlocked by the team known as “RedSn0w.”

RedSn0w — a group of iOS hackers dedicated to maintaining up-to-date jailbreaking methods — offers a free iPhone unlock program by the same name that makes for an incredibly easy iPhone unlocking experience regardless of your level of technical savvy. There are a few caveats, however. First, this is a tethered unlock, meaning if you ever have to restart your iPhone, you will have to plug it back into your computer to ensure it works properly. Second, the free iPhone unlock only works with the third and fourth generation iPhone. Lastly, you cannot jailbreak iOS 4.3.5 if you are already using a carrier-unlock hack. Assuming none of that has put you off your feed, let’s get started with this easy iPhone unlocking process.

First, download both the iPhone 4.3.5 and the iPhone 4.3.4 iOS firmware updates as well as the RedSn0w program for either Windows or Mac, depending on your equipment.

Once you’ve gotten the required files, launch the RedSn0w program and hit the “Browse” button. Locate the iPhone OS 4.3.4 firmware update, select it and click “Open.”

Click the “Next” button when prompted by the RedSn0w window and then select the “Install Cydia” option. Leave all the other options blank and click the “Next” button again.

Turn off your iPhone when directed by the RedSn0w window and connect it to your PC via the included USB cable. Click the “Next” button yet again once you’ve gotten the iPhone hooked up properly. The next screen will instruct you to put your iPhone into DFU mode for the jailbreaking process.

Hold down the power button — with the iPhone still off — for five seconds. Once the five seconds are up, press and hold the “Home” button on the iPhone without releasing the power button. Hold both buttons down for ten seconds. Release the power button after ten seconds but continue holding the Home button for about another 15 seconds. RedSn0w will automatically detect when your device enters DFU mode.

Click the “Next” button to begin the iPhone unlocking process. This process will take anywhere from a few minutes to upwards of thirty depending on your iPhone and the software you had installed. It is recommended that you not perform any computer-related tasks while your iPhone is in the unlocking process. It is also recommended you not touch or do anything with your iPhone during this process, mostly because trying to use your iPhone during the unlocking will likely result in a bricked iPhone.

Continue waiting until RedSn0w informs you that the process is finished. You should now have a fully-jailbroken iPhone 4.3.5. Please note that any time your iPhone loses power or reboots, you will get stuck in the Apple Logo loop screen. You will have to plug your iPhone back into the computer, run RedSn0w again and check the “Just Boot Tethered Right Now” option in the launch screen in order to get the iPhone working again.

You Need to Jailbreak Your IPhone

You Need to Jailbreak Your IPhone

Bobby Jay — Sun, 16 May 2010 18:46:07 +0000

IPhone, a product of Apple is state of art touch screen smart phone available in market. Its touch screen technology makes it unique among its competitors. When you use it, you will suddenly realize that there are some applications who don’t get installed on device.

All smartphones have some limitations. Firmware of Nokia Symbian Handsets is supposed to be hijacked to install any kind of software without any instruction. Cracked Software that is shareware and requires License key also get installed without any hitch.

Same is the situation with iphone. If you want to install all kind of applications without any restriction and want to use phone without any SIM or country lock, you have to JailBreak your Iphone operating system. Lets understand the Jailbreaking concept.

Jail Breaking:-

Thanks to internet, we have great sources of knowledge like WiKi. According to Wiki Jailbreaking is;

Jailbreaking is a process that allows iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch users to run any code on their devices, as opposed to only that code authorized by Apple. Once jailbroken, iPhone users are able to download many applications previously unavailable through the App Store via unofficial installers such as Cydia, as well as illegally pirated apps. A jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch is still able to use and update apps downloaded and purchased from Apple’s official App Store.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jailbreaking_for_iPhone_OS

So it’s clear that, if you want to take maximum benefit from your IPhone or IPad, you have to jailbreak the OS. You have free hand to install any software of your choice.

Read this article for detailed procedure of JailBreaking along with firmware upgradation.

Easy iPhone Unlocking with RedSn0w – Jailbreak an iPhone

Twitter for BlackBerry SmartPhone

Bobby Jay — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:17:36 +0000

Twitter is widely used as social networking and marketing for your business. And now a days twitter becomes a must have tool for bloggers, business and all ventures that require marketing. Just analyze the popularity of twitter from the fact that there are many applications launched for twitter to enhance its usage and usability.

If twitter is so much popular then how smart phones can use it. Yes we have applications for popular smart phones like Nokia, iphone etc.[adsense]

But Blackberry is not in the list! Friends BlackBerry has launched its application for twitter. Now business class users have complete access to twitter via their BIS enabled BlackBerry sets.

All cell phones companies are now in the race to provide more extendibility to their cell phone via small applications which can be installed later like the Twitter for BlackBerry SmartPhone. Though iphone is in lead in this filed, they have over one hundred thousand applications for iphone. Nokia Symbian based Smartphone are not in too much lead but they also have sixteen thousand applications for their Smartphone.

BlackBerry took a step towards social networking by providing the application for their Smartphone. Click here to download application or BlackBerry Smart Phone.

OVI Maps, Turn by Turn Drive and Walk Navigation

Bobby Jay — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:08:00 +0000

What is OVI? OVI is Nokias’ brand for its internet services. OVI was primary focused for five services, which were games, map, media, messaging and music. This list is further extended now and OVI is supporting a lot of other features like OVI Maps, Messaging and e-mail etc. They have added latest feature to OVI product line is Nokia Life Tools.

OVI applications can be used from NOKIA smart phone or through PC via OVI suite. A small application is installed on your smart phone and you have to access to OVI store to download mobile applications for your mobile.

OVI suite is an alternate to Nokia Pc Suite and OVI Maps has fully replaced Nokia Maps, with added advanced features.

Taking a step forward, OVI has now launched free navigational support to its Maps. Free drive and walk navigation service is provided on latest OVI maps 3.0. OVI is the first in GPS industry having Drive navigation along with Pedestrian Navigation. Just install latest version of OVI maps and have access to these features of navigational system,

Free Drive navigation
Free Walk navigation
Free maps and map updates
Free Events guides
Free Lonely Planet guides
Free Michelin guides.

OVI Maps Navigation has support for following mobile devices,

Nokia X6,
Nokia N97 mini,
E72,
E55,
E52,
Nokia 6730 classic,
Nokia 6710 Navigator,
Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic,
Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition,
Nokia 5230.

OVi maps have free Maps for more than 70 countries. Like other companies providing Navigational services, you don’t have to buy maps. All maps are free of cost. You only have to Download Map Loader and have access to all maps for free download. Navigational support feature is not ended here; OVI has introduced Voice navigational support as an added feature. Voice support is also available in different languages. Now Nokia owners have decent phone along with all industry standard features.

OVI has provided more than industry standard. Garmin and TOM TOM have now strong competitor who already have 50% and plus mobile phone market share. Garmin is dedicated device for navigation and has voice navigational support, but all Garmin features have a cost tag while OVI is providing these features free of cost. Support is till life time of mobile phone.

Twitter for BlackBerry SmartPhone

OLPC Pedal Powered Laptop For Afghanistan

Bobby Jay — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:16:08 +0000

You have probably heard about OLPC “One Laptop Per Child” a US based non-profit organization. Their mission is to provide cheap educational device for children in developing countries. Previously they were on project of providing laptop “OLPC XO-1” that has cost of 100$ only. Up till now 1,374,500 laptops have been ordered by developing countries with Peru on the top.

Well, every laptop needs power to power on and get battery recharged. What if some country is lacking basic infrastructure and electricity is major issue.

OLPC comes here in with innovative idea of peddle powered laptop. They have introduced a laptop for Afghanistans’ children with power solution provided from pedal. Watch and see video.

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