Showing posts with label iPhone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iPhone. Show all posts

Monday, August 16, 2010

Installing Frash the easy way

It is frustrated when i heard iOS4 still do not allow the flash compatibility in the iPhone. Sad. Why do you need Flash on the iPhone? To see banner ads? No, not really.

You need Flash to see the whole Web: the one with icky-Flash intros that block you from accessing the main website, the Flash-based menu for a favorite local restaurant, the Flash videos that haven't yet been re-encoded for your iPhone, and so on. It may not be the Web you want to see, but it's the Web that, for now, you still need to see.

And now there's a way to get this content on your iPhone: Frash. Huhuuhuh.. big thanks to Comex.

To install Frash (aka flash for iphone) properly, you'll need to refer to a how-to guide, like this one hosted on Redmond Pie. But to sum up: You must first jailbreak your phone, download the .deb, upload it to a folder on your iPhone using SSH, restart your phone and... what's that? Did I lose you? Too freaky right?

There is another way, the easy way actually.You can just install Frash from Cydia, the jailbreak app store instead.

In order to accomplish this feat, you'll need to already have a jailbroken phone.

Then the instructions are as follows:

1. Launch Cydia and tap the "Manage" button
2. Tap "Sources"
3. Tap the "Edit" button (top-right)
4. Tap "Add" (top-left)
5. In the pop-up box, type http:///repo.benm.at/
6. Tap "Add Source" to close the box
7. Tap the "Done" button (top-right)
8. Go to the "Search" section in Cydia and search for "Frash"
9. Install the app.

Done!

Now you have Frash on your iPhone. SBSettings users can also add the "Frash Toggle" to easily switch Frash on or off. (You'll want to keep it off for the most part because it can hog the battery).

Friday, August 13, 2010

iPhone 4 wallpaper size

:) like to write all i know about tis thing. hahaaaa.. now i own myself this incredible device - iPhone 4 with iOS4.0.1 running on it. Ok let's move on and continue your reading. This litte entry about to create your own wallpaper for iPhone 4. Before that we need to know a little bit about iPhone screen resolutions and display.

The comparison iPhone 4 vs iPhone 3GS display:-

iPhone 4 official Display spec:

* Retina display
* 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
* 960-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi
* 800:1 contrast ratio (typical)
* Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating on front and back
* Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

iPhone 3GS official Display spec

* 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
* 480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 ppi
* Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
* Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

Even though iPhone 4 have the same screen size as iPhone 3GS (3.5-inch diagonal), but both iPhone have a different pixel resolution. iPhone 3GS have 480x320 pixel resolution and iPhone 4 have 960x640 pixel resolution. Therefore, the best wallpaper size if you like to create your own wallpaper for your iPhone 4 is 640x960 pixel resolution (horizontal),960x640 (landscape) and 640x960 (portrait) wallpaper size. The iPhone 4 features a “Retina Screen”, which is Apple’s fancy name for a high resolution mobile display.

How to Make iPhone 4 Wallpaper

Making wallpaper for the iPhone 4 is very easy. Just like making wallpaper for any other device or computer screen, you just need to get the right dimensions and make an image of that exact size.

Now it's up to you to create your own wallpaper using your favourite photo/image editing software. I'm using photoshop and gimp. :)

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Changing Your iPhone’s Default SSH Password

If you jailbreak your iPhone, the first thing you ABSOLUTELY MUST DO is change the default filesystem password.When you jailbreak, the filesystem’s password is set to the common password “alpine.” As people usually don’t bother changing this password after performing a jailbreak, it’s really easy for hackers to get access to any jailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch on a public network.

Changing the password is quick and easy. At your devices, you need to install "MobileTerminal".
Go to your cydia and search for it. Then install. Then follow this steps:-

Here’s how to change the default SSH password after jailbreaking:
1. Navigate to the newly installed ‘MobileTerminal’ application and tap to open.

2. In MobileTerminal, type ‘su root’ and tap return. It will ask you for a password, enter ‘alpine’ and tap return again.

3. Now, type ‘passwd’ and then tap return. Type in a new password such as ‘secret’ and tap return. Retype the new password to confirm and then tap return one last time to change the password.

4. Now, your SSH password will be changed and your device will be protected against any future hacks that use SSH to access your device.

note:- if you're not using mobileterminal, just ssh your device from your computer and ssh to it :-

root@rude-desktop:/home/dr_rude# ssh 10.23.140.243 -l root
root@10.23.140.243's password:
dzuls-iPhone:~ root# ls
Library/ Media/
dzuls-iPhone:~ root# passwd
Changing password for root.
New password:
Retype new password:
dzuls-iPhone:~ root# ls
Library/ Media/
dzuls-iPhone:~ root#

:) pretty dead easy fellas!

Changing iPhone SMS Tones

Pretty boring to be limited to only a couple of sounds, right? Well to be honest, i kinda like the default sound, and they are for an SMS, not a call so… But some of you might want to change and personalize your SMS tones. Of course you can do that with ToneFXs , but thats not free, and pretty much all the crack methods out there, work and not really.Well, there always was a way to change the tones as long as you are on a jailbroken device because, yeah you guessed it, you will need to SSH.

First you will need to get some sounds. You can search for them with google or with your favorite P2P client and maybe you can find some torrents. The sounds must be in .aiff format. If they are not .aiff, dont worry just drop them into iTunes ( or any other converter ) and convert them to .aiff.

TIP: if you are on Mac, than you must know Adium. Just go to the Adium site and go to extras. You will find plenty of sounds there.

Once the sounds are ready SSH into your iPhone and go to: /System/Library/Audio/Uisounds.

for example : if your iPhone ip address is 10.23.140.243, from your computer (using ssh or terminal) issue the following command :-

ssh 10.23.140.243 -l root
enter your iphone ssh password for root which is "alpine" by default.
you may change it for security reasons. i'll write another article for it later. :)
updated : here is the article about how to change default iphone ssh password.

There you will have all the default SMS tones. Here’s the tricky part: you must get rid of one of them. Let me explain: just copy the name of the text tone you don’t want and rename your new audio file that name (so if i have new_tone.aiff and sms-received2.caf rename new_tone.aiff to sms-received2.caf) then it will replace that text tone.So if you wanted to replace the chime text tone you would rename your new_tone.aiff to sms-received2.caf and so on for what ever you wanted to change. Enjoy! :)

Note : I'm tested this method using iPhone 2g 8gb (3.1.3) and iPhone 4 16gb (4.0.1). Should work with others iPhone family! :)

Sunday, August 8, 2010

How to make iPhone ringtones on Mac for free?

Read my break down below on how to make a custom iPhone ringtone, totally free, using JUST iTunes 9.2.1.

1. Find an MP3 (not AAC or anything with DRM [i.e. not bought, except Amazon])
2. Right click on the MP3 and choose ‘Get Info' and select ‘Options'
3. Set the start and stop time to your favorite part of the song. You'll want it to be no more than 20 seconds in length
4. Click ‘ok'
5. Right click on the song again, this time choose ‘Create AAC Version'
6. Drag the newly made AAC file from iTunes to your desktop
7. Delete the newly made AAC file from iTunes (it won't work if you have duplicates)
8. Change the name of the extension (the file on your desktop) from ‘m4a' to ‘m4r'
9. Now drag the file, with the new extension, back into your iTunes Library. It should appear in your ringtones section.
10.Sync your iphone. :)

If you want to make iPhone ringtones from DVD or videos, you need use software to extract audio from DVD or videos to MP3 first. iMedia Converter can help you to extract audio from DVD and videos to MP3. Then you can use iTunes to make iPhone Ringtones.

Friday, August 6, 2010

How To Turn Off Spell Check On Your iPhone 4

If you too are bugged by the Spell check feature (which is usually very helpful,except at times) on your iPhone or iPod Touch and want the spell check feature to be disabled so that you can type out all the words as you want them to appear, this article is a must read for you.

The process is pretty simple and straight forward, on your iPod Touch or iPhone head over to the Settings menu, then tap on General, next tap on the item called Keyboard. Once in the Keyboard item menu, all you need to do is turn off autocorrection. This will disable the spell check feature on your iPod Touch or iPhone device.

You can even set the Auto-Capitalization feature to ON or OFF from the same menu.

Iphone 4 : Activation, Jailbreak and Unlocked

Good day everyone. In order to use your iPhone, you have to activate it. While setting up the orignal iPhone and iPhone 3G required using iTunes, newer models are activated and mostly set up in the store. This is a step-by-step guide to everything you need to know about iPhone activation to get you started using it right away!

Activation :-

This method i tested using iphone 4. :) Turn on your iphone and attached it to your computer. Make sure your iTunes is the latest version, which is 9.2.1. I don't i highly recommend that to upgrade your iTunes first. After that get connected to your pc using USB cable that provided to you and follow the screen instructions. Enter your details there and you'll be asked about your iStore account too. iStore account is important for to access tones of apps in the Apple apps store.

Jailbreak :-

These are instructions on how to jailbreak any iPhone (including the iPhone 4) on iOS 4 using JailbreakMe by Comex. Before beginning make sure your device is activation on iOS 4.0.0 or 4.0.1. Ok for jailbreaking follow the steps below :-

1. Press to launch Safari from your Springboard. Make sure you get connected to the internet.
2. Press to select the address bar and input http://jailbreakme.com then press the Done button.
3. To begin the jailbreak simply move the slider to right. [slide to jailbreak]
4. You will be displayed a status bar as the download progresses.
5. Once the download is complete the jailbreak process will begin
6. Once you are notified that the jailbreak process is complete press the OK button.
7. Press the Home button to reveal Cydia on your desktop!
8. Congratulations you are done! You may now continue by installing UltraSn0w to unlock :)

Unlock :-

You still can't use your iPhone because your SIM is not officially iPhone carrier. In Malaysia, if you want to use iPhone 4, you need to wait for Maxis announced it arrival. Maxis is a official carrier for iPhone in Malaysia. So if you're using others service such as Celcom or DIGI, then you need to unlock it first. :) Here's how :-

Before you can follow these instructions you must have a jailbroken iPhone and you must be on the 04.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01, 05.13.04, or 01.59 baseband(modem firmware).

1. Launch Cydia Installer from your SpringBoard.Make sure you get connected to the internet.
2. Press to select the Manage tab at the bottom of the screen.
3. Press to select the large Sources button
4. If the ultrasn0w repo is not present press the Edit button at the top right of the screen.
Otherwise, skip to step nine.
5. Press the Add button at the top left of the screen.
6. Enter http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com/ as the source url and press the Add Source button.
7. Once the source has been added press the large Return to Cydia button.
8. Press the Done button at the top right of the screen.
9. Press to select repo666.ultrasn0w.com from the list of user entered sources.
10.Press to select ultrasn0w from the list of packages
11.Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.
12.Press the Confirm button at the top right of the screen.
13.After installation completes successfully press the large Return to Cydia button.
14.Now press the Home button then power off and power on the iPhone.
15.You should now be able to insert the SIM of your choice! :D

A big thank you to all the members of the iPhone Dev-Team for all their hard work! It is much appreciated by all.

That's it fellas.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Iphone 2g : Jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1.3 Firmware with RedSn0w [ windows ]

Hi jailbreakers! :)

If you're in the great mood to do some extreme part, then kindly read on. I'm writing this article/howto for the iphone 2g fans. :) The iPhone OS 3.1.3 firmware updates the Baseband of your iPhone 3GS and 3G hence making it impossible to unlock these device using BlackSn0w installed via BlackRa1n. Fortunately iPhone 2G users are on the safe side in case of unlock because iPhone 2G Baseband remain intact while updating to iPhone firmware 3.1.3 (provided that you have jailbroken it previously at least once).

MuscleNerd from the Dev-team has confirmed that using RedSn0w 0.9.3 you can jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1.3 on the following devices:

* jailbreak iPhone 3G 3.1.3 (but cannot unlock)
* jailbreak iPhone 2G 3.1.3 (can unlock as well)
* jailbreak iPod Touch 2G (non-MC model only)
* jailbreak iPod Touch 1G

If you're in the iOS4, then no need for you to read this article on. Hahahhaaa

All right, let's move on.
Disclaimer: Follow this guide at your own risk. I can’t be help responsible if ANYTHING goes wrong.
Step 1

* Download iTunes 9.0.3 and install it.
* Download RedSn0w 0.9.3 (Windows)
* Download Firmware 3.1.3 for your device
* Download Firmware 3.1.2 for your device (Yes, OS 3.1.2 as well)
* Download Bootloaders (for iPhone 2G unlock ONLY)

note : remember not to use the latest version of itunes for this to happen. you'll encounter problems then.

Extract the RedSn0w & Bootloaders archive and put the them and firmware IPSW files (iPhone firmware 3.1.3 and iPhone firmware 3.1.2) into a folder on your desktop.

Step 2

Open the iTunes, select your device from the left navigation pane.

Hold down the SHIFT key on Windows and hit the Restore button in iTunes. Navigate to the downloaded firmware 3.1.3 for your device and select the firmware file (.ipsw) and hit Open.

iTunes will start restoring your iPhone firmware to iPhone OS 3.1.3.

Step 3

Once your iPhone is updates to OS 3.1.3, run the downloaded RedSn0w file.

Step 4

Hit the Browse button and provide it the downloaded firmware 3.1.2 file NOT 3.1.3 because RedSn0w 0.9.3 will not recognize iPhone OS 3.1.3.

Step 5

RedSn0w will verify your firmware file. Once done, hit the Next button.

Step 6 (for iPhone 2G users ONLY. Others please skip to Step 7)

To unlock iPhone 2G, select Install Cydia and Unlock options and provide the bootloader files.
If you just want to jailbreak iPhone 2G 3.1.3 then choose Install Cydia and hit next.

Step 7

On the next screen, check mark your desired options. For the purpose of this guide just choose Install Cydia and hit next. Select custom logos if you want them too. Hit Next.

Step 8

Read the on screen instructions to put your iPhone into DFU Mode.Once you’ve entered into DFU Mode, RedSn0w will do its work and on successful completion, your iPhone will reboot.

You have successfully jailbreak iPhone 2G 3.1.3 and iPhone 3G 3.1.3.

Note :- I strongly recommend iPhone 3GS and 3G users to stay away from iPhone OS 3.1.3 until unless iPhone Dev Team or GeoHotz come up with updated jailbreak and unlock tool. However, you can always jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1.2 using Custom Firmware, RedSn0w, PwnageTool, Sn0wBreeze, BlackRa1n and unlock iPhone OS 3.1.2 using UltraSn0w and BlackSn0w.