by Simon Ng on July 4, 2009
You probably think iPhone Dev team finally decides to release the jailbreak solution for iPhone 3GS.
But it’s not…
The first jailbreak solution for iPhone 3GS is released by GeoHot, who is the same guy that developed an unlock solution for the 1st generation iPhone dated back to 2007.
GeoHot named the jailbreak application as Purplera1n, which is now in Beta and available for Windows only (but no Windows 7 support). The developer also mentioned the Mac version will be released shortly.
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by Simon Ng on July 4, 2009
Other than those prominent features (e.g. video editing, voice control), iPhone 3GS has come with some minor but nice touches. One of them is the battery percentage switch in Settings that allows you to change the battery life indicator to percentage representation.
I’m sure not all of you are using iPhone 3GS or have any plan for the upgrade. But you probably want to use this precise battery meter to show the battery life on iPhone 2G/3G.
In this post, I’ll walk you through and show how you can change the battery indicator to percentage form. And, don’t worry. This guide is not just designed for iPhone 3GS and it applies to all iPhones (to be exact, jailbroken iPhone).
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by Simon Ng on July 3, 2009
For those who are waiting for Backgrounder’s support for iPhone 3.0, this is a good news for you. Backgrounder has released a new version to support iPhone 3.0. You can now use this cydia app on jailbroken iPhone and put application to run in background.
However, don’t expect Backgrounder comes with all features as its predecessor. It’s a preliminary release and provides basic function. All the optional features (e.g. badges) are not available for this release. But hopefully, they will be available soon.
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