by Simon Ng on February 21, 2010
For those who are new to iPhone jailbreaking, it is not uncommon you will have the following questions in your mind:
Can my iPhone 3GS be unlocked?
What tool should I use to unlock my iPhone? blacksn0w or ultrasn0w?
What’s the bootloader version of my iPhone?
How can I know if my iPhone is tethered or untethered jailbreak?
With various [...]
by Simon Ng on January 24, 2010
In case you have not heard of Qik, you better put your geek hat on and get up to speed. So, what is Qik? Qik is a website that allows you to share video from your mobile device to the Internet. You can log into Qik using your Facebook or Twitter account and whenever you [...]
by Simon Ng on January 16, 2010
Dated back to June 2007, Apple introduced the first version of iPhone (aka iPhone 2G) that wowed everyone and redefined what a mobile phone should look like. In June 2008, Apple continued to amaze everyone with the second generation of iPhone called iPhone 3G that supports faster 3G data speed and GPS. A year later, [...]
by Simon Ng on December 23, 2009
Epic Games has ported its Unreal Engine 3, the same game engine that powered Gears of War 2, to iPhone and iPod Touch. Earlier, the company has showed a game demo, which is actually a modified version of Unreal Tournament, to Mark Rein of AnanadTech on iPod Touch. As you’ll see in the video after [...]
by Simon Ng on November 28, 2009
As we are approaching the holiday season, we’ll see more great deals. Here is one for U.S. customer:
AT&T is now offering refurbished 16GB iPhone 3GS for $49 for new customers. What’s more is that it includes free overnight shipping and free activation.
The refurbished iPhone 3GS comes with the same warranty as the new unit. So, [...]
by Simon Ng on November 9, 2009
Other than the YouTube, GPS, Wifi problems, some AT&T users reported they lose the Internet Tethering option after jailbreaking with blackra1n. If you haven’t heard of Internet Tethering, it’s a feature on iPhone that lets you share the 3G connection with your laptop (PC or Mac) to connect to the Internet. With tethering, your iPhone [...]
by Simon Ng on November 6, 2009
Previously, I have posted up the jailbreak guide for iPhone 2G running OS 3.1.2. Here is the complete jailbreak guide for iPhone 3G/3GS using blackra1n and blacksn0w.
For starter, blackra1n is the popular jailbreak tool, developed by GeoHot, that lets you jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1.2 on all models of iPhone. For blacksn0w, it’s the only [...]
by Simon Ng on October 27, 2009
GeoHot has released an updated version of his jailbreak tool – Blackra1n RC2. Known as the easiest jailbreak tool that the whole jailbreak process completes in 30 seconds, blackra1n targets to jailbreak any iPhone running OS 3.1.2. The RC2 version comes with the following updates:
Fixed 3G issues
Tethered jailbreak for 3.1 OOTB ipt 8GB and new [...]
by Simon Ng on October 25, 2009
Last time, we talked about using Nike+ to pair with iPhone 3GS to keep track your workouts. The problem is Nike+ sport kit officially can only be used with Nike+ compatible shoe, which has a pocket under the insole. It’s just too expensive to buy a brand-new pair of Nike+ shoe. So, how can you [...]