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Jailbreaking is possible in iOS4 after the 4.0.2 update ? … yes
Aug 15th
Ok, so you fixed the last PDF vulnerability by updating your iPhone/iPad/iPod to 4.0.2 … cool … but you decide that you still want to jailbreak your device … can you do it ? Yes !
According to people the
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Older Apple iOS devices must jailbreak to be secure
Aug 15th
Since Apple released and update 4.0.2 on iPhone/iPad/iPod OS to fix the latest PDF vulnerability that allow to run code into your mobile device running iOS4, the things are clear a jailbreak from jailbreakme.com is not possible anymore, since the PDF vulnerability is fixed. But what happens if you’re running and older version of the iOS like iOS 3.1.3 (reasons not to update? becouse on older devices is still faster then the iOS4 …) ? Right, you guessed, you’re still at risk since the vulnerability was not addressed there… so how can you be safe … there is an app for that on …
Cydia store … and in order to get that you need to jailbreak your phone … do you see the irony ??? …. and the no sense …
Jailbreak for iPhone and iPod running up to iOS 4.0.1
Aug 13th
It is alarming how easy and elegant was this new iPhone/iPod/iPad jailbreak for devices running iOS up to 4.0.1. The exploit , this time from the iPhone Dev Team, called a “beautiful work” by some security researchers is exploiting a vulnerability into the iPhone Safari browser that allows for a back door access, while opening and viewing PDF files. The cool/scarry thing is that this can be exploited just by visiting a webpage that contain this code (www.jailbreakme.com).
The cool thing about this jailbrake is that you can revert any time (if you backup your device, please do that !!!) at your previous ‘official’ firmware from Apple.
Now while this jailbreak is safe and legal, we wonder how long it will take until this vulnerability (already ported to metasploit) may install ‘backdoors’ on your device (well, other then the ones from Apple).
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Is IPhone 3G to slow for iOS4 ?
Jul 30th
Soon after Apple has gotten the iPhone3 antenna problem out from the news by offering free bumpers and saying that other phones have the same problem another issues is hitting the iPhone, this time iPhone 3G
It seems that the iPhone 3G owners who upgraded to the new iOS4 are complaining that the iOS4 is killing the performance of their mobile phones, and they hope that they will see soon an fix from the company from Cupertino. Apple has reported that they begun an investigation about the issue since they have a lot of complains (people are reporting on their blogs about this all over the globe). So should you upgrade your iPhone 3G to the new iOS4 ? Probably not, just wait until the next iOS4 update.
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iPhone Jailbreaking Legal
Jul 27th
If you own an iPhone and want to “jailbreak” it in order to install non-Apple-certified applications, good news – it’s now considered perfectly legal, according to the United States government.
Statement of the Librarian of Congress Relating to Section 1201 Rulemaking
Section 1201(a)(1) of the copyright law requires
This is the fourth time that I have made such a determination. Today I have designated six classes of works. Persons who circumvent access controls in order to engage in noninfringing uses of works in these six classes will not be subject to the statutory prohibition against circumvention.
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Steve Jobs: “We’re not perfect” and free iPhone 4 bumpers for everyone
Jul 17th
Apple decided to hold a short notice conference 10am PDT/1pm EDT, some people believe in a iPhone4 recall (due the antenna issue – now official – “it is a real problem”) or a teaching titled “how to hold the iPhone” or “free bumpers for everyone who bought an iPhone 4) after a very intense week with an “software update” to adjust the iphone signal disappearing (the signal drop still occurs), and discussions removed from the Apple discussions board.
In Cupertino, California, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced during the iPhone 4 press conference Friday that every iPhone 4 user will get a free Apple Bumper to help mitigate antenna problems. This will apply to every user worldwide who buys an iPhone through September 30. iPhone 4 owners who have already purchased one of the $30 bumpers will get a full refund. Users who don’t like the bumper solution and are still unhappy with the iPhone can bring it back for a full refund instead.
This will work only with Apple since iPhone 4 refunds don’t apply to AT&T contracts after 30 days.
When asked if that applied to users who wanted to get out of their AT&T contracts, Jobs said, “I believe so,” but that’s not actually the case.
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iPhone4 antenna issue – hardware or software problem ?
Jul 4th
Soon after the iPhone4 launch with Steve Jobs calling the iPhone with a “genius antenna design” (part of the iPhone frame), people started experimenting loss of signal while holding the phone in a particular way (covering lower left corner).
With no official feedback from Apple (just some unofficial email replay from “Steve Jobs ” (rumors) saying “Do not hold the phone that way” or recommendations to get an iPhone case (for 30$, and no Apple will not pay for that) people start questioning about how much “Apple Cares” about their customers. Friday we got an official confirmation from Apple that indeed iPhone4 has a “loss of signal” problem, but they called this a “non issue” despite of more and more customers experimenting the issue.
The “fix” or maybe “the hack” since I personally don’t think that you can fix a hardware issue in software, is an upcoming software update from Apple. An interesting point is, if this a software problem why Apple is hiring iPhone4 antenna developers.
Some researchers (Brian Klug and Anand Shimpi at tech blog Anandtech) have measured and recorded different ways of holding the iPhone 4 in multiple locations and they compared the signal drop against the Nexus One (with Google’s Android OS). More >
Nice iPhone ads “there is a app for that” – Ex Boyfriends
Jul 3rd
Since Apple has more then 200.000 apps available for the iPhone, it seems really hard to look for an application that does something and to get nothing in return. Today, I found a really funny “there is an app for that ad”, in some ways wrong, in some ways so real, “. Enjoy…
I will like to say “There is an app for that” makes no sense, but I will be wrong here. So did you search for an iPhone app that does something specific and you didn’t find any application ?
Best Buy Trying To Fire Employee Over Those Hilarious EVO Versus iPhone Videos
Jul 1st
By now it seems like just about everyone has seen the iPhone 4 vs. HTC EVO video (and the rebuttal video). The video portrays an electronics store employee trying to convince a person looking for an iPhone 4 to buy an HTC EVO 4G instead. It’s hilarious — like all good humor, so funny because it’s at least partially true. But you know who didn’t find it funny? Best Buy. How do I know that? Because they’re trying to fire the kid who made it.
The video in question was made by Brian Maupin, a 25-year-old based in Kansas City, Missouri. For the past three and a half years he’s been working at Best Buy selling mobile phones. He’s probably not going to be doing that anymore as Best Buy has suspended him indefinitely and is currently taking the steps to terminate him, Maupin tells us. The reason? The video.
The video became so popular (it currently has nearly 1.3 million views on YouTube) that someone at Best Buy corporate saw it. They then put two-and-two together that it was an employee at one of their stores that made it, and the hammer came down. “They felt it disparaged a brand they carried (iPhone/Apple) as well as the store itself and were fearful of stockholders & customers being turned off to Best Buy Mobile,” Maupin says.
iPhone4, the fourth generation of iPhone hardware
Jul 1st
The 4 generation of iPhone is here. iPhone4 is one of the hottest gadgets around, has a new look, more functionality, more appeal. Will be this the ultimate phone for the next month ? Let’s take a look on this mobile
The Front
Looks very hot, apple seems to put his unibody style in every product. The front and back side was made from a new compound, a laminated glass “aluminosilicate glass” chemically strengthened to be 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic, the glass is ultradurable and more scratch resistant than ever, witch seems to be “the same type used for windshield in modern helicopters”.
Still there are some people questioning the strength of the glass that sits on top of the unit’s aluminum frame, saying that is a design flaw that “will bite [Apple] in the future.” (iFixYouri).
We believe that the test is questionable.
The display is a multi-touch display senses your touch using electrical fields, it can register multiple touches at once to support advanced gestures such as pinch to zoom, two-finger tap, and more. The panel then transmits the information to the Retina display below it.
Called “Retina” because of it’s revolutionary 326 pixels per inch “more that the eye can see according to Apple” , the IPS (in-plane switching) technology is the the same technology used in the Apple LED Cinema Display and iPad to achieve a widerviewing angle than on typical LCDs, in theory means you can hold iPhone 4 almost any way you want and still get a brilliant picture.
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