itunes 8 tries to put another brick in the wall for jailbreak (pwn)’ers

Gezz.  I was taking a causal  look at community feeder and found this article… iTunes 8.0 iPhone Jailbreak Detection Thwarted from iphoneFAQ web site. Basically, what they are trying to do is force a compromised sync (perhaps sync lock in the future?) if jailbreak is detected. Give me a break. I’m soooo grateful that I almost… Read More

iphone 2.1 OS update is out – you will lose jailbreak (pwn)

I’m not sure I want to update yet, one of my core complaints does not seem to be addressed (where the keypad does not hide and unhide correctly during a call). I’ll give it a few days and see what is said.  For those of us with jailbroken phones, we would have to lose our… Read More

iphone as a bicycle computer – the ebike tests

The last week has been insanely busy, so I have not even had time for a quick 10 mile ride in the hills.  I did however take my ebike to get lunch and did a recording just for fun. Now for those of you who do not ride electric bikes, (and I’m guessing that is… Read More

LED football for the iphone is here!! Woot!!

Yea baby yea!!  I said I would let ya’ll know when its out and here it is.. MMmm.. Like you can reach out and touch the buttons. 🙂 Email from Mark I just got today.. Hello Sports Fans: LED Football is officially live and in the App Store and shooting for the very top! Apple… Read More

todays iphone tip: get your photos without itunes

I’m not going to go into details on why I do not like itunes, but here is an easy way to get your images if you are using XP.  Just plug the iphone in!  You should get a popup in a few sec’s asking what to do with the images on your device.  Nice eh?… Read More

tip #2 screen capture on the iphone

Someone asked about how I get my screenshots on the iphone.. Easy.. If you are using 2.0, all you need to do is press the top right power button and the home button at the same time.  You do not have to hold them down. The screen will flash white and an image of your… Read More

iphone as a walking computer? eh…

In my last post I used the a program called TrackThing while biking and was quite impressed.  So now I tried it again as I walked for my coffee..  Top speed of 40mph?  Hmmm… I may have to look for another program for walking.  Will try running once the heat wave is done out here.… Read More

iphone as a bicycle computer? Yea!

I did a ‘maintenance ride’ today and thought I would try out a new iphone app I downloaded last night called TrackThing. I basically turned it on, put it in the small pouch on the back of the bike and took off, ibiking if you will. {UPDATE} Since writing this post I have reviewed a number… Read More

iphone tips to reduce dropped calls

If you are on the edge of reception, these steps will help.. Turn off 3G – like I have not said that enough. Put the phone down.  Holding the phone reducing reception.  Use handsfree or a headset. Wired headset preferably. Plug it in.  The iphone works better both because the cable is attached and the… Read More

Winpwn (jailbreak) 2.5 is out

I have not tried it, but the read is good. 🙂 aaannd here is the link. I did not see anything to make me change the jailbreak I already have, but here is new in 2.5 – QuickPwn Support for 2.0/2.0.1/2.0.2 – Root partition resize support – Installer support – Basic / Expert modes -… Read More

Mix iphone dropped calls and radio call in shows … FAIL

A friend of mine was telling me about people calling into radio shows and having their iphone drop them in the middle of the call. Now, we know cell phones are not great, and I have heard shows where a cell call was lost, but given the expectation of a new phone to perform well,… Read More

iphone security hole and how to fix it.

I heard about this today at a iphone meet up and now its on digg.  I’ve already fixed the hole on my phone and I recommend everyone else do it too.   The following text is from this article. There’s a huge security problem in the latest iPhone 2.0.2: if you have your JesusPhone password protected,… Read More

Apps that made it worth jailbreaking (pwn)

There are a number of cool apps for a jailbroken phone that you cannot get via the app store, although most of them are not working on the 2.0.x phones yet…  waiting…. However, even just for these 3 apps/functions, its worth it. 1) Record video.  The quality is not that great, normally around 15 fps,… Read More

I just jailbroke my iphone, should you?

When I first got the 3G, I decided to hold off on jailbreak till it was out for awhile and hopefully most of the bugs worked out. Now I’m not saying its as clean as some of the jailbreaks 1.0.2+, but the 2.0.2 pwn’s are starting to look good.  After reading near 100 comments, I… Read More

minor improvement with iphone 2.0.2

I’ve kept 3G on for the last 3 days and have found that 3G seem to hold up a bit and the number of call being dropped with 3G on seemed to go down a bit, but not enough to really say, ‘yes, its improved’.  I was hopefull for awhile that the bug where the… Read More

Should I upgrade to the iPhone 3G – list of questions and answers

A number of friends are getting iphones and I’m starting to hear the same questions come up, so here is a quick list of questions and answers How do I sync this thing? You need to have itunes. Sorry, no way around this.. and i have been looking. However, I would recommend getting this application.… Read More

iphone 2.0.2 OS update is out, and installed, and …

… and a bunch of nothing.  Yea, the browser seemed a touch faster, but that is a cleared cache affect. I live on the edge of service so what I was looking for is a stronger and more stable 3G browsing experience. Well, first impression is that it’s the same.  I’m going to leave it… Read More

iphone keyboard numpad stays on during a call. FAIL

Sigh.. Ok, another rant on why I regret going to the new iphone.. <rant> During a phone call, quite often the keypad will be displayed and active.  So I will be talking and either I hear beeps, mostly the key “2” or the other phone pad will show up and I’ll brush against the mute… Read More