How to fix a sticky home button on the iPhone 4 Over the past month I’ve had a problem with the home button not always working on my iPhone 4. My first thought was dirt, but it was inconsistent. I figured it has to be a software glitch keeping the home button from registering a click. The first thing I tried was reboots. That worked, but… Read More
iPhone 5 vs. Galaxy S III: Lets compare In this corner, we have the iPhone 5 and in the other corner we have the Samsung Galaxy S III. Both have received much acclaim since the recent media frenzy regarding Apple’s patent lawsuit against Samsung and now that the dust has cleared, all techies and fans are concerned with is, which one performs the… Read More
Remote home monitoring system on the cheap. Or how to catch a cat. Its travel time! And like any traveler who lived in Oakland I’m worried someone is going to break into my place. There are older tricks I use to try to reduce the risk, have friends stopping by, I have a timer that turns on and off the lights and TV. The normal stuff for those… Read More
How to get Siri voice to read notification banners through jailbreak. There is a cool jailbreak app that will read you banner notifications using Siri voice called VSNotifications. Nice! Credit http://appadvice.com/ via ‘The Great iPhone Jailbreak‘ for this one. You can get this from the Cydia Store in the BigBoss repository. Once installed you enabled it from a new pane that will be added to the… Read More
More data that fewer people are using Maps in iOS6, Apple fan boys get their panties in a bunch. Last week I wrote a story on the reduction of people using iOS Maps, and cross posted on VentureBeat on how Snappli did a quick survey of use patters and found a significant drop in the number of people using Maps after iOS6. Of course, plenty of fanboys got all in a huff questioning results,… Read More
How to revert (downgrade) from iOS6 to iOS5 using jailbreak. Step by Step So you did it. Now you want to go back to iOS5 from iOS6. Of course iPhone 5 and 4s users are out of luck but if you have the iPhone 4, you can still correct your mistake. All you need is a jailbreak. However, if you do have the iPhone 4s or 5, you… Read More
Here is proof and data that iOS6 maps sucks, people are not using it anymore So its pretty much old news that iOS6 maps is awful. Many writers have noted its Maps failures and its even garnered a growing tumbler of fail. Its so bad, Apple actually apologized. However, we are now seeing data for the first time just how drastic the rejecting of maps is from iOS6 users. A… Read More
How to get Cydia on your iphone 5 iOS6 jailbreak!!! Here are the steps As we all learned Cydia is still not available on the “Tethered” jailbreak that is available for iOS6 from RedsnOw.com . But that doesn’t mean that it is impossible to do. The process is actually quite simple, and even someone with little programming skills can do it. So lets get it done. All you need… Read More
iOS6 maps sucks so bad, I’m writing a follow up. So I played a bit more with the iphone 5, the real deal, not my emulator, and Maps is worse then I thought. So much that I thought I would bitch about it again. However, before I let lose the downvotes, let me say right off, the iphone 5 is fast! fast fast fast! I… Read More
Here is a 14.5 million triangle model paged to an iPad… …with a smooth frame rate and built on open web technologies. The IGD team at Fraunhofer, a German research institute, is doing some really amazing things regarding delivering high polygon count web3d scenes on mobile devices using WebGL and X3Dom. X3Dom is a framework for integrating and manipulating X3D scenes as HTML5/DOM elements. Pat yourself on the back if you… Read More
iOS6 and the new iPhone5!!! Lets jailbreak! So as we are all aware, the new iPhone 5 was announced yesterday with a lengthy list of new specs, by apple, along with the new iPod 5g (the first of which to be released with a multi color color display option). Both of which are going to have the anticipated iOS6 on them. According… Read More
LongCat shows how much bigger the iphone5 is over the iphone4 Leave it to LongCat to make it perfectly clear how much larger the screen of the iphone5 is compared to the iphone4.. Love it. BTW, if you did not already know Apple moved from 3.5 to 4 inches. Not a large screen size, but bigger. Enjoy! Credit re1jo from Reddit for this.… Read More
GooPhone i5 to take a bite out of Apple, with an Android iPhone and a lawsuit This is gold. Announced last week, the Chinese manufacture GooPhone decided to take all the iphone 5 rumors out there and create that phone. However, instead of running iOS on this, they would run Android. Now this is funny enough, but it seems that since Apple did not patent the iphone 5 specs yet, GooPhone… Read More
Here are the rumored iphone5 earbuds (headphones). And.. what? Video Ok, so first off, I have no idea how real this is, however, Tinhte.vn, who released the photos and images have been able to get sneak peaks before, let’s have some fun and say they are legit. Also check the vidoe at the end of the post. First off, how in the world are these… Read More
Got a 3GS? Why not trade up for a 4S? According to recent reports released by Apple, 3GS devices my be running low in the arsenal of their products. With a release date of late September moved forward to the 12th, the new iPhone5 looks like it may be pushing the (now 3 year old) iPhone 3GS to the curb. According to 9to5mac.com… “until further… Read More
BITESms half off from the big boss!! “ONE WEEK ONLY: biteSMS licenses on SALE HALF PRICE!!! Check out biteSMS, Settings, Themes…NICE!!! Added a ‘mark as read’ icon in the Apple banner roll notification. Added the ability to display the contact pic in the ‘Lock Screen Notification List’ (see biteSMS, Settings, More Stuff, Contact Pics). Better control of Quick Reply. See biteSMS,… Read More
If your thinking of Jailbreaking or have no idea!! So you just got an iDevice. Welcome to the club, pal. I dont mean it with any disrespect, but nowadays, every family has about 2 iDevices. And guess what? Only one third of them are jailbroken. And it’s kind of a mix between they dont know how, they dont trust it, or simply they have… Read More
Planning on “Jailbreaking” iOS6 Beta? If you have been following along with all of the guys who are behind the scenes of jailbreaking, then you already know. Some how, amazingly fast productivity has kept them on the heals of the the iOS6 developers. Releasing update after update of jailbreaks. Presently, you can upgrade your iDevice, by downloading the iOS6 firmware… Read More
7 GREAT TWEAKS FOR YOUR iDEVICE THAT WILL GIVE IT A BETTER LOOK, FEEL, AND BETTER FUNCTIONALITY! Today it seems, that as soon as someone gets their first “iDevice” they “jailbreak” so they can customize it. But you really making the best of your devices use? Especially when you just put apps like, flashlight, and sounds boards. Here is a great list of 7 Tweaks that will make your spring board… Read More