News tagged ‘WiFi’

Patently Apple reported on a two car-related patent applications from Apple, one helping you locate your car that is parked in a large car-park, the other allowing you to use the iPhone as a smart-key.

The smart-key concept is based on using a Bluetooth connection from the iPhone to unlock the car, which could be performed either manually or through a proximity rule, unlocking the car as you approach it.

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As The Wall Street Journal reports, Apple has acquired indoor location positioning company WifiSLAM for around $20 million. Apple has confirmed the acquisition deal, but declined to share any details on its plans for the company. The report said:

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Samsung Galaxy S 4 looks a lot like last year's Galaxy S III model. But there are of course some differences, most notably on the inside. Let's compare some specs:

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UPDATE: Apple released iOS 6.1.3, so you can NOT restore to earlier firmware (both original and custom), unless you have saved your SHSH keys. If you are on iOS 6.0-6.1.2 you can use evasi0n to jailbreak.

Using this tutorial you will be able to create a custom firmware, untether jailbreak and unlock iOS 6.1.2 running on iPhone 4. This tutorial uses Sn0wBreeze 2.9.11 for Windows.

Sn0wBreeze 2.9.11 allows users to preserve modem version for unlock.

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UPDATE: Apple released iOS 6.1.3, so you can NOT restore to earlier firmware (both original and custom), unless you have saved your SHSH keys. If you are on iOS 6.0-6.1.2 you can use evasi0n to jailbreak.

Using this tutorial you will be able to create a custom firmware, untether jailbreak and unlock iOS 6.1.2 running on iPhone 3GS. This tutorial uses Sn0wBreeze 2.9.11 for Windows.

Sn0wBreeze 2.9.11 allows users to preserve modem version for unlock.

Sn0wBreeze 2.9.11 does not allow users to update modem version to 06.15. If you need 06.15 - just use redsn0w (tutorial is here).

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FixYa, a site that provides troubleshooting tips, today published a "Smartphone Reliability Report", comparing user complaints on Apple’s iPhone, Samsung’s Galaxy, Motorola’s Droid and Nokia’s Lumia.

Based on the reported issues, coming from a database of around 30 million users, FixYa gave a dependability score to each smartphone. According to its rankings, iPhones were the most reliable smartphones with the fewest reported issues.

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The FCC has published documents that appear to describe a new model of Apple TV.

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Here are the direct download links for the latest iOS 6.1 firmware:

iPad

• iPad 4 (Wifi iPad3,4; model A1458): 6.1
• iPad 4 (Wifi+Cellular iPad3,5; model A1459): 6.1
• iPad 4 (Wifi+Cellular iPad3,6; model A1460): 6.1
• iPad mini (Wifi iPad2,5; model A1432): 6.1
• iPad mini (Wifi+Cellular iPad2,6; model A1454): 6.1
• iPad mini (Wifi+Cellular iPad2,7; model A1455): 6.1
• iPad 3 (Wifi iPad3,1): 6.1
• iPad 3 (Wifi+GSM iPad3,3): 6.1
• iPad 3 (Wifi+CDMA iPad3,2): 6.1
• iPad 2 (new gen iPad2,4): 6.1
• iPad 2 (WiFi iPad2,1): 6.1
• iPad 2 (Wifi+GSM iPad2,2): 6.1
• iPad 2 (Wifi+CDMA iPad2,3): 6.1

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9to5Mac reports that four of the new configurations of the iPad appeared in the United States retailer's database. Although the exact information was not revealed in the database. The new devices was named as "ultimate" of current full-size model configuration. There are suggestions that such "ultimate" iPad may be a Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + celluar iPad 128 Gb model in black and white color options.

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Apple today announced that celluar version of the iPad mini  Wi-Fi and fouth-generation iPad will appear in China this Friday. The iPad mini and the new iPad are now available in more than 100 countries.

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This year Apple plans to add a high speed 802.11ac wireless networks to its lineup. AppleBitch notes that Apple created a list of job duties for a System Test Engineer with experience in 802.11 network environments.

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The recently released update of IOS 6.0.2 for the iPhone 5 and IPad mini, could solve some of the issues associated with Wi-Fi, but some users say that the software reduced battery life.

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Using this tutorial you will be able to create a custom firmware, tether jailbreak iOS 6.0.1 running on iPod Touch 4G. This tutorial uses Sn0wBreeze 2.9.7 for Windows.

Tethered jailbreak means that each time you restart your device you will need to connect it to a computer and run iBooty.

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Using this tutorial you will be able to create a custom firmware, tether jailbreak and unlock iOS 6.0.1 running on iPhone 4. This tutorial uses Sn0wBreeze 2.9.7 for Windows.

Tethered jailbreak means that each time you restart your device you will need to connect it to a computer and run iBooty.

Sn0wBreeze 2.9.7 allows users to preserve modem version for unlock.

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Using this tutorial you will be able to create a custom firmware, tether jailbreak and unlock iOS 6.0.1 running on iPhone 3GS. This tutorial uses Sn0wBreeze 2.9.7 for Windows.

If you have iPhone 3GS with an old bootrom version 359.3, the jailbreak is untethered. If your device has bootrom version 359.3.2 and higher, jailbreak will be tethered. You can detect your bootrom version using this tutorial.

Tethered jailbreak means that each time you restart your device you will need to connect it to a computer and run iBooty.

Sn0wBreeze 2.9.7 allows users to preserve modem version for unlock.

Sn0wBreeze 2.9.7 does not allow users to update modem version to 06.15. If you need 06.15 - just use redsn0w.

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