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Firmware 2.2 released
Apple released new firmware version 2.2. are the direct links to all firmwares, including 2.2.
What's new in 2.2:
- Enhancements to Maps
- - takes you on a virtual walking tour: Navigate street-level photographs of places you've located in Maps.
- Public transit and walking directions - Get walking directions, find public transit schedules, check fares, and estimate your travel time.
- Display address of dropped pins
- Share location via email - Tap the Share Location button to send an email that includes a Google Maps URL.
iFunBox updated to v0.7.224.86
1. Thumbnail view supported for wallpapers, camera and all other folders.
2. Support Symlink for the filesystem of firmware 2.0. All .app can be listed in Application folder.
3. Downloading music and movie from iPhone with filename encoded with album name and artist name.
4. Support E-Books, converting plain text to UTF-16 automatically.
Limitations:
Uploading music and movie to iPhone is now disabled on devices with firmware 2.x.
Jailbreak for iPhone firmware 2.2 beta 2
DevTeam posted a screenshot of jailbreaked and unlocked iPhone 2G with new firmware . This is cool that Apple still doesn't have anything to prevent this.
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iPhone firmware 2.2 beta 2
Apple has seeded iPhone 2.2 Firmware Beta 2 and has fully enabled Google Street View. Beta 1 of iPhone 2.2 had hidden APIs related to the Street View for Google Maps, but was not enabled.
The seed notes also indicated that Line-in audio accessories are now supported in the SDK.
via theiphoneblog and macrumors
Cydia and Installer Sources (firmware 2.x)
Sources
app.ifonetec.com: http://app.ifonetec.com/cydia/
cake.mapleidea.com: http://cake.mapleidea.com/cydia/
BigBoss & Planet-iPhones: http://apt.bigboss.us.com/repofiles/cydia/
Hack&Dev.org: http://iphone.hackndev.org/apt/
Hackers.nl: http://apt.hackers.nl/
iClarified: http://cydia.iclarified.com/
iPhone-notes.de Repo: http://apt.iphone-storage.de/
ispaziorepo.com: http://ispaziorepo.com/cydia/apt/
ModMyiFone.com: http://apt.modmyifone.com/
The future of BossPrefs
Many users of iPhones use application called . The developer of this app is creating a new one. The new application will be called SBSettings.
The toggles drop down when you swipe along the status bar. It is very fast and can be used while in any app without exiting the app. Suppose you are in Safari but realize your 3g is not yet enabled. Just swipe the statusbar and toggle 3g, than resume in Safari where you left off. The advantage is there is no need to exit Safari and load settings or bossprefs.
The look and feel of this new app will be something like this:
via thebigboss
Tutorial: How to perform Jailbreak, Activation and Unlock (Windows)
UPDATE: Please, consider reading our Jailbreak & Unlock FAQ, especially if you have questions or troubles.
This is a step-by-step tutorial. If you have iPhone 3G this guide will help you jailbreak and activate the device. For iPhone 2G it will also perform the unlock.
I recommend using 2.2 firmware, because iPhone 3G . But you can use it with old v2.1, v2.0.1 and v2.0.2.
iPhone 2.2: Google Street View, Emoji, Auto-Correction Off
Apple a bit more than a week ago. Couple more features were hiden there.
First of all Apple has addressed one common request within the iPhone's Keyboard settings, allowing users to disable the iPhone's auto-correction.
The other feature is for Japanese market - Japanese emoji icons. The lack of emoji support has been blamed as part of the reason for slow iPhone adoption in Japan.
The third new feature is Street View. It allows users to view panoramic street level photographs in select cities within the Google Maps application.
Hopefully we will see more new features in this and next beta's of 2.2 firmware.
via macrumors
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Jailbreak on firmware 2.2 beta 1
appeared just a day ago. It seems that DevTeam never sleeps 🙂 They published a screenshot of jailbreaked iPhone 2G with this new firmware:
It runs Terminal.app (non-apple application) running on 2.2b1 firmware. Thay say that version 2.2 is still vulnerable to pwnage and quickpwn on everything but iPod Touch 2G.
No news about software unlock for iPhone 3G or jailbreak for iPod Touch 2G.
Cydia updated to 1.0.2595-36
The popular application Cydia Installer is updated. Minor bugs fixed. Cydia is now a bit more stable (especially on 2.1 firmware) and users will get lewss "Bad URL" errors.
Firmware 2.2 - new Safari interface
Apple just published firmware 2.2 beta 1 for developers. It is accompanied by a new beta of the iPhone SDK (build 9M2611). There are not much news about new features and improvements... but iphoneatlas already published a screenshot of new Safari interface, that is in firmware 2.2:
The new MobileSafari doesn't have the magnifying glass and refresh buttons at the top of the screen. There are the URL bar and search fields side-by-side instead. It looks much like the desktop version. Page refreshes are now accomplished via a tiny icon located inside the URL bar.
via iphoneatlas
Apple’s iPhone signal strength is fake?
Firmware version 2.1. It is supposed to display “more accurate” signal strength. Well... it appears that “more accurate” may mean “unreasonably generous.”
Users can actually see the results of iPhones dB meter. Dial *3001#12345#* then press “Call”. A dB reading below 50 generally indicates good strength.
Here's what I've got:
iPhone Atlas reader Michael did some testing, and found that widely varying dB readings resulted in the same five-bar signal indicator on his iPhone. He writes:
CopierciN updated to 0.2.1b
, copy/paste utility for iPhone, is updated. This application is avaliable in Cydia.
Minor changes:
Fixed:
- com.apple.MobileSMS.plist file is not overwritten now, it is modified instead.
Added:
- BiteSMS support
- Very basic “import from contacts” interface
Compatibility:
- Works with 2.1 firmware
QuickPwn 2.1 for Windows is ready
Congratulations, Windows users. The support for new firmware 2.1 is added. So here is what you can do:
- Support for FW v2.0.1, v2.0.2, v2.1.0
- Jailbreaking and Pwning iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch
- Adding Cydia and Installer
- Replacing boot logos
- Unlocking iPhone 2G
Changes from QuickPwn RC3
- Support for firmware 2.1
- Auto-detection of firmware version, insistence on correct firmware bundle to prevent user epic fail.
- Use of iASign to activate to prevent bspatch epic fail.
- Removed buggy and never really tested 2.0 support
Sorry, no jailbreak for new iPod Touch and no unlock for iPhone 3G.
Here are download links:
Firmwares v2.1: ,
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Auto-correction - solution to turn it off
I was amazed that very few people know how to turn auto-correction off. Here is what you need:
- Jailbreak your iPhone and install Cydia
- Install
- Install CToggle BossPrefs Addon
- Run BossPrefs and turn auto-correction off
There is even a domain: http://please-let-us-disable-autocorrection-steve.com.. Nice.
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