News tagged ‘update’

iBlogeek has released a Mac OX utility called BackToUp that will help everyone back up their device. The program is pretty good and make the backup of:

• Contacts
• Text Messages (SMS)
• Bookmarks and History of Safari
• Call History
• Calendar
• Notes
• Bookmarks and History of Maps
• General Preferences (ringtone, etc)

Also, BackToUp can:

• Create a backup
• Restore a device using a backup
• Erase backups
• Update a backup

You can download BackToUp here.

Backgrounder is an app that allows a user to run apps in a background. Since the last update the application makes available a process manager to monitor and manage the open applications.

In the new version svn.187 introduced the following changes:

• Added the possibility to close / to force the closure / make a respring through a swipe on the applications;
• It is no longer possible to initiate the process by the operator lockscreen;
• Multiple instances of the processes are prevented
• General improvement of the Code.

Once again we have the ability to have ants running on our iPhone. This little toy was available on firmware 1.1.x. Now the developer has update the code to support firmware 2.x. If you don’t remember ants take a look at the video below. This toy is easy to use. As you might remember you open the app and activate the ants. Then open your notes and watch the ants fill the screen. You can smash them or shake your iPhone to remove them. Ants is available in Cydia for jailbreaked iPhones.

3G Fuzzyband Downgrader is now available in Сydia. This should be used instead of 3G Baseband Downgrader for downgrading the baseband on phones containing the 5.8 bootloader.

Benefits over original downgrader:

• Does version checking, will only downgrade if phone is eligible
• Downgrades all versions of baseband from 2.30.03 to 4.26.08 (3.0 beta5)
• Reports current bootloader version on screen

The original downgrader was a possibly dangerous app, as it relied on a failed downgrade to decide whether downgrading was possible. Anytime you run BBUpdaterExtreme you are potentially doing damage to the modem, so the version checking in this app minimizes the chances of accidently corrupting the baseband.

Here is a list of changes from iSapzio (sorry, screenshots are in Italian):

1. You can now enter to Settings-Store to see the balance and billing information:

2. Another change concerns volume control in the iPod app (or the "Music" on iPod Touch). While using Firmware 3.0 beta 4 on iPod Touch first generation, we can see that the controls for the volume are gone. This is an intelligent system, that turns on and off volume control, depending on USB, headphones and AD2P connection:

3. Fixed problems with iPhoto and displaying thumbnails of the screenshots / images from the CameraRoll.

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Apple has updated the official website dedicated to the WWDC, the event where Apple will present Firmware 3.0, the new iPhone and more. The news are great -  all available seats are gone.

The latest rumors say that the Keynote will not be presented by Steve Jobs.

Skype is updated to version 1.0.3. Here is a changelog:

• Fixed crashing when clicking on certain contacts in the contact list.
• Fixed crashing when returning to the contact list after having accepted a contact authorization request in specific cases.
• Improved the handling of international calling prefixes in SkypeOut calling.

You might still see a pop-up (first time launch) saying that the application works only on non-jailbroked devices. I can assure you that it works rather well, without any problems.

We don't have an explanation for this, but the new version of the Google Mobile App for iPhone/iPod Touch lists some pretty wacky improvements, notably "Longer Version Number" and "Ninja." This screen can be seen in the "Update Details" section of the app. We hope some fun-loving Google employee didn't just get fired for his ninja-humor-based initiative.

via gizmodo

Skype is updated to versin 1.0.2. There is a strange message syaing it works on non-Jailbroken devices. In fact, this update is fine with jailbroken iPhones so do not worry.

via ispazio

Saurik made available the "display" of Cydia through the browser of your computer. Just type the address http://cydia.saurik.com/. On this page we can view futured packages, read descriptions, see the "More Info", etc.

To track the new applications that are inserted or updated in Cydia you can use ModMyi or iAppCat.

Gmail and Google Calendar have been updated for the iPhone:

If your Skype app crashes first read this article. Here is a list of applications from Cydia that might cause the Skype app to crash:

• IntelliScreen
• mAdvLock
• mCoolPhone
• MobileHook
• MobileLog/iLog
• Rock Extensions

If you have these apps and problems with Skype, uninstall them and wait for release updates for them.

Apple updated iTunes to version 8.1.1. Official changelog is: "iTunes 8.1.1 adds support for renting HD movies and provides a number of bug fixes, including addressing issues with VoiceOver and syncing with iPhone or iPod touch.". Download it here.

If you have jailbreaked iPhone your Skype app may crash. Here is what we know so far:

• If Skype crashes when trying to input text: Disable both Clippy (Use SBSettings toggle) and any custom Winterboard sounds relating to the keyboard tick (tock.aiff).
• If Skype crashes within 1 minute of having the app open: Update app called mobile substrate in Cydia. Uninstalling mobile substrate also fixes the problem, but you will lose features such as winterboard and sbsettings.

UPDATE: Many users report that Skype works fine with the latest version of Clippy (0.98-2) without the need to turn the latter off.

Clippy is an iPhone addition for copy/paste functionality. It was updated to version 0.98. There are significant improvements that make the application much more stable, and moreover it is important to note that starting from now, Clippit becomes a completely free.

Avaliable via Cydia and Icy for jailbreaked iPhones.

Changelog for 0.98: March 29, 2009:

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