So Apple’s “It’s only Rock and Roll, but we like it.” event is over, and one of the great things Steve Jobs introduced was iPhoneOS 3.1. Not only does it bring bug fixes, it also brings many great new features. If you can’t upgrade yet because your waiting for the jailbreak or for some other reason, here is the features the new software update from Apple offers.
- Genius for your applications
- Ringtones for the iTunes Store ($1.29 each)
- Organize Apps from iTunes
In addition to iPhoneOS 3.1, Apple also introduced iTunes 9, the next major release in the iTunes series. It offers a redesigned interface to make it even easier to navigate as well as these new features.
- Genius Mixes
- Improved Syncing
- Home Sharing
- Redesigned iTunes Store
- iTunes LP
- Gift Music
- Wish Lists
- Sharing to Facebook and Twitter
- iTunes Extras
In the iPod line, Apple revealed a couple new devices, including the iPod Touch 3G, and the new iPod Nano.
iPod Touch
- 8GB – $199
- 32GB – $299
- 64GB – $399
- Up to 50% Faster
- OpenGL|ES Version 2.0
iPod Classic
- Same Price, now 160GB
iPod Shuffle
- Larger range of headphones
- New Colors – Black, Silver, Blue, Pink, and Green
- 2GB – $59
- 4GB – $79
- Special Edition: 4GB – $99
iPod Nano
- Built-in Camera
- Built-in Microphone
- Built-in Speaker
- Voiceover
- Genius Mixes
- FM Radio
- Voice Recording
- Pedometer
- Nike+
- 2.2in Display
- Awesome new colors
- 8GB – $149
- 16GB – $179
Well, that’s it. If you would like to watch the keynote yourself, head over to Apple’s Website.
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Heyy..
Making a post just to keep my blog updated, kinda running out of things to talk about and I’ve been busy. I tweet alot more than I post though, so follow me on Twitter! @Steffwiz
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Some of you may have heard about recent allegations against me from Jim and Ty. The only thing I can say is, it wasn’t me.
Either way, I was accused and was spammed on multiple online accounts. Everyone who has messaged me asking me if I did it or why I did it, I responded with a lengthy comment on the situation on how I didn’t and couldn’t have done it. If anything, I was helping the people who were being hacked.
Jim said he contacted the FBI, which is great news. The FBI can prove my innocence and catch the real hackers. If either Jim or Ty is reading this, all I can say to you is sorry, I don’t know what I did to make you think I did anything, the entire time I was trying to help. And I hope when this ends, proof will be found that I am innocent and both of you will think again about what you said to me.
For Jim and Ty and everyone else who decided to spam and post against me, I had no choice but to report those accounts to the respective companies. For anyone spamming me on Twitter, or even verbally abusing me in any way, I would highly recommend you remove those tweets as soon as possible, @Spam has been informed and they don’t treat it lightly. The same goes for anyone who retweeted a message that could be considered spam, you can also be temporarily banned from Twitter. Basically, remove the proof before they find it. I didn’t want to to this, but it has to stop.
Oh, and to the guy who tried to steal my passwords with a FireFox Password Stealer EXE, it was a nice effort, but you failed. I will update this post when I receive further information on the matter.
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GeoHot, the person who originally found the exploit in the iPhone 3GS system, has released a jailbreaking utility codenamed “PurpleRa1n”. He released it even after the Dev Team clearly stated that they were planning on waiting until iPhoneOS 3.1 to reveal the exploit.
Update: GeoHot has released a newer version of his PurpleRa1n, you can download it at his site.
Update: The Dev Team has just released updates to RedSn0w and PwnageTool to now work with the iPhone 3GS, since the exploit is now out in the open.
So, use RedSn0w or PurpleRa1n? Well, I would suggest RedSn0w, but you never know. Anyone who has yet to purchase a iPhone 3GS and plans on jailbreaking, should do so soon, the anticipated iPhoneOS 3.0.1 is supposed to bring a patch to block this exploit, but once you jailbreak, your set for life.
Of course, you could always wait for the Dev Team, or GeoHot, to find another hole in the iPhone 3GS, its just a matter of time, but who likes waiting?
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The iPhone Dev Team has yet again beaten Apple and cracked firmware 3.0. The jailbreak used to unlock the current devices happens to be Redsn0w, the old iPod 2G jailbreak. Redsn0w can now be used to jailbreak firmware 3.0 on all devices other then the recently released iPhone 3GS.
Ultrasn0w, is, however, the new Yellowsn0w. It will be able to unlock your iPhone running firmware 3.0 no matter the baseband. The Dev Team said Ultrasn0w will also unlock the iPhone 3GS, once a jailbreak is found for it.
You can download Redsn0w for Windows, here, and for Mac, here. Ultrasn0w has not been released yet, but the Dev Team said it should not be long.
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Apple is hitting off their annual WWDC, or Worldwide Developers Conference, at June 8th, which happens to be today. The conference will begin at 10am Pacific Time.
Update: The conference is over, you can watch it at Apples website, here.
The price of the iPhone 3G has dropped from $199 to $99, because they “want to reach more customers”. The conference introduced a lot of new features for iPhoneOS 3.0 as well as a new iPhone.
New Features:
- Tethering: Tethering is indeed coming in iPhoneOS 3.0, without any need for a app, it will run in the background.
- Find my iPhone: Find your lost iPhone, remotely wipe your private data, or send an alert to your phone. Of course, you need to be a MobileMe customer.
- Multimedia Messaging: Seamlessly integrated into SMS.app, you can now send pictures, video, audio, and contacts along with those text messages.
- Parental Controls: Control what you can buy, in the iTunes Store and App Store.
- Voice Controls: Control your music, make calls, and more with voice controls.
- Encrypted iPhone Backups with iTunes.
- YouTube & MobileMe Push: Push your videos from your iPhone to YouTube or MobileMe.
- Renting of TV Shows and Movies: You can now rent and download full movies and tv shows to your iPhone.
- Purchasing of audiobooks: Purchase and listen to audiobooks on your iPhone.
- Picture and video editing: Edit photos, trim video, all on your iPhone/
- Inverting of the screen: Full inverting of the entire UI of the iPhone
- Shake to undo: Made a change you don’t want, just shake to undo!
- In-app zooming and panning: Something you cant read in a AppStore app you downloaded? That’s no problem, you can zoom in!
- Selective deletion and forwarding: You can now delete certain messages, or forward those messages to other people.
- Voice Memos: Record voice memos, sync them back to your computer, send them, or edit them.
- Spotlight: Search your entire iPhone.
- Turn-by-turn directions: Support for turn my turn directions on your iPhone.
iPhone 3GS
- Up to 2x Faster
- Even Faster 3G
- 3.0 Megapixel Auto-Focus Camera
- 30 FPS VGA with audio
- Built-in Digital Compass
- Increased battery life
- 16GB – $199
- 32GB – $299
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On March 17th, Apple is going to have a keynote showing “a sneak peek at the iPhoneOS 3.0 software”, their brand new firmware for the iPhone and iPod Touch!
Yesterday, Scott Forstall introduced iPhoneOS 3.0 at the Keynote in Cupertino, California. You can watch the keynote here.
New Features:
- In-App Purchases
- Peer to Peer Connectivity
- Push Notification
- Cut, Copy, Paste & Undo
- Landscape Keyboard for All Applications
- Forwarding & Deleting Texts
- Multimedia Messaging Service
- Voice Memos
- Calender Subscriptions & CalDAV Support
- Landscape Stocks & News
- New Homescreen Called “Spotlight”
- Search in Key Applications
- Notes Syncing
- Shake to Shuffle
- Wi-Fi Autologin
- Sterio Bluetooth
- Safari Auto-Fill & Anti-Phising
- Parental Controls
- Improved Language Support
- YouTube Login & Subscriptions
According to Scott Forstall, these are only a few of the over 100 new features they packed into iPhoneOS 3.0. The update will be shipping this summer and will be free for the iPhone and iPhone 3G, however it will cost $9.95 for the iPod Touch and iPod Touch 2G.
The Software Developers Kit or, SDK, is now available for download via Apple’s Developer area, the 3.0 beta is also available. Keep in mind that you will need a Apple Developer account to login and download these files.
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The Dev Team has released a patch that converts the tethered jailbreak into an untethered one! You can find the patch here.
The patch needs to be applied directly to the LLB without decrypting it first, using “bspatch” or equivalent. The resulting IMG3 should have this SHA1:
SHA1(LLB.n72ap.RELEASE.img3) = 82734c7cdf945ba5421b83962aab3ab91e4fb23a
This is all we have until the Dev Team releases new updates to PwnageTool and QuickPwn. If you would like to read up on the exploit go here. You can find a tutorial on how to jailbreak your iPod by searching Google, there are even many GUI’s out now that promise easy jailbreaking, although I haven’t tested any.
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The iPatch will no longer be supported on our repository.
Why? Well, Apple is trying to find a reason to make jailbreaking illegal and we are doing everything we can to make sure they dont find that reason. iPatch’s are just modified files from Apple that I was putting my name on and releasing in Cydia, and thats illegal, in the efforts to keep our phones and iPods jailbreakable, the iPatch’s will no longer be available on our repo.
Help the EFF free our phones!
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Feb 18
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App Store, Cydia, Installer, Jailbreaking, Linux, Niklas, Repository, Server Status, Source, Unlocking, iPhone, iPhone Dev Team, iPhone/iPod Touch, iPod Touch
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The forums at Steffwiz.com are now completely setup and active. Find them here.
When you make an account you are agreeing to the terms and rules. Any violation of these rules will be treated with the proper action. We have already banned over 300 accounts for spamming.
Please help us start up the forum by posting, if you have a suggestion or question be sure to place it in the “Suggestion” area. And most importantly, have fun!
Huge thanks to flammable_sheep for helping me set it up!
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