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Firmware page - updated

2012-11-18T21:08:00.001+02:00

The firmware links in one page is not so useful with so many links for so many different devices in one place. It takes more time to load and more time to scroll in order to find what you need. This is why i separated firmware links by device type: iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad. Added latest firmwares which were missing and added iPod Touch 5G, iPhone 5, iPad 4 and iPad Mini firmwares. If you have any suggestions please comment below.

How to add Facebook Integration and Share Widget in iOS5.1.1

2012-11-15T16:15:00.002+02:00

Most of you are familiar that iOS 5.1.1 already have Twitter integration built in. With the Cydia Tweak iOS 6 Twitter Widget for iOS 5

you can add next best thing to share widget in iOS 6 in notification center. Since iOS 5 does not offer Facebook integration we can add it with not so popular tweak called Fusion.

It is paid tweak and it cost 2$.

Here are some brief setup instructions in order to make it work as best as possible like the share widget in iOS6.

1. After installing Fusion, open Settings>Fusion> Quick Compose and press Install Activator. Cydia will open and you have to install Activator. (Do that only if you don't have activator installed)

2. Open Settings>Fusion> Quick Compose setup activation shortcut (i choose double tap on status bar)
3. Open Quick Compose and press Add location in the bottom left of compose box. It will ask for access to your location. Allow it if you want to add location to your Facebook posts.
4. Allow Fusion to post on your Facebook wall. In order to do it you have to open Settings>Fusion>Plugins>Facebook>Activation and fill in your facebook e-mail and password and allow Fusion the access.
5. Install iOS 6 Twitter Widget for iOS 5.
6. Uninstall Activator (if you no longer need it for other applications)

How it works:
Now when you press Tap to Tweet (in the notification Center) the Compose window will pop up.

When you type your message and press send icons with supported social networks will show you have to tap one or both icons in order to post on one or both social networks. If you press add location after selecting Twitter or Facebook it will list nearby locations to select from. If you press photo icon it will ask you to take photo or choose from library. If you press Notes icon now playing will be added to your post.

How to Enable FeceTime Over 3G in iPhone 4 iOS5.1.1-iOS6.0.1

2012-11-15T15:06:00.000+02:00

Some of you who follow the jailbreak and tweak news already know about this tweak. The new here is that it works in iOS6 (and 6.0.1) as well. So here's the guide:

How to Enable Native FaceTime Over 3G Feature in iOS5-iOS6

But you will, however, still need to be jailbroken, as you will be editing a .plist file inside your device.

Step 1. Using iFile or any other file browser, navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/

Step 2. Locate the N90AP.plist and open it.

Step 3. Below the <dict> line, under <key>capabilities</key>, add in <key>3Gvenice</key><true/>

Step 4. Make sure to save your changes, and then exit the file browser.

That’s all there is to it. Remember to watch your usage if you aren’t on an unlimited data plan. Video calls can really rack up the MBs.

How to block OTA updates in any iOS device since iOS5.0

2012-11-15T14:52:00.002+02:00

I have been absent these days because I had no time to post new interesting things. I will start with OTA updates. OTA Updates are annoying for jailbreakers who decided to stay on older iOS version than the current one. They always receive notifications for available update. But there is a way to block it totally. It is a new tweak in Cydia called:

Software Update Killer

It's made by Lunatik and is available in BigBoss repo. Whats it does is quickly described in the following screenshots:

It disables the badge on the Settings icon, the badge on the General section inside Settings and the badge on the Software update section inside General. Also it disables the button Download and Install inside Software Update section.

iPad 3 with 3 different jailbreaks

2012-03-17T11:17:00.001+02:00

So far I have info that 3 different jailbreaks exist for iPad 3.

First was MuscleNerd with the root access:

and Cydia installed

Then i0n1c showed video of untethered iPad 3

Shortly after chpwn and phoenixdev showed pictures of a third iPad 3 WIFI jailbreak

So these days are busy days for jailbreakers. iPad 3 was not a big challenge for the jailbreakers which exploited it so fast.

Advice: If you are an iPad 3 owner do not upgrade your firmware in near future, a jailbreak is coming for you!

WARNING - iOS autodownloads the 5.1 update

2012-03-16T02:50:00.000+02:00

Today I received many calls from friends relatives and clients that the iOS 5.1 update started downloading without their interaction. I experienced this myself on my iPad 2 and my iPhone 4, also seen it happen on a friends iPhone 4S.

If your device is jailbroken the update will most likely fail, but the problem is that it takes huge amount of space. There is a solution about it:

Open in text editor of iFile

/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist

and change the ProductBuildVersion to 9B176 (9B179 for iPhone 4S) and ProductVersion to 5.1 .

Respring and the space should have been freed (around 800 MB for iPhone 4S and iPads and around 600 MB for iPhone 4 and 3GS)

Side Note:

If you do not close iFile before the respring you risk to damage your SystemVersion.plist - it is not so massive fail but in settings it will show N/A for software version and activator will protest about the version is too old. So it is wise to make a backup copy of that file just in case.

Why is this happen? Well I do not know for sure, but I guess that Apple can forcibly push updates to all iOS 5.x devices.

Pictures of jailbroken iPad2 with iOS 5.1

2012-03-15T19:12:00.002+02:00

i0n1c post pictures of hes jailbroken iPad2 with iOS 5.1 on twitter before half an hour.

So we can expect jailbreak as soon as it gets applied to all 5.1 capable devices.

New Design

2012-03-12T12:04:00.002+02:00

I changed a little the design of the blog with a nice semitransparent theme with a smooth wooden background. Since the technology is getting ahead i expanded horizontal resolution of the posts a little so now a minimum requirement for viewing the blog is 1024x768 resolution (it was 800x600) in desktop mode. Mobile version resolution requirements are not changed and will display well on all mobile devices.

I hope you like it.

Tethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1 - NON A5 Devices

2012-03-11T14:12:00.000+02:00

iPhone Dev Team released updated version of redsn0w (0.9.10b6) yesterday which can be used to perform tethered jailbreak on all A4 based devices, including iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 3G.

The jailbreaking and tethered booting process is the same for all compatible devices (enter dfu, and open redsn0w and press jailbreak button, then press back, extras and boot tethered) excluding old bootrom iPhone 3GS which have untethered jailbreak.

You can obtain latest redsn0w here:
Windows | Mac

Firmware page update

2012-03-10T00:41:00.001+02:00

The firmware portion of my blog is updated with latest Apple links for iOS 5.1.

Added iPad 3 section as well.

iOS 5.1 is out - Whats new?

2012-03-10T00:40:00.000+02:00

About iOS 5.1 Software Update
This update contains improvements and bug fixes, including:

■Japanese language support for Siri (availability may be limited during initial rollout)
■Photos can now be deleted from Photo Stream
■Camera shortcut now always visible on Lock Screen for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (4th generation)
■Camera face detection now highlights all detected faces
■Redesigned Camera app for iPad
■Genius Mixes and Genius playlists for iTunes Match subscribers
■Audio for TV shows and movies on iPad optimized to sound louder and clearer
■Podcast controls for playback speed and a 30 second rewind for iPad
■Updated AT&T network indicator
■Addresses bugs affecting battery life
■Fixes an issue that occasionally caused audio to drop for outgoing calls

For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

Absinthe updated to version 0.4

2012-02-02T10:17:00.000+02:00

The Chronic Dev-Team has released an update Absinthe 0.4 Untethered Jailbreak for Windows, Mac and Linux. Absinthe 0.4 change-log is given below:

Changelog:

Version 0.4

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- Mac: added support for OSX 10.5, PPC and Intel CPU

- added consistency check on startup to make sure required files are in place

- Windows: fixed bug in payload generator that might cause a crash

Version 0.3

~~~~~~~~~~~

- first public Linux x86/x86_64 release

- Windows: fixed possible bug in payload generation

- small additions and changes to the text instructions (e.g. 'Absinthe' icon instead of 'Jailbreak' icon)

Version 0.2

~~~~~~~~~~~

- first public Windows release

- improved webclip VPN triggering

- ensure crashreport data is sane so payload generation does not fail

- use temporary files and folders to solve permission issues

- Mac: fixed getting executable path so the payload data is actually found

Version 0.1.2-2

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- small fixes

Version 0.1.2-1

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- first public Mac release (OSX >= 10.6)

Download: Windows | Mac | Linux
Mirrors: Windows | Mac | Linux

Facts about technology news

2012-01-26T10:43:00.000+02:00

If you follow my blog you will see that my descryption of iPad 2 and iPhone 4S is very accurate (hardware wise). Also I have informed you that iOS 4.3 will be out in the middle of march. Well i am off by 4 days. Other bloggers and news sites said many dates in february which were wrong. Probably it is because everyone copy news from everyone, and noone reserach and check with sources what they write anymore. And what are the consequances from this? The readers read certain untrue news from an "trustworthy" blog/site and they believe it. The so called trustworthy sites publish untrue news which for me means only one thing that they lie to people about these things. They are just partly guilty about this because they copy the false news from another sites and blogs and social networks and just rewrite the BS they post. This is not journalism it is gossip dependent publishing. I want to move your view to a recent news articles which flood news sites, the news which state Foxconn worker speed details about the new iPhone - every time when worker spreads the news about any apple related hardware it is a false info. We have seen very similar false informations about iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S, and now they start for iPhone 5. Next thing will be cases produced by chinese companies ... and so on, and so on. Same thing happens every time, and lame journalists copy the false info all over internet.

How to jailbreak iPhone 4s or iPad 2 with Absinthe

2012-01-26T10:32:00.000+02:00

Connect your iDevice (iPhone 4s or iPad 2) to your computer and backup all data.

This is essential when you upgrade your iPad 2 from iOS 4.X version to iOS 5. If you perform Upgrade and not restore on the iPad from 4.X version the jailbreak will not work. You need to perform Restore then do the jailbreak and after that to restore from backup.

Close iTunes and start Absinthe.

Press jailbreak button and wait until instructions tell you to open jailbreak app on your springboard.

Normally this app will jailbreak your iDevice, but for now Chronic-dev servers are overloaded so there is a trick to continiue and finish the jailbreak process.

Without doing anything else aside, open settings and set VPN to ON, error will pop up, wait a little more without touching anything else, the iDevice will reboot and after the reboot it will be jailbroken :)

Absinthe updated to 0.3 - Linux support added

2012-01-24T11:44:00.000+02:00

Chronic Dev Team updated and released Linux version of the new A5 Devices jailbreak. Here are links and mirrors for it:

Absinthe 0.3 (win): Ziddu, Mediafire
Absinthe 0.3 (mac): Ziddu, Mediafire
Absinthe 0.3 (linux): Ziddu, Mediafire

Absinthe released for Windows

2012-01-22T11:57:00.000+02:00

Chronic Dev Team updated and released windows version of the new A5 Devices jailbreak. Here are links and mirrors for it:

Absinthe 0.2 (win): Ziddu, Mediafire
Absinthe 0.2 (mac): Ziddu, Mediafire

Firmware Page Updated

2012-01-22T11:47:00.000+02:00

Just updated Firmware Page with all the latest firmware updates.

Added iPhone 4S firmware links and all the current firmware builds for iOS 5.

A5 Devices (iPhone 4s and iPad 2) Jailbreak Has Been Released! - Absinthe

2012-01-20T23:52:00.001+02:00

The 'Dream Team' of hackers have just released their untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2.

P0sixninja details some of the background in a post on the Greenpoison blog:

The ridiculously complex combination of exploits-within-exploits that make this iOS jailbreak possible have consumed thousands of hours of brain-power & effort from a legion of world-renowned hackers, several of whom have been working diligently on this project since the dual-core A5 processor was unveiled by Apple last March. Ten months ago, I myself was live tweeting from a tediously long line at the nearest Apple retail store, where I anxiously waited to become one of the world's first owners (& hackers) of the newly-released iPad 2.

Despite new tools to help with finding exploits they realized a team effort was necessary.

We finally admitted that the escalated obstacles presented by Apple's new A5 processor would not likely be overcome by one individual or team – but all together, we should be more than able to conquer any challenges encountered. As such, a diverse group of iOS hackers all decided to set aside our personal goals & egos, relax our die-hard team loyalties, and pool our respective skill-sets, talents & exploits to form an iOS Super-Hacking "Dream Team."

The initial release is currently for Mac OS X only but Windows is coming soon! You can download it here or here

Steve Jobs has passed away...

2011-10-06T11:07:00.000+03:00

He is a visionary, creative technology prophet, true genius, brilliant CEO. I use present tense because he will always live in my mind.

He have technology vision like noone else. Things he dreamed 20 years ago are now reality, and he is the reason that they are present. He dreamed about tablets, video calls, personal assistants... He was rediculed for hes ideas,(too modern for that time). He never quit dreaming, he never changed hes ways. He gave us the future in our hands. Even when he was banished from the company he saved it twice from bankrupcy which is a testament for hes brilliant CEO skills.

Hes touch is present within all apple products, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad, the MacBook Air... which many are trying to copy without success. Hes vision about technology is that things should be simple and easy to use and accessible to everyone, fast and stable hardware-software combinations, beautiful and unique design, environmental friendly.

I really hope that Apple will continiue the vision of Steve in their products, or else there will be noone to save them this time.

There is one thing i will regret for the rest of my life, that i haven't met Steve in person during my lifetime. He shares very similar vision for technology as me, and i am truly sad about hes passing away. This is loss for all mankind. True technology revolutioner is gone.

Rest in peace Steve.
See you in iHeaven.

HTC say iPhone is not cool anymore - My thoughts about it

2011-09-13T15:32:00.001+03:00

If you read about this in the iPhone news portals such as iclarified and 9to5mac and others, then you are familiar with the story so i will not rewrite it here.

My thoughts about this subject:

Why kids do not like iPhone (here i am taking about these specific kids from the article, because here (Bulgaria, Eastern Europe) students and kids are crazy about iPhone 4)

1. It is expensive and they parents will not waste money for high tech toys for their kids. So everyone else prefer a lot cheper android phones and other shinese knockoffs (again android based)

2. Android is not perfect but it does the job (emails, IM, Social networking and few games)

So these reasons of not liking the phone are not quite convincing.Here is why

1. iPhone i far stable than any android based phone (i have more than 3 years of technical experience with iphones, they do not crash that often as the Android ones)

2.Technologically Apple are far ahead from their competitors. When Apple designed and used SOC others used separate CPU, RAM and graphics chips. Now everyone started designing and using System On Chip. So far noone produced such sensitive touchcreen as Apple. Apple patented noise cancelation technology with second microphone which makes audio recording and calls and voip more clear than ever. In iphone 4 apple used combination of camera and software which produces far better video quality of any 5 megapixel cameras in other mobile devices, and better than most of the 8 megapixel ones. I will stop here because I can write for days on improvements.

3. iPhone 4 is more than a year old. This means that the competitors had time to improve their mobile devices in order to keep up with Apple. A5 CPU have far better performance than any other mobile CPU (according to recent benchmarks), and it will be used in the upcoming iPhone model which will raise the bar even higher for everyone else in this market which will make the iPhone most preferrable phone in the world again.

You can not judge the whole world just because of the opinion of couple of kids, so the title of the original article is rediculous. Like the collegues at 9to5mac wrote "College kids don’t want an iPhone because their dad has one. They also have no interest in dad’s Porsche.".

If you don't like it, thats fine. Don't buy it! It is that simple! Just don't whine that you are fed up of this and that.

I like my iPhone 4 and will buy the next one when it comes out.

Update on Activation Method for iOS 5 beta 5

2011-08-10T11:30:00.001+03:00

Jailbreak and activation works exactly the same as in previous betas. You have to use Beta 5 firmware file in latest redsn0w in order to jailbreak and boot tethered. You will need updated bundle in order to skip headache.

You will need latest beta version of iTunes 10.5.

Latest redsn0w 0.9.8b5: Windows | Mac

You can find both latest iTunes 10.5 and iOS 5.0 Beta 5 here.

Updated bundle links: Ziddu | Mediafire

Updated iOS Firmware page

2011-07-26T10:23:00.002+03:00

Today i updated the iOS Firmware page of my blog with the latest firmware for all devices.

These are all Apple hosted links so they should be fast.

iOS 4.3.5 Jailbreak relesed (it's a tethered again)

2011-07-26T09:53:00.000+03:00

RedSn0w can perform a tethered jailbreak on iOS 4.3.5 for all devices except the iPad 2, according to MuscleNerd.

So those who really do want tethered 4.3.5 can use redsn0w pointed at 4.3.4 (except iPad2)

I strongly recommend that users don't update to iOS 4.3.4 or iOS 4.3.5.

You need the latest redsn0w and point it to 4.3.4 firmware in order to jailbreak.

Update on Activation Method for iOS 5 beta 4

2011-07-23T10:01:00.001+03:00

Jailbreak and activation works exactly the same as in previous betas. You have to use Beta 4 firmware file in latest redsn0w in order to jailbreak and boot tethered. You will need updated bundle in order to skip headache.

You will need newer beta version of iTunes 10.5.

Latest redsn0w 0.9.8b4: Windows | Mac

You can find both iTunes 10.5 and iOS 5.0 Beta 4 here.

Updated bundle links: Ziddu | Mediafire

New theme, including mobile blog layout

2011-07-22T13:47:00.000+03:00

Recently Blogger made few mobile layouts for their blog system, so i decided to try one out. Mobile version looks very similar if not exactly the same. Looks very cool on iPhone and Android devices. Havent tryed on iPad yet but probably will look good there as well.

Hope you enjoy it.