iPhone Users

0-Hour – An Amazing “Metallic” Theme For Your iPhone

Costea Lestoc — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:56:54 +0000

0-Hour is a newly launched theme during last night in Cydia, and it is suitable for those who want to implement a “metallic” look in their iOS’s interface. The theme implements a new design for a slider with particular LockScreen and has special icons for native apps, but for a multitude of third-party applications from the App Store, has one dedicated interface for each native application and special menus for popular tweak from Cydia, so you will have a completely changed experience after installation.

Times up to bring something new and Innovative. 0-HOUR brings a new idea to the normal UI with its Unique SLIDE EFFECT. For my 10th theme and 1 yr anniversary theming I wanted to go all out. 0-HOUR includes – custom details icons made from scratch, SB Widgets, Color Keyboard, SBSettings, Screen loaders (can be turned off in WB), All Native apps themed to match. The new SLIDE EFFECT for the UI is integrated through out the theme from the Dialer to the Calculator.

0-Hour is available on the ZodTTD & MacCiti repo of Cydia and is compatible with iPhones/iPod Touch. Keep close for more of these interesting thems.

SemiRestore Allow Us To Re-restore Our iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

Costea Lestoc — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:30:48 +0000

Basically if you have an iPhone 3GS/4/4S/5 an iPad 2/3/4/Mini or iPod Touch, you have iOS 5.0 – iOS 6.1.2 and have already jailbroken your terminal, then you could do a partial re-restore only on the version that you have in your terminal without using SHSH. iPhones that doesn’t have jailbreak cannot use SemiRestore, doesn’t matter what version of iOS have, and if your terminal is not included in the aforementioned boundaries, then the solution will not work under any circumstances, so do not bother to ask.

Okay, you are “qualified” to do the restore, now you are probably wondering what is happening. Well Semi Restore procedure removes almost all from your device: applications from the App Store and the information in them, plus most of the Cydia tweak, except application Cydia, iFile and jailbreak. Basically SemiRestore doesn’t make a full restore, does not erase all the data, lets some of them, but before using the solution it is advisable to make a backup of all data because you will have to copy them back to the terminal.

Semi Restore is presented as a safe solution to make a partial restore, you will not actually reinstall your operating system, you will not change any baseband/etc, and as soon as it is available I will explain the method by which you can effectively make a partial restore.

Here’s how to use Facebook Chat from OS X Messages app

Costea Lestoc — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:21:38 +0000

Facebook Chat is a messaging system developed by the Facebook Company for its social network users, and through it you can chat with any of your friends quickly. Facebook provides us a suite of applications from where we can use Facebook Chat, but on Macs there is a dedicated application. Those who still want to access the chat using an application, they can configure the Messages application offered by Apple since OS X Mountain Lion.

Everything starts from the assumption that you already have an iMessage/Yahoo account set in Messages app, otherwise you need to connect using one.

Open the Messages application and access the Preferences menu.

Select the Account tab and click the + button from the left bottom of the window.

Next to Account Type select Jabber. In the Account Name enter username@chat.facebook.com (username is referring to your facebook user name, one that appears in the URL after facebook.com/), then enter the password.

Select the Server Options and in the right of the Server enter chat.facebook.com. For the port input the value of 5222 and press Done.

If you followed the steps correctly, then the application should be displayed to all your friends who are online chatting at the moment.

How Can You Disable In-App Purchases on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

Costea Lestoc — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:53:24 +0000

Because we have told you the story of that child in the UK who has spent not less than 1,700 pounds per in-app purchases after his father initially enter the password in the App Store for free download of the Ninjas vs. Zombies game, after Apple returned parents that amount of money, we thought to present you a small tutorial that show you how you can disable content that purchasing these items, I’m sure most of you do not use or did not use them ever.

So if you have a child who used to play with your iPhone, to avoid an unpleasant situation like the one above, we invite you to find out how you can disable in-app purchases from the App Store.

1) Navigate to Settings>General>Restrictions and press the Enable Restrictions;

2) Enter a 4-digit code, then confirm it;

3) Navigate down to the “Allowed Content” and disable the “In-App Purchases”

4) (Optional) You can choose from the next section, “Require Password” the “Immediately” option. In this way you will be prompted to enter your password on the App Store account every time you try to purchase something. Obviously this will not help at all if your child know the password so in this situation remains to follow only the first 3 steps.

So no one, not even you, will be able to buy stuff from games through the “in-app purchase” system.

Smartphones Sales In The First Quarter: Android vs iOS

Costea Lestoc — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:34:59 +0000

IDC released smartphones deliveries figures from the first quarter of this year, they gave the domination to Android platform, but also the iOS leap on the second position of the stack.

In the first three months of this year, Android phone manufacturers shipped 162.1 million pieces, an increase of nearly 80 percent over the same period last year, when they were delivered to 90 million pieces. These figures place first among Android smartphone software platforms, with a market share of 75 percent landslide. A year ago, Android was only 59.1 percent of sales.

Apple’s sales increased to 37.4 million units, marking a jump of 6 percent compared to the same period last year. iPhones ranks second place with a market share of 17 percent, but losing market share compared to the first quarter of last year, they represented nearly a quarter of the sales.

Windows Phone platform managed to get to the third place, displacing BlackBerry products. In the first three months of this year, Microsoft operating system run on 7 million of new terminals, representing 3.2 percent of the market, while BlackBerry has managed to sell only 6.3 million units and settle for four. A year ago, Microsoft had a market share of only two percent, while BlackBerry ranked third with 6.4 percent.

On the free fall is the defunct Symbian platform, which reached a market share of 0.6 percent from the 6.8 percent recorded a year ago, while various Linux platforms are also down slightly.

iTunes 11.0.3 Was Released by Apple – See Its Features

Costea Lestoc — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:56:30 +0000

During this evening Apple released iTunes 11.0.3, a new version of which iTunes Store can be accessed and through it you can manage multimedia content. The new version brings a new MiniPlayer application for listening to favorite songs, it displays the album artwork and the running tracks progress. Apple also improves the menus in which we see the available tracks from iTunes and implemented support for multi-disc albums.

The new version of iTunes can be downloaded via the OS X and Windows Software Update, or from the Company website.

The famous hacker MuscleNerd says that the new service address to no less than 40 bugs and vulnerabilities. CVE or Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures are reported to Apple by various people, or discovered by its employees, they are made public and are repaired by updates. Given that Apple has solved so many problems, it is clear that Apple’s security team had quite a lot of work in the recent months and we can wait for such things in iOS 7.

In iOS 6 Apple has implemented ASLR for securing the operating system, a jailbreak solution has been developed anyway, but for iOS 7 we should expecte to improve security measures of our iPhone since they started to be used in high institutions from U.S. and beyond.

Google I/O Raises The Bar For WWDC 2013

Costea Lestoc — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:33:40 +0000

Last evening Google held Google I/O, a 3:00 conference that Google has presented numerous updates to its services, and a new product. Markets reacted positively to Google news, the company’s shares for the first time exceeded $900 and the value of market capitalization passed 300 billion. Google stunned in a pleasant enough news for many people with Google Maps, Google Now, with the launch of Hangouts application, implementing new service for developers, etc, and has raised the bar for WWDC 2013 which will start on June 10.

Google has strategically placed I/O’s with only a month before WWDC and sent the ball into the court now to Apple to be doing an event at least as spectacular. Apple is preparing to submit iOS 7, OS X 10.9, perhaps new versions of the Mac, but further than that nobody knows if Apple has something amazing. In general WWDC was seen as a very important event in Apple’s hardware, the company’s strategy has changed, but the attention it remained, all tickets priced at $1,600 was sold it in just two minutes.

Given that the world’s eyes are fixed on Apple in the evening of June 10, would the Company manage to present at least as many interesting things as Google? It’s hard to say, it’s possible to see news about Apple Maps, it is possible to see news about Siri, definitely we will see many new things about the iOS 7 and OS X 10.9, but without a new iPhone the world will remain somewhat disappointed. Google has shown that to keep developers and users happy is the need for innovation, the implementation of the news, now remains to be seen whether Apple will make a more interesting WWDC than last year when iOS 6 hasn’t shined.

Jailbreak iOS 6.1 With Evasi0n: How To Do It On Any iPhone Or iPad

Costea Lestoc — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:34:02 +0000

The wait is over for all iOS users’ enthusiasts who have patiently waited for the release of a jailbreak able to pass all the security features of iOS 6.1 on the new iPhone and iPad devices equipped with A5 processor. At this point it is possible to apply the jailbreak iOS 6.1 on Windows, MacOS or Linux. It takes a few minutes and it should be an operation that runs smoothly.

Evad3rs team kept their word and released a jailbreak function (the day after being announced because of a break due to further testing) and can be downloaded from www.evasi0n.com

Go and download the jailbreak tool for it’s time to lift the restriction of installation of iOS applications. The installer has about 10 MB and is working absolutely great being able to offer jailbreak for iOS 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2 and iPad 6.1 series including 3 and 4 models, with the iPhone 4, 4S and 5.

1. Make sure you have a backup made for data on your device and the battery is over 50%.
2. Turn off the antivirus and firewall.
3. Connect your device to PC via USB cable (if you remove the PIN lock).
4. Run evasi0n and let it do its job. After a few minutes (maximum 5) and several restarts your iPhone is ready to be unlocked.
5. Track information from the evasi0n window and unlock the device if necessary and launch the jailbreak icon.
6. There still needs to be 3-4 other restarts at the end of which you have applied the jailbreak and Cydia appears in the list of installed applications.

Facebook for iOS Updated With New Options For Pictures And Better Performance

Costea Lestoc — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:08:44 +0000

Yesterday Facebook updated its application for the iOS platform, the new version bringing more options image viewer software module and enhancements for Events and Places for the iPhone version.

The most useful new options changes are occurring when viewing an image. In addition to these options already for comment or Like tagging, Facebook 6.1 offers the possibility of saving or sharing the image and if it is your own images you can also set them as user profile image.

In the case of the iPhone version, the new Facebook version offers better possibilities of editing things from Places and loading faster the Events, the latter being a welcome improvement.

Not listed in the list of changes is the group messaging option that was recently offered to the Web version users.

The company made a small mistake when initially updated this application, the original 6.1 (image shown below) is actually a Beta product that uses a different icon and have a new menu in the bottom of the screen which provides buttons to News Feed, messaging and notifications. It has been replaced by the 6.1.1 version, which uses the same design already known, being not clear if Facebook is preparing a new interface or it was just an interface used during development.

Sharp Is Preparing To Start Production Of Retina Displays For iPhone 5S

Costea Lestoc — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:09:03 +0000

Despite the fact that Sharp puts hopes in Samsung to save it from bankruptcy, Retina displays for the iPhone 5S is expected to enter production in the Asian company next month. The information comes from the people at Reuters, who in recent days have spoken about the problems that Sharp encounters, and about the management steps the company takes to save it from bankruptcy. Sharp stopped production in January for the 9.7 inch screens for the iPad, but Apple still needs Retina Displays for iPhones, so they are keeping Sharp as a partner.

In January, Sharp had to curtail production of 9.7-inch iPad screens, hurting output levels and threatening its recovery in profitability. The Japanese company is preparing to begin large-scale production next month of screens for Apple’s next iPhone model, the sources said.

Information on the start of production of Retina Displays for iPhone 5S in June is not new, we already knew what some of Apple’s plans, but now we have a new confirmation. If screens enters into production next month, the launch of the iPhone 5S in the fall seems more secure, people from Apple are going to present iOS 7 in the opening keynote of WWDC 2013, operating system being released in beta for developers and tested until September.