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We’ve all heard about the new 3G iPhone coming out July 11 ONLY costing a whooping $199 are you out of your mind. Lots of people are stoked that the price dropped pretty low…even cheaper than an iPod Touch. People don’t realize the catch the iPhone has brought amongst the eager people that wait in line to get the 3G iPhone the first day it releases. Well, the iPhone is MUCH cheaper than the original one, but the plan for the phone went up. So…in the long run you’re actually paying about $40-$50 more than you would original pay with the old iPhone and the old rate plan. People probably wouldn’t mind coughing up that $40-$50 because you do get a faster phone. Since the iPhone dropped lower than the iPod Touch, do you think the iPod Touch price will go down also?!? I would imagine that the iPhone should be more expensive than the iPod Touch. What are your thoughts about this? Also, if you do have an older iPod Touch and you do actually update to get the App Store…why do iPod Touch owners have to pay $10 for the App Store?!? When you pay $10 for the App Store, you still have to pay for the apps you want…so…why don’t they just give the App Store for FREE?!? Just a few thoughts about that.
A couple of apps now are charging to have their programs on your device. I had the game Pool on my iPod touch and there was an update in Installer. I thought the update would fix any bugs or add new options or something. In reality, the update just changed one option…the option that you have to purchase a license to play the game. There is a trial button, but I was a bit disappointed that apps now are charging to use their programs. I can’t really complain or anything because these developers DO put A LOT of time into their work. I was just wondering that if I’m paying to have these games or apps through a jailbreak, shouldn’t we just get the App Store and pay for it and have these apps legally?!? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not telling developers to stop charging because they do deserve a little reward for all they do, but I would rather donate a little something instead.
Just wanted to see people’s opinions on these few things that I wrote about. Also a reminder, Lone Stag stated DO NOT UPDATE ANYTHING..FIRMWARE…ITUNES…NOTHING!!! You can do all that if you want to lose your jailbreak, but for now…keep it old school. Someone will EVENTUALLY jailbreak the firmware…someone always does! Hope all goes well!
-rAwks
The iPhone 3G is set to be announced during the 2008 WWDC (Apple Worldwide Developers Conference) which will begin on Monday (June 9th) with a keynote speech by Steve Jobs. Apple has not been selling the iPhone at their online store for almost a month which usually means a new product will replace the existing product. Rumors are also spreading that other touch products could be announced which is less likely but you never know…
Here is a link dump of interesting news and rumors about the iPhone 3G and other Touch related products that are could be announced by Apple on Monday. Some of the stories have discrepancies so take everything as a grain of salt until details from Apple are announced.
iPhone 3G and Touch Rumors
iPhone in Smaller Sizes? (ilounge.com) 3.2″ and 2.8″ Screen Size…. (the current iPhone is 3.5″)
iPhone 3G Maybe Thicker (engadget.com) - Glossy Back, 3G, GPS, Slightly Thicker
iPhone 3G Thinner (macrumors.com) - 22% thinner, Better Battery Life and $200 dollar subsidies with 2yr contract
iPhone 3G Prices (macrumors.com) - 16GB $499, 32GB $699
New iPhone Patent Applications (macrumors.com) - Video conferencing, instant messaging, blogging, and digital video camera applications.
Large Apple Multi-Touch Device (appleinsider.com) - 4inch - 7inch cross between a Mac and an iPod Touch
iPhone 2.0 Wishlist (gizmodo.com) - Features that would rock if they were part of the iPhone 3G
In the comments…
Let me know your predictions for the upcoming iPhone 3G features, specs and price point.
Also, if I have missed any interesting stories or rumors, post it and I will add it to the list.
Here is how to jailbreak using winpwn. It runs pretty smoothly, getting rid of a lot of bugs you run into when using iLiberty or ZiPhone. Do not use this if your iPod is working fine. This is for people who want less bugs and custom images. Pretty cool, I must say. 1. Download stuff.
2. Pwn Your iPod
- Plug in your iPod
- Make sure it is running firmware 1.1.4
- Open WinPwn
- Click “browse.ipsw”
- Select the 1.1.4 firmware file
- Click “iPwner”
- Put your iPod into Recovery Mode-Hold the home and power buttons until the iPod turns off. Then wait until you see your iPod turn on with the apple logo. Let go of the power button, while still holding the home button. When you see the “Connect to iTunes” logo, you are in recovery mode.
- Your iPod has been pwned. Now onto the jailbreak
3. Creating your own firmware
- Click “IPSW Builder”
- In the “Add Source” box, add the source “ipodtouchmaster.com/files/repo.xml”
- In categories, go to “iPhone 1.1.4 Applicationss” and install “iPhone 1.1.4 Apps”
- In “System”, add BSD Subsystem, Installer, and OpenSSH
- In “Utilities” add BossTool
- Go to “Development” and install “Jiggy runtime”
- In sources, add them all
- These are the main essentials. If you have hacked your iPod before and know what you are doing, add more sources and install more stuff
4. Creating custom images
- Click the “Custom Images” tab
- Click “Use Custom Pictures”
- Pick something
- When you are all done and ready, click “Build.ipsw”
- Save the file somewhere where you will remember it (i recommend the desktop)
5. Finish Up
- Plug in your iPod. Run iTunes and hold shift and click restore
- Select the newly created file
- Let it restore
- Once restored, a window will pop up on your iPod and say winpwn is finished.
- If it freezes after this, hold power and home until it turns off. Then turn it back on.
- On your home screen, click BossTool
- Click Free Disk Space
- Click Relocate Fonts
- Go to installer and uninstall BossTool (sources will refresh first)
- Install anything else you want
This is the first draft of the jailbreak. It is still relatively new. IF you run into any problems, leave a post. I will check them out.
Good luck.
Lone Stag
Well I am back from a break and if you want a great place to find and install 3rd party apps here are instructions that I have created and currently used to jailbreak and install apps:
Here is the source:blazeco.info/blaze.xml
1 Open the installer app
2 At the bottom click sources
3 Look at the top and then click edit in the right hand corner
4 Click add
5 You can now add whatever source then let it refresh sources
6 Go into recent packages and you should have a bunch of new apps
How I Jailbroke my iPod Touch using this method:
Use: (blazeco.info/blaze.xml).
When you install that source go into blaze softwares it has something called SvPatch which changes your version tag. What that means is if for example you have 1.1.4 jailbroken but you want to install summerboard (themes) but it only works for 1.1.3 jailbroken. So by installing the 1.1.3 Svpatch in Itune it would say 1.1.4 but when the Svpatch is installed it changes it to 1.1.3. They have other software versions: 1.1.1,1.1.2,1.1.3,1.1.4…so try it out.
How cool would it be to play game consoles on your iPod?!? TOTALLY AWESOME DUDE!
If you read my first post named “Emulators and ROMs,” you would understand there is a way to play games on your iPod such as Super Mario Bros., Sonic the Hedgehog, and the list goes on. It gets a bit tricky when you add ROMs to these emulators because you have to find the ROMs, SSH into it, add folders, and BLAH BLAH BLAH. People don’t want to do that…we all want the EASIEST way to add ROMs into our emulators. We just want to click on a ROMs packages and VOILA…ROMs in our emulators. Well, a new site just launched that will make your lives easier. The site is called iphoneroms.com and their repo is “http://repo.iphoneroms.com” When you add this source into Installer, you will get some new folders in your Install tab. You will get folders named Emulators, GBA ROMs, Genesis ROMs, NES ROMs, and SNES ROMs. The emulator folder will include all the emulators, just in case if you don’t have them already. Then you would go into the certain emulator’s ROMs folder to get the game. For example, if I install the NES emulator, then I would go into the NES ROMs folder and find games I want. When you find a game you want, all you have to do is install and it’ll be in your emulator. The site is pretty new, so they don’t have tons and tons of games for each emulator, but they do have a handful. You can even add your own ROMs through the site and they add the ROM into the repository. I hope I made your lives a bit easier by sharing this with you. Hope all goes well!
-rAwks
What are the best applications out there for the iPod? What applications do you use? These are questions we are asked by new hackers to get a feel of which applications THEY should install. To be honest, there isn’t an application that is THE BEST, but there are applications that are really great to use. It also depends on your personality because I might like playing puzzle games (which I do), but someone else might not. I have 6 pages on my home screen, but it would be TOO much to write about each one. That’s why I am going to write about my favorite 5 applications and my favorite 5 games. I will write about the 5 in no particular order and I’m not including applications that come with the iPod (Maps, Music, Photo, etc.). This will hopefully help you get a little familiar with who I am and it might also influence you in installing these onto your iPod.
My favorite 5 applications are Light, Touchpad, Flip A Coin, Sketches, and Customize. Lots of people think the light app is pretty dumb, but I seriously use it EVERYDAY. When it’s dark around the house, I turn on the light app and it guides the way. Touchpad is one of my favorite apps because it allows you to control your computer from your iPod. I use this on a daily basis for work. This app works with both PC and MAC computers. Flip A Coin is perfect for those that are indecisive, like ME. I can never choose where to eat and it’s always between two choices, so I use the Flip A Coin to make the choice for me. Sketches is an app where you can draw and scribble, like an Etch A Sketch. I use Sketches on a daily basis to draw or write little notes to my fiancé because you can send your artwork or note through email. Customize lets you customize your iPod and change things like your slider image, battery images, etc. I am currently using a modded Customize because I am not fond of the new Customize.
My favorite 5 games are iZoo, MixUp, Millionaire, Text Twist, and iQuickBlock. If you like the game Bejewled you will love iZoo. It’s pretty much the same game, just different name. You can even install different themes for this, so you can get the Bejewled look or you can even get another theme to make the icons into Simpson’s characters. MixUp is a game where you have scrambled letters and you have to arrange it to create a word. It keeps on going, but after a while the words get repetitive. If you like the show “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire,” you will most definitely want to install Millionaire app. The only downfall for this app is that you can’t use the phone a friend lifeline because it ACTUALLY wants you to call someone on your contact list (This will work if you have the microphone to make calls with your iPod). Text twist is a game where you form words from a set of six scrambled letters and you must find at least one 6-letter word using all the letters to get to the next round.
As I said in the beginning, I have LOTS of applications and games on my device, but these are my favorites. The only way to know which applications or games are best for you…is to try them out yourself. Hope all goes well!
-rAwks
We get tons of questions regarding topics such as emulators and adding games onto those emulators. Getting an emulator for a certain video game system is easy…the hard part is finding the ROMs and/or BIOs for the emulator. Add this source http://iappcat.com/r/6675 into Installer. After your sources refresh, click on your install tab and click on the folder named “rAwks.” This is a repo I created that includes all the emulators out there and some ROM and BIO packages. I can’t guarantee all the ROMs or BIOs will work, but most of them do.
Usually the way you add ROMs into your emulator is by SSHing into your iPod. You would then create a ROMs folder in a specific path way. When you install the ROM packages from my source it will create the folder on its own, if you haven’t created one yet. The first time I installed the packages it created the folder in the correct place, but when I recently did it again it created it in the wrong place. The ROM packages include only a limited amount of games and it might not include a game you really want. Now the only way to add the game of your choice is to find the ROM online and download it. Then when you have it on your computer, you have to SSH into your iPod and place it in the ROMs folder. As mentioned, the emulators require you to place the ROMs folder in a specific section in the iPod. I will give you directions on how to SSH into your iPod to include the ROMs you downloaded into your emulators. First off, make sure to read Lone Stag’s post on “Detailed Instructions on How To SSH” and follow all his steps. (If you have a MAC, download and install Cyberduck…instead of WinSCP) When you’re all logged in using either WinSCP or Cyberduck, now you have to be careful what you do. You don’t want to delete something your not suppose to or move things in the wrong place. Here are the steps:
- Navigate to /var/mobile/Media
- If you don’t have the folder already, create a new folder and name it “ROMs”
- Click on the ROMs folder. Then you would have to create folders for each emulator you want. (Ex. NES, SNES, GENESIS, GBA, etc.)
- Depending on which ROM you’re adding, you would just drag that ROM from your computer into that emulator’s folder.
- Once you are done, on your iPod that game should be in your emulator.
If you run into any problems, just let me know. There are many videos online if you need visual help. Hope all goes well!
PS…here are some sites to find some ROMs or BIOs
http://www.theoldcomputer.com/Libarary%27s/Emulation/NES/ROMs/NES_roms_summary%200-L.htm#-L.htm
http://ndash.eu/en/?lnk=gbn
http://rapidshare.com/files/69551457/gba_bios.bin.html
SSH’ing is a useful skill to know. It can help get apps to work, enable you to create custom backgrounds and icon images, copy content directly from your iPod, and so much more. Once you get used to the navigation, it is quite easy and will help you become a better hacker. Now, onto the steps.
1. What You Need
- A jailbroken iPod (read my previous posts on how to get your iPod jailbroken)
- In Settings, click general, auto-lock, never
- Make sure you have WiFi and a computer or this will not work
2. Install OpenSSH on your iPod
- In installer, go to install, all packages, OpenSSH
3. Download and install WinSCP
4. Enter your information
- To find your host name, turn on your iPod and go to settings, WiFi.
- On your selected network, click the blue arrow on the right
- The IP Address is your host name, type it in the box in WinSCP
- The Username is root
- The Password is alpine
- Click Login
- It will take awhile on your first try
- Always keep searching and waiting until it is found
- When the warning comes up, click Yes
- You are now inside your iPod
5. What to do now
- I know this is going to bug a lot of you, but I am not going to tell you what to do yet
- Keep reading the site to see what you actually did this and why it is extremely useful
- I guess you will have to keep coming back to the site to check for updates (which will be soon)
- Note: Don’t mess around with the fies you now are capable to edit. It could damage your hardware
- KEEP READING MY POSTS
- LEAVE COMMENTS TO ME
Lone Stag
This is a post rAwks and I jointly wrote about common questions we see. These questions are aimed for owners of a jailbroken 1.1.4 iPod Touch.
First, a foreword from rAwks:
Lots of people have been asking us questions about problems they have faced with jailbreaking their device. I understand…before I was a writer for this site, I would panic to Lone Stag for help. We don’t mind helping other’s out with problems, but sometimes it gets TOO repetitive. I know it’s a hassle to read through 100+ comments to find the answer that you’re looking for. So…this post will hopefully break it down for you to find your answer easier. Here goes:
BSD ROOT ERROR
Lots of people have faced this error while jailbreaking their device and it really scares the crap out of you. You panic because you see all this gibberish on your device and it just doesn’t stop. When you restart it and turn it back on, the same white text shows up. The way to fix it is by doing a hard reset and restore to 1.1.4 on iTunes. To do to a hard reset you would hold the home button and the wake/sleep button down until it shuts off. Keep holding it down even through start up (when the Apple logo appears). Finally let go when the “connect to iTunes” screen shows up. From there, restore to 1.1.4 and try again!
MAIL APP CRASHING
Some people faced their Mail app crashing when clicked on. The way to fix this is by adding a source into Installer. Add this souce: http://installer.iClarified.com
Then install “SyncFix” in the iClarified folder. Once you install it, restart your iPod and connect to iTunes. This should stop it from crashing.
KEYBOARD FREEZE
I faced the keyboard freezing when trying to add a source into Installer. I thought just a simple restart would fix the solution. When I went back, the keyboard froze again. The way to fix this is by going into Contacts and click the + to add a new contact. Click on one of the boxes (I chose the “First Last” box) and just type anything in for about 10 seconds. Once you’re down typing away, click on cancel. Then click cancel again and just click on the home button. When you go into Installer and add a source, it should fix the freezing keyboard situation.
APPLICATION SPACE
Lots of people think that by installing applications you’re going to use up the GB you have for music, photos, etc. If you have a 16 GB iPod Touch, all that space is ONLY for music, photos, etc. When you install apps, they take up space somewhere else. When you jailbreak your iPod, immediately install “Bosstools.” This app will free up more space for more apps. If you don’t install this and lose space, sometimes things go wrong (Ex. Installer crashing). When you have Bosstools on your home screen, click on it and then click on “Free Disk Space.” When you get to the next screen, click on “Relocate Fonts.” A pop up will show up making sure you want to do it…just click “Do it!” Once down, your disk space will boost up.
SUMMERBOARD
When you install SummerBoard onto your iPod, make sure to make it active. Lots of people forget to do this. If you don’t make it active, when you click on the theme you want…nothing happens! To make SummerBoard active, all you have to do is restart your iPod. Once it’s back on, click on SMBPrefs and on the very bottom it should say “Active.”
CUSTOMIZE
It doesn’t work for 1.1.4 yet, but if you really want it…there’s a way around it. First you have to add 2 sources into installer:
- repo.ispazio.net
- ipodtouched.net/repo.xml
When those get added, go to the install tab and under Tweaks (1.1.4) install the “1.1.4 Compatibility Patch.” This allows you to install apps that work for 1.1.3. Once you install this, click on the install tab and find the folder that says “iPod Touched.” Inside you will find “Modded Customize” and install that. When you’re done, go to the uninstall tab and uninstall the “1.1.4 Compatibility Patch.” Make sure that every time you use this patch, you uninstall it. When you want to use it again, install the patch and install whatever you want…then make sure to uninstall it.
ERROR PACKAGE FAILED
The unwelcome “Error Package Failed” pop up appears when you try to install an app in Installer. To fix this problem, make sure in Installer that there is nothing in your queue. If you cleared it and you install again and nothing happens, clear the queue again and restart your iPod. You shouldn’t get that error again.
SPRINGBOARD/SUMMERBOARD NOT COMPLETING REFRESH
If you exit installer and your restart is just hanging longer than usual, just wait a little longer. If after one minute it is still hanging, hold home and power until your iPod turns off. Turn it back on and it should be working.
APP FREEZES
App freezes are common, especially if they are still in the beta stages. If an app freezes, press home and get back to your home screen. If clicking home doesn’t work, hold power and home until it turns off. Turn it back on and try the app again.
iChat NOT WORKING
iChat might not log you in when you clearly entered your correct email address and password. If you can’t log in, try this. Click your name. When is trying to connect, click cancel. Then click your name again. Keep clicking it until it logs you in on the connecting screen.
THE ULTIMATE SOLUTIONS
If something is wrong and the above solutions don’t work, manually turn off your iPod by holding power and home until your iPod turns off. The ultimate solution to any problem is to do a hard restore. This is if your iPod is completely not working. To do this, hold power and the home button. Keep holding, even when it turns off. Let go when you see the connect to iTunes logo appear, and restore your iPod in iTunes.
If you haven’t heard about iAppcat.com, you have to check this website out. When I first browsed the site, I was in application heaven! iAppCat is a user friendly iPod/iPhone application catalog. This site is optimized for the iPod/iPhone, so it’s really easy to use on your device when you’re on the go. Don’t get me wrong…you can still use this site on your computer. First things first, you have to register for the site. Don’t worry…it’s FREE!
Once you register and you’re signed on, you can go look for apps and sources. When you find an app you want, all you have to do is click on the box to save it to your list. It’s that easy! Once you check all the apps you want, you can click on your list to see which apps you have. From there you can remove it, just in case you clicked on an app you didn’t want. Once you’re happy with your list, up on the top of the list tab…you have a link to your very own repository. Since this is a link to your own repository, you can add this to your sources on your iPod/iPhone. Once you add this to your sources, you will have you very own folder in installer with all those apps you saved to your list. This makes installing apps easier because you can find everything all in one folder. I highly suggest everyone to use this because it’ll help you find those apps you always ask us about. On the site, there’s a video tutorial on it for those that need visual help….I needed it! Hope all goes well and hope this site is useful for you! -rAwks
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