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Since Apple recently released the new iPhone OS 3.1.2 firmware, the iPhone Dev-Team likewise released an updated jailbreaking and unlocking tool–PwnageTool 3.1.4. It supports the iPhone 3GS OTB, iPhone 3G and 2G, and the iPod Touch 1st and 2nd Gen. PwnageTool is for Mac OS X only.
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This tutorial is for those who already have [...]
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This tutorial is for those who already have a jailbroken iPhone OS 3.0 and upgrading to iPhone OS 3.1.
If you have the first generation iPhone (2G), you can use this tutorial to jailbreak and unlock your phone.
If you have an iPhone 3G, you can use this guide to jailbreak only. Then use Ultrasn0w [...]
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In my last post, “MacBook Pro Hard Drive: S.M.A.R.T. is Failing!”, I discussed how I backed up and replaced my MacBook Pro hard disk that is about to fail using SuperDuper over a networked PC, a Phillips and Torx screwdrivers, and a simple video tutorial.
This time, I will show you how I restored the SuperDuper’s [...]
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I was about ready to upgrade my 15″ Macbook Pro from Mac OS X 10.5.8 Leopard to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard when the Disk Utility on the OS displayed the name of my hard disk drive in red letters. Sure enough, the S.M.A.R.T Status indicator says “Failing”.
Immediately, the first thing to do is [...]
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Note: There’s a new Volume Boost app in Cydia from ModMyi.com that they integrated with their popular Winterboard app. I tried it but I didn’t notice any change. So I just reinstalled the one from Fishbone’s and everything’s good again.
Prior to iPhone OS 3.0, iClarified has always added an app in Cydia called Volume Boost [...]
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As I reported in an earlier article, while the Dev-Team has released Ultrasn0w to unlock the iPhone 3GS, it won’t be able to do a jailbreak. Without a jailbreak, there’s no way to use Ultrasn0w to unlock (Ultrasn0w can unlock the iPhone 3G by using PwnageTool or Redsn0w).
Although the Dev-Team has already identified an exploit [...]
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The wait is over for all iPhone 3G users to unlock their jailbroken phones who previously applied yellowsn0w. The iPhone Dev-Team has fnally released their much awaited new tool—Ultrasn0w. Although Ultrasn0w should also be able to unlock the new iPhone 3G S, there is still no tool to make the required jailbreak before an unlock [...]
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Update: Try the new Installous 2.0.3 in Cydia before performing the fix below. I tried it and works great.
Many have reported problems downloading cracked apps from Installous after jailbreaking to iPhone 3.0 firmware–such as “unable to find executable”, “Script failed. Unable to decompress”, previously working apps no longer work, white icons, deleted apps, etc.
To fix [...]
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Update: PwnageTool 3.01 is now available and is said to fix the PPC issue on Mac OS X and the Icy Installer bug.
This guide will help you upgrade and jailbreak your iPhone v2.x to 3.0 firmware using PwnageTool 3.0 created by the iPhone Dev-Team.
This tutorial is specifically for the iPhone 2G (1st Generation iPhone) and [...]
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This tutorial will help you save all those important and juicy text messages on your iPhone to your computer for later reading.
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If for some reason, you lost some important information on your iPhone, whether from 3rd party applications, your photos, contacts, notes, SMS, call history, calendar, etc., and doing a restore from iTunes is futile, don’t give up yet! As long as you have performed a backup in iTunes recently, your data is safely tucked away [...]
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In Part 1: Using VMware Converter On A Vista PC, we learned how to use the free VMware Converter 3.0.3 to create a Windows Vista virtual machine from an existing Windows Vista server. Now that we have the Vista VM copied to our OS X hard drive, we boot into OS X Leopard and install [...]
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I have been using Parallels for almost a year to run Windows Vista on my MacBook Pro. Well, that was after I ran into problems with VMware Fusion. Now, with the latest Fusion 2.0, it’s time to put it out to a test again and see how it fares with Parallels 3.0. I wouldn’t want [...]
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From iPhone firmware 2.0.1, I upgraded to 2.1 using iPhone Dev Team’s newly released PwnageTool 2.1 for Mac (Note: If this doesn’t work for you, you can try QuickPwn 1.1 for Mac). As I mentioned in my other post, I didn’t upgrade to 2.0.2 because there wasn’t anything exciting with it. But 2.1 is a [...]
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After building hackintosh machines using different modified OS X installers, the hackintosh community has come a long way and is within grasp of achieving the holy grail of running Mac OS X on PCs—installing the original, unmodified OS X DVDs created by Apple for Macs on ordinary IBM compatible personal computers. Well, almost.
While we can [...]
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This is a turorial on how to use PwnageTool 2.0.2 and update your iPhone to 2.0.1. For Mac only!
Step 1. Download PwnageTool 2.0.2 here.
Step 2. Backup your iPhone to iTunes
Step 3. Open iTunes, and from the iPhone -> Summary tab, download (do not update) the latest iPhone firmware 2.0.1 (iPhone1,1_2.0.1_5B108_Restore.ipsw).
Step 4. Open PwnageTool 2.0.2.
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Update 2: If you upgrade to iPhone 2.1 with the PwnageTool 2.1, you need to perform this procedure again and use the patched MobileInstallation 2.1 file.
Update 1: If you upgrade to iPhone 2.0.1 with the PwnageTool 2.0.2, you need to perform this procedure again.
So you have jailbroken your iPhone 2.0 with the PwnageTool so you [...]
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Note: If you are building your Hackintosh for the first time, I recommend that you follow my latest tutorial here: http://menoob.com/hackintosh/hackintosh-install-a-mac-leopard-os-x-retail-dvd-on-a-pc/
If you like to be on Hackintosh 10.5.4, you can try and install the new iATKOS v4i. You can download it from the usual place where the “green thing” resides. The file is 2.64 Gb [...]
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Update: PwnageTool 2.0.1 (still Mac only) has been released with bug fixes. This PwnageTool 2.0 Guide remains applicable.
Note: PwnageTool 2.0 is for Mac only at this time. You also cannot upgrade from firmware versions older than 1.1.4. I suggest you use my other guide if you need to upgrade your iPhone to 1.1.4 first.
This guide [...]
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If you have been manually upgrading your WordPress to a new version, you normally would follow the Three Step Upgrade guide from WordPress.org. It isn’t difficult enough to do a manual upgrade, but there are easier and faster ways to do it. If you have signed up with a web hosting provider that includes a [...]
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