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The Other MJ

July 1, 2009 View Comments

Michael Jackson is gone but his memory has been immortalized through his music. Then, there is the other MJ whose virtuoso on the playing court produces a different kind of music, but has the same mesmerizing effect to his worldwide audience. Obviously, the other MJ I’m speaking of is no other than the greatest basketball [...]

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Exploit Found in iPhone 3GS, Jailbreak, Unlock Tool on the Way

June 26, 2009 View Comments

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The iPhone Dev-Team has verified that the exploit earlier found in the iPod Touch 2G, called 24kpwn, has been left unpatched by Apple and is still applicable to the bootrom of the iPhone 3GS.

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Dev-Team Released Ultrasn0w & Tutorial

June 24, 2009 View Comments

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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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Finger Painting on the iPhone Using Brushes

June 23, 2009 View Comments

It’s been ages since I last posted an article on digital painting and my Wacom tablet has been gathering dust. But ever since I saw that particular cover on The New Yorker, I immediately downloaded the iPhone application that was responsible for creating it.

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Tutorial: How to Fix Installous Problems in iPhone 3.0

June 22, 2009 View Comments

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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Tutorial: Upgrade Your iPhone Firmware 2.x to 3.0 Using PwnageTool 3.0

June 20, 2009 View Comments

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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Waiting for iPhone Dev-Team’s Tools for iPhone OS 3.0 Firmware

June 18, 2009 View Comments

The iPhone OS 3.0 Frrmware has been released by Apple officially a few hours ago. For those with unmodified iPhones, upgrading is as simple as doing an update from iTunes. But for those with unlocked and jailbroken phones, it is recommended that everyone wait for the iPhone Dev-Team to release their tools.
If you are confused [...]

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Things Just Don’t Add Up

June 14, 2009 View Comments

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I just joined a contest at SlideShare… it’s about posting a story using a presentation software like PowerPoint or Keynote in 30 slides or less. I just learned about it 3 days ago while surfing the net and unfortunately the deadline is tomorrow, 15 June. Grand Prize is [...]

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Google Analytics Plugin Problem in WordPress 2.8

June 11, 2009 View Comments

WordPress 2.8 “Baker” is now available for download. If your upgrading from a previous version, you should do an Automatic Upgrade from the wp-admin of your WordPress blog or site. WordPress 2.8 looks and feels like 2.7 but with many improvements to themes, widgets, taxonomies, and overall speed. There are over 790 bug fixes. This [...]

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Hitman to Pacman: “Same move everytime”

June 2, 2009 View Comments

What do you do when you know something is coming to destroy you and yet you are helpless to stop it?
I’m not talking about a an asteroid hurtling towards Earth… but that must be the closest thing to Ricky “Hitman” Hatton the night he bumped into a human asteriod—Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao—as he felt the impact [...]

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How to Reduce the Size of Your iPhone’s “Other” Files

June 1, 2009 View Comments

When your iPhone is connected to your computer, iTunes displays a color-coded capacity bar at the bottom. The problem often occurs with the Other category that is colored orange. These are the rest of the files that do not belong to the other displayed categories like Video, Photos, Apps, etc. Examples are the Operating System [...]

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My New Blog Theme: Thesis for Wordpress

May 31, 2009 View Comments

Hey, it’s been a year since I moved my blog from Wordpress.com to Wordpress.org and I felt it’s also time to change how it looks. The old theme called “Statement” from blogohblog.com has served me well despite the birth pains of customization and monetization that face most noob bloggers. The good news is, I won’t [...]

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Update Your Hackintosh to Mac OS X 10.5.7

May 13, 2009 View Comments

hackintosh 10.5.7

Apple released today the Mac OS X 10.5.7 Update recommended for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
The best thing is, if you have built your Hackintosh using Apple’s Mac Leopard OS X Retail DVD, then just like all Macintosh users, you can use Software Update to update from a previous version. Easy, don’t you think? If [...]

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iTunes Authorization Looping Problem When Syncing iPhone

April 28, 2009 View Comments

I don’t know how often this happens to others but it happened to me. I just downloaded a video file to iTunes and was about to sync it to my iPhone when the dialog box above popped up.

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Skype Crashes on a Jailbroken iPhone (Fix)

April 1, 2009 View Comments

If you tried the free Skype app from the App Store, you may be frustrated to find out that it crashes on your jailbroken iPhone. To fix it, you just need to update the Mobile Substrate file from Cydia.
That’s it!

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Update Your Hackintosh to Mac OS X 10.5.6

December 17, 2008 View Comments

hackintosh 10.5.6

If you have followed my tutorial “Hackintosh Tutorial: Install a Mac Leopard OS X Retail DVD on a PC“, then you shouldn’t have any problems upgrading your Mac OS X Leopard to the latest versions using “Software Update”.

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How To Save and Read Your iPhone Text Messages On Your Computer

December 4, 2008 View Comments

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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How To Recover Your iPhone Files, Photos, Contacts, Notes, SMS, Call History, Etc.

December 2, 2008 View Comments

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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Looking for Mobileinstallation 2.2? Use AppShare and Installous in Cydia!

November 24, 2008 View Comments

After upgrading your iPhone to 2.2, you found out that you can no longer run your test ipa apps that were installed using the mobileinstallation mod. So you searched the net in the hopes of finding a mobileinstallation upgrade for 2.2, right? Ok, I can give you a link to such a file (yes, it [...]

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iPhone App Review: Remote Control Your iPhone With Your Computer Using Veency

October 21, 2008 View Comments

There’s Mocha VNC for the iPhone to remote control your Mac or PC from your phone. Now, there’s Veency to remote control your iPhone from your Mac or PC. But first, you need to have a jailbroken iPhone to install Veency on your phone.
You can check out my iPhone jailbreaking tutorials in the iPhone category.

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