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Tuesday, October 25

SemiTether Jailbreak for iOS 5

Well, since I had posted the tethered JB on my previous post, I thought it's just good to update you guys of an update to it. No it's not untethered JB. I had upgraded my iphone 4 to iOS 5 last week using Redsn0w JB. Yes, it's tethered but what the heck. iOS 5 is too cool to say no to. Now here's an update by BigBoss. But first let me explain what is the difference between a tethered and and untethered JB. 

Tethered Jailbreak
This is after you had jailbreak your device and tried to reboot it. Your device will get stuck in the apple logo screen or goes into recovery mode (USB cable to iTunes picture). You will now need the Redsn0w software to reboot your device. So you're in a big problem if your phone suddenly rebooted or need to be rebooted after a software install in Cydia or out of battery. 

Untethered Jailbreak
Simply put it, it's the best of them all. You can freely boot and reboot your devices as many time as you wanted. All thanks to GeoHot for last year's limer1n exploit. 

So what does this semi-tethered do? Well it will let your phone reboot and has the standard function made available. But apps like Safari, Mail and all the Cydia installed apps and tweaks. At least you can make calls and SMS right? So here is how you install the Cydia based semi-tethered app. 
  1. Go to Cydia and Choose "Manage"
  2. Choose "Sources" 
  3. Choose "Edit" and then "Add"
  4. Then enter this URL "http://thebigboss.org/semitether" and Choose "Add Source"
  5. Return to Cydia after installing the app
  6. Go to Search and search for semitether 
  7. Choose to Install and after installing your device will be prompted to reboot. 
You device will now be able to reboot but to make all the apps workable, you will need to boot tethered once more using Redsn0w. This is still in a trial or beta mode so do try with caution and do back up your data. Have I used it? Nope, I had Redsn0w installed both on my laptop and desktop. So it won't be any issue if my phone did rebooted. And if my phone ran out of battery? Heck, any phone need to be recharge after running out of battery. What's the difference right? Cheers~!

Monday, October 17

Tips on Improving Battery Life Running on iOS 5

I had read on reviews and feedback from users who had upgraded to the iOS 5 that their battery life decreased a lot. This seemed more obvious on both iPad and iPhone users as compared to iPod. Well, you can expect the extra battery usage since there are so much new features (200+) in the new iOS 5. So here are some tips on improving your battery life. Most of them are settings which you can disable since you do not need it to be running at the back. 
  1. Disabling Bluetooth (Settings/General/Bluetooth > OFF)
  2. Disabling Location Service (Settings/Location Service > OFF)
  3. Turning OFF Notification Service for some/all of your apps (Settings/Notification >OFF)
  4. Disabling iCloud Services (Settings/General/iCloud > OFF) *this maybe the most significant one. 
  5. Disabling Ping (Services/General/Restrictions/Enable Restrictions/Ping > OFF)
  6. Disabling Time Zone Adjustment (Settings/Location Services/System Services/Set Time Zone > OFF)
  7. Disabling Diagnostic & Usage Reports (Settings/General/About/Diagnostic & Usage > Don't Send)
  8. Reset Network Settings (Settings/Reset/Rest Network Settings) *this will reset all your password, VPN and APN in your network settings. 
  9. Some users also suggested that removing and adding back your email account helps. Hence, you need to Delete Email Accounts -> Reset Network Settings -> Reboot -> Adding Email Accounts
Some of the users even mentioned that their battery life drop drastically down to half, even during standby mode. Some iPhone users even complaint about their phone heating up. There are mix opinion on these issues, some blaming it on the iCloud and had disabled it. Some are blaming on the Time Zone Adjustment setting. I haven't upgrade to iOS 5, so I am not sure how is it affecting my phone. Let me know how is your iDevices acting up after upgrading to iOS 5. Hope the above tips helps you. 

Thursday, October 13

iOS 5 is LIVE

Finally the long awaited iOS 5 had been released hours ago. I had posted an update on that several months back and after iPhone 4S was released last week, the long awaited iOS 5 had finally been released by Apple today. And the iPhone Dev Team took no time in exploiting the new iOS 5 and gave us the JB for it. Well it come with no surprised actually if you are following the updates (like I did). They had already JB iOS 5 GM version which is pre-loaded for iPhone 4S so they just need to tweak a bit before releasing it to the mass after Apple releases iOS 5. You can download Redsn0w and Sn0wbreeze to JB your iDevices now. 

I am going to explain here how to JB using Redsn0w 0.9.9b4 for iOS 5 devices. You can download Redsn0w [HERE] and Sn0wbreeze 2.8 beta 8 [HERE]. Note that Redsn0w only support the following iOS 5 devices:
  • iPhone 4
  • iPhone 3GS
  • iPod Touch 3G
  • iPod Touch 4G
  • iPad 1
Nope, there is no JB available for iPad 2. God bless those who are running on 4.3.3. Since it won't support iPad 2, that goes the same with iPhone 4S. Cause both of this iDevices are running on the new A5 processor. Both Redsn0w and Sn0wbreeze are tethered JB unless you are using 3GS running on an older bootrom which is untethered. I am not gonna go step-by-step with the JB in here. Well unless my friends or readers out there requested it (a bit lazy). There are reports saying their iPhone got stuck on the loading page. This might be cause by the Cydia apps crashing as it's not supported by the new iOS. 

Some of you JB owners used AptBackup, PkgBackup or xBackup from Cydia to backup your apps but do take note that not all apps support the new iOS as mentioned earlier. It may crashed on your iDevices in some cases. And even in iTunes, you will need to reinstall all your apps since not apps are supported on the new iOS. Here's a YouTube video showing how to JB using Redsn0w. Enjoy~! And again, please back up your iDevices before you do anything. And the writer won't be taking any responsibility for anything that happens to any reader's iDevices. 


Thursday, October 6

The Legacy of Steve Jobs

I was driving my car early this morning when I heard the radio mentioning someone died and it sounded like Steve Jobs (1955-2011). Yes, it's confirmed after I quickly browsed through Apple's website during the bumper the bumper jam. You can send your regards and condolences HERE. It was just a day (more or less) after Apple unveiled their latest iPhone 4S to the market. I think it came to a shock to all the people in the world hearing about this. Everyone knows that he decided to take an absence of work before the launch and I thought that he just wanted to recuperate after a long work. Everyone knows that he survived his past cancer problems but I guess God decided that HE too wanted someone as genius as him to be next to him up there. Maybe God wanted an iGod? OK, bad joke. 

Along these years, Steve changed a falling company and rebuild it again and now being the leader of all the smart phones companies. He had brought us iPod, iTouch, iPhone and iPad which changes the technology world entirely and bringing the game up to another level for all the other makers. Now everyone tries to beat Apple. It is definitely a sad day for all of us Apple fanatics out there. He will be miss but his spirit will move on and be with us each time we pick up an Apple product. We just hope that his predecessor can carry on the torch and bring Apple to another new height. God Bless and May Your Soul Rest in Peace~! 

Wednesday, October 5

Finally it's iPhone 4S and Not 5

Finally the cat is out of the box. It's official that iPhone next generation phone is dubbed 4S rather than 5. This means that it's just an upgrade rather than a whole new design of the phone. Honestly I am a bit disappointed. I am really looking forward to the 4" display that we had been hearing for so long now. But people over at Cupertino. Their shares even drop 5% after this announcement during their Let's Talk iPhone event late yesterday (our time). Nevertheless, the new iPhone 4S do come with a lot of "upgrades". Here are some of them worth mentioning:-
  • Dual-Core A5 Processor: It's the same processor that the current iPad 2 is using. Apple claimed that it's 2 times faster in performance and up to 7 times faster graphics as compared to it's predecessor, iPhone 4. 
  • 8-Mega Pixel Camera: Well, at least they got this right. I think the new iPhone should have at least an 8-megapixel camera since most of the smartphone in the market has it for so long. The camera also comes with a larger f/2.4 aperture. Other features like improved backside illumination sensor, auto white balance, advanced color accuracy, face detection and also reduced motion blur-ness. 
  • HD Video Recording: Now you will be able to record full HD 1080p videos on this baby. It also comes with anti shake reduction feature during recording. 
  • World Phone: It is also dubbed the world phone because it is able to work both GSM and also CDMA network. Apple claimed that they are the first manufacturer that come out with this feature as the phone will automatically switch to a better network between these two. In other word, better coverage. 
  • Faster Network Speed: The speed has been doubled to 14.4 Mbps on HSDPA. 
  • Improved Battery Life: Each time Apple comes out with a new phone, they made the machine more faster but at the same time better battery life. This is one of their key feature for me. Since it's pointless if you increase the performance on the battery expenses. 
  • SIRI: SIRI is the new personal assistance that everyone has been talking about since it was demoed online early this year. You can use  SIRI to composed a mail, make a phone call, search online and even locate a place just using voice control. 
Other than all that, the new iPhone 4S comes loaded with the new iOS 5 which come with more than 200 new features that we have been talking all this while. iPhone 4S is available in US for $199 for the 16GB, $299 for 32GB and $399 for the new 64GB capacity. As usual, US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Japan and Australia will be able to pre-order on the 7th October and will be launching one week after on the 14th Oct. Other countries like Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithunia, Luxemberg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland will be on 28th Oct. The rest of the world would need to wait till the end of the year for it. Looking at the brighter side, I can re-use my current casing for the new iPhone 4S. Saved a lot of $$$. 

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