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As I was playing around my iPhone settings a couple of days ago, I discovered a few options I had never seen before. I might be a little late and maybe you guys already know about that but I’d like to share these findings with you anyway. These hidden features are in Settings > General > Accessibility. While they would appear useless to most iPhone users, they are very helpful for people with hearing or vision disabilities. I know for sure I had been in this area of the settings before ... - Sebastien Page

CyDialer is a new application by Saurik, the developer of Cydia, that aims to bring coverflow-like contact management to your iPhone lockscreen. Instead of launching your phone.app and going to the contacts, you can directly flick through your contacts on your lockscreen. FSM gives a pretty good description of how CyDialer works: Installing from Cydia, the preferences are accessed from the settings app and you select from them just like Winterboard (another Saurik creation). When exiting, it resprings and you are presented with your favorites (from the phone app) on the lockscreen. ... - Sebastien Page

Installous, the infamous site that helps pirates share and find cracked iPhone apps has updated its iPhone application and built it back from scratch and tagged it as Install0us 2.5. Before I go any further, I want to make things clear. I do not support or endorse piracy. Piracy sucks. If you want an application, then buy it. This article about Install0us 2.5 is given to you for information purpose only. Install0us 2.5 is apparently more stable than its predecessor. I downloaded and quickly had a look at it ... - Sebastien Page

Twidget is a new application available in Cydia that will display your Twitter stream on your iPhone lockscreen. To install Twidget, simply go to Cydia and search for “Twidget“. There are several versions available. I installed the simple version hosted on iSpazio. After installing Twidget, launch the app and enter your Twitter credentials then go to WinterBoard to activate the widget. WinterBoard will automatically respring your springboard and you should now see you Twitter stream. From the lockscreen, you’ll be able to see your friends’ tweets, your own, your @replies and your favorites. I installed ... - Sebastien Page

The Dev Team updated UltraSn0w from 0.91 to 0.92 to fix the missing carrier logo. Those of you who unlocked using PwnageTool + UltraSn0w noticed the disappearance of the carrier logo. While this was just an “aesthetic bug”, the core functionality of UltraSn0w (the unlock) was not altered in any way. A short update was given on the Dev Team blog earlier today: Today we released an ultrasn0w update that fixes an issue for those running firmware 3.1.2 with the 04.26 baseband.  That specific combination resulted in a missing carrier name in ... - Sebastien Page

My fiancée and I are currently traveling through Australia. For the purpose of this trip, I unlocked my iPhone and I put my account on hold with AT&T for a few months. This past weekend, I finally got a chance to find a pay-as-you-go plan for my iPhone and I’d like to share this experience with you. Read the rest of this post... "Traveling Overseas With an iPhone. My Australian Experience" is an article by the iPhone Download Blog sponsored by the iPhone Store. Feel free to leave a comment or discuss ... - Sebastien Page

This is a summary of all the articles posted on the blog this past week. BlackSn0w sneak peek – GeoHot gave us a sneak peek at BlackSn0w earlier today, revealing the icon of his long awaited iPhone unlock as well as details on how it will work when it’s released on November 4. BlackSn0w coming out – Good news came earlier today from GeoHot when he wrote in a blog post that Sn0wDay was coming one day ahead of schedule. BlackSn0w available for download – BlackSn0w is now available for download from BlackRa1n.com! ... - Sebastien Page

Most of you might already be aware of it but we have an online App Store on the blog, which is pretty much an online version of Apple’s App Store. The difference is that our App Store provides a much better user experience when searching and browsing apps by making it easy for you to sort apps very quickly. I gave a full overview of our online App Store a few weeks ago here, but feel free to go directly to http://appstore.iphonedownloadblog.com/ to see it for yourself. The real news today is ... - Sebastien Page

Many people are experiencing various issues after unlocking their iPhone with BlackRa1n and BlackSn0w. Here are some of the problems you may have encountered: No 3G or Edge Can’t connect to wifi Problems with YouTube No push notifications There are 2 possible solutions for this. The first fix is to reset your network settings. On your iPhone, go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings. After resetting your settings, make sure to reboot your iPhone. It is very important to reboot or else, the changes won’t take effect. A few people told me on Twitter ... - Sebastien Page

With the release of BlackSn0w, it is now possible to tether your iPhone running OS 3.1.2. For those of you who don’t know what tethering is, it basically allows you to use your iPhone as a modem in order to share the internet connection with a computer. For example, this post was written on my laptop while tethering my iPhone in Los Angeles airport. Step 1: Unlock your iPhone using BlackSn0w. See my BlackSn0w tutorial. Step 2: From your iPhone, navigate to http://m.peacefulinsanity.com/Tether... and hit the install button and confirm. This will install ... - Sebastien Page

You may have heard the story a few days ago of a hacker who took a few iPhone owners hostages andpretty much blackmailed them into paying a fee. For those of you who don’t know the story, here is a quick summary, courtesy of Gizmodo. Apparently all that it took to terrify many Dutch iPhone users was a “trivial” port scanning technique and “a modicum of networking know-how.” After the hacker gained access to the jailbroken phones with unchanged root passwords and SSH enabled, he sent the pictured message which led to ... - Sebastien Page

If you jailbroke your iPhone using PwnageTool or if you uninstalled the BlackRa1n app from your iPhone but still want to unlock your iPhone 3.1.2 with baseband 05.11.07, then read on. You can download BlackSn0w from Cydia and unlock your iPhone this way. Simply add the following repo in Cydia: blackra1n.com. Then in Cydia, look for BlackSn0w. Install the application and reboot your iPhone. Congrats, your iPhone is now unlocked! Other tutorials of interest: Jailbreak iPhone 3.1.2 with BlackRa1n RC3 Unlock iPhone 3.1.2 with BlackSn0w Please feel free to leave a comment if you have any question. "BlackSn0w Unlock ... - Sebastien Page

It’s official, BlackSn0w is out and available for download. BlackSn0w is not a standalone app. BlackSn0w is part of  Blackra1n RC3. People who accidentally locked their iPhone on baseband 05.11.07 will now be able to unlock their iPhone using BlackSn0w. This step by step guide and tutorial will show you how to unlock your iPhone OS 3.1.2 baseband 05.11.07 with BlackSn0w. If you just want to jailbreak your iPhone and are not interested in unlocking, refer to my BlackRa1n RC3 tutorial. This BlackSn0w iPhone unlock tutorial will work on both Mac and PC. In this ... - Sebastien Page

Ealier today, GeoHot unveiled BlackRa1n RC3, his latest jailbreak for iPhone OS 3.1.2. BlackRa1n RC3 is very similar to RC1 and RC2. The difference is that RC3 includes BlackSn0w, the unlock for iPhone baseband 05.11.07. This step by steps guide and tutorial will show you how to jailbreak your iPhone OS 3.1.2 with BlackRa1n RC3. The steps are strictly identical to BlackRa1n RC1 and BlackRa1n RC2 but I figured it might be good to write a tutorial for novices. This BlackRa1n RC3 iPhone jailbreak tutorial will work on both Mac and PC. ... - Sebastien Page

BlackSn0w is now available for download from BlackRa1n.com! BlackSn0w comes as an addon to BlackRa1n. Here is what’s important to note: BlackSn0w will unlock baseband 05.11.07 BlackSn0w will enable tethering I will write tutorials on how to use BlackSn0w, but here is a quick overview of how it works, depending on your situation: If you previously jailbroke your iPhone using BlackRa1n and you kept the blackra1n.app on it, then run BlackRa1n. The Icy icon should be replaced by the “ra1n” option. Select “ra1n” to upgrade BlackRa1n to RC3. After upgrading, run BlackRa1n and you should ... - Sebastien Page

Yesterday GeoHot gave us a quick sneak peek at BlackSn0w and told us BlackSn0w would be bundled into BlackRa1n RC3, due to be released on November 4th. Good news came earlier today from GeoHot when he wrote in a blog post that Sn0wDay was coming one day ahead of schedule. At Noon EST, 5 PM GMT, I will be making it sn0w, and I’m looking to see “#blacksn0w” trending. blacksn0w is the unlock for the latest 05.11.07 baseband, and will also enable official tethering. blackra1n, a jailbreak for 3.1.2, has been updated ... - Sebastien Page

GeoHot gave us a sneak peek at BlackSn0w earlier today, revealing the icon of his long awaited iPhone unlock as well as details on how it will work when it’s released on November 4. From what I understand, BlackSn0w will be bundled into BlackRa1n RC3. You will have to jailbreak your iPhone with BlackRa1n first, then run BlackSn0w. As a reminder, BlackSn0w will be the first solution to unlock the iPhone 3.1.2 with baseband 05.11.07. So all of you who accidentally updated your iPhone in iTunes and are now locked out of ... - Sebastien Page

In case you missed the festivities, this is a summary of this week’s articles. BlackRa1n is available – It seems that GeoHot was quicker at releasing BlackRa1n RC2 than he thought. Originally, BlackRa1n RC2 was supposed to be out tomorrow but GeoHot said on Twitter that it was already available for download. BlackRa1n RC2 guide & tutorial – This step-by-step guide and tutorial will show you how to use BlackRa1n RC2 to jailbreak your iPhone or iPod Touch, either on a Mac or a PC. Xpandr shortcuts for iPhone – Xpandr is a ... - Sebastien Page

GeoHot finally came back to reality and realized that working for Jody Sanders was not a good move. For those of you who haven’t followed the story, let me give you a quick summary. A week ago, GeoHot said he wouldn’t work on an iPhone unlock for baseband 05.11.07. Then Jody Sanders came in and offered him $10,000 for BlackSn0w, the iPhone unlock. Surprisingly, GeoHot accepted the offer, which created a lot of noise in the jailbreak/unlock community. Most people didn’t really understand the situation and thought it was a good thing ... - Sebastien Page

GeoHot just published a video of the first unlocked iPhone running OS 3.1.2 and baseband 05.11.07 using BlackSn0w. Earlier this week, GeoHot was offered $10,000 to work on the 05.11.07 unlock. Initially, he said it would take him 24 hours. It’s been more than 24 hours but it’s still darn impressive. BlackSn0w hasn’t been released to the public yet. My guess is that GeoHot is still testing it. BlackSn0w is supposed to work on both the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS and will unlock to any carrier. We don’t know when BlackSn0w ... - Sebastien Page

There is good news for those of you who accidentally updated their iPhone to firmware 3.1.2 in iTunes and updated the baseband to 05.11.07. After being offered a bounty of $10,000, GeoHot started working on BlackSn0w, an unlock for the iPhone 3.1.2 baseband 05.11.07, and it seems he’s getting closer to finding a solution. In a blog post titled “A Heap of Trouble“, GeoHot posted the following image: If you zoom in the image, you can read this: hello there, this is geohot this is the most complicated injection i have ever done, and ... - Sebastien Page

iTunes 9.0.2 was released this morning and includes the following features: An improved look and feel, including a new Column Browser for easily browsing your artists or albums, movies, TV shows, and more. iTunes Store has a brand new look, with improved navigation for quick and easy exploration. iTunes LP and iTunes Extras create unique experiences that feature exclusive interviews, videos, photos, and more — available with select album and movie purchases on the iTunes Store. Home Sharing helps you manage your family’s iTunes collection between computers in your home. iTunes can automatically transfer ... - Sebastien Page

This is a guest post by Antonio J. If you would like to guest post on this blog, please check out the guidelines. I absolutely adore my iPhone. However, there are some little details that are increasingly affecting the experience because the UI starts to show its age. I could name the lack of multitasking, or the lack of active content on the lockscreen and/or springboard (no widgets). Or, my main grip, the lack of a decent notification system. Now that push notification apps are pretty much everywhere, it becomes obvious that ... - Sebastien Page

GeoHot, the little genius behind BlackRa1n is back at work and is reportedly working on an unlock for baseband 05.11.07. Baseband 05.11.07 is the latest baseband version of the iPhone OS 3.1.2 which is not unlockable for the time being. The Dev Team has been working on unlocking 05.11.07 for a while without much success so let’s hope GeoHot will be a bit more lucky… There is something that ticks me though. At first GeoHot said he would not work on an unlock for 05.11.07. Fastforward 24 hours later and GeoHot changed ... - Sebastien Page

Do you have to enter the same text over and over again on your iPhone? Do you need a reply template for emails? If so, Xpandr is for you. Xpandr is a shortcut expander for the iPhone / iPod touch. It allows you to define an unlimited number of shortcuts to save time and make your life easier. It works in every application, even on App Store applications. Let me tell you how beneficial Xpandr is for me Every day on Twitter people ask me where to get jailbreak information. So every ... - Sebastien Page

GeoHot came up yesterday with an updated version of BlackRa1n called BlackRa1n RC2. This new release supposedly fixes a bunch of issues that some of you may have encountered, especially while trying to jailbreak an iPhone 3G. This step-by-step guide and tutorial will show you how to use BlackRa1n RC2 to jailbreak your iPhone or iPod Touch, either on a Mac or a PC. This works for all iDevices, except for the iPod Touch 3G. This tutorial was made using an iPhone 3GS but again, it should work on all devices ... - Sebastien Page

It seems that GeoHot was quicker at releasing BlackRa1n RC2 as he thought. Originally, BlackRa1n RC2 was supposed to be out tomorrow but GeoHot said on Twitter that it was already available for download. According to GeoHot’s blog post: ** Update — RC2 is out ** Fixed 3G issues Tethered jailbreak for 3.1 OOTB ipt 8GB and new 3GSes Fixed Icy issues Both Windows and Mac If you used RC1, no need to rerun Hopefully BlackRa1n 2 will fix all these issues… BlackRa1n RC2 can be downloaded from our iPhone Downloads section. The tutorial to jailbreak your iPhone using ... - Sebastien Page

In case you missed some this week’s articles… iPhone in-app purchase scam – The buyer will ultimately be the big loser in this game. Top 10 Halloween iPhone apps – I though it would be interesting to have a selection of iPhone apps to get you in the Halloween spirit. Fix for BlackRa1n issues – To fix this annoying issue, simply install the afc2add patch from Cydia then reboot your iPhone. Copy music from iPhone to computer – I didn’t want to have to buy another license for my netbook so I had to ... - Sebastien Page

Ealier today, GeoHot tweeted that he will release a new version of BlackRa1n. coming tomorrow, #blackra1n RC2!!! fixed 3G support, tethered ipt2 MC and new 3GS support; icy is already fixed Apparently, BlackRa1n RC2 will fix some of the most annoying issues that many of you (especially iPhone 3G users) have experienced. I will let you know once BlackRa1n 2 becomes available for download. In the meanwhile, you can still refer to our BlackRa1n tutorial. "BlackRa1n 2 Coming Out" is an article by the iPhone Download Blog sponsored by the iPhone Store. Feel free ... - Sebastien Page

MultiIconMover is one of those applications that should not exist. Why? Simply because they are so good that Apple should have implemented them into the iPhone OS. Yes, that’s how good I think MultiIconMover is. This app is very simple yet very practical. It allows you to select multiple icons to move them to a different page on your springboard. So instead of moving your icons one at a time, you can select many of them and move them all at once wherever you want. MultiIconMover is a mod, not really an ... - Sebastien Page