iPhone/iPod battery tip

March 11th, 2010 shaili No comments

iPhone usages lithium battery-based battery. It is important to keep electrons moving occasionally for such batteries. Be sure to charge iPhone/iPod fully and the running it down completely at least once a month (One charge cycle per month).

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WordWeb dictionary for iPhone

March 9th, 2010 Amit No comments


WordWeb dictionary is available in App store for free. Dictionary is collection of around than 2,85000 words, phrases and derived forms. Few highlights of this app

1. Includes many proper nouns, compounds and phrases

2. Fast pattern-matching search (*, ?, vowel, consonant, select word types)

3. Bookmarks, recent and random words

4. Cross-reference to other offline and online references (e.g. wikipedia, google)


First iPad Commercial Airs During The Oscars

March 8th, 2010 iPhoneInterest No comments

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Sharing more than 5 pictures at a time from picture gallery

March 8th, 2010 Arvind No comments

As you may have noticed that if you try to select more than 5 pictures in gallery at a time then share button gets disabled and you are forced to share 5 pictures at a time. To share more than 5 pictures at a time from picture gallery, go through following steps

Step 1. Keep on selecting pictures as many as you want

Step 2. Tap on copy button.

Step 3. Open mail window.

Step 4. Paste coped pictures as you paste any other text and send email to your loved ones.

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Jailbreak/Unlock firmware 3.1.2 iPhone 3GS [Win/Mac]

March 8th, 2010 Ayush No comments

In this tutorial you’ll jailbreak/unlock firmware 3.1.2 for iPhone 3GS using BlackRa1n. Before continuing, please make sure that you are on 3.1.2 firmware and 05.11.07 baseband. Go to setting => General => About

If you are running some older firmware then upgrade to firmware 3.1.2.

Step 1. Go to http://www.blackra1n.com/ url, download BlackRa1n depending upon your computer (PC or Mac). If you are downloading using safari then your download will be in zip format. Unzip it.

Step 2. Connect iPhone to the computer and make sure that iPhone is turned on.

Step 3. Double click on blackra1n icon that you downloaded in step 1.

Note: you may get warning depending upon your operating system after double clicking on blackra1n icon. Click on Run.

Step 3. You will see a large button (make it ra1n) on a window. Click this button.

Step 4. Your work is done now. Geohot will do the rest. iPhone will enter in recovery mode.

Step 5. Wait for 5 mins. You’ll see jailbreak done screen. Your iPhone will reboot now.

Step 6. Unlock iPhone and check your screen. Your iPhone is jailbroken. You’ll see blackra1n icon in your iPhone’s window. Tap on the icon.

Step 7. [Optional] Go to Setting => General => Auto-Lock and make this value Never.

Step 8. Choose installer you like most and choose snow if you would like to unlock your iPhone for all the carriers.

Note: You will need internet connection on your iPhone to perform step 8.

Step 9. Wait for some time. You will see a log window after all the installations are finished.

Step 10. If you want to remove blackra1n icon form iPhone then tap on uninstall blackra1n. You’ll see delete button. Tap on this button.

Step 11. [Optional] If you have changed Auto-Lock time in step 7, then reset this value to the value you like.

How to reset iPhone

March 5th, 2010 Amit No comments

If something goes wrong and iPhone is not responding properly. Try resetting your iPhone.

Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears restore the iPhone software.

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Use iPhone as USB drive

February 25th, 2010 Ayush 1 comment

Application requirement :
1. Jailbreak
2. iPhone OS 3.0

Steps to install USB drive on your iPhone
1. Open Cydia
2. Go to Manage => sources
3. Press Edit on top right corner and then press Add on left corner. A input box will appear.
4. Enter http://apt.dmytro.me and press Add Source
5. Cydia will now add entered source. After successful addition of the source, press Return to Cydia button.
6. Now tap on Done button on right corner.


7. Tap on listed source. This will show you USB Drive application and other applications from this source.

8. Install this application as you normally install any application from Cydia.
9. After successful installation of USB drive app, Launch USB Drive application by tapping the USB Drive icon on the main screen.
10. You’ll see three modes
Drive + iTunes:
In this mode USB Drive replaces Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) interface with Mass Storage interface and lets you use the iPhone as a USB Drive. At the same time you can perform iTunes synchronization, developers can use XCode debugger ,etc. In this mode USB Mass Storage will not work on Windows with iTunes or Apple USB Drivers installed.

Default:
This is the iPhone default mode. USB Drive doesn’t install daemon application nor modify any USB settings. Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) is active as well as iTunes synchronization and tethering over USB.

Drive Only:
This mode is to resolve compatibility issues with Windows and iTunes. In this mode USB Drive changes the iPhone’s USB product ID. This will prevent iTunes synchronization, but USB Mass Storage will work on Windows (and other operating systems). Switch to the Default or Drive + iTunes mode will restore iTunes sync.

11. Select the mode of your choice and click on Create drive


12. Enjoy your new USB drive.

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Opera mini browser on the way to App store

February 18th, 2010 shaili No comments

iPhone users may get a choice now while surfing the internet. Opera has developed mini browser for iPhone. The browser is fast enough to impress anyone. The reason behind it’s performance is the proxy architecture. Whenever you request any URL using Opera mini, request will be send to Opera servers and then opera servers will download a page for you and compress the page up to 90%. After compression, page is transfered to iPhone in custom binary format. This binary format will be rendered by opera browser.

Advantage of Opera mini over Safari
1. Browser is fast as most of the processing is done by Opera servers.
2. Data is compressed up to 90%. This will reduce data usage bill.
3. Scrolling throw the page is smooth regardless the size of the page.
4. It can increase your battery backup little bit while browsing.

I hope that Apple will play a fare game in approving Opera Mini.

Video of Opera mini browser running on the iPhone

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Adam vs iPad

February 14th, 2010 Amit 1 comment

Adam is a tablet PC with made in India tag. Adam uses android, ubuntu and chormium as its software platform. See a detailed comparison list below

  iPad Adam
Screen 9.7" 4:3 IPS LCD [1024x786] 10" Transflective LCD PixelQi Screen [1024x600]
OS iPhone OS 3.2 Andriod, Ubuntu, Chromium
CPU Apple A4 Processor nVidia Tegra 2 (Dual core 1 GHz + Graphics)
Browser Safari Firefox, Chromium
Camera No Yes, 3 MPixel, Autofocus
Battery Up to 10 hours 16 Hours, 160 hours on backlight mode off
Wireless Wi-Fi, 3G and bluetooth Wi-Fi, 3G and bluetooth
Weight 1.5 pounds 1.7 pounds
Sensors   RF, ambient light sensor, AGPS, proximity sensor, accelerometer
Multitasking No Yes
Flash support No Yes
Storage 16, 32 and 64 GB without any external storage for external storage SD card slot
Price 499$ onward 327$ onward

Comparison list shows Adam edging iPad with enough margin but you can’t ignore the fact the iPad is Apple’s product, known for excellence in what they do. Also iPad had advantage of rich app store.

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What does iPad lack?

February 11th, 2010 Arvind No comments

1. Camera: No camera for clicking pics, recording video or doing a video chat.
2. USB support: Since it doesn’t have camera to click snaps or record video. There should be an easy way to put your album or data into it. USB at present is the best option.
3. Flash support: Apple claims that in majority of cases flash is a culprit of breaking down Mac OS. It may be, but the fact is that Flash is used very widely now-a-days. People are migrating their sites to flash.
4. Multitasking: Perhaps the biggest disappointment, you can’t watch video while reading out a document in Pages.

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