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By Gary Ng on September 29th, 2008

First there was NetShare. Then we had iPhoneModem. Well now there is a new tethering kid on the block: PDAnet. This app has been available for a while for other mobile devices, but just recently an iPhone version was released on Cydia. Essentially, PDAnet will turn your iPhone 3G into a wireless router–allowing you to…

By Ex on September 28th, 2008

Hey all! Thanks for tuning in to another edition of X1Zero’s Corner. Today’s post will be a quick tip on keeping your iPhone home-screen organized. � Home-screen Etiquette As many of you know, the iPhone Home-screen is where all your icons are on the phone. More specifically, anywhere you see your icons (SMS, Phone, Mail,…

By Gary Ng on September 22nd, 2008

If you’ve recently updated to firmware 2.1 (click here for undocumented 2.1 features) and lost your jailbroken status, you’ve most likely heard that the Dev Team has released QuickPwn 2.1 for Windows users! Some of you have already jailbroken your iPhone 3G on 2.1 firmware when QuickPwn and Pwnage Tool for Mac was released. The…

By Ex on September 14th, 2008

Hey all! Today we talk iPhone Firmware 2.1! As most of you know, the 2.1 firmware came out for the iPhone 3G some time around 6:00am PST on Friday September 12, 2008. I managed to pick it up about 20 minutes later, but due to unforeseen errors during the install, it actually took me over…

By Gary Ng on September 12th, 2008

Friday is upon us folks and that means it’s time to update our iPhone 3G’s to 2.1 firmware! The new firmware is supposed to fix bugs, allow for faster backing up, better battery life, less lag, you name it, it’s going to be there (I’m hoping for copy and paste). Let’s hope Apple won’t disappoint…

By Gary Ng on August 25th, 2008

Happy Monday morning boys and girls, hope you enjoyed your weekend! Today we have another video tutorial, but this time on how to jailbreak your iPhone 3G on 2.0.2. Apple has been pretty good so far with iPhone software updates. Exactly one week ago iPhone firmware 2.0.2 was released. This update didn’t release any new…

By Gary Ng on August 20th, 2008

Okay so by now you’ve probably read about my experiences updating my first gen iPhone from 1.1.4 to 2.0.1 and also jailbreaking my iPhone 3G (2.0.1). Both processes were completed on Windows using WinPwn 2.0.0.4. So of course after the jailbreak, two of the most important applications are Cydia and Installer 4. Cydia has emerged…

By Gary Ng on August 19th, 2008

A fantastic iPhone app that people are using to listen to radio stations is called Tuner. It’s available for purchase in the App Store. But what about us Canadians that want to listen to some local streaming radio for free? Well, I got a great tip from my friend Darryn on how to stream free…

By Gary Ng on August 18th, 2008

Good morning everyone! Great news today for all you iPhone 3G owners out there who have been contemplating a jailbreak. Yours truly went ahead with it on the weekend and after my first attempt I was successful! I know I had talked about not jailbreaking my 3G in the past, but after some nagging from…

By Gary Ng on August 14th, 2008

*edit* Just to let everyone know, this tutorial has been outdated and needs updating. If you want to update your first gen iPhone to 2.x.x firmware, this is what you need to do: 1. Sync your iPhone. Update in iTunes to 2.2.1 firmware. You can use the latest version of iTunes. 2. Download QuickPwn (either…