One of the recent smart phones to make iPhone owners slightly glance away from their magical devices for a second, has been the Palm Pre. The Pre is not available in Canada, yet, but is offered by Sprint in the US. It will be coming to … Read More

Hey there everyone, RoryPiper here again, for another Sunday post. Over the last few weeks I’ve posted a couple of articles on customizing your iPhone. The process involves SSH’ing into your iPhone to place certain files in certain folders. Well, if that process confused you, I have a simpler solution: DiskAid.

DiskAid is a shareware offering from DigiDNA. Basically, it enables your iPhone or iPod Touch as an external … Read More

Do you own an iPhone 3GS? Been curious about all this “jailbreaking” hoopla you’ve been hearing about lately? Well, you’re in luck because about a week ago the iPhone Dev Team (and other young hackers) released an updated version of redsn0w. We have lots of updated jailbreaking guides here.

Anyways, here’s a quick video I compiled filming my own iPhone 3GS jailbreak with redsn0w 0.8 from start to … Read More

What is the first thing you see, when you pick up your iPhone and wake it up? It’s the lock screen, right? Most people have their favourtie photo or a wallpaper they downloaded, on their lock screen, but what if you could really customize your lock screen, with whatever you want? Well, there is a way, and I’m going to do my best to walk you through it.

What’s required of … Read More

Looking to jailbreak and/or unlock your iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 1G, or iPod Touch 2G? You have come to the right place!

What is ‘Jailbreaking’?

Jailbreaking is a term used that refers to modifying the software on your iPhone/iPod Touch. These modifications essentially “free” your device from the device constraints and allow you to do functions such as applying custom wallpapers, changing the way the icons … Read More

The iPhone 3GS jailbreak and unlock for firmware 3.0 has arrived!

Before we begin however, please take some time to review the notes below as they are very important:

- Do not update to firmware 3.1 if you want to be able to unlock or jailbreak your iPhone/iPod Touch

- The methods listed below can be followed on BOTH a PC or a Mac

- Users experiencing download issues … Read More

Hey, RoryPiper here. One of the gripes most people have about thier iPhones, is the limited number of tones that come with the OS. Especially, the SMS tones, as there are only 6. Well, with this tutorial, I will show you how to create, and install, multiple SMS tones, on your iPhone. This is gonna take a bit of skill, on your part, but I’m going to walk you through … Read More

One of the least talked about new features of the iPhone 3GS, is the Voice Command feature. Sure, voice commands for cellphones have been around for a while, but the iPhone feature can do more than your average dial commands.

My experience with the Voice Command feature has been a hit and miss. Part of the reason with my utter failures is because I wasn’t aware of all the … Read More

Never eat yellow snow right? Well, if you’re talking about the iPhone 3G, yellowsn0w was the carrier unlock that would allow you to pop in any SIM card on 2.2 firmware.

Just hours ago, the iPhone Dev Team finally released Ultrasn0w, their iPhone 3G carrier unlock for 3.0 firmware! This is exciting news because now you will be able to use your iPhone 3G while traveling and not pay … Read More

The following is a guide on how to get Internet Tethering up and running with iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS.

Before you begin, you will need the following:

An iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS running 3.0 firmware
An iPhone sync cable
A computer with a Bluetooth connection or Bluetooth capabilities
Rogers/Fido permission to tether (click here to understand this)

Note: The iPhone 2G does not officially support tethering through iPhone software 3.0

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