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By Gary Ng on August 21st, 2010

Facebook recently released their 3.2 (and subsequent 3.2.1) update which fixed bugs and introduced the Places feature (USA only at the moment). After writing about this update and then installing it on my iPhone 4, I encountered a problem instantly–I could no longer login to Facebook on my iPhone! The facebook developers are aware of…

By Gary Ng on August 10th, 2010

We all know by now that Apple supports HTML5 for video over Adobe’s Flash plugin. Yes, Flash is a resource/battery hog, but there still are tonnes of sites out there that are built on Flash. Streaming video sites, Flash games, etc–they all require Flash. Here’s how to install Flash on your iPhone 4 if you really…

By Ex on August 3rd, 2010

One of the earlier keyboard hacks that was released for the iPhone was the ability to use Emoji, or ‘emoticons’, when typing. Emoji allowed iPhone owners to send each other little smiley faces and other unique characters in emails, SMS, notes, and more. The stock iOS 4.0/4.0.1 firmware once again continues to disable Emoji. So,…

By Ex on August 2nd, 2010

One of the major new features in the iPhone 4 was FaceTime. FaceTime, for those not in the know, is Apple’s video calling service between iPhone 4 devices. On launch weekend, millions of Canadians picked up an iPhone 4 and when attempting to FaceTime, the call wouldn’t connect. Jumping into the settings menu for FaceTime…

By RoryPiper on July 18th, 2010

Folks who need to have their iPhone’s unlocked, to use them on an unofficial carrier, know the nightmares of activation. If you accidentally update your iPhone to a new firmware, the iPhone becomes locked again. Unless you have an official SIM, you cannot activate the iPhone until new jailbreak tools come along to help you…

By Ex on July 2nd, 2010

Did you ever want to add the Apple Logo as a symbol for your folder names? Or how about just add any symbol to your device keyboard that is not available on the iPhone keyboard already? If so, then check out this great tip! Glyphboard is a web app that allows users to generate symbols…

By Gary Ng on June 28th, 2010

One amazing feature of using your iPhone in Canada is that we get to tether our data plans to our laptops. But if you want to tether to another device such as your iPad, iPhone, Nintendo DS, etc, you’re out luck–unless you are using MyWi 3.0. MyWi has been updated for iOS 4 and it’s now…

By Gary Ng on June 21st, 2010

We have some breaking news from the iPhone Dev Team! They have released Ultrasn0w 0.93, which will unlock all iPhones since the 3.0 firmware. What does this mean for you? It means your iPhone can now be unlocked to use with ANY wireless carrier from around the world. Ultrasn0w 0.93 will unlock the following basebands…

By RoryPiper on June 13th, 2010

This took me a few hours and quite a few firmware builds and restores to make it work, but I got it working. There is a specific set of circumstances that have to be in place for this to work for you. If you are not experienced in jailbreaking, turn back now! Your iPhone 3GS…

By RoryPiper on May 30th, 2010

If your iPhone is jailbroken, you’ve probably used OpenSSH, DiskAid, or some other means to access your root folder on your iPhone. If you’re not familiar, you would want to do this to transfer files to and from your iPhone, in a way Apple does not allow. This is used to add games ROMs for…