Command & Conquer RED ALERT for iPhone Update
October 29th, 2009 by iPhoneTechZone
Today EA let loose a bundle of information about their upcoming, highly-anticipated Command and Conquer: Red Alert. They are bringing this well-known title to the iPhone so you can play it where ever you are. EAmobile released an official website with a new video of the game, and a product page.
This is what we’ve gotten from both:
There will be various touch controls, along with 12 combat levels to keep you entertained for hours. You can drag, scroll, pinch to zoom or move by simply tapping. You can sight in Skirmish modes, there will be different environmental conditions, you can build your base and much more.
Tonight, they have also served us a brief video explaining the game.
It seems as though EA are going all the way with this title!
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RipDev Closes its doors
October 23rd, 2009 by iPhoneTechZone
If you don’t know them then I’m sure you’ll know some of the apps they’ve made. The first one was Installer which was like Cydia. This was a great app to start with, but only a few months ago was deleted and can no longer be used. Then they came out with Icy which had the same System as Cydia had. It is really quick but I think most people ended up going back to Cydia again. They also have other Apps that some people may know about such as Kate and Push.
Well that’s enough history! Sadly for reasons we don’t know about, they have closed there website and will likely be removing there Cydia Repository and some of there Apps pretty soon. So will you miss them? They have did a lot of the Jailbreakers Community and I for one will likely miss some the the new apps they have been making and for there skill in the Jailbreakers world.
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EA brings Rock Band to the iPhone
October 19th, 2009 by iPhoneTechZone
It’s another highly anticipated title to make its way into the iTunes App Store. Available now, Rock Bank from EA brings the uber-popular consul game to the iPhone and iPod Touch.
The game feature solo play or team play over bluetooth or local WiFi where you and your friends can form a band and jam together (up to 4 players.)
Song List:
- 30 Seconds to Mars – “Attack”
- AFI – “Girls Not Grey”
- All American Rejects – “Move Along”
- Beastie Boys – “Sabotage”
- Blink 182 – “All the Small Things”
- Blondie – “Hanging on the Telephone”
- Foo Fighters – “Learn to Fly”
- Foo Fighters – “Everlong”
- George Thorogood and the Destroyers – “Bad to the Bone”
- Jethro Tull – “Hymn 43”
- Joan Jett – “Bad Reputation”
- Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Simple Man”
- Motörhead – “Ace of Spades”
- Rise Against – “Give It All”
- Silversun Pickups – “Lazy Eye”
- Steve Miller Band – “Take the Money and Run”
- The Pixies – “Debaser”
- The Presidents of the United States of America – “Ladybug”
- The Go Go’s – “We Got The Beat”
- Smashing Pumpkins – “Cherub Rock”
You can choose to play guitar, bass, drums, or do vocals.
The game also features push notifications where your friends can alert you when they want to get the band together and rock out. Rock Band requires iPhone OS 3.0 (EA actually says it does best with 3.1)
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Orbit has been released in the cydia store
October 17th, 2009 by iPhoneTechZone
Orbit for the iPhone has hit the Cydia Store today for just $1.99. Orbit is a new app that has been developed by Steven Troughton-Smith and is available through the BigBoss Repo in Cydia. When selected the app launches and shows you all your pages making it easier for you to select and get to your pages quicker.
Here is the what the description in Cydia Says:
Orbit brings you an instant way to switch between pages on your home screen. Based on the iPhone Expose concept, this modification gives you an icon that, when tapped, animates your home page into Orbit.
Video:
Orbit is only available for 3.0 firmwares and above. I have to say that this is the first Cydia app that I have bought and I think I have made a great choice.
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Jailbreak 3.1.2 firmware (iPhone 2G, 3G, 3GS and iPod) With PwnageTool 3.1.4
October 13th, 2009 by iPhoneTechZone
The iPhone Dev Team has released their latest version of PwnageTool which lets you keep your unlock from 3.0 and upgrade all the way to 3.1.2 firmware.
If you’re already jailbroken (by whatever means), you don’t need to mess around with DFU mode at all. Just create (or get from a friend) your custom IPSW and Option-Restore (Shift-Restore on Windows) to it via iTunes. Don’t enter DFU mode at all. Please make sure you are restoring to the custom IPSW, not the stock one from Apple! For best results, use the latest iTunes (9.0.1) — which includes a nice new application organizer.
This release allows your baseband to remain unlocked at 3.1.2, but it does not unlock a new baseband put there by restoring to official 3.1.x. It is super important that people who need the unlock to understand they can keep it only by starting at 3.0 (or earlier) and updating solely to custom IPSWs that don’t update the baseband. For those who have been onboard the “unlock train”, simply install ultrasn0w via Cydia once you’ve restored to your custom IPSW.
Don’t forget to turn off the “3G” setting in Settings->General->Network if you use T-Mobile in the U.S.A.
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Step by Step Guide to Jailbreak your iPhone With
October 12th, 2009 by iPhoneTechZone
GeoHot released its latest jailbreak utility for iPhone OS 3.1.2 Blackra1n, a Windows-only release, just like his previous opus, purplera1n.
George Hotz new software is a “30 second ALL device 3.1.2 jailbreak.” He does caution that you cannot update to 3.1.2 on the 3G and 3G S using iTunes if you want to maintain an unlocked phone but that otherwise this is the tool you have been waiting for.
To complete the process in 30 sec follow the steps below:
1) Download and install the latest version of iTunes
2) Update/restore to the original iPhone OS firmware 3.1.2 on your iPhone by using the latest version of iTunes.
3) Download blackra1n for Windows. Click here to download
4) Start blackra1n app. If you are on Windows 7 or Vista, run the app with “Windows XP Compatibility” mode by enabling it from the “Properties” tab to avoid any errors during the jailbreak process.
5) Click on make it ra1n:
6) Let the app do its thing and wait for the phone to automatically reboot.
7) You should now have “blackra1n” in the list of applications on your iPhone. Run “blackra1n”, download Cydia and let it install it.
Finally reboot your iPhone. Mission accomplished
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All iPhones & iTouches 3.1.2 Jailbreak Tool Blackra1n
October 11th, 2009 by iPhoneTechZone
GeoHot has released jailbreak application blackra1n for iPhone OS 3.1.2 devices. Blackra1n is very efficient 30 second jailbreak tool and works for iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 2G & iPod Touch 3G running on iPhone OS 3.1.2. At the moment this jailbreak tool is available for Windows users only and soon it’ll be out for Mac.
WARNING: Even though the GeoHot jailbreak supports 3.1.2 do not update if you are on iPhone OS 3.0.1 or 3.0. You will lose your unlock. Use PwnageTool to safely update to 3.1 without performing a baseband update. If you really must have 3.1.2 then wait for the next version of PwnageTool. If you have already updated to 3.1 or 3.1.2 without using PwnageTool then you’ve lost the ability to unlock for the time being. You can now use BlackRa1n to at least regain your jailbreak 
Download blackra1n
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New Jaibreak Tool by GeoHot to Jailbreak All iPhones
October 6th, 2009 by iPhoneTechZone
It seems GeoHot has done it again !!!, According to his blog and his twitter update, we can soon expect a unlock which will jailbreak and unlock all the iDevices (iPhone’s and iPod’s) no-matter from what generation they are, if they are on 3.1, it will jailbreak them, Currently he is developing a program, definitely an interface program which will be user centric and easy to understand and use for non-tech junkie !!!
George Hotz went on the say:
No affiliation to greenpois0n. and it’s in some ways the complete opposite of purplera1n. but still 10 seconds. and may work for every version of software *ever*, based on the prettiness of the exploit.
We can expect some good news soon
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Flickr App by Yahoo for iPhone
October 5th, 2009 by iPhoneTechZone
Take pictures and or video from your iPhone and upload them on the go to the Flickr photography social networking website. Flickr by Yahool provides a simple fully functional photo/video sharing app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
You will first have to establish a Flickr account, in Yahoo or you can use your existing Yahoo account. Once you open the app for the first time and login to your account your good to go with either uploading from your camera roll or by generating new content by taking new pictures or video. The upload speeds are going to vary. For me my wifi was very slow, but 3G was very quick. Once I switched my settings I was able to upload a picture in seconds. You can keep track of your uploads and search others from this app just like from the regular web interface.
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How to Jailbreak iPhone 3GS on OS 3.1 Firmware
October 3rd, 2009 by iPhoneTechZone
On september 16, iPhone dev team released PwnageTool 3.1 for Mac OS X users to jailbreak iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G & iPod Touch 1G 3.1.Today iPhone Dev team has released Pwnage Tool 3.1.3 for Mac OS X users to jailbreak both iPhone 3GS 3.1 Firmware and iPod Touch 2G 3.1 Firmware. PwnageTool 3.1.3 will not support OOTB (out of the box) iPhone 3GS, which had iPhone OS 3.1 pre-installed or iPhone 3GS that had not been jailbroken or pwned earlier.
Before you start using Pwnage tool 3.1.3 have a look on these important points at Dev team blog.
Here’s how to Jailbreak iPhone 3GS 3.1 Firmware:
- Download or run itunes 9 on your Mac ,also backup you itunes & iPhone .
- Download Original iPhone 3GS OS 3.1 Firmware File and save it in a folder on your Desktop.
- Now download Pwnage Tool 3.1.3, run it, select your iPhone 3GS Device,the chose “Simple mode ” and click on the arrow button .
- Select the firmware 3.1 that you have downloaded(step 2),click next,then select Yes,now click next and then in another dialogue box select ‘No’.
- Now Pwnage tool will start building custom IPSW file,Wait until building process completed.
- Now Your IPSW is now being built,after that click Yes and then click Next.
- Now run iTunes 9, then while holding Alt/Option key select your iPhone 3GS from the devices list ,then click only on “Restore” and select the newly created Custom iPhone 3.1 firmware .
- Wait until iTunes upgrade your iPhone 3GS to 3.1 Firmware.
- That’s it,Jailbreak is Complete,now unlock iPhone 3GS with ultrasn0w to use it with any Carrier.
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