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Apple Patents “Anti-Sexting” Technology For iPhone

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October 18, 2010
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The US Patent and Trademark office recently approved a patent that Apple had submitted back in 2008. The patent is for something that is being described as a “Text-based communication control for personal communication device.” In short, if you don’t understand the jargon, this is basically an application that would control the content of text messages arriving and going from your communication device like the iPhone. Although it might be called whatever Apple has called it, it is in essence, basically an anti-sexting application.

In the patent application, Apple adds that as of now, there More >

PwnageTool 4.1 Rumored To Jailbreak All Future Firmwares On A4 Chip

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October 16, 2010
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MuscleNerd, a respected member/developer of the iPhone Dev-Team, has hinted at the possibility of PwnageTool being able to provide untethered jailbroken firmware creation for ALL future firmware updates on devices that use the A4 chip (iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G and iPad).

MuscleNerd confirms via Twitter that they have figured out a way to extend PwnageTool support to iOS 4.2 and beyond, with the help of Limera1n and Comex’s hack, for all A4 based devices which include iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G and iPad. It will be an untethered jailbreak.

This is what MuscleNerd Tweeted:

Think we’ve figured More >

Apple Possibly Speaking To Carriers In India To Launch CDMA iPhone

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October 16, 2010
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is in talks with two major network carriers in India over the possibility of launching a CDMA-based iPhone in the country. The carriers in question are Tata Teleservices and Reliance Communications, who are among the biggest players in the CDMA segment, which constitutes close to 20% of the more than 670 million strong mobile subscriber base in India. While the sources have confirmed that the talks are ongoing, a possible launch date of the new iPhone is unclear. Apple is reported to have been in talks with Tata Teleservices for more than five More >

Limera1n Exploit Ported To PwnageTool; Jailbreak Coming Soon

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October 15, 2010
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As we all know by now that members of the iPhone Dev-Team have been working hard to come up with the updated version of PwnageTool to jailbreak iOS 4.1. They released a demo video of the tool working with the SHAtter exploit, but since the release of GeoHot’s “limera1n” jailbreak, the dev-team members have edited pwnagetool and are using the limera1n exploit found by GeoHot and saving the SHAtter exploit for later use.

A respected member of the iPhone Dev-Team, @wizdaz has successfully ported the tool to work with PwnageTool. This is great news for those users waiting on an custom firmware More >

New Baseband Exploit Found; Unlock For iOS 4.1/4.2 Coming Soon

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October 14, 2010
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Veeence recently confirmed that the iPhone Dev Team is not going to release an UltraSn0w unlock for iOS 4.1 basebands (05.14/02.10) until iOS 4.2 is released which is due in November.

Earlier today, developer Sherif Hashim announced that he has found a new exploitable crash in iPhone baseband which may lead to and unlock for iOS 4.2 and iOS 4.1 Baseband 05.14.02 and 02.10.04.

As per Sherif Hashim’s tweet:

hmm.., 95% of the tweets i get (at least the last 500) are either about 5.14 or 2.10

since nearly all my received tweets ask about both BB, I can report very early “initial” 1st step More >

Apple Released iOS 4.2 Beta 3 & iTunes 10.1 Beta 2 To Developers

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October 13, 2010
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Apple has just released the iOS 4.2 Beta3 Software Update build 8C5115c and iOS SDK Beta3 for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPod touch 4G and iOS. The update is currently available at developer.apple.com.

There are no documented changes, but as word spreads and developers dig inside, we’ll be sure to share the new features in this release. There are rumors that the new Beta has a slight performance increase, of course nothing technical has been reported. There has also been some discussion about this Beta having some new additional SMS tones to choose from on your iPhones.

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Meizu Pressured To Halt Production of iPhone Clone

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October 12, 2010
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After being intensely pressured from Apple and intellectual property regulators in China, Meizu Technology Co., Ltd. is seizing the production of its popular iPhone look-alike phone, the Meizu M8, which some have called the most successful mobile phone in China. It somewhat resembles the iPhone 3G and runs a skinned version of Android that looks like the iOS. Last week, the company’s CEO posted on a popular Meizu forum to say that they would have to suspend the manufacturing of the M8 because of all the heat coming down from the government of the Guangdong province.

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PwnageTool 4.1 To Jailbreak iOS 4.1 Rumored To Release 10/17/10

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October 12, 2010
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We recently posted an article that the members of the iPhone Dev-Team have been working hard to come up with the updated version of PwnageTool to jailbreak iOS 4.1. They released a demo video of the tool working with the SHAtter exploit, but since the release of GeoHot’s “limera1n” jailbreak, the dev-team members have edited pwnagetool and are using the limera1n exploit found by GeoHot and saving the SHAtter exploit for later use.

PwnageTool 4.1 for the iPhone 4 jailbreak on iOS 4.1 and Apple TV 2G is releasing this Sunday. The Dev Team member MuscleNerd has confirmed that an updated version More >

Five Utilities That Help Recover iPhone Data From iTunes Backup

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October 12, 2010
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Did you lose your iPhone? Or are you looking for a way to move all the files from an iPhone 3G to an iPhone 4? Well now you can easily recover data from your lost iPhone or transfer files if you have taken an iTunes backup earlier. After syncing an iPhone, iTunes splits the iPhone’s backup data (including messages, contacts, images from the iPhone camera, and lots of other stuff) into several files. Access these files into readable formats is an easy task. Check out the 5 utilities listed below to convert iTunes backups into readable format like text, pdf, XML, and V-card.

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iPhone 4 iOS 4.1 Unlock With UltraSn0w To Arrive After iOS 4.2

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October 9, 2010
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Veeence recently confirmed that the iPhone Dev Team is not going to release an UltraSn0w unlock for iOS 4.1 basebands (05.14/02.10) until iOS 4.2 is released which is due in November. After eagerly waiting for a new jailbreak, two jailbreaks have been announced. GreenP0ison will jailbreak the iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G, iPad, and Apple TV (2nd generation) but not be able to unlock them as the baseband is updated to 2.10.4 in the iOS 4.1 firmware. This news is pretty disappointing for all users who were desperately waiting for an iOS 4.1 carrier unlock. GeoHot also mentioned his own jailbreak More >

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