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Blackra1n: The 30-second jailbreak!

September 2nd, 2010 by Severin Kempf | 1 Comment | Filed in Music, Tech

OK, in my last jailbreak article I taught you how to use redsn0w to jailbreak your iPod Touch or iPhone.

In this article I will be showing you a whole new way to jailbreak your iDevice… OK here are some things you need to do:

  • Update iTunes to it’s latest version.
  • Update your device to firmware 3.1.2
  • WARNING: DO NOT, I REPEAT NOT UPGRADE TO FIRMWARE 3.1.3 IT IS A FIRMWARE THAT DOES NOTHING AND STOPS BLACKRA1N FROM WORKING.
  • Download Blackra1n from here either for MS Windows or Mac OS sorry – Linux not supported.

and your ready to jailbreak.

  1. Open iTunes and make sure your devices firmware is 3.1.2 not 3.1.3
  2. Quit iTunes and launch blackra1n.
  3. Hit “make it ra1n”
  4. Wait
  5. Your device will reboot.
  6. A window will pop-up asking you to donate if this was the fastest jailbreak you ever had.
  7. On your Device go to the second page and look for the Blackra1n app.
  8. Launch it
  9. From here you can install Cydia, or rock, (I like rock) or blacksn0w to unlock your iPhone (use it with other carriers)
  10. Click uninstall blackrain. NO IT WILL NOT DELETE THE JAILBREAK, JUST THE INSTALL APP.
  11. Now go into rock, create a RockID and download away!

EASY AS PIE!

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App Review: Mover Open for Jailbroken iPhone and iPod Touch

March 6th, 2010 by Severin Kempf | 1 Comment | Filed in Apps, Reviews

The Mover Open app allows you to have a virtual table, that you can slide notes, business cards or pictures over. Just by flicking it toward the other device.

It’s not quite as simple as the Bump app where you hold your iPhone in your hand and bump fists with someone else, and your contact information is swapped. But it works better when you don’t have 3G or a wi-fi network.

Mover open allow you to pass files or text between each other on both wi-fi or Bluetooth. Making it useable almost anywhere.  I give it a solid 7.5 out of ten, a great app to have but not something you will most likely use every day.

It will likely come in handy just when you’d think you wouldn’t need it!  That’s how life is.

http://modmyi.com/cydia/package.php?id=10939

Sev

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Reasons why the iPad is Pointless

February 18th, 2010 by Connor McBrine-Ellis | 10 Comments | Filed in Tech

Apple, to great fanfare, unveiled its long-awaited “netbook/tablet/iphone” in January.  The iPad looks simply like a big iPod touch, and even has that little home button at the bottom!

Being what, in reality, is simply just an iPod Touch with a processor that’s more powerful and a bigger screen – I don’t think its worth buying.

Validating the point that the iPad is really just an iPod Touch that isn’t portable and is overpriced, it runs primitive iPod Touch apps!  Now, some may say that this is a great idea, since people can run their iPod apps that they really like which don’t yet have iPad counterparts – but, I believe that if it can run iPod apps, that proves that it uses the same primitive Operating System that the iPod uses, with a few tweaks.

Also, the iPad doesn’t even have multi-tasking capability!  Although, with its ‘powerful’ processor you’d think it would – but it doesn’t.  Hopefully Apple will fix this in the long run with some sort of silly paid-for software upgrade.

I think that the iPad is a dud – and that Apple will greatly  regret not thinking this out more!

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