February 21, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Today some developer released a “pay” package called “Vroom” which sounded too good to be true. Unfortunately, it is. Do not install this package. Not only does it not do what it claims, but it is also somewhat dangerous and will wear out your iPhone with limited use. Read below for details. (Note: Zodttd has removed this package from Cydia, but it may creep up somewhere else).

First, this package claims to speed up your iphone, increase your free memory by managing your daemons, and increase your battery usage. Sounds amazing right? Who wouldnt want this?

So what does it really do? It enables memory swap on your device.

What are the results of memory swap on your device? The free memory will appear to be better. That’s because it is using your disk as memory.  But that’s not all. This package is actually just a stolen file that is already on your device, renamed. So that means the “developer” decided to take a file off his iPhone, rename it, and sell it to you for $1.99.

Here is proof that the file is stolen. The original file is dynamic_pager that is provided by Apple in your /sbin folder. The new file from this app is called Vroom_data. Check out the md5sum of both proving that the files are identical: Read more…

February 19, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

This is a great story, true or not take your time in reading this as this is very very entertaining. We have all been to the mall at some point to kill some time just like this gentleman and i’m sure everyone has been to the apple store to kill some time but until now I haven’t heard of such a thing so enjoy guys. Thanks to @hotrod1964 for sharing his story.

@SebastienPage tweeting 2U since U have so many followers.Feel free 2 RT my experience. Went to local APP STORE about 2 weeks ago. For nothing other then I was in the area and had an hour to kill. Figured I’d browse around. Obviously, they were very polite and a salesperson approached me to see if I needed some help (store was not busy at all). Told him “Nope, just browisng”. Being that they were not busy he starts asking me what type of comp I have, what kind of phone and etc…When I told him I dont have an iphone he asked why and if I was interested in 1. Read more…

February 19, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Jon Atherton, the developer behind Wobble iBoobs, has just told TechCrunch that he received an email from Apple stating his application was being removed from the App Store because of a new policy change: “We [Apple] have decided to remove any overtly sexual content from the App Store.”
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February 19, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Apple has enabled access to its Find My iPhone service from your iPhone and iPod touch.

Now, if you lose your iPhone, MobileMe can help you find it. MobileMe includes a new feature called Find My iPhone. Just enable Find My iPhone in MobileMe settings on your phone. Then you can log in to me.com from any computer to access Find My iPhone and display your phone’s approximate location on a map. Read more…

February 19, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Russell Brown & Ansca Mobile teamed up to make Photoshop 1.0.7 (released Feb. 19, 1990) run on an iPhone.

“I’m gonna demonstrate a nostalgic look at back in time at an application we created here on the iPhone. It’s Photoshop 1.0.7″

“We put this together as an experiment to see if this were possible. It’s not available on the Apple website”

[Via iclarified.com]

February 18, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - Cracked .deb's, Cracks

Download:

Info: My3G makes Apps believe that they are on WiFi instead of 3G. With My3G, you can now watch HiDef YouTube videos, use Skype/Fring/Other VOIP apps over the 3G network!

Credits: Thanks to NGNPDA for the crack. This does not require rockapp or rock extensions.

• After downloading the deb file above rename it to 3g.deb
• Copy it to var/mobile on your iphone and install using ifile or do the following
• Open up mobile terminal
• Type in su (press return)
• Type in alpine (press return)
• Type in dpkg -i 3g.deb (press return)
• Reboot or respring your iphone and enjoy.

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February 18, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Chpwn has posted a video demonstrating his latest iPhone tweak which allows you to vertically scroll through Springboard icons

My latest tweak! Still unnamed: tweet me your ideas and the winner will get a free copy (as well as the name used!). Spread the word if you think this is awesome and you want me to keep on working on this and more awesome tweaks.

The tweak is just starting private beta testing. A more open beta will be announced later this week. Release reasonably soon…

[Via iclarified.com]

February 18, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

A new Apple patent application entitled “Apparatus and Method for Compensating for Variations in Digital Cameras” depicts a front facing camera on a handheld device.

According to AppleInsider the patent says that the current manufacturing process for digital video cameras is inconsistent and often results in flaws. Camera modules are manufactured separately as independent units before they are incorporated into a larger device, such as an iPhone or iPod. This results in cameras with minor variations in lens thickness, color response, wavelength cutoff, and more. Read more…

February 18, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Apple has updated iTunes Preview and it now allows you to browse App Store categories from your browser.

Apple has been slowly improving iTunes Preview since its launch this past November. In January the site was updated to provide preview clips of songs. Earlier this month Apple added App Previews.

[Via iclarified.com]

February 18, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Although Apple’s just-released iTunes Connect guide for App Store developers (version 5.3) reminds them that over-the-air downloads for app purchases are still limited to 10MB, users are reporting that Apple may have quietly changed this policy. As the screen shot here (sourced from Italian website AllMobileWorld) shows, the standard 10MB complaint appears to be updated to a 20MB limit. Read more…