Tuaw Tutorial: Downgrade Your 3.1.3 iPhone to 3.1.2

February 09, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Last week I downloaded (but did not install) the iPhone OS 3.1.3 firmware for my 3GS. I wanted to have a copy of the firmware on hand, but didn’t want to upgrade right away. I checked “Do not ask me again” and clicked Download Only. I thought that was the end of the matter.

Unfortunately, this Sunday, I plugged in my iPhone and left the room to grab some tea. When I returned, the iPhone was 50% of the way through the 3.1.3 firmware upgrade procedure. It did something I had no idea that it would do: it upgraded me without asking. Read more…

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Appsidy New Cydia Store Payment Method and Sauriks Thoughts On It

December 21, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

As the iPhone becomes more and more popular to the world there is no doubt that jailbreaking the iphone has also gotten very popular. As a matter of fact jailbreaking the iphone has gotten so popular it has been featured on many reputable websites such as cnet.com, tuaw.com, and the list goes on. My point is that jailbreaking the iphone is allowing us the users to be able to do more than we could have imagined whether it be making our iphone a wireless router, to allowing us to make voip calls using skype and 3g unrestrictor.

Now that you know where jailbreaking the iphone is going we can speak of cydia and the business aspect of jailbreaking. For you the user jailbreaking is to get all of the goods but for developers it is like a gold mine with a lot of revenue potential. A year ago you had to purchase an application from cydia by downloading an app and paying the developer however he wanted you to pay whether it was through paypal or some other payment type. Read more…

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Saurik live chat: Learn about Apple’s new signature server

September 25, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Something new, unexpected, and possibly worrying has popped up in iTunes. iTunes now “calls home” to the Apple mothership whenever you restore an iPhone or iPod touch. It tells you that it’s “Verifying restore with Apple…”, checking your device identifier and the firmware with Apple’s new signature server.

Today, TUAW has the pleasure of talking with Jay Freeman, otherwise known as “Saurik”, the developer of Cydia. Saurik has constructed a server that duplicates Apple’s functionality, ensuring that you’ll be able to downgrade your iPhone or iPod in the future, even if you have not jailbroken your device. This topic is for all iPhone users, regardless of whether they use jailbreaking. Please join us with your questions and comments as we hear from Freeman about why this move matters to you.

You can go HERE to view the live chat on your computer

You can also go HERE to view the live stream for the iPhone

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