iPhones arrived in the shop!

4 03 2008

For those who are interested, there are a few iPhones that landed in the shop.

8GB version, fully unlocked, 1.1.4 firmware, base configuration for Switzerland made. Brand new, in their original packaging.

Ah… the price? CHF 750.- and you have it in 2 days (at least in Switzerland)! 

EDIT: They are all gone! I will have again a few in about 1 week! Sorry!



Unlock… all iPhones (up to 1.1.4)

3 03 2008

He did it again. Zibri released ZiPhone 2.5, that unlocks ALL iPhone versions (up to 1.1.4)!!!

ziphone2_5

Here are the unlocking instructions (careful, very difficult.. ;-) ):

- Make sure you don’t have a phone that was initially unsimlocked with anySIM 1.0 or similar. If it is the case, virginize you phone first (google “virginize iPhone” to learn how to do that). I think ZiPhone can do it but I never tried…

- Download the firmware file you need from Apple (links can be found here) and, with iTunes, restore (yes, restore) your iPhone to the firmware version you just downloaded (click on “restore” while holding the “alt” key on Mac or “shift” on PC)

- Once the restore is finished, download ZiPhone 2.5 from here.

- Launch ZiPhone and click on “Do it all”. For more advanced users, read the instructions of ZiPhone.

- After a few minutes, your phone is unlocked and ready to use. Insert your SIM card and here we go!

- I still recommend you do the following to iPhone in peace: connect to a WiFi network, launch installer and install 2 things: in “System” install “BSD subsystem”, and in “iClarified”, install “AppSupport patch (1.1.4)”.

That’s it!! … and don’t forget not to update when the next firmware version is out!



Site update…

26 02 2008

Yeah… Basically, the structure of my site does not make much sense anymore… As all the versions (except 1.1.4 that was released tonight) can be unlocked the same way, it would make more sense to have following structure:

1) Unlocking guide (all versions)

2) 1.1.1 Tips

3)1.1.2 Tips

4) etc.

5) Cool and must have apps

The tips and tricks for each version would include things like: voicemail, name instead of number, mms, turn auto-correction on and off, EDGE and WiFi issues, sound stuck in speaker mode, …

And, obviously, all Swiss-flavoured!

Any suggestions?



… End of coffee break: 1.1.4 is out!

26 02 2008

And, for the moment, it cannot be activated anymore! Translation: don’t update. :-(

By the way: also tell your friends in the US not to bring back phones anymore. Wait and see!



Coffee break…

20 02 2008



Yes!!!! 1.1.2 and 1.1.3 OTB fully software unlocked!!!

8 02 2008

It happened! The 1.1.2 and 1.1.3 OTB firmware with bootloader 4.6 have been cracked.

Following a bit of a hardcore method, theses phones can now be fully unlocked!

Stay tuned and allow me some time to test it this week-end!

For the moment, until I write a nice little tutorial, more info can be found here.



“Listen” – iPhone Music Recognition

14 01 2008

How cool is that? With “Listen”, the guys at Erica Sadun have developped a very cool application: recognize the music you’re hearing with your iPhone.

Launch the Listen application, it will sample the music that the iPhone’s mic is hearing and will compare it to a music database to give you back the result.

The application is available from “Installer” on your iPhone or via download from EricaSadun .

Caution: it is very early beta… and it uses network bandwidth… (I don’t know how much…) Users from Switzerland (that means: with cracked iPhones), make sure you are on WiFi… Edge is still very expensive with the Swiss GSM providers…



“Cannot connect to YouTube”…Fix YouTube… again

11 01 2008

So, you cannot connect to YouTube?

The very first answer is… are you connected to WiFi? If not, you know what to do… ;-)

The second answer is that you need to replace these 3 YouTube fix files in the /var/root/Library/Lockdown folder of your iPhone. So you need to connect to your iPhone via SSH and replace the existing files with the ones from the download above.

Reboot your iPhone and then, usually, it works.

What? That’s not enough? You can only access the bookmarked clips from YouTube? The answer is very simple, even if I don’t understand why this affects YouTube on the iPhone :-( Have a look at the date and time of your iPhone… I’m almost sure that it is set somewhere in 2015… Correct it and it will work!!!



MMS on iPhone

3 01 2008

This time, it’s here!

Edit: careful guys… Swirlyspace has not updated the application to work on firmware 1.1.3 and above. So it won’t work on these versions! I’m sure an updated version exists.. but they wait to sell it soon on iTunes :-(

Finally The guys at Swirlyspace have released the first MMS application for the iPhone. It’s called SwirlyMMS and the current version (0.2) works on Swiss networks! Currently, it allows you only to send MMS but they promise an update version for January 08 which should let you receive them as well.

To install it, simply download it in “Installer” (under “Network”) and configure it using the settings below.

If anybody has the settings for Tele2, Orangeclick and the other Swiss MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators = Operators that do not have their own network but rent one from a “real operator”), please post a comment!

I have tested it on 1.1.1 only for the moment. Please report if it works on 1.1.2 !

SwirlyMMS Settings for Swisscom (Switzerland)

MMSC : mmsc.swisscom.ch
Proxy : 192.168.210.002:8080
APN : event.swisscom.ch
Username : <empty>
Password : <empty>

SwirlyMMS Settings for Sunrise (Switzerland):

MMSC: mmsc.sunrise.ch
Proxy: 212.35.34.75:8080
APN: mms.sunrise.ch
username: mms
password: mms

SwirlyMMS Settings for Orange (Switzerland):

MMSC: 192.168.151.3:8002
Proxy: 192.168.151.002:8080
APN: mms
Username: <empty>
Password: <empty>



Number instead of name

2 01 2008

Each time you receive a call, the iPhone will check against the address book to see if the incoming number matches any of your contacts. If it does, it displays the name instead of the incoming number.

On the iPhone, this does not work, because it checks the entire number instead of the last X digits. As you can enter a number in various ways in your address book (+41791234567, 0791234567, 0041 79 123 45 67, …), it will often mismatch and display the number instead of the contact name.

For the 1.1.2 iPhone, it is very easy:

- Go to “Settings” > “General” > “International”

- In “Region Format”, choose the one that fits your region. Note: for the French part of Switzerland, go to “French” and select “Switzerland”. For the German part, it’s the same principle.

- Your incoming calls will now match your address book!

For the 1.1.1 iPhone, it is easy… but a bit less ;-)

Our friends from the DevTeam have recoded the files and our other friend from unlock.no has put a simple installer in its repository. This makes it very easy for you to fix the issue:

- On your iPhone, go to Installer application (yes, you have it…)

- On the bottom right, go to “Sources”

- Tap “Edit” (top right) and then “Add” (top left)

- In the window type “http://i.unlock.no” and tap “OK”

- It will refresh the sources, wait for a few seconds

- Tap “Done” (top right) and “Install” (bottom, second from the left)

- Scroll down to the category “Unlocking Tools”, tap on it and select “Phone # to name fix”

- Tap “Install” (top right), confirm… and here we go!