iPhone Hacks: July 2009

Friday, July 31, 2009

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Security Vulnerability in iPhone's SMS Messaging System to be revealed Today

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 01:05 PM PDT

Researchers Charlie Miller and Collin Mulliner claim that they have found a security vulnerability in the iPhone's SMS messaging system which could allow hackers to in theory "take over every iPhone in the world". It occurs regardless of hardware revision or which version of the iPhone OS is running. They...

Thursday, July 30, 2009

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MobileMe iDisk App for iPhone Released

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 03:56 PM PDT

Apple has finally released MobileMe iDisk app for iPhone which was unveiled at Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in early June. The iDisk will allow MobileMe subscribers to easily browse and view files stored on their iDisk and share files with others via integrated e-mail links rather than sending huge file...

Apple: Jailbreaking iPhone could lead to Major Network Disruptions

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 02:59 PM PDT

Earlier in the year, Apple had told the U.S. Copyright Office that it believes jailbreaking an iPhone is a violation of the DMCA and infringes on its copyright. To counter it, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) had filed an exemption request with the to get the U.S. Copyright Office to grant...

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

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Posted: 28 Jul 2009 04:15 PM PDT

While we wait for streaming music service Spotify's iPhone app to get approved, we have news that Apple has banned all Google Voice related iPhone apps including Google's official Google Voice application from the App Store. Apple has rejected the iPhone apps as they are duplicating features that are already...

Will Apple Approve Streaming Music Service Spotify's iPhone App?

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 02:39 PM PDT

Streaming music service Spotify has submitted their iPhone App to the App Store for approval. If approved, it would bring more than 6 million songs on-demand, giving you the ability to create and save ordered playlists of songs, and it will also allow you to save your favorite songs offline...

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

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iPhone OS 3.1 Beta 3 Reveals Improved Copy & Paste Feature for Videos?

Posted: 27 Jul 2009 03:45 PM PDT

Folks at WhenWillApple have discovered changes in the copy/paste feature for videos in iPhone OS 3.1 beta 3 that was released to developers just few hours ago. So you will be able to copy and paste videos in emails like you can do with photos. In iPhone OS 3.0, you...

iPhone OS 3.1 Beta 3 Released to Developers

Posted: 27 Jul 2009 01:37 PM PDT

Apple has seeded developers of their iPhone Developer Program with the third beta version of iPhone OS 3.1 (Build 7C116a). Apple also released a new version of the iPhone SDK 3.1, Beta 3 (Build 9M2808). The download size is 307MB. Apple hasn't provided details about the improvements expected in the...

Sunday, July 26, 2009

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How to Enable Battery Percentage Indicator in iPhone 3G/iPhone 2G running iPhone OS 3.0

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 03:27 PM PDT

When we had described some of the 100 new features in iPhone OS 3.0, we had mentioned that users will get the option to see the remaining battery power in percentage. But when iPhone OS 3.0 was released, we found out that this feature was strangely available only to iPhone...

Saturday, July 25, 2009

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Hacker Claims iPhone 3GS Encryption Feature is Useless

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 03:48 PM PDT

During the third quarter 2009 earnings conference call, Apple's Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook had mentioned: "We're seeing growing interest with the release of iPhone 3.0 and the iPhone 3GS due in part to the new hardware encryption and improved security policies." But according iPhone hacking expert, Jonathan Zdziarski the...

Google Latitude for iPhone Released but as an iPhone Web App

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 06:43 AM PDT

Google had launched a new feature in Google Maps called Latitude back in Feb that allowed users to share their location with their friends and family. At the time of the launch, Google has announced that the feature will be released very soon to the iPhone, through Google Mobile App....

Friday, July 24, 2009

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AT&T Activated Record Breaking 2.4 million new iPhones in Q2 2009

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 12:37 PM PDT

When Apple announced that they had sold 5.2 million iPhones in Q3 2009, it was quite obvious that it would have a positive impact on AT&T's results which is the exclusive carrier for Apple's iPhone in the US. AT&T has just announced that it activated a record breaking 2.4 million...

Thursday, July 23, 2009

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Warning: Major Flaw with Push Notification Fix for Jailbroken iPhones

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 01:16 PM PDT

One of the known issues with the jailbroken iPhone running iPhone OS 3.0 is that it disables the Push Notification feature. The iPhone Dev Team had released a fix to resolve the issue. However, German developer and founder of Equinux has discovered a major flaw with the Push Notification fix....

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

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Apple Sold 5.2 Million iPhones in Q3 2009, Can't Make enough iPhone 3GS to Meet Demand

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 04:37 PM PDT

Apple has posted revenue of $8.34 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.23 billion for the third quarter of fiscal 2009. This is compared to revenue of $7.46 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.07 billion in the same quarter last year. These are Apple's best non-holiday quarterly revenue and...

Foxconn Employee Commits Suicide after Fourth Generation iPhone Prototype goes Missing

Posted: 21 Jul 2009 11:19 AM PDT

According to reports coming out of China, a Foxconn employee responsible for Apple's fourth generation iPhone committed suicide after an iPhone prototype went missing. It is being reported that Sun Danyong, a 25-year-old man jumped from a 12-story building last week due to alleged "unbearable interrogation techniques" in the ensuing...

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

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Dev Team: Tips & Clarifications to Unlocking iPhone

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 02:53 PM PDT

The iPhone Dev team had released an updated version of UltraSn0w last week to unlock iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS which they believed would resolve all random issues that were reported by users. They have just published a post in which they have confirmed that the latest version of UltraSn0w...

Saturday, July 18, 2009

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Step-by-Step Guide to Unlock iPhone 3GS running iPhone OS 3.0 using Purplesn0w

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 11:46 PM PDT

As we all know, after releasing the jailbreak software for iPhone 3GS, Geohot also released his unlock method for iPhone 3GS. Purplesn0w developed by Geohot is an alternative to ultrasn0w developed by the iPhone Dev Team to unlock iPhone 3GS. Geohot claims that his unlocking software actually improves on some...

Windows 95 Running on Hacked iPhone

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 12:12 PM PDT

Folks at Russian site GooDiPhone have demoed Windows 95 running on an iPhone 3G via an emulator. I'm sure not many of you care but it's cool in a wierd way to see Windows 95 running on the iPhone. It seems some folks have also managed this on Nokia's N95....

Friday, July 17, 2009

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Unlock iPhone: UltraSn0w 0.9 & Purplesn0w RC2 Released

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 12:51 PM PDT

iPhone Dev Team has released an updated version of UltraSn0w 0.9, their software solution to unlock iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. They believe that the new version "pretty much all of the various random issues that have been reported". In the meanwhile, Geohot, the member of the iPhone Dev Team...

Thursday, July 16, 2009

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iPhone OS 3.1 Beta 2 Released; Disables Tethering Functionality Enabled using Hack

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 12:34 PM PDT

Apple has seeded developers of their iPhone Developer Program with the second beta version of iPhone OS 3.1. As usual, Apple hasn't provided much details about the improvements expected in the second beta version of iPhone OS 3.1. But based on initial reports it looks like it breaks the hack...

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