Month: September 2010

First Batch of CDMA iPhone’s to Be Built in December

I just knew it. I knew it wouldn't be long until the latest Verizon iPhone rumor hit the web waves and I'd be writing about it shortly thereafter. I did not think it would be as concrete as this appears to be.

An analyst with Susquehanna Financial Group mentioned in a note to suppliers that Apple is preparing to build 3 million CDMA capable iPhones by December. This is to keep on track with an apparent early 2011 release. Are you getting a headache yet?

This iPhone App Makes Sure You Never Forget a Wifi Password Again

Wifi Passwords is a new jailbreak application that displays all the wifi passwords you have entered on your iPhone when connecting to secure networks.

Let's say you're at your favorite coffee shop. You brought your iPad for the first time and you don't know the wifi password, but you did enter the password on your iPhone before. Well, instead of asking the password to an employee, just launch Wifi Passwords and find out what the password for this coffee shop network is... 

A Handy iPhone Accessory to Carry Around

This has to be the handiest iPhone accessory you can easily carry around. It's a little USB iPhone charger that you can attach to your keychain.

It's called the flipSYNC and it will charge and/or sync your iPhone while on the road. It's so small and convenient that it allows you to always have your cable around...

Let’s Be Friends On Twitter

I've been thinking about that for a while but for some reason I never got to go ahead with it. I just created a list of iDB readers on Twitter. If you read this blog and if you're on Twitter, then you should be on the list!

So far I have only 3 people in this list. That's because I don't know your Twitter username. To get on the list, simply ask me to add you on Twitter by sending a tweet such as "@SebastienPage Hey add me to your iDB list"...

Only 23% of AT&T Customers Would Switch for a Verizon iPhone

A new survey by Credit Suisse shows that only 23% of AT&T customers would be willing to switch to Verizon if the carrier got the iPhone. The good old talk about a Verizon iPhone. Sigh. It seems I am the only believing there won't be a Verizon iPhone next year.

According to this survey, 23% would switch to Verizon, 3% would switch to Sprint, and only 2% would switch to T-Mobile. 9% are not sure what they would do. If you do the math, that leaves 63% of people staying with AT&T, most likely because they are satisfied...

Apple Makes 3% of All Smartphones but Takes 39% of All Profits

With the Apple stock flying at a all-time high these days, this new report shows that not only Apple is able to make great products that sell like hot cakes, but most importantly, they are making tons of money on each product sold.

According to Michael Walkley of the Canaccord Genuity Group, Apple made about 3% of all the smartphones in the first half of 2010, but it actually raked in 39% of the industry's profits...

How to Fix A Broken Home Button on Your iPhone

Do you have a broken or malfunctioning home button on your iPhone? If so, this trick that was sent to me by Evan on Twitter will allow you to still use your iPhone even if the home button doesn't work properly.

Now before you get too excited, this is just a workaround and it won't actually fix the button, but if your iPhone is jailbroken, this is your best chance at getting control over this broken home button again...

RedSn0w 0.9.6 Beta 1 Also Works on iOS 4.2 Beta

This morning we reported that the Dev Team had released RedSn0w 0.9.6 beta 1 and that this tool could be used to jailbreak an iPhone 3G running iOS 4.1.

MuscleNerd confirmed earlier today that this version of RedSn0w can also be used to jailbreak iOS 4.2 beta on an iPhone 3G, but this doesn't come without risks as they are many bugs...

iPhone 5 To Run on Both 3G and LTE

Since I started following the iPhone daily buzz I am constantly reminded by how passionate and devout the community covering the device can be. So devout that the moment someone predicts the future of an unreleased iPhone, the rest of the bloggers rush to validate the claim.

CNET reports that an analyst from Rodman and Renshaw claims that Apple's next generation phone will offer up support for both 3G technology and the futuristic LTE (Long Term Evolution) platform which is being touted as "4G" technology. Ashok Kumar said the following about the switch:

How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3G iOS 4.1 with RedSn0w

This step by step guide and tutorial will show you how to use RedSn0w 0.9.6 Beta 1 to jailbreak your iPhone 3G iOS 4.1. So far, this only works for the iPhone 3G and the iPod Touch 2G, and is a Mac only tool (although a Windows version is coming).

Before we start the tutorial, make sure you read and understand this. Once you have read this article through, come back here and let's work on jailbreaking your iPhone 3G iOS 4.1 with RedSn0w...

RedSn0w 0.9.6 Beta 1 Jailbreak for iPhone 3G IOS 4.1 Released

The Dev Team released RedSn0w 0.9.6 Beta 1 a few hours ago. This latest update to the popular jailbreak tool will only work with the iPhone 3G iOS 4.1 and iPod Touch 2G.

According to the Dev Team, RedSn0w 0.9.6 Beta 1 uses the same pwnage2 DFU-mode exploit that has been around for a couple years. It does not use the SHAtter exploit discovered by pod2g, so there is nothing really new here...

How to Downgrade iPad 3.2.2

This step by step guide and tutorial will show you how to downgrade your iPad iOS 3.2.2 to a previous iOS version. In order to downgrade your iPad from 3.2.2 to 3.2.1, you will have to have your SHSH blobs on file on Saurik's servers. If you do not have these SHSH blobs on file, you will not be able to downgrade.

Downgrading iPad iOS 3.2.2