Month: March 2011

Back to the Future: Apple Reinvents the Phone

Sébastien Page ∙ March 21, 2011

I was browsing the web earlier today when I came across the video of Steve Jobs announcing the first iPhone back in January 2007. I remember that day as if it was yesterday. I remember how I instantly fell in love with the iPhone as it was everything I ever wanted in a phone.

Fast-forward four years later and I can say that the iPhone has changed my life, literally. Not only the iPhone has allowed me to change the way I communicate and stay connected, but the iPhone has also allowed me to quit my job and make a living blogging about this revolutionary device...

T-Mobile Answers Question of Whether Customers Will Get the iPhone

Guest Author ∙ Updated February 6, 2016

AT&T announced today that they will buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion in cash and stocks. A deal that shocked, you, me, and our grandmothers.

But what does this mean for T-Mobile subscribers? Will they finally get the iPhone? No. Well, not yet at least...

Gevey SIM Interposer Confirmed Working on iPhone 4 on T-Mobile USA

Guest Author ∙ March 20, 2011

Last week, the Gevey Team announced their SIM Interposer for the iPhone 4. This SIM Interposer would provide the long awaited iPhone 4 unlock or Baseband 2.10.04 and 3.10.01.

Although there was some speculation as to whether this SIM Interposer was legit or not, today a reader over at Redmond Pie has provided evidence showing an iPhone 4 with 2.10.04 baseband running on T-Mobile USA's network using the Gevey SIM Interposer.

ToneFXs 2.0 is Your Complete Solution to iOS Sound Customization

Guest Author ∙ Updated April 2, 2018

One of the missing features in the iPhone is the ability to customize sounds on the device. Compared to the competition, this is a field where the iPhone fails, badly.

Enter ToneFXs. ToneFXs 2.0 is a jailbreak app that lets you customize all the sounds on your iPhone. That includes anything from custom push notification alerts, custom email alerts, custom email alerts for specific contacts, custom text message alerts for specific numbers, custom calendar alerts and much more.

‘DreamBoard’ Brings Advanced Theming to the iPhone

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated September 22, 2011

Do you feel like WinterBoard is getting a bit long in the tooth? Tired of its limitations?

Perhaps this new jailbreak app might pique your interest then. It's called DreamBoard, and it promises to bring advanced theming to your iPhone.

Those are pretty big promises, especially considering how the mighty WinterBoard has pretty much dominated iPhone theming over the last few years.

Can DreamBoard live up to its aspirations for greatness?

Weird Way To Improve Your iPhone 4’s Reception

Alex Heath ∙ March 20, 2011

Still suffering from the antennagate problem with the iPhone 4? How about spotty coverage on AT&T?

A strange and inventive method will supposedly help your reception strength. Next time you find yourself with crummy coverage, put your iPhone in a glass. You probably want to make sure it's empty first...

Sn0wBreeze 2.3 Beta 4 Released, Minor Bug Fixes

Alex Heath ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

iH8Sn0w has pushed another update to his Windows jailbreak tool for iOS 4.3. Sn0wBreeze 2.3b4 adds some bug fixes and more baseband compatibility.

Sn0wBreeze 2.3 offers a tethered jailbreak solution for iOS 4.3, but the tool is still in beta. This means that stability is not guaranteed, and you should use it at your own risk...

Top 10 iPhone News You Might Have Missed This Week

Sébastien Page ∙ March 20, 2011

This is a summary of the most popular articles published on iDB this past week. Please make sure to spread our iPhone wisdom by sharing our posts on Twitter and Facebook.

Jailbreak iOS 4.3 using Sn0wBreeze Ryan Petrich about next version of Cydia: it will be awesome Saurik: what to and what not to expect from the next version of Cydia Springtomize brings extensive customization to iOS Is Apple intentionally handicapping web apps? Battery issues may be another reason to stay away from iOS 4.3 SIM Interposer provides unlock for iPhone 4 AT&T cracks down on MyWi tethering users iPhone 5 prototype with metal back suggests a more durable design Vote for your Top 5 paid jailbreak apps

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Rumor: Revamped MobileMe Launching Next Month

Alex Heath ∙ March 19, 2011

Remember when we all signs were pointing to a MobileMe revamp at Apple's last event? The iPad 2 ended up stealing the show, and MobileMe wasn't addressed at all.

Apple has stopped selling MobileMe at their retail stores, and you can only sign up for the 60-day free trial online. Because there is no current way to actually pay for MobileMe, it makes sense that Apple is about to do something significant to their cloud-based sync/storage solution.

According to an inside source, Apple will launch a new, free version of MobileMe in April...

How to Become a Millionaire Developing iPhone Apps

Sébastien Page ∙ March 19, 2011

We all know you can quickly and easily become a millionaire simply by developing a few iPhone apps, right? Of course I'm being a tad sarcastic here but when the App Store was first launched, making iPhone apps was the new gold rush.

Things have changed quite a bit since then. With a few hundred thousand apps in the App Store, being a successful app developer is harder than ever, and it's not going to get any easier.

The folks over at InstantShift created a nice infographics to illustrate how to make a million dollars selling apps, in just 581,395 easy steps...

iPad 2 Destroyed in Slow Motion

Guest Author ∙ Updated February 6, 2016

ZAGG.com has put together a riveting video to portray the dangers the outside world has that threaten your precious new iPad 2. Grant it, your iPad 2 will most likely not be shot with a shotgun but it does entice you to pay the extra bucks to protect your new iDevice. Watch the video below and enjoy the slow motion explosions!

Remember, you can get 20% off any ZAGG product by ordering from here and entering coupon code zagg20.

Need a New Way to Navigate Your iPhone’s Screens? Try ‘SwipeNav’

Jeff Benjamin ∙ March 19, 2011

SwipeNav is a jailbreak tweak that enables swipe navigation on apps that support UINavigation. Got all that?

Yeah, I was about as confused as that sounds when reading the description for SwipeNav, but after actually trying the tweak, I was able to understand the concept behind it.

In a nutshell, SwipeNav will allow you to use swipe motions to navigate to a prior page on apps that feature the blue navigation bar at the top...