Month: January 2011

The Verizon iPhone 4, What’s Changed?

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 3, 2018

Wondering what the differences between the Verizon iPhone 4 and the AT&T version are? Well maybe we can clarify a few things for you. For starters, let's talk appearance. The volume and ringer mute buttons have been moved, to accommodate the new antenna design (see extra notch above mute button). Current bumpers and cases with just a hole for the side controls will not fit the Verizon iPhone 4 model.

Now as far as the internals go, the 2 models are almost identical, save for the obvious fact that the new Verizon model will have CDMA chipsets and AT&T models use GSM technology. For those not so tech savvy that means that you will be unable to use an AT&T version of the iPhone on the Verizon network. And in case you haven't heard the bad news, CDMA also means that you are unable to be on the phone and use data at the same time...

How to Add New Sources to Cydia

Alex Heath ∙ January 12, 2011

Cydia, the jailbreak equivalent of Apple's App Store, indexes all jailbreak apps/tweaks/mods so that users can easily find them on the iPhone. To have Cydia on your iPhone, you must first jailbreak. This process frees you from having to only download apps from Apple's App Store. Once you jailbreak, you can install all kinds of cool apps, mods and tweaks on your iPhone through Cydia.

Instead of Apple's curated content, Cydia must rely on "repositories" from jailbreak developers to index jailbreak apps. These "repositories" (or "repos") are basically just storage houses for jailbreak content that developers want to distribute through Cydia. Repositories are sources that Cydia searches for jailbreak apps.

By default, Cydia already pre-installs some popular repositories that host most jailbreak content. However, there is a way in Cydia to add more sources. Not all jailbreak content can be accessed through the default sources that Cydia pre-installs. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to add a new source to expand your jailbreak catalog in Cydia...

Using Spotlight Search on the iPhone

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated February 6, 2016

Spotlight is a search technology that you've no doubt become intimately acquainted with if you're a Mac OS X user. For those of you new to the world of Apple, it would be a good idea to become familiar with this extremely handy search tool.

Not only can you search Wikipedia and the rest of the web natively from your iPhone's Home screen, you can also search all of your mail, music, apps, SMS messages, and more.

Take a look inside as we go over the basics of Spotlight search in this latest iPhone Basics tutorial...

Poll: Will You Get the Verizon iPhone?

Sébastien Page ∙ January 11, 2011

The Verizon iPhone was finally announced this morning, and even though it doesn't bring anything new to the table, some people will probably jump ships to leave AT&T for Big Red.

We created a simple poll to get a feel of what you guys are going to do. Are you going to flee AT&T? Will you stick to it? Please take a few seconds of your time to take this poll...

The Price of Turning Your Verizon iPhone into a Mobile Hotspot

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated May 18, 2017

I guess the most exciting thing about the Verizon iPhone's announcement this morning was the fact that you will be able to use your iPhone as a hotspot for up to 5 devices. This means you'll be able to turn your Verizon iPhone into a hotspot and share your Internet connection with up to 5 devices around you.

Sounds great, right? It is great. Not so great is that the pricing information has been left aside and no one at Verizon deemed it necessary to let people know how much this great feature will cost...

AT&T Users Have No Reason to Envy Verizon’s iPhone

Jeff Benjamin ∙ January 11, 2011

After many years, months, and days of hardcore speculation, the details about America's worst kept secret are at last out of the bag. Underwhelming as it was, today's Verizon press event functioned like more of a low key gathering when compared to the Steve Jobs driven spectacles that Apple puts on.

The differences between the two companies press unveilings aptly foreshadowed how underwhelmed I came away feeling when the event was all said and done.

Granted, I understand that this wasn't your typical Apple announcement and Verizon never perpetuated that it was. Still, I can't help but feel like I got a small fry when I specifically asked for a large...

What a Verizon iPhone Means for AT&T

Sébastien Page ∙ January 11, 2011

I've seen the same question being asked over and over again on Twitter and in the comments here, so I figured it'd be a good idea to clarify things up a little bit. Many of you are confused about Verizon getting the iPhone. Does that mean AT&T will lose the iPhone? Absolutely not.

AT&T will not lose the iPhone. Come June, Apple will unveil a new iPhone and this iPhone will be available on both AT&T and Verizon. Up until today, AT&T had the exclusivity of the iPhone, meaning they were the only carrier allowed to sell it in the US. Today, this exclusivity came to an end and Apple decided to add an additional carrier in the US...

How to Check Your Verizon iPhone Eligibility

Alex Heath ∙ Updated November 12, 2018

The Verizon iPhone has been announced, and if you're one of the millions that is probably planning on buying one, you can now check your contract eligibility. Among other things, the Verizon iPhone has a new antenna. This should make call reliability much better with the iPhone on Verizon's network.

If you are a current Verizon wireless customer, Apple has posted a page where you can check your contract eligibility for an upgrade. Verizon also has an eligibility page for customers to check their contracts as well...

Jailbreak and Unlock Coming to the Verizon iPhone?

Sébastien Page ∙ January 11, 2011

One of the first questions that might have come to your mind after the announcement of the Verizon iPhone this morning probably was: can you jailbreak the Verizon iPhone? Can you unlock it? That's something we obviously can't know for sure until our favorite Team of iPhone hackers get their hands on one of those babies.

However, I would assume that the jailbreaking process for the Verizon iPhone might not be different from AT&T's. I assume the iOS loaded will have the very same backbones, even though iOS for Verizon will include extra features such as the ability to use your iPhone as a hotspot...

The Verizon iPhone Has a Different Antenna

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 29, 2016

You might remember that the iPhone 4 was hit by a pretty big controversy about its antenna design shortly after it was released. Known as the antennagate, this issue could easily be replicated simply by wrapping your hand around the bottom of the phone, which is how 90% of people actually hold their phones.

It seems that Apple went back to the drawing board and came up with a slightly different antenna design for the Verizon iPhone. If you look at the 2 images below, you will see that the tiny black breaks between the different parts of the antenna are at different spots...

The Details About the Verizon iPhone

Sébastien Page ∙ January 11, 2011

As expected Steve Jobs didn't show up this morning to introduce the Verizon iPhone. Instead, his #2, Apple's COO Tim Cook shared the stage with Verizon COO Lowell McAdam.

Tim's minute talk was quite disappointing. He clearly was here to make this look more legit, sharing a few basic facts about the Verizon iPhone (Retina Display, A4 chip, FaceTime, App Store, etc...) but didn't share any technical information.

Now let's have a closer look at what we know from the Verizon iPhone...

Verizon Finally Gets the iPhone

Sébastien Page ∙ January 11, 2011

After months years of anticipation, the iPhone is finally coming to Verizon.

Lowell McAdam took the stage this morning and after making an introduction touting the merits of his network, Verizon's COO, he finally dropped the bomb that everyone expected: the Verizon iPhone.

Our relationship with Apple has developed over the last two years. In 2008 we started talking about bringing the iPhone to a CDMA network. We spent a year testing. Late in 2010 we started offering the iPad... today, we are extremely gratified to announce that the iPhone 4 will be available early next month.

More to come in a minute... Stay tuned!