Written on July 15th, 2009 by Alvin
My previous post had shown how you can jailbreak your iPhone 3G firmware 3.0 using redsn0w 0.8. If you’re using iPhone 2G, you’ll need to download firmware 3.0 ipsw for iPhone 2G. Then, follow the guide to jailbreak your iPhone as the steps are similar. If your iPhone was unlocked previously with BootNeuter, then you [...]
Written on July 14th, 2009 by Alvin
Please note that the guide below will show you how to jailbreak iPhone 3G firmware 3.0 and 3.0.1 only. If it’s on firmware 3.1 or 3.1.2, you can jailbreak your iPhone 3G using blackra1n. Before we start, download redsn0w 0.8 and firmware 3.0 ipsw to your PC.
Close the iTunes and launch the redsn0w. On the [...]
Written on July 11th, 2009 by Alvin
What is SSH?
SSH stands for Secure Shell is a network protocol that allows you to connect and transfer data to or from your iPhone. If you’re using windows operating system on your computer, then you’ll need to install WinSCP SFTP client to SSH into your iPhone. But, if you’re using mac operating system, you can [...]
Written on July 10th, 2009 by Alvin
There are few things that you need to do before you proceed to restore or update your iPhone, including backup your iPhone data, backup your Appstore saved games, updating your iTunes version, ensure the iPhone battery is fully charge and determine the firmware version that you wish to restore or update to your iPhone.
Next, I’ll [...]
Written on July 7th, 2009 by Alvin
Update your iTunes automatically – Launch iTunes on your computer and go to the tools bar, click the help and select Check for Updates. If there is an update available, iTunes will guide you to install the update and you just need to follow the instructions given.
Update your iTunes manually – You need to download [...]
Written on July 6th, 2009 by Alvin
There are two methods of doing it. One of them is to sync your iPhone with iTunes and restore it after the iPhone has been restored successfully. Alternatively, you can backup your iPhone data by SSH into your iPhone and make a copy of all the necessary data to your computer, such as contacts, SMSes, [...]
Written on June 30th, 2009 by Alvin
iPhone restore is a process of reinstall the operating system of the iPhone just like reinstall windows XP or Vista on your computer and it’s the best approach for troubleshooting if you mess up your iPhone.
After iPhone is being restored, all of your iPhone settings will be reset to default or factory settings. Beside that, [...]