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cmw, the author of winpwn, has moved completely to linux on the iphone.


also, Xiphone will never get released, it seems, stuck perpetually in development hell,

naijafan:
@Ex

quickpwn is more like ziphone of the 1.1.3 and 1.1.4 days. seriously easy to use. ok, except for the part where you have to follow timed instructions about putting the phone in DFU mode.

tee heee, i do recall that frustration.

naijafan:
LOL @ asking reuters for confirmation . Just sounds funny to me. The idea sounds like MS ditching the windows kernel to build on a linux/unix kernel instead. the idea i have about software development includes the ability to improve your offering and make it whatever you want it to be.

for instance. . . microsoft in an effort to make their mobile offering more appealing, would be revamping the entire mobile OS to release WinMo7. or RIM with the blackberry OS on the Storm. why can't the Symbian developers do the same with theirs as well. Considering that it enhances competition at the same time.

you can say the same thing for Palm, which is ditching Palm OS to craft a new one, the Nova. there is only so much you can do with an aging OS, especially one designed for less powerful CPUs and using archaic languages. elsewhere ive outlined the major problems of Symbian from a developer perspective (which is all that matters): these include unwieldy SDKs, arcane coding language, binary incompatibility, poor memory management etc.

sure, microsoft can't ditch WinMo in a hurry; but thats because of the Windows trademark which defines microsoft: ie Windows is Microsoft and Microsoft is Windows, can't have one without the other. but like i said elsewhere, even MS doesnt use its WinMo; preferring instead Win CE for mobile devices. meanwhile Nokia inst really Symbian since it didnt create the OS, it licensed it and then outright bought the company. and it still churns out low-end Series 40 devices (which fetch more profit margin).

so, if Palm is creating an entirely new OS from scratch and discontinuing its flagship Palm OS, why should it be a surprise if Nokia does the same? didnt Microsoft ditch DOS for Windows? and remember, the biggest problem of DOS is the same one dogging Symbian: Memory management.


if Nokia wants to be innovative and maintain its lead, it needs to explore other alternatives just as badly as Microsoft needs to overhaul its NT kernel.

the market is well and truly saturated with too many similar-looking and similar-featured Symbian devices already; pretty soon everyone is going to be fed up with that S60 interface and the same way of doing things.

[quote author=load, ing link=topic=210155.msg3257944#msg3257944 date=1229979993]wht about AJE 'aljazeera' the news king of middle-east. They show it as it is, no censorship, remember the terrorist activities?[/quote]they tend to explore the darker side of news. me, I'm all ok with restraint in showing graphic stuff. not all of us are gore-obsessed sadists or have cast iron stomaches.

you can guess where my dinner went when they showed a marine with a severed leg.

<gulp>

baseband downgrade always scares me. remember the fiasco in the days of 1.1.2, before Geohot's unlock? remember disabled/blank basebands, messed up IMEI, bricks etc?

me, im comfortable enough on 2.1 until the expected january 2009 update of the DevTeam 3G unlock.

ps: seen the video on their blog? MuscleNerd makes it look effortless, like months of hardwork wasnt there. whats the word, "anticlimax".

this must rank as the easiest unlock so far.

meanwhle Quickpwn 2.2 contains an unlock option for 1st gen iphones. no need for winpwn (thank God).

cabali:
@naijafan

so what if it is on 2.2 firmware? My brother's gat one on 2.2. what happens

what happens is he's currently out of luck as far as software-unlocking the 3G. Yellowsnow works only on the 2.11.07 baseband and previous basebands.

@ cabali

true. in spite of all the negative reviews, im still getting the Storm (no more 5800)

its a looker. and since its also getting frequent software updates it stands to reason the kinks will be ironed out pretty soon.

anyone know how much it costs SIM-free?

cabali:
But I think you still need to have APN set for you to get a connection so that when you are in 3g coverage there'd be an auto switching from 2.5 or 2.75 to 3g. (even after activating dataroam)

whats up with xmas Ex?

Nah! in 3G you dont need to bother, enabling 3G and Dataroam will suffice. if 3G blacks out, reverting to EDGE/GPRS is automatic, though not nearly as seamless as in other devices (like E71).

xmas, still stuck in naija. hurdles abound! send me some chrismassy stuff, like packed snow.


HP has a quick and dirty little iPhone (and iPod touch) application that may interest you. It’s free, too!


Anyhow, the application, iPrint Photo lets you print photos located on your iPhone (and iPod touch) on an HP printer that’s on the same Wi-Fi network. So, you’re walking about your house and say to yourself, “Man, I need to print this photo right now, well, now you can.

http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/12/22/hps-iprint-photo-for-the-iphone-ipod-touch-print-your-photos-wirelessly/#more-6897

naijafan:
@Ex

do you have a link to an official statement by Nokia? a press release or something? because i feel you are exaggerating this stuff.

here you go.


Nokia eyes wider use of Linux software in phones

BARCELONA (Reuters) - The world's biggest mobile phone maker, Nokia, could start to use open-source Linux software on its more expensive phone models, a senior company official said on Tuesday.

"In the longer perspective, Linux will become a serious alternative for our high-end phones," Ukko Lappalainen, vice president at Nokia's markets unit, told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of the "Nokia World" industry conference.

Linux's role in the handset industry is growing as Google has introduced its Linux-based Android platform, but Lappalainen said Nokia was likely to stick to its own Linux development.

Nokia uses Linux maemo software in its niche offering of Internet tablets, while it uses Symbian software for its phones.

"I don't see anything in Android which would make it better than Linux maemo," Lappalainen said. (Reporting by Tarmo Virki)

http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE4B16IO20081202

now, you might want to ask Reuters for further comfirnation to satisfy your skeptical mind. you have been arguin for Symbian all the while so the thought of Nokia ditching it for Linux in high end phones gives you nightmares.

even Nokia recognizes the limitations of symbian except Nokia's fanboys. why should it shock and awe you? everyone is gunning for better OS in these days of faster CPUs, powerful GPUs and cheaper RAM. samsung, motorola, HTC (G1), sony ericsson etc. why shouldnt Nokia? lawd knoiws they've been stagnant all these years, holding the smartphone industry rooted in one spot.

[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=210682.msg3258907#msg3258907 date=1229998319]I played with the thought of converting from blackberry to iphone when Apple launched 3G some months ago. I played with a iphone 3G for few days and changed mind when I discovered that the only stable program in it is the browser functionality. The voice service drops, the 3G signal drops, the visual voice mail erases and loses programing. I never had that much problem with Blackberry. If blackberry hangs up, all you have to do is remove the battery and reinsert, it power cycles and reboot and you are good to go.

If you want form, I'd say yes Iphone is best but if you need substance and reliability, . . . Blackberry any day![/quote]mostly wrong. signal drops depend on 3G coverage and on wheter you're on official carrier or running on a proxy SIM. the earlier firmware were notorious for dropped calls but all that has been sorted in 2.2.

wrong! the browser was actually the most unstable app in the whole iphone (this too has been addressed), and mind you iphone OS X is much more stable than BB OS 4.6 or 4.7 on the storm due to better memory management and lack of real multitasking (which is what normally cripples Nokia phones.)

ive had more freeze-ups on my Curve than ive had on the iphone, and freeze ups on my Nokia SYmbian devices are more frequent than even BB.

also, iphone reboot is a piece of cake: simply hold the home and power button for 4 secs, then switch back on. works always, no need to go through the tedious process of removing and reinserting battery.


so, for substance and reliability, iphone always.

my sis has one since forever, cant get it to browse on MTN. and the casing peels. but its not too bad.

allboyz:
so FOX News is Bad? and they are racist? so are you saying Skye news is the best? or CNN?

its SKY news, not SKYE. and it sucks, picking its news online. come to think of it, "best" in what aspect? news gathering skills, breaking news, good looking presenters, etc?

if truth be told, very few of all these news giants can be what they are without AP and Reuters. meanwhile CNN sucks only because they tend to glorify their reportes and make them out like supercelebrities (Best Political Team on TV?), and this makes me doubt the veracity of their pieces. and the ludicrous techy stuff they use have no impact on the news and ultimately make them out as fools.: case in point, the 3G "hologram" of Wolf Blitzer's situation room, John Kings hokey Magic Wall thingumajig etc etc.

for as long we live, news editors will either choose what they consider as important news or fature what is currently the rage and what rivals are showing.

check it: while the Jos citizens are tearing 500 of themselves to shreds, ALL the news agencies of the world were focused on the relatively paltry 150 or so killed in Mumbai's terrorist attacks for the next 48hours.

it doesnt mean Indian life is more sacred; just that the news editors consider india and indian happenings more important than nigeria.

there is no such thing as "the best news company"; they all have their biases and prejudments otherwise they woudlnt call the ETA in Spain "separatists" and the Paletinians "terrorists" or "militants" or "gunmen" given both radical wings are fighting for the same thing using the same methods.

thegame:
simple. they own majority of the shares of symbian os. and surprisingly, they arethe best sellers of symbian os. so why promote other os when they are the best promoter of theirs

Nokia has confirmed its going with a version of Linux (probably Maemo) in future top-class phones. Symbian has gone as far as it can, and the demands of current-gen and next-gen portable devices need more functions* and versatility than Symbian can offer, given its roots are almost twenty years old.

Sony-Ericsson is ditching Symbian for Android, so is Samsung (which made only like one Symbian device ever). indeed all the major players are heading for the Open Handset Alliance and leaving Symbian and WinMo in the wake of their frenzied rush to Linux.

isnt this enough to let you know there is something inherently limiting in Symbian as far as future powerful highend phones are concerned?



*function in the OS at the low-to mid-level; not functions such as clipboards or MMS.

cabali:
Can we stay true, then to the title of the thread??

you are more than welcome to try.


me, i refuse.

loopylove:
Ex Inferis (m), please help me out, i want to configure mtn brownsing on my iphone, please help me on how to go about it, i am using a locked iphone and i will like to unlock it and how will i go about that also, but i am presently using rebel simcard to operate the iphone now, the model number of my iphone is MB048LL, please your reply will be appreciated, and you can email me on loopylovelove at yahoo com

you cannot unlock a 3G iphone until late night on 31st december 2008. also, it depends on your software version: anything above 2.1 is unlockable until january 2009.

you dont have to use the APN and account settings Tezaxxpete gave on 3G to connect to the net; like ive been saying all this while, just enable Dataroam in Settings>General>Network.

rock101:
@ loopylove

if you can spend enough time on google and you have a fast internet connection(because you need to download a couple of things), you should be able to unlock the phone yourself.

dont post wrong info. 3G is currently software-unlockable until just before january 2009 via Cydia.

rock101:
@ anybody who can help

The top half of my iphone touchscreen doesn't function what could be the problem or better still, the solution. I already restored it with itunes

the problem is, your screen is busted. hardware problem. time to get a new one.

texazzpete:
@Inferis
I need bailout package ASAP, this trip cost the earth, and the worst thing is that i've started making plans to send for more cash from Naija after i stupidly blundered into a huge gadget shop over here.

you sound like GM, Chrysler, and Ford.



see what idleness wrought below.

this must surely rank as the stupidest comparison ever on Nairaland. seun should take the thread down, ban the poster and register the offender for 5000 spam emails per day.

iice:
[color=#9900ff]Anyone seen the trailer of Xmen: Origins?

here <raises hands>

iice:
Gambit is in the movie!! _{i love him}

d'uh. like, its long been leaked.

iice:
Hmmmm am not liking the pouncing of Sabretooth

at first i thought it was Kurt Wagner having a bad hair day!

iice:
Ding ding ding.  Judge Dredd gets a remake
[/color]

hmm, hell has finally frozen over.

where are the tender mercies, that woe befalls us from the evil deeds of ungifted craftsmen? Providence has forsaken us, that terrible movies are reborn and unmercifully heaped upon our weary and battered souls? is not the hellish travesty of Punisher WarZone, Transporter 3, and Starship troopers 3 enough penace ?

here is news to further ruin your day: Daddy Day Care in for a sequel.

Fox News=Fix News, bleeps News, Hoax News


republican, anti-liberal, semi-racist.

CNN is king of ridiculous-gimmicks Hill, (3D reporters, holograms, Magic Wall, celebrity-like reporters).

BBC=half-brit, half-India news show. stiff upper lip, little humor.


MSNBC Yay!

cabali:
Oh you guys know that too? I mean about pete?

hey petE i gat a friend who's on NL because of u and he has gone through almost all ur posts and he had one question: did u meet this guy in person? He thinks u is a robot

your friend sounds like a stalker. scary. what is he, Marvin GAYE? if you catch my drift.

texazzpete:
lol, as if being the noisiest fanboy = the best.

gasp! you a fanboy all this while? why you-.

ive been betrayed, conned, cheated, deceived, lied to. oh, the pain!

seriously, your noisy fanboyism kept the Nokia a55h0735 ranting incoherently and subsequently kept the threads alive. and remeber the endless links, breaking news, heads-up etc you fed me over the phone and here? well that kept me in tune with everything iphone.

so dont be dumb, accept the credit due you and wallow in it.

meanwhile im yet to receive your empathy on my busted iphone.

Sisi Jinx:
[B]The Day the earth Stood Still[/b]

How do I put this delicately. . . Rubbishly, horribly bad, bad, bad, bad!

delicately, huh?

Sisi Jinx:
Why oh why do they still cast Keanu Reeves in movies?

perhaps hoping he can somehow incorporate that Bullet Time doohickey from the Matrix into his performance to get the audience packing up 'em Multiplexes in droves. besides that trick, keanu's repertoire is as bereft of topical acting varieties as poor Mother Hubbard's proverbial cupboard is empty of anything but cobwebs.

Sisi Jinx:
Even small Jayden Smith was very, very good. That little boy sure is cute.

arent they all? save that one ugly little brat in Independence Day.

Sisi Jinx:
Jennifer Connelly phoned in her performance. . . So sad to watch.

long distance too!
um, what movie was she in again?

vescucci:
Thank God for small mercies.

Ex, you been giving movies a berth or what? You're like a mirage in this place. I'm half-expecting to reply and find out it was someone else who posted instead of you

guy, havent you been reading these pages? all the negative reviews? there has been nothing worth my while in all these hollywood and indie torrents of visual and artistic abuse.

so i moved on to less aggravating pursuits.

like watching grass grow.

until 2009.

yay! fans!   

i learned from the best: Texazzpete.

of course, the iphone Elites on Nairaland include Logica and Naijfan as well.

without those guys the numerous iphone threads wont be here.

cabali:
U don't want to do that trust me! The iPhone 3g seems more interesting to me. The BB is just gon' be boring to you; I know that!!

well, considering i already have the iphone 3G.  .   .   


@Tezz

want to sell me your 1st gen as layaway?
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Metal Gear Solid Touch Revealed for iPhone

" Solid Snake's next adventure will sidestep the "Xbox 360 versus PlayStation 3" debate by appearing on neither platform; instead, Konami's anthropomorphized Cold War allegory will be sneaking his way onto Apple's iPhone.

Metal Gear Solid Touch is scheduled for release in Spring 2009, reports Kotaku. The game is a completely original adventure set in the latter-day world of Metal Gear Solid 4 (read: Snake is a geriatric), and consists of 8 stages.

What would a Metal Gear Solid game be without unlockable content? Earning bonus points through gameplay will allow players to download special Metal Gear-themed iPhone wallpapers.

No price has been established for the title, though we expect to hear more details from Konami soon."


http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/12/metal-gear-soli.html


"The game will be released with eight levels, with more arriving later. Konami also confirmed that the levels and characters will be based on Metal Gear Solid 4, and that "with direct control through the touch panel, it's simple for anyone to move their alignment or switch to zoom mode." I hope that clears that up!

We're sure to be flooded with details before the game's release, and knowing Kojima, the iPhone hardware will be used in some interesting ways."



SILENT HILL FOR IPHONE

" Konami also announced that Frogger, Dance Dance Revolution, and a title called Silent Hill: The Escape will be coming to the iPhone. Konami describes that last game as "a first-person 3D shooting game that lets players utilize the control features only found on the iPhone and iPod touch such as moving their character by sliding a finger across the touch panel screen and changing alignment to target enemies using the built-in altimeter."

It's great to see Konami throw its support so solidly behind the iPhone, and the other three titles are expected to hit North America and Japan "from late 2008."


http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/12/17/konami-announces-metal-gear-silent-hill-for-iphone

cabali:
And sorry abiut ur iPhone! it must have been a hell of an experience, and a long time to get over that one

well, sh1t happens. thats the second iphone ive killed off. well, my 3G will have to take the beating.

maybe its an excuse to get something else, say a BB Storm?

mendax:
please, i wanted 2 find out also if it was possible 2 see any other directory on my phone apart frm my pix?
thanx also

you can but its fairly involving.  it simply requires secure shell tunneling (SSH/SSL) into the phone via wifi or usb. to use the usual *non-Apple-sanctioned* method, go to Cydia and install OPenSSH which automatically opens ftp port (port 21, actually). using any WinSock compliant FTP app (such as WinSCP if you're on Windows or Yummy on Mac) on wifi enter the phone IP (which you use on the wifi, check Settings>WiFi), enter ROOT as user and ALPINE as password.


however to do this via USB you need to download Iphone Tunnel Suite here:

http://www.makkiaweb.net/itunnel/data/its_setup.exe


it already contains WinSCP by default.

you still need to install OpenSSH from Cydia

then do this:

1 .- Connect the iPhone to the PC via USB

2 .- Download the iPhone Tunnel Suite and run it.

3 .- Click on iPhone Tunnel and to open the Launcher

4 .- select NEW CONNECTION and enter the following:

      User:    Root
      pswrd: Alpine

5.- Click Connect. if connection fails retry, if you get a prompt to update license or blah blah then do update and you're in.

this way you get access to the entire iphone filesystem folders. the catch: you're in as ROOT, so becareful what you do. any mistake and your phone will conk out.

i forgot to mention, i killed my iphone 1st gen.


fell into the bath, got soaked pretty well for about 4 seconds (hot water), and wouldnt turn off. since the battery is sealed i couldnt take it out, then the screen froze white and went out.

i checked the soak level indicator in the earphone plug, its still white. but the phone wont come on even after many many episodes of hair dryer, propping on the air conditioner for hours etc. all the water is out, but theres a slight drop behind the screen. when i plug it into the computer it shows the Restore logo, but attempting to restore generates all sorts of error codes and shuts off the phone.

thats 16gigs of pix, tunes, sweet sms and apps down the drain (in a manner of speaking).

on the pic below notice the white bars at the edges of the screen. theres also something like oil residue and some tiny rainbow-like concentric circles.

<sigh>

your condolences here.

RESIDENT EVIL DEGENERATION


i waited a whole year for this and i must say my wait wasnt in vain. although its CGI, short, and hand-animated rather than motion-captured, its everything a resident evil movie should be and has gone a long way to redeem the source material after the ravages of Milla Jovovich and co.

the plot, dialog, characters, and story progression are all flat and linear-exactly as in the games. but the atmosphere of dread so wonderfully satisfying in the most standout games is faithfully recreated here, and the CGI route has given more depth to the one-dimensional undeads in the previous live action movies in which the zombies mostly played a background role.

Resident Evil, as a survival horror narative, always works best in closeted buildings which add to the adreanline rush-inducing terror of zombies crashing through glass windows into narrow, darkened walkways, or the weak sanctuary of barricaded doors behind which the undead mass sing the song of the dead.  in this excellent effort by Capcom survival is all that matters.

the only low points in the movie, as far as I'm concerned, is the relatively short play duration, the rather awkward dialog (direct translation from japanese) and the sometimes stilted animation. the first time i watched this was on a standard TV with some pixellation; switching to an LCD 720p screen ((always good for CGI movies) enhanced the viewing pleasure considerably.

all in all, RE is a gem faithful to the video games, and thoroughly enjoyable regardless of unfamiliarity with the games.

here is where it gets really ugly real fast: by peddling 3gig a month you automatically assume that just browsing and no downloading puts you on the safe side. WRONG!! you're better off downloading than simply surfing with that MTN doohickey; surfing a single webpage costs a lot more than downloading the equivalent data size in files. im a heavy user of MTN's 3G money drainer and ive never come even close to maxing out my quota all the way to the 30th day no matter the ration regime i employ.

my belief is this: just like some certain gas stations do tweaking the pumps to cheat customers, i think someone in MTN has tweaked the data meter to suck every precious kobo out of thin air even if you so much as sneeze at the modem. i tell you, my systems have updates turned off, no antivirus installed and no one sitting at the keyboard but the counter still keeps ticking away.

Afam, unfortunately all you can do is gripe. if you want to suffer indignity over your rights, go to MTN stores and wait in queues before being presented with a printout that supposedly shows your data usage, including websites and downloads you've never even heard of before.

the truth is, MTN is customer-unfriendly, greedy, and mean.

cabali:
@ ex

r u talking about the iphone alone or that includes d ip-3g? because my issue wit d 3g is it did not browse at data roaming on.

i mean the 3G iphone. the 1st gen, whether locked or not, isnt an issue since unlocking is a doodle. as for your surfing issues here is my guess: since the iphone traditionally comes locked, unlocking and plunking in unauthorized SIMs doesnt mean the OS recognizes the SIM as official. therefore, dataroaming must be on to fool the OS into thinking the SIM is on a foreign network and therefore roaming. this applies mostly to the 3G since UMTS/HSDPA is different from GSM.

this is unverified, just my theory because ive been using the 3G for a whle and ive observed that i cant browse with dataroaming turned off. if anyone has a different experience perhaps they can enlighten us.

Dentale:
Gents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eureka! My phone has been successfully pimped!!!!!!! Thanks Ex Inferis. You're a genius. You heard it from me. And thanks to you too Naijafan. As you guys said, I removed all the previously instaled cracked apps that wont open and then I downloaded a free app from the iTunes store and synchronised my phone. Afterwards, I did a reboot and synchronised again, this time, selecting all the apps (including the cracked ones). Then,  I rebooted again. This time, voila!!! They all launched successfully!!!

Meanwhile, I kept receiving a prompt to upgrade to 2.2. Is this a No No? Considering that my phone is jailbroken?

Secondly, I used my credit card to register with iTunes but when I was getting the free app, the notice was something like "Purchasing application". Hope its actually free and they wouldnt later on charge my credit card? please let me know. Thanks again,

another one sorted. and thanks for the gushing  


i wont advise going to 2.2. there isnt anything inherently compelling to justify the upgrade unless you're nuts about street view in Maps, because you lose everything you've done so far and have to start over.

but then, its your choice.

and don't worry, free apps are just that: free apps. Aple wont charge you though you'll receive a receipt in your mailbox.

congrats, now pig out on all the Appulo goodies before the site goes down!

naijafan:
@Ex
i upgraded from a pwned 2.0.1 to an official 2.2 firmware and recieved a call just after the restore. I was surprised. I used quickpwn to jailbreak afterwards and still selected the unlock option. after the jailbreak, bootneuter tried to run but gave a message that the device was already unlocked or something similar - which explained the fact that i could recieve a call and as well check my balance. I didnt try to use data tho. didnt occur to me.

I guess Apple didnt upgrade iPhone 2G's modem firmware from 2.0.1 uptil 2.2 in that case.

you're absolutely correct, my bad. its only 2.2 on 3G that suffers a baseband update, 2.2 on iphone 1st gen doesnt update the baseband so unlock remains.

so going from 2.x to 2.2 and pwing with quickpwn is the method. thanks for making me recheck my earlier post.


meanwhile becareful anyone gunning for a factory unlocked 3G. most of them have some sort of turboSIM glued into the SIM tray inside the phone and sold as factory unlokced. my uncle bought one last night with model number MB046LL, which is AT&T model. therefore its a fake factory unlock.

the real one should have the following model numbers:

MB489NF/A
MB496NF/A
MB500NF/A
MB489CZ/A
MB496CZ/A
MB500CZ/A
MB489GR/A
MB496GR/A
MB500GR/A
MB489ZP/A
MB496ZP/A
MB500ZP/A
MB489T/A
MB496T/A
MB500T/A
MB489NF/A
MB496NF/A
MB500NF/A
MB489FB/A
MB496FB/A
MB500FB/A
MB489ZP/A
MB496ZP/A
MB500ZP/A
MB489X/A
MB496X/A
MB500X/A
MB489RS/A
MB496RS/A
MB500RS/A
MB489ZA/A
MB496ZA/A
MB500ZA/A
MB489SL/A
MB496SL/A
MB500SL/A
MB489SO/A
MB496SO/A
MB500SO/A
MB489TA/A
MB496TA/A
MB500TA/A
MB489TU/A
MB496TU/A
MB500TU/A


and the countries that sell officially unlocked iphones are:

Belgium
Czech Republic
Greece
Hong Kong
Italy
Luxembourg
Macau
New Zealand
Russia
Singapore
Slovakia
South Africa
Taiwan
Turkey

any iphone bought from any of the countries above is certified unlock, and its serial number is in Apple's database so when you upgrade with itunes your unlock is automatic.

so-called factory unlocked phones bought elsewhere and not bearing any of the model numbers above are fake: updating renders the phone locked, and can damage your SIM (my Etisalat is fried).

cheers.

EDIT:

loopylove:
please, i have a iphone 16gb, i want you to help me on the configuration for brownsing, i am using a rebel simcard, your help will be appreciated, i have been using it for a while but i can browse on it, i use mtn /glo

Settings>General>network, enable dataroam.

Dentale:
Honestly, I cannot clearly remember if I rebooted or not. However, I've rebooted several times since synchronizing the phone yet no dice. Do I go ahead to remove all the apps, remove the patch and start again? Also, someone told me that I need to get at least one app from the iTunes store before it can be successfully opened on my phone. Please is this true? Thanks,

One more thing, when I tried to download those odd games from Cydia, it launched successfully.

yes, it is always recommended to install one free apsstore app before installing cracked apps, but that requirement is questionable because ive done installations before without bothering. however you should uninstall all synced apps, install one free appstore app, then resync. (note: you need an itunes account to download free apps)

for free itunes account watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_cKtkDzfho

Cydia games are appstore-independent community created apps so theres no reason they shouldnt work.

naijafan:
@Ex

mendax doesnt have to mod the firmware if he has been pwned before. Just upgrade using iTunes and your phone is restored and left unlocked. Quickpwn2.2 can be used to restore the jailbreak.

Quickpwn for windows can be gotten here: http://www.theiphoneguru.org/wp-content/uploads/QuickPwn22.zip

nein, mein herr. his phone remains unlocked ONLY if he restores with a pwned/modded firmware. restoring to a vanilla firmware disables jailbreak, deactivates sprinboard and relocks  the phone when the baseband is updated (depending on the firmware). remember that bootneuter, which unlocks the baseband, is incorporated into the firmware at the modding/pwning stage. a fresh firmware doesnt contain bootneuter.

perhaps its best for mendax to let us know his current firmware, as any baseband update will relock the phone.
so, he needs pwnage tool to modify and restore to 2.2. unless we both are offtarget and he is on an oficial carrier.

cabali:
@ Ex

No need to get abusive because u can't have that.

I made that sentence wondering why u both would post on a thread like this when a lot of people here would not understand. If u did not understand that, then I think you are not a bit of a dunce but u ARE showing to be a dunce 

you ought to congratulate yourself and thank me, your ability to understand leet speak has been unlocked by my insult.   


meanwhile logica and i werent talking for the benefit of the masses. it was a one-to one

@viperman

and you decided to paste your number here again, abi? smart move!

@Dentale

your stats indicate:

iphone 3G, country: ireland, network:02, fimrware:2.1 (the country and network mean these are the intended destination for that particular model, not that you're necessarily in ireland or use 02)

that isnt all really relevant to your problems. I'm more interested on whether or not you adhered strictly to all the steps i gave earlier. cleary you're either doing or have done something wrong. therefore, please provide answer to the following:

1. did you reboot the phone after running the patch?

@dentale

where andhow did you get the apps? its important to be on at least firmwae 2.1 as its very stable. oh, and THAT "syntax" is Leet Speak, hacker language. or so they tell us.

naijafan:
@logica,

how does soft unlock make the phone unstable? i thot the unlocking had to do with the baseband.

exactly! its to do with with baseband, but then any single error in code could render the phone into a brick. that however is quite unlikely to happen.

actually jailbreaking stands much more risk of bricking since its patches are system-wide and open the entire filesystem as root. therefore, any malicious app on cydia or installer designed to wreak havoc with the FS can and will do that. JB also flashes NOR, ie the ROM that contains iboot and other boottime stuff.

logica:
there will always be unexpected results when u mod (patch) software with code that wasn't expected to be there.

thankfully we've never had any such incidence!

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mendax:
hi all,

sorry if this post is out of place or already answered, but anytime i want to update my iphone, it disconnects me frm the apple server after spending so many hrs online. its really frustrating. any solutions?

you really neednt bother updating online; just download the firmware to your system and update locally by pressing shift and clicking RESTORE (local update doesnt woirk if you already pwned your phone)

here is the link for 2.2

http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/061-5779.20081120.Pt5yH/iPhone1,1_2.2_5G77_Restore.ipsw


i hope you have pwnage tool with which to mod the firmware. its Mac-only, so if you don't have a Mac or don't know anyone else who does then you're out of luck. Bootneuter 2.2 isnt on Cydia yet.