Yesterday I updated and jailbroke the new 3.0 firmware for my iPhone 3G. During the jailbreak process using redsn0w 0.72 by the iPhone Dev Team, I installed both Cydia and Icy. To my great dismay, when I attempted to intitiate the essential upgrades in Cydia, I continually received an error that stated,
“couldnt configure pre-depend dpkg [...]

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Word on the web is that an exclusive source citing from within AT&YT reports that a tethering option will cost AT&T customers an additional $55 per month, added to your current phone bills already-too-high costs.
Although this is lower than the expected (rumored) $70/month that has been making the rounds, it is still rather pricey, especially [...]

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The release of Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 software update has brought quite a few new additions to the playing field. Yes, we’ve now got MMS, voice memos, landscape keyboard and cut, copy & paste, but there’s a lot more to it. Keep reading for a full list of new features, and how they work. Provided [...]

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Apple said it like it is. “How to do everything on iPhone”.. 3G.. S, that is.
If you are one of the millions whom plan on purchasing an iPhone 3G S sometime this year, or possibly even early next year, then these how-to’s and feature videos are for you. Heck, if you need another reason as [...]

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The first image of many from the tutorial.
The folks over at Macenstein have figured out a way to kinda-sorta remove the default Apple applications; eg. Mail, Weather, Maps, Safari, iTunes, ect. from the home page.
In reality you are not actually deleting the applications from the device, but simply hiding them instead.
Have a look at [...]

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Hackint0sh has it that it is possible to void your warran…. err, I mean, take apart your iPhone 3G with a simple suction cup.
That’s right, a suction cup.
If you’re at all interested in fixing the “light leak” issue, or turning your iPhone 3G camera into a macro-camera, have a read at the step-by-step tutorial [...]

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It rather sucks that the iPhone doesn’t have macro-focus, doesn’t it?..
Actually, it does, and it’s as easy as opening your iPhone up (yes, this mod requires disassembly), scrapping a bit of glue, and turning the inner lens. That’s it! There are full instructions on how to do so just below.
Check out the full how to [...]

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I’m sure most of you have had this problem at least once. I know its happened to me at least 15 times already.
You know, the problem where when you go to start up an application and it quickly crashes right back to the springboard without warning, not even starting up the game for longer than [...]

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The Apple Blog offers a way of creating ringtones without the need for Garage Band or any other third-party software, and all it requires is an up-to-date version of iTunes and a little bit of time. It uses the start-stop time feature in the audio file’s Get Info area, and requires you to cut the [...]

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