Why Unlocked iPhones Worry Apple?
Recently, Apple Computer re-hashed rules applying to the purchase of its iPhone. No longer is cash acceptable (only credit/debit cards), and each person can buy only up to two iPhones.
Apple explained that its move is influenced by the ever increasing number of unlocked iPhones across the globe -- 250,000 (at last count).
To many, it is surprising that Apple should be this worried over unlocked iPhones, when they should be more of a liability for AT&T.
The newest speculation on the subject centers around what AT&T might be paying Apple for each activated iPhone on its network.
While Apple has remained typically tight-lipped about this, it's thanks entirely to the Financial Accounting Standards Board, which makes rules for how companies in the US should keep their accounts, that the company has been forced to reveal its latest financial statement.
Meanwhile, an analyst with Piper Jaffray, Gene Munster, has sneaked a peek into these figures, done the math, and concluded that AT&T appears to be paying around $18 per month, on an average, to Apple -- for each iPhone activated on its network.
Which adds-up to a good $432 over the two-year network contract. And, add to that the cost of an iPhone - $399 - and you get the picture -- Apple makes nearly $831 for each iPhone it sells.
This, if at all, might explain why Apple is losing valuable dollars, and sleep, over the 250,000-odd unlocked iPhones that are alive and kicking on all kinds of networks other than good old AT&T
How To Unlock ( Jailbreak) a brand new 1.1.1 iPhone without using a computer!
This guide is a result of months of constant research in iPhone unlocking. After lots of reading and thinking, I was finally able to piece many smaller guides (***********) into this one complete guide.
Needed:
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1. An iPhone, possibly brand new and unactivated.
2. Wi-Fi access.
I've already verified this on two out-of-the-box iPhones. I can't imagine it getting much easier than this...
(If you've already activated your phone, you can skip to step 11.)
Activating your phone:
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1. Just after you buy your phone at your local AT&T/Apple Store, walk to the middle of the store and sit down on the floor with your legs out.
2. Open the box, turn on your phone, and slide to reach the emergency dial screen.
3. Enter *#307# and then press call. Don't forget the asterisk (*).
4. Your phone will ring itself. Delete all the numbers at the top, press 0, then call. Now answer the call.
5. Press hold now and your phone will start ringing again.
6. Press Dismiss and your phone will go into the Dialpad screen.
7. Press Contacts from the bottom bar and add a contact. Give it a random name (or no name) and then add new URL "prefs:" (no quotes). Now save the contact and click the URL. This will bring up your Settings menu.
8. Go to General, and change autolock to Never.
9. Now go to Wi-Fi. Choose your network and if you did it right you will see a Wi-Fi signal on top of the iphone.
10. Now press return to call, slide for emergency, press 0, answer the call, press hold, decline the call, and now add another contact, this time with the address "www.jailbreakme.com". (As an alternative, you can also try "www.slovix.com/touchfree/jb" which I've heard does the exact same thing.)
Jailbreaking your phone:
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11. Click on this URL, scroll to the bottom of the page, and click "Install AppSnapp".
12. Your phone will take you back to the "Activate iPhone" screen. Wait about a minute, your phone will restart, and you'll find yourself at the homescreen with all your widgets, including Installer.
Unlocking your phone:
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13. Press Installer, update it, and then go back in. Go to the Sources tab on the bottom, press edit, then add. As the new source, type in "http://i.unlock.no". Say OK, then press Refresh at the top.
14. Go to the Install tab, then All Packages, and then find and install Community Sources, followed by BSD Subsystem, Open SSH, and finally anySIM 1.1.
15. Exit Installer and run anySIM 1.1. It will warn you that you need to put in your new SIM, but this isn't true. Just leave in the AT&T SIM that came with your phone. Now Slide to Unlock, press the big red button, and wait about 5 minutes for it to finish.
16. Your phone is now activated, jailbroken, and unlocked! Stick in your new SIM and check it out! There's one small problem though - your YouTube is broken.
Fixing YouTube:
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17. To fix YouTube, simply install YouTube Activation from Installer.
18. Go to Settings > General > Date & Time, change Set Automatically to off, and make sure the date is right. If it's wrong, make it right.
19. Go make sure YouTube is working.
There you go! How long did that take you? It took me about 10 minutes.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Unlock Ur IPHONE
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
New Releases
Nseries Premium Handsets From Nokia
Nokia on tuesday(6-11-2007) launched two new "Nseries" premium multimedia handsets, N95 8gb n N81...Designed for the best in music, video and gaming capability,the new devices come with large screens,wireless LAN, high capability cameras,
dedicated music and game keys with customisable user interface and large flash memory.With this handsets nokia plans to target the Indian mobile entertainment market that now stands at $15 million.
The Nokia N95 8GB multimedia device comes with one of the largest ever displays @ 2.8" and improved battery power.Boasting up2 8GB of flash memory, it is optimised for enjoying videos,playing games, or even locating your favourite destinations with full navigation with Assisted-Global Positioning System(A-GPS)
As a part of new mobile content offering, Nokia Nseries will offer the best in the class entertainment package to its costumers.For the first time ever , Nokia N81 and N95 8GB incoporate a full-length movie.
The N81 also comes preloaded with ten English music videos, ten best-selling Bollywood and Hollywood songs as also ten all-time hit comedy scenes from Bollywood movies across geners.
NOKIA N81
- WCDMA 2100 + EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- Dimensions
- Weight: ~140 g
- Length: 102 mm
- Width: 50 mm
- Thickness (max): 17.9 mm
- Memory: Up to 8 GB internal flash memory for music, games, video, images and applications
- Display: Active matrix 2.4” QVGA main color display (320 x 240 pixels), up to 16 million colors
- Operating system: Symbian OS ver. 9.2
- User interface: S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack (S60 3.1)
- WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g with UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) support
- Bluetooth Specification 2.0 (profiles supported: DUN, OPP, FTP, HFP, GOEP, GAP, SPP, HSP, BIP, A2DP)
- Micro USB 2.0 Full Speed (mass storage class)
- Nokia AV Connector 3.5 mm
- Up to 2 megapixel (1600 x 1200 pixels) camera, MPEG-4 QVGA video capture of up to 15fps
- Nokia Nseries digital music player supports MP3 (VBR), AAC, eAAC+, AAC+, WMA/M4A, WAV
OMA DRM 1.x, 2.0, Windows Media DRM (OTI/OTA with Nokia Music Store*) - 5-band equalizer
- Nokia Podcasting
- Nokia Music Store
- FM Radio with Visual Radio support
- RealPlayer Media Player( supports MPEG-4, H.264, H.263/3GPP, RealVideo 8/9/10)
- Play games in landscape or portrait view
- Nokia Music Headset HS-45 with remote control AD-54
- Your mobile life – featuring built-in GPS, 8GB of internal memory, 5 megapixel camera, digital music player, and bigger screen.
- WCDMA 2100 MHz (HSDPA), EGSM 900 MHz, GSM 850/1800/1900 MHz (EGPRS)
- Memory : Up to 100MB internal dynamic memory
Up to 8GB internal flash memory for multimedia content such as music, pictures, ringing tones, map data - connectivity
- Connect from virtually anywhere with 3G, HSDPA and WLAN. Sync to your computer or other compatible devices through USB2.0, Bluetooth, or infrared.
- Integrated wireless LAN (802.11 b/g) and UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
- multimedia
- Take clearer photos and videos using the 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics. Enjoy your music on the move with the digital music player and stereo FM radio.
- Display
- Large 2.8" QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) TFT display with ambient light detector and up to 16.7 million colors
- User Interface
operating system : symbian OS 9.2
User interface: S60 3rd Edition - Camera Specifications
Sensor: CMOS 5 megapixel (2592 x 1944 pixels)
Carl Zeiss optics: Tessar lens
Focal length 5.6 mm
Focus range 10 cm ~ infinity
Macro focus distance 10-50 cm
Shutter speed: mechanical shutter: 1/1000~1/4 s - Music Features
Digital music player - supports MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC/eAAC+/WMA/M4A with equalizer
Integrated handsfree speaker
OMA DRM 2.0 & WMDRM support for music
Stereo FM radio (87.5-108MHz /76-90MHz)* - Standard Sales Package Contents*
Nokia N95 8GB
Nokia Battery BL-6F, 1200 mAh
Nokia Travel Charger AC-5
Nokia Music Headset HS-45, AD-54
Nokia Connectivity Cable DKE-2
Nokia Video Connectivity Cable CA-75U - *Sales package content may vary by region.
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