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Update to iOS 4.3 on your iOS Device Without Developer Account [How to]

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

iOS 4.3 beta 1 has been released couple of days ago with new features for both iPad and iPhone and we showed a great walkthrough inside it. Today, we've received a tip from one of our readers about a successful method to update your device to iOS 4.3 without a developer account.

Quick Guide on how to "hacktivate" iOS 4.3 without a developer account.

1st Method
1) Install iOS 4.3
2) "Jailbreak" with redsn0w 0.9.6rc8, you should see a white block in de upper left corner from your iPhone, reboot it
3) get iFunBox
4) navigate to "Raw File System" -> /System/Library/CoreServices
5) open SystemVersion.plist and remove the following lines:
ReleaseType
Beta
6) Reboot the iPhone
7) Activate your iPhone with iTunes

2nd Method (thx to joshingknight)
1) Restore to 4.2.1
2) Shift-Update and point the 4.3 IPSW. here’s important that you Shift-Update, not Shift-Restore!
If you want File System Access just jailbreak it like you were on 4.2.1 and reboot your iDevice when it’s stuck on a black screen, then you have FS Access with tools like iFunBox, but Cydia won’t work
Congrats your iPhone is activated now =)

Greetings from Switzerland..

Jailbreak iOS 4.3

This is an easy as pie five-points guide which will help you jailbreak iOS using PwnageTool.

Modifying PwnageTool
Building a Custom Firmware
Creating Custom Ramdisk for iOS 4.3 Custom Firmware
Restore iOS 4.3 Custom Firmware Using iTunes
Booting in Tethered Mode

Starting with first point:

1. Modifying PwnageTool

First Step: For your version of iOS device, download PwnageTool and extract the ' .zip' folder.

You will find two bundle files: CydiaInstaller.bundle and ,let's say , "X".bundle file (it will be named according to your downloaded version!).

Move the files to your desktop.

Second Step: Download PwnageTool 4.1.2 and copy it to your desktop. Right click it and choose “Show Package Contents” as shown below.

Third Step: Navigate to Contents/Resources/FirmwareBundles/ and paste the X.bundle file.

Fourth Step: Now navigate to Contents/Resources/CustomPackages and here replace the CydiaInstaller.bundle file with the version that you downloaded in the 'first step', and then simply close this folder.

2. Building a Custom Firmware

Fifth Step: Download iOS 4.3 Beta and move the file to your desktop.
Sixth Step: Start PwnageTool in “Expert mode” and select your device.

Seventh Step: Browse for iOS 4.3 beta firmware for your device (as shown below).

Eighth Step: Select “Build” to create custom 4.3 firmware file.

Ninth Step: PwnageTool will now create the custom .ipsw file for your iPhone which will be jailbroken.

Tenth Step: After creating the custom firmware, quit PwnageTool. Don’t restore to this firmware yet.

3. Creating Custom Ramdisk for iOS 4.3 Custom Firmware

Eleventh Step: Download Ramdisk_Maker.zip by DjayB6, extract the file, and move the folder to your desktop.
Twelfth Step: Now open ramdisk_maker.sh file, and edit the paths required in a program like TextEdit, as shown highlighted in the screenshot below.

Thirteenth Step: Now start Terminal and run the following commands:

cd desktop
cd ramdisk_maker
./ramdisk_maker.sh

Now from here on, this automated script in Terminal will guide you on what to do next as shown highlighted in the screenshot below.

Fourteenth Step: Now create a folder on desktop named My_Ramdisk.
Then change the extension of the original iOS 4.3 Beta file from .ipsw to .zip, and then extract this .zip file.

Fifteenth Step: You will see a file named 038-0408-002.dmg. This is the needed file. Copy it to My_Ramdisk folder which you created on desktop.

Sixteenth Step: Once you have done that, you will notice that Terminal screen will automatically move to the next step as shown in the screenshot below.

Seventeenth Step: Now go to ramdisk_maker folder that you saved earlier on desktop, here open the file Options.plist in a program like TextWrangler (available for free on the Mac App Store). Here change the value under SystemPartitionSize to 1116, as also shown highlighted below.

Eighteenth Step: Now save this Options.plist file and move it to My_Ramdisk folder. And again, the Terminal will automatically move to complete the process.

Nineteenth Step: A new file named final_ramdisk.dmg in My_Ramdisk folder will be created. Rename it as 038-0408-002.dmg

Twentieth Step: Now change the extension of the custom iOS 4.3 Beta firmware file that you created earlier from .ipsw to .zip, and then extract this .zip file.
Twenty-first Step: Here, replace 038-0408-002.dmg file with the one you created in the past step.

Twenty-second Step: Now select all files, and click on “Compress 9 Items” to convert them back into .zip file. Then change the extension of this .zip file to .ipsw and you are done making the custom firmware, with fixed ramdisk.

4. Restore iOS 4.3 Custom Firmware Using iTunes

Twenty-third Step: Start iTunes, click on your iOS device icon from the sidebar in iTunes. Now press and hold left “alt” (option) button on Mac [or Left “Shift” button if you are on Windows ] on the keyboard and then click on “Restore” button in the iTunes and release it.

This will make iTunes prompt you to select the location for your custom firmware 4.3 file. Select the required custom .ipsw file that you created in the last step, and click on “Open”.
Twenty-fourth Step: Now let iTunes do the rest for you. This will involve a series of automated steps. Be patient and do nothing while iTunes installs the new firmware 4.3 on your iOS device. Your iOS device screen at this point will be showing a progress bar indicating installation progress. After the installation is done, your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch will be jailbroken on iOS 4.3.

5. Booting in Tethered Mode
Finally, since there is no untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.3 yet, we will have to boot it into a tethered jailbroken state. To do this, we will make use of a utility named “tetheredboot” as shown in the steps below.

Twenty-fifth Step: Download tetheredboot.zip utility for Mac OS X and extract the .zip file.
Twenty-sixth Step: First, we will need three files from the original iOS 4.3 Beta firmware named

kernelcache.release.n90
iBEC.n90ap.RELEASE.dfu
iBSS.n90ap.RELEASE.dfu

Change the extension of the original iOS 4.3 Beta file from .ipsw to .zip, like you did in the '14th step', and then extract this .zip file.
Now copy kernelcache.release.n90 file, and then copy iBEC.n90ap.RELEASE.dfu, and iBSS.n90ap.RELEASE.dfu files which are found under /Firmware/dfu/.
Move the three files, and tetheredboot utility to a new folder named “tetheredboot” on the desktop as shown below.

Twenty-seventh Step: Now to boot your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch into tethered mode, connect it with your computer and start it in Recovery Mode by holding Home and Power buttons until the connect to iTunes screen appears on your device.

Twenty-eighth Step: Start Terminal and run the following commands:

sudo sh

enter your administrator password, then:

cd desktop/tetheredboot
./tetheredboot iBSS kernel

You should now see some code running in the Terminal windows, at some point, it will ask you to enter DFU mode. Now follow the following steps to enter DFU mode:

Hold Power and Home buttons for 10 seconds
Now release the Power button but continue holding the Home button for 10 more seconds
You device should now be in DFU mode

Now wait for your device to boot, Terminal at this point will be showing “Exiting libpois0n” message. After a short while, your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch will be booted in a jailbroken tethered mode!

WARNING: The jailbreaking procedure is complex, and hence is meant for advanced users only. It will require you to make your own ramdisk because the latest official version of PwnageTool makes a broken one for iOS 4.3. Proceed at your own risk only. We are not to be held responsible if you end up bricking your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

By Redmond Pie

Release of PwnageTool for iPod touch 4G on iOS 4.3.

The iPhone addicts has released a new package for jailbreaking iOS 4.3 on the fourth generation iPod touch. This package can be used with the ' 4.1.2 version of PwnageTool ' to create custom firmware file to jailbreak the iPod touch 4G.

Cydia works on iOS 4.3 Beta firmware. But as this is a tethered jailbreak, you will need to restart your iPod in a tethered-jailbroken mode on every reboot.
Full complete step by step instructions on how to jailbreak iOS 4.3 can be found here.
NOTE: The jailbreaking procedure for iOS 4.3 is complex, and hence is meant for advanced users only. It will require you to make your own ramdisk because the latest official version of PwnageTool makes a broken one for iOS 4.3. Proceed at your own risk only. We are not to be held responsible if you end up bricking your iPod touch.
Download iOS 4.3 Beta
Download iOS 4.3 Beta PwnageTool Bundle for iPod touch 4G

New Release to Vodafone Germany: White iPhone 4!

Monday, January 17, 2011

Engadget sources has just confirmed that the white iPhone 4 has appeared today in Vodafone Germany's inventory system for both 16 and 32GB. Of course, this doesn't mean that Vodafone has any idea when the white iPhones will be available, but this means that something is being done behind doors.

Last we'd heard, the rarest member of the iPhone 4 clan was tracking for a spring '11 launch -- and that'd line up pretty nicely with shots we've received from a trusted source today showing new entries in Vodafone Germany's inventory system for weiß (white) iPhone 4s in both 16 and 32GB flavors. Of course, this doesn't necessarily mean Vodafone has any idea when these phones are showing up on their doorstep -- maybe they're just preparing (and hoping) that it materializes before too long -- but for what it's worth, the source says to expect a launch "soon."

Why Apple Won't Be Fine If Steve Doesn't Return ?

People talk a lot about what could happen if Steve Jobs leaves for real. Would they be able to keep the momentum? Would Apple collapse? Who could be the new CEO? The answer is right here, in these words:

"I love Apple so much and hope to be back as soon as I can."

Read that again with this in mind: These are the words from a man who has been near death at least two times in a very short period of time. A man who had to survive a traumatic transplant, with one foot in the grave. And yet, he doesn't close his letter saying "Thank you for your support" or some other generic phrase. The last message is to declare his true love.

It's very simple: What CEO in this world, facing the dramatic consequences of cancer and a scarring transplant, would end a letter declaring the love for his company in such a candid, absolute way?

None. Unless they have created that company from scratch and dedicate an entire life to it, nobody would.

With that in mind, investors, fanboys, journohacks, readers: Who cares who Apple's CEO could be? Have this clear in your mind: Nobody, absolutely nobody in the company or outside of it would be able to fill Steve's shoes. Not even Ive or Cook. They don't have the deep emotional link that Steve has. I doubt he even knows where he ends and the company starts.

This is not a matter of fanboyism. This is not a matter of making a god out of the man. No. It's just that nobody would be able to dedicate himself in flesh and soul to Apple in the same way that Steve Jobs does. Because he is in love with the company. The company is his kid. The company is himself at a very deep level. Not only because of his role in the decision making process—which is huge—but because it actually embodies his life. His birth, exile, and return. His ideas and his dreams. His glories and miseries, absolute successes and total failures. No matter how they try to stage it and pretend that everything would be fine, it will not be fine.

Apple will not be fine if he doesn't return. It will be OK for a few years, sure. The managers are good. The engineers are great. And I'm sure a new CEO would be very good too. But, if he doesn't return, they are bound to become a Sony in the long term. Because he is the force that makes the whole thing tick. Out of pure love for the company he made. [via Gizmodo]

iTunes and Safari as One Application!

Three Guys and a Podcast claiming that Apple is going to merge its iTunes app into its Safari browser by this year, so we may got a new application for both, browsing the web and running media.

Apple may be preparing a massive move that will propel Safari from niche browser to market leader. The move to merge Safari and iTunes into one software solution appears long in the works, which may arrive this fall at Apple's usual iPod special event.

According to the report, one reason for the push is to boost Safari's market share among Internet browsers, where Apple has yet to crack the 5% mark. Tying iTunes into Safari, it is argued, would likely bring a significant boost to the company's share of the browser market as consumers turn to the integrated environment.

It is believed that Safari will be the only browser able to access iTunes, as iTunes is built into the browser itself. "Moving iTunes organizational side-bar into Safari isn't a monumental task" claimed a source, adding "Safari would skyrocket in use as a result of integrating the software titles together."

[via MacRumors]

Steps of activating FaceTime on iPhone

Want to run FaceTime on unofficial carrier? MiTime has just been updated to support iOS 4.2.1 and 4.1, for who don't know, MiTime is a Cydia app which allows you to use FaceTime on unofficial carrier. Now I will show you step by step guide to use FaceTime on iPhone 4 with unofficial carrier.

STEP 1: Launch Cydia the go into Manage > Sources > Edit > Add then add the following source:

http://repo.bingner.com/

STEP 2: Now search for SAM and SAMPrefs then download and install each of them on your iPhone 4

STEP 3: Now go to Setting on your iPhone 4, and select SAM, when it opened, click "De-Activate iPhone" button and then "Revert Lockdownd to Stock" button.

STEP 4: Now you have to activate your iPhone 4 by connecting it with iTunes. After few minutes you will see a message confirming that your iPhone has been activated.

STEP 5: Launch Cydia again, Manage > Sources > Edit > Add then add the following source:

http://cydia.pushfix.info/

STEP 6: Now go and search for MiTime, then download and install it to your iPhone 4

STEP 7: Now open MiTime from your springboard

STEP 8: Now you have to visit "http://mitime.info/purchase" to purchase a MiTime license.

STEP 9: After purchasing, open MiTime again, you will see this message.

Important note: this guide is for unofficial carriers only, if you use the official carrier and FaceTime is disabled on you country, so you have to follow the guide posted here.

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