So I just got my iPhone 3Gs

[fxit_man]

jailbreak... duhhh

as long as you don't install stupid beta apps or apps that mess around with system files too much (system preferences etc etc) then you'll be fine. i tend to stay away from those types of apps.

jailbreak with blackra1n rc3. will take 30 seconds. no need to restore or anything like that. backup the phone in iTunes before hand just in case though. after you have jailbroken, install Cydia via blackra1n app installed on the phone. (do NOT install Rock unless you fancy constant restores)

some necessities after you jailbreak which you can download with Cydia:

-sbSettings (convinent switches for various things e.g. 3g,wifi,bluetooth on/off, brightness control etc, all from within any app. swipe status bar on top right->left or vice versa to bring up the menu)

-iPhoneDelivery (sms delivery reports)

- 5 icon dock (self explanatory if you want an extra icon in the dock)

- rotation inhibitor (for use with sbsettings. allows you to disable rotation for when you are laying in bed and want to browse the net/mxit etc)

- winterboard (themes for the phone. i would personally only install this on 3gs as it has enough memory for this. <3gs an the phone is going to lag pretty badly.)

- appsync 3.1 +install0us (from the hackulo cydia repo. to install 'modified' appstore .ipa's [apps] available from sites such as apptrackr.org)

- skype (free from appstore) + 3g unrestrictor (from cydia - allows you to use skype over 3g)

-shazam (free from appstore - identifies a song playing on a pc/raidio etc by listening to it)

- categories (place apps/games etc in categories to neaten up your springboard) + categoriesSB (which speedends up the opening time of each category folder)

also check out the social group + the first page of the iphone tips/tricks page.

enjoy the phone you'll love it.

google any of the above to get to their pages / download links


RE your contacts - what are they stored on at the moment? if you can transfer them to your SIM card (64k SIM would take more contacts than 32K) then you can transfer them batch by batch from your old phone to the iPhone. there is an import sim contacts feature in the iPhone settings (mail, contacts section).

alternatively, you can import the contacts into outlook/windows addess book if your previous phone supports this, and then sync your iPhone with outlook/windows address book

 

[surreytj]

You can go to www.invisibleshield.co.za or www.invisibleprotectors.co.za or you can go to Sandton City's Istore but you will pay R50 more. It costs in the range of R299-R350.

The 3GS has a special screen that wipes clean easier than the normal screen. So you'll lose that with a protector.

You can get from ebay as well for much cheaper

 

[Schwartz]

Just to warn you:
If you Jailbreak your new 3GS it will be tethered. Meaning every time you restart it you will have to run blackra1n on your PC.

 

[fxit_man]

Just to warn you:
If you Jailbreak your new 3GS it will be tethered. Meaning every time you restart it you will have to run blackra1n on your PC.

yes you are right...man I keep forgetting about that..

that really sucks..

 

[PhreakBoy]

I in any case think my phone is one of the new stock that can't be j/b'd.

 

[Schwartz]

I in any case think my phone is one of the new stock that can't be j/b'd.

They can be jailbroken. They just need to be at a PC every time you boot

 

[3Gee]

Speck candyshell is awesome. Got me one in the holidays.

how much thickness does it add to the phone ( from the pics on thier website, it looks fairly bulky), and where did u purchase it

 

[fxit_man]

how much thickness does it add to the phone ( from the pics on thier website, it looks fairly bulky), and where did u purchase it

rather get an incase slider case. played around with both and prefer the incase much more.

 

[Dave]

Just to warn you:
If you Jailbreak your new 3GS it will be tethered. Meaning every time you restart it you will have to run blackra1n on your PC.

You should have written "If you Jailbreak your new 3GS it might be tethered".

My 3 week old 3GS is Jailbroken using Blackra1n and it is a normal Jailbreak, I can switch off/ reboot/ restart just like with my 3G, no tethered JB needed.

 

[Schwartz]

You should have written "If you Jailbreak your new 3GS it might be tethered".

My 3 week old 3GS is Jailbroken using Blackra1n and it is a normal Jailbreak, I can switch off/ reboot/ restart just like with my 3G, no tethered JB needed.

I said NEW

 

[Dave]

I said NEW

and you should have said "MIGHT"

just checked with a mate who got his 3GS upgrade on Wednesday and he says he has only needed a normal jailbreak, so not all iPhone 3GS's in channel are the new bootrom, and the OP MIGHT need to use a tethered jailbreak, it is not a definite fact (as you are trying to make out) that it will be 100% fact that it will require a tethered JB.

 

[fxit_man]

Man that must have been some old stock... Lucky him, but I think it's pretty much safe to say that all phones 3.1.2 out of the box only support a tethered jailbreak. (Unless you somehow are in the minority and receive an old stock 3GS)

 

[Schwartz]

Man that must have been some old stock... Lucky him, but I think it's pretty much safe to say that all phones 3.1.2 out of the box only support a tethered jailbreak. (Unless you somehow are in the minority and receive an old stock 3GS)

thanks