The iPhone Tips/Tricks/Apps thread

[fxit_man]

PwnageTool 1.1 for iPhone is Now Available

A new version of PwnageTool has been released and is available through automatic update!

The following press release was posted on the iPhone Dev Teams site.

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The “DevTeam” would like to announce the release of the 1.1 version of the PwnageTool application. The application will automatically update from 1.0 to 1.1 using the inbuilt application updater.

Changes and fixes:-
- EDGE settings fix for iPhone 1.1.4 firmware
- iPhone/iPod firmware 2.0 5A240d support

New Features
- Added custom package support
- Added custom logo support
- Added auto delete of BootNeuter.app

The application can be downloaded directly from http://xs1.iphwn.org/appcast/PwnageTool_1.1.zip

Certain portions of PwnageTool will be released under the GPL, the first being “iPhone Firmware Tool”. Expect to see the source code for “iPhone Firmware Tool” posted on the iphone-devteam google code page within 48 hours of this release. Further source code releases will follow in good time.
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We will be posting tutorials on how to use these new features so stay tuned!

http://wikee.iphwn.org/news:Pwnage1dot1_announcement

 

[fxit_man]

Latest iPhone Firmware Saves Pictures from Safari

Screenshot

http://gizmodo.com/379474/latest-iphone-firmware-saves-pictures-from-safari

Note: This is already possible with IMGSaver but its always nicer to have it built in

 

[limnos]

Just finished flashing my new Custom fw.

What exactly is the "Edge Settings fix for 1.1.4 firmware".

With regards to this thread, do you think the Edge fix will maybe sort our problem out?

 

[fxit_man]

Mobile Flickr

You can view all your Flickr pictures, and of course your friend’s too. There’s search, explore, and best of all, upload photos from the camera roll. You can install via the XK72 Repository. See the video for all the info:

http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2008/04/15/mobile-flickr/

I've been using iFlickr before this and i can say this looks much cooler than iFlickr.. Will have to give this a shot

 

[limnos]

I built my own firmware with PwnageTool 1.1. I selected BSD Subsystem and the SSH during the process..

After Restoring my iPhone, I tried to install the AppSupport from iClarified and it requested that I need to download BSD Subsystem. Shouldn't it be installed already?????

 

[fxit_man]

I built my own firmware with PwnageTool 1.1. I selected BSD Subsystem and the SSH during the process..

After Restoring my iPhone, I tried to install the AppSupport from iClarified and it requested that I need to download BSD Subsystem. Shouldn't it be installed already?????

Hmm try uninstalling it from installer and reinstalling it again through installer..

Let me know what happens

 

[limnos]

Doesn't make sense. If you installing via PwnageTool -Custom Packages, i shouldn't need to reinstall it again through Installer.app - it should already be installed after flashing.

Are you having same problems?

 

[fxit_man]

Doesn't make sense. If you installing via PwnageTool -Custom Packages, i shouldn't need to reinstall it again through Installer.app - it should already be installed after flashing.

Are you having same problems?

No but i have had problems in the past which sounds similar to yours which i resolved by uninstalling and reinstalling...

 

[fxit_man]

Fring Puts Skype Calling on Your iPhone!!!

A fring beta has been released for the iPhone which supports Skype, MSN, Google Talk, ICQ, Twitter, Yahoo! and AIM

fring up your iPhone with this pre-release, development version and discover the freedom of taking all of your fring, Skype, MSN, Google Talk, ICQ, Twitter, Yahoo! & AIM buddies mobile on your iPhone, allowing you to make free calls over WiFi & enjoy rich, IM-style chat with them using internet connection.

And fring is free to download, free to use!

Simply add the following Installer Source to your iPhone: http://fring.com/iphone.xml

http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=949

This is awesome!!

 

[fxit_man]

[Beta Release] Pwn Your Phone with Windows | Winpwn

 

[avdp]

I tried fring, it is excellent! Thx!

 

[Rendier]

Don't want to irritate you guys but just to let you know that I have Iphones for sale. Check the classifieds for more details...

Then I would just like to ask if some of you also experience the google map problem where when you zoom in it becomes all tiled pictures of something and doesn't load to show the real location?

 

[fxit_man]

Then I would just like to ask if some of you also experience the google map problem where when you zoom in it becomes all tiled pictures of something and doesn't load to show the real location?

Hmm maybe the location you are tying to zoom in on wont let you becuase you cannot zoom in on that location anymore..

This is usually the case with less "well-known" areas. Try zooming out until you see the image again. - This will be the furthest you can zoom in for teh selected area..

 

[fxit_man]

I tried fring, it is excellent! Thx!

Good to hear!! I have yet to give it a shot..

Have you tried it using skypeOut?

 

[limnos]

The guys that are using Pwnage 1.1.4 as their firmwares, has your phone ever just turned off by itself?

This weekend my phone turned off by itself 3 times. The only way I could turn it on again was by hard-resetting it (Home Button + Power for 5 secs).

Anyone else experience this problem yet?

 

[Goththing]

Hey guys
thanks for all the posts - really helped. Just a quick question. I am running 1.1.4 firmware unlocked with liberty+. I can find my location on google maps when connected to my wirless router in the office but not when connected to vodacom gprs. Anyone else experiencing this

 

[avdp]

Good to hear!! I have yet to give it a shot..

Have you tried it using skypeOut?

Ok, I am not a huge user of Skype until now, so am not too sure what SkypeOut is???? But I have used it to chat to my brother, both using fring on our iPhones, and making a call through Skype to him, both using fring. Is that what you meant?

Also, just a note, the latest version of Ringtones now has a facility where you don't have to convert the song to use it as ringtone, it just assigns the song, but you can still run the convert if you want to select start and end spot on the song. The earlier versions created a lot of static on my songs once converted.

And, have you seen BossPrefs, an alternative to Services, with a lot more options, also very nice.

 

[avdp]

Oh, regarding the whole SMSD thing again, I still can't get through my whole firewall to change the settings to 755, but is there a source I could add to get the latest version of SMSD, as Installer still only lists version 2.1 (I think).

Thx

 

[fxit_man]

MXit for the iPhone!

Well kind of....

Just came accross a tip on the MXit forums.. (props to Niepsie)

I've tweaked his original post and come up with this:

1) Sign up for a Gmail account from www.gmail.com

2) Navigate to http://iPhone.beejive.com on your iPhone

2) Login using your GMail account you created in step 1

4) Add your MXit contacts under the international format format - e.g 27821234567@mxit.co.za (or Get your contacts to add you from MXit as a GTalk contact)

5) Press the + button on the bottom of the page and click "Add to Home Screen" (firmware 1.1.4 only) or if your not on 1.1.4 , "Add to Bookmarks"

Enjoy

The only downside is you have to add your contacts (or they have to add you) again, but its better than nothing!!

EDIT:

Cookie Fix: I wasnt aware of a cookie problem with jailbroken 1.1.4 iPhones. The problem i was having is that cookies were not saving properly in Safari. In this instance it was BeeJive which kept asking me to login every time i visited the site..

I came accross this:

Well now that fix is packaged up into a nice installer.app package! Just add our repo: http://appledailytimes.com/installer and you will be logging into sites in no time!

The reason that this happened in the first place is stupid apple forgot to make the Cookies folder run as Mobile . Instead, it runs as root. Meaning Safari, which runs as Mobile, can not write to that root-privileged folder, as it does not have permissions to. There are literally thousands of poeple experience this problem who are legitimate AT&T, un-jailbroken users. So this has nothing to do with jailbreaking.

But anyway, now that we can fix it, why should we complain?

So simply add http://appledailytimes.com/installer as a source in Installer , install 1.1.4 Cookie Fix and voila, problem solved

 

[limnos]

Have you guys ever tried using fring without WIFI?

What are the charges like using GSM per minute lets say?