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Glad to hear it Waldo...

Yeah..lets see what happens with Mxit...

One way to use Mxit on the iPhone is to create a jabber account, go to jivetalks website on your iPhone www.beejive.com, then add the contacts as so:

cellnumber@mxit.co.za

Well technically..tried it just now and it seems Mxit has disabled Jabber communication
 
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iPhone as Wireless Touchpad For Your Computer!

iPhone as Wireless Touchpad For Your Computer! for MAC
These are instructions on how to use your iPhone as a wireless touchpad for your mac.

Step One
Press to select Installer from your Springboard.


Step Two
Press to select the Sources tab at the bottom right of the screen.


Step Three
Press to select the Edit button at the top right of the screen.


Step Four
Press to select the Add button at the top left of the screen.


Step Five
Enter http://cnp.qlnk.net into the entryfield then press the large OK button.


Step Six
Press the Done button at the top right of the screen.


Step Seven
Press the Install tab at the bottom of the screen.


Step Eight
Press to select Utilities from the list of Categories.


Step Nine
Press to select Touchpad from the list of Packages.


Step Ten
Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.


Step Eleven
Press the large Install button that appears.


Step Twelve
When Touchpad is finished installing you will be returned to the Categories list. Press the Home button to return to your Springboard, then press the Touchpad icon to launch the program.


Step Thirteen
Now on your computer click the System Preferences from the Apple Menu at the top left hand corner of your screen.


Step Fourteen
Click the Sharing icon from the System Preferences window.


Step Fifteen
Notice at the bottom of the window there is a picture of a lock.



If its not unlocked then click the icon and you will asked to login as an Administrator. Enter your Administrator username and password then click the Ok button. The lock will then change to an unlocked icon!


Step Sixteen
Check the box next to Screen Sharing on the left side of the window.


Step Seventeen
Click the Computer Settings button. A window will appear with two checkboxes. Check both boxes and then enter a password in the field provided. This is the password you will use to VNC into your computer! Now click the OK button.




Step Eighteen
Back on your iPhone, press to launch Touchpad from the Springboard.


Step Nineteen
Press the + button at the top right of the screen.


Step Twenty
You will now be presented with the Edit Server screen. Enter a name from the computer you are connecting to. Enter an Address for the computer as well. (You can find this address from the screen in Step Seventeen.) Enter the password you set in Step Seventeen. Then, when you have entered all those settings you may press the Save button at the top right.


Step Twenty One
Now that you have configured your server you may press to select it from the list of servers.


Step Twenty Two
Now that you have connected to your computer you can use your iPhone as a Touchpad!!!



Thanks***: Big thanks goes out to Jahanzeb for creating this app!
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Firmware 1.1.4 is released - Zibri recommends not to upgrade, however there are reports on other sites of his ZiPhone application working with the new 1.1.4 firmware

The new firmware features only bug fixes..
 
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mxit_fan that's only the jailbreak that will work right now.

A fully functional ZiPhone for 1.1.4 should be out in two or three days :D
 
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ziPhone 2.5 released - Unlock 1.1.4 iPhone!!!

Note : Make sure u have a backup of your photos etc as i cant guarantee that your files will be in tact after the upgrade. Oh and i take no responsibility etc etc..

First, go here to download ziPhone 2.5 (released about an hour ago) http://www.downloadziphone.org/

Install it, plug in your iPhone, click DFU Mode under advanced options in ziPhone

Then restore your iPhone to 1.1.4 by plugging in iPhone to iTunes and clicking restore (it will download 1.1.4 update and install it on iPhone)

Choose if you want to keep files and settings or start from fresh when it prompts you.

With ziPhone still open and your iPhone still attactched to the PC, click the first option on ziPhone and let it do its magic


I jsut updated and can confirm this method works

The ziPhone also apparrently downgrades your BL from 4.9 to 3.6 to unlock.

Good luck!

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Changes in v1.1.4:

"Bugfixes" - not sure exactly which ones
 
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Nvm this last statement... Working fine for me now :D
 
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SwirlyMMS:

Now allows the receiving AND sending of MMSs to/from the iPhone!!!

add swirlyspace.com/SwirlySpace.xml in Sources and download SwirlyMMS latest version (0.3xx)

Add these settings into the settings field:

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showpost.php?p=1478054&postcount=30

Then intall, Mobile Finder and Mobile Preview from Installer to view the files!

This is awesome..cant wait till these kinda things come with the SDK or maybe even with the 2.0 update coming end of June...who knows
 
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mxit_fan said:
ziPhone 2.5 released - Unlock 1.1.4 iPhone!!!

Note : Make sure u have a backup of your photos etc as i cant guarantee that your files will be in tact after the upgrade. Oh and i take no responsibility etc etc..

First, go here to download ziPhone 2.5 (released about an hour ago) http://www.downloadziphone.org/

Install it, plug in your iPhone, click DFU Mode under advanced options in ziPhone

Then restore your iPhone to 1.1.4 by plugging in iPhone to iTunes and clicking restore (it will download 1.1.4 update and install it on iPhone)

Choose if you want to keep files and settings or start from fresh when it prompts you.

With ziPhone still open and your iPhone still attactched to the PC, click the first option on ziPhone and let it do its magic


I jsut updated and can confirm this method works

The ziPhone also apparrently downgrades your BL from 4.9 to 3.6 to unlock.

Good luck!

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Changes in v1.1.4:

"Bugfixes" - not sure exactly which ones
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will this work on a 1.1.2 OTB with a stealthsim thats been updated to 1.1.3?
also, whats the best/quickest/safest way to update a 1.1.2 OTB to 1.1.3 with a stealthsim? feel like updating my other iphone too =)
 
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will this work on a 1.1.2 OTB with a stealthsim thats been updated to 1.1.3?
also, whats the best/quickest/safest way to update a 1.1.2 OTB to 1.1.3 with a stealthsim? feel like updating my other iphone too =)
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u have no need for using a stealthsim anymore...ziPhone will software unlock your phone rendering your stealthsim useless

why dont u upgrade to 1.1.4? that tutorial i posted works with any phone version AFAIK.... just restore in iTunes and unlock/jailbreak with ziPhone. And if you want to keep the data, when iTunes ask you if you want to save a backup of the info, click yes..

That method worked for me..

If u wanna upgrade to 1.1.3 (don see why you would want to but anyways) download the 1.1.3 ipsw file and hold shift while clicking on restore..then select the 1.1.3 ipsw file..

Good luck

P.s. Heres a walkthrough vid for noobs if you want http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWCW1Jkv27w&eurl=http://www.ziphone.org/
 
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mxit_fan said:
u have no need for using a stealthsim anymore...ziPhone will software unlock your phone rendering your stealthsim useless

why dont u upgrade to 1.1.4? that tutorial i posted works with any phone version AFAIK.... just restore in iTunes and unlock/jailbreak with ziPhone. And if you want to keep the data, when iTunes ask you if you want to save a backup of the info, click yes..

That method worked for me..

If u wanna upgrade to 1.1.3 (don see why you would want to but anyways) download the 1.1.3 ipsw file and hold shift while clicking on restore..then select the 1.1.3 ipsw file..

Good luck

P.s. Heres a walkthrough vid for noobs if you want http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWCW1Jkv27w&eurl=http://www.ziphone.org/
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awesome, thanks!
 
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What about SMS characters used?

Hey guys,

Thanks for the tips so far. Really helpful to have a locally based iPhone forum.

I have a question. When typing an SMS, there is no character counting telling how many characters you have remaining. For vodacom, its 160. (not sure if the others are the same). I there an APP for that?

Thanks for the help
Cheers,
Ryan
 
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Ryan Botha said:
Hey guys,

Thanks for the tips so far. Really helpful to have a locally based iPhone forum.

I have a question. When typing an SMS, there is no character counting telling how many characters you have remaining. For vodacom, its 160. (not sure if the others are the same). I there an APP for that?

Thanks for the help
Cheers,
Ryan
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Hi there

Firstly, welcome to the forum!

Secondly, there is no such app as far as i know...would be useful i agree but unfortunately nothing as of yet..

Im sure something will come out of the SDK recently released and we will probably have such an app in a few months time
 
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I wonder what that little teacup application is in the screen shot? ;)
 
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iPhone 1.1.x Dual Boot / Jailbreak

I thought it apropos to release this cool hack for those who would like to dual boot multiple versions of the iPhone software (or other OS's) from their handset. It's a neat little hack that I think might be useful for developers playing with 1.2.
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http://iphone-dev.org/s5l8900:dualboot

Seems pretty complicated but very cool none the less...
 
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