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tonyp740613 said:
DSTV has released their own program guide app on the App store, free download. Much better than any of the others I've tried (tvGuide and XMLGuide) and you can choose which channels you want to view the program guide for. It rocks! :D
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Thank you for sharing!!

I love this app, just what I've been looking for. :)
 
Hey guys, need some help from the iphone gurus ;)

My friend has a 16gb iPhone 3G bought from 02 network in the uk.
It's been unlocked and jailbreaked and is on firmware 2.2 (5g77),
we registered it to the SA appstore, but when trying to get mxit, it says 2.2.1 firmware is needed.

Now before updating the firmware I did some reading, turns out that updating will break the unlock exploit as it upgrades the baseband too.
I did however read that you can upgrade using a custom firmware and pwnage so that you leave the baseband alone.

Since I dont have a mac or access to a mac, pwnage is out of the question,
is there anyone here who's managed to get this right?
Can you please point us in the right direction?
Also, are there any downsides to the upgrade? I ask because some sites mention that even keeping the baseband but upgrading the firmware might make future exploits impossible..
?confused?

please help

thanks in advance
 
docb said:
Hey guys, need some help from the iphone gurus ;)

My friend has a 16gb iPhone 3G bought from 02 network in the uk.
It's been unlocked and jailbreaked and is on firmware 2.2 (5g77),
we registered it to the SA appstore, but when trying to get mxit, it says 2.2.1 firmware is needed.

Now before updating the firmware I did some reading, turns out that updating will break the unlock exploit as it upgrades the baseband too.
I did however read that you can upgrade using a custom firmware and pwnage so that you leave the baseband alone.

Since I dont have a mac or access to a mac, pwnage is out of the question,
is there anyone here who's managed to get this right?
Can you please point us in the right direction?
Also, are there any downsides to the upgrade? I ask because some sites mention that even keeping the baseband but upgrading the firmware might make future exploits impossible..
?confused?

please help

thanks in advance
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Hey man.

I don't have a 3G, only a 2G, but from what i have read, you can upgrade and then just downgrade your baseband afterwards.

Alternatively, im sure you can find custom .ipsw's (firmware update files) on websites and torrent sites that are made with pwnage which you can simply restore to.

It would however be best to ask those already at 2.2.1 with an iPhone 3G as they would have gone through the same problem.

Cheers and good luck
 
docb said:
Hey guys, need some help from the iphone gurus ;)

My friend has a 16gb iPhone 3G bought from 02 network in the uk.
It's been unlocked and jailbreaked and is on firmware 2.2 (5g77),
we registered it to the SA appstore, but when trying to get mxit, it says 2.2.1 firmware is needed.

Now before updating the firmware I did some reading, turns out that updating will break the unlock exploit as it upgrades the baseband too.
I did however read that you can upgrade using a custom firmware and pwnage so that you leave the baseband alone.

Since I dont have a mac or access to a mac, pwnage is out of the question,
is there anyone here who's managed to get this right?
Can you please point us in the right direction?
Also, are there any downsides to the upgrade? I ask because some sites mention that even keeping the baseband but upgrading the firmware might make future exploits impossible..
?confused?

please help

thanks in advance
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This process is very easy.

You don't need a Mac either, your Win0z3 machine will do.

Download QuickPwn 225-2 from www.quickpwn.com for Windows.

Update to 2.2.1 in iTunes.

Your phone WILL be locked now, and iTunes will tell you to insert the correct SIM card to activate.

Load QuickPwn.

Follow steps and JAILBREAK it.

Reboot.

Open CYDIA.

Install all upgrades, Community Sources etc....

Search and Install "3G Fuzzyband Downgrader".

Open it, follow instructions. This will downgrade your baseband to 2.28 making yellowsn0w work and use any simcard!!!
 
limnos said:
This process is very easy.

You don't need a Mac either, your Win0z3 machine will do.

Download QuickPwn 225-2 from www.quickpwn.com for Windows.

Update to 2.2.1 in iTunes.

Your phone WILL be locked now, and iTunes will tell you to insert the correct SIM card to activate.

Load QuickPwn.

Follow steps and JAILBREAK it.

Reboot.

Open CYDIA.

Install all upgrades, Community Sources etc....

Search and Install "3G Fuzzyband Downgrader".

Open it, follow instructions. This will downgrade your baseband to 2.28 making yellowsn0w work and use any simcard!!!
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thanks linmos thats sounds simple enought, i've already got quickpwn 2.2.5-2,
but have you tried this?
I've heard people are unable to downgrade after..
I really dont want to lock up the phone till the next exploit which may be months away..
 
guys, i have fw 2.2

i got fwchanger from cydia and changed my fw to 2.2.1 and running mxit without any problems
 
Frustrated plea for help Re: gprs on virgin

Can anyone help me here? After a month of trying to get tech to activate gprs on Virgin on my iphone, they finally just sent me a word doc with the below instruction in it. Problem is, I can't find "services" or anything they are talking about, so can't figure out how to use these instructions. I've already put in vdata in the apn field, but I still don't get any gprs signal.


Steps:
1. Open Services Menu.
2. Open Data Account.
3. Open GPRS.
4. Create/Edit Data Account and enter the following values:

MMS Data Account:

Account Name: Virgin MMS
APN: vmms
User Name: leave it blank
Password: leave it blank
Auth. Type: Normal

GPRS Data Account:

Account Name: Virgin Internet
APN: vdata
User Name: leave it blank
Password: leave it blank
Auth. Type: Normal



Configuring WAP/GPRS/Internet Services Using the Data Accounts Created

1. Open Services Menu.
2. Open WAP.
3. Open Settings.
4. Open Edit Profile.
5. Create/Edit a Profile and enter the following values:

GPRS Profile:

Rename Profile: Virgin internet
Homepage: http://www.virginmobile.co.za
Data Account: Virgin Internet (this data account is the one you have created)
Connection Type: HTTP
Proxy Address: 196.031.116.241
Proxy Port: 8080
Username: leave it blank
Password: leave it blank


Configuring MMS Using the Data Accounts Created

1. Open Messages.
2. Open MMS.
3. Open Message Settings.
4. Open Server Profile.
5. Create/Edit a Profile and enter the following values:

MMS Profile:

Rename Profile: Virgin MMS
Homepage: http://mms.virginmobile.co.za
Data Account: GlobeMMS (this data account is the one you have created)
Connection Type: HTTP
Proxy Address: 196.031.116.242
Proxy Port: 8080
Username: leave it blank
Password: leave it blank
 
tonyp740613 said:
DSTV has released their own program guide app on the App store, free download. Much better than any of the others I've tried (tvGuide and XMLGuide) and you can choose which channels you want to view the program guide for. It rocks! :D
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Thanks for that heads up - seems to be more updated than 'tvguide' as MNET HD on the Dstv guide is listing the Super 14 rugby while TVGuide is still listing Amazing planet at 17h00 today.
 
The DSTV app is quite nice (looked at it even though I don't have DSTV). Would be nice to have a search option and also needs a little polish (and a few small feature updates) but as the 1st version I think it is pretty good.
 
MikeCTZA said:
The DSTV app is quite nice (looked at it even though I don't have DSTV). Would be nice to have a search option and also needs a little polish (and a few small feature updates) but as the 1st version I think it is pretty good.
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Thought the same thing search would be nice.
 
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