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Apple’s Newest Firmware iOS 6 for the iPhone, iPad & iPod touch Preview

Douglas — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:59:22 +0000

Apple recently announced new firmware to be released in the fall for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. There is no specific date yet. They have stated on their website that the firmware will work with the following devices: iPhone 3G, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (4th generation), iPad 2, the new iPad (iPad 3).

There are some great features and we are working on getting a hold of the firmware to start testing it out. Here is a list of just some of the many new features:

- Completely new Maps app with turn by turn directions, 3D flyover view, crowd sourcing traffic and designed by Apple
- Siri updates including sports, restaurant & movie info. Siri can now open apps.
- Facebook integration allows you to post photos, web pages and more straight to Facebook. Contacts and birthdays sync to your phone. Like apps and songs to post straight to your wall.
- Share your photo stream with others. Create new streams of specific photos. Comment on photos in shared streams and get notifications when others comment. Share photo streams on the web.
- New app from Apple called Passbook keeps all your tickets, coupons and gift cards in one app.
- FaceTime works over cellular connection.
- Phone app has new features like ability to reply to a phone call with a prefabbed text or remind you to call them back when you leave your current location.
- Do Not Disturb feature stops all notifications and calls except people you choose durring a certain time period.
- Mail app allows you to insert pictures and videos and has new VIP section for push notifications for only those on your list.
- Safari has synchronized browser tabs between devices using the cloud, full screen in landscape mode and ability to upload pictures to sites within the browser.
- New Guided Access feature allows iPad to block certain buttons and screen locations for people with autism or for use as a kiosk.
- Find my iPhone has a “Lost” mode and monitors it’s trail since it was lost.
- Find my Friends adds notifications for when your friend arrives or leaves a location.
- iTunes, iBooks and App Stores have been redesigned.

FaceTime Fails After 1 Minute Using 3G Unrestrictor [Fixed]

Douglas — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:37:40 +0000

I’ve had a few people who only want to jailbreak their iPhone just so they could use FaceTime anywhere. Right now it only works on WiFi but with 3G Unrestrictor it will run on 3G and even EDGE. Every once in a while I would have problems keeping the call connected. It seemed, after about a minute, that the call would freeze and then disconnect randomly. It also seemed like it was happening with anyone and anywhere.

Well, I think I figured it out! Both of my grandparents have iPhone 4s and they live in 3G and have no WiFi so both are jailbroken and using 3G Unrestrictor while I also am jailbroken using 3G Unrestrictor. The difference for me was I was on WiFi during the calls. When I was talking with my grandpa tonight I decided I gotta figure this out! After about 5 calls, all 5 dropped around the 1 minute mark. Then I tried something crazy (sarcasm). Since I was on WiFi I thought I would try turning off 3G Unrestrictor. If you use SBSettings, you can just toggle it off before the call. Tada! I called both my grandma and grandpa again with FaceTime and had no drops!

So, the solution again. When jailbroken and have 3G Unrestrictor installed, toggle it off when making the call over WiFi. If you are still having troubles or have another fix, please let us know in the comments.

3G Unrestrictor – Enable Wifi Features Over 3G & EDGE (FaceTime on 3G!) (video)

Douglas — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:55:54 +0000

3G Unrestrictor has been updated to work with iPhone 4 and firmware 4.x. You know what this means! FaceTime calls anywhere! Now we’ve tested this out, and really it works better on 3G than it does on EDGE but it does work. Once installed you can just open the app and select apps you’d like to fake out. This makes them think your phone is on Wifi instead of 3G or EDGE. Other apps that this can help with instead of FaceTime are the App Store, which won’t let you download apps over 20MB. This goes for videos in iTunes too. Although Skype recently announced the use of Skype over 3G, you can avoid additional costs if they ever do decide to charge for it. Another place this will help is when videos download over 3G they are compressed more which makes them more blurry. With 3G Unrestrictor, YouTube thinks it’s on Wifi and will download the full resolution version.

Available In: Cydia

Price: $3.99

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Description

3G Unrestrictor allows you to go around the iPhone’s limitations and restrictions of not being able to use some applications like FaceTime, Skype or SlingPlayer while on a mobile internet connection like 3G or EDGE as well as many other things. It allows those things by tricking applications into believing they are on WiFi, even though they are on 3G or EDGE.

What you can do with it

It allows you for example while on 3G/EDGE/GRPS:

* Make and receive FaceTime calls while on the go on 3G!
* Watch high quality YouTube videos, just like on WiFi
* Download apps bigger than 20MB from the App Store
* Download music, TV shows and podcasts bigger than 20MB from the iTunes Store
* Make free calls using VoIP software like Skype without additional fees
* Watch TV with SlingPlayer, HavaPlayer, EyeTV, Sky Mobile TV or other TV apps
* And much, much more since 3G Unrestrictor works with almost all apps (Check out the verified apps section to see with which apps 3G Unrestrictor DEFINITELY works!

Features

* Works with almost all applications (check the verified apps list to see which apps DEFINITELY work)
* SBSettings toggle: Quickly enable and disable whether apps should be unrestricted
* Can detect when application might be trying to check whether they are on 3G and ask whether you want to unrestrict them(disabled by default)
* Easy to use interface where you select apps that should be unrestricted

Devices and Firmware Compatibility

The following devices are supported:
iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and the iPad (3G model).

You need firmware 3.0 or higher to be able to install 3G Unrestrictor. It is fully compatible with iOS 4!

Apps verified to work

3G Unrestrictor is able to unrestrict almost all apps. This list only lists apps which the developer personally verified to be working. If the app you want to use with 3G Unrestrictor is not in this list, the chances are still EXTREMELY high, that it will still work.

# Skype
# Slingplayer
# Hava Player
# EyeTV
# Sky Mobile TV
# YouTube
# AppStore
# iTunes Store
# Nimbuzz
# Fring
# Truphone
# FriendCaller
# iSip
# DailyMe.tv
# Gameloft’s UNO game
# Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies

QuickTip – FaceTime’s Selfview is Draggable/Movable

Douglas — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:36:58 +0000

I was on a FaceTime call with a friend tonight, who just got his iPhone 4, and he told me I could drag the video of myself around on the screen. That’s awesome! All you do is touch it and drag it to either of the four corners. Let us know of any other tips in Facetime!

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QuickTip – Horizontal or Vertical FaceTime

Douglas — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:25:51 +0000

When making a call on FaceTime it’s very natural to hold the phone in a vertical position since that’s how it’s held during a normal phone call. Did you know that you can rotate your iPhone to the horizontal position too? It works best if both callers do this. Check out the screenshots to see the difference.