Monthly Archives: March 2008

[iPhone] SDK released

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Yesterday Steve Jobs officially released the Software Developer Kit for the iPhone. US American developers can register here (link) in order to be officially allowed to develop for the iPhone. Sofar for the good news. The bad news as follows:

  • the iPhone Developer Programme is currently available only in the US and A
  • it costs 99USD (standard programme) to 299USD (enterprise programme)
  • Software to be uploaded to the iPhone via iTunes (via App Store)
  • 70% of the price of an App will be given to the Devs, 30% will be kept by Apple for being so nice to having built the App Store – well thanks Steve that’s really what we’ve been waiting for: another business model adopted from the works of a supporting community, thanks a lot…
  • 3rd party Software to be released beginning in june 2008

And finally: a new iPhone firmware 2.0 will be also released in june 2008. Well, well. I really like my App-Tab Installer and I really hope, it will survive. By the way there are rumors that the Developer Kit has already been leaked to file-sharing networks on the day it has been released (means yesterday)…

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[iPhone] No Adobe Flash for the iPhone soon

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Adobe’s Flash player is not good enough for the iPhone. It seems like hopes for Flash on the iPhone soon have just been disappointed. Read more about this issue here on CNN Money (link).

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Der Adobe Flash Player soll laut Bericht im Golem nicht gut genug für das iPhone sein. Bald Flash können wir also vergessen. Mehr könnt Ihr hier bei Golem lesen (link).

[MacOS] Enable Screen Resolution / ATI x1650 Device 71c6

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The following assumes:

And most likely since then you – as an ATI x1650 owner won’t be able to change the screen resolution and you have no QE/CI.After hazzling around with my system a lot I can at least offer a solution for the screen resolution problem. Requirements: you have no ATI hacks installed at all. Since I will modify the original ATINDRV.kext. I got device id 71c6 although this should not matter here. Before proceeding please do me the favor and tell me:

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I assume:

  • you do backups of the files you’re going to modify, don’t you?
  • you already enabled root access to your system
  • you are logged in as root
  1. copy /System/Library/Extension/ATINDRV.kext to your desktop
  2. open the ATINDRV.kext package on your desktop
  3. inside of this package go to /Contents/PlugIns/
  4. open the ATY_Wormy.kext
  5. inside this package go to /Contents/
  6. open the file: Info.plist with your Texteditor
  7. find this position:
    <key>IONameMatch</key>
    <string>ATY,Wormy</string>
  8. and replace it with this:
    <key>IONameMatch</key>
    <string>display</string>
  9. find this position:
    <key>IOProviderClass</key>
    <string>IONDRVDevice</string>
  10. and replace with this:
    <key>IOProviderClass</key>
    <string>IOPCIDevice</string>
  11. save the changes and close the texteditor
  12. replace the /System/Library/Extensions/ATINDRV.kext with the one you just edited on the desktop
  13. reboot

After reboot the screen resolution should be selectable. Tell me your experiences. I did this with an ATI x1650 which got device id 71c6.

P.S. QE/CI will not be enabled with this! This will be part two ;-)

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[iPhone] Rumors Generic Bootloader Hack almost Finished

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Like GeoHot wrote some weeks ago: there seem to be ways to modify the original bootloader to pre-activate and pre-unlock iPhones. Now a video occured on Youtube that shows an iPhone to be updated from Firmware 1.1.1 to 1.1.4 using iTunes (!) – but without the need to activate and unlock manually. And instead of the Apple logo on the iPhone displays “PWNED!” during update process.

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Es scheint, als würde die Aussage von GeoHot von vor einigen Wochen sich bewahrheiten. Es ist möglich, den originalen Bootloader so zu modifizieren, dass iPhones automatisch aktiviert und unlocked werden. Zu diesem Thema tauchte nun ein Video auf, auf dem gezeigt wird, wie ein iPhone via iTunes (!) von Firmware 1.1.1 auf 1.1.4 aktualisiert wird. Nach dem Update ist das Telefon aktiviert und der Provider steht auf “T-Mobile” (USA). Statt des typischen Apple Logos, das wir alle von Updates kennen, zeigt das iPhone “PWNED!” während des Update Prozesses.

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[iPhone] O2 introduces iPhone to Ireland’s Market on March, 14th

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Yes, it is true, starting on march, 14th irishmen can also buy iPhones legally in stores. Irishmen will be able to buy them in “O2” shops amd “Carphone Warehouse” shops. 8GB modell will be 399€, 16GB modell will be 499€. Tariff details are almost unknown but the cheapest contract will be 45€/month….

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Auch in Irland wird das iPhone endlich eingeführt. Das 8Gb wird 399€ und das 16GB modell wird 499€ kosten. Details über die Vertragsangebote gibt es noch kaum, außer dass der günstigste bei 45€ pro Monat liegen wird…