Monthly Archives: June 2009

[iPhone] Activate MMS on iPhone 2G? (Update)

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Update July 04, 2009: MMS now works, MMS server settings are getting saved with the help of some (more or less complicated) tricks. We’re currently prepping a fool proof step-by-step tutorial for all of you. We recommend to not play around with those settings at the moment to not screw up settings worse. Tutorial will be up on Monday. Please wait until then. Thanks for your attention.

Update July 05, 2009: Wanna know how to enable MMS on iPhone 2G? Find our definitive MMS on iPhone 2G HowTo here…

Abstract

Since SwirlyMMS has been released last year we know the iPhone 2G is capable to send MMS. Anyway with their newest update Apple makes MMS available only for 3G and 3Gs customers. They say it is hardware related. This is not the case.

What has been found

It was quite logical that some people would be starting to investigate and research into the MMS feature sooner or later. Now an application has been released through Cydia that claims to unlock MMS capability for the iPhone 2G. It is called ActivateMMS2G and it is distributed on the iSpazio repository. Anyway we recommend not to install it as of now. to read our definitive MMS on iPhone 2G HowTo here.

Current Status

The status is almost alpha. Most forum reports indicate these issues:

  • MMS settings are not getting stored if they differ from the EDGE settings (occurs on any iPhone)
  • iPhone does not restart (rarely reported)
  • Camera symbol is not shown in Messages.app (often reported)

Our Recommendation

Don’t misunderstand us, but this is deeply alpha. If you really want MMS on your iPhone 2g, get yourself SwirlyMMS. It is much safer than tempering with ported hacks from 3G iPhones to 2G iPhones. SwirlyMMS is currently getting ported to iPhone OS 3.0. then follow our definitive MMS on iPhone 2G HowTo here.

[DVB] Premiere/Sky Nagravision or NDS Videoguard Hack?

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What happened so far?

The forums and news sites are again full of coverage about a hack of the german Pay-TV channel Premiere (forthcoming name: Sky Germany). As we already stated in april, 2009 this is a hoax. There are no evidences or proofs whatsoever. Anyway you’d better read on, why we believe searching for a hack is useless.

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[MacOS] Recommended Apps: SimplyRar and MacPar Deluxe

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I. Abstract

Coming from the Windows world most of us people know the .rar archive format very well. Besides the newer 7zip format, Rar allows a good compression and is widely used on internet distribution.

II. What do we need?

People who only need to have a decompressor for compatibility reasons can use MacPar Deluxe. Users who also want to be able to compress files aswell need to get SimplyRar:

» For Uncompressing only use MacPar Deluxe (download here)…
» For Compressing and Uncompressing use SimplyRar (download here)…

III. How do these tools work?

III.I.MacPar Deluxe

MacPar Deluxe is intended for unpacking only. The part of the name Par indicates its main use, as it is a tool for people downloading things from the usenet. Par files are files that contain repair information for damaged main files. Anyway: MacPar Deluxe also contains a very simply unrar engine.

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III.II. SimplyRar

SimplyRar is a graphical user interface for the free command line version of rar for Mac OS. It contains (almost) all features of the command line. As a switcher I currently cannot tell what features are missing in comparison to WinRar for Windows.

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[Movies] Documentary: Let’s Make Money

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After “We feed the world” the austrian film maker Erwin Wagenhofer has made a new documentary. This time he’s following the path of all our money. As mosts of us in the western world have saved money into deposit accounts or equity fonds this topic affects all of us. As we all want our money growing.

But how does money grow?

This is the main question Erwin Wagenhöfer tries to answer with this movie. And the answer is shocking. We people from the western world are too blind to get the whole picture. And this movie shows us the hidden parts of the picture. This documentary is must-see for everybody willing to be responsible for his actions. It simply opens our eyes.

Financial Times Germany wrote “110 enthralling minutes… Wagenhofer wraps his critics skillful but nevertheless clearly… and gets two-fisted to the point.” (original quote: “110 fesselnde Minuten… Wagenhofer verpackt seine Kritik geschickt und doch deutlich… knallhart auf den Punkt gebracht“ ct. via Amazon.de)

Where to watch

“Let’s make money” has just been released on DVD in Germany. We got no information when or if it will be released in the U.S. We recommend to check the IMDB regularly. Anyway there are english and french language trailers embedded below.

»Let’s make money on Wikipedia…
»Let’s make money (german website) …

English trailer

French trailer

[iPhone] HowTo Jailbreak and Unlock using RedSn0w

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I. Abstract

The following article will show you how to install firmware 3.0 on your iPhone 2G by also allowing to jailbreak, activate and eventually to unlock (JAU process). At the moment of writing this article is for Mac OS X users with iPhone 2G’s only.

II. Who needs this article?

We suppose 50% of all 2G users around the globe. As iPhone 2G’s were sold almost everywhere with Sim-Lock enabled (besides some T-Mobile Germany or Orange France unlocked 2G’s).

III. Warning

You’d better read all of this in detail before you do anything practically! If you feel there is something you don’t understand or something you will not be able to handle, then go and ask someone who is in the know.

!!!!!!!! Otherwise your devices may be terribly screwed up! !!!!!!!

IV. Required Downloads

Download these tiny things first:

» RedSn0w for Mac OS X…
» iPhone OS 3.0 for iPhone 2G…
» if you are using an iPhone 2G: get Bootloader 3.9 and 4.6…

RedSn0w is almost the same as QuickPwn was in the ancient days of iPhone firmware 2.x

V. Preparing for Take off

  1. you need to have iPhone OS 3.0 already installed / updated /restored via iTunes
  2. install RedSn0w
  3. start RedSn0w
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  4. Browse to the downloaded restore firmware (iPhone1,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw)
  5. Wait for the firmware to be checked
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  6. Click Next
  7. Wait for the firmware to be modified
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  8. Select Install Cydia (and Unlock if you are using an iPhone 2G. If you are using an iPhone 3G, don’t select to unlock, since it will not work this way)
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  9. Click Next
  10. Browse for the Bootloaders you downloaded
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  11. Click Next
  12. Turn your iPhone off
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  13. Turn iTunes off

VI. Fasten your seat belts // Get into DFU mode

  1. Click Next
  2. bring out beloved jesus phone into DFU mode
  3. RedSn0w guides you thru the required steps (anyway this may take several repetitions as this is not as easy as some people write on the net!)

VII. Ignition sequence start

  1. the uploaded modified ramdisk will do all the required stuff
  2. to indicate what is going on your iPhone will show some nice pictures like this:
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  3. don’t disturb the process
  4. instead: relax and get yourself a good drink or a cigarette
  5. as this may take some minutes

VIII. Possible issues

Although we haven’t been reported any yet, this doesn’t mean there can’t go something wrong. If you run into problems, try:

  • restoring original unmodified 3.0 firmware from within iTunes 8.2
  • make sure you installed firmware 3.0 with iTunes 8.2
  • generate a custom pre-hacked ipsw using PwnageTool (find article here)

IX. Kudos

Fly out to the iPhone Dev Team. You guys should get paid by Apple…

[iPhone] HowTo Jailbreak and Unlock using PwnageTool

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I. Abstract

The following article will show you how to install firmware 3.0 on your iPhone 2G by also allowing to jailbreak, activate, and eventually to unlock (JAU process). At the moment of writing this article is for Mac OS X users with iPhone 2G’s only.

II. Who needs this article?

We suppose 50% of all 2G users around the globe. As iPhone 2G’s were sold almost everywhere with Sim-Lock enabled (besides some T-Mobile Germany or Orange France unlocked 2G’s).

III. Warning

You’d better read all of this in detail before you do anything practically! If you feel there is something you don’t understand or something you will not be able to handle, then go and ask someone who is in the know.

!!!!!!!! Otherwise your devices may be terribly screwed up! !!!!!!!

IV. Required Downloads

Download these tiny things first:

» Pwnage 3.0 for Mac OS X…
» iPhone OS 3.0 for iPhone 2G…
» if you are using an iPhone 2G: get Bootloader 3.9 and 4.6…

V. Preparing for Take off // Prepping your custom iPhone OS 3.0

  1. make sure you synced your iPhone with iTunes before to have all your current calendar and address book entries in a safe place
  2. Install PwnageTool
  3. start PwnageTool
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  4. Choose Expert Mode
  5. Select iPhone
  6. Click the Next button (down right of PwnageTool window)
  7. Select (or browse for) the iPhone1,1_3.0_7A341.ipsw firmware
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  8. Click the Next button
  9. You now may choose some more Cydia Packages (like SSH), but you can also safely install this later via Cydia on the iPhone. This is a matter of taste
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  10. Click Create (here in german “Erstellen”)
  11. Click the Next button
  12. Select a location to save the custom firmware 3.0
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  13. wait some minutes for the creation of your custom firmware 3.0
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  14. you may provide your adminstrator password during creation phase, this is normal !

VI. Fasten your seat belts // Get into DFU mode

  1. in case you never pwned your iPhone before: bring it into DFU mode first.
  2. PwnageTool guides you thru the required steps (anyway this may take several repetitions as this is not as easy as some people write on the net!)

VII. Ignition sequence start // Restore

  1. start iTunes (make sure you’re using iTunes 8.2)
  2. Select your iPhone (found on the left column under devices)
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  3. and hold the Alt Key and Click the Restore button (this allows browsing for your custom firmware)
  4. The iPhone software will be extracted and prepared for restoring
  5. in the meantime your iPhone will show a status bar like this:
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  6. The whole process will take some minutes, don’t wonder about that

VIII. Possible issues

You may receive an “unknown error 1600”, “unknown error 2001”, “unknown error 10”, or “unknown error 20” . If this is the case you may try this:

  • restore the original unmodified iPhone firmware 3.0 first and the re-restore your custom firmware and
  • try aswell in DFU mode as in normal mode
  • if all that does not work: restore with original unmodified iPhone firmware and jailbreak with redsn0w (article here)

IX. Kudos

Fly out to the iPhone Dev Team…

[iPhone] Jailbreak for iPhone 3Gs on the Way?

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GeoHot posted a picture showing that he managed to run custom commands on iBoot. This seems to be the first major step for a jailbreak. Moreover GeoHot also managed to find the key for the Ramdisk while MuscleNerd of the iPhoneDevTeam obviously has already found the vfdecrypt key.

All this is good news. Anyway aswell as GeoHot and the DevTeam will have lots of work to do. Don’t expect anything soon, since GeoHot also found a new security addition called ECID, which obviously gets generated by Apple’s servers and which seems to be unique to every iPhone. Every restore seems to have to be validated by Apple’s servers. And this is bad news.

» Running custom commands on iBoot…
» Ramdisk key found…
» ECID signature layer found…

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[Muzaq] Dope DJ’s from Paris: Birdy Nam Nam

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Everybody knows what DJ’s do: putting vinyl on the turntables an mix tracks into each other. This is basically the idea of DJing. The four guys Crazy-B, DJ Pone, DJ Need, and Little Mike (going under the name “Birdy Nam Nam”) are moving DJing at least one step beyond. They use their turntables more like instruments with not just mixing one track into another, they are mixing sounds into new compositions. With their styles they won several prices like the DMC Technics World TEAM Price in 2002.

We strongly recommend to watch those videos to understand what they are doing. The first is pure fun, the second allows more technical insight, and the third video is just raving the crowd and surreptitious advertising for Apple. Enjoy and don’t forget to buy their albums. You still know what buying music means, don’t you?

» Listen to Birdy Nam Nam on MySpace.com…
» Buy Birdy Nam Nam on Amazon.com (U.S.)…
» Buy Birdy Nam Nam on Amazon.de (Germany)…

[News] I am Neda

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Ich bin Neda. I am Neda. Je suis Neda. This is simply unbelievable. Neda, you’re gonna be the Jeanne d’Arc of Iran. That’s pretty sure. The wind is changing.

Nothing more to say about this.

» WeAreAllNeda.com…
» All about Neda on Wikipedia…

Pictures are courtesy of WeAreAllNeda.com:

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[Muzaq] Dub FX’ Album “Everthinks a Ripple”

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You know what Dub is?! You know what beatboxing is?! Lemme tell you: I suppose you really don’t. I really love Rahzel for what he does, but I gotta tell you Dub FX is really version 2.0 of human beatboxing. I strongly recommend to watch the video below to fully understand what he does and second to get his album here asap.

Nothing more to say, but -=> o u t s t a n d i n g – a l b u m <=-

More infos:

» Buy “Everythinks a Ripple” here…
» Dub FX on the Net…