Archive for December, 2008
Thursday, December 25th, 2008
In anticipation for the New Years unlocking festivities it is recommended that you definitely jailbrake your iPhone. Here is the reason why. The iphone dev team will be releasing the unlock via cydia. So why not make things easy for your self and get it ready now so all you have to do is install via cydia. It benefits everyone here because there no longer is a need to create separate windows/mac applications. No operating restrictions means easy unlock. But dont jump the gun here please please please dont update to 2.2 firmware because this update will also update your baseband and ruin your chances for software unlocking. I don’t put is past the dev team that they will undoubtedly have an unlock for this baseband sometime in the future. However until then lets get somethings ready that you will need for this upcoming unlock.
I suggest that you use the firmware right beneath 2.2 so use 2.1 so you don’t accidentally update your baseband.
1. iPhone 3G
2. 2.1 apple firmware
3. Quickpwn
If you are on a firmware that is below 2.1 then I recommend updating to at least 2.1 nothing past this. To update open up itunes and hold down shift and browse for the firmware image. If you have an out of the box iphone then put it in DFU mode to update. Once you are on 2.1 simply pwn your phone by using the program quickpwn. Quickpwn will pwn your phone and jailbrake it. You have the option to install cydia installer or make custom boot image. But I like leaving it with default setting and install cydia. That’s it your done and jailbroken on your iPhone 3G so the next step is to wait for new years and the unlock via cydia. This should leave you prepared enough. If I had a mac then I will be able to use pwnage tool and make a how to for you via mac maybe I will invest in one soon. I was lucky that the iphone 3g i purchased was on 2.1 but I has no way of being certain since it was otb. So I blindly jailbroke mine. If you are unsure what firmware you are on because you just purchased it then I wouldn’t recommend doing what I did (Guesstimating) you might end up getting 2.2 if you purchase it today.
Tags: Apple, DFU Mode, iphone 3g unlock, Quickpwn
Posted in Apple | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Dell Optiplex 330 These machines make great hackintosh computers. This is a good grab if your in the need for a new computer. Ordinarily this would cost you $760 so it looks like you can make out here with a good deal.
Tags: Deal, Dell Optiplex 330, Hackintosh
Posted in Deals | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
I sure did pick a good time to buy an iPhone 3G. Coincidence? Well it must have been intuition or something because right when my new iPhone 3G shows up at my door the iphone dev team announces that there is an unlock method. This method is currently being packaged so that regular guys like joe six pack can unlock his shiny new iPhone. Now I am no “joe” when it comes to unlocking but I will wait patiently like everyone else and post a nice how too once this is available. Iphone dev team blog link they plan on releasing this bad boy on 1-1-2009 maybe right while the ball is being dropped in new york. So i’m sure the nerds will be hitting f5 on the keyboard while the countdown is going off (this might be me). If you updated your firmware the the dev team did warn you against this because they say the unlock currently only works on baseband 2.11.07.
Tags: 2.11.07, baseband, iphone 3g, iphone 3g unlock, iphone dev team
Posted in Apple, News | No Comments »
Saturday, December 13th, 2008
I understand why spam is around, its actually been around since before the internet became its new stomping ground. Any type of forced mass market advertising is spam in my book. Remember those aol disks that use to show up all the time, whether you asked for it or not. Remember those coupon books and magazines that would show up at your door even when you haven’t subscribed to anything. At least that type of forced marketing had a purpose which was to get you to buy things. Internet spam is a dream for spammer because it does not cost anything to the spammers and that’s why they tend to flood you with it. But how about the useless type of spam that people get in their emails and on blogs. Where you receive a comment with nonsense as a response. No pingback no link to another blog no message no scam no nothing. Whats the purpose if this just to piss people off. Is this the new strategy for the spammers or are the just testing out their new spam technologies on the public. This seems like a little problem but this is a huge issue for the public. The government might need to do more to stop this. Maybe a slap on the wrists is not good enough to get the point across that this is a serious crime. What can truly be done to correct this problem. I understand that no only truly owns the internet but no one truly owns the sky yet we patrol that more than the internet. If someone were to tell me that they were a spammer I would punch them dead in their face before they could finish telling me.
Tags: Spam, Useless Spam
Posted in Personal | No Comments »
Saturday, December 13th, 2008
Here is another deal for you to waste some money on Dell Inspiron 530 for only 450.00.
Tags: Dell Deal, Dell Insprion 530
Posted in Deals | No Comments »
Saturday, December 13th, 2008
Right in time for the holidays I have added a new deal category where I hope to bring new and cheap cheap cheap did I mention cheap deals for you to spend you hard earned money on. I know the economy is bad but if your shopping for a Google G1 Phone with no contract here is a good deal. $350 shipped. First don’t forget to search using Live.com for Microsofts new cashback program for cashback on your purchases. This makes the deal even better. Before you do that you will need to sign up for a live.com email address hotmail.com once you set that up then you can visit www.live.com I think as of writing this the cashback percentage is about 8%. Click on the sponsored ebay link that says cashback. I really dont know how desperate Microsoft is that they are paying people to use their search engine but hey take advantage of this while you still can Google G1 Deal So if you were planning on buying one anyway why not get some money off of the price.
Tags: cheap google g1, G1, google g1, google phone
Posted in Deals | No Comments »
Friday, December 12th, 2008
Well it looks like I pulled the trigger and bought an iPhone 3G. Selling the old baby which has given me many fun times. I worked it like hell though, making it do things no phone should but all in the name of science of course. I caught a nice deal online so I should have a nice gift to my self to play with for the holidays. Soon as any new hacks come out for the iphone 3g I will make nice little videos and tutorials for you to check out.
Tags: holidays, iPhone, iphone 3g
Posted in Apple, News | No Comments »
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Ok so I totally am guilty of sitting around the house thinking on whether or not I should get off my ass and go to Bestbuy to do some blackfriday shopping. I was trying to convince friends and family to join be but they were in a turkey coma that I didnt think they would ever wake from. Which leaves just me now trying to make sense of all this and go. Then I find out that people have been waiting in front of the mall all day. The line was already large and I didnt even move yet. All the more reason to stay home plus I didnt want to go carrying expensive items around in NYC since I dont have a car. Tragically I hear of the Walmart incident where a walmart employee was trampled to death from a mob of shoppers. Who have the nerve to get mad when they close the store early. They killed the man and and got mad when they didnt get the items that they thought was worth the life of this man. What kind of crazy world do we live in. I feel the family of the worker should sue for not having a adaquet amount of workers there to control the mob. Now I spoke a little about this in my last post about the intensity that is built from these deals make people so anxious that they become mobs in order to get this deal. Something must be done to calm the people who are waiting all day. Like maybe telling people not to wait all day and show up at a certain time. Making some method to control the crowd, hell pay someone extra money to show up and make sure the people are organized.
Tags: black friday, walmart blackfriday
Posted in News | No Comments »