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OMG! British Dinosaur!
10/15/09

In reply to Apple's Jailbreak-Proof iPhone 3GS Units Totally Aren't
I put porn on my iPhone and drive around and show it to people at stoplights. #iphone3gsjailbreak
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lostarchitect
10/15/09

@OMG! British Dinosaur!: You're a sort of PornoBomber, I suppose. #iphone3gsjailbreak
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chappell101
10/11/09

In reply to Blackra1n Jailbreaks iPhone OS 3.1.2
It worked great in about 20 seconds on 3GS on O.S 3.1.2. just remember to turn off your Antivirus/Firewall and close iTunes before making it rain.

I'm happy to have so much functionality back, honestly though a lot of it should be there from the beginning. Tell me if I'm missing out on anything actually useful since I last jailbreaked with...

imobilecinema
yxflash
tv-out
MxTube
Voipover3g
cyntact
categories
searcher
veency
AdBlock
iBluetooth
StatusNotifier
NetaTalk
SBsettings
Backgrounder
BossPrefs
Intelliscreen
5icondock
5-Row Keyboard
cydelete
iRealSMS
installous (I don't agree with this App, but it could solve the problem of some Apps not being in the UK store)
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jacobwaldo2
10/11/09

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Ok so I upgraded my iPhone 3g to 3.1.2 and uses blackra1n on it but it keeps saying "working" even though it isn't. I have tried 3 times and all it does is put my phone in recovery mode.

Any ideas?
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STFU_FPU!
10/11/09

@jacobwaldo2: try pulling the usb and plugging back in. that was a similar issue with purplera1n. if it fails, just try again. Hold Home and Sleep button for like 6 seconds or so if you are locked up, it'll reboot.
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jacobwaldo2
10/11/09

@Faslane's avatar is squished: That worked, thank you very much.
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aside
10/11/09

In reply to Blackra1n Jailbreaks iPhone OS 3.1.2
SECOND WARNING:

On my system (both Win XP and Win 7, virtualized in VMWare) blackra1n.exe crashes miserably as soon as I press the button. It doesn’t do anything.
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STFU_FPU!
10/11/09

@aside: because you are in VMware. Use it in a full-fledged PC environment. won't work on a Mac running Parallels either. Has something to do with sharing the usb posrt, Blackra1n needs exclusiviety
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Christofer Haglund
10/11/09

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So a locked iPhone is when it can only be used with one particular sim-card, correct? But what if my iPhone was purchased legitimately unlocked by my carrier right from the start (viva Europe)? Seeing as I haven't forcibly unlocked it via a jailbreak, I'm hoping it'll stay unlocked. Is this true or will I lose this ability?
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STFU_FPU!
10/11/09

@Christofer Haglund: while it's unlocked from factory, that's not a prevention that the "unlockable to date" baseband won't be upgraded. be VERY careful. I know you paid big bucks for a factory unlocked version....
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quim barreiros
10/11/09

@Christofer Haglund: its true , belgium or italy are legally unlock ,you dont lose anything.
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Christofer Haglund
10/11/09

@couto27: So which is it now? And Faslane, what's "'unlockable to date' baseband won't be upgraded" mean?
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otko
10/11/09

@Faslane's avatar is squished: It will ALWAYS be unlocked. I don't know what you're trying to say here faslane. This is noted in the dev teams blog.
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otko
10/11/09

@Christofer Haglund: From blog.iphone-dev.org

"SIM Free/SP Unlocked/Factory Unlocked iPhone 3G(S)

This applies if you bought your iPhone 3G(S) for $$$$$$$. This model of iPhone 3G(S) doesn’t have an Service Provider lock (aka factory unlocked) and you are able to put any SIM card into the phone and get service. Your phone is already unlocked so you do not need to worry about baseband updates, if your device was Pwned at 3.0 or 3.0.1 then you can use PwnageTool to create an ipsw and then use this to update and jailbreak your phone."

@Faslane's avatar is squished: He doesn't have to be "VERY careful". He'll only need a jailbreak if he wants and he can use the tools to do that for him.
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Digitallysick
10/11/09

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The fact that you can't unlock your iphone like you can with all other phones should be against the law
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Kerfudle:
10/11/09

@Digitallysick:
all CDMA phones can't be unlocked, and the iPhone can be unlocked legitly forever it's just that AT&T doesn't give out the unlock codes.
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STFU_FPU!
10/11/09

@Kerfudle: : CDMA can be unlocked! just not for every device. You can get a Palm Pre, Treo Pro etc. for Cricket (CDMA) all over CL in San Diego area. (not all functions work like push for instance, but they can be unlocked)
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Kerfudle:
10/11/09

@Faslane's avatar is squished:
No you cant, its a common misconception about cdma. Yes you can alter your ecid with a bit of hackery. However, the carrier has to have the ECID, UUID, and about 40 other bits of info in their system to get the phone activated and running. This info is put into the computers way before the phone goes to the store and the store reps cant add to it. Also 99% of cdma cellproviders will not allow non-network branded phones onto their network. Another thing worth mentioning is that without more info about the networks various proxy's, you will not get internet, messaging, data, or voicemail. This easily explains it...
[cellphoneforums.net]
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stevegiblin
10/11/09

In reply to Blackra1n Jailbreaks iPhone OS 3.1.2
IF YOU CARE ABOUT AN UNLOCK - DON'T USE BLACKRA1N!!

You know I'm serious cause I used caps.

[www.iclarified.com]

Read the warning.
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Boots_Mcoy
10/11/09

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Hey! first comment.. must be my day !
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GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
10/11/09

@Boots_Mcoy:
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G-Ram
10/11/09

@GitEmSteveDave_Worked4TheWeekend: That is the most epic of your gifs I have ever seen! I only request you slow it down just a bit, it goes by a tad fast.
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GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
10/11/09

@G-Ram: means you have to watch it over again. ;)
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Tamar Weinberg
10/08/09

In reply to iPhone OS 3.1.2 Is Out, Solves Sleep Issue at Last
I hope that's not the only thing it fixes - iPhone 3.1 also disabled iPod controls when you double tapped the home button (except in certain instances). Let's find out.
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Tamar Weinberg
10/08/09

Guess not. Disappointing that Apple doesn't see that as an issue.
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EBone
10/08/09

@Tamar Weinberg: You can use the Settings to adjust what happens when you double tap the Home button. Perhaps your preferences were changed to something else?
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BlueGeek
10/08/09

@EBone: no, it's worse than that. It only gives you the quick iPod controls if it considers the music application to be open. This (largely) is only if music is already playing, or if the application was the last thing open before sleep set in.

It's particularly annoying if you like to listen to music while using apps that pause whatevers playing on startup.
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KTK1990
10/09/09

@Tamar Weinberg: From what I herd from a friend (Have not tried it yet.) You can tap the center button on your headphones with mic to get it playing. BlueGeek is right about it only working when music is open. I agree it is a pain, I used to do that all the time on some apps where I didnt like their music. Now all it does for me when I try and play the music is exit the app.
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Tamar Weinberg
10/09/09

@KTK1990: Assuming you have headphones with a mic. I don't so I can't test the theory.

@BlueGeek: Yes, exactly. And I've been 1. using the Apple discussion forums to complain (along with several others, most notably 1G iPod touch users who don't have volume controls on the device *at all*) and 2. using Apple's request form to tell them to revert to the previous featureset. I also sent a rather curt email to Steve Jobs and Paul Schiller because it angers me so much. I've been fighting for a universal app sound override Settings option since September 2008.

To @EBone, @kazinstrife (and even my new friend Spinny who can't see his own comment yet): Before firmware v3.1, if you double tapped the home button while an app was running, you'd get a pop-up of the iPod controls. If you double-tap now and fix it in the Settings menu, it exits OUT of the app and takes you to the music app. Not what I'm looking for.

See the YouTube video above for an explanation.
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KTK1990
10/09/09

@Tamar Weinberg: I just tried it. Pushing center stops the game music and plays the song. But when your done, you just hear nothing. Using a 64 gig touch I purchased yesterday.

Also, all new ipods touches (g3 i know, not sure of the 8 gig), and iPhones come with the headphone with mic and volume controls.
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yardameus
10/09/09

@Tamar Weinberg: You can change that in settings.
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Tamar Weinberg
10/11/09

@yardameus: Not sure about that as explained by the others in this discussion. I have General Settings Home to direct to iPod, but double tapping the home button does NOT give you iPod controls (that is, the little pop-up that isn't intrusive and is probably the only multitasking feature that exists on the iPod/iPhone). It actually exits out of the app you're running and takes you to the music, which defeats the purpose.

The problem for me is when I am running a game and want to at least have control of my music. If the game is running and the game is set to automatically turn off my music, I have no way of getting the music app again via double-tapping. And that issue is even worse for people who are running 1st gen touches because they have no access to volume control at *all*.

It's a real shame that Apple doesn't care to address this and even removed its functionality with the 3.x firmware.
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Tamar Weinberg
10/11/09

@KTK1990: Maybe I need to check out those headphones. But I'm doubting it will address what is needed -- and that is, to get the iPod controls when an application actually turns off the music app.
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Auhim
10/13/09

@Tamar Weinberg: Maybe this is late for this thread, but I've found that doing a quick "lock", then double tap home, lets you see the iPod controls. Then, once you're playing what you want, unlock and resume what you were doing. Works for me.

Make sure Settings - General - Home has "iPod" selected and "iPod Controls" set to On.
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Tamar Weinberg
10/16/09

@Auhim: I'm not sure what you're doing here but once a game interrupts your music that is currently playing, nothing -- not a quick lock or anything -- will restore iPod controls. And yes, I tried your solution to no avail. #iphoneos312
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Auhim
10/20/09

@Tamar Weinberg: Well, these have certainly been some delayed replies.

For me it's a double tap while the iPhone is still locked. That always brings up basic iPod controls for me no matter what's happening (or not happening) on my iPhone. Just previos/play/pause/next and, if something's playing, the basic track info.

This even works when I'm in, say, Tap Tap Revenge.
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I was about to send this above reply when I decided to verify. It does work when I'm in the menu of Tap Tap Revenge, but not during gameplay. However, although TTR took control of the audio, once I exited to the TTR menu out of the gameplay screen, I could then lock, double-tap home, and click play once again.

So the only time this doesn't work is when a game is actively taking over the audio. It works fine once a game lets go, sometimes without exiting the app, and you don't have to re-open the iPod app to get it to work after something else has stopped your playback. #iphoneos312
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TheWerewolf - Sotto voce
10/08/09

In reply to iPhone OS 3.1.2 Is Out, Solves Sleep Issue at Last
So my iPhone suddenly deciding it's not on the network was an actual bug. That's a relief. I was about throw the phone away.
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ShachiAssaracus
10/08/09

In reply to iPhone OS 3.1.2 Is Out, Solves Sleep Issue at Last
So there really is a recognized sleep issue! Wow, I thought I was crazy. I have to do hard resets of my iPhone at least twice a week, if not more, because it won't wake back up.
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jakebathman
10/08/09

@ShachiAssaracus: yeahh!! I didn't know it was an "issue" I just thought my damn phone was broken. So awesome.
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Eruanno
10/08/09

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Sleep issue? What sleep issue?
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Nathan Drake
10/08/09

@Eruanno: I have no idea what they're talking about either. Haven't seen any problems so far. Well, aside from the fact that it sometimes loses the 3G connection even though it has good reception... Turning 3G off and then on again takes care of that btw.
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Julius Seizure - Canuck
10/08/09

@Nathan Drake: I can't speak for the iPhone, but my Touch would put itself into recovery mode at random when put to sleep. Annoying as heck.
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JackTheTripper
10/08/09

In reply to iPhone OS 3.1.2 Is Out, Solves Sleep Issue at Last
In the last 2 weeks my phone has been lying to me about battery percentage. I could sit with it on at the home screen and actually watch the batter % drop every few minutes. This should not happen.

From a full charge with minimal use (1 hour music, checking mail every 15 mins, 1 or 2 short phone calls) it said I was at 12% after only 4 hours. I Plugged it in to charge and it suddenly jumped to 63% and was fine the rest of the day. This keeps happening and I'm hoping this update fixes it.

I had the no wake once as well.
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southerngeek
10/08/09

@JackTheTripper: Let us know how it goes; this sounds similar to what's happened to me.
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JackTheTripper
11/02/09

@southerngeek: I went by the apple store and they said to reinstall the OS and re-sync (Don't restore from back-up) since it sounds like a corrupted OS. I did this and it still hasn't fixed it. They said it it didn't they would replace with new hardware. I've been out of the country until now so I'll be going back this week and swapping out my phone for a new one. #iphoneos312
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southerngeek
11/03/09

@JackTheTripper: I went ahead with 3.1.2, and mine's gotten somewhat better. The really weird part is that I now have good days and bad. With nearly identical use, sometimes I get home after work with 75% left, and sometimes it's closer to 35%. Annoying, but I'm done screwing with it. #iphoneos312
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JackTheTripper
11/03/09

@southerngeek: I as in the same boat.

Just got back from the apple store with new phone. Hope there are no problems with this one. #iphoneos312
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benztech55amg
10/08/09

In reply to iPhone OS 3.1.2 Is Out, Solves Sleep Issue at Last
Hope this fixes the sensitivity for changing from portrait to landscape, too. Used to be able to put my phone in the motorcycle cradle with no problem. Ever since upgrading to 3.1 the vibrations from the bike have been freaking it out. It keeps flipping orientation every few seconds. Makes it impossible to queue up songs.
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badhatharry
10/08/09

@benztech55amg: I don't ride my bicycle with my iPhone without putting it in a bag under my seat where it will sustain the least amount of trauma in a crash. You put yours on your motorcycle? You truly are harder core than I.
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bobman1235
10/08/09

@badhatharry: Wiping out on a motorcycle is a tad different than wiping out on a bicycle. The last thing I'd be worried about when crashing my moto would be my iPhone.
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badhatharry
10/08/09

@bobman1235: I can understand that. Still, breaking your iPhone just adds insult to the injuries you sustained in the accident. Although it's possible insurance would cover a new one. Still, that's a bit more reckless than I would be comfortable with
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bobman1235
10/08/09

@badhatharry: By the way, love the username. "That's some bad hat harry" is pretty much my default saying to anyone wearing a hat that's even moderately out of the ordinary. THen again, I'm obsessed with Jaws.
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rudyfrederic
10/08/09

In reply to iPhone OS 3.1.2 Is Out, Solves Sleep Issue at Last
still waiting for the update that makes my wi-fi work again...
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Canoehead
10/08/09

@rudyfrederic: Is it totally frakked or just intermittent?
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