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How to lock or unlock rotation with iOS4 and above

The iOS 4 firmware update includes a rotation lock feature, similar to the rotation lock switch found on the first generation iPad.

The new iOS4 update has the capability of rotating the screen (vertical and horinzontal). By default after installing the new IOS4, this feature is enabled.

If you intend to disable this feature, you have to to enable the rotation lock and prevent the screen from automatically changing orientation when the iPhone is turned:

To do this, follow these steps:

1. Double click the home button to bring up the multitasking bar.

2. Swipe right until the last set of icons is displayed in the multitasking bar (these will include play/pause and skip buttons for iPod or Pandora).

3. The furthest left icon looks like a circular arrow – touch this icon to enable or disable rotation lock on the iPhone.

4. A rotation lock icon will appear in the status bar next to the battery charge icon when rotation lock is enabled. This looks like a circular arrow around a padlock.

When rotation lock is enabled apps will not respond to the accelerometer sensor.

Written on July 12th, 2012 , 3GS, 4G, 4S, iPhone

Export and Import Of Navigon Mobile Navigation Favourites

I recently had to update Navigon Mobile Navigation App on my iPhone 3GS. On my previous Navigon updates, I always had to re-enter all my favourites manually after update. This time, I had to figure out a way to do this without manually entering them like in previous updates. After a little research, here is what I came up with.

Navigon v1.82 and below

export:

1.) Tap on the Navigon icon to start the program.

2.) Tap on “More”

3.) Tap on “Options” and select “Send Favourites”

4.) Scroll down to the very last line and select “Send Favourites”

5.) Tap on “Send” to open up the email program

6.) Enter the email address you want to use on the receiving device

7.) Tap on send to finally send the email with the favourites as an attachment

import:

7.) Open up the email on the device you want to import the favourites to

8.) Click on the link “Favourites”

9.) A warning will pop-up asking if you want to import the new favourites and lost the old ones (only if the are any old favourites)

10.) Go ahead a click “Yes” to import the new favourites

Navigon v2.0

export:

1.) Tap on the Navigon icon to start the program.

2.) Tap on “My Destinations”

3.) Tap on “Edit” and select “Send Favourites”

4.) Tap on Send to open the email program

5.) Enter the email address you want to use on the receiving device

6.) Tap send to finally send the email with the favourites as an attachment

import:

7.) Open up the email on the device you want to import the favourites to

8.) Click on the link “Favourites”

9.) A warning will pop-up asking if you want to import the new favourites and lost the old ones (only if the are any old favourites)

10.) Go ahead a click “Yes” to import the new favourites

That it!

Enjoy

Written on December 5th, 2011 , iPhone, Navigation, Navigon, Recent Posts

Siri0us: Jailbreak Tweak Brings Siri Dictation To iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and 4th Gen iPod Touch For Free

As reported today by iPhoneHacks.com, you can install Siri0us using these simple steps:

1.) Launch Cydia (Please note you need iOS 5 or iOS 5.0.1 for this to work)

2.) Tap on the Manage tab

3.) Tap on Sources

4.) Tap on the Edit button and then on the Add button

5.) Enter the following URL to add the Siri0us source: http://apt.if0rce.com

6.) After the sources has been successfully downloaded, tap on the Return to Cydia button.

7.) While still on sources, either tap on iF0rce.com or tap on the Search tab and search for Siri0us

8.) Select Siri0us from the search results

9.) Tap on the Install button

10.) And then on the Confirm button to successfully install it.

That’s it, you should now be able to use Siri’s Dictation feature on your iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPad by tapping on the small microphone button next to the space bar.

According to iPhoneHacks, Day has the following advice if your iOS device keeps respringing.

DONOT restore! Use iFunBox/iPhone Explorer/SSH to remove /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AssistantServices.framework from your device.

Kudos to Eric Day! It is just amazing what the hackers can do.

Update (01.12.2011):

I know this is really creepy but I’ve got bad news for you guys… I’m sorry!

Siri0us: The Jailbreak tweak that brought Siri dictation to non-iPhone 4S devices has been removed from cydia. No one really knows if this tweak will ever make it to cydia again.

According to the latest feed on iPhoneHacks.com, Eric Day (the developer of this tweak) had got the hack to work by relying on Nuance speech recognition system on the device rather than communicating with Apple’s servers and the result is just like using Siri on iPhone 4S.

It looks like Day was making unauthorised use of Nuance’s speech regonition technology and hence has removed Siri0us from Cydia to avoid getting into trouble. Meanwhile his request to Nuance to use the service has gone unanswered. He has tweeted that he will release it again if he finds a another voice recognition service.

Well, let’s hope Eric finds a way to bring this awsome tweak to cydia again. That’s it! Sorry guys

Written on November 28th, 2011 , 3GS, 3GS 3.1.2, 3GS 3.1.3, iPhone, Jailbreake, Recent Posts

How to Copy an IPA File(s) to Installous

iPhone applications uses IPA files for installation. Downloading applications with huge files using installous can sometimes be a pain in the ass. Speaking of such applications, navigation applications like Navigon, TomTom comes to mind. Such applications can easily be downloaded using BitTorrent clients like uTorrent. Once dowaloaded syncing with iTunes in order to install these application may also be difficult or rather impossible sometimes.

In such situations, it is pretty easy to just copy the downloaded file to installous and let installous take care of the installation. Follow these steps to copy the huge file to installous:

Requirement:

a.) iFunBox or any other iPhone browser

Steps:

1.) Download iFunBox v0.992 BUILD374.323 or the latest version from i-funbox.com

2.) Connect the iPhone to the computer using USB cable

3.) Start the downloaded iFunBox

4.) Navigate to the iPhone directory “Raw File System/User/Documents/Installous/Dowloads”

(All Installous downloaded files are stored)

5.) Click on “Copy from PC” and locate the IPA file you want to copy and select it

(The file will be copied in few seconds – High speed due to USB connection)

6.) Open Installous on the iPhone and click “Downloads”. The copied IPA file should be visible

7.) Just click to install the application

That’s it! Enjoy

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Written on August 31st, 2011 , i-FunBox, iPhone, Jailbreake, Recent Posts

Untethered iOS 4.3.2 Jailbreak For iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch with Redsn0w 0.9.6rc13

The iPhone Dev Team has just released last week Redsn0w 0.9.6rc13 to jailbreak iOS 4.3.2 untethered using the same exploit used to untether iOS 4.3.1. Only iPhone 4 is not supported. Fortuently, iPhone 4 is supported on the newly released RedSn0w 0.9.6rc14 few days ago.

Step 1: Download iOS 4.3.2 firmware for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. [Mirror Link]

Step 2: Download Redsn0w 0.9.6rc13.

Step 3: Restore to iOS 4.3.2 in case you haven’t done that and make sure you use at least iTunes 10.2.2.

Step 4: Start Redsn0w and point it to the official iOS 4.3.2 firmware file.

Step 5: Now select “Install Cydia” and click “Next”. Optionally (if available), you can also select any other option you like.

Optional: Select “Install iPad baseband“ if you intend to use the unlock guide below (I did) and your baseband is NOT one of these: 04.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01, 05.13.04 for iPhone 3GS

Step 6: Now make sure your device is both OFF and PLUGGED IN to the computer before you click “Next”.

At this stage you will be presented with a screen where you will be guided on how to enter DFU mode. Quickly hold “Power” button and then while holding the “Power” button, you will now have to hold “Home” button too. Now after few seconds release “Power” button but keep holding “Home” button until installation begins

Step 7: Wait until you get untethered iOS 4.3.2 jailbroken in few minutes.

RedSn0w 0.9.6.rc14 is also available to jailbreak iPhone 4 here:

Download Redsn0w 0.9.6rc14 for Windows
Download Redsn0w 0.9.6rc14 for Mac

Unlock for iOS 4.3.2 [ ultrasn0w fixer ]

After the above steps, you may proceed here to unlock your iPhone

Note: the ultrasn0w fix currently supports iPhone4 baseband 01.59.00 and iPhone 3GS basebands 04.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01, 05.13.04 and 06.15.00.

1.) goto cydia => Manage => Sources => Edit => Add

2.) enter http://djayb6.com/

3.) press Add Source

4.) Done

5.) find djayb6.com in the repos list and tap

6.) you’ll see ultrasn0w fixer for 4.3.2

7.) install it and you’re done

Enjoy your unlock iPhone!

Update:

ih8sn0w has provided the following details in the release notes:

* Supports 4.3.2 (Except iPad 2).

* Updated to support i0n1c’s 4.3.2 untether.

* Multitasking Gestures enabled as usual.

http://ih8sn0w.com

IF YOU GET ERROR 3194+

* Close down any TinyUmbrella’s.

* Remove Cydia’s SHSH caching server from your hosts

(C:\WINDOWS\system32\driver\etc\hosts)

* Reboot.

4.3.2 ultrasn0w fix+

* Add the Cydia repo (http://djayb6.com)

* Install fix.

// iH8sn0w

Written on April 20th, 2011 , 3GS, iPhone, Jailbreake

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