With any modern version of iOS, in order to downgrade a device to a previous version of the system, users must have a backed up SHSH blob of the version they’re trying to upgrade/downgrade to, otherwise the process will just fail. This is done to protect devices from vulnerabilities present in earlier versions of iOS but it also stops jailbreakers from applying tweaks that might not be available on the current iOS.
Picture yourself back in the 2006 holiday season: if you were a geek, you were most likely struggling with your Windows Vista upgrade (those were the days!) and dreaming of owning that then-brand-new smartphone. More likely than not, it had a physical keyboard, had a rudimentary built-in web browser and definitely not a multi-touch display. When the iPhone first launched, the whole smartphone space was taken into a whole different direction.
The App Store has long-since been a commercial juggernaut, underpinning the ever-increasing success of Apple's iDevice range. It contains many great apps which undoubtedly make life a whole lot easier, but you have to filter out a lot of the junk in order to find those worthwhile additions to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
Patently Apple has brought to our attention a patent which sheds some light on Apple's potential plans for inductive charging, comparable to the Touchstone charging hub on the market for those HP's webOS-based devices.
An alleged spy shot of the next-generation iPhone has come up today! The blurry spy shot, which was discovered from a thread on MacRumors Forums, shows a very slim iPhone-like device which the uploader claims to be the hotly anticipated iPhone 5.
With the release of the next iPhone anticipated in around 4 weeks' time, it is still unclear what exactly to expect in terms of features. A report over at Giz-China appears to confirm that one thing that we can expect is 4G capability.
You know the feeling - you've just picked up your brand new, shiny iPhone 4 from one of Apple's immaculate stores, but there's something missing, something intangible, but you can't quite put your finger on it. You tap and swipe your way effortlessly around the iOS interface, but it's just not right. It needs something. That's right, it needs more Windows! (No, it doesn't, really)
After several reports pointing to a lower-end iPhone set to be released this fall, a new source is now suggesting that along with the iPhone 5 we’ll see a “simplified iPhone 4”, as reported by the Chinese language website Sohu.com.
The If You Don’t Have An iPhone ads which were released back in March have been redone and re-released today, featuring a slightly altered tagline.
Do you sit at the computer for many hours straight? Ever wished you could send SMS messages without taking out your iPhone? You now can with WifiSMS, a rather genius jailbreak tweak that lets you access your iPhone’s SMS app through your browser, no client software needed!
