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iPhone OS 3.0 Is Finally Here For The Rest Of You! But, iTunes Servers Are Down!

Alan Vazquez — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:17:26 +0000

UPDATE: The Dev Team seems to have encountered a bug in the iPhone’s ASR and they are also having issues hacktivating YouTube in 3.0. That’s why the new QuickPwn and Pwnage Tool have not been released yet. Just sit tight. Wait it out. They are trying as best as they can. Don’t worry, its just some small (Apple caused, non intentional) bugs that they are trying to live with. We’ll post a new article when we do have a new jailbroken tool ready! Until then…

Hey everyone. As you may now know, iPhone OS 3.0 (7A341) has been released. Now, since everyone pretty much updated at the same time, Apple’s iTunes Activation servers are temporarily down!

Just hang tight. Apple has released a statement stating that they are working hard to correct the issue.

Also, there has been no word (at the time I am writing this) on the new Quickpwn and Pwnage Tools. They should be live as well in about 10 minutes, as the developer Gold Master that I have is exactly the same as the 3.0 Gold Master that you all now have.

Upgrade To iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 3 & Say Goodbye To 2.2.1!

Alan Vazquez — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:36:46 +0000

Yes everybody, this is true. It seems that Apple doesn’t want people to have the ability to downgrade anymore. This could be accidental or it could have been 100% intentional, either way, developers are in trouble.

Apple has stated that they “might” fix this in a later seed. Basically, what happened, was that they killed backwards compatibility with anything between 1.0 – 3.0 beta 2! This is a big issue for anyone that has updated to iPhone OS 3.0 beta 3.

Apple has also stated that you cannot develop any applications with 3.0 beta 3 for 2.2.1 consumption. Like I said, big issue here. Almost all developers are on 3.0 right now, so this could get a little ugly.

No one is exactly sure what Apple changed to kill off all compatibility with 3.0 beta 2 and under, but I do have some theories. I believe Apple must have reflashed the bootloader or something in the boot sequence (or DFU) which killed off backwards compatibility.

There is a baseband update in the firmware, but I know this is not the cause. I know this because iPod touch users are also subject to this issue of incompatibility with anything 3.0 beta 2 or below. As you all may know, the iPod touch has no baseband (because it really doesn’t need one, because it doesn’t make calls over the cell network).

So I will keep you all informed on this. So if you are on iPhone OS 3.0 beta 2, I suggest downgrading and abandoning the 3.0 beta ship until they get this resolved.

This Week: Apple Rumors & Revelations

Alan Vazquez — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:24:59 +0000

Alright everyone, it’s been a while since we’ve posted anything and I think its time to let you all get some of the little tid bits that come are way that haven’t made the cut to be on the site.

So here we go!

The first has been 100% confirmed, this is that AT&T is doubling the speeds of their 3G network on a massive scale. They are increasing their theoretical max speed of 3.6mb/s to a theoretical 7.2mb/s.

So why is this so important? Well, AT&T has increased their network every time Apple is about to launch a new iPhone. In 2006 – 2007 AT&T increased their EDGE network on a massive scale (remember the original iPhone is EDGE only), then in 2008, AT&T also massively increased their 3G network (to accommodate the iPhone 3G) and now, another massive increase!

We have also received word that the next iPhone will have a new chipset that will support 7.2mb/s on 3G. So I believe that we can pretty much confirm that rumor. The next iPhone will be way faster than the iPhone 3G, (data speed wise).

The next little tid bit is a new camera for the iPhone. Apple has placed orders for tons of 3.2 mega pixel cameras. Everyone with an iPhone will know that the camera is one of the weakest points of the iPhone. I can pretty much confirm this as well.

Next up, a MacBook Tablet?! Yes ladies and gentlemen. Apple has placed orders for 10 inch touchscreens from Wintec. Now Wintec is the company that produces the touchscreens for the iPhone and iPod touch so we may be seeing an iPhone OS enabled tablet soon. Apple has ordered these new screens for the end of the third quarter of this year.

I do not expect an announcement at WWDC of a new tablet, but rather later in the year at a special event.

Next is that China Unicom has confirmed that they will be getting exclusive rights to sell the iPhone. That opens up the market to 2 BILLION more people!!! WOW!

The next is one about (my favorite person) Steve Jobs. Sources are indicating that he is doing better and will most likely be at WWDC 2009 giving the keynote on June 8th.

Sources also indicate that he is also actively leading the new MacTablet project, iPhone 3rd Gen project, and the upcoming Mac OS X Snow Leopard. So I hope to see him there at 9am (pacific time/ 11am central time) on stage.

These next couple are new features in iPhone OS 3.0, first up is video recording. Video recording can pretty much be a confirmed thing. More references have been found in iPhone OS beta 3.

Next is voice recognition, this is another (pretty much) confirmed feature. Tons of references have been found in iPhone OS 3.0 beta 3. All of these, however, refer to “SB”, we all know what that means, voice recognition will be a SpringBoard.app attachment. (Along with Spotlight).

So it seems that Apple is now using SpringBoard as a, well, spring board to propel 3.0 into greatness.

Aright everyone, these are all of the (worth noting) little tid bits for you guys. We will keep you all updated on some pretty cool stuff that we are going to do for you guys in the cumming weeks.

More Than One iPhone and iPod touch Set To Debut In 2009?

Alan Vazquez — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:00:12 +0000

Alright guys, first of all, let me tell you guys something before I tell you my findings. Apple uses codes to reference specific iPhone and iPod touch models. as you may recall, they also use numbers such as iPhone1,1 (iPhone Classic), iPhone1,2 (iPhone 3G, iPod1,1 (iPod touch 1st generation), and iPod2,1 (iPod touch 2G).

Apple also uses code such as the following:

iPhone First Gen – 0×1290
iPod touch 1G – 0×1291
iPhone 3G – 0×1292
iPod touch 2G – 0×1293

The code above can be found in the ramdisk of firmware 2.1.1 through 2.2.1. Now the code above is very expected. 4 devices, 4 reference codes, right? Well, iPhone OS 3.0 may have just spilled the beans.

In my copy of firmware 3.0 beta, (iPod2,1_3.0_7A238j_Restore.ipsw), you can find some very different code within the ramdisk, here it is:

iPhone First Gen – 0×1290
iPod touch 1G – 0×1291
iPhone 3G – 0×1292
iPod touch 2G – 0×1293
iPhone2,1 – 0×1294
iProd0,1 – 0×1295
iPod2,2 – 0×1296
iPhone3,1 – 0×1297
iFPGA – 0×1298
iPod3,1 – 0×1299

Now, this is an amazing discovery! We have the expected suspects, iPhone2,1 (new iPhone probably going to be announced very soon), and iPod3,1 (new iPod touch probably going to be announced this fall). So what the hell is the rest of this? Well, if you notice, there are 2 new iPhone references, iPhone2,1 and iPhone3,1! What the hell?! Possibly Apple may announce 2 new iPhones for this summer.

Now, notice, there are also 2 new iPod touch models as well. IPod2,2 and iPod3,1! This may (again) point to 2 new iPod touch models for this fall. This is amazing!

So those are the typical culprits… but there is one more thing. What in the world are the other 2 model numbers?! These are not even known at all! IProd0,1 could point to a new device that is in very early beta stages. I say this due to the 0 in it’s name. So what about iFPGA? What does this point to? Could this be a new MacBook + iPhone OS device? An iPhone OS enabled MacBook Tablet? Or, could it be something completely different?

We will have to wait and see. Now, I am not sure if anyone else has found this yet, but as far as I know, you saw it here first! So now that us here at Limited Edition iPhone have revealed this, I hope we can get some answers quickly, and let’s see what Apple will bring us this year! (and we wish Steve Jobs a speedy recovery, we hope you come back Steve!)

(I am typing this article right now on 3.0, typing it in notes, then using copy and paste to post it for you guys!)

Where Can I Get An Old iPhone Firmware?

Limited Edition iPhone — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:26:48 +0000

Apple’s Official firmware release site can be found here, but it can be very hard to understand for the average user. I have extracted all of the firmware links and arranged them in their proper categories below. So if you have the original iPhone, download firmware from the 2G iPhone list. If you have the iPhone 3G, download the firmwares from 3G iPhone list. Lastly if you have the iPhone 3G S, download the firmware from the 3GS iPhone list.

If you need or want to downgrade your firmware on your iPhone you can get them here:

2G iPhone:

iPhone 2G Firmware restore file for 3.0.1

iPhone 2G Firmware restore file for 3.0

iPhone 2G Firmware restore file for 2.2.1

iPhone 2G Firmware restore file for 2.2

iPhone 2G Firmware restore file for 2.1

iPhone 2G Firmware restore file for 2.0.2

iPhone 2G Firmware restore file for 2.0.1

iPhone 2G Firmware restore file for 2.0

iPhone 2G Firmware restore file for 1.1.4.

iPhone 2G Firmware restore file for 1.1.3.