iPhone.. zomg

Jinx · Post by **Jinx** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:54 am

andy_hoffman wrote:Hmmm i'm considering an iPhone 4 and telstra's plans seem ok. I shall do some research.

This thread might help you with any questions about changing over: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-re ... 500152&p=1

Post by **fooishbar** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:06 pm

JAMESSSS wrote:Hopefully my work are moving from Vodafone to Telstra.

Hopefully.

not a fan of voda? i'm with them in the uk (still optus here) and have been pretty impressed with a few things ... getting £3 of 'iou' credit when you run out that gets taken off your next topup, having pretty sensible data roaming charges and smsing you to say 'you've used £3, it'll cost you so much for your next lot of data', vodafone passport which means roaming is just a flagfall + your normal rates, etc. istr their plans here being a bit shit though, and i guess coverage is a lot more marginal. then again i can't get fucking optus reception two blocks away from optus oval, so.

also i've now cut two sim cards up into micro-sims with scissors and both have survived fine.

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:10 pm

I love Voda (not that they do any of those things in Aust, they do in NZ though), but you can't get reception inside a Telstra exchange / building. Which is not really ideal for us.

Post by **fooishbar** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:11 pm

giggle.

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:29 pm

andy. TOTALLY agree on the Telstra coverage!

Got an ipad on Telstra and its SO much better than optus... I too think I will be jumping ships!!

Post by **fooishbar** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:42 pm

optus have been a constant letdown, but at least it's well-intentioned incompetence rather than telstra's active malice and hate for all their customers i guess. have telstra improved their pricing any? the two things that swayed me towards optus were reasonable data pricing, as well as getting international calls for the same price as domestic.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:53 pm

apophenian wrote:Played with an iphone 4 on Friday. Meh

THE SCREEN

andy_hoffman · Post by **andy_hoffman** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:56 pm

Jinx wrote:
andy_hoffman wrote:Hmmm i'm considering an iPhone 4 and telstra's plans seem ok. I shall do some research.
This thread might help you with any questions about changing over: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-re ... 500152&p=1

Thanks! Yeah the reception is pretty average with optus sometimes. The data you get with telstra ain't that much though. Only 500mb + 500mb bonus til november. I think optus is 1gb. But i mostly use data at home on my wireless nowadays anyway so i don't think that should be a problem.

Jinx · Post by **Jinx** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:24 pm

andy_hoffman wrote:
Jinx wrote:
andy_hoffman wrote:Hmmm i'm considering an iPhone 4 and telstra's plans seem ok. I shall do some research.
This thread might help you with any questions about changing over: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-re ... 500152&p=1

Thanks! Yeah the reception is pretty average with optus sometimes. The data you get with telstra ain't that much though. Only 500mb + 500mb bonus til november. I think optus is 1gb. But i mostly use data at home on my wireless nowadays anyway so i don't think that should be a problem.

It's 500mb + 500mb, so 1gb/month for the life of the contract if you sign up before November.

andy_hoffman · Post by **andy_hoffman** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:32 pm

Jinx wrote: It's 500mb + 500mb, so 1gb/month for the life of the contract if you sign up before November.

Ah ok.. well that's good then! Sounds like their coverage and data speeds are way better than optus. Think i'm gonna make the change soon then.

andy_hoffman · Post by **andy_hoffman** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 2:10 pm

For those interested in jailbreaking their iphone.. So easy now!

Comex has just released the most eagerly awaited tool to jailbreak iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

It’s called JailbreakMe and is the world’s first solution to jailbreak iPhone 4. Comex’s solution is the mother of all jailbreaking solutions for iDevices as an iDevice can be jailbroken using Mobile Safari.

JailbreakMe 2.0 supports the following devices and iOS:

iPod Touch 1G on iOS 3.1.2

iPod Touch 1G on iOS 3.1.3

iPod Touch 2G on iOS 3.1.2

iPod Touch 2G on iOS 3.1.3

iPod Touch 2G on iOS 4.0

iPod Touch 3G on iOS 3.1.2

iPod Touch 3G on iOS 3.1.3

iPod Touch 3G on iOS 4.0

iPad on iOS 3.2

iPad on iOS 3.2.1 (though we are hearing that users are facing issues)

iPhone 3G on iOS 3.1.2

iPhone 3G on iOS 3.1.3

iPhone 3G on iOS 4.0

iPhone 3G on iOS 4.0.1

iPhone 3G[S] iOS on 3.1.2

iPhone 3G[S] iOS on 3.1.3

iPhone 3G[S] iOS on 4.0

iPhone 3G[S] iOS on 4.0.1

iPhone 4 on iOS 4.0

iPhone 4 on iOS 4.0.1

Few things that you should do or know before you proceed:

It is always a good idea to take a backup of your iPhone before you hack it, refer to this post for more details.

Here are some of the known issues and Comex is working hard to fix them:

It does not work on iPad running iOS 3.2.1

Some users have reported issue with MMS

JailbreakMe does not hactivate your iPhone, so your iPhone should be activated via iTunes first. You can checkout this article to hactivate your iPhone without an official iPhone carrier SIM or simply borrow your friends official iPhone SIM to activate your iPhone.

JailbreakMe does not unlock your iPhone. You can install Ultrasn0w to unlock iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. iPhone 4 users need to wait for some more time as iPhone Dev Team is working on it.

Some users are reporting missing pixels issue.

All you need to do is visit http://www.jailbreakme.com on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad’s Mobile Safari browser and swipe on the ‘slide to jailbreak’ button and wait for the process to complete to jailbreak it. You will see the following screens during the entire process.

Yup, I'm not kidding, it’s really that simple. I just tried it out and it works like a charm.

We thought Spirit was an easy to jailbreak an iPhone but JailbreakMe is even easier. Kudos to Comex and team for all the hard work in releasing the tool.

As always, please let us know how it goes.

Thanks everyone for the tip!

Update 1:

Adding http://beta.leimobile.com/repo/ in Cydia and installing their package should fix MMS issues for T-Mobile users.

Update 2:

If JailbreakMe.com doesn't work for you then you can try out this alternative link: http://jailbreakme.modmyi.com/

Update 3:

Comex has reproduced the MMS/FaceTime issue that users have been reporting, which should help in fixing the issue.

Update 4:

If you want to unlock your iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G then you need to first jailbreak your iPhone on iOS 4 or iOS 4.0.1 using JailbreakMe and then install Ultrasn0w 0.93 to unlock your iPhone.

Update 5:

It looks like Comex has found the solution for the MMS/FaceTime issue.

We’ll let you know as soon as we’ve any further updates. So stay tuned here at iPhone Hacksor follow us on Twitter or subscribe to our RSS feed.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:41 pm

interesting

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 4:50 pm

hmmmm

looks dead easy. might even do for a laugh and see if its worth it.

andy_hoffman · Post by **andy_hoffman** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 5:34 pm

I did it today. took like 2 minutes. easiest jailbreak ever!

Charlie73 · Post by **Charlie73** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 6:29 pm

YAY i am now part of the modern world!

i got my iphone 4 today!

Works a treat, looks soooo pretty, home after yoga to learn all about it

Dj Sizzle · Post by **Dj Sizzle** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:45 am

All very handy, cheers for the info. I guess I'll changeover to Telstra.

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:55 am

so andy is jailbreaking worth it?

don't really see the need 3gs on os4 is running well and does everything i need it to really...and free apps isn't even really a drawcard haven't bought an app for ages

andy_hoffman · Post by **andy_hoffman** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:31 pm

Kaiproject wrote:so andy is jailbreaking worth it?

don't really see the need 3gs on os4 is running well and does everything i need it to really...and free apps isn't even really a drawcard haven't bought an app for ages

Well it depends what you care about on your iphone really. I like to have things the way i want them rather than just stock standard. Also like being able to get the apps that are expensive like TomTom through Appulo.us.

It's just great for tweaking things to make them better/easier. Like i just found this cool tweek to let me use the volume buttons as camera buttons in any camera apps cos it's shitty having to tap the screen especially if you're taking a photo of yourself and someone else, etc.

Anyway, there's thousands of cool things you can do but i think it's more to do with being a technology nerd.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:38 pm

Dj Sizzle wrote:All very handy, cheers for the info. I guess I'll changeover to Telstra.

sizzle is joining the masses who upgrade their technology so they can take hipster analog photos!

Dj Sizzle · Post by **Dj Sizzle** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:31 pm

You know that's what's up. Fed up with having control over over how much saturation is applied in regular photo editing software, I've decided to "experience tomorrow, today"

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:03 pm

andy_hoffman wrote:I did it today. took like 2 minutes. easiest jailbreak ever!

CRAZY... I'm impressed

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:16 am

I can't get terminal, SSH or netatalk to work though

proabably could, just haven't fucked around with it enough...,,

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 4:50 pm

so after restoring my phone and linking it to my new lappy, when i go to sync a new app or music to it, it says that it will overwrite what's currently on there. all the apps are on the phone that i'd had at home, so thankfully that part wasn't an issue, but i don't want to lose them all if i want to put something different on there.

where exactly does it save to when you back everything up, or is there a way you can back it up to a particular location? so confused.

andy_hoffman · Post by **andy_hoffman** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 4:57 pm

All your apps should be in (user)/music/iTunes/mobile applications

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:01 pm

there are only three there, not the 20 or so i have on my phone.
not sure why they aren't. will try to back it up again tonight.
thanks for that.

andy_hoffman · Post by **andy_hoffman** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:04 pm

I think if you right click on the iPhone on the left hand side in iTunes and select "sync applications" it'll put them on your puter... i think.

andy_hoffman · Post by **andy_hoffman** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:07 pm

..actually i just had a look and it's "Transfer Purchases"

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:13 pm

boomtown. thanks fella.

andy_hoffman · Post by **andy_hoffman** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:19 pm

No worries lady

kronz · Post by **kronz** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:35 pm

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 3:14 pm

I watched that vid on the train this moring (youtube is unlimited free on Optus) on my Iphone. I lost my shit laughing out loud 3 times. Fuking pisser. I bet everyone around me on the train wants an iphone now.

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:48 pm

lols.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 5:13 pm

I can't un-jailbreak my phone....

fucken too many glitches and shit on OS4.... restore didn't work

gheyballs

Post by **fooishbar** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:11 pm

that's what you get

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:08 pm

http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/m ... 11yr2.html

well there you go.

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:42 pm

Yeah, but there is also this to factor in -

http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/s ... 11w15.html

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:49 pm

grindr is awesome.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:28 pm

pretty mad... totally up for the straight version when it comes out..... hubba hubba

Universal Sea would probably be into it too

actually :noteef:

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:26 pm

could be the end of many phone games in aus:

http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/s ... 128cr.html

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:25 am

censorship fail

Charlie73 · Post by **Charlie73** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:00 pm

is still loving my iPhone4

not a single drop out or issue, just wish my case would hurry the fark up!

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:22 pm

nice one charlie.

I'm gonna grab one tomoz!! YAY!!

sPeCtRuM · Post by **sPeCtRuM** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:12 pm

Update to 4.0.2 seems to run everyrhing smoother again like os3

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:15 pm

http://www.news.com.au/technology/apple ... 5909901032

Surely if your root password is changed from the default this wouldn't work??

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:19 pm

Why would you think that?

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:21 pm

Yeah, im sure apple have thought of that one...

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:26 pm

dear tech nerds, please go to the ipad thread and give me your advice re website stuff.

regards,

kitty.

Post by **fooishbar** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:41 pm

deviant wrote:http://www.news.com.au/technology/apple ... 5909901032

Surely if your root password is changed from the default this wouldn't work??

won't change a thing.

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:13 pm

anyone bought a travel battery booster for an iphone - want to get one but don't know of a retail store locally

like a casing for aa batteries, acts as a power supply to recharge on road

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 1:00 am

My Iphone 4 is in the post from Optus. Really impressed with their customer service for once - the guy called me after I registered interest last week and put me through over the phone.