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Archive for the ‘Updates / Upgrades’ Category

iPhone 5 rumor-round-up

Posted by Astra Technical Services on June 7, 2012

OK for many months now people have been speculating on what the new iPhone is going to look like… Well after doing some research and collecting data I have managed to grasp some info and bring it into a blog site round-up for all to see.

First and formost is the rumor of a bigger screen.

It is said the new iPhone (or “iPhone 5”) is going to have a 4 inch screen {see below} [up for from the original 3.5 inch]


Image brought to you by uBreakiFix.com

In the pictures mentioned above you will also come to notice that not only is the phone longer but most everything on the bottom of the phone has changed in 1 way or another.

For instance,

The headphone jack has been moved from the top of the phone to the bottom and the Dock connector has been shrunk by roughly half the size of the original port.

The mic looks to have been either enhanced or just moved to make way for bigger *stronger* speakers

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Potential New iPhone 5 Parts

Posted by Astra Technical Services on June 7, 2012

Posted in Apple, Business, Computers, Fun, Fun, Game Consoles, Gaming, Light Reading, News, News, Technology, Updates / Upgrades | Comments Off on Potential New iPhone 5 Parts

Square in Stores!

Posted by Astra Technical Services on June 6, 2012

Square’s turning up the heat… Now when you walk into a store like Walgreen’s, Staples or Fedex (office locations) you will see the credit card terminal on the store shelves for sale at just $9.95 a dongle. You may ask yourself “Why would I pay for a Square Card Reader?”, well it’s because it’s actually free. There is a $10 rebate inside for “new users”. If you prefer to just go online and make an account you can still do that as well and wait for the card reader in the mail or just head down to the store to pick one up.

Square
picture by engadget

Posted in Apple, Business, Computers, News, News, Selling, Square, Square Payments, Square Reader, Square Register, Technology, Updates / Upgrades | 1 Comment »

iPhone rumors have heightened!

Posted by Astra Technical Services on May 29, 2012

At this point “iPhone 5” rumors are beginning to heat up as more and more images begin to “show up” across the net.

I have looked around and came across one that may be real and seems more legit than most…

Although a redesign is inevitable to give a potentially bigger screen (4 inches) and a smaller dock connector to make space for the rumored “stereo speakers” (instead of 1 speaker *with increased sizes*). There is also rumors of them moving the Headphone hack to the bottom (next to the speakers) and making the phone even thinner than the 4S.

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Jailbreak updates coming from iDB

Posted by Astra Technical Services on May 24, 2012

Just as pod2g alluded to in a previous post on his blog, it looks like the iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak will be demonstrated live at the conference in Amsterdam where the Hack In The Box conference is currently taking place.

The official Twitter account for the Hack In The Box Security Conference just sent out a tweet confirming “Jailbreak Live” will take place tomorrow.

What time can you expect to see the untethered jailbreak released in your neck of the woods? We analyze the likely time for the release insideā€¦

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Posted in Apple, Business, Computers, Developers, Fun, Fun, Game Consoles, Gaming, Google, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Hacking, iOS 5.1.1, iOS 5.x.x, Jailbreak, Jailbreak Dev Team, Light Reading, News, News, Technology, Updates / Upgrades | Comments Off on Jailbreak updates coming from iDB

Pod2G Jailbreak Update

Posted by Astra Technical Services on May 21, 2012

Pod2G makes a new post about the 5.1.1 Untethered Jailbreak, also asks a favor/demand.

"Some facts about the 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak

@MuscleNerd wrote a quick sheet about the upcoming tools (link).
I won’t rephrase him, so here are the contents of the file at the time of writing :

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Posted in Apple, Computers, Developers, Fun, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, iOS 5.1.1, Jailbreak, Jailbreak Dev Team, Light Reading, News, News, Technology, Updates / Upgrades | Comments Off on Pod2G Jailbreak Update

5.1.1 Jailbreak Support (New Update(s))

Posted by Astra Technical Services on May 15, 2012

According to Pod2G’s Website post, he will have his jailbreak supporting the following iDevices: (subject to change)

List of tested devices for the upcoming 5.1.1 jailbreak

Here is the list of devices that are known to work for sure :

  • iPhone 3Gs
  • iPhone 4
  • iPhone 4 CDMA
  • iPhone 4S
  • iPad 1
  • iPad 2 Wifi
  • iPad 2 GSM
  • iPad 2 CDMA
  • iPad 3 Wifi
  • iPad 3 CDMA
  • iPad 3 Global
  • iPod 3G
  • iPod 4G
  • AppleTV 2
Here is the list of devices that won’t be supported :
  • AppleTV 3
Remains to test (but that should work) :
  • iPad 2 Wifi, R2
[updated May 24th 2012, 01:00 GMT]

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AutoProtect iPhone Tweak (UPDATED)

Posted by Astra Technical Services on May 11, 2012

So it looks like a Developer named Fllotouch created a tweak that is very useful for all that have passcodes on their iDevice.

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Posted in Apple, Computers, Developers, Fun, Hacking, Hacking, iOS 5.x.x, Jailbreak, Jailbreak Dev Team, News, News, Technology, Updates / Upgrades, YouTube | Comments Off on AutoProtect iPhone Tweak (UPDATED)

New Tweet from Pod2G

Posted by Astra Technical Services on May 11, 2012

THIS JUST IN!

Pod2G has just tweeted that his iPad 3,1 is running 5.1.1 Jailbroken UNTETHERED!!!

This is great news for all jailbreakers with newer iPads.
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Thank you Dev Team

Posted by Astra Technical Services on May 11, 2012

Looks like the iPhone Dev team is moving right along.

They believe more in allowing iDevices to be upgraded or downgraded than Apple allows anymore.

If you recently had a jailbroken iPhone 4S or other A5 devices and you saved your SHSH blobs, then accidentally upgraded to 5.1, your in luck!

The Dev Team has just released the newest version of RedSn0w BETA that allows your to downgrade your A5 iDevices (maybe A4 as well) to earlier versions of iOS 5 with your SHSH BLOBS (can’t be done without them!).

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