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Have you ever ran into the problem where you try to restore 3.1.2 the iPhone refuses to boot in normal mode and starts in Recovery mode. A google search taught me that this as recovery mode loop.

To fix recovery mode loop, a script called iRecovery is your save, iRecovery is a libusb-based command line utility for Mac OS X and Linux (perhaps Windows too). It is able to talk to the iBoot/iBSS in Apple’s iPhone/iPod touch via USB.

This is however instruction for Mac OSX
Download I recovery here

1. Open Terminal and start iRecovery by typing ./iRecovery -s

3) Then execute the following commands:

setenv auto-boot true
saveenv
/exit

3) Reboot your iPhone (hold home & sleep until apple logo appears).

Although official “Apple-approved” multitasking is coming to the iPhone thanks to the new iOS4 next week, iPad users will still have to wait until fall to get the same upgrade. Well, that is unless they don’t mind jailbreaking. Indeed, multitasking on the iPad has been possible since day one thanks to backgrounder. As great as it is however, it won’t let you jump from app to app directly.

ProSwitcher for iPad comes to help with that and allows you to switch between different apps without going through the home screen. It’s not the first multitasking manager, but it’s definitely the most impressive. Indeed, it allows you to jump from app to app using a beautiful 3D interface like you might have seen on Palm’s Pre. It’s guaranteed to impress your friends.

Now in “Alpha”, ProSwitcher for iPad requires a jailbroken iPad, and the addition of http://rpetri.ch/repo/ as a source in Cydia. However, users should be extremely careful since memory leaks and general bugs have been reported by early ProSwitcher for iPad users.

iOS4 should be making an appearance in early fall on the iPad, which will offer ‘official’ multitasking. However, for those that cannot wait and want to run two or more apps at the same time, ProSwitcher for iPad will do the trick, if you are okay with the occasional bug.

I finally got Android Market Place to successful load on my iPhone 3G with iDroid!
The instructions I used that worked is here

Works on iOS4 GM, Hopefully iOS4 will be jailbreakable out of the box!

http://wikee.iphwn.org/howto:rsbeta


Download Mac Version: Mac OSX x86
Download Windows Version: Windows

This is an official unlock from the Dev-Team for baseband 04.26.08, however there will not be a release for other basebands until iOS 4 is released publicly.

You can install ultrasn0w by adding http://ios4.ultrasn0w.org to your Cydia source list (do not use the repo666.ultrasn0w.com repo because that still has the older version 0.92). Note: ultrasn0w is spelled with a zero, not the letter “o”.

iPhoDroid 0.6 RC9 released. I have updated it on my phone and report that it works.
Get it at iPhoDroid.com.

iPhoDroid 0.6 beta R8 was just released.
Download it here

For those iPad users that like jailbreaking and wish that they could modify their iPad springboard, beyond what Apple intended, there is now a solution at hand. It has been announced that the popular jailbreak app,Iconoclasm is now available for the Apple tablet.

Like its iPhone sister, the iPad allows very little in terms of app icon customization.

With Iconoclasm, however, users can place their app icons in a number of formats to suit their tastes. For example, for those that wish that they could put less space between their icons and thereby placing more apps per page, Iconoclasm can do this.

In addition to adding more apps per page, you can format each page separately. So if you want lots of space between apps on one page and a only a little room between icons on the next, you’e in luck. This feature can be particularly useful if, for example, you want all your games on one springboard page. As you download more apps, you can decrease the space between icons to make sure your games don’t spill over into your utilities page. App icons can also be placed in patterns, such as in a figure-eight, which makes your iPad much more unique than that of the average iPad owner. I could talk about the options forever, but I bet it’d be easier to show you, so enjoy:

iPhoDroid is a project that has been created to automate the install of Android on to your iPhone 3G! It saves you the hassle of compiling source codes from the iDroid Project.


Download iPhoDroid
More info on iDroid Project

Wi-Fi Sync enables wireless syncing with iTunes at the touch of a button. Never go looking for that USB cable again. Sync from the car, bed or shed whenever it suits you.
Wi-Fi Sync is now available to purchase for $9.99 — but you won't find it on the iTunes App Store. To get it, all you need to do is download and run the Spirit jailbreak (click here), which can be used on any iPhone or iPod touch. It takes less than a minute, and frees your phone from Apple's control, unlocking a world of 'unofficial' apps that have been rejected from the App Store - including Wi-Fi Sync - and it's completely free, safe, legal, and reversible.
Once that's done, you'll see the Cydia app on your device. Cydia is a third-party app store where Wi-Fi Sync and many other innovative apps are available to download.

Tweetie is now Twitter! We didn’t just do a name change, we’ve added a bunch of new stuff.

Search has been reorganized, now you can search all tweets and find users in the same spot, view Top Tweets and Browse Suggested users.

Search results now include Top Tweets, try it with Trends...winner combo!

You can now use Twitter without an account! Search, Browse uses, view trends and top tweets.

Sign-up is now availabile within the application as well, complete with Suggested user list.

Get Twitter / Site

To get your data and mms working on iphone update 3.1.3.
Requires SinfuliPhone Repo

Open cydia
Click "sections"
Click "sinful iPhone"
Click "MMS & Tethering Settings"
Click "install" then "confirm"
Then open Settings>General>Network>Cellular Data Network
The APN should be wap.cingular. If it's blank or something else like "phone", change it to "
wap.cingular"

Click on your home button to exit out of settings and your data and MMS should be working in a few seconds.

3G Unrestrictor from Cydia lets you trick apps into thinking that they are on wifi when you're actually on 3G or EDGE. This is essential if you want to use apps like Skype to make calls without being connected to a wifi network.

One must have Cydia repository is Sinfuliphone's.
To add, open cydia.
Click on "manage"
Then click on "sources"
Then click "edit"
Then click "add"
Then type in "sinfuliphonerepo.com"
Click "add source"
Click "add anyway"
Click "done"

Now you will have a new section in the sections tab labeled "sinful iPhone"

TextNow
Now available at the App Store for 99 Cents has Google Voice integration! That means if you have a google voice account, you can use this app for all of your text messaging completely FREE. Say goodbye to the $20 a month unlimited text messaging plan.

Okay, There's a few Video Camera Apps available on the iTunes music store that gives you the ability to record video on the iPhone 2G and 3G models. I decided to put the two I found best to the a head to head competition. The 2 apps are iCamcorder for iPhone 2G/3G now with Zoom and Effects! and Qik VideoCamera - 15 FPS, Zoom+Effects! Both are .99 cents on the app store.

iCamcorder	Qik

Effects:
iCamcorder offers Greyscale, Old Movie, Invert Colers, Motion Trails, and Bloom. However you can't see the effects in real time while you are recording.
Qik offers Black and White, B&W and Red, Mirror Horzontal, Mirror Vertical, Color Game.
I like the available effects of Qik better then with iCamcorder. Qik also lets you view your effects in real time!


Winner: Qik


Zoom:
iCamcorder offers a zoom button that can be pressed after you hit record allowing 1x, 2x, and 4 x.
Qik offers a slider for the zoom which is accessed in real time offering 1x, 2x, 4x, and 8x.


Winner: Qik


Other Quarks:
iCamcorder lets you toggler on/off Resolution, Quality, and Record Audio. Which lets you have a better frame rate with more things switched to off. I found that the video's were useless with anything switched off.
Qik gives you a slider for a flash which gives the video more or less exposure.


Winner: Qik


Frame Rate:
I tested this by recording a Frame Rate Video on my screen with the apps. With an advertised 15 Frame Rates per second from Qik, it seemed to me that iCamcorder had a better recording since the line running through on the video stayed pretty close together while the line from the Qik recording moved apart so much to where you can see 3 lines at the same time from the one scan line.


Winner: iCamcorder


Overview:
The Qik apps easily takes the win with 3 out of 4 points. However if you plan to record just basic video's in good lighting, iCamcorder seems to have a better Frame rate.


I'll keep both apps on my phone for now and keep you updated on which one gets the boot. =)