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How to Set Up Home Sharing on the iPhone and iPad

Home Sharing is just one of the expanded features to be found in iOS 4.3. Released yesterday, iOS 4.3 isn’t the biggest firmware update we’ve seen, but alongside the Personal Hotspot, Home Sharing is definitely the most interesting of the new features. What it does is allow you to stream all your iTunes content from your [...]

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iPhone/iPad Starter Guide – How to Set Up Find My iPhone

Now you’ve unwrapped your new iPhone or iPad and had a play about, you may be wondering if there is anything you really should install or set up.  We’ll address what you should install in another article, but one of the first things to set up is Find My iPhone. If you’re new to Apple and [...]

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Geohot to return with a one-stop solution for jailbreaking

The last we heard, Geohot was killing off both purplera1n and purplesn0w, which at the time made it seem like he had moved on from working on the iPhone. Of course he did leave us with a little teaser in the past, and now according to a recent post on his blog, it looks like [...]

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Jailbreaking news: Purple, both ra1n and sn0w are dead

With the release of iPhone OS 3.0.1 we saw that Geohot’s tools (purplera1n and purplesn0w) were no longer working, at which time he recommended that others begin using the Dev Team’s offerings. Now sadly, thanks to a recent posting on his blog we learn that he is not planning on making purplera1n or purplesn0w work for [...]

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Geohot returns with purplesn0w; his own iPhone 3GS unlocking solution

It seems there may be a line being drawn between the Dev Team and Geohot when it comes to working together to bring what is best for the end user as a whole. While some may argue that them working together is for the best, I would argue that competition between the two may end [...]

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How to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS using “purplera1n” on the Mac

Just recently, Geohot made the Mac version of purplera1n available, and well this is the one I had been waiting for. So without much of a wait, I went ahead with the jailbreak. The overall process was really simple, and at least in my case it was very quick. All said and done, it look [...]

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iPhone OS 3.0: SMS messaging now with more control

With the iPhone related news coming to a screeching halt due to the holiday weekend here in the US, I thought I would take a little time to offer a post on a feature that was added in iPhone OS 3.0 — improvements to the Messages app. Most people seem to be pretty happy with the [...]

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How to enable Push Notification settings in iPhone OS 3.0

Granted, there are not many apps in the App Store that are supporting Push Notifications at this point, and for some that may be leading to a little question as to how to enable the notifications. Well, to begin with, the “Notifications” listing in your iPhone’s settings will not appear as an option until you launch [...]

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How to enable the Battery Percentage on the iPhone 3G S

One of the little gems that you can find on the iPhone 3G S is an option to show your battery life in a percentage as opposed to the standard battery indicator. Personally, this is one that I am happy to see, I have previously had to jailbreak in order to enjoy this, but now [...]

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How to enable autofill for Safari on iPhone OS 3.0

I love the comments we have been receiving lately, not only have they been fun to read, but also engaging. We have had a fair amount of comments simply sharing user experiences, as well as some readers offering helpful advice and some readers looking for a little help. That said, keep the comments coming and [...]

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