Meebz Picture Guide to SSHing into Your iPhone
(A Mac and Windows Tutorial)


On Your Phone:

1. Download OpenSSH from Cydia






2. Get Your iPhone's IP Address

Go to Settings on your iPhone

Click on Wi-Fi

Click on the Blue Arrow by your Network's Name









On Your Comp:

Mac OSX

1. Download Cyberduck
2. Click Open Connection



3. Change Protocol to SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)



4. Type in your iPhone's IP Address in the Server area.





5. Username: root
Password: alpine


Windows

1. Download FileZilla

2. Open File --> SiteManager --> Click New Site
3. Fill In the Fields

Host: Enter in the iPhone IP Address

ServerType: SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)

LoginType: Normal

Username: root
Password: alpine




You can now access the iPhone file system.




If you need information on where to place or find files, leave a message.

A Free Version of AppStore is Available for Unlocked iPhones
Sponsored by the "samaritans" of Hackulo.us

Download Cracked/Hacked AppStore Apps directly to your iPhone.





The Hackulous Team has developed a service that the much beleaguered Apple AppStore has yet to accomplish; and that is to enforce their own quality control standards through AppShare and Installous.

Downloading an App based on misleading descriptions and unintelligible reviews has become a method of the past for unlocked iPhone owners. The opportunity to download an app without purchasing, taking it on a trial run and choosing whether or not to support the developer after evaluating their work seems to be perceived more as a luxury than a requisite through Apple's policies.

If this service was available, when the "I am Rich"* App was released, it wouldn't have been such a large blow to the credibility of the programs Apple allows released on their platform.

AppShare also supports apps that were removed from the AppStore. These removed apps are ones that mostly benefited users and not AT&T (such as NetShare, where you could have tethered your iPhone 3G's internet to your laptop).

The rational behind these programs are found in their faq pages:

The solution to what?
As many iPhone and iPod touch owners have discovered, Apple's iTunes App Store has many flaws which render it useless to the common user. Apple has chosen to allow a multitude of ridiculous, worthless, poorly-represented applications through its "strict" screening process, nearly all written by mediocre programmers with a dream of getting rich quick. Many of these programmers game the reviews system, misrepresent their application in the description, and generally try to swindle the honest buyer. Applications generally do not cost much, but small fees add up. The iPhone/iPod community has wasted so much money on these programs, an epidemic has taken hold where people have simply stopped buying apps they aren't certain of so they don't find themselves purchasing yet another waste of a program.

How does Appulo.us help that?
Apple could quite easily solve this problem by implementing a sort of trial period for each application, but they do not. The user is forced to buy blindly without ever getting to try the application first. Appulo.us is a collection of links to allow iPhone and iPod touch users the ability to try out full, unlimited versions of device software before making the decision to buy it.

Doesn't this hurt developers?
Many people have stopped buying applications by independent developers solely out of fear of wasting their money yet again. Even programs that are great are being undersold and pointedly hindered by Apple's allowance of programs like "I Am Rich" and the seventh Sudoku game submitted by a 14-year-old writing his first program. Developers are being hurt by the company they provide their content to.

Unlimited trials are easy to abuse, and there is no denying this fact. However, there is an impressive number of people in the community who do honestly pay developers for software they enjoy after trying it. Having the opportunity to review the sales statistics of a well-reviewed, independently-developed game, the developer experienced a great number of installations by people using the unlimited trial -- but over 99% of these installs were by people who statistically would not have purchased it regardless. A single digit of sales were lost to others who may have purchased the game, and with the trial resulting in purchases that would have otherwise not been made, the end result is strikingly positive.


I came across an article in TouchPodium** that related AppShare and Installous to theft. This was my response to a highly debatable topic, that has no concise answer:

In all fairness, I do believe the creators of the AppShare App released it with a “Try Before You Buy” mentality.

There are numerous instances of complaints regarding Apple’s quality control in regard to what makes it to the AppStore. Those who would pay for an App, only to find it bugged or broken or not what it seemed have no recourse whatsoever.

I am currently working on developing an iPhone App so I can see how this can be a complete disservice to the developers, then again maybe it levels the playing field so that consumers don’t feel shafted.

Regardless, all forms of media will find themselves on the net, freely distributed. Their only support will derive from those who are truly committed to donate or purchase an app they enjoyed and in turn help further development and put a warm meal in the developer’s stomach.







*I Am Rich sold for $999.99, the highest price you can list an app for in the AppStore. It's only function was to execute an easily programmable script that did nothing more than display a red gem on your screen. More than 7 people made this purchase, before one complained.

**A wonderful and informative blog

Courtesy of Geniusan



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2. SwirlyMMS settings and patch still intact after reboot
3. Confirmed Working

"Power Adapter Exchange Program"




"Apple Recall" sounds more like a finely tuned buzz word for their Time Machine application or the latest Arnold Schwarzenegger flick, rather than the serious Apple concern that it is quickly growing to become.

Apple has recently addressed reports that the lifeblood of the iPhone 3G, the power adapter, contains prongs that are prone to breaking off in your outlet, resulting in electric shock. Rather than downplay the issue as circumstantial, Apple has announced a worldwide recall of all iPhone 3G power adapters.

Exchanges are available via web and instore beginning October 10th. In the meantime we strongly recommend using the supplied usb adapter to power your iPhone via your computer.

Apple Exchange

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hosted by Bigboss and Planet-iPhones

Tested on iPhone Firmware 2.0 -> 2.1
Includes:

Custom Wallpaper



Custom Icons (Including Edge Icon)
Transparent


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Battery

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If you're looking for an iPhone, Craigslist is the best way to go. There's no waiting, it's constantly updated and less than the price of shopping on eBay.

Craigslist's average list price for a 1st Generation 8 GB iPhone is $280-350. The 16 GB receiving $365-$425.
Craigslist's average list price for a 2nd Generation 8 GB iPhone 3G is $499-650. The 16 GB receiving $600-$850.
eBay's prices are, on average, $50-200 higher than Craigslist prices.

Inflating the value of the iPhone cannot be more prevalent than in the online marketplace. There are an illicit majority of local adverts who are greedy, misled, or both.

This post is dedicated to help you come to a conclusion regarding the iPhone's worth.
You can negotiate on craigslist, so use that to your advantage.

Don't pay more than $300 for a 1st Gen iPhone 8GB, $400 for a 16GB
or $450 for an 2nd Gen iPhone 8G or $600 for a 16GB

Prices will go down as steadily as Apple's stock and eventually it will be offered without having to be activated in store and on other networks. In the meantime, be patient and grab yourself an older one.

Aside from Craigslist and eBay, you can also try this method Get an iPhone 3G w/o a Contract for $199

"For iPhone and iPhone 3G Firmware 1.2.X Using Garageband on Mac OSX"

1. Drag the song you would like to use from iTunes* to your desktop

2. Open Garageband** (create a new project, name the file whatever you'd like)^

3. Drag the song from your desktop into the main window of Garageband.

4. Go to Share --> Send Ringtone to iTunes

If you receive a pop up window saying the file is too large, follow these steps:

A. Click Adjust
B. A new yellow bar will appear at the top of your song, showing the acceptable length (this can be adjusted)
C. Go to the Measures Window (the bottom middle blue highlighted area), Click the Down Arrow under the Note Shape, until a Clock Appears. Now you should be able to see the seconds (keep it under 40).

5. You can Adjust*** (or not^^) the part of the song you would like to fit into the new yellow part, then repeat step 4 to Send Ringtone to iTunes.



You can now go to iTunes and see your new ringtone there. Rename it (if you'd like) and Sync to your iPhone.


Photo Steps

Step 1: Dragging from iTunes to Desktop







Step 2: Opening Garageband





Step 3: Drag Song to Garageband


(it's not necessary, but you can delete the default piano track, by highlighting it, then going to track --> delete track)

(drag song to garageband)



Step 4: Sharing Ringtone with iTunes





(new yellow bar appears at top to show allotted length for a ringtone)

(Step 4c: change the measures window [blue numbers in the bottom center of garageband] to depict time by clicking the down arrow under the "note" symbol, then go to the top and adjust the yellow bar to be under 40 seconds)

Step 5 Beyond: Advanced Adjusting Steps

(double-click song, then highlight area you would like to keep or delete in the new window)

(double-click the highlighted section and it will break your song into two parts)

(delete the part you don't want, make sure you the remaining section is moved to the beginning)

(repeat as necessary)









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* iTunes 7.7.1
** Garageband '08
^ This only needs to be done once, you do NOT need to create a new file for every ringtone.
*** Adjust your song, by double-clicking it (a new window will slide up on the bottom). Hit play and see what part of the song you want, highlight that part and double-click it. The song will now be broken into two parts in the top window. Delete the part you don't want. Repeat as Necessary.
^^ If you don't adjust, you automatically get the first 30 seconds of the song you choose.

"Choose Your Carrier...Again"



FuriouSim claims to have a working sim-based unlock for the iPhone.

A large slew of sim-altering devices flooded the market soon after the original iPhone was released. It was only a matter of time before they resurfaced to exploit the carrier locked iPhone 3G.

FuriouSim works by "tricking" your iPhone into believing you are using an AT&T sim card. This "unlocks" the iPhone, allowing you to make calls on your own network.*

Sim-unlocks have notoriously claimed to be impervious to iPhone firmware updates, yet, a relatively unheard of FuriouSim becomes first on the scene with a (claimed) "working" carrier unlock for the iPhone 3G.




Wikipedia Exerpt on Sim Unlocks:
The Turbo SIM (also known as TurboSIM) is considered the forerunner of a large family of "Dual SIM" devices (HyperCard, HyperSIM, China3GPP, StealthSim, MagicSIMetc.) that piggyback on a telephone SIM card to alter its normal operation.

More specifically, the Turbo SIM can be used to spoof the IMSI number and authentication key (Ki) supplied by the SIM card to the network, allowing network-locked phones (such as the Apple iPhone[2][3], and more recently NTT DoCoMo and SoftBank phones) to be used on mobile networks for which they were not originally designed or permitted.

*FuriouSim requires a Pwned iPhone to work
(check Officially Pwned for more info)

Apple's Fairplay DRM, which protects all the applications you download from iTunes, has been hacked*





iPodtouched.net posts instructions, video and available apps for download.




*Gizmodo

"DevTeam Releases Much Anticipated PwnageTool"



What you need to know:

1. It is currently available only for Mac OS
2. It jailbreaks all iterations of the iPhone (including 3G*) and iPod Touch
3. You must update to firmware 2.0 (1.2.0) and iTunes 7.7

*it does not currently unlock the iPhone 3G for carrier choice, but does
unlock earlier iPhones that have upgraded to the newer firmware.

An excerpt from the DevTeam blog:

"So, currently (when released) PwnageTool 2.0 will support:

iPhone (1st Gen) with 2.0 - Activated, Unlocked & Jailbroken, (with support for third party applications).

iPod Touch with 2.0 - Activated & Jailbroken, (with support for third party applications).

iPhone (3G) with 2.0 - Activated, Jailbroken (with support for third party applications).

We’ve made some progress on the baseband unlock of the 3G device, but at this point PwnageTool will not support 3G unlocking or BootNeuter on the 3G device. It is, of course supported on the first generation device with 2.0. We’ll push out an update with 3G support if and when it is completed."

DevTeam/Download PwnageTool

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