7/10/2008 09:13:00 AM -
The device failsafe utility(or Device firmware upgrade as someone says),better known as DFUit's a failsafe basic (and quite trivial) bootloaderpresent on the iPhone.This is the weak point of the iPhone 2G andhopefully 3G.This post maybe means nothing to you,but before anyone will say I copied/robbed anythingjust remember you read it here first.I will not release anything tomorrow.And I strongly suggestnot to upgrade itunes nor the iPhone.
Stay tuned.Zibri
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6/30/2008 12:12:00 AM -
Well, here I am still...The picture above is not a fake.It's not even a major breakthru but it's something.I am glad to tell you anyhow that 2.0firmware works pretty well on my iPod 32gb.All features are enabled.To install it from windows (or mac) you needa special beta version of itunes.Unless you want to loose installerand all third party apps I strongly suggest youNOT TO UPGRADE (both iPod both iPhone).To downgrade the iPod you will needto uninstall iTunes 7.7 and reinstall 7.5.Then you will need to put the iPod in DFU modeand do a full restore back to 1.1.4 (and use ZiPhone)to have back Installer and all goodies.With the iPhone it's more complicatedbecause you will also need todowngrade the baseband.I already have a very preliminary versionof the new ZiPhone which will allow that. As of today you will have 2 choices:1) Believe in the community and don't upgrade to 2.02) Say goodbye to Installer and freedom and upgrade. Stay tuned :)Zibri
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6/24/2008 06:05:00 PM -
Nokia acquired Symbian willing to opensource it.Openmoko is readying the open phone.Now I know Apple will never listen to this,but with a simple move Apple could wipe allcompetitors off the smartphone scene.One of my favourite quotes is:"Freedom is not 'choosing between black and white',but to avoid such predetermined choice."There are only a few slight adjustments toApple's plans needed to own the market.Too bad they don't really seeminterested to listen.
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6/11/2008 03:54:00 PM -
I'm worried.What can seem a nice feature is somethingreally dangerous.Not allowing background processesand forcing everything to pass thru theApple Push Notification Serveris something Orwell already imagined.Think about all your dataflowing through Apple and you will startto get the big picture.Add to that mobileme, another big brotherkeeping everything about you.Now, this would be nice if it were an optionalfeature. But it's not.It's the only way.With the iPhone, Apple is showing theywant to keep control of everything.I hope the industry will take a differentpath and won't emulate them.Every day I'm getting more interestedin google android and more open softwares/firmwares.
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