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Unlocking iPhone 2G for Apple Firmware 3.1.2

Unlocking iPhone 2G for Apple Firmware 3.1.2

Submitted by shane on Wed, 2010-02-03 23:43

Here are some instructions for unlocking the Apple iPhone 2G model with firmware version 3.1.2. I ran into a few problems, but having unlocked dozens of these from day one, I've yet to brick one.

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  • Download the firmware version from apple. You want the 3.1.2 version 250MB
  • Connect the phone to iTunes
  • Hold down the OPTION button and click the "Restore" button. This will prompt you for a firmware file, located the file you just downloaded
  • Sometimes the upgrade gives an error message after its done, I've yet to have a problem so you can safely ignore it if you get one.
  • Download blackra1n by geohot
  • Unzip and run blackra1n with the iPHone plugged into the computer. It only takes a minute and after it reboots the iPhone will be jailbroken with a new app on the springboard
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  • Run blackra1n on the iPhone and install Cydia
  • Run Cydia... it will update it self several times, you just want graphical mode and essential updates
  • When this is done you'll want to install BootNeuter using Cydia

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  • Run the BootNeuter app and you'll see this screen, then click 'flash'. When I performed this, the phone seemed to freeze. I tried rebooting the phone, but it became 100% unresponsive. After 5 minutes it rebooted and it seems it worked.

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    Italic fonts in Firefox Interface [solved]

    Italic fonts in Firefox Interface [solved]

    Submitted by shane on Tue, 2010-02-02 03:51

    A coworker had this problem. After installing a plugin-update, the fonts on her Firefox interface were all italic. We combed over the preferences to no avail, then a simple Google search revealed the answer.

    1. Open Font Book
    2. Find Lucida Grand Regular
    3. Right Click > Reveal in Finder
    4. Delete it. AAHHHHH!!!! Yes, I'm sure, delete it,
    5. Witness the true power of a fully operational Mac Station, it suddenly recreates the font for you. Amazing

    Now of course you need to restart Firefox, and everything was cool.

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    Rebuilding the iPhoto library

    Rebuilding the iPhoto library

    Submitted by shane on Sun, 2010-01-17 11:35

    The number of photos I have in iPhoto is around 10,000. I like the new faces feature, but it just kept grinding my CPU for hours and hours and days and days. I stumbled on a way to rebuild the iPhoto library, but it's really hidden and I've never run across this type of a setup from Apple Software.

    Essentially you need to hold down Option + Command while starting iPhoto and keep them held down until you get a window asking you what you want to rebuild. Interesting.

    Time Machine Network Backup

    Time Machine Network Backup

    Submitted by shane on Fri, 2009-04-03 18:41

    Fate has not blessed you with a tower of money such as Uncle Scrooge, so a Time Capsule is not an option, but you have a network share either at work or home you can. Enter the Time machine hack that will let you backup your Mac to a network share.Pros

    • No need to plug in an external drive to your Macbook Pro
    • You can back up multiple computers to the same file server
    • Utilize the power of Wifi

    Cons

    Color Picker Application for Apple Mac OS X

    Color Picker Application for Apple Mac OS X

    Submitted by shane on Wed, 2008-07-30 14:52

    To create websites and graphics being able to pick colors is important. Many times you see a great color and you want to sample and get the HEX number of the color to use. In the past I've used the ColorZilla extension for Firefox.

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