Complete Randomness » 3.0 http://www.completerandomness.com/wp only the most random courtsey of Noah Benham Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:29:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Sweet new jailbroken iphone http://www.completerandomness.com/wp/2009/08/03/sweet-new-jailbroken-iphone/ http://www.completerandomness.com/wp/2009/08/03/sweet-new-jailbroken-iphone/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:12:54 +0000 Noah Benham (nojo191) http://www.completerandomness.com/wp/?p=251 So I spent a whole day jailbreaking my iPhone when I could’ve done it in about an hour if I knew what I was doing. So anyway… Screenshots of the fanciness.

The backgrounder app allows apps to run in the background. Hence the name. Why didn't Apple allow this in the first place?!

One of the advantages to jailbreaking is all the apps developers have made that just don't make it to the App Store.

Yesss! I can fiiinally hide those apps like weather that I don't use!

Handy, isn't it? See that processes button? I can free up memory right from there.

Cydia is the jailbreak communities' alternative to the App Store.

The Winterboard app allows the lock screen background to replace the normal black background on the home screen.

iHouse is another free app from Cydia that lets users watch House. Handy.

]]> http://www.completerandomness.com/wp/2009/08/03/sweet-new-jailbroken-iphone/feed/ 0 Apple releases 3.0 iPhone and iPod touch firmware http://www.completerandomness.com/wp/2009/06/17/apple-releases-30-iphone-and-ipod-touch-firmware/ http://www.completerandomness.com/wp/2009/06/17/apple-releases-30-iphone-and-ipod-touch-firmware/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:07:38 +0000 Noah Benham (nojo191) http://www.completerandomness.com/wp/2009/06/17/apple-releases-30-iphone-and-ipod-touch-firmware/ After an all night wait for some, Apple has finally released the 3.0 Firmware upgrade for the iPhone and iPod touch. It was scheduled to be released last night around midnight (or at least that’s what everyone was hoping for), but Apple has kept us waiting almost 12 hours after the expected release time. Midnight in California would be 2am here in CST, the scheduled time. I’m downloading at approximately 1pm here, 11am in California at the Apple headquarters. I’m hoping their servers hold out until the download is complete but it seems to be doing pretty well so far. I will update with a few screenshots after installing 3.0.

If anyone wants to check the current version released, someone has designed a handy tool that pulls data right off the Apple server to check the current version: http://1strule.org/iPhoneFirmware.php. It may not be much use now that 3.0 has gone public, but it deserves a link for the effort.

Update: It seems Apple may have beefed up their servers a little for the millions wanting to download, or maybe I got to be the first lucky few to connect, but I downloaded the 230mb in about 10 minutes. That was before I got the network connection error after I forgot to turn off ESET Smart Security. If you’re getting an error downloading iPhone updates, turn off ESET before the download finishes and it should finish and verify successfully.

Update: “dude, this is cool!” 3.0 contains stereo Bluetooth capability as promised, meaning ALL sounds coming out your iPhone can be played on a stereo. Pandora, your iPod, even the keyboard clicks as I write this can be played on my stereo! If you’re having trouble with the connect to iTunes screen, keep trying. Apples servers are swamped right now. Try and catch ‘em during a break. Otherwise, get on at 4am. :P

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