With the launch of iPad 3G, iPhone DEV team is busy in exploring new opportunities with iPad 3G . Dev-Team Member “MuscleNerd ‘ reports, it is possible to send off short messages with the UMTS version of the iPad. Needless to mention the device does not comes with native SMS application, with a little hackery with terminal installed and raw AT commands allows, the simple sending of text messages. Musclenerd also posted a YouTube video to demonstrate.

Last week we posted a guide to install Android on iPhone 2G [Check here], and we told you that iPhone 3G project is in progress. Today Planetbeing posted a new video from which you can see Andriod on iPhone with the full support multitouch. Only obstacle now remains is to solve the problem of baseband since the 3G network is still not recognized, or rather, you can not make calls and even have a fast 3G data connection. iPhone Android project is built on the iBoot project leading by PlanetBeing and followed by CPICH, harmn1, posixninja, jean, marcan and saurik.

Apple today released Mac OS X 10.6.2 update to address various security, stability and compatibility issues. Netbook Hackint0sh users are advised to stay away from this update, it’s confirmed Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update breaks the Atom support in hackintosh. Wait for the modded kernel and detailed guide. The vanilla hackintoshers are all free from any workaround for updating there rig, though it’s highly suggested to backup your /Extra (just in case), you may need to install Audio/Video/Lan drivers after the reboot.

Hackint0sh User : Take a note of following [VIA]

1. Remove SleepEnabler.kext because old sleepenabler + new kernel = panic
2. Use any disabler for AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext, for example – NullCPUPM.kext, install it to Extra mkext and reboot, of course if you made AppleIntelCPUPM to speedstep your cpu, you can skip this step.

Download 10.6.2 Offline Update Installer

• Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update (473 MB)
• Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update (Combo) (479 MB)
• Mac OS X Server v10.6.2 Update (496 MB)
• Mac OS X Server v10.6.2 Update (Combo) (503 MB)

The 10.6.2 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility & security of your Mac, including fixes for…

• an issue that might cause your system to logout unexpectedly
• a graphics distortion in Safari Top Sites
• Spotlight search results not showing Exchange contacts
• a problem that prevented authenticating as an administrative user
• issues when using NTFS and WebDAV file servers
• the reliability of menu extras
• an issue with the 4-finger swipe gesture
• an issue that causes Mail to quit unexpectedly when setting up an Exchange server
• Address Book becoming unresponsive when editing
• a problem adding images to contacts in Address Book
• an issue that prevented opening files downloaded from the Internet
• Safari plug-in reliability
• general reliability improvements for iWork, iLife, Aperture, Final Cut Studio, MobileMe, and iDisk
  an issue that caused data to be deleted when using a guest account

It seems Apple is going hard and hard on Jailbreak community. Last month Apple updated iBoot for new iPhone new version to fix a security vulnerability that prevents the exploit 24kpwn More details here and here. Since the 24kpwn is fixed the only way to jailbreak new purchased iPhone is a Tethered jailbreak, but it is quite inconvenient as you have to re-run the jailbreak every time you restart the phone. Recently Apple invited applications for iPhone OS Platform Security Manager you can check here.

The Core OS group is looking for a talented and inspired manager to lead a team focused on the platform security of iPhone OS. The team is responsible for secure booting and installation of the OS, partitioning and hardening of security domains within the OS, cryptographic services, and risk analysis of security threats. The team is made up of a variety of security experts with backgrounds in system security and reverse engineering.

Seems Apple is looking to increase security while booting (power on) and installation of the OS (the original). Also there is talk of partition, an encryption service (which should prevent the installation of custom firmware) and much more. So what do you think about this post your views in the comments below.

<<< And the Geohotz answer was >>>

The Good news is that when we asked GeoHot to apply for this post ( the most deserving candidate), GeoHot replied back that he listed blackra1n.com in his resume. So we needn’t to worry until we have a great community driven by iPhone Dev and Geohot.

Psystar released Rebel EFI a new and easy way to install Snow Leopard on Custom built PC/ Notebooks. If you don’t know it’s not a new method, David Elliot released BOOT-132 sometime around June 2008 which allows you to boot retail DVDs, Use Mac OS X Retail DVD on hackintoshes. The principle behind Rebel EFI is as same as Boot 132 “ Rebel EFI  preloads an environment on the system from which OS X can boot and operate. The boot loader stores the necessary files (kext files) in a .img collection or simply a folder. The luxury of this new installation method includes the ability to boot and install from a retail Leopard DVD and update straight from Apple.”

Rebel EFI will cost you 50$ but if you are a little adventurous then you can do it at your own and free of cost. We have guides to install OS X on your PC.

• How to Install Snow Leopard (10A432) on PC Hackintosh 
• How to Install Mac OS X 10.5 on Intel / AMD P.C.
• Our Complete range of Guides targeting specific Hardware 
• Articles in the OSX86 Basics Category to clear your doubts

This is how it’s done,  you burn a Rebel EFI ISO (which has the bootloader on it) to a CD. As computer boots up select, Boot Options or Boot Menu Key. When prompted, Eject the CD and it will ask for the Snow Leopard DVD, swap the BOOT CD with the Snow LEO Retail DVD and Snow Leo starts to load. The procedure isn’t simple as it looks you need to take care of some basic rules which are described below.

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< Prepare your System for Rebel EFI >

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1).  Which Configuration is Supported :

• AMD system aren’t supported >> To use Mac OS X Vanilla DVD it needs a Intel "Mac" closer system, like a Intel Core processor and Intel Chipset. This is only combination supported by "Vanilla Installation", other processors and chipsets aren’t supported by "Mac OS X Vanilla system"
• Intel system are supported >> Rebel EFI allows machines with Intel Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, i7 or Xeon Nehalem CPUs to install any modern operating system. Please note Core Solo, Pentium processors aren’t supported by Snow Leopard.

2). Essential BIOS Settings :

If when booting OS X your computer hangs at a screen with the Apple logo and a "no smoking" sign, you may have an issue with a BIOS Setting. To rectify this, follow these procedures

• Advanced BIOS Features :
  • HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability [Enabled]
  • CPU Enhanced Halt [Disabled]
  • CPU Thermal Monitor [Disabled]
  • CPU EIST Function [Disabled]
• Integrated Pereprhals :
  • USB Keyboard Function [Enabled]
  • USB Mouse Function [Enabled]
  • SATA RAID/AHCI Mode [AHCI]
  • Onboard SATA/IDE Device [AHCI]
• Power Management Setup :
  • HPET Mode [64-bit Mode]

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< If you satisfies above said conditions then you can proceed further >

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Step 1. Download the Rebel EFI(Download Here) file and Burn the file to a CD. Insert the Rebel EFI disc into your CD drive and start or restart your computer.

Step 2. Once Rebel EFI CD loads press enter to run the CD, When prompted, Eject the CD and it will ask for the Snow Leopard DVD. Now replace the Rebel EFI CD with Snow Leopard Retail DVD.

Step 3. If every thing goes fine after 5-10 minutes the installation screen will appear. Hold your breath we are not quit yet here.

Step 4. Select Main Language,  Click Continue, if you want to continue with the installation of Snow Leopard.  Select the disk that you want to install Snow Leopard on. If no disk shows, Click on Utilities on the tool bar, then select Disk Utilities and follow the following steps.

• On the left you should see your hard drive.
• If not, a disk is not connected or cannot be read by your computer.
• After selecting your hard drive click on Partition.
• Under Volume Scheme, click current and select 1 partition.
• Under Volume Information, name your hard drive.
• Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
• At the bottom of the window Click on the Options Button.
• Select the GUID Partition Table
• Click OK
• Click Apply
• Click Partition
• Quit Disk Utilities

Step 5. Now you should be able to select the destination drive where you want to install Mac OSX.

Step 6. Now your disk will be checked for consistency than installation begins. It will take 30-45 minute’s as your hardware.

Step 7. When Installation completes restart the computer. As the computer starts up, insert and boot from the Rebel EFI CD. Once CD loads you will see both the Hard Disk and the Rebel EFI CD. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Hard Drive. Press Enter to boot Hard drive.

Step 8. Launch the Rebel EFI application from the CD and Follow the on-screen authentication procedure. That’s it.

We’ll continue to update you all with more details with new on psystar as they release. Till then stick with us on Twitter @ihackinjosh or subscribe our free daily e-mail newsletter CLICK HERE to keep yourself updated on every news about Hackintosh and iPhone.

Inspiron 1525 is one of the bestseller from Dell Computers. The Dell Inspiron 1525 is an excellent budget notebook with good looks and solid performance. This isn’t a gaming machine, but the 1525 can handle everyday computing tasks with ease. If you are an experimental person like me then obviously you’d like to Install and run OS X on your Inspiron. If you wants to install Mac OS X on your Dell Inspiron 1525 here is the handy guide to do so. In the following tutorial we used iPC 10.5.6, you can download iPC from Bay of Pirates or Green Demon. Please don’t ask or post for the download links for iPC.Google is your F.R.I.E.N.D.

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Procedure

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Step 1. Grab the iPC 10.5.6 ISO and burn it at very low speed.

Step 2. Read this guide twice or thrice before getting started.

Step 3. Put your DVD in rom and restart your computer with the DVD in Drive,now you should see Darwin load screen.

Step 4. As counting starts press F8 key and you will be able to have some more option’s.

Step 5. Now type -V and press enter now entered in VERBOSE mode here you are able to see any error if your screen freezes for more than 15 minutes than note last three lines and Google them to find out a solution for your problem. If every thing goes fine after 15-30 minutes installation screen appears hold your breath we are not quit yet here.

Step 6. On the top a menu bar appears click Utilities >> Disk Utility.

Step 7. Here select the destination drive where u want to install Mac OSX.

Step 8. Now click on ERASE on right hand side and under the format option select
” MAC OSX Journaled Extended ” and click Erase. Now the disk will be erased and mounted once this done you are very near to near to your destination.

Step 9. Now close the disk utility and click on the partition which you created at previous Step.

Step 10. In Customize option select the following patches.

• Chipset Drivers >> Intel ICHx SATA Drivers
• Wireless Driver >> Broadcom Driver
• USB Drivers >> Patched USB Driver
• Power Management >> Clamshell Display Support
• Fixes and Patches >> USB Mount Fix
• PS/2 Device Support >> PS/2 Keyboard Fix
• DSDT Patches >> Patch DSDT
• AppleSMBIOS Patch >> AppleSMBIOS-27 Rev6 MacBook

Step 11. Now your disk will be checked for consistency than installation begins. It will take 30-45 minute’s as your hardware.

Step 12. Now that you’re done installing you can remove the disc and on the boot screen press “F8″ and type “-v -f” When the screen loads up it should just be a black screen, after this close the lid till you see the power light slowly “breathe” or pulse. When you open the lid you should be greeted with the Post-Install screen. Type all your info and stuff.

Step 13. From here you’re going to need the 1525 Driver Pack. Everything in the pack has a readme. Download Here

Important Note :

1. Now you can run all of your software updates and when you come back you wont have wi-fi, simply go into the misc folder and run the broadcom patch and you’ll be back in business.
2. Anytime you install a patch, you should run -v -f to make sure everything loads properly.

The EX58-UD3R is based on the latest X58 Series motherboards of GIGABYTE, designed for the intel’s new Core i7 processors. With the price of X58 motherboards coming down to $200 or less, 3GB DDR3-1066MHz memory kits priced as low as $53, and the Core i7-920 already priced at a reasonable $284, you can build the guts of a basic Core i7 system now for just under $550. X58 and i7 breaking all the benchmarks with Mac OS X so we  decided to publish a handy guide for Hackintoshing on Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R and ntel Core i7 processors.

Ingredients :

• MotherBoard : Gigabyte EX58-UD3R
• Processor : Intel Core i7 920
• HDD : Western Digital SATA 640GB
• Graphics : GeForce 9500GT 512 MB
• Memory : 3 GB
• OSX86 Distro : iAtkos V7

1. Setting bios:
only 2 bios just a revamped configuration
- Onboard SATA / RAID Device set to Enable
- Onboard SATA / RAID Ctrl set to AHCI

2. IAtkos Install v7
- Booting from the DVD, and then press F8, type the boot flag “-v busratio = 20″ (without the quotes), see the JMicron screen ranks him blah blah, thats why can not use DVD retail booted. except to make his own boot CD with drivers for JMicron add it. more …
- After entering the installation menu we make a partition first. because temen I want to dual boot with XP so I made 4 partition for XP partition 1 to 2 for 2 partitions iAtkos and the rest is used for data, and select the partition to install iatkos and Erase to format the Mac OS (Journaled), when all was settled out from the Disk Utility and click Customize and select the following settings:

• Main iAtkos System v7
• Chameleon v2
• Extra Directory
• DSDT
• DSMOS
• APIC Driver
• Disabler
• OHR
• Remove TyMCE
• AHCI
• Intel SATA / IDE
• JMicron SATA / IDE
• Voodoo HDA Driver
• Realtek R1000
• Post Install

Click Done and continue. Wait until the installation is complete and reboot.
* remember to boot the first time we have to type the boot flag “busratio = 20″ if you will not get the Kernel panic. Everything went perfectly.

For GeForce 9500 GT drivers please use the drivers here. though detected as Unknown Nvidia but CI / QE / OpenGL it to be perfect (sorry again kext ga edit2 his mood).

VIA [3rr0rist]

Updating the Hack-i-ntosh or OSX86 install is a very panic process for newbies, so we advise you to make the backup of your system before hitting the update process. If this is the first time you are updating your hackintosh then read this guide twice before getting started. This guide is for Non vanila or hacked kernel & INTEL based system only. Vanilla users just update and restart. You can also use this guide for updating 10.5.X to 10.5.8 with Combo Update remember you must have patched your DSDT. If you are upgrading from 10.5.7 then download Delta Update. Updating Process is same as usual like you updated from previous one. You can download Delta update (274MB) and Combo update (759MB). Before starting the process download & install osx86tools from PCWIZ.

Second Phase :

Open osx86tools  >>> Check repair permissions >>> Set kext permissions >>> Clear extensions cache >>> Restart.

Boot using -v to see if any errors.

More guides of Interest :

• Basics of OSX86 for Noobs Start From Here
• What is kext,Where is kext, how to Install kext.
• Make Bootable Mac OSX86 USB Stick Installer Yourself.
• How to Install Chameleon 2.0 RC1.
• Dummies guide to Add OSX into XP,LINUX,VISTA Bootloader’s
• Install Mac Leopard OS X Retail DVD on a Ordinary PC with Boot 132 hack.

GPower extends your power down screen to include options for restaring SpringBoard, and rebooting. GPower extends your power down screen to include options for restaring SpringBoard, and rebooting. Ever been in a tricky situation, your iPhone froze, and you needed to restart it? GPower is perfect!  If you’ve ever been in a situation where you need to respring your iPhone but can’t get to the proper app to do so but you can get the power off slider, GPower simply adds the ability to respring, reboot, as well as power off your iPhone. It does it by adding two extra sliders under the power off slider giving easy access to those functions. Perfect for someone who needs to respring a lot.

Some More Useful Posts :

These are instructions on how to software unlock the iPhone 3GS with OS 3.0 for use with any GSM cell phone carrier. Before you can follow these instructions you must have a jailbroken iPhone if you haven’t jailbreaked your iPhone 3G then follow our Guide Guide to Jailbreak your iPhone 3GS with Purplera1n For unlocking your iPhone UltraSn0w, a soft unlock payload from iPhone Dev Team is using. UltraSn0w is a small daemon that is launched on boot.  It injects the payload at boot and also whenever there is a baseband reset.  You won’t notice anything about it other than that your third-party sim now works. Once you have a Jailbreaked iPhone then you can use these easy steps to Unlock your iPhone.

Before getting started make sure your iPhone is jailbreaked with PurpleRa1n and Cydia is installed on your iPhone. The procedure and repo of Ultrasn0w is same as iPhone 3G.

Disclaimer : I am not responsible for any damage during the jailbreak and unlock process. Planetbeing already demonstrated  iPhone 3GS Unlock With Ultrasn0w Successful. Also Purplera1n is in beta form and there are some bugs. T mobile users make sure to turn off 3G in settings before applying Ultrasn0w. 80% results are positive but most of them complaints about no WiFi. So if you prefer unlock over WiFi only then use this guide.

Step One : Press to launch Cydia Installer from your SpringBoard.

Step Two : Press to select the Manage tab at the bottom of the screen.

Step Three : Press to select the large Sources button

Step Four : Press the Edit button at the top right of the screen.

Step Five  : Press the Add button at the top left of the screen.

Step Six : Enter http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com/ as the source url and press the Add Source button.

Step Seven : Once the source has been added press the large Return to Cydia button.

Step Eight : Press the Done button at the top right of the screen.

Step Nine : Press to select http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com/ from the list of user entered sources.

Step Ten : Press to select ultrasn0w from the list of packages.

Step Eleven : Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.

Step Twelve : Press the Confirm button at the top right of the screen.

Step Thirteen : After installation completes successfully press the large Return to Cydia button.

Step Fourteen : Now press the Home button then power off and power on the iPhone. You do this by holding down the power button for 3 seconds then moving the power slider that appears to the right. Press the power button again to turn on the phone.

Step Fifteen : You should now be able to insert the SIM of your choice!