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jailbreak »

[28 Mar 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Apple to Block SHSH Downgrade With Next iPhone

The firmwareumbrella published in his blog that he found a new key named APTicket that might be a means for Apple to stop us jailbreakers from restoring to versions of firmwares that are not signed anymore.
This would mean Apple would get complete control over what you restore and when you restore it. While jailbroken devices are able to accept custom firmwares, the new bootroom 3gs and the ipt3g and MC can’t be restored to a custom firmware as of now, so this might become a real situation for the devices …

cydia »

[27 Dec 2009 | One Comment | ]
PkgBackup to Backup and Restore Your Cydia Applications

Recently i got some mails and bunch of questions on twitter regarding how to backup existing Cydia packages before installing new firmware. Personally i used to make a list of my apps before restore/update my firmware so i can install later, it’s a time consuming process but i prefer stability more than the one time pain. But for those who installed large amount of Cydia tweaks should consider PkgBackup, PkgBackup is an easy to use Cydia App that allows you to back up & restore all the cydia packages installed …

iPhone »

[17 Aug 2009 | 13 Comments | ]
Restore SMS History from iPhone 3G to iPhone 3GS

Wow i just purchased a new shiny iPhone 3GS, i synced my Contacts, Notes, Calendar, Music, Photos and Videos but how can i transfer my lots of SMS saved in my previous iPhone 3G? Ok if you jailbreaked your phone than it’s damn easy just SSH your iPhone 3G and Navigate to /private/var/mobile/Library/SMS and Save sms.db on your computer then follow the vice versa with iPhone 3GS just copy sms.db from your computer to iPhone 3GS /private/var/mobile/Library/SMS folder. For more details check our previously published guide here Backup …

OSX »

[22 May 2009 | No Comment | ]
How to Reset the Administrator Account Password in Mac OS X.

If you have only one administrator account on the computer and you needs to reset your Administrator password in Mac OS X follow the steps given below. You might need to do this, for example, when someone has lost or forgotten his or her account password. Original administrator account stands for the one that was created immediately after installing Mac OS X in setup your Mac options. For resetting Admin password you need Mac OS X Install disc ( Not the recovery Disc ). Remember the Install disc should be …

Tips & Tricks »

[23 Apr 2009 | 4 Comments | ]
How to Backup and Clone Your Hard Drive in Mac OS X.

Data backup or Hard – Drive Cloning is very important because your computer has many important personal files. Imagine if they all disappeared one day, you would probably be devastated. Hard drives don’t live forever, as some people seem to think, therefore it’s important to back up your hard drive regularly.There are many free and paid backup and image software available which allow you to take a snapshot of your hard disk so that you can restore it at a later time to a new hard You may refer to …