An interesting classified ad revealed that Apple is looking for OLED engineers, could this mean that Apple is planning on implementing OLED in future products like the iPhone 4GS (iPhone 5?) or the upcoming iPad 2?

OLED is a great technology and has many advantages over AMLCD displays, which is being used in most of the Apple products now days.

OLED provides

• Cheaper production cost
• Brighter display
• Better viewing angles
• Much thinner compared to LCD which could in turn lead to thinner products.

Let’s hope we hear something along the lines of OLED coming in the upcoming iPhone 5 or the iPad 2.

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A new rumor has surfaced which states that the new Apple iPhone 5 won’t have a home button at the bottom and that space would be reserved for a larger screen/display.

Assuming that the workspace remains of 960 × 640 pixels , Apple could increase the height of thescreen to about 1,148 × 640 pixels (more or less, of course). Current applications exploit the conventional screen area, leaving off the pixels in excess seats in the lower part of the body or showing those elements that are currently hidden are displayed when you double-click the Home button.

This could be because the latest Android devices have little or no buttons and all navigation could be done form the touch panel so Apple’s trying to copy the same thing to integrate it in the next generation iPhone. Most of the iPhone fans/users aren’t in favor of this but they think the new design is creative.

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After the recent untethered jailberak of iOS 4.2.1 iBooks with DRM have been giving an issue with jailbroken iPhone’s giving the error

“There is a problem with the configuration of your iPhone. Please restore with iTunes and reinstall iBooks”

there is a fairly simple fix available for this which only requires the use of Cydia.

1. Go into Cydia and add ” http://repo.insanelyi.com ” as a repository in Cydia

2. Download “iBooksFix” which is free and install it

and if for some reason the above method doesn’t work for you give this video a try

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Apple has been rumored to be working on the first of a new line of less-expensive iPhones and an overhaul of software services for the devices.

Apple is preparing to roll out a series of lower-priced iPhones to compete with other smartphones on the market. The new models are expected to be sold at about half the cost of existing iPhones.

One of the people, who had seen a prototype less expensive iPhone late last year, said it is intended for sale alongside Apple’s existing line. The new device would be about half the size of the iPhone 4, which is the current model. Hence, would possibly have an edge to edge screen.

The new phone, one of its code names is ‘N97’ (No it’s not the Nokia Phone) would be available to carriers at about half the price of the main stream iPhones.

Also, it has been rumored it won’t have internal storage on board. Keep in mind Apple makes many prototypes out of which only FEW come out.

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To install your own custom boot logo, you’d require a jailbroken iDevice. So first of all, go to Cydia, into search and type in Apple Boot Logo. An application will come up by the name “Animate”. Install that and you’re good to go.

Now for some themes, open up Cydia and look for BootLogo. Install your desired theme and done. Once that’s done, go into Settings of your iDevice and fire up BootLogo from there. Choose your logo and you’re done!

There’s a rumor going on that on June 5, ath Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) by Apple at the Moscone Center, Apple is to announce the next iPhone, which could possibly be the ‘iPhone 5′. The developer’s conference is to be held from 5th to 9th of June. Also, referring to the phrase “Corporate meeting”, it has been used by Apple as used many times earlier which usually refers to their Developers bash.

So, would there be a new iPhone 5 in the next coming months? Who knows. We’d keep you updated as the scenario goes!

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Back when the iPhone 4 was orignally launched in mid 2010, users had complaints regarding loss of signals when holding the phone. Apparently what they call the “Death Grip” position, hold the phone in that way will make you lose signals, both on cellular and 3G. Verizon now had just launched the CDMA version of the iPhone 4 and seems like pretty clearly that the problem hasn’t been addressed. See the video below to have an idea of what the ‘Death Grip’ is and does:

As you can see, the video clearly shows that when the phone is held in the ‘Death Grip’, it experiences significant loss of signals in both 3G and cellular, resulting in lower browsing speeds.

Also, it has been reported that using the phone in landscape mode, it can cause a loss of WiFi signals.

Chronic Dev-Team has released the GreenPois0n RC 5.4 which will allow you to Jailbreak your iPhone 4 running on iOS 4.2.6 firmware available for both Windows and Mac OS X, This Jailbreak makes a total of 4 beta’s of the Greenpois0n untethers jailbreak tool which have been released in a few days recently. Here’s a tweet by Pod2G (Member of Chronic DEV-Team):

RC5.4 online for Verizon iPhone 4 early adopters.

You can download it from the links given below:

Download GreenPois0n RC5.4 for Windows [Mirror link]

Download GreenPois0n RC5.4 for Mac OS X [Mirror Link]

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Another iOS Hacker Nadeem Ateyeh has come up with new Pwnage tool Bundles which will allow you to jailbreak your iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS running on iOS 4.2.1 without the need of upgrading the baseband. The bundle in untethered for use with PwnageTool to allow creation of custom iPSW preserving both the baseband and booting untethered and Jailbroken. Ultrasn0w unlockers can use these bundles for later unlocking it using iPhone Dev Teams ultrasn0w tool.

Here’s a Little Guide to Jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 iPhone 4/3GS using PwnageTool:

Requirements needed to Jailbreak your iDevice:

Modifying PwnageTool:

Step One: First of all download the PwnageTool Bundle for your iPhone 4 and extract the .zip folder, and copy iPhone3,1_4.2.1_8C148.bundle (for iPhone 4) oriPhone2,1_4.2.1_8C148a.bundle (for iPhone 3GS) to your desktop.

Step Two: Download PwnageTool 4.1.3 and copy the file to your Desktop. Right Click and then click on “Show Package Contents”.

Step Three: Copy the .bundle files to PwnageTool.app/Content/Resources/FirmwareBundles/

Step Four: Copy info.plist goes inside PwnageTool.app/Content/Resources/CustomPackages/CydiaInstaller.bundle/   (IMPORTANT IF YOU WANT CYDIA IN YOUR IPSW)

How to Build a Custom Firmware:

Step One: Download and Launch the Latest Version of iTunes 10.1.12 and and Sync your iPhone 4 with your Mac to create backup.

Step Two: Start PwnageTool by Double-Clicking it, Click Expert Mode from top menu bar and select your iPhone 4 or 3GS. Click the Next Arrow Blue Button at the bottom of the screen to proceed.

Step Three: Click “Browse for IPSW” button and select your Firmware from the PwnageTool folder.

Step Four: When promoted to choose from several options, Press General and click on the Blue Arrow button below to proceed.

Step Five: Un-Check the Activate the phone under the General settings. That’s because the bundle only supports legal activation otherwise.

Step Six: Select Cydia under the Custom Package settings and make sure that its added to the IPSW.

Step Seven: At this point you’ll be done to start the Pwnage process, Click the Build Button and then select the arrow button below to start.

Step Eight: PwnageTool will create the custom .ipsw file for your iPhone. When prompted to save the file, Do so by saving it on your Desktop. It’ll take 10-15 mins in building the file.

Step Nine: Now you’ll restore your iPhone to this custom firmware iOS 4.2.1.

• Click on your phone icon from the sidebar in iTunes.
• Press and hold left “alt” button (“Shift” button on Windows) on the keyboard and then click on “Restore” (Not “Update” or “Check for Update”) button in the iTunes
• Now, release the “Shift” button.

Step Ten: Now Select the location for your custom firmware 4.2.1 using iTunes once your iPhone successfully enter DFU mode.

Step Eleven: Upon Re-Entering iTunes, Hold ALT/Option key and click restore.

Step Twelve: Now select the Custom IPSW that you created earlier and select Choose Button. Wait for a while till iTunes installs the new firmware 4.2.1 on your iPhone. After the installation is done, iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS will restart automatically. You have now successfully jailbroken iPhone running iOS 4.2.1.

Step Thirteen: You can restore all your settings after you’re done with the Jailbreaking process by restoring the backup you created earlier in Step One.

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GreenPois0n RC6 is on its way to untethered iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak for your Apple TV2G as it has been confirmed by Pod2g that it’ll add support for the ATV 2g in the next tool release. A tweet was released by him along with a readme file that confirms that the next GreenPois0n update “RC6″ would be able to jailbreak your Apple TV 2G device.

From the Readme file:

*** greenpois0n 1.0 RC5 ***

> Description of the software:

greenpois0n will Jailbreak your iDevice.

> Supported iDevices:

- iPod Touch 2G (all bootroms)
- iPod Touch 3G
- iPod Touch 4G
- iPad 1G
- iPhone 3Gs (all bootroms)
- iPhone 4
- iPhone 4 Verizon (_not_tested_)
- ___AppleTV 2___ (support will be added in RC6)

> Requirements (check this !)

- a supported device (see above)
- the device should run iOS 4.2.1. Please check on the device in the Settings -> General -> About page.
If your device is running an older version, please upgrade iOS first using iTunes.
*** If you want to SIM Unlock, preserve your baseband using TinyUmbrella ***
- at least MacOSX 10.5
- OSX in a VM won’t work
- a working internet connection

> Notes (checks this also !)

- if your device is jailbroken with iPhone Dev Team’s Monte, please restore to fresh 4.2.1. first
- if Cydia doesn’t show up after Loader, you may need to reboot the device
- this version of greenpois0n doesn’t include a patched activation system. You’ll need to activate your device using iTunes
- WE DO NOT SUPPORT PIRACY !

> Instructions

1. plug the device to your computer using the USB cable
2. quit iTunes if it shows up
3. start greenpois0n.app
4. follow instructions
5. the device will boot a 1st time with verbose text on screen. This operation will installthe jailbreak on the device.
6. the device will reboot normally
7. start the Loader application (green icon on the SpringBoard), and follow instructions to install Cydia

As the GreenPois0n RC6 update is not yet available but will be after the Chronic Team releases the GreenPois0n RC5 for windows users and it’ll arrive after a 2-3 day break.

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