Notoir iPhone hacker/expert Erica Sadun’s updated twitter with the msg ‘ip light’. Light was one of the flashlight applications in the App Store. It has been removed from App Store due to Erica hacking the brightness of the iPhone to higher level then allowed by Apple.
» Erica Sadun’s Light removed from App Store
I informed you guys some time ago regarding the upcoming iControlPad Joystick solution for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The iControlPad is a hardware add-on that will make playing games via the popular emulators much more like playing with a PSP. The first batches are expexted to be released very soon. For now i have some nice screenshots of the final rendering and some pictures of the real deal.
» iControlPad update
The iPhone DevTeam have posted another entry on their blog, this time showing how they successfully downgraded the iPhone 3G’s baseband. This isn’t an unlock, but it’s definitely progress. Read more for the blog entry. » iPhone DevTeam successfully downgrades iPhone 3G baseband.
Hendrik of eidac has figured out a way to stop iTunes from backing up your iPhone on a Windows machine. It’s actually pretty easy to do. Instructions inside. » Windows Users: Disable iTunes backup for faster sync
The Firmware 2.0 jailbreak community is slowly but certainly getting very cool apps. Today ZodTTD did it again. This time he ported Quake to the iPhone. I’ve played the game for some minutes and the first thing that i noticed is how smooth it runs (audio + fps). ZodTTD made this game highly playable on the iPhone except for 1 little issue. When you pay the game you can’t see the full screen as your fingers cover parts of the screen.
» Cydia/Installer Quake4iPhone
Many users, including myself, have noticed that the backup that iTunes performs when you sync your iPhone usually takes an enormous time to finish. This can be very inconvenient when all you want to do is sync 1 or 2 applications over. Of course, you can cancel the backup, or you can use this method to disable the backup altogether. » Mac users: Disable iPhone backup for faster sync
MxTube, a YouTube video downloader, was one of my favorite applications back on my 1.1.4 jailbroken iPhone. It allows you to search through YouTube videos, much like the actual YouTube app, and download them directly to your phone to watch whenever you want with no loading time. Well, it seems like the developer is almost finished with MxTube 2.0. Continue reading for more information. » MxTube 2.0, soon to be released.
