Yo I am one depressed and frustrated iPhone owner, let me tell ya… It looks like my iPhone 2G, that I use with T-mobile, is now locked and permanently un-jailbreakable. But let’s start from the beginning…
It all started when I download a free app from the App Store. It said it was “compatible with OS 3.1.2 and up”. I was still using OS 3.0, ‘cuz… come on, there’s really nothing gained from upgrading to 3.1.2 and each time you jailbreak, you run the risk of **** goin’ wrong and who knows what. But when I downloaded this free app, low and behold, the crappy little thing wouldn’t start. I realized then, that it was time to upgrade to OS 3.1.2… I should say, find a way to jailbreak to it.
So I downloaded Geohot’s Blackra1n tool, since it’s the “easiest jailbreak in history” or some crap that he says. It is easy… except for the fact it didn’t do ****. But I figured it wasn’t really the program’s fault, because most attempts to jailbreak don’t go right at first for the Neocell. Seems to always be the case, so I always try over and over again whenever I jailbreak ‘cuz eventuality it’ll work. But no go this time…
I checked online for some trouble shooting, and most people who said they had problems said to upgrade directly to OS 3.1.2 from iTunes (who I DO NOT recommend) and then jailbreak. I did that and well, **** kinda’ went downhill from there.
Once iTunes went through the long process of updating to iTunes 3.1.2, I then lost the ability to jailbreak at all.
Yep… now the Neocell is permanently unjailbreakable. Now, I can’t jailbreak… at all. Tried multiple ways to jailbreak, tried restoring through iTunes… all the same thing. There still could be a way to upload a jailbroken “image” through iTunes manually, but that’s only with an activated AT&T SIM and crap. I’m hoping that I can find some way to still jailbreak.
But man, this sucks. It looks like I may have to get an iPhone 3GS sooner than I thought… and wouldn’t you know, I’d end up getting one of the 3GS’s that you can’t jailbreak. Man this sucks…
Peace, J
What’s the deal with the Maps app? You know, the built in Maps app from Google Maps. For some reason, whenever you search for a place in Maps and try to add it as a contact, either as a new contact or to an existing contact, it doesn’t seem to take all information in.
I took screen shots of exactly what I’m talkin’ about. I searched using a random word, “power”. I got some hits around me, one of them being “Power Cold Corporation”. Hmm, seems interesting, right? I see all the details for this company, including name, address, phone number, hey… even a web site. Cool, right? Let’s add it as a contact. I go through the process as you can see… Now, let’s check to see if the contact is really was added. I go into contact and… boom, there it is, great. Let’s give them a call, I simply touch on the contact to see the information and… what the **** is this?? Where’s all the contact information?? Why the freak do I only have the web site??
Now you see exactly what I’m talkin’ about. What’s up with this? Is this an OS 3.0 thing or what? Is this one of those “bugs” that need to be fixed for OS 3.0 and Apple knows about it, or is it a unique thing, happenin’ to only a few people?
So what about y’all? Any of you experiencin’ the same thing?
Peace, J
Relaxin’ in bed, figured it was time to bring back Adblock, Inspell and Backgrounder… If you remember my post about the naked jailbroken 3.0 speed… well this is an update for it. Turns out the system did slow down just a little with no jailbroken apps installed.
I guess that’s just part of the way the OS is designed. Once you install it and jailbreak it fresh, it runs real fast and snappy… but then slows down some after time. Once it’s been used some.
So I reinstalled Inspell, Adblock and next I’ll be installing Backgrounder back on. I haven’t noticed any speed change with Adblock or Inspell installed, which is good. And let me tell ya, I was missin’ Inspell like a mother…
Peace, J
You know one thing that’s not right after installing OS 3.0, at least for me? Fifty percent of the time I dock the Neocell into it’s dock at my bed side, system sounds stop playing. Music will play, the alarm will go off, the ringer will work and all app sounds work… but the system sounds, like the keyboard clicks or “new mail” sounds don’t work. They won’t work until a few minutes, or until I go into the system sound settings and turn the ringer volume down, then up.
I’ve searched online and haven’t noticed anyone else having this problem. I wonder if this is something unique for me, or if it has something to do with the custom system sounds I have installed manually installed.
See, I have an iPhone dock next to my bed. It’s got the USB cable hooked up to it, for power, and it’s also got the line out connected to a really nice small stereo sitting next to it. When I set the Neocell down into the dock, it automatically is connected to power and all sound then automatically plays through the stereo. Ring tones, alarms, new mail notifications, music, you name it, it all plays through the speakers sitting under the table. It’s really ******’ tight to be able to hear your phone ring from the kitchen.
Well, from what I assume, because of the Neocell detecting it’s connected to a dock with a lineout connected, when I undock, it must get a little confused and doesn’t realize “Hey, you need to start playing sound from the internal speaker again”… so when I undock, no sounds. The only way’ta fix it is either to wait a few minutes, or, go into the system settings, turn down the ringer, then turn it back up… which then fixes it. This didn’t start until after OS 3.0.
Kinda’ annoying… but because it looks like I’m the only one havin’ this problem, it’s not gonna’ be something that’ll get fixed. That kinda’ sucks. Any of you havin’ this problem?
Peace, J
