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Target is Going to Sell iPhones

Alex Heath ∙ Updated April 3, 2018

"At Target we continue to offer our guests the best in electronics, so we’re happy to add iPhone to our Target Mobile offerings." The senior VP of Target merchandising has confirmed that Target is slated to be the next retail chain to sell iPhones.

The iPhone 4 and 3GS will be available at all Target locations for walk-in purchases on November 7. Target has now joined the ranks of Walmart and Best Buy as a major retail partner for iPhone. Target has also promised to have in-store activations for AT&T...

White iPhone 4 Gone From Apple’s Online Store

Jeff Benjamin ∙ October 29, 2010

We heard this might happen, but seeing is believing. Apple has totally removed any trace of the white iPhone 4 from the online store. No more "coming soon," it's just gone.

There are now just three flavors of iPhone's advertised on the Apple store, the Black 8GB 3GS, the Black 16GB iPhone 4, and the 32GB Black iPhone 4. Of course, this will inevitably change with the next iteration of the device -- the iPhone 5. Hmm, Verizon anyone?

How to Update Your iPhone to iOS 4.1 and Make Sure You Can Unlock with UltraSn0w

Sébastien Page ∙ October 20, 2010

Technically, it's not possible to unlock an iPhone that has been updated to iOS 4.1 because there is no unlock available for the iOS 4.1 baseband. Now depending on your situation, there might be a way to unlock your iPhone.

If you are still on iOS 4.0.1 (or even earlier version. ie 3.1.3), then you can use PwnageTool to jailbreak your iPhone while preserving the baseband (see our guide here). This will make sure you update to the latest iOS version but don't update the baseband, which is the key part in unlocking your iPhone...

Tutorial: Jailbreak iPhone 4.1 with PwnageTool

Sébastien Page ∙ October 20, 2010

This guide and tutorial will show you how to use the freshly released PwnageTool to jailbreak your iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, or iPhone 3G. There has been a couple jailbreak tools for iOS 4.1 released recently but only PwnageTool will preserve your baseband allowing you to update to a jailbroken 4.1, while still preserving your baseband so you can unlock.

PwnageTool is available for Mac only. If you don't have a Mac, try to find a friend who does, and simply use his computer to cook the firmware. This guide was written using an iPhone 4 but the steps are the same, no matter what iPhone model you have (only the firmware downloaded will change).

This being said, make sure to follow this guide to jailbreak your iPhone iOS 4.1 with PwnageTool. As always when hacking your iPhone, you are proceeding at your own risks...

Jailbreak for iPhone 3GS iOS 4.1 Won’t Be Released Until November

Sébastien Page ∙ October 9, 2010

GreenPois0n is going to be released on Sunday. It will jailbreak the iPhone 4, iPad, and iPod Touch 4G. It won't however jailbreak the iPhone 3GS. So what happens to those of you who have an iPhone 3GS?

Well, yesterday we confirmed that Comex is working on a jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS but if I were you, I wouldn't hold my breath too much on that as MuscleNerd made it clear that such a jailbreak wouldn't be released until November, when iOS 4.2 is released...

HDR Capabilities Coming to the iPhone 3GS?

Sébastien Page ∙ September 30, 2010

Is HDR photo capabilities coming to the iPhone 3GS? It seems like it looking at the discovery 9 to 5 Mac made of what appears to be a future HDR feature in the 3GS. As you can see in this image, there are two icons for the HDR feature inside the SDK. One clearly is for the iPhone 4 Retina Display, and the other is for an iPhone without the Retina Display, which most likely is the iPhone 3GS.

This seems to be pretty good news if it is indeed for real. On the other hand, it could very well be a feature that Apple decided to drop at the last minute which would mean the 3GS will never get HDR...

iPhone 3GS Running iOS 4.2 Jailbroken with Sn0wBreeze

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated May 11, 2018

iH8Sn0w, the developer of Sn0wBreeze sent a tweet a few hours ago telling he had successfully jailbroken his iPhone 3GS (old bootrom) running iOS 4.2 beta. Apparently, Cydia, Icy or Rock won't work though, which is kind of inconvenient and makes the jailbreak useless.

The point is he did manage to jailbreak the new beta release of iOS 4.2...

Apple Releases iOS 4.2 Beta

Sébastien Page ∙ September 15, 2010

Apple just released iOS 4.2 Beta to developers. As 9 to 5 Mac noted, it's not only available for iPhones as you can also download iOS 4.2 Beta for iPad, which will bring over-the-air printing.

As usual when a new firmware comes out, it is recommended that jailbreakers and unlockers stay away from it if they don't want to lose the ability to jailbreak/unlock in the future...

Will Steve Jobs’ FaceTime Promise Hold True?

Guest Author ∙ Updated June 13, 2016

Remember back in June when Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone 4 and the revolutionary FaceTime ability? Perhaps if you're detail oriented you'll remember that Jobs also stated that Apple would be shipping 10's of millions of FaceTime ready devices. How will he make this happen?

Fortune has a broke down report on how Jobs might make his promise a reality in spite of critics who scoffed at the number proposed. I'll give you a hint, it isn't exclusive to Apple handhelds...

HDR Capabilities Coming to Your Jailbroken iPhone 3G & iPhone 3GS

Guest Author ∙ September 11, 2010

So were you a bit annoyed when Steve Jobs introduced the new HDR features of iOS 4.1 and realized it wouldn't apply to your iPhone 3G or 3GS? Well stop being annoyed because apparently there will be a jailbreak app for that.

BGR highlighted a tweet from iOS developer Will Strafach that states the following:

Unofficial Version of PwnageTool Supposedly Jailbreaks iPhone 3GS iOS 4.1

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

An unofficial version of PwnageTool is going around the interwebs. This tool will supposedly jailbreak the iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.1. Needless to say that I do not recommend using this since it hasn't been approved by the Dev Team. However this method seems to work according to comments on iSpazio site (in Italian, mind you).

As usual with these crappy releases though, you have to fit in the crazy pre-requisites:

The Most Overpriced iPhone Dock Ever

Guest Author ∙ September 8, 2010

I once bought a pair of retro Air Jordan that were strikingly ugly but nonetheless a one of kind product. I thought by owning these I was cool. Needless to say I was 16 years old.

Touch My iPhone highlights a new iPhone dock that may earn bonus points for creativity but puts my old tennis shoes to shame. The iRetrophone Skyliner mimics your grandmother's old stationary phone (the handset on the dock actually works) and offers the following description...