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Rate How To: Step-By-Step Guide to Block Ads on your iPhone

Original at iPhone Hacks external link    Fri, Oct 10

By iPhonehacks If you find advertisements on websites annoying (including the ones here on iPhone Hacks); then on your computer you can always use browser add-ons like Adblock to prevent page elements such as advertisements from being downloaded and displayed. However, there was no way to block adver...

Rate How To: Developing AJAX Applications for iPhone and iPod Touch

Original at SYS-CON Media external link    Thu, Oct 9

The iPhone is transforming the Web as we know it and compelling every Web designer to consider handheld portable devices. This will cover various aspects of iPhone and iPod Touch development. It will include tips and tricks as well as best practices to follow. Williams will also cover how to...

Rate How To: Step-By-Step Guide to Create Free Custom Ringtones for Your iPhone Using iTunes 8

Original at iPhone Hacks external link    Thu, Oct 9

By iPhonehacks The simple ringtone hack that was discovered almost a year back still seems to work with the latest version of iTunes (v8.0.1). It is based on the fact that iTunes differentiates a song file and a ringtone by the file extension. While we all know that the song file extension...

Rate How To: Pearson offers Apple developers access to ‘iPhone Developer’s Cookbook’ eBook

Original at pheedo.com external link    Wed, Oct 8

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By Dennis Sellers Addison-Wesley, a division of Pearson Education, is releasing the iPhone Developer’s Cookbook, providing Apple developers with information on how to build iPhone applications using the recently-released SDK (software developers kit).

Rate How To: Look at iPhone App Store Without iTunes

Original at mediabistro.com external link    Wed, Oct 8

I don't like installing iTunes on Windows PCs like the Asus Eee PC I'm using on this trip. I just learned about this hack-mashup named... App Store ...that lets you do just that: Take a look at the iTunes App Store without using iTunes. ...

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Rate How To: DIY iPhone/iPod Dock Made From Notebook Clips

Original at Gizmodo external link    Thu, Oct 2

By gizak EdgesRazor: Correct, although someone did build one by using a zip tie to keep the side buttons pressed in. gizak.

Rate How To: Cocoa Touch Tutorial: iPhone Application Example

Original at ranchero.com external link    Wed, Oct 1

By Brent Simmons Cocoa is my Girlfriend: “I am going to explain for beginning iPhone/iPod Touch developers how to build the most basic Cocoa Touch application using Interface Builder and an application delegate in xcode 3.1.”

Rate How To: The Paperclip iPhone/iPod Touch Stand

Original at Gizmodo external link    Tue, Sep 30

By LittleBigPlaneteer The full guide is here for those that want exact measurements and a tutorial: [www.deanying.com]. LittleBigPlaneteer.

Rate How To: Fantastic Patchwork Panoramas Using Just the iPhone Camera

Original at Gizmodo external link    Tue, Sep 30

By Ike_Skelton Get a DSLR and make a quality panorama! Hell get any good digicam and make a quality panorama. Aaaaand Photoshop. Ike_Skelton.

Rate How To: Eduroam on iPhone/iPod Touch- Wi-Fi

Original at Library sharings external link    Tue, Sep 30

By Joost Hegle Here is a small description on how to use eduroam on your iPhone/iPod Touch, unfortunately the "userguide" is only in norwegian.

Rate How To: Make your own iPhone games with GameSalad

Original at www.pocketgamer.co.uk external link    Mon, Sep 29

App Store to go DIY

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Rate How To: SMS Full Featured on IPhone Using SMSD App

Original at Associated Content external link    Mon, Sep 22

By By info@associatedcontent.com (Shriniket Sarkar) This tutorial will teach you to install a SMSD app on iPhone

Rate How To: iPhone SDK tutorial - simple RSS reader

Original at Hackszine.com external link    Tue, Aug 5

By Jason Striegel The Apple Blog recently posted a simple SDK tutorial for the iPhone that walks you through the steps for creating a little RSS reader. It's pretty cool in that it's one step above a Hello World app - it performs a real world function, but doesn't get too bogged down in features and details that...

Rate How to jailbreak your 2.0 software using WinPWN

Original at iPhone Matters external link    Mon, Jul 28

WinPWN for the iPhone 2.0 firmware was released this week, but using it isn’t as simple as, say, ZiPhone. Here’s a guide on how to jailbreak your new iPhone firmware, courtesy of The Inquirer. Before you start this process, remember that third-party apps and Installer.app…

Rate How To: Step-by-Step Guide to Pwn first generation iPhone running firmware 2.0 using Windows (iPhone Hacks)

Original at Techmeme Firehose external link    Sun, Jul 20

Step-by-Step Guide to Pwn first generation iPhone running firmware 2.0 using Windows  —  The iPhone Dev Team released their Pwnage Tool 2. to jailbreak and unlock the first generation (original) iPhone running iPhone firmware 2. yesterday, but only Mac users could use the tool as they are...

Rate How To: iPhone 2.0 Quick Tip - Take a Screenshot of your iPhone

Original at Apple Gazette external link    Mon, Jul 14

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By Michael Here’s a quick tip about the iPhone 2.0 software upgrade that I’m going to be using daily - how to take a screenshot of your iPhone. It’s very simple, all you have to do is hold the “sleep/wake” button and the home button at the same time. Release, and BOOM - iPhone screenshot. The photo pops [...]

Rate How To: Step by Step Guide to Downgrade from iPhone Firmware 2.0 to iPhone Firmware 1.1.4

Original at iPhone Hacks external link    Sun, Jul 13

By iPhonehacks If you have upgraded your first generation iPhone to iPhone firmware 2.0 by mistake and have SIM locked it, then don't worry as some clever folks have figured out a way to downgrade back to iPhone firmware 1.1.4 so that you can unlock it again for SIM freedom. All you need to do is follow the step by...

Rate How To: iPhone Apps We Like: Sketches [IPhone Apps]

Original at Gizmodo external link    Thu, Jul 10

By Brian Lam script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">galleryPost('iphoneappssketches', 5, '');Sketches is a simple drawing tool for the iPhone. What's cool is that you can now use it to draw boogers, mustaches, and devil horns on your friends. [iPhone App Store]

Rate How To: MacRumors: Demo Video of SlingPlayer for iPhone and iPod Touch

Original at Mac Rumors external link    Sun, Jun 8

Image from Engadget Engadget and Gizmodo have posted videos and screenshots of a "Proof of concept" version of the SlingPlayer for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The included video demonstrates how to stream video from your Slingbox, thou...

Rate How To: All Common iPod Problems - Ask and Answer

Original at Hot Hardware external link    Tue, Jun 3

By maccolar Before Apple released the iPhone SDK, you have to jailbreak your iPod Touch or iPhone to install free software or play funny game. And here is a step by step guide will teach you how to do that ...

Rate How To: Two numbers on your iPhone

Original at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) external link    Mon, Apr 28

By Mat Lu Over at UNEASYsilence that have quick tutorial on hacking your iPhone to support two different numbers by using two SIM cards. Basically this involves using a dual SIM card holder and manually trimming down the cards to fit into the ...

Rate How To: iPhone and iPod touch: Tips when using Wi-Fi

Original at Apple Support external link    Fri, Apr 4

See the iPhone User's Guide or iPod touch Features Guide for information on configuring Wi-Fi. Check these suggestions if you run into any issues using Wi-Fi. For best results, make sure you are using the most recent iPhone or iPod touch software. See this document for information on how to c...

Rate How To: iPhone 1.1.4 unlock guide, package manager

Original at MacNN external link    Fri, Feb 29

A Mac-only guide describing how to jailbreak Apple's iPhone 1.1.4 and SIM unlock the device has surfaced alongside a graphical user interface port of the Debian APT package management system for iPhone. The new guide, posted on IntoMobile, takes users step by step through the process of ja...

Rate How To: iPhone 1.1.4 unlock guide

Original at ipodnn external link    Fri, Feb 29

A Mac-only guide describing how to jailbreak Apple's iPhone 1.1.4 and SIM unlock the device has surf...

Rate How To: Mac Automation: listen to a text document

Original at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) external link    Thu, Feb 28    3 related articles

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By Cory Bohon Filed under: Features, How-tosDon't have time to read that Word, Pages, or TextEdit document at your desk? Why not listen to it on your iPod instead? In this Automator how-to, I am going to show you how to create an audio file using text that you have in an open document, then sync that using i...

Rate How To: Guide to porting your DVD's to the iPod Touch / iPhone

Original at palmaddict.typepad.com external link    Thu, Feb 21

By sam mcloughln From Mark Nelson] Thanks Mark for giving me this heads up, the iPhone Atlas have uploaded a tutorial on how to how to put DVD movies on the iPhone/iPod touch. Read in full. [From Mark Nelson] Thanks Mark for giving me this heads up, the iPhone Atlas have uploaded a tutorial on how to how to put DVD...

Rate How To: Bleeding Edge TV 246: iPhone 1.1.3 Jailbreak on Windows video tutorial

Original at Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech external link    Thu, Jan 31    3 related articles

By Andru Click to Play play_blip_movie_644809(); We gave you the details on how to jailbreak your 1.1.3 iPhone on OS X, but don’t think we forgot about people running the trusty Windows OS. Luckily, we have a special edition of iBrickr, ...

Rate How To: Sync your iPhone with Ubuntu Linux

Original at iPhone Atlas external link    Mon, Jan 7

By benwilson Mac OS X and Windows are no longer the only options for iPhone synchronization. As first noted by French iPhone blog Le blog iPhone, Ubuntu has posted a community document explaining how to wirelessly sync music with the iPhone (or iPod Touch) from within the Ubuntu 7.10 distro. The sync mech...

Rate How To: Get those DVDs onto your iPhone or Mac

Original at tuaw.com external link    Fri, Dec 28

By Scott McNulty Chris Breen, of Macworld fame (and an amateur astronomer it would seem) shows us how to use HandBrake like a pro. Breen goes a step beyond 'use the presets' and delves into what many of the options HandBrake offers up actually do, ...

Rate News: Apple posts iPhone custom ringtone how-to

Original at iLounge external link    Fri, Dec 14    3 related articles

By Charles Starrett Apple has posted a new support document, ”How to create custom ringtones in GarageBand 4.1.1,” that describes how to make iPhone-compatible ringtones using the audio editing program. The document states “With GarageBand 4.1.1 you can export your original song, your original audio record...

Rate How To: Take Control introduces "Take Control of Your iPhone" eBook

Original at Your Mac Life external link    Thu, Dec 13

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By Shawn The 195 page ebook explains how to activate and setup a new iPhone, working with ringtones, using the iPhone applications, taking advantage of Wi-Fi and EDGE, using Bluetooth, hacking your iPhone, and more. Click here to read more "Take Control introduces "Take Control of Your iPhone" e...

Rate How To: dvd to iphone , convert dvd to iphone , iphone softwares , dvd to iphone softwares

Original at oursdownload.com external link    Thu, Nov 22    5 related articles

Step by step to convert dvd/video to iphone I was able to convert dvd/video to iPhone using the Cucusoft iPhone Video Converter suite software .I found on http://www.oursdownload.com/dvd-to-iphone.html So far, I'm really impressed with how easy it is to use and how effectively it got the j...

Rate How To: Bonjour working on iPhone for direct file transfers

Original at My iTablet external link    Wed, Oct 24

By James Allan Brady Well Erica Sadun, the iPhone hacking genius, has figured out how to use it for file transfers. This means lot of things, first and foremost though, you’ll be able to transfer files seamlessly between 2 or more iPhones and iPod Touches ...

Rate How To: Iphone Unlock: iPhoneSIMFree Releases First 1.1.1 SIM Unlock - The iPhone Is Free Again!

Original at Gizmodo external link    Thu, Oct 11

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By Jason Chen iPhoneSIMFree, the company that released the first GUI iPhone SIM unlock, has just provided an updated version of their SimFree unlocker for iPhone 1.1.1 phones. They built their unlock on top of the iPhone Dev Team's 1.1.1 Jailbreak work (which they openly acknowledge), and are inviting ev...

Rate How To: YouTube Find: Avoid iPhone Roaming by removing the Sim CardVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Apple Gazette external link    Tue, Sep 11

By Michael If you’re planning to travel internationally, and want to keep using the iPod/Web/Wi-Fi features of your iPhone intact without incurring those thousands of dollars in roaming fees “by accident” that we keep hearing about, this quick video will show you exactly how to do it.

Rate How To: Avoid Roaming Charges On Your iPhoneVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at CrunchGear external link    Mon, Sep 10

By Peter Ha A clever fellow by the name of John, not our John, has figured out how to avoid ridiculous roaming charges when traveling abroad by simply taking out his SIM card. Yes, this negates any possibility of using the phone, but you can at least use the Wi-Fi to browse the web and check e-mail. Simple,...

Rate How to make iPhone ringtones for free

Original at MacDailyNews external link    Fri, Sep 7    4 related articles

Instructions for creating free iPhone ringtones and syncing them via iTunes... Instructions for creating free iPhone ringtones and syncing them via iTunes...

Rate How To: iPhone Book Sneak Peek: Third-Party iPhone Application Tutorial [Apple]

Original at Gizmodo external link    Tue, Sep 4

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By Jason Chen Pash over at Lifehacker has a tutorial up on how to install third-party applications to your iPhone. It's notable because it comes straight from our iPhone Book, along with many more tips and tricks that you won't find in other books (seriously, we've read the other books, and they don't ha...

Rate How To: Tactile feedback DIY-style for iPhone gaming

Original at My iTablet external link    Thu, Aug 23

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By Chris Davies Share This Here’s an irony: take a beautiful, modern iPhone touchscreen, add a NES emulator (to play games decades old) and then lament the lack of old-skool buttons to whack away at.  So Gizmodo have got together with the creator of iBrickr to put together a clever little tutorial sho...

Rate How To: Create your own iPhone remote application

Original at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) external link    Thu, Aug 23

By Mike Schramm This tutorial from IBM's DeveloperWorks is about as simple as it gets, and yet it shows you how you can use your iPhone as a remote for iTunes, Keynote, or any other AppleScript-able applications on your Mac, with no jailbreakin' ...

Rate How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone for Total Dummies (OS/X + Windows)

Original at Apple Stories from Digg external link    Thu, Aug 23

Remember our tutorial on how to install applications on your iPhone, no hacking skills required? It just got even easier: now you don't need to get into the Terminal to do it. It's as simple as starting up the new GUI-based installer from Nullriver. It just works and it won't void your warrant...

Rate Gizmodo’s How To Guide for Installing Apps on iPhone, No Rubber Chicken Required

Original at The iPhone external link    Mon, Aug 20

By Kent Pribbernow For those who want to dabble in the dark world of iPhone hacking, but are driven off from fear of complexity, Gizmodo has posted a great How To guide that explains how to install third party software on iPhone. The process is so easy you don’t need to be a l33t hAx0R to make it [...]

Rate How To: iPhone Hacking: Step by Step

Original at Mac Rumors external link    Fri, Aug 17

This is a topic we've generally avoided as its not an easy process, and even with a step-by-step guide, the process can be tedious... but for those who haven't yet gotten around to hacking your iPhone (to install applications, ssh, etc..), Macworld p...

Rate How To: Fully Unlocked iPhone?

Original at Mac Rumors external link    Tue, Aug 14

Gizmodo reports on instructions on how to unlock the iPhone for use with other GSM carriers. There are claims that Voice and EDGE will work with the unlocked phone which requires an $80 Turbo SIM card purchase as well as a lengthy proc...

Rate How To: 8 iPhone Briefs

Original at InformationWeek external link    Fri, Jul 27

Here are some of the best information, tips, and links about the HarryPotter-phone. Learn how to troubleshoot problems, customize ringtones, use non-Apple headphones with the iPhone, and more.   more Update your feed preferences powered by SimpleFeed

Rate How To: Instructions Posted for Tethering Laptop to iPhone EDGE Network

Original at powerpage (Feedburner) external link    Wed, Jul 25

By chrisbarylick(barylick@gwu.edu) A tutorial has been posted on crea.ations.net demonstrating how to hack your iPhone to distribute an EDGE network that can then be tapped into as an ad-hoc network via your laptop. The trick, which stems off the "jailbreak" hack... A tutorial has been posted on crea.ations.net demonstrating how...

Rate Apple: How to Swap iPhone Ringtones in 7-EZ Steps (?)

Original at Gizmodo external link    Mon, Jul 23

By Brian Lam iFuntastic is a Jailbreak GUI/Checklist for simplifying the still complicated iPhone Ringtone hack. Previously, there was a tutorial, but this UI does a lot of the scripting for you, including...

Rate How To: Graphical guide to unlocking iPhone for any AT&T SIM

Original at My iTablet external link    Thu, Jul 19

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By Chris Davies Yesterday we told you about the hack to unlock the iPhone’s vice-like grip on the SIM it’s supplied with; now there’s a graphical guide to doing just that.  It’s a lot easier to follow, and by the end you’ll be able to use any Cingular or AT&T SIM card - including pay-as-you-go.  more…)

Rate Tutorial: How to Call on iPhone Without AT&T Contract

Original at Gizmodo.com external link    Thu, Jul 19

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By Jesus Diaz We broke the story yesterday and now here's the graphic tutorial to call with your iPhone using a pre-paid AT&T SIM card without a contract, a corporate account or even a virtual operator SIM card that uses the AT&T network. [Hack The iPhone - Thanks TechLuver]

Rate How To: Hackers Calling: Graphic Tutorial to Install Ringtones in Your iPhone Now Available

Original at Gizmodo.com external link    Fri, Jul 13

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By Jesus Diaz Vini, vidi and now vinci: if you dare, you can now use a detailed step-by-step graphic tutorial to install your own ringtones in the iPhone. However, given that it's friday and it has been a long week, we may not finish it before the just-around-the-corner legit iTunes ringtones arrive. [Ha...

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