iPhone Hacks

New version of Clippy Brings SMS Copy & Paste; But ℏClipboard Still the Best

Clippy, the impressive jaibreak iPhone app which brought the missing Copy and Paste feature to the iPhone had a few limitations.

It was not possible to copy text from SMS messages and email using Clippy. You could copy only one item at a time using Clippy unlike ℏClipboard which allows you to copy multiple content to the clipboard.

Ryan Petrich, developer of Clippy has released new version of Clippy which addresses some of these limitations.

QuickPwn 2.2.5-2 for iPhone Firmware 2.2.1 Released for Windows

After releasing PwnageTool 2.2.5 and QuickPwn 2.2.5 for iPhone firmware 2.2.1 for Mac users earlier in the day, the iPhone Dev team has just released QuickPwn 2.2.5-2 for Windows users.

The QuickPwn tool can be used to jailbreak and unlock 1st Gen iPhone and only jailbreak iPhone 3G. But using QuickPwn or the upgrading to iPhone Firmware 2.2.1 from iTunes will re-lock your iPhone 3G. So iPhone 3G users should use QuickPwn 2.2.5-2 if you DON'T care about unlocking and want to ONLY jailbreak your iPhone 3G.

PwnageTool 2.2.5 and QuickPwn 2.2.5 for iPhone Firmware 2.2.1 Released for Mac

The iPhone Dev team has released updated versions of their PwnageTool and QuickPwn Tools to jailbreak and unlock the 1st Gen iPhone and jailbreak iPhone 3G running iPhone firmware 2.2.1  that was released by Apple on Tuesday.

The updated PwnageTool will allow iPhone 3G users to create custom firmware (.ipsw) which will preserve the baseband so that it can be unlocked and also bring new features of iPhone firmware 2.2.1.

The latest versions of their iPhone hacking tools are PwnageTool 2.2.5 and QuickPwn 2.2.5. They are currently available only for Mac users. Dev Team will releasing QuickPwn 2.2.5 for Windows users shortly. Dev Team has also released QuickPwn 2.2.5-2 for Windows users.

Step-by-Step Guide to Downgrade from iPhone Firmware 2.2.1 to Firmware 2.2

One of the most common problems after Apple releases its the latest firmware update for the iPhone is that some users who have jailbroken their iPhone end up losing the jailbreak and all the jailbreak iPhone apps and if they have unlocked their iPhone end up locking their iPhone if they accidentally upgrade to the latest firmware update.

So when Apple released iPhone firmware 2.2.1 on Tuesday, quite a few readers ended up accidentally upgrading their iPhones to the latest firmware update despite the warning from the iPhone Dev team.

One of our readers, ezio-xb just commented on our step-by-step guide to downgrade from iPhone firmware 2.2 to 2.1 to tell us that he was able to successfully downgrade his iPhone 3G back to firmware 2.2 and jailbreak it. We have updated the guide to downgrade from iPhone firmware 2.2.1 to firmware 2.2.

More Proof that Apple is Preparing to Launch New version of iPhone

We had reported that Apple might launch the new version of iPhone in June based on on Phil Schiller's, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing statement to David Pogue of New York Times at Macworld 2009.

We are now getting more proof that Apple is preparing to launch new version of the iPhone. Greg Yardley, founder of Pinch Media which provides iPhone developers with ad serving and analytic tracking software to embed within iPhone applications; reported that one of their users has detected the new version of the iPhone.

In addition to this, MacRumors also discovered that Apple's iPhone Firmware 2.2.1 has reference of the next generation iPhone which has been designated "iPhone2,1".

Warning: iPhone firmware 2.2.1 Breaks Software Method to Unlock iPhone 3G

Apple released iPhone firmware 2.2.1 yesterday which included minor bug fixes and improvements as per the release notes.

However, it looks like there was another reason for releasing the latest firmware. The Dev Team who had warned against updating to the latest firmware has confirmed that iPhone firmware 2.2.1 breaks the "injection hole" that they had used in their application yellowsn0w to modify the firmware which had helped to successfully unlock iPhone 3G.

iPhone Firmware 2.2.1 Released: Includes Minor Bug Fixes and Improvements [Updated]

Apple has just released iPhone firmware 2.2.1 (5H11A) through iTunes.

The firmware update contains minor bug fixes and improvements such as improved stability of Safari and a fix for an issue where some images saved from Mail do not display correctly in the Camera Roll.

The iPhone Patent: Apple Awarded Multi-Touch Patent

During the first-quarter earnings call, Apple's No. 2 and acting CEO, Tim Cook had warned competitors of legal battle if they try to rip off their intellectual property.

Though Cook had not named any company, it was widely speculated that he was referring to Palm's Pre as it had features like multi-touch which were similar to the iPhone.

Palm had even gone on the defensive by commenting on that statement: “Apple was not the first to do multi-touch, If faced with legal action, we are confident that we have the tools necessary to defend ourselves.”

If there is indeed a legal battle then things are set to get a lot more difficult as the U.S. Patent Office has just awarded Apple the multi-touch patent.

Important: Be Careful with Latest QuickTime Update if you have Re-enabled DFU Mode in Mac OS X 10.5.6

Though  the simple steps to re-enable DFU Mode in Mac OS X 10.5.6 had helped few readers to re-enable the DFU mode in Mac OS X 10.5.6  which earlier prevented Mac from recognizing iPhone in DFU mode, making it impossible to jailbreak and unlock it using PwnageTool or QuickPwn, it had also caused serious problems for some of our readers.

At that time we had immediately updated the post warning users to proceed with caution and later to avoid it based on feedback from readers.

Wilson Rothman from Gizmodo who had followed the steps outlined by Gizmodo in this post via the same source that we had referred Hackint0sh ran into problems after couple of weeks. 

His Warning message:

"Be careful with that latest QuickTime update if you have run any "DFU fix" Automator scripts"

He also narrates his experience, how he resolved the problem and some tips for all those who might have used the hack or have faced the problem.

iBluetooth Video Demo Confirms Bluetooth File Transfer Coming Soon to the iPhone

A developer, medevil, has just claimed that his iPhone app called iBluetooth will allow users to transfer files from their iPhone to other Bluetooth devices. He has also released a demo video of his iPhone app in action.

We had recently written about SweetTooth, the jailbreak app released by the Bluetooth dev team whose goal is to also get all the missing Bluetooth profiles working on the iPhone. medevil is not part of the Bluetooth dev team.