At the special iPhone 4 conference yesterday, Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs claimed that every smartphone lose signal strength if you hold it in a certain way and it is not something unique to iPhone 4.
Steve Jobs explained that they have got to the heart of the problem, and that is smartphone have weak spots.
Apple has also published new pages on its website to explain the antenna issues.
Apple has just released iOS 4.0.1 (8A306) for the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 3G along with iOS 3.2.1 for iPad.
iOS 4.0.1 includes the signal bar changes to fix incorrect display of signal strength.
According to Apple, it will provide users a much better indication of the reception that they are getting in a given area.
iH8sn0w, developer of popular jailbreaking tools such as Sn0wbreeze has just published a detailed guide on how to jailbreak iOS 4 for iPhone 3GS with new bootrom for Mac users.
Windows users can checkout this guide to jailbreak iOS 4 for iPhone 3GS (new bootrom) with SHSH blobs (ECID files).
iH8sn0w, developer of popular jailbreaking tools such as Sn0wbreeze has just published a detailed guide on how to jailbreak iOS 4 for iPhone 3GS with new bootrom.
iH8sn0w was planning to release an updated version of Sn0wbreeze to make this possible but has decided to write the tutorial as he realized it would take too long.
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Things have got quite complicated and confusing for users who want to jailbreak their iPhone after Apple released iOS 4.
Currently it is possible to jailbreak iOS 4 for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS but in case of iPhone 3GS, there are still some ifs and buts.
You can only jailbreak iPhone 3GS with an older bootrom only if you’ve already jailbroken your iPhone 3GS but haven’t used Spirit to jailbreak it.
Update: ModMyI is reporting that Spirit2Pwn is not developed by Gojonnyboi and is probably fake.
iPhone jailbreaking community has released tools like PwnageTool, Redsn0w and Sn0wbreeze to jailbreak iOS 4 for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS users. But in case of iPhone 3GS, they only work if you’ve an iPhone 3GS with older bootrom, which essentially means that users who bought their iPhone 3GS after mid-October last year are out of luck.
This might soon change if you go by a new video, which shows iPhone 3GS (with new bootrom) on iOS 4 that’s jailbroken.
There has been a lot of discussion lately over signal reception and proximity sensor related issues on the new iPhone. However, to be fair, we must also note that iPhone 4 comes with lots of improvements over its predecessor.
One of the significant improvement in the Apple's new iPhone is its battery. Apple has claimed that the new iPhone would offer close to 40% longer battery life compared to iPhone 3GS.
Apple had released iPhone version of the popular iMovie video editing software at the WWDC 2010.
The application, which is available in the App Store for $4.99, allows users to record and edit high definition videos on iPhone 4.
However, the iMovie app does not support older iPhone models, even the entry level iPhone 3GS that is being sold by Apple currently.
iPhone Dev Team had released PwnageTool 4.01 to allow iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS (old bootrom) users to update and jailbreak their iPhone with iOS 4.
In this article, we will take you through a step-by-step procedure to jailbreak the latest iOS 4 using PwnageTool 4.01. This guide is only for iPhone 3GS users.
Though there are tools that make it easy to jailbreak iPhone, things have got a lot more complicated and confusing with the release of iOS4 and updated boot ROM in iPhone 3GS models.
We had published a step-by-step guide on how to find out iPhone 3GS bootrom version. But as some of our readers have pointed out there is an easier way to find out without putting your iPhone 3GS in DFU mode.
