iPhone Hacks

DIY: Make an iPhone 3G Dock out of Cardboard

We have seen some interesting DIY projects such as iPhone Dock using binder clips, Wooden iPhone 3G iPhone dock and one where you can turn an old phone into an iPhone docking station.

You should checkout the iPhone 3G dock made out of cardboard by the crafty folks at Geeky Gadgets as they did not want to pay an extra $30 for an iPhone 3G dock.

iMobileCinema Allows Playback of Embedded Flash Videos on your iPhone

Support for Adobe's Flash is one of the most requested features by iPhone users since its launch.

iMobileCinema, a jailbreak iPhone app has just been released for iPhone firmware 2.2 which allows playback of flash videos embedded in web pages on your iPhone.

Trick to Enable Japanese Emoji Icons on your iPhone; No Jailbreaking Required

iPhone firmware 2.2 gave iPhone users the ability to create and view messages with Emoji icons. But it was available only to iPhone users on Japan's SoftBank network.

There are couple of ways to enable it: use the hack that an iPhone developer had figured out or install Emoji app via Cydia. But both these solutions needed a jailbroken iPhone.

Folks at Winandmac have figured out another trick to achieve this without the need to hack your iPhone.

Safari Addon Plugins brings Some Missing Features to iPhone's Safari Browser

iPhone's Safari browser is one of my favorite iPhone apps and easily the best mobile browser I have used by a long distance.

However, even if if you ignore the crashes (which have reduced but not gone away post iPhone firmware 2.2) it is far from being perfect in terms of features. It has quite a few basic features missing such as ability to copy and paste content from a web page, searching for a word or text on a web page etc.

iSpazio has released a Safari Addon plugins to bring the missing functionality to iPhone's Safari browser.

Pastebud Released: Brings Copy and Paste Feature to the iPhone; Also Includes Feature to Copy Contents from an Email

Pastebud, the new service which is aiming to bring the strangely missing Copy and Paste feature to the iPhone has just been released.

So you will finally be able to copy text from iPhone's Safari browser to the Mail app and also between web pages without jailbreaking your iPhone.

It works exactly as I had described yesterday and also includes a feature to copy contents from an email.

Pastebud Aims to bring Missing Copy & Paste Feature to the iPhone

A new service called Pastebud aims to bring Copy & Paste feature to the iPhone between iPhone's Safari browser (across tabs) and iPhone's Mail app which has been surprisingly missing ever since the launch of the 1st generation iPhone.

So you will finally be able to copy text from iPhone's Safari browser to the Mail app and also between web pages and the best part is you don't need to jailbreak your iPhone or need anything to be installed and its completely legal.

DIY: Turn an Old Phone into an iPhone Docking Station

We have seen some interesting do-it-yourself (DIY) projects for the iPhone, the most recent one was the Airplane Holder for the iPhone which quite a few readers thought was an excellent idea.

But you got to love this DIY project by fonejackerhacker which turns an old phone into an iPhone docking station, just for the retro look and the effort that seems to have gone into making it.

Tricks to Teach your iPhone to Swear

You might have noticed that your iPhone doesn't know the swear words. So every time you try to use one, its auto-correct feature kicks in and gives you some weird alternatives.

With iPhone firmware 2.2, you have the option to disable the auto-correct feature but in my case the auto-correction feature makes the touchscreen usable and fast when it comes to writing an email or SMS.

So how do you get rid of those annoying prompts?

DIY: Airplane Holder for the iPhone

We have seen some really cool do-it-yourself stuff for the iPhone like iPhone Dock Using Binder Clips, iPhone Game Accessory, Wooden iPhone 3G Dock, iPhone Document Scanner etc.

Here is another cool mod which uses a readily-available airsickness bag to hold your iPhone which can be quite useful while watching video on your iPhone on a plane.

Hack gives iPhone Developers Access to Dynamic Launch Images

Developer Patrick Collison has published a technique which tricks iPhone’s code signing mechanisms into giving third party iPhone developers access to dynamic launch images rather than being stuck with static ‘Default.png’ images.

Jason Kincaid of TechCrunch had initially believed that it was a serious security flaw as he felt developers could use it to bypass Apple's App Store approval process to release an updated version of their iPhone app by executing arbitrary code from within their own applications whenever they wish.

But has later clarified that it is not as serious as he had initially thought but it is a legitimate bug.