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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Cydia app Untrackerd: prevent your jailbroken iPhone from tracking

We have already reported about how the iPhone or iPad running on iOS 4.x has been secretly tracking all your moves. Security researchers have revealed that iPhone tracks user’s location and stores it in a secret hidden file which is replicated to the computer once it’s synchronized with the device.


Now Really a new Cydia app called Untrackerd, you can easily prevent your jailbroken iPhone from tracking down all the bits and saving it to a secretly
hidden database file.



Available for free on Cydia under BigBoss repository, simply download free under BigBoss repository From HERE. Download today and protect your privacy.

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Apple has become more aggressive in the fight against jailbreakers

They have also blocked Cydia access from inside their retail stores, and pressured Toyota into removing their advertisements from the jailbreak community.



Chpwn announced via Twitter today that Apple has blocked Saurik’s SHSH servers.
For those who aren’t familiar with SHSH blobs, they are necessary if you ever wanted to downgrade your iOS firmware.

UPDATE: It seems that Saurik noticed all the attention his downed SHSH servers were getting and decided to chime in. 

A few moments ago he tweeted that the server issue of saving new blobs was due to a code snafu, and not to Apple intervention.

Saurik had innovated a way to cache SHSH blobs for Cydia users.
A simple file edit meant that users wouldn’t have to constantly remember to save their SHSH blobs with 3rd party software.

Well it seems Apple has blocked access to their gs.apple.com server, which Saurik’s SHSH servers needed to function properly.

Chpwn does mention that currently saved SHSH blobs are fine and usable, but moving forward users should find a different method.

The fix is simple here. Those of you that have been using TinyUmbrella or iSHSHit can continue to do so.

Chpwn also mentions that a “Submit my SHSH” could be on the way to Cydia to allow blobs to be saved locally and then uploaded to Cydia from the device.

Although this isn’t devastating news for most of us, it does send the message that Apple is taking jailbreaking a little more seriously.

It’ll be interesting to see how Apple addresses jailbreaking both publicly and in iOS in the coming months.

Apple Sold 18.65 Million iPhones, 4.69 Million iPads, 9.02 Million iPods & Made $24.67 Billion Revenue [Q2 2011 Results]

Apple has just posted earnings for Q2 2011. They have managed to sold a record number of 18.65 million iPhones, 4.69 million iPads, 9.02 million iPods, 3.76 million Macs, and made around $24.67 billion in revenue. These statistics are slightly lower than the earnings recorded for Q1 2011 where the Cupertino-based company broke its own previous records.

Full press release is as follows:

CUPERTINO, California—April 20, 2011—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2011 second quarter ended March 26, 2011. The Company posted record second quarter revenue of $24.67 billion and record second quarter net profit of $5.99 billion, or $6.40 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $13.50 billion and net quarterly profit of $3.07 billion, or $3.33 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 41.4 percent compared to 41.7 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 59 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

Apple sold 3.76 million Macs during the quarter, a 28 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 18.65 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 113 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 9.02 million iPods during the quarter, representing a 17 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter. The Company also sold 4.69 million iPads during the quarter.
“With quarterly revenue growth of 83 percent and profit growth of 95 percent, we’re firing on all cylinders,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We will continue to innovate on all fronts throughout the remainder of the year.”
“We are extremely pleased with our record March quarter revenue and earnings and cash flow from operations of over $6.2 billion,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO. “Looking ahead to the third fiscal quarter of 2011, we expect revenue of about $23 billion and we expect diluted earnings per share of about $5.03.”
In Q1 of 2011, Apple Sold 16.24 Million iPhones, 7.33 Million iPads, 19.45 Million iPods and Made $26.74 Billion Revenue


In Q4 of fiscal year 2010, Apple sold 14.1 million iPhones, 4.19 million iPads, 3.89 million Macs, and made around $20.34 billion in revenue.

In Q3 of fiscal year 2010, Apple reported a record 78 % increase in earnings, with an extraordinary $15.7 billion in revenue and a net quarterly profit of $3.35 billion.

Has Apple Been Spying On You?

The battle between Android and iPhone users has been fierce throughout the past year, but some unsavory news coming from a group of iPhone app developers lets us score this latest round a 10 for Android.  According to the folks at O'Reilly Radar, your iPhone or 3G iPad has been storing GPS data without your knowledge.  Question is - what the heck is Apple saving this data for in the first place?
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The data, which appears to be GPS coordinates and associated time stamps, is stored within a file named "consolidated.db".  The guys over at O'Reilly Radar have built an application to view your own data on a map (available here), but it appears to only work with OS X, and thus Mac users.  While cell phone companies have always had this data, but it's only available with a court order (if you watch enough Law and Order, you should know this already).  However, this formerly hidden data file is unencrypted and thus easily accessible to anyone who gets hold of your phone.  While there seems to be a myriad of coordinates saved to the phone, this data likely won't cause any harm to the individual user since the phone is needed itself to access the data.  And as usual, Apple is tight-lipped so far about the matter.  However, Apple has had it's share of controversy in the past, whether it's incessantly bashing Flash, raiding the home of a blogger who found a lost iPhone4 prototype, or initially allowing a 'gay cure' app.  And on a day where Apple released quarterly earnings that doubled over last year, the timing of this new controversy could not be worse.

RockMelt Browser Release For iOS Devices, Surf Internet and Manage Your Social Network Accounts

RockMelt is basically a computer based internet browser, on which you can not only surf the webpages over internet, it also provides you option to manage your Social networks accounts from the browser. It have Facebook integration in it, you can directly update your status from the browser and can also chat from the browser, even if you had not opened the Facebook. It also provides you to check your Twitter’s account timeline from the browser and also provides you option to tweet directly from the browser.

RockMelt has now just release the iOS supported version of their browser, so now you can get all features of computer version of RockMelt browser on your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It also syncs with the Mac in order to update the information simultaneously on the Mac and iPhone.

CleverPin to enable the security code only when necessary to iPhone [Cydia]

A new jailbreak Tweak was released in Cydia called "CleverPin" With CleverPin Tweak you will be able to turn on/off in an intelligent security code that appears every time, the iPhone will block our phone.


Settings and modes of activation and deactivation of the security code will be set manually by the user according to their needs, for example you can disable this function automatically when the iPhone will connect to our home WiFi network, when you hear a song through the application or iPod when the iPhone will be in charge.
The user can also set a specific time interval after which CleverPin rehabilitate the use of the security code.

This tweak requires iOS 4.1 or later and can be purchased via the Cydia Store at a price of $ 2.99, can be found in the BigBoss repository

LG G-Slate Video Review: 8.9" Android Honeycomb Tablet on T-Mobile

It's tablet week here, and we're not complaining. This time it's the LG G-Slate Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet with a 8.9" display and all the high end fixins. The G-Slate isn't cheap at $529 with contract, but it's a big step up from the somewhat murky-screened, plasticky Dell Streak 7 that sells for just $199 with contact.

The G-Slate feels like a quality piece, and the 8.9" capacitive display is sharp and a bit brighter than the Motorola Xoom's. It's a very wide screen device with 1280 x 768 resolution vs. 1280 x 800 for the Xoom and upcoming Samsung 10.1 Galaxy Tab. That's more pixels than the iPad 2, so we aren't complaining. So far with the G-Slate and T-Mobile G2x, we like what LG can turn out when given the green light to make higher end products.

The tablet runs on a 1GHz dual core Tegra 2 CPU and it has 32 gigs of storage but no SD card slot. It's got a pair of camera lenses on the back and it can shoot 5 megapixel photos and 3D video (goofy glasses are in the box so you can see that video once taken). The usual WiFi 802.11n, Bluetooth and GPS are on board as are the standard suite of Google apps and Flash Player. The tablet has 4G HSPA+ on T-Mobile's network and download speeds rocked at 6.5Mbps down and 1Mbps up in our area.

Here's our LG G-Slate video review. We compare it to the BlackBerry PlayBook, Motorola Xoom, iPad 2 and even the Nook Color. Full review coming in a few days.





Samsung Galaxy Prevail Review by Sydney


I can't tell you how many times I've had someone ask me over the past six months when Boost Mobile was going to get another Android smartphone. Boost has great plan prices and somewhat decent phones, but they were lacking that one mid-range smartphone that could really satisfy the masses. Now they have that. It's the Samsung Galaxy Prevail. Yes, you will still have to make a few sacrifices in terms of performance, but at least the option is there. So the next question is, 'How many sacrifices am I going to have to make?' Is the Prevail actually a viable option or did Boost Mobile let down it customers again with a sub-par Android offering?
After testing out the Prevail, I can tell you that it's not a complete disappointment. I've tested out several mid-range Android smartphones so I know that the Prevail could have been better. However, it could also have been much worse. It's not going to knock your socks off, but it performs well enough to satisfy your mobile needs. What exactly do I mean by this? Well, just read the rest of the review to find out.

Design & Features

The physical design of the Prevail is one of my favorite aspects of the phone. You may not expect much from a mid-range smartphone made by Samsung, but they've actually done a pretty good job of making it look both modern and luxurious. The metallic trim that encases the shell and the slightly tapered edges of the top panel capture the technological character of cell phones today, while the soft-touch, matte finish on the back and side panels compliments the trim the way a luxury car's leather seats would its polished exterior. These minute design details may go unnoticed to most consumers, but they certainly do add to the phone's appeal.

In terms of size, the Prevail is no different from most phones these days. Measuring 4.43-inches tall, 2.26-inches wide, and .47-inches thick, it fits well in your hand without feeling bulky or heavy. The 3.2-inch display may be slightly undersized depending on what you prefer, but it was bright and clear despite its low resolution of 320x480 pixels. Typing may be a problem for people with larger hands, but I predict that problem could be easily solved by simply rotating the keyboard to landscape mode.
The four typical Android buttons for Menu, Home, Back, and Search are capacitive touch buttons, not physical buttons. The right spine of the phone contains only the dedicated camera button and the left side contains the volume rocker buttons and the slot for an included 2 GB microSD card. The phone supports up to 32 GB of additional memory to supplement its 117 MB of internal memory. The 3.5mm headphone jack is on the top of the phone along with the Power/Screen Unlock button. The microUSB charging port is on the bottom.

Usability & Performance

To the delight of most customers I'm sure, the Prevail ships with Android 2.2. There is no manufacturer overlay so this is simply stock or vanilla Android. There is no custom dock at the bottom of the homescreen or a modified notification bar with toggle buttons. After using Android for some time now and having had the opportunity to use different custom UIs, stock Android has become somewhat boring to me. That, however, is based solely on opinion and shouldn't necessarily be taken as a negative. The phone does ship with a few Boost Mobile custom apps, but it wasn't overkill. Some of them were completely necessary apps to mange your account or buy more minutes and the others are so few in number that they're easy to ignore. Samsung has included its Task Manager app, something I think a lot of consumers will, if not then should, appreciate. For people who are using Android or a smartphone for the first time, a mask manager may not be the first app they think to download, if they know to download one at all. Having one already installed makes its discovery and use more likely.
I was a little disappointed by the performance of the 800 MHz processor. I guessed that because the phone uses stock Android and ships with a decent processor I shouldn't really have a lot of problems with lag. I understand that some is to be expected from a device of this caliber, but even with those somewhat mild expectations, I found the lag to be a little too much. There were times when the display simply wouldn't respond. There were times when I would try to open an app and the phone would freeze. On a few occasions the phone locked up and I couldn't even power it off to restart it. I had to remove the battery. This may not be a problem with everyone, but I definitely noticed in on a consistent basis.

The Prevail ships with the stock Android keyboard, of course, as well as the Swype keyboard. I've always found the Swype keyboard to be very useful when using a phone with a smaller display. As I pointed out earlier, you could easily use the keyboard in landscape mode where it's larger, but Swype can be used just as handily while still in portrait mode. You don't have to carefully press each key precisely. Rather, it's only necessary to drag your finger to that key and end up somewhere in its general vicinity. The autocorrect will take care of the rest.
I have to say that I'm pretty disappointed by the camera on the Prevail. I understand that megapixel count is not the only thing that determines picture quality and a device of this caliber is definitely not going to have the best camera on the market. Even considering that, a 2-megapixel fixed focus camera really seems inadequate. As I suspected, picture quality was not good at all. Because of the lack of a focus, pictures were blurry and grainy. The lack of flash also limits you. In all, don't expect much from the camera.

I've been testing the Prevail in the Dallas, TX area and have found 3G speeds to be normal though somewhat low if you were to compare them to a larger carrier's 3G. I've always found prepaid carrier's 3G data to be slower than normal so averaging roughly 300 Kbps down and 400 Kbps up wasn't surprising to me, even with a phone using EVDO Rev. A. Thankfully, the phone also supports WiFi which gave me no problems.
Battery life on the Prevail was about what you would expect for an Android smartphone. Android is not the most battery-efficient OS out there, what with all the widgets and multi-tasking you have at your fingertips, so your typical Android phone will last a day or less with normal use. The Prevail's 1500 mAh battery lasted about a day-and-a-half with little use but with multiple live widgets and notifications going on in the background. With normal use, it still will probably only last one day, but at least it will be a full day, whereas on other Android phones it may only last until you get home from work in the evening.

Conclusion

I said this a few times in the video review for the Prevail and I'll say it again here. In all areas, the Prevail is about what you would expect. It's an inexpensive mid-range smartphone from a prepaid carrier. Yes, it did lag sometimes. Yes, the display is not the best one out there. Yes, the camera is disappointing. Overall, it did it's job with no amazing bursts of speed or heightened performance. There are better phones on the market in this same category, but there are also worse ones. The Prevail is right in the middle but at the top of the pack for Boost Mobile customers.
What's Good: Android 2.2; stock Android (if you're into that); good battery life; appealing hardware design; good price.
What's Bad: Occasional lag and freezing; poor camera quality.
The Verdict: It may not be the best mid-range Android smartphone and it's not going to blow you away, but its performance was adequate enough for me to recommend it to anyone already using Boost Mobile.