AppAdvice Staff Member: Nic Elder

Instructions For Enabling Native Tethering On 3.1.2 For Jailbroken iPhones

CAUTION: Proceed at your own risk. I have tested and verified these instructions, however if they are not f...
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3.1 Tethering & Visual Voicemail: Fixing the BenM MobileConfig File

Big news earlier this week was how to restore the internet tethering hack in firmware 3.1. While AT&T ref...
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Fuzzyband 3.1b1 Update Available In Cydia

Fuzzyband: upgrade/downgrade 3G baseband for ultrasn0w compatibility
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iPhone OS 3.0 App Re-Download Mystery Unraveled

Last week we reported on a new policy found in the iPhone OS 3.0 betas that halted the ability to re-download apps for free from the iPho...
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TomTom Confirmed For iPhone OS 3.0

Apple delighted us with a surprise demonstration from the folks at TomTom during today's keynote. They previewed their upcoming turn-by-t...
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SlingPlayer: It's Here!

Just when you thought it'd never make it, SlingPlayer iPhone has finally been approved and is available in the App Store NOW!
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Downgrade Baseband for yellowsn0w: 3G Fuzzyband Downgrader

Did you accidently upgrade your phone to 2.2.1, or worse 3.0 betas, without heading the advice to wait for an...
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5 Must Have Jailbreak Apps

Some people who have not yet delved into the jailbreaking experience are asking "Why would I want to jailbreak my phone?". For these peo...
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Review: Google Earth

Overview Google Maps is quite amazing, however lacks the quality overhead images of its worldly sidekick Google Earth. I love launching Google Earth on my computer a...
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Review: PdaNet (Look Ma' No Proxy!)

PdaNet 1.31 | Published by June Fabrics | Via Cydia | Free | Released: 10-1-08 So a while back I wrote about how to get Netshare's tethe...
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Review: SwirlyMMS vs. Flutter (Real iPhone MMS)

Review: QuickGold vs. Searcher (The iPhone 'Spotlight')

QuickGold 1.0 | Published by Zachary "zataang" Taanges | Via Cydia | Free | Released: 9-05-08 Searcher 1.0-...
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Review: biteSMS (The Better SMS App)

biteSMS 2.2| Published by biteSMS | Via Cydia | Free | Released: 9-04-08 Overview We were questioned this week about the ability to forw...
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Review: Categories (Organize Your SpringBoard)

Categories 2.11 | Published by BigBoss | Via Cydia | Free | Released: 9-08-08 Overview On my Macbook I'm accustomed to organizing all of...
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Review: CopyTrans (Resurrect iTunes Library from iPod)

CopyTrans v2.37 | Published by WindSolutions | Via WindSolutions Site | $19.90 | Windows Only Overview I rec...
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How to Use WinterBoard (SummerBoard Replacement): A Walkthrough

While we might not see a free version of SummerBoard, one of the most highly-anticipated jailbroken apps, iPh...
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How to Tether Your iPhone Without NetShare (Mac Walkthrough)

Some of you were lucky enough to grab a copy of NetShare before it was taken down from iTunes (twice), but fo...
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How to SSH / SFTP: A Walkthrough for Mac Users

Chances are that if you've followed one of our tutorials to jailbreak your iPhone, you might need some help on how to get files on and of...
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Update: mxTube v1.5 with Walkthrough

MxTube v1.5a Beta | Published by MxWeas | Via built-in Cydia Repo | Free What's New In This Version Everyone's favorite app for downloadi...
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How to Use Customize: A Walkthrough

Customize v2.1.1 | Published by SpicyChicken | Via built-in Production Cydia Repo | Free Overview SpicyChicken has been working hard to g...
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