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Thursday, March 4, 2010

How to setup @live.com, @live.com.au, Live or Hotmail Email Addresses on iPhones

On your iPhone, do the following:

Settings >

Mail, Contacts, Calendars >

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Add Account… >

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Other >

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Under Mail, choose Add Mail Account >

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In New Account, enter the following:

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Name Your Name

Address Your Email Address eg myemail@live.com.au or myemail@live.com.au

Password Your Password (NOTE: This is your email password, make sure it is approximately 8 or less characters! I tried this with a much larger password and the sign up kept failing. I have not tried any higher than 8 characters, if you get this working with higher let me know).

Description Live Email Account

Now press Save >

Under New Account, choose POP >

Incoming Mail Server:

Host Name pop3.live.com

Username Your Email Address, eg myemail@live.com or myemail@live.com.au

Password Your Password (NOTE: Make sure your password is approximately 8 or less characters!)

Outgoing Mail Server:

Host Name smtp.live.com

Username Your Email Address, eg myemail@live.com or myemail@live.com.au

Password Your Password (NOTE: Make sure your password is approximately 8 or less characters!)

Now tap Save.

After it has Verified POP account information, you can change the advanced settings by selecting the account that was added and scrolling to the bottom of the screen.

For more information about adding Live and Hotmail to your iPhone head here to the Windows Live announcement on POP3 technology now available to all Hotmail users Worldwide (12Mar09).

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

How to install Cracked Applications on your jailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch.

Method 1: Using Installous:
1. Click on “Manage” on the bottom of the Cydia screen.
2. Select “Sources” from the Cydia screen.
3. Select “Edit” on the top right of the screen. (You should be on a list of sources).
4. Select “Add” from the top left of the screen.
5. Enter the following when prompted: http://cydia.hackulo.us/
6. Press “Add Source“. Cydia will warn you about copyright information, just tap ok.

The hackulo.us repository is very crowded and they lack donations so it is down often. You can try the new brotherhood project repository http://cydia.install0.us/ - That is ZERO not O.

7. Once the source has been added, go to “Search” on the bottom of the Cydia window, or look in the hackulo.us repository.
8. Type in “Installous” and continue.
9. Install “Installous” on your iPhone from Cydia.
10. Go back to “Search” on the bottom of the Cydia window.
11. Type in “AppSync” and continue.
12. Install “AppSync 3.0 or 3.1“. (Dependant on your version of Firmware, either 3.0.x or 3.1.x)
13. You will need to likely respring your phone, so when Cydia prompts you to, just continue until you’re back to your iPhone home screen.
14. Find “Installous“, and load the application.
15. Locate the Application you want from the Installous Browser (which browses Appulo.us).

When installing apps from installo.us and you receive a bzip2 error, see here: http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=220864&highlight=bzip2

Method 2: iTunes method or .ipa method:
1. First you need to make sure that you have patched your MobileInstallation file on your device. If you don’t patch it, you won’t be able to install cracked apps.
2. Click on “Manage” on the bottom of the Cydia screen.
3. Select “Sources” from the Cydia screen.
4. Select “Edit” on the top right of the screen. (You should be on a list of sources).
5. Select “Add” from the top left of the screen.
6. Enter the following when prompted: http://cydia.hackulo.us/
7. Press “Add Source“.
8. Once the source has been added, go to “Search” on the bottom of the Cydia window.
9. Type in “AppSync” and continue.
10. Install “AppSync 3.0 or 3.1“. (Dependant on your version of Firmware, either 3.0.x or 3.1.x)
11. Reboot your iPhone/iPod Touch – Cracked apps will now work properly.
12. Double click on the .ipa file and sync your device with iTunes. (By double clicking the .ipa file, you will open the file with iTunes. The file will be automatically copied into the iTunes library. Once iTunes has loaded and the file has been opened, press sync and the installation will begin.)

Note: AppSync is for firmware 3.0 & 3.1, not 1.x or 2.x, & no need to use SSH and WinSCP with MobileInstaller.framework if you install AppSync – See Method 3 below.

Method 3: The SSH method or direct method:
1
. Download cracked application via http://www.appulo.us or torrent websites.
2. Unzip the cracked application folder to your desktop.
3. SSH into iphone using WinSCP:

First make sure you have OpenSSH & OPENSSL installed from Rock, Icy or Cydia.

Next get WinSCP and find your iPhone’s ip by going to (on your iphone):

Settings > Wi-Fi > “Your selected WiFi” > Look under IP Address

Connect to your iPhone using WinSCP:

· User name: root

· Password: alpine (Unless you have previously changed your password to something more secure – see my post here on how to do that, or just install OpenSSH with Cydia, Rock or Icy, and a prompt will appear after asking if you would like to change your password)

· Change File Protocol to “SCP”.

Just press Login after your screen on WinSCP.

You will now see a popup asking to save your Server Key. Do it. (I also made a copy of this for backup purposes.)

If you are having trouble with log in please read this: Make sure OPENSSH & OPENSSL is definitely installed on your iphone – I could only get Winscp to work once, then it fails to log in every time after this, a reinstall of both WINSCP and OpenSSH & OpenSSL will fix it temporarily for one time again. I’m still working on this.

4. Once logged into WinSCP, navigate to /Applications.
5. Drag the cracked application (.app – Note 1) folder over to the /Applications folder and drop it in there.
6. Right click on the cracked application folder and change permissions to 0755 and select the box beside “set owner group and permissions recursively” (or go inside the folder, select everything, and set properties to 0755 as well), then hit ok.
7. In the /Applications folder, make a new folder called “Documents”, with a capital D. Change the permissions on the “Documents” folder you just created to 0777.
8. Navigate to /var/mobile/ and make a new folder called “Documents”, with a capital D. Change the permissions on the “Documents” folder you just created to 0777.
9. Reboot your device.

Notes:
1. If you have a .ipa file instead, change this extension to .zip, unzip the file and inside the payload folder you will see the .app folder that you can use to drop into your /Applications folder. If you cannot see the .ipa extension on your computer you will need to go into “Control Panel > Folder Options > View Tab > Untick “Hide extensions for known folder types”.

2. Some applications require you set permission to 0775. It seems to be random, so if 0755 doesn’t work, try 0775.

3. It appears you can add more than 1 Application to the device at a time before rebooting also.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

100 Valentines Day Gift Ideas – For Geeks

"Romance is dead - it was acquired in a hostile takeover by Hallmark and Disney, homogenized, and sold off piece by piece." – Lisa Simpson.

Can’t think of a gift for significant other? Well neither could I, I wish she was a nerd so I could give her some of the following:

Free Valentines Day Cards  & other gifts from ThinkGeek!:

ThinkGeeky Gift Cards

Chemicals [PDF]
Inside: I'm chemically dependent on you.

U PWN ME [PDF]
Inside: Happy Valentine's Day, my sw337, l337 geek!


Love Robots [PDF]
Inside: Your lips say 0 but your eyes say 1.












i + u = <3 ftw! [PDF]
Inside: Happy Valentine's Day

 

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Techland Gift Ideas from MetalSmitten (Twitter), Sony, Amazon, ThinkSound (Twitter), Walmart:


FOR HER: Space Invaders Gold Pendant
Price: $165

Get her a piece of jewellery she'll never forget and that she can keep close to her heart. She can relive her Atari days with this cute gold pendant.

FOR HER: Sterling Silver Internet Earrings
Price: $33
Your girl will proudly wear this little bit of Geek on her ears. It's Sterling Silver and you can get it from Etsy!

FOR HER: <3 Love Rings
Price: $40
Need we say more? What says Love better than the Heart Dainty Ring from Metal Smitten in sterling silver.

FOR HIM: PSP go
Price: $249, Sony
The newest from Sony, the PSP go uses only downloaded content, eliminating the missing mini-disks. It also plays video or music, and we think it looks pretty snazzy, too.

FOR HIM: Lego Camera
Price: $119, Amazon
If your nerd is into Lego's, then this 3 mega pixel camera makes a great gift. It's light, small, and takes pretty decent pictures.

FOR HIM: Thinksound Earphones
Price: $75 - $100, Thinksound
These headphones tag them as having having “big sound and a small footprint.” They have great sound but leave behind a small eco-footprint. They're made of wood!

FOR HIM: Bendable Keyboard
Price: $25, Walmart
Your guy will love the Flexible Compact Keyboard. It's great for spills dust and other junk. You can twist it, roll it, fold it. It's made of a silicon based material and can hook up to any USB. Sadly it's just for Windows.

FOR HER: The Kandle
Price: $25.00, Amazon
Ever wanted to read in the dark, but were prevented by the poor lighting? Meet the Kandle. It's an LED light that attaches directly to the top of most eReaders. Yes, we love the name. Amazon can ship it over in two days.

FOR HIM: DC Comics Covergirls Coffee Table Book
Price: $17, Amazon
Your comic book nerd boyfriend will love this book. It has almost every heroine from Wonder Woman, Catwoman, Supergirl from the last 25 years.

Free Windows Home Server Stickers from Microsoft:
P1030515

Show off your love for Windows Home Server by letting us send you some of our favourite Home Server stickers including the tattoo, “Mommy book” cover, the blue house and the status houses.

So how do you get your stickers? Usually were all about technology and  e-mail, but this time we're going OLD SCHOOL with snail mail to avoid keeping any information about you. Just send a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) to the address below. We’ll send you all four stickers pictured above and shred your original envelope.

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15580 NE 31st St

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Make sure to include enough postage to return a sticker pack via U.S. mail. It's less than one ounce, so a standard First Class stamp will do if you're in the United States; enclose an envelope with International Reply Coupons (IRC) if you're outside of the U.S. And be sure to send your envelope in soon -- one per person please.
Microsoft will use your self-addressed stamped envelope to send you the offer materials.  We will not keep or maintain your contact information.

* We sadly don’t have an unlimited supply of these, so this offer is good only for the first 2,500 to respond. Limit one set of stickers per person. This offer is non-transferable and cannot be combined with any other offer.  This offer ends on Feb 28th or while supplies last, and is not redeemable for cash.  Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the recipient.  Any gift returned as non-deliverable will not be re-sent. Please allow 6 - 8 weeks for shipment of your stickers. Due to government gift and ethics laws, government employees (including military and employees of public education institutions) are not eligible to participate.