Apple Releases iTunes 9.0.1 - Fixes issues

Apple today released iTunes 9.0.1 via Software Update and the iTunes download site, offering a number of bug fixes.

iTunes 9.0.1 provides a number of important bug fixes, including:

- Resolves issues browsing the iTunes Store.
- Addresses a performance issue where iTunes may become unresponsive.
- Fixes a problem where iTunes may unexpectedly quit.
- Fixes a problem syncing Podcasts in playlists to iPod or iPhone.
- Fixes a problem sorting albums with multiple discs.
- Addresses an issue with the Zoom button not switching to Mini Player.
- Improves application syncing for iPod touch and iPhone.
- Genius is now automatically updated to show Genius Mixes.

Both Mac (OS X 10.4.11 or later) and Windows (XP or Vista) versions of iTunes 9.0.1 are available.

iTunes 9 was released earlier this month at Apple's "It's Only Rock and Roll" media event in San Francisco and brings a new look to the software as well as a number of new features.

[Via Mac Rumors]

Random Ubuntu audio issues? Here's a fix!

I was having a problem with Rhythmbox (The default music player on Ubuntu). It would look like its playing the song but no sound would come out of my speakers and the song wasnt movie even though it said it was playing.
So I thought it might be a problem with ALSA so I restarted it and it worked!

Here is a script I made that will restart the ALSA audio manager and you should have sound working again hopefully whatever the problem may be.


You can download the script here

All it does it restarts ALSA.

Jailbreak for 3.1 firmware! "fun!" - Not for 3GS or iPod Touch 2G.. Sorry ~ Dette: The Young Tech Geek

Jailbreak for 3.1 firmware! "fun!" - Not for 3GS or iPod Touch 2G.. Sorry ~ Dette: The Young Tech Geek

My process that finally fixed iTunes freezing with iPhone Syncing

A couple days ago a made a post about how my installation of iTunes 9 had frozen every time I tried to sync my iPhone..
I finally decided that I would downgrade iTunes to iTunes 8.2.1 thinking iTunes 9 was the problem. Well it turns out that after I downgraded I was still having the freezing problems, it took me a good 30 minutes for me to get my iPhone to plug in without iTunes freezing on me. I could NOT get iTunes to sync my info to my iPhone so I went the day without having my contacts, email, music, calendar or any of the stuff I normally have. I did jailbreak my phone but even that turned out to be a disaster for some reason installing Winterboard and Mobile Substrate decided to break my firmware so I had to restore again and that was hard because of iTunes still freezing.

Finally I read somewhere that deleting your iPhone's/iPod's backups might make it unfreeze. It did! I deleted my iPhone's backups and my friends iPod Touch backups and closed iTunes and re opened it and my iphone synced without a problem!

So if you are having problems with iTunes freezing on you then you can try deleting the backups you have for your iPhone and/or iPod, and yes I know that kind of sucks to delete those (I never restore from backup I always start fresh) but it might help iTunes stop freezing.
If that doesnt work you can try doing that and/or downgrading your installation of iTunes 9 to iTunes 8.2.1.
Here are the download links for iTunes 8.2.1
Windows
Windows 64 Bit
Mac - Says G3 but it should work on all Macs

To downgrade you must backup your iTunes Library
On Mac it will be in your Music/iTunes and the file will be called iTunes Library (data file)
On Windows it will also be Music/iTunes and the file we ill be called iTunes Library.itl

and there should also be a folder called Previous iTunes Libraries, this folder contains your older libraries from older installations. You can use the latest one (created when you installed iTunes 9) to replace the iTunes 9 one.

Now you must uninstall iTunes - Drag iTunes.app from the Applications folder on Mac to the trash or use the programs uninstaller in the control panel of Windows

Now you can install iTunes 8.2.1.

Combining those 2 options successfully fixed the freezing issues on my iTunes installation! I hope that helps anyone with this problem!

The Informational Post!

Having trouble downgrading your iPhone 3GS?
iPhone 3GS Downgrade assistant (helps to downgrade or restore to 3.0 on the iPhone 3GS!) - Download Here!

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Get some info!

Want MMS on your iPhone NOW?
Works for 3.0+ firmwares! Here

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No carrier name on your unlocked iPhone?
Read update #2!

Holy monkey nuts! How many times has iTunes 9 frozen on you?...

I am up to about 11+ freezes (about 8 today after restoring to 3.0 again).. Only when I try and sync my iPhone and seeing as thats the most important part (aside from playing music) I'm getting sufficiently pissed off with Apple and iTunes 9! After careful consideration (mostly consisting of saying "What the hell is going on???" repeatedly..) I decided to throw iTunes 9 out the window for now until Apple can fix these freezing problems, and go back to iTunes 8.2.1 which worked perfectly fine in my experience and since I am not running the new 3.1 firmware.. I have no need for iTunes 9, nor do I have a desire at this point to wait 15 minutes to start syncing my iPhone..

So I would lose to hear if anyone else is having these lovely problems with iTunes 9 because I have read a lot about other people having this and other problems along with them. Including freezing when downloading a song, when downloading an app, when opening the iTunes store, and more that aren't related to hanging/freezing.

So hit me up in the commend back! I'd love to hear others thoughts..

Saurik: Cydia and MobileSubstrate Update - Via FSMdotCOM

Yesterday, the iPhone Dev-Team finally released their Mac tools for jailbreaking the new iPhone FW 3.1. You can learn how to jailbreak your iPhone EDGE/3G or iTouch here . There are a few apps that are not yet compatible with the new firmware but Saurik didn’t lost any time and already pushed an update for Cydia and MobileSubstrate.
Cydia update solves various bugs, one of the bugs relates to the badges which were not displayed correctly on applications. MobileSubstrate update , addresses issues with applications like Winterboard which becomes perfectly compatible with the new firmware.
Needless to say that this updates are critical and all you need to do is to load Cydia, wait for the auto-refresh and update.

[Via FSMdotCOM]

Blog "Technical Difficulties" - Sad

Apparently my blog is having some technical difficulties! Why? I have absolutely no idea as of right now.
But my sidebar appears to be at the bottom below the posts.. I will say that is not where it is supposed to be by any means..

I am not sure what caused it but I am looking at it right now (while my good old 3GS restores to 3.0.. Fuck you Apple)

Just an update to everyone. Enjoy

Aha! 3.0 Restore on my 3GS worked! Thanks Saurik!

I just followed Sauriks guide to restore 3.0 firmware on the iPhone 3GS with his "On File" ECID SHSH!
It verified the firmware and I am now restoring!

I was on 3.0.1 firmware but I need to restore just to work out some bugs and so now I can without loosing my JB!
I personally was/am holding off on upgrading to 3.1 until the Jailbreak is released for the iPhone 3GS. I do realize that could be awhile.
But now with the option to downgrade back to 3.0 I might have to give 3.1 a shot just because I am a geek and I love to try new things and "beat the system" you could say.

Anyways just was letting everyone know that Sauriks's method DOES work! Not that I even had a single doubt but I am just sharing my experience so far with my iPhone 3GS and the battle against Apple.


EDIT: Just an update! It worked without a hitch! Now back on 3.0 (not jailbroken.. yet)..

Time to fire up redsn0w! WOOT

How to downgrade iPhone 3GS from 3.1 to 3.0 - Saurik's guide and explanation

Here is the WHOLE of Saurik's post on his site about downgrading the iPhone 3GS from 3.1 to 3.0 firmware. It ONLY works if you have an ECID on Cydia's server.

Here is the whole of the post after the break ;)

Jailbreak for 3.1 firmware! "fun!" - Not for 3GS or iPod Touch 2G.. Sorry

[Via the Dev-Team Blog]

This is the low down on our tools for use with the 3.1 firmware from Apple, please read the whole post in full before attempting anything. Because of changes with Apple’s update techniques (that complicate the 3GS upgrade process) this will be a multipart release. This release starts with PwnageTool 3.1 for Mac OS X - this application supports the iPhone 1st Generation (2G), the iPhone 3G and the iPod touch 1G. NB: THIS DOES NOT SUPPORT THE 3GS OR 2G/3G IPOD TOUCH. redsn0w for Mac OS X and Windows will follow sometime in the near future, please don’t bug us about it - we’ll release when we have something ready.

Google Gears for 64 Bit!

Here is a custom compiled version of Google Gears for 64 Bit users (I use it on Ubuntu 9.04 64 Bit)

Here is a link to the hacked version of Google Gears: http://nielspeen.com/blog/2009/02/google-gears-64-bit/

Here is a link to Google Gears for anyone interested in what Google Gears actually is! http://tools.google.com/gears/


Enjoy!

Post breaks in Blogger! 10th anniversary

This is a feature I have been waiting for with Blogger! Why they did not impliment it sooner is quite beyond me, but all the same its here now!

Here it is! (More after the break!)

Mac Spotlight like search in Ubuntu!

Many people may have already done this manually but I thought I would help out for the people who do not know how or have not heard of these apps!

Here is a script I created that will guide you in adding a Spotlight like search feature in your Ubuntu Gnome Panel. It will act as close as you can get to Spotlight on a Mac!

The applications that are used are Beagle and Deskbar-Applet.

My script will automate the install as much as possible and instruct you in how to set up the search applet on the Gnome Panel!

Here is the download link. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?20ttdljlm2t

All you have to do is save it to your desktop and open the terminal and type the following
(they are each separate commands. You can copy and paste if you would like!)

cd ~/Desktop
chmod 777 spotlight-like
./spotlight-like

Now just follow what it tells you to do and BAM! You have a Spotlight like search on your Ubuntu desktop!

Enjoy

How to enable MMS on iPhone OS 3.1

If you check out our iPhone forums, then you’ll notice the thread “MMS is out right now” is blazing hot. Thanks to this tutorial, several forum members have reported success enabling MMS on iPhone OS 3.1 using either iTunes 8.2.1 or even iTunes 9. The process does not require you jailbreak your iPhone. It does require downloading a modified bundle file (available at Krllr), but the process seems easy enough and most are having success.

For those willing to wait, the official launch of MMS on AT&T is set for September 25th. If you enable MMS, let us know how you make out in the comments or in our forums.

[Via everythingiCafe]

TweetDeck on Ubuntu 64 Bit

There are problems with Adobe AIR and TweetDeck on the 64 Bit edition of Ubuntu.

This is a pretty quick fix for that problem and it will get Adobe AIR and TweetDeck working perfectly on 64 Bit linux.

OK this will work if you have Adobe AIR and TweetDeck installed already or you are planning on installing them.

The first thing you need to do is install the getlibs_all package (a lot of people may already have this installed and if you do then you can skip this step). You can download it from here http://frozenfox.freehostia.com/cappy/ - Make sure to get the getlibs_all.deb file.

The rest of the steps are simple but they are done in the Terminal.
Open up the Terminal/Console and run this command:

sudo apt-get install lib32asound2 lib32gcc1 lib32ncurses5 lib32stdc++6 lib32z1 libc6 libc6-i386 lib32nss-mdns

Now you need to use the getlibs to install some libraries.. I made this easy for you guys by creating a script that will do all the typing for you.. All you have to do is type "y" or "n" for yes or no and press enter when it asks you too :D. It will be easy, trust me. ;)

download this script: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?5ngykkmmz10

place it on your Desktop for this guide but you can put it anywhere you want if you know how to run it.
Now in the Terminal type (without the quotes) "~/Desktop" and then "chmod 777 adobeair" after that type "./adobeair" or just open the adobeair file on your desktop and click "Run In Terminal"

You will be prompted "[y/n]" on each installed Library and you want to type "y" and press enter.


now that you have completed the script you need to install Adobe AIR (if you havent already) http://get.adobe.com/air/ - To install just use the same commands as on the adobeair script that you ran previously.

Now once Adobe AIR is installed you want to run this final command

sudo ldconfig

Now you just need to install TweetDeck at http://tweetdeck.com

OK your done! Enjoy TweetDeck on your fast 64 Bit Ubuntu install!


NOTE: If Adobe AIR still doesnt work after that use this command

sudo cp /usr/lib/libadobecertstore.so /usr/lib32

Saurik can downgrade 3GS 3.1 to 3.0! - 3GS 3.1 ECID might be of use as well!

On Twitter "About 10 hours ago" according to my twitter homepage, Saurik posted 2 tweets...


This means that we will get detailed instructions on how to downgrade our iPhone 3GS phones from 3.1 (either accidental upgrade or purposeful) back to 3.0 ONLY IF you have an ECID SHSH on file via Cydia (luckily I do!)..
Saurik thankfully did not mention anything about needing the iBSS and iBEC files! I am greatful for that because I dont have those because I replaced my 3GS and forgot to grab the files for that device since I had them for the previous one.

Anyways this is very good new! Thank you so much Saurik!

I will still advise you NOT to update to 3.1 if you want a Jailbreak because there is still no way to Jailbreak 3.1 currently. Though this means if you DO upgrade you will hopefully be able to downgrade back to 3.0 later if in need. (I am also hoping this means I can do a 3.0 restore without updating because I need to fix some issues I am having)

Jailbreak Firmware 3.1 on iPhone 3Gs: Understanding The Problems

You already know that when it comes to jailbreking the iPhone 3Gs, you wont have nothing but headaches. ECID file, IBSS and IBEC files… omg the pain!!! To tell you the truth i wasn’t quite sure what all this means , but i had a vague idea. I asked around, and decided to pass the informations to you guys, as simple and clear as possible.

As you know, i dont have a 3Gs yet, and if this BS will continue, and jailbreaking will continue to be such a hustle, i will pass this model and ill wait for the next model: 64 gigs. I really can live without upgrading ( the only feature that excites me, is that 3Gs can (natively) video record ). Anyway, all the information you will find in this article is related ONLY to the iPhone 3Gs. If you own a EDGE/3G you can chill and just read this for your own knowledge.

First of all you need to understand that Apple knows everything you do with your iPhone and iTunes. Yeah, not such a major privacy invasion as it sounds but still… No matter if you do a upgrade, recovery, downgrade of the firmware, the entire process starts to communicate with the Apple servers via iTunes. In case of the iPhone 3Gs, iTunes sends to Apple a certificate in order for the phone to be verified. If, during this “test” , the certificate fails to respond clearly , the server tells iTunes to return an error. If the certificate responds as it should, the firmware is installed flawlessly

With the release of the new iPhone firmware 3.1, Apple thought it would be cool to check for certificates for this version, and forget about the old ones. That’s cool, ok Apple do as you please, but … by taken this decision they make impossible to do anything that implies the old 3.o firmware. So the only thing you can do is to install the new 3.1 and most probably mess up your chances on jailbreaking your device.

Saurik, like a true gentleman and pedagogue that he is, will provide a full tutorial on how to downgrade from 3.1 to 3.0. Oh, what a joy. Yeah not so fast punk. The tutorial can apply ONLY to those that listened to FSMdotCOM and others (serious) iPhone sites out there and saved their iPhone 3Gs’s ECID on his server via Cydia.

So what does all this mean? It’s simple: if your momma thought you to listen to good advice and saved your ECID file you can go back from iPhone firmware 3.1 to 3.0 ( if you upgraded ), and not loose the privilege to jailbreak. Also if you saved your ECID, and didn’t upgrade you can jailbreak. If you didn’t save your ECID and was in a hurry to upgrade , well… you pretty much screwed at the moment.

So what can you learn from all this:

• i understand you (might be ) are paranoid. I am extremely paranoid when it comes to technology and privacy. But (sometimes) listen when somebody tells you to do something. We do it for you, not to steal shit from you. If you don’t understand what im saying, let me explain: got a lot of emails asking me if its save to upload the ECID file on Saurik’s server. What its his purpose? Can he steal something from us by doing this? Im not telling you to to trust everybody from now on. Just telling you to sleep with one eye HALF open, thats all.
• DO NOT panic!!! This BS is not definitive. What is made by human hand, is broken by (other) human hand. The iPhone Dev-Team can always come up with a solution. And im sure they are working very hard. The downside is, that this is all the info that we have right now.
• DO NOT fuck around with iTunes and firmwares. The smallest mistake can upgrade your 3Gs to 3.1 and… well just dont do it. Patience is a virtue.

[Via FSMdotCOM]

Sorry for the lack of posts!

I have been in Texas at an Unschooling/Homeschooling Conference called R.E.C - Rethinking Education Conference. I go every year and its very difficult to get on and post on my Blog.
But I am back in town and plan on updating much, much more often!

Thanks.

Apple Under Fire

Apple Under Fire

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Could Not Activate Cellular Data Network: You Are Not Subscribed to a Cellular Data Service

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Mysterious HTC Hero revision pics surface, angled chin now M.I.A.

It's not unusual for HTC to repackage the same phone in dramatic ways for different carriers (see Sprint Touch Pro vs. Verizon's vs AT&T Fuze), but the Hero that 8080.net reportedly has is a pretty marked difference -- most notably a more conservative chin. Here's what we can glean from the admittedly bad machine translation: the outlet claims it's the Hero200 that the FCC just approved for CDMA bands, and while it certainly seems like a Hero variant one way or another, we have no proof that this is actually the same recently-approved version, nor have we seen what Sprint's Hero will actually look like. With all those caveats all the way, feel free to jump into the read link and enjoy a number of pictures up close and personal

[Via Engadget]