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install super user permissions app from market - restart root your captivate with a free sw called superoneclick (this will also let u enable 3rd party apps with one click) once done then follow these steps Step 1. - Retrieve nv_data.bin file use "adb shell" or a terminal emulator to get a terminal prompt and run the following commands Code: su cat /efs/nv_data.bin >> /sdcard/nv_data.bin Step 2. - Edit nv_data.bin file mount the internal SD Card on your computer make a backup copy of the nv_data.bin file on your computer using your favorite HEX editor like hex workshop open the nv_data.bin on the sdcard jump to address 0x181468 you should see a string like this ff 01 00 00 00 00 46 46 there are 5 different types of locks in 5 different bytes the FF byte should be left alone the first byte after the FF is the network lock the next byte is the network subset lock the next byte is the sp lock the next byte is the cp lock the last byte appears to be a data lock. the 46 46 should be left alone Change any 0x01 to 0x00 (or 0x00 to 0x01 to lock for warranty) It should read ff 00 00 00 00 00 46 46 for unlocked save and close file unmount SD Card Step 3. - Replace nv_data.bin file I want to say it again so no one misses it MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A BACKUP OF YOUR NV_DATA.BIN FILE BEFORE YOU CONTINUE!!!!! use "adb shell" or a terminal emulator to get a terminal prompt and run the following commands Code: su rm /efs/nv_data.bin rm /efs/nv_data.bin.md5 cat /sdcard/nv_data.bin >> /efs/nv_data.bin chmod 755 /efs/nv_data.bin chown radio.radio /efs/nv_data.bin || chown 1001.1001 /efs/nv_data.bin reboot your phone is now unlocked... enjoy

list of all the IPSW (roms) for i-phones / pads till 9-12-11 1.0.0: iPhone1,1_1.0_1A543a_Restore.ipsw 1.0.1: iPhone1,1_1.0.1_1C25_Restore.ipsw 1.0.2: iPhone1,1_1.0.2_1C28_Restore.ipsw 1.1.1: iPhone1,1_1.1.1_3A109a_Restore.ipsw 1.1.2: iPhone1,1_1.1.2_3B48b_Restore.ipsw 1.1.3: iPhone1,1_1.1.3_4A93_Restore.ipsw 1.1.4: iPhone1,1_1.1.4_4A102_Restore.ipsw 2.0.0 (2G): iPhone1,1_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw 2.0.0 (3G): iPhone1,2_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw 2.0.1 (2G): iPhone1,1_2.0.1_5B108_Restore.ipsw 2.0.1 (3G): iPhone1,2_2.0.1_5B108_Restore.ipsw 2.0.2 (2G): iPhone1,1_2.0.2_5C1_Restore.ipsw 2.0.2 (3G): iPhone1,2_2.0.2_5C1_Restore.ipsw 2.1.0 (2G): iPhone1,1_2.1_5F136_Restore.ipsw 2.1.0 (3G): iPhone1,2_2.1_5F136_Restore.ipsw 2.2.0 (2G): iPhone1,1_2.2_5G77_Restore.ipsw 2.2.0 (3G): iPhone1,2_2.2_5G77_Restore.ipsw 2.2.1 (2G): iPhone1,1_2.2.1_5H1_Restore.ipsw 2.2.1 (3G): iPhone1,2_2.2.1_5H11_Restore.ipsw 3.0.0 (2G): iPhone1,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw 3.0.0 (3G): iPhone1,2_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw 3.0.0 (3GS): iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw 3.0.1 (2G): iPhone1,1_3.0.1_7A400_Restore.ipsw 3.0.1 (3G): iPhone1,2_3.0.1_7A400_Restore.ipsw 3.0.1 (3GS): iPhone2,1_3.0.1_7A400_Restore.ipsw 3.1.0 (2G): iPhone1,1_3.1_7C144_Restore.ipsw 3.1.0 (3G): iPhone1,2_3.1_7C144_Restore.ipsw 3.1.0 (3GS): iPhone2,1_3.1_7C144_Restore.ipsw 3.1.2 (2G): iPhone1,1_3.1.2_7D11_Restore.ipsw 3.1.2 (3G): iPhone1,2_3.1.2_7D11_Restore.ipsw 3.1.2 (3GS): iPhone2,1_3.1.2_7D11_Restore.ipsw 3.1.3 (2G): iPhone1,1_3.1.3_7E18_Restore.ipsw 3.1.3 (3G): iPhone1,2_3.1.3_7E18_Restore.ipsw 3.1.3 (3GS): iPhone2,1_3.1.3_7E18_Restore.ipsw 4.0.0 (3G): iPhone1,2_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw 4.0.0 (3GS): iPhone2,1_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw 4.0.0 (4): iPhone3,1_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw 4.0.1 (3G): iPhone1,2_4.0.1_8A306_Restore.ipsw 4.0.1 (3GS): iPhone2,1_4.0.1_8A306_Restore.ipsw 4.0.1 (4): iPhone3,1_4.0.1_8A306_Restore.ipsw 4.0.2 (3G): iPhone1,2_4.0.2_8A400_Restore.ipsw 4.0.2 (3GS): iPhone2,1_4.0.2_8A400_Restore.ipsw 4.0.2 (4): iPhone3,1_4.0.2_8A400_Restore.ipsw 4.1.0 (3G): iPhone1,2_4.1_8B117_Restore.ipsw 4.1.0 (3GS): iPhone2,1_4.1_8B117_Restore.ipsw 4.1.0 (4): iPhone3,1_4.1_8B117_Restore.ipsw 4.2.1 (3G): iPhone1,2_4.2.1_8C148_Restore.ipsw 4.2.1 (3GS): iPhone2,1_4.2.1_8C148a_Restore.ipsw 4.2.1 (4): iPhone3,1_4.2.1_8C148_Restore.ipsw 4.2.6 (4 CDMA): iPhone3,3_4.2.10_8E600_Restore.ipsw 4.3.0 (3GS): iPhone2,1_4.3_8F190_Restore.ipsw 4.3.0 (4 GSM): iPhone3,1_4.3_8F190_Restore.ipsw 4.3.1 (3GS): iPhone2,1_4.3.1_8G4_Restore.ipsw 4.3.1 (4 GSM): iPhone3,1_4.3.1_8G4_Restore.ipsw 4.3.2 (3GS): iPhone2,1_4.3.2_8H7_Restore.ipsw 4.3.2 (4 GSM): iPhone3,1_4.3.2_8H7_Restore.ipsw 4.2.7 (4 CDMA): iPhone3,3_4.2.7_8E303_Restore.ipsw 4.2.8 (4 CDMA): iPhone3,3_4.2.8_8E401_Restore.ipsw 4.3.3 (3GS): iPhone2,1_4.3.3_8J2_Restore.ipsw 4.3.3 (4 GSM): iPhone3,1_4.3.3_8J2_Restore.ipsw 4.2.9 (4 CDMA): iPhone3,3_4.2.9_8E501_Restore.ipsw 4.3.4 (3GS): iPhone2,1_4.3.4_8K2_Restore.ipsw 4.3.4 (4 GSM): iPhone3,1_4.3.4_8K2_Restore.ipsw 4.2.10 (4 CDMA): iPhone3,3_4.2.10_8E600_Restore.ipsw 4.3.5 (3GS): iPhone2,1_4.3.5_8L1_Restore.ipsw 4.3.5 (4 GSM): iPhone3,1_4.3.5_8L1_Restore.ipsw 5.0 (3GS): iPhone2,1_5.0_9A334_Restore.ipsw 5.0 (4 GSM): iPhone3,1_5.0_9A334_Restore.ipsw 5.0 (4 CDMA): iPhone3,3_5.0_9A334_Restore.ipsw 5.0 (4S): iPhone4,1_5.0_9A334_Restore.ipsw 5.0.1 (3GS): iPhone2,1_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw 5.0.1 (4 GSM): iPhone3,1_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw 5.0.1 (4 CDMA): iPhone3,3_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw 5.0.1 (4S): iPhone4,1_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw Update: 5.1.0 (3GS): iPhone2,1_5.1_9B176_Restore.ipsw 5.1.0 (4 GSM): iPhone3,1_5.1_9B176_Restore.ipsw 5.1.0 (4 CDMA): iPhone3,3_5.1_9B176_Restore.ipsw 5.1.0 (4S): iPhone4,1_5.1_9B179_Restore.ipsw 5.1.1 (3GS): iPhone2,1_5.1.1_9B206_Restore.ipsw 5.1.1 (4 GSM): iPhone3,1_5.1.1_9B206_Restore.ipsw 5.1.1 (4 GSM Build 9B208): iPhone3,1_5.1.1_9B208_Restore.ipsw 5.1.1 (4 CDMA): iPhone3,3_5.1.1_9B206_Restore.ipsw 5.1.1 (4S): iPhone4,1_5.1.1_9B206_Restore.ipsw Ipad: 3.2.0: iPad1,1_3.2_7B367_Restore.ipsw 3.2.1: iPad1,1_3.2.1_7B405_Restore.ipsw 3.2.2: iPad1,1_3.2.2_7B500_Restore.ipsw 4.2.1: iPad1,1_4.2.1_8C148_Restore.ipsw 4.3.0 (iPad 1): iPad1,1_4.3_8F190_Restore.ipsw 4.3.0 (iPad 2 Wi-Fi): iPad2,1_4.3_8F191_Restore.ipsw 4.3.0 (iPad 2 GSM): iPad2,2_4.3_8F191_Restore.ipsw 4.3.0 (iPad 2 CDMA): iPad2,3_4.3_8F191_Restore.ipsw 4.3.1 (iPad 1): iPad1,1_4.3.1_8G4_Restore.ipsw 4.3.1 (iPad 2 Wi-Fi): iPad2,1_4.3.1_8G4_Restore.ipsw 4.3.1 (iPad 2 GSM): iPad2,2_4.3.1_8G4_Restore.ipsw 4.3.1 (iPad 2 CDMA): iPad2,3_4.3.1_8G4_Restore.ipsw 4.3.2 (iPad 1): iPad1,1_4.3.2_8H7_Restore.ipsw 4.3.2 (iPad 2 Wi-Fi): iPad2,1_4.3.2_8H7_Restore.ipsw 4.3.2 (iPad 2 GSM): iPad2,2_4.3.2_8H7_Restore.ipsw 4.3.2 (iPad 2 CDMA): iPad2,3_4.3.2_8H8_Restore.ipsw 4.3.3 (iPad 1): iPad1,1_4.3.3_8J3_Restore.ipsw 4.3.3 (iPad 2 Wi-Fi): iPad2,1_4.3.3_8J2_Restore.ipsw 4.3.3 (iPad 2 GSM): iPad2,2_4.3.3_8J2_Restore.ipsw 4.3.3 (iPad 2 CDMA): iPad2,3_4.3.3_8J2_Restore.ipsw 4.3.4 (iPad 1): iPad1,1_4.3.4_8K2_Restore.ipsw 4.3.4 (iPad 2 Wi-Fi): iPad2,1_4.3.4_8K2_Restore.ipsw 4.3.4 (iPad 2 GSM): iPad2,2_4.3.4_8K2_Restore.ipsw 4.3.4 (iPad 2 CDMA): iPad2,3_4.3.4_8K2_Restore.ipsw 4.3.5 (iPad 1): iPad1,1_4.3.5_8L1_Restore.ipsw 4.3.5 (iPad 2 Wi-Fi): iPad2,1_4.3.5_8L1_Restore.ipsw 4.3.5 (iPad 2 GSM): iPad2,2_4.3.5_8L1_Restore.ipsw 4.3.5 (iPad 2 CDMA): iPad2,3_4.3.5_8L1_Restore.ipsw 5.0 (iPad 1): iPad1,1_5.0_9A334_Restore.ipsw 5.0 (iPad 2 Wi-Fi): Pad2,1_5.0_9A334_Restore.ipsw 5.0 (iPad 2 GSM): iPad2,2_5.0_9A334_Restore.ipsw 5.0 (iPad 2 CDMA): iPad2,3_5.0_9A334_Restore.ipsw 5.0.1 (iPad 1): iPad1,1_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw 5.0.1 (iPad 2 Wi-Fi): iPad2,1_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw 5.0.1 (iPad 2 GSM): iPad2,2_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw 5.0.1 (iPad 2 CDMA): iPad2,3_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw Update: 5.1.0 (iPad 1): iPad1,1_5.1_9B176_Restore.ipsw 5.1.0 (iPad 2 Wi-Fi): iPad2,1_5.1_9B176_Restore.ipsw 5.1.0 (iPad 2 GSM): iPad2,2_5.1_9B176_Restore.ipsw 5.1.0 (iPad 2 CDMA): iPad2,3_5.1_9B176_Restore.ipsw 5.1.0 (iPad 2 Unknown): iPad2,4_5.1_9B176_Restore.ipsw 5.1.0 (iPad 3 Wi-Fi): iPad3,1_5.1_9B176_Restore.ipsw 5.1.0 (iPad 3 CDMA): iPad3,2_5.1_9B176_Restore.ipsw 5.1.0 (iPad 3 GSM): iPad3,3_5.1_9B176_Restore.ipsw 5.1.1 (iPad 1): iPad1,1_5.1.1_9B206_Restore.ipsw 5.1.1 (iPad 2 Wi-Fi): iPad2,1_5.1.1_9B206_Restore.ipsw 5.1.1 (iPad 2 GSM): iPad2,2_5.1.1_9B206_Restore.ipsw 5.1.1 (iPad 2 CDMA): iPad2,3_5.1.1_9B206_Restore.ipsw 5.1.1 (iPad 2 New): iPad2,4_5.1.1_9B206_Restore.ipsw 5.1.1 (iPad 3 Wi-Fi): iPad3,1_5.1.1_9B206_Restore.ipsw 5.1.1 (iPad 3 CDMA): iPad3,2_5.1.1_9B206_Restore.ipsw 5.1.1 (iPad 3 GSM): iPad3,3_5.1.1_9B206_Restore.ipsw iPod 1.1: iPod1,1_1.1_3A101a_Restore.ipsw 1.1.1: iPod1,1_1.1.1_3A110a_Restore.ipsw 1.1.2: iPod1,1_1.1.2_3B48b_Restore.ipsw 1.1.3: iPod1,1_1.1.3_4A93_Restore.ipsw 1.1.4: iPod1,1_1.1.4_4A102_Restore.ipsw 1.1.5: iPod1,1_1.1.5_4B1_Restore.ipsw 2.0.0: iPod1,1_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw (Must purchase through iTunes) 2.0.1: iPod1,1_2.0.1_5B108_Restore.ipsw 2.2.0 (1G): iPod1,1_2.2_5G77_Restore.ipsw 2.2.0 (2G): iPod2,1_2.2_5G77a_Restore.ipsw 2.2.1 (2G): iPod2,1_2.2.1_5H11a_Restore.ipsw 3.1.2 (3G): iPod3,1_3.1.2_7D11_Restore.ipsw 3.1.3 (3G): iPod3,1_3.1.3_7E18_Restore.ipsw 4.0.0 (2G): iPod2,1_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw 4.0.0 (3G): iPod3,1_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw 4.0.2 (2G): iPod2,1_4.0.2_8A400_Restore.ipsw 4.0.2 (3G): iPod3,1_4.0.2_8A400_Restore.ipsw 4.1.0 (2G): iPod2,1_4.1_8B117_Restore.ipsw 4.1.0 (3G): iPod3,1_4.1_8B117_Restore.ipsw 4.1.0 (4G): iPod4,1_4.1_8B117_Restore.ipsw 4.2.1 (2G): iPod2,1_4.2.1_8C148_Restore.ipsw 4.2.1 (3G): iPod3,1_4.2.1_8C148_Restore.ipsw 4.2.1 (4G): iPod4,1_4.2.1_8C148_Restore.ipsw 4.3.0 (3G): iPod3,1_4.3_8F190_Restore.ipsw 4.3.0 (4G): iPod4,1_4.3_8F190_Restore.ipsw 4.3.1 (3G): iPod3,1_4.3.1_8G4_Restore.ipsw 4.3.1 (4G): iPod4,1_4.3.1_8G4_Restore.ipsw 4.3.2 (3G): iPod3,1_4.3.2_8H7_Restore.ipsw 4.3.2 (4G): iPod4,1_4.3.2_8H7_Restore.ipsw 4.3.3 (3G): iPod3,1_4.3.3_8J2_Restore.ipsw 4.3.3 (4G): iPod4,1_4.3.3_8J2_Restore.ipsw 4.3.4 (3G): iPod3,1_4.3.4_8K2_Restore.ipsw 4.3.4 (4G): iPod4,1_4.3.4_8K2_Restore.ipsw 4.3.5 (3G): iPod3,1_4.3.5_8L1_Restore.ipsw 4.3.5 (4G): iPod4,1_4.3.5_8L1_Restore.ipsw 5.0 (3G): iPod3,1_5.0_9A334_Restore.ipsw 5.0 (4G): iPod4,1_5.0_9A334_Restore.ipsw 5.0.1 (3G): iPod3,1_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw 5.0.1 (4G): iPod4,1_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw Update: 5.1.0 (3G): iPod3,1_5.1_9B176_Restore.ipsw 5.1.0 (4G): iPod4,1_5.1_9B176_Restore.ipsw 5.1.1 (3G): iPod3,1_5.1.1_9B206_Restore.ipsw 5.1.1 (4G): iPod4,1_5.1.1_9B206_Restore.ipsw

Promo here: https://market.android.com/details?id=apps_timed_promotion&feature=banner Well this is one the best sales we’ve ever seen in the Android market today. “10 Days of Offers: Top Premium Apps, 10¢ Per App.” Visit the Android Market today and you'll see one of the spotlights is a sale: "10 Days of Offers: Top Premium Apps, 10¢ Per App." They're not kidding when they say premium, either; just check out today's deals: SoundHound Asphalt 6: Adrenaline HD Minecraft - Pocket Edition Swiftkey X Endomondo Sports Tracker Great Little War Game Sketchbook Movile Fieldrunners HD Color & Draw for Kids (Phone) Paper Camera ... are all just 10¢ in celebration of 10 billion apps downloaded from the Android Market Source: Phandroid/Android Police

What Made You Happy Today / Recently ? And Why Not Share It ? - Let Everyone Know There Are Small Pleasures To Savour Everyday... You Have To Only Look Around & Discover Happiness? That illusive thing... What makes us happy? What makes us happy continuously... First one may be easy... It's the second one that's tough to decipher? Because more often than not, the definition of happiness gets restricted to larger things in life... A New Car... Bigger House... Yearly Promotion... Better Job... Arrival of a Kid... Getting a good degree... Better Business.. Such things don't happen on a daily basis but at a longer time frame... We are happy when it does... Then again the search for a better/larger happiness continues... But somewhere along the journey we have to get through each day & that becomes a source of pain.. The earlier feeling of being too happy on achieving larger things in life vanishes too soon & the journey becomes a struggle.. That's only because as grown ups, smart & intelligent, we either don't care for or enjoy smaller things in life... How happy it was to bunk a day in school, play gully cricket with stone stumps, eat roadside trash with limited pocket money, watching adult film without being adult and so on... Nothing was very logical as such but happiness scale? You Bet... It was awesome... That was only because we did not put our intelligence in measuring the QUANTUM... If you felt happy... You felt happy... Period... Why not rekindle that childlike attitude again and share in this topic "What Made You Happy Today / Recently" ? Can be any small thing... And no bar for larger things... Just share & let other members know there are thousands of things to be happy about every day!!! Spread The Smile & Happiness For All... May be your reason for being happy today/recently will become theirs too and everyone will discover new/unexplored sources... Only possible with your uninhibited and whole-hearted participation on a regular basis... Few Things Which Made me happy recently.... - Received a beautiful handmade glass painting from Sister in Law... Awesome... Took her 17 Days to make... - At last the housing society made parking slots in order with fresh coat of paint... Cars are not crowded any longer... - Got Rajkot's famous Peda alongwith a relative... It's Yummy... Exported till New York... BTW i got it free... - That 5 pair of Arrow socks for Rs 152.. Happy hunting together...

Pay using MasterCard, it will give you 10% discount automatically without entering coupon code as it will detect MasterCard when you enter the first 4 digits of the Credit Card. Worked for me yesterday.

1 December every year is recognized as a HIV / AIDS awareness day, still many people have doubts and queries which are unanswered - so i want to answer them, please list it down and i shall post answer ASAP. Lets be educated and fight back. Please ask Relevant questions if any... Difference between HIV n AIDS

I have attached the corrected wpa_supplicant file, which has to be first extracted from the zip file as RimWeb doesn't allow me to upload that file (without extension) directly... Obviously, this is for rooted users only... Then using RootExplorer (uploaded in Android sub-forum) copy this wpa_supplicant file to "/system/bin" dir... OH, just before pasting the file, click the button "Mount R/W" to give Read/Write permission and then copy the file.. This is the direct method without using the scripts to force Android to accept Adhoc-Wifi... Extract this zip file to get Wpa_supplicant file.zip

32 iPhone Terms Everyone MUST Know if you’re looking to hack your phone, you’ll need to learn a few terms.... 3G: The fast wireless network used by the new iPhone 3G. Speeds range from 700k per second to 1.5Mbit/sec, but availability is usually restricted to urban centers. A-GPS: Assisted GPS. When the data from a GPS satellite isn’t enough, as when someone is indoors or surrounded by large buildings, A-GPS cross-references local cell towers for coordinates in order to pinpoint a user’s location. Accelerometer: An instrument built into the iPhone which detects movement and compensates appropriately. For example, when you turn your iPhone onto its side and Safari moves accordingly, that’s the accelerometer in action. Ditto when your fire up PhoneSaber and start making lightsaber sounds by swinging your phone around. App Store: The official Apple repository of third-party software for the iPhone 3G. The App Store was launched along with the iPhone 3G and has extended the device from a phone and media player into a powerful mobile computing platform. Though many programs cost between $0.99 and $9.99, plenty of excellent free apps are also available on the App Store. ARM Processor: The brains of the iPhone. Also known as the Advanced RISC Machine processor, ARM was used in the Newton, as well as in the Game Boy Advance, mobile phones from Sony Ericsson, Nokia phones such as the N95, and most recently, the iPhone. Aspen Simulator: Utility included within the iPhone SDK that allows developers to emulate an iPhone from within their computer, so they can test their Web apps, native apps, and how their mobile layout will look and function without having to push the app to an iPhone. Baseband: The area of the iPhone’s firmware memory used by the radio chip. The baseband has usually been the toughest component to hack and modify. Bluetooth 2.0+EDR: Bluetooth is a wireless protocol which allows devices to talk to one another over short ranges. EDR refers to Enhanced Data Rate, meaning data will move faster between similarly enabled devices. Primarily used for peripherals, on the iPhone Bluetooth enables the use of wireless headsets. But the iPhone’s Bluetooth capabilities are crippled, since you can’t sync over Bluetooth, use the network to tether your phone to the computer, and Apple doesn’t yet support A2DP, a protocol that lets you use wireless Bluetooth stereo headphones. DFU: Device Firmware Upgrade. If you’re going to load custom firmware onto the iPhone, you’ll have to put the phone into DFU mode in order to “restore” your phone to your desired settings without iTunes taking control. DFU mode boots the iPhone up without the iPhone OS loading. To put the iPhone into DFU mode: 1. Open iTunes and connect the iPhone, 2. Hold the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons at the same time for 10 seconds until the iPhone shuts down. If the Apple logo appears, you need to start over. 3. Release the Sleep/Wake button but continue holding the Home Button for approximately seven more seconds. iTunes will inform you that the iPhone is in Restore mode. The iPhone screen should be blank. From there, you can install your own firmware by clicking the Restore button while holding down the Option key, then browsing for your firmware file. This mode is helpful if you've jailbroken your iPhone and you need to virginize it for the latest Apple-approved firmware. Note: Once you are in DFU mode, you can't exit from this mode without a restore of the firmware. EDGE: The data network used by AT&T. EDGE is widespread, but at speeds 150kbit to 200kbit per second in ideal settings, it isn’t very fast. Geotagging: The practice of adding metadata to a geographic location. For instance, when you bookmark a page in the Google Maps app on your iPhone, you’re geotagging. Apps, including the Camera app, will also geotag photos taken on the iPhone, so they can be identified by location once uploaded to services like Flickr or SmugMug. GPRS: General Packet Service Radio. Not quite 3G or EDGE, GPRS offers decent but not zippy data transfer on a GSM data network. GPRS is the foundation which EDGE is built upon. It provides data rates from 56kbit up to 114kbit per second. GPS: Global Positioning System. Originally a creation of the military, GPS consists of a series of satellites in orbit able to pinpoint one’s position on the ground with high accuracy. GPS soon migrated to consumer devices such as in-car navigation. The price of GPS has plummeted recently, making it possible for your iPhone to tell you where you are and how to get to where you’re going. Jailbreak: Jailbreaking an iPhone means altering its OS via hacking to allow the running of third-party applications that haven’t been approved by Apple. Examples of such apps would include a VOIP program that runs over the 3G network, game emulators, or programs that allow you to examine and change the internal workings of the phone, like OpenSSH. Jailbreaking is accomplished using various tools including ZiPhone and Pwnage Tool. Infineon BGA736 (Tri-Band HSDPA LNA): The radio that allows the iPhone to access high-speed 3G networks....and drain your battery in half the time of the old iPhone. Installer: A program on jailbroken iPhones that installs third-party programs. Installer also catalogues the latest third-party phones for jailbroken phones. iPhone Dev Team: The creators of Pwnage Tool, a program that unlocks and jailbreaks first-gen iPhones, and jailbreaks, but does not unlock, the iPhone 3G. iPhone Dev Team Elite: The original iPhone Dev Team split up and formed into two groups, but has since reunited with the jokingly termed “iPhone Dev Team Elite.” into one cohesive hacking partnership. This group is best known for the AnySIM unlocking program. Multi-Touch: Interface system that allows users to interact with a device through touch, while recognizing more than one touch point at a time. When you ”pinch” or expand a webpage or picture on your iPhone, you’re using multi-touch. Push: A feature announced for the iPhone that will allow mail and other data to be “pushed” onto the phone from external servers, similar to how mail works on a BlackBerry. MobileMe is another component of this push initiative, as is the ability to use the function with third-party apps. Apple doesn’t allow apps to work in the background, so “pushing” IM messages, for example, to the phone works around that issue. Quad Band GSM: The ability to access multiple frequency bands on your phone, which enables roaming capability in more countries with varying GSM networks. The iPhone is a quad-band device, meaning it can be used practically anywhere in the world where a GSM network is available. Restore/Recovery mode: If you iPhone won't communicate with iTunes and has gone completely insane, Restore mode could be your savior. Restore mode loads the bare minimum iPhone OS, perfect for a reinstall of the firmware. To place your iPhone in Restore mode: 1. Turn off the iPhone. 2. Hold the Home button as you connect the iPhone to your computer. 3. Continue holding the Home button until you see the iTunes/Dock Cable logo instructing you to connect your iPhone to iTunes. SDK: Software Development Kit. The set of tools supplied by Apple that allow developers to access the inner workings of the iPhone and create third-party applications. SIM Card: The identification card for the iPhone. Without a SIM, the iPhone cannot access the cellular network. Locked iPhones are programmed to only recognize SIM cards from a designated carrier, but an unlocked iPhone will allow any SIM card that works on a GSM network to be used as that phone’s “hall pass” to access the network. SpringBoard: The SpringBoard is the application within the iPhone that manages changes on the iPhone’s home screen. For instance, when you press down on icons to make them “jiggly” and move them around, that’s the SpringBoard in action. The SpringBoard also allows users to make Web Clips for their favorite sites and Web applications, which appear on the iPhone home screen as a button. Summerboard: Summerboard is a third-party application for jailbroken iPhones which allows users to load modified themes onto the device. Given Apple’s strict adherence to their own user interface guidelines, it’s unlikely this feature will ever appear on unmodified iPhones. Unlock: Unlocking your phone refers to changing its internal software so it can be used with with any GSM carrier. Once a phone is unlocked, it can be used anywhere in the world by popping a local SIM into the phone. Unlocking your phone will void the warranty, so proceed at your own risk. Visual Voicemail: An interface for your voicemail that allows you to pick and choose which mail to listen to, similar to how you answer your email, instead of having to listen to your voicemail in sequence, as most voicemail systems require. Web App: A program that runs remotely on a website. Before announcing third-party apps on the iPhone, Steve Jobs stated that Web apps would be the way iPhone users could extend the functionality of the device. Though there are many excellent Web apps available (like the Amazon interface for the iPhone), using a Web app depends on being connected to the internet and so has limited functionality. Web Clip: An icon on the iPhone home screen that takes the user to a designated webpage. When bookmarking a site in Mobile Safari, users have the option of creating a Web Clip. Zibri: Creator of ZiPhone, a potent unlocking tool for first-gen iPhones. Zibri is hard at work on a 3G unlock, though a peek at his blog indicates continued drama between himself and the iPhone Dev Team. ZiPhone: Another unlocking solution for the iPhone. The developer, Zibri, is currently working on unlocking the iPhone 3G.