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  • How To Unlock iPhone 4, 3GS on iOS 4.3.1 with Ultrasn0w 1.2.1

    // Gradly // Apple, blog, Download, How To, iPhone, Jailbreak 3 Responses

    iPhone Dev Team has released Ultrasn0w 1.2.1 unlock for iOS 4.3.1. The unlock tool can be used with iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS. Its not a new unlock, it can only unlock lower basebands whose unlock was already possible but broken on iOS 4.3.1. Ultrsn0w 1.2.1 WILL NOT unlock higher basebands whose unlock is not possible right now.

    If you have upgraded to iOS 4.3.1 firmware and jailbroken you device with PwnageTool 4.3 or Sn0wbreeze 2.5 and requires an unlock then you can use Ultrasn0w 1.2.1.

    Compatible basebands with Ultrasn0w 1.2.1:

    iPhone 4: 01.59.00
    iPhone 3GS: 04.26.08 / 05.11.07 / 05.12.01 / 05.13.04 / 06.15.00

    DO NOT USE WITH the following basebands:

    iPhone 4: 02.10.04 / 03.10.01 / 04.10.01
    iPhone 3GS: 05.14.02 / 05.15.04 / 05.15.04 / 05.16.01 / 05.16.02

    Remember you need to have a jailbroken device with PwnageTool 4.3 and Sn0wbreeze 2.5.

    How To Guides for Untethered 4.3.1 Jailbreak on Windows & Mac
    How To Guides for Untethered 4.3.1 Jailbreak on Windows & Mac

    Step 1: You have to jailbreak your iPhone 4 / 3GS on iOS 4.3.1 with preserving your old baseband, follow this guide (PwnageTool 4.3 for Mac) or (Sn0wbreeze 2.5 Windows)

    Step 2: Once you jailbreak yoour device, you can now unlock your iPhone 4 / 3GS with Ultrasn0w 1.2.1 from Cydia. To do so, follow the steps below:

    • Press to launch Cydia Installer from your SpringBoard.
    • Press to select the Manage tab at the bottom of the screen.
    • Press to select the Sources button.
    • Now touch on Edit and then on Add. You will be prompted to enter the URL of the source. Type http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com and touch on Add Source to add this repository.

    Cydia will now automatically update your sources by following a series of automated steps.

    • After installation is completed. Search for “ultrasn0w 1.2.1” in Cydia and install this application. This app will automatically unlock your iPhone so that you can use it with any carrier.

    Step 3: Almost done, now simply reboot your iPhone and you should have a fully unlocked iPhone 3GS / 4 on iOS 4.3.1.

  • New Fuji Mountain Wallpaper in Mac OS X Lion Hints at Future Retina Displays Mac

    // Gradly // Apple, blog, iPad, Rants & Raves, Rumors, Tech., Wallpaper 2 Responses

    The new default wallpaper on OS X 10.7 Lion Developer Preview 2 featuring Fuji Mountain has a whopping size of 3200×2000 pixels as noted by the guys at osxdaily.com.

    Click here to download the full version, [3200×2000 pixels.]

    However, 3200×2000 pixels is significantly larger than any existing resolution offered by Apple displays, including the 27″ and 30″ Apple Cinema Displays. Furthermore, the default wallpaper size in Mac OS X 10.6 is 2560×1600, which is exactly the maximum resolution of Apple’s 30″ Cinema Display. Is it just coincidence that Apple is bundling an ultra high resolution image in Lion as the new default wallpaper, or does this suggest that higher resolution Macs, possibly with retina displays, are coming sometime in the future?

    Here’s a nice chart that shows what screen size at what viewing distance with that resolution would be considered a retina display:

    Notice that even for the closest viewing distance of 18 inches, a 3200 x 2000 resolution represents a Retina Display for display sizes up to and including 17 inches. And of course, that covers the entire range of Apple laptops on the market today.

    And smaller displays wouldn’t need a resolution that high to be considered retina:

    A 13.3” MacBook Air, for example, would need a screen providing approximately 2200 x 1375 pixels (191 dpi) to be considered a Retina Display at an 18-inch viewing distance.

    To help understand what a “Retina Display” means. Steve Jobs, at the announcement of the iPhone 4, had this description:

    It turns out there’s a magic number right around 300 pixels per inch, that when you hold something around to 10 to 12 inches away from your eyes, is the limit of the human retina to differentiate the pixels.

    Other than providing dramatically improved display clarity on a Mac, the other reason a Mac with a 3200×2000 pixel resolution makes sense is for iOS developers. So what does this have to do with iPad 3?

    … according to an analyst cited by AppleInsider, the high resolution retina display will come to iPad 3 in the form of a whopping 2048×1536 resolution display. If this happens, you’d expect similar displays to come to the Mac platform so that developers can accurately produce and test apps for the ultrahigh resolution.

    Indeed, 3200×2000 would be such an ultrahigh resolution for a Mac, and it would be more than adequate to develop for a 2048×1536 pixel iPad 3 display.

    Sure, this is speculation based on a new wallpaper in a developer preview OS, but who knows what Apple is prepping for us.

  • Roland Emmerich’s ANONYMOUS Movie Trailer

    // Gradly // blog, Conspiracies, Movies, Trailer 1 Response

    Anonymous is a movie by Roland Emmerich which Surprisingly, has nothing to do with world devastation & catastrophe. Instead, the movie digs into the interesting conspiracy theory that revolves around William Shakespeare and how some scholars believe that he never wrote anything that has his name on it. Emmerich is well known for directing movies such as 10,000 BC, 2012, and The Day After Tomorrow.

    Columbia Pictures has released the first  trailer which you can watch below:

    Official Synopsis:

    Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, and it speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds ranging from Mark Twain and Charles Dickens to Henry James and Sigmund Freud, namely: who was the author of the plays credited to William Shakespeare? Experts have debated, books have been written, and scholars have devoted their lives to protecting or debunking theories surrounding the authorship of the most renowned works in English literature. Anonymous poses one possible answer, focusing on a time when cloak-and-dagger political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, and the schemes of greedy nobles hungry for the power of the throne were exposed in the most unlikely of places: the London stage.

    The movie stars Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis, Xavier Samuel, Sebastian Armesto, Rafe Spall, Edward Hogg, Jamie Campbell Bower and Derek Jacobi.

    It’s set to be released on September 30th 2011.

  • UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception New Details Emerged

    // Gradly // blog, Consoles, Games, News, PS3 No Responses

    New information regarding Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception has surfaced via OPM. Issue 57 of the mag reveals some new details on the plot, locales and game mechanics of Nate’s next adventure. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception follows Drake, as he searches for a lost city in the Arabian Peninsula.

    Spoilers Ahead:

    • Drake will be spending most of his time in the Arabian desert, exploring the dunes of Rub’ al Khali.
    • You’ll still be globe trotting, visiting places like London and a jungle temple.
    • You can expect “all the things you’d expect in a desert” – that includes sandstorms and mirages.
    • This creates a dynamic environment to explore, with altering geography, “We’ve done a ton of research…The way sand blows over and curls over the tops of dunes, the way it displaces and flows – it’s almost a liquid,” said creative director Amy Hennig.
    • Plot is based around Lawrence of Arabia and Iram of the Pillars – The Atlantis of the Sands.
    • Drake and Sully are seen in the Empty Quarter, looking for Iram of the Pillars.
    • Apparently, there are bike sections, “We have a strong tradition of vehicular gameplay, and we try not to repeat ourselves,” says ND.
    • Story isn’t set in stone yet, but villain Katherine Marlowe is part of a secret order that dates back to the time of Queen Elizabeth I.
    • This is not Drake’s last adventure, ND stresses that “the Uncharted franchise was never conceived as a trilogy.”
    • Previous characters will be returning, does that include both Elena and Chloe?
    • New melee combat system lets Drake fight multiple enemies at once, but also shows him picking up a bottle from a table and introducing it to an enemy’s face. New stealth moves and mechanics have been added as well.
    • Naughty Dog said, “We’ll be sure to alert everyone if a public beta is in the works this time around.”

    Uncharted 3 is scheduled for a November 1, 2011 release, exclusively on the PS3.