• Verizon iPhone 4 Supports Both CDMA & GSM

    // Gradly // Apple, blog, iPhone, Rants & Raves No Responses

    We always say that folks over iFixit are just too quick. The have already got their hands on the Verizon iPhone 4 to reveal many interesting facts. There is only one interesting thing that have found in it. The Verizon iPhone 4 uses a Qualcomm MDM6600 baseband chipset which is not only supporting CDMA but also the high-speed HSPA/ AT&T GSM.

    Only the CDMA part is enabled which means you can activate the GSM part to switch between both networks using the Verizon iPhone.

    According to the iFixit:

    “It may be that it was easier to design antennas for a CDMA-only phone-this phone supports two cellular frequency bands, while Apple supports five bands in the GSM version“.

    “This is the same chipset as the Droid Pro world phone. It supports both GSM and CDMA-which means that Apple *could* have supported GSM!”

    May be it was less complicated for them to use such infrastructure. They could have release single phone to support both networks (AT&T and Verizon) on it. It seems that iPhone 5 will also have a similar structure or may be Apple has something interesting to reveal which we cannot predict right now.

  • Fix All Greenpois0n RC5 Untethered iOS 4.2.1 Jailbreak Issues

    // Gradly // Apple, blog, Jailbreak 1 Response

    Chronic Dev Team has released Greenposi0n RC5 to do an untethered iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Most of the users have successfully jailbroken their devices. Few of them are facing some issues and errors. Here is a complete guide to fix all problems you are facing.

    First of all you need to have a clean iOS 4.2.1 installation before you run Greenpois0n jailbreak tool.

    PROBLEM 1: Stuck due to “Greenpois0n initialized” error.

    SOLUTION: Simply just download “Greenpois0n RC5_2“

    PROBLEM 2: While installing Cydia, Greenpois0n Loader crashed.

    SOLUTION: The Greenpois0n Loader will only work when greenpois0n.com website will come online. The site is down because too many visitors tried to access it and the web server is unable to handle that amount of requests. It will be live very soon. Till that time you can follow below steps after jailbreaking using greenpois0n. You have to use Redsn0w to install Cydia after using Greenpois0n.

    1. Switch off your iDevice and open Redsn0w 0.9.7b6.
    2. The only option that should be checked is ‘Install Cydia’.
    3. Follow the instructions to in Cydia and thats it.

    PROBLEM 3: Using Greenpois0n to jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 results in the “FAILED” Error

    SOLUTION:

    1. You must use Greenpois0n RC5_2
    2. Your iDevice must be connected to your MAC.
    3. Open the TERMINAL, type in ‘cd Desktop’ (without quotes) and press Enter.
    4. Now type in ‘open Greenpois0n.app/Contents/MacOS/greenpois0n’ (without quotes) and press Enter. It will result in a new window and Greenpois0n will be started.
    5. Follow the self explanatory instructions to put your device in DFU mode. The jailbreak process will start.
    6. After it is jailbroken, a greenpois0n Loader will be there now. This is to let you install Cydia.

    If the loader is crashed or not appearing etc. Follow the steps below.

    1. Switch off your iDevice and open Redsn0w 0.9.7b6.
    2. The only option that should be checked is ‘Install Cydia’.
    3. Follow the instructions to in Cydia and thats it.

    PROBLEM 4: The screen of iDevice goes blank after jailbreaking. Still in DFU mode.

    SOLUTION: You have to leave your device as it is for almost 2 minutes. Now press and keep on holding the home and power button simultaneously for almost 10 to 15 seconds until your device boots normally.

    PROBLEM 5: Errors: Unable to find fs_mount, Unable to find fs_unmount ,Unable to find fs_load_file

    SOLUTION: Properly connect your iDevice. You must have your device ‘Switched Off’ when you connect, otherwise these errors will come.

    PROBLEM 6: When i launch Greenpois0n tool, it opens and closes immediately

    SOLUTION: Reason is that the Greenpois0n RC5 tool by default do not run on Mac OS X 10.5.x (till now). It tries to access version 6.0.0 of libcurl.4.dylib but as you are trying to run it on the 5.0.0, so it closes immediately. You can fix this by doing:

    1. Download file from the link libcurl.4.dylib v6.0.0
    2. Unzip the downloaded file.
    3. Now run the Terminal.app
    4. Type in the prompt: “sudo rm /usr/lib/libcurl.4.dylib” (without quotes)
    5. Enter the password and press Enter.
    6. Type in the prompt: “sudo cp ~/Downloads/libcurl.4.dylib /usr/lib” (without quotes)
    7. Now close the Terminal.app and Run the greenpois0n tool via

    If you have missed the guides to jailbreak using Greenpois0n then follow the below links.

    [via: VeryRite]

  • Greenpois0n RC5 iOS 4.2.1 Untethered Jailbreak for Windows Released

    // Gradly // Apple, blog, Download, Jailbreak 2 Responses

    As promised, Chronic Dev Team has just released Greenpois0n iOS 4.2.1 untethered jailbreak for Windows for iPhone 4G, 3GS, iPod touch 4G, 3G, 2G and iPad.

    You can follow our Mac guide, it’s the same exactly, check the full step by step guide.

    Download GreenPois0n for Windows
    Download iOS 4.2.1 for iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod touch 4G, 3G, 2G and iPad

  • 25 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Bought Pixar

    // Gradly // blog, Pixar, Steve Jobs 1 Response

    On February 3rd, 1986 Steve Jobs acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm. Jobs, who was forced to resign from Apple, renamed the group “Pixar”. After some years of initial business struggle, the rest is history: Pixar is now the most successful animation studio in the world with masterpieces such as Toy Story, Up and Wall-E in their portfolio. The company became a subsidiary of Walt Disney in 2006.

    From the unofficial Pixar blog:

    When Pixar went beyond the conference and animation-festival circuit and into the multiplex with Toy Story in 1995, it changed the art and business of animation overnight. True, if Pixar hadn’t made the first computer-animated feature film, someone else eventually would have. But if Toy Story hadn’t been a superlative film, it’s doubtful computer graphics would have taken over feature animation as it did.

    Pixar’s most extraordinary creation, perhaps, is its repeatable process for creating stories that audiences will want to see. I don’t mean a “formula,” but a way of incubating stories: putting story development in the hands of the director and providing regular feedback from a director’s peers.

    Happy birthday, Pixar.