iPhone 3G and 3GS users can follow the step-by-step guide posted below for unlocking using ultrasn0w. iPhone 2G users need to follow the guide posted here

1. Follow the step-by-step guide posted here to jailbreak iPhone 3GS or iPhone 3G on iPhone OS 3.1.3 firmware. Guide for iPhone 2G with redsn0w can be found here.

2. Once your iPhone is jailbroken, start “Cydia” on your iPhone and touch on “Manage” tab on the bottom. Now touch on “Sources” as seen in the screenshot below:
Note: T-Mobile users should disable 3G before installing ultrasn0w.

3. Edit and Add “http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com“. Cydia will now automatically update your sources by following a series of automated steps.

4. Search for “ultrasn0w” in Cydia and install this application. The latest version 0.92 of this app will automatically unlock your iPhone so that you can use it with any carrier with proper carrier name/logo.

5. Now simply restart your iPhone.

You should now have a fully unlocked iPhone 3G/3GS on firmware 3.1.3!

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The best part of Sn0wBreeze is the ability to preserve baseband which means if you’re on an older firmware (means you’ve 05.11.07 or older Baseband) and go to firmware 3.1.3 using Sn0wBreeze, you’ll then be able to unlock your iPhone 3GS, 3G and 2G .

Sn0wBreeze 3.1.3 currently supports iPhones only. In order to jailbreak iPod Touches, you need to checkout redsn0w 0.9.4. iPod touch 3G is currently not supported by either of them.

Guide to Jailbreak iPhone 3G/3GS/2G with Sn0wbreeze 3.1.3

1. Download and install the latest version of iTunes.

2. Start iTunes and sync your iPhone with your PC.

3. Download Sn0wbreeze and the original iPhone OS 3.1.3 for your version of iPhone. Move all these files to your desktop.

4. Start Sn0wbreeze and select “Simple Mode”.

5. Select the correct 3.1.3 firmware .ipsw file by clicking the “Browse” button.

6. Click on “Yes” when Sn0wbreeze asks you “Do you want to activate your iPhone?” for hacktivation. Click on “No” only if you are on an officially supported carrier like AT&T.

7. Sn0wbreeze will now create the custom .ipsw file for your iPhone which will be jailbroken.

8. Now you will have to restore your iPhone to this custom firmware 3.1.3 that you just cooked using Sn0wbreeze for your iPhone. Click on your phone from the sidebar in iTunes and then press and hold left “Shift” button on the keyboard and then click on “Restore” (Not “Update” or “Check for Update”) button in the iTunes and then release the “Shift” button.

9. Sit back and wait for iTunes to do the rest for you.

How to Unlock iPhone 3.1.3 firmware?

Once you have jailbroken your iPhone, just follow the guide posted here to unlock iPhone 3G/3GS/2G running iPhone 3.1.3 firmware!

This guide is for educative and research purposes only

Update: Sn0wbreeze v1.5 is released now. You can download sn0wbreeze v1.5 which can now jailbreak iPod Touch 2G. Sadly, blacksn0w is not fixed in this version either.

[via]Redmondpie

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But then, the newly released redsn0w 0.9.4 can be used to jailbreak iPhone 2G 3.1.3 along with iPod Touch 1G and iPod Touch 2G. Do NOT update to iPhone 3.1.3 firmware yet if you want to preserve your unlock for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPod touch 2G (new models) and iPod touch 3G. This is because the new iPhone 3.1.3 firmware updates baseband to 05.12.01 on iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G which makes it impossible to jailbreak and unlock iPhone 3GS and 3G.

You can follow the simple instructions as given in the earlier post to jailbreak and unlock iPhone 2G, jailbreak iPod 1G/2G (older models only) on 3.1.3 firmware. You can also jailbreak iPhone 3G with redsn0w 0.9.4 but doing so will make you loose your unlock.

Jailbreak iPhone 3.1.3 with redsn0w 0.9.4

1. Update to original iPhone 3.1.3 firmware via iTunes. Downloading and installation instructions for iPhone 3.1.3 firmware can be found here.

2. Download redsn0w 0.9.4 from here [Win], and [Mac]

3. Start redsn0w 0.9.4 and point it to the respective original iPhone 3.1.2 firmware to proceed.

4. Select both “Install Cydia” and “Already pwned” options.

5. Connect your device in recovery mode by pressing the Power and buttons continuously.

6. Wait for redsn0w to complete jailbreaking.

Unlock iPhone 2G 3.1.3 with redsn0w 0.9.4

As mentioned before, unlocking works for iPhone 2G only.

7. Once you are done with the jailbreak, you can now unlock your iPhone 2G running jailbroken firmware 3.1.3 by using BootNeuter app from Cydia. Restart your iPhone and follow the straight-forward instructions appearing on the device to complete the unlock.

This article is for educative and research purpose only.

[via]Redmondpie

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Update: redsn0w 0.9.4 released! Jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1.3 with redsn0w 0.9.4

Apple released the iPhone 3.1.3 firmware earlier today for iPhone and iPod touch and this updates baseband to 05.12.01 on iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G, hence making it impossible for these two devices to get unlocked using blackra1n with blacksn0w. Fortunately for iPhone 2G (the first generation iPhone with EDGE) users, the baseband remains intact. The iPhone DevTeam has just confirmed that their newly released jailbreaking tool called redsn0w 0.9.3 can be used to jailbreak and unlock iPhone 2G on firmware 3.1.3, provided that you have jailbroken it previously at least once.

WARNING: This works for iPhone 2G Only. Jailbroken and unlocked iPhone 3GS, 3G and iPod touch users should NOT upgrade until further instructions.

Redsn0w 0.9.2 final was released today along with Redsn0w 0.9.3 beta with internet tethering support is available for download for testing purpose only. You may proceed at your own risk. Just point Redsn0w 0.9.3 to 3.1.2 ipsw for iPhone 2G only.

You can follow the instructions posted here to jailbreak iPhone 2G with OS 3.1.3 using redsn0w 0.9.3

Download redsn0w 0.9.3 for Windows
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Tab Preview feature in Firefox 3.6 lets you move to any opened tab just by using Ctrl + Tab keys. This is very similar to the tab preview feature of Windows Vista and 7. If you have opened a lot of tabs and find it difficult to switch using Alt + Tab feature, then you can use Ctrl + Shift + Tab which allows you switch to a tab using the tab search option.

Follow the simple steps below to enable or disable the tab switching feature in Firefox 3.6

How to Enable Tab Preview Feature In Firefox 3.6?

• In a new tab of Firefox 3.6, type about:config in the address bar



• Click on I’ll be careful, I promise! button



• Filter for browser.ctrlTab.previews & browser.ctrlTab.previews



• Double-click the entries to set the value to True

Note that you can view this feature only if you have opened three or more tabs.

In order to disable the Tab-preview feature, follow the same steps above and change the entries to False.

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If you are facing problem to uninstall or remove ESET NOD32 antivirus, or if you want to totally remove NOD32 from your computer or if you need to uninstall NOD32 and need to install another antivirus, this article gives a detailed description to remove ESET NOD32 antivirus form your computer. Just follow one of these simple methods.

Steps to uninstall or remove ESET Nod32 antivirus completely

Method 1: Uninstall NOD32 by using Windows uninstaller

1. Click on Start → All Programs → ESET → Uninstall. After you uninstall, you will need to restart your computer.
Warning: Do not attempt to uninstall your ESET security product using the Windows Add or Remove Programs utility from the Control Panel.

2. After restarting, confirm that you can see hidden files and folders by clicking Start → Control Panel → Folder Options → View and select the Show hidden files and folders option.

3. Click Start → My Computer and then navigate to and delete the following folders:

C:\Program Files\ESET
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ESET
C:\Documents and Settings\%USER%\Application Data\ESET

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users must delete the following folders:

C:\Program Files\ESET
C:\Program Data\ESET

NOTE: The uninstaller may remove the above folders automatically. If you are unable to find the folders after selecting Show hidden files and folders, the removal is complete.

Method 2: Uninstall NOD32 by NOD32 removal tool

This is the easiest way to remove NOD32. Follow the following steps:

1. Download NOD32 removal tool by clicking here [Download NOD32Removal].

2. Install the Nod32 removal tool

3. After finishing uninstallation, Restart your computer.

Method 3: Remove NOD32 manually

This method is the most complex amongst all the methods. Apply this method, when all of the above methods fail:

• Restart your computer and start Windows with Safe Mode. Press the F8 key while rebooting and choose Safe mode from the list.
• Click on Start menu and then click on Run.
• Type regedit and hit Enter key of your keyboard.
• From the registry editor find the following keys and delete them:

[a] HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ESET
[b] HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ESET
[c] HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\egui

• Click Start → Control Panel → Folder Options → View, Select Show hidden files and folders.
• Go to C:\WINDOWS\inf folder and delete INFCACHE.1 file from that folder.
• Now. Restart your computer and after reinstallation, delete the following three folders.

C:\Program Files\ESET
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ESET
C:\Documents and Settings\%USER%\Application Data\ESET

By following the above steps, you can easily remove ESET NOD32 antivirus totally from your computer.

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What do you do when your internet speed is at its worst? You want to check your mails, check your adsense income or complete some important research work and you are not able to do any of them? This will be a day-to-day affair if you are using dial-up connection or a slow broadband connection. This post is especially intended for those power users of internet who don’t want to miss their web experience even when connections speed sucks. Using this trick, you can carry out your web surfing easily and swiftly as if you were on a proper broadband line. We will see about a way/alternative to surf internet when your internet speed is frequently irregular and slow at times.

Trick to Browse web faster when Internet connection Sucks

Opera Mini is a mobile browser based on java platform used on most cellphones to surf internet on mobile in a pc-friendly navigation style. Opera Mini 5 (the latest version) is faster, easier and features pc-friendly internet/web-surfing. Browsing through opera mini is faster because opera mini uses its own proxy server to fetch websites for you. Opera Mini squeeze webpages and present to you your desired content at a reasonable speed.

Steps to surf on PC using mobile browser opera mini to experience speed even when actual internet speed is low:

1. First, we need to make sure that Java runtime is installed on our PC, because to run mobile java applications, we need an emulator and to run emulator, java runtime class is required.

Download the latest Java runtime environment for windows pc.

After downloading, install it and then proceed to next step.

2. Now we need an emulator to emulate mobile java application on pc. The emulator should be able to use network and should support full-screen view of mobile application. Here we choose MicroEmulator.

Download MicroEmulator

After downloading, open microemulator.jar

3. Now we need to fit/resize microemulator to our PC screen so that we can surf web on PC in full screen mode. For this we need to add a device to microemulator.

Download devices.zip containing resizable.jar and opera mini 5.jad for microemulator

Extract the downloaded folder.

4. Now click on options button in Microemulator. Check Midlet Network Access. Then click on Select Device, then click on ADD button. Locate the downloaded resizable.jar and click open

5. Now select resizable.jar – Click on set as default – hit OK.

6. Now click on File menu, locate opera-mini.jad in the downloaded folder above. Click on Start. Opera Mini will  configure itself. Now just open your desired website and surf the web swiftly with a few limitation.

Click on thumbnail above to see how techpp.com looks in full screen on opera mini browser on pc.

Using the method, mentioned above, you can browse the web fastly and swiftly while some websites doesn’t render fully but this method is particularly useful for dial-up users to get their web-task done in a minute.

Comments and Questions are welcome!!

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If you are someone who has a Wi-Fi setup at home, ask yourself these questions -

• Are the signals from your Wi-Fi router dropping out every now and then?
• Do you wish for more coverage?
• Does your Windows notifies you about a weak signal?

If your answer for any one of the questions above is an Yes, you have come to the right place. This article provides some tips to improve the signal of your wireless network and possibly extend its coverage area.

Guide to improve and extend Wi-Fi coverage at home

1. Position your wireless router & modem in a central location

See if you can place your wireless router in a central location in your home. Say if you have a two-storeyed building placing the router in first floor makes sense. Don’t worry if you can’t move your wireless router, because there are many other ways to improve your connection.

2. Check for any Interference

Make sure interference from other Wi-Fi networks or other transmitting devices aren’t hindering your signal. Metal, walls, and floors can also interfere with your Wi-Fi signals. Devices such as Bluetooth adapters, cordless phones, wireless cameras, wireless keyboards or mice, and wireless speakers or even microwaves can hinder the signal strength. Download and use NetStumbler to check for all the networks in the area.

3. Replace your router’s antenna

Normally, the WiFi routers come with omni-directional antenna, which means that they broadcast in all directions around the router. In case your router is near an outside wall, most of the signals will get transmitted outside the home, so the best thing in that case would be to go buy a hi-gain antenna that focuses the wireless signals in only one direction. You can aim the signal in the direction you need it most.

4. Check and Replace your computer’s wireless network adapter

Sometimes, your router can broadcast strongly enough to reach your computer, but your computer can’t send signals back to your router. In order to improve this, you can try replacing your PC’s wireless network adapter that uses an external antenna. Note that laptops usually come with excellent antennas and hence won’t need to have their network adapters changed.

5. Upgrade to Wireless N

If you think there is no issue with the router’s positioning or interference or the network adapter, you can consider upgrading your devices to 802.11n. But this would involve buying brand new equipment as the older 802.11g or b isn’t upgradable with latest firmware. Wireless N uses multiple-in-multiple-out (MIMO), a smart antenna technology, and other improvements that make for much larger coverage areas and faster connections. To get full improvement, you also need to use both Wireless N for the router and the wireless adapters.

6. Add a wireless repeater

This is a very common suggestion you would come across everywhere. Wireless repeaters extend your wireless network range without requiring you to add any wiring. Just place the wireless repeater halfway between your wireless access point and your computer, and you’ll get an instant boost to your wireless signal strength. They don’t even cost more, so it surely makes sense to go for quality wireless repeaters.

7. Update your firmware or your network adapter driver

Router manufacturers regularly make free improvements to their routers. Sometimes, these improvements increase performance. To get the latest firmware updates for your router, visit your router manufacturer’s Web site. The same holds good with network adapters as well.

8. Pick equipment from a single vendor

Now this might look weird, but it really works. You often get better performance if you pick a router and network adapter from the same vendor. Some vendors offer a performance boost of up to twice the performance when you choose their hardware.

9. Extend Coverage Using Access Points

Another way to boost your Wi-Fi signals is by using additional access points to your network. This method uses Ethernet cables to connect these additional access points back to your router. You might need to hide those additional cables!

Hope you find this article useful. Share your experiences!

[Ref]Microsoft

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Every time I compose a mail, I have to change the font type and font size. I personally prefer black colored fonts without bolding or italicizing the text. But many would surely like the text color to be different. Unfortunately, there is no straight forward way to set the default font and color in Google Mail as we have in Microsoft Outlook.

How to Change Default Font and Color in GMail?

Previously, people used to take a longer workaround for this problem by turning on the canned responses and setting the default font and color over there and everytime they had to click on canned responses and select the previously stored font. Luckily, Google has provided a much simpler option to change the default font type, size and color. Follow these simple steps to achieve the desired solution

1. Enable Default Text Styling in GMail. In order to do this,
a) Go to Settings –> Labs
b) Look for Default Text Styling and select Enable
c) Click Save Changes.

2. Once you have enabled Default Text Styling, go to Settings –> General.

3. You can now see Default Text Styling option. Use the Bold, Italic, Font, Size and Text Color buttons to specify the desired formatting.

4. That’s it! When you go back and compose a new mail, you will now see your preferred styling as the default!

Just in case you want to get back the default GMail text styling (can’t think of any reason), go back to Default Text Styling and click on Remove Text Formatting icon to reset.

Hope you find this tip useful!

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Ethics of Cell phone tracking

Tracking someone else’s phone constitutes a major invasion of privacy, no doubts about it. This is irrespective of your intention being good or bad. Think again if this is the only way out for you, before proceeding further.

Idea behind Tracking Cell Phones

Most cell phone tracking methods work on the premise that the cell phone often “pings” the nearest cell operator’s towers.
GPS-enabled cell phones don’t require cell towers, and may be located anywhere in the world by satellite triangulation in a similar manner. In some countries like US, cell companies are mandated to keep track of cell phones to an accuracy of 100 feet, so that help can be made available in case of emergency.

So far, so good. But is there a way to actually track or locate a mobile phone? Let us check the possible solutions-

Tracking Websites

So, what about all those free and paid websites claiming to track down any mobile phone on click of a button? The one’s where you just need to put in the cell phone number in order to track it? Can they really track a phone?

In simple words, the answer is a big NO. I am yet to come across a website which actually works as claimed. Sites like “Reverse Phone Detective” or “Track the number” never seem to provide accurate location information.

Google the Phone number

If you’re trying to figure out the general location of the owner of the number, as opposed to real time tracking, a good old fashioned Google search will probably do the trick. The person might have been un-paranoid (or unaware) enough to have it publicly posted on a social networking site, along with other potentially location-identifying information. Again, this is a small chance, and it won’t work in real time.

Cell Phone Hacks

Theoretically and logically speaking tracking a cell phone is quite possible. Experienced hackers won’t have any problems with any of this. It is perfectly possible to track a cell phone’s location – after all, the cell operators do it – even if you just know the number and have had no physical access to it, without the user having any indication of this happening. While this hasn’t reached epidemic levels, the possibility is there.

Cell Phone Tracking Software

The only guaranteed way to really track a cell phone is through some sort of installed software on the device itself. There are lots of free and paid solutions for smartphone like Apple iPhones (iPhone Tracking solutions) and Blackberries, and even for general phones like Nokia S60 based phones.

However, this generally requires physical access to the phone, and consent of the user, both of which might be difficult to get, and probably defeats the point of what you’re trying to do here.

So tracking a cell phone by just having its number is not practical, unless you are/hire an experienced hacker, which isn’t a good idea anyway.

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