iPhone 3G update to 3.0 with repeated 1013 errors-now bricked iPhone-

Attempting to update an iPhone 3G to 3.0 from 2.2.1 and its now a brick.Note that Ive tried this now from THREE different computers, two macs and one windows box with identical results. Ive uninstalled iTunes on the windows box before doing the update attempt. The error message is 1013 which also takes you to this highly uninformative page: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1275. Ok, the USB cables and ports on three computers see the same problem error. So its either the iPhone itself or iTunes 8.2 (23) or both. Digging a bit deeper I found that there is a log file kept on the mac. Change to this directory from your home directory ~/Library/Logs/iPhone Updater Logs/ where youll find one iPhoneUpdater N.log file for each attempt to update that youve done.When the error occurs Apple asks if I want to send the info to them! YES!!! Make sure you do so that they can sort this out.Ok, looking in this log file (I wont dump it all here) you can see a number of errors. The end of the log file shows: ...Powering radio on through AppleBaseband- Ping failed, trying again, 21 tries left- Ping failed, trying again, 20 tries left- Ping failed, trying again, 19 tries left- Ping failed, trying again, 18 tries left- Ping failed, trying again, 17 tries left Exception at :0:- BBUReturnTimedOut(10)/16: Pinging timed outunexpected bbupdater exit code 16==== end of device restore output ====2009-06-17 23:39:34.000 iTunes124:11483: <Restore Device 0x188a3ef0>: Restore failed (result = 1013)2009-06-17 23:39:44.000 iTunes124:20b: iTunes: Restore error 1013Clearly there are some problems. Earlier in the log file it had problems updating a number of files.Now Ive tried this Connect your iPhone to the computer. press and hold sleep and home, and as soon screen goes blank, count off 5 seconds, then let go of sleep and keep holding home. That didnt change anything. sigh.Its almost as if this particular version of the iPhone that I have is incompatible with the current iPhone 3.0 operating system components. Maybe there is a bad driver? Hmmm....Ok, here is another error in the log file.Loading FLS file /usr/local/standalone/firmware/ICE2_04.26.08.fls...OKSending Block of type CodeClass(0) from file /usr/local/standalone/firmware/ICE2_04.26.08.fls...Beginning dynamic EEP erase at 0x20E40000 to 0x20EBFFFE...Progress: 0 percent, 0 of 524286 Progress: 100 percent, 524286 of 524286. OKSending Security Block...OKErasing Load Area from 0x20040000 to 0x2068FF66 (this will take some time)...OKSending data for mapping 0: progress: 0 percent, 0 of 6618984 progress: 0 percent, 2048 of 6618984 progress: 0 percent, 4096 of 6618984 progress: 0 percent, 6144 of ...6618984 progress: 99 percent, 6617088 of 6618984 progress: 100 percent, 6618984 of 6618984. -- OKChecking validation result...- Warning: Validation result code indicates failure, result code = 0x0So clearly the file /usr/local/standalone/firmware/ICE2_04.26.08.fls isnt transferred properly! Something is amiss somewhere...Could it really be that it cant download the update file to the iPhone due to USB problems? Surely Apple has access to fault tolerant file transfer protocols they can use?Sigh... now Im without my primary phone... grrrr... arrrrg... should have waited....Apple maybe you could learn something about ACID TRANSACTIONS and include them into the update process to guarantee either 100% success or 100% abort rollback?I dont know if this is relevant but now in iTunes on the iPhone page it no longer shows any values at all for the name, capacity, software version or serial number fields which is kind of spooky. Does this mean that I need to take the phone in for service? Is it permanently toast? MacBookPro iPhone OS 3.0 Update to 3.0 Bricked Phone

Help adding particular stock to Stocks aplication. iPhone

Hi there,I want to add a particular stock to the stocks application - it is listed in Yahoo Finance (where stocks seems to get its information from) ... but for whatever reason, I just cant seem to be able to find it to add it.Can anyone lend some help - is there any way I ought to be able to do this?The stock is Scottish Widows dynamic Solution A Acc (GB00B0GYRG03GBP) and is shown here:http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=gb00b0gyrg03.lThanks for any help you can offer.David. MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Different Screens on 8GB vs. 16GB 3G iPhone

Recently picked up a 16GB 3G iphone from an AT&T store. Days later picked up an 8GB 3G from the Apple store for my wife. Side by side comparison with brightness being equal her screen (8GB) is clearer and brighter. Mine (16GB) is slightly duller and less dynamic. Should I exchange mine? Or be happy that everything else appears to be functioning properly? MacBook Mac OS X (10.5.5)

KACE Announces Industry's First iPhone Systems Management Solution for the Enterprise

KACE, the leading systems management appliance company, today announced the industry's first appliance-based systems management solution for Apple's iPhone. The new technology allows IT administrators and business users alike to provision, configure, and control policies for the iPhone as they would with any other managed device. This news comes on the heels of Gartner's recent acknowledgement that the iPhone 3G is ready to serve business customers as an alternative to mobile devices, such as Blackberry. The iPhone technology complements KACE's already comprehensive support for Mac systems."Apple is quickly carving out its place in the enterprise. The business world is recognizing the benefits of Mac OS X, and now the powerful iPhone technology," said Marty Kacin, CTO and co-founder of KACE. "IT administrators need to adapt to this new 'multiple OS world' and be ready to manage heterogeneous environments on a dime. KACE systems management appliances give administrators the tools they need to seamlessly and easily manage a range of enterprise platforms." The award-winning KBOX family of appliance( http://www.kace.com/products/) offers seamless systems management support across Mac, Linux, and Windows operating systems. This is especially important as a large number of IT departments now host heterogeneous environments and many are choosing Mac as an alternative to Windows Vista, as highlighted in a recent King Research survey. The survey showed 42 percent of the respondents said they would consider deployment of alternative operating systems, such as Mac and Linux, in order to avoid a migration to Vista. The full report, titled "Windows Vista Adoption Trends: A Survey of Technology Professionals," is available at: http://www.kace.com/pdf/AR-King-Vista-Survey-2.php. Understanding the need to manage complexity within heterogeneous IT environments, KACE offers an appliance-based approach that allows IT administrators to cost-effectively manage multiple operating systems with the ease provided from a single interface. KACE's new iPhone support complements Apple's iPhone Configuration Utility, providing centralized and easy management of multiple configuration profiles and tools to apply them based on policies across the enterprise.New KBOX Systems Management appliances capabilities include: -- Assigning iPhone profiles across user groups to meet different access needs, for example, by function or geography; -- Distribution of profiles by e-mail; -- Self service profile downloads available from the KBOX user portal.The new iPhone support complements existing KBOX Mac OS X management capabilities, including hardware and software inventory, patching, software distribution, remote administration, help desk, and asset management. KBOX fulfills all of the systems management needs from initial computer deployment to on-going management and retirement in a mixed computing environment, allowing IT departments to save considerable time and money. iPhone management will be available in beta this September."Today's dynamic workforces are increasingly becoming reliant on mobile devices, like Apple's iPhone, to more effectively achieve organizational goals.Clearly KACE understands the importance of simplifying and standardizing IT management of mobile devices, and has taken a bold leap in extending its KBOX appliance solutions to address the growing popularity of the iPhone," said Steve Brasen, analyst for Enterprise Management Associates."With this announcement, KACE reaffirms its commitment to provide broad heterogeneous support while not compromising on depth of functionality or cost effectiveness."Kulesa PRCathy Wright, 650-340-1985cathy@kulesapr.comCopyright Business Wire 2008

gryfon dynamic iPhone s card install demonstration

{YouTube}vOeo6LedFaE{/YouTube}Demonstrating how to install sim card with unlocking sim in iPhone.

iPhone hackers go too far get shut down

I was all set to give this week's column over to a new register-direct implementation of a JavaScript interpreter that's many times faster than all currently available implementations. It's not exactly growing hair on a billiard ball, but a nitro-boosted JavaScript will put a shine on AJAX and keep my most beloved language on track to becoming the gold standard for dynamic languages. Apple decided to nix that story in favour of yet another iPhone piece, this one to celebrate the short life of a project that opened the iPhone and the iPod Touch Unix to developers. The keepers of the project are responsible for its demise, because they made it impossible for Apple to discern between innocent developers looking to create an unencumbered open source community on Apple mobile hardware, and those who want to force Apple to break its exclusivity deal with AT&T.Up until a couple of days ago, it was possible to develop software for iPhone 2.0 devices (the iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch running 2.0 firmware) without the encumbrances of Apple's onerous developer contracts and code-signing requirements. A very tidy iPhone 2.0 app called Cydia set up an App Store equivalent for open source developers and those interested in sampling their wares. With Cydia, there's no credit card required, no tracking of who had downloaded what, and no restrictions on the capabilities of applications.Open source software for iPhone 2.0 is produced and traded within a relatively small community that, in the majority, exemplifies the commandments of ethical hacking: Don't create victims, don't take money out of anyone's pocket, and make sure that the community's influence stays within the community. In other words, no malware, no piracy, and no infiltration among the non-savvy. If you keep to these rules, a community of hackers will generally be tolerated. Apple has quietly allowed open source iPhone development since the original iPhone was introduced. The community was gaining ground and respect. Books have been published, and one iPhone open source community leader addressed an SRO crowd at no less than an Apple Store.Wherever treasure is unearthed, pillagers gather. iPhone open source development was enabled by a pre-iPhone SDK project to "jailbreak" iPhone 1.x firmware so that user-created iPhone applications could be installed and run. This required changes to the firmware, but it could be done without redistribution (Apple makes it freely downloadable). After jailbreaking came research into unpublished APIs and into the extent to which POSIX APIs were supported. Open source development got under way in earnest, but for some of the people who undertook it, the jailbreak project was a stepping stone towards the ultimate goal of unlocking iPhone for use on any carrier's network. This was primarily a reaction to Apple's US exclusive with AT&T. I'm not crazy about that either, but hackers need to understand that Apple is contractually obligated to keep iPhone owners locked to Ma Bell's network. That means that Apple has to attack well-publicised efforts to unlock its device until its deal with AT&T expires.iPhone unlockers recently issued a foolhardy boast that put them on the front page. They claimed that they had successfully unlocked the first-generation iPhone, using nothing but software, in such a way that Apple could not relock the device to AT&T. A Mac utility called Pwnagetool gave nonsavvy users a foolproof means to jailbreak and carrier-unlock their first-gen iPhones running 2.0 firmware.I ran Pwnagetool on my iPod Touch because I needed a secure shell (SSH) client for use on my wireless LAN. There is no cellular radio in an iPod Touch, so unlocking doesn't enter the picture. The tool is easy. Cydia pointed me directly to the open source package I needed, which turned out to equip the iPod Touch with an SSH server as well. Yup. The iPhone open sourcers can run background processes on your iPhone. It's fun to SSH into an iPod and run a shell session, but I found reaching out from the iPod Touch to my servers far more useful.Apple's 2.0.1 firmware update accomplishes what hackers had claimed Apple couldn't do: It relocks an iPhone to AT&T. The original boast was predicated on the fact that through all of its prior updates, Apple had never updated the baseband (cellular radio) firmware. Well, 2.0.1 breaks this tradition, and it breaks unlocking. Apple's iPhone 2.0.1 firmware also breaks iPhone open source development. My iPod Touch, which never made any trouble for AT&T or Apple, and never cost any App Store vendor a dime in lost sales, won't run Unix apps any more. I'm back to hauling a notebook around when just my iPod Touch would do.Maybe the iPhone open source community will hack the iPhone open again. In the meantime, it's still possible to operate an iPhone or iPod Touch with open source jailbreak by avoiding the 2.0.1 firmware update, but as it does with iTunes, Apple is adept at turning voluntary updates into a practical necessity by making related products dependent on the latest update.There is an amicable way out of this. The best thing for all concerned would be for Apple to enable iPhone 2.0 open source development and the running of unsigned applications (such as shell or Python scripts), but only for device owners who explicitly consent to it. I'm all for protecting users from unwittingly welcoming nonpedigreed software into their iPhones. I'll be big about it and set aside the fact that an Apple-issued pedigree doesn't make software run any better.An open source iPhone community benefits Apple by turning the iPhone into a platform in the Mac sense of the term, and this isn't at odds with Apple's App Store venture. Yes, iPhone unlockers spoiled the party for everybody. But Apple can lock out the unlockers while letting the iPhone open source party go on.Via computerworld.co.nz

What about camera iPhone 3G

If theres a bit of hardware in the iPhone that needed upgrading (apart from the WLAN) its the camera. And I havent heard anything about that being improved Im not so bothered about the resolution, but the sensitivity, dynamic range and response times are so awful its barely usable except in what it considers perfect lighting with a perfect subject.And if Apple thinks that a phone isnt really meant for taking pictures (although the best camera is the one you have with you) - why bother including one then? PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.11) 1.67 GHz 1.5 GB 150 G

Apple WWDC 2008 iPhone Developer Showcase

iPhone Developer ShowcaseiPhone Game Enigmo 1.0Pangea Software, Inc.Enigmo for iPhone is a 3D puzzle game where players construct mechanisms to direct lasers, plasma, and water to toggle switches, deactivate force-fields, and eventually get them to their final destination. Originally the most unique game that Pangea Software ever created on Mac OS X, the new iPhone version brings the concept to a whole new dimension by taking full advantage of iPhone’s Multi-Touch interface for dragging and manipulating puzzle pieces, zooming in and out, and operating game controls. With gorgeous 3D scenes rendered with OpenGL ES and amazing 3D audio produced by Open AL, Enigmo 1.0 for iPhone delivers a phenomenally engaging and addictive game play experience to iPhone and iPod touch.iPhone Healthcare & Fitness Application MIM 1.0 (alpha)MIMVista, Corp.MIM for iPhone is a revolutionary medical imaging application that provides multi-planar reconstruction of fused data sets such as PET/CT, which are crucial in diagnosing cancer. MIM lets physicians retrieve patient images wirelessly on their iPhone or iPod touch, manipulate and adjust them using simple gestures to isolate crucial pieces of data, and gather important data for a patient diagnosis on their rounds. MIM’s features include true dynamic multi-modality image fusion, multi-planar volumetric image reconstruction, linear measurement tools, Quantitative Standardized Uptake Value ROI, fusion blending between PET/CT and PET/MR, and display of PET, CT, MR, and Nuclear Medicine images. MIM takes advantage of technologies including Core Animation, Foundation/Core Foundation, UIKit, WebKit, and the accelerometer.iPhone Social Networking ApplicationTwitterrific 1.0 (beta)The IconfactoryTwitterrific is an iPhone version of the Iconfactory’s popular desktop application of the same name and is a perfect match for iPhone’s capabilities and innovative user experience. Designed specifically for iPhone, Twitterrific provides both high and low density views suited for different usage scenarios, one-handed operation optimizable for right or left-handed users, and an attractive and polished user interface that feels at home on iPhone. Twitterrific uses iPhone OS technologies extensively including Core Location to integrate geographic location and help people communicate their whereabouts, Core Animation for subtle animation effects to reinforce state changes, WebKit for the built-in browser view and integration with Safari, libxml to provide the fastest and most efficient parsing of XML data returned by the Twitter REST API, and integration with Maps making it easy for people to locate friends, family or co-workers.iPhone Entertainment Application AOL Radio 1.0AOL LLCAOL Radio brings mainstream streaming online radio to iPhone and iPod touch with over 200 AOL and 150 CBS radio stations. With a simple-to-use interface, AOL Radio is like an FM tuner for your iPhone. Written entirely in Cocoa, AOL Radio uses Core Location to determine a user’s location and offer the nearest local radio stations from a nationwide footprint. Reliable audio streaming and improved battery life are achieved by using AudioFileServices and AudioQueueServices, while SCNetwork manages the best narrowband or broadband streaming based on whether users are connected via EDGE or Wi-Fi.iPhone Productivity Application OmniFocus 1.0 (pre-release)The Omni GroupGetting things done is simple with OmniFocus, a professional-grade personal information management tool utilizing a proven task-management methodology. Already a popular application for Mac OS X, the iPhone version of OmniFocus takes its powerful functionality mobile. OmniFocus for iPhone makes it easy to create and manage tasks, projects, and contexts on-the-go while staying completely in sync with your desktop via .Mac or WebDav. With the built-in iPhone-only geolocator, OmniFocus can also log photo snapshots of a user’s current location as well as recommend things to do nearby. Using iPhone OS technologies and services like Cocoa, SQLite, Core Location, Address Book framework, and iPhone camera, OmniFocus is a truly integrated, iPhone Human Interface compliant application that sets a great standard for others to follow.copyright http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/ada/#showcase