iPhone Techie

The Official Google eBookstore went live a few hours back. And now the official Google Books app for Apple iOS and Android devices are already available for download.

The best part of the deal is that you get to have an instant access to the Google Books catalogue that has over 2 million books. With the iOS and Android apps now available, you will be able to download these books right away and read them on the go on the device of your choice! Read more…

Dev-Team released PwnageTool and Redsn0w to jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 and update iPhone 3GS/3G baseband to 06.15.00 which is unlockable with UltraSn0w 1.2.

However, many users are reporting poor battery performance after the jailbreak/unlock. Some users have also complained about their device becoming very hot when in use.

Here’s your solution if you’re having battery drain issues after unlocking your beloved iPhone with the new Ultrasn0w unlock on the hacked iPad baseband 6.15.00.First thing you need to know is that the new dev team ultrasn0w unlock is not the battery drain culprit.

The reason your iphone is running hot and draining quickly is because your hactivated it with a jailbreak tool and didn’t use an official sim. Read more…

The iPhone Dev-Team has just issued a notice stating that updating your iPhone to the iPad baseband for unlock could result in the loss of GPS functionality.

Unlockers have been reporting mixed results about GPS functionality at 06.15.00. Until we can track down what differentiates those who retain GPS vs. those who lose it, be conservative and assume you’ll lose GPS at 06.15.00.

As we work on finding the cause (and possibly a fix), please report your personal findings in our comments section. Read more…

The iPhone Dev-Team has announced a new hactivation method by sbinger that provides the full benefit of push applications and increases battery life substantially

Developer @sbingner (author of TetherMe) has made some excellent progress devising a new hactivation method that kills two birds with one stone for all you ultrasn0w unlockers. His tool, “Subscriber Artificial Module (SAM)” tricks your iPhone and iTunes into creating legitimate activation tickets even though you’re unlocked with ultrasn0w. This means you get the full benefit of push Read more…