Posted by voda_jon
dont worry i have my upmc ready and linked via bluetooth ready for the bus journey home... nt missin this one lol
Posted by dicky
On 2009-06-06 21:21:58, masseur wrote:
well done guys!
I haven't managed to beat my 272 yet on the standard layout yet.
Lately I've been trying the aircraft carrier as its fairly manic from the start and a bit more of a challenge.
So far I'm up to 78!
my top score so far on the aircraft carrier is 66
its alot harder than the original level!
Posted by masseur
Finally made it to 100 on the aircraft carrier. Hard work, but fun!
btw, did you notice that the aircraft carrier slowly turns clockwise?
Posted by tranced
a milestone then?
Posted by RyaN
So anyone tempted to upgrade to OS3.0 GM (final build) now instead of waiting? I know it's only 8 days away, but apparently you can install and your UDID doesn't need to be registered to a Dev account. I'm tempted, but think I'll just hold off until the public release, as then the official jailbreak solution will be released as well
Posted by NoKia
i think i will wait for the offical jailbreak, i know it addresses a lot of the shortcomings but i cant live without things like sbsettings and quick reply
Posted by RyaN
yeh def, there's still a few things that jailbreak users still can't or don't want to live without. For me WinterBoard, SBSettings, basically anything Mobile Substrate related that isn't allowed on stock iPhone's
I actually also missed QuickSMS recently when I had to restore before taking it to the Apple Store. Again, that depends on QuickBoard which depends on MobileSubstrate which depends on jailbreak
Posted by carkitter
I'll be boring and update to the full version when Apple release it.
I remember last year everybody logged on to the Apple site all at once to update to 2.0 and activate their new iPhone 3G's and the server(s) went down. Is that likely to happen again? I might wait a day or two to see if it all works okay - I don't like being a guinea pig and I never download Beta's for that reason.
Posted by voda_jon
am gonna hold out... wait for the jailbreak.... then update and jailbreak.... couldnt live without sbsettings and qtweeter!!!
J.
Posted by RyaN
On 2009-06-09 16:05:32, carkitter wrote:
I'll be boring and update to the full version when Apple release it.
I remember last year everybody logged on to the Apple site all at once to update to 2.0 and activate their new iPhone 3G's and the server(s) went down. Is that likely to happen again? I might wait a day or two to see if it all works okay - I don't like being a guinea pig and I never download Beta's for that reason.
Hopefully you should be alright, as they really made a boo-boo with that last year, releasing the firmware & the 3G at the same time so there were people trying to activate & update through the Apple Servers all at the same time. At least this time the FW comes out on 17th and 19th (UK) is 3GS release date
@voda lol you've really stuck by qTweeter havent you! Do you not find it clashes with SBSettings at all, as in when you swipe downwards, SBSettings also pops up?
Posted by masseur
On 2009-06-09 14:40:06, RyaN wrote:
So anyone tempted to upgrade to OS3.0 GM (final build) now instead of waiting? I know it's only 8 days away, but apparently you can install and your UDID doesn't need to be registered to a Dev account. I'm tempted, but think I'll just hold off until the public release, as then the official jailbreak solution will be released as well
Is that the 7A341?
I've downloaded it and think I'll give it a go tonight when I get home
that'll give me a week with it to help in the decision of whether I'll really go with the 3G S
Posted by whentheleveebreaks
Ive just installed it, restoring now and i'll let you know what i think.
Posted by voda_jon
@ryan... nope its good. side swipe for sbsettings and down swipe for qtweeter... its the future!
lol.
Posted by RyaN
On 2009-06-10 12:24:13, voda_jon wrote:
@ryan... nope its good. side swipe for sbsettings and down swipe for qtweeter... its the future!
lol.
It never quite worked for me lol Kept bringing up sbsettings. Might give it another try-out
You might be interested in this dude, get rid of that ugly blue themed window that qTweeter uses qTweeter Silky Matte Mod
@whentheleveebreaks & @masseur let us know the outcome after you've installed the Gold Master. I had really itchy fingers last night, but decided i just love my lockscreen way too much to return to default
Posted by masseur
from the office, I use GoToMyPC to access my home pc, and it lets me do just about anything as though I was sitting in front of that PC.
One of the few limitations is that there is no replication of the USB functionality on my home pc through to the office pc, so, although I made the decision this morning, and downloaded the firmware, I have to wait until I get home to actually do it.
Posted by RyaN
Haha yeah that'd be awesome if you could plug your iphone in at work and get it to mount on your home computer. I've used gotomypc before, just a trial and found it very good indeed. Did a bunch of video conversions on my home PC whilst sat at work
Gah... i keep thinking about upgrading it NOW! I'm away from the morning of the 17th until 21st so wont be able to install it on release... although it'll probably take a couple of days for the Dev-Team to release their jailbreak anyway
Posted by masseur
I have a service I pay for annually as its so useful and saves me taking my vaio all the time.
its good for bypassing the office firewall to check on some of the naughties that get posted here, and for watching bay, and collecting and replying to emails as the office don't allow POP3 or SMTP through the firewall.
Like the iphone, its one of those everyday things I just can't live without now
Posted by RyaN
On 2009-06-10 14:04:50, masseur wrote:
its good for bypassing the office firewall to check on some of the naughties that get posted here,
Yeah until you delete them
apologies if this is wildly going off topic...
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My office also block pretty much everything, found a sneaky little technique which i found out by using Slandr mobile twitter browser. Now this doesn't display all pages correctly, and some not at all, but sometimes it's good enough to just get the info you need. Basically when 'm.slandr.net' (the only twitter browser that works at work) links to a picture or external sites, it has a mobile prefix of http://google.com/gwt/n?u= before the link, essentially giving the user a 'lite' 'mobile' version of the page. I use this prefix before almost any URL and the site displays
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Posted by whentheleveebreaks
have had a couple of hours to play around with 3.0. So far so good. First off, everything is more snappy, apps tend to open slightly quicker, the Messages app is much much faster, even with the 1000+ texts that are in there. The search screen is ridiculously quick, i think i will use this quite a bit. MMS works as it should, just seems much easier and more intuitive to send picture messages than previous experience on other phones. The landscape keyboards are as good as you would expect them to be.
Overall, an excellent, free update. Loads of little things i keep seeing that are improvements. Also, the find my iPhone function on mobileme works brilliantly.
Posted by masseur
@RyaN, I'll try that!
@whentheleveebreaks,
great! so just to confirm, its just a matter of pressing the shift key when clicking restore and then selecting the ipsw file and wait for that to finish?
does that also cause all the content to be restored or is that another step I have to do?
Posted by RyaN
Exactly right @masseur. If you're jailbroken (not sure if you are still atm) ALWAYS use shift+Restore button, if on a non-jailbroken device shift+update will do. Otherwise if you just 'update' a jailbroken iphone to a stock firmware it'll lose 500MB of space that the Cydia partition made. Then restore backup after it's restored. It might have a problem restoring a jailbroken backup, mine did last time I tried to restore from a JB backup. Only lost SMS though, but I wish iTunes backed-up SMS in a different way.. like syncing apps and music etc.
Posted by whentheleveebreaks
Yep, just have to press shift (or option on osx) and select the ipsw file. I did a back up first, the restore was automatic. Actually, the only annoying thing was that my icons didn't go back in the exact order that they were in before.
Posted by RyaN
Lol thats the least of my concerns when i restore my JB device, takes hours to set up again back to the way it was
So does your MMS work as expected, with O2 obviously? I'm sure I saw something about them not enabling it until 19th when the 3GS comes out
Posted by masseur
ok, thanks for the confirmation though I expect I will be turning blue while holding my breath until it completes successfully!
Posted by whentheleveebreaks
MMS seems to work as expected, though not had any sent to me yet, but sending worked fine.
Bring on the 3GS!
Posted by NoKia
does anyone know where the sms db is located? so i can backup it up and copy it back after restoring, i hate losing all sms after a restore?
i have to say apple just make everything look a lot cooler, saw a few screenshots of how it groups MMS into convos and its really smart
Posted by RyaN
Yeh i just found it, located in /var/mobile/Library/SMS/sms.db Damn, i wish I had known that before restoring recently
Posted by NoKia
cool!
Posted by lemmy31
Just a quick question, if i have a jailbroken iphone do i need to restore to 2.2.1 before restoring the os 3.0 ?
Regards Craig
Posted by masseur
@lemmy31, I don't think so. just go for it
I've completed my 3.0 upgrade now. 10 minutes for the firmware and around 90 minutes for settings and content!
things are definitly opening snappier now, and copy and paste works well, but I'll have to wait 'till later to check out the other changes.
Posted by Ace Mccloud
is this firmware your talking about the 'real' thing? or an alternative to apples 3.0 which is being released later in the month? if yes, how can i get it
Posted by lemmy31
Thanks Masseur, just bit the bullet and upgraded. Like yourself i find everything does seem more urgent. Thanks for the advice
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Regards Craig
Posted by masseur
great!
did your iphone become all shiny and new again? I'm sure mine did
Posted by lemmy31
Its just got shinier alright, the right sweep search function is brilliant. I reckon ill have to pull mine from the for sale thread soon
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@ Ace Mccloud, i believe this is the exact same software that will be released to the public next week. I dont think i can post a link to the file itself, but if you google OS 3.0 7A341 im sure you'll come across it.
Regards Craig
[ This Message was edited by: lemmy31 on 2009-06-10 21:15 ]
Posted by voda_jon
@lemmy yeh the one doing the rounds on the net is the Gold release so is final version lol.... I av been using it for 1 day now and its great!
MMS works like any other phone, phone seems quicker than usual and battery has been much much better!
Posted by masseur
am I missing something about MMS? I've only ever sent one or two but looking in messaging the only thing I see different is the ability to attach a photo?
Posted by J273
Anyone gone from the final beta to the GM ?....notice much difference between the two?
Im still using the last beta release not sure on whether to wait until the final release or not.
[ This Message was edited by: J273 on 2009-06-10 21:22 ]
Posted by lemmy31
If you record a voice memo there is an option to 'share' it via MMS
Regards Craig
Posted by lemmy31
Sorry Jamie, just went straight from 2.2.1 , never used any of the beta firmwares, cant answer your question im afraid
Regards Craig
Posted by J273
No probs Craig.....Might just go for it anyway
Must be better than the beta....Even though thats pretty good.
Posted by masseur
On 2009-06-10 22:22:36, lemmy31 wrote:
If you record a voice memo there is an option to 'share' it via MMS
yeah, but MMS, in my recollection, is sound, pictures and text all in one message. This looks like you can send either text OR sound OR picture, but not a combination... unless I am missing something?
I've only ever done it on the T68i and I'm sure the MMS editor let you combine these elements?
Posted by voda_jon
@masseur nah i av sent a few pics from my iphone using 3.0 and u can attach text as well to the pic. easiest way to do is is to go into camera roll in pics and hit the forward button then mms option. then just click next to the pic and start typing...
No option to add sounds though... looks like its a sound an text or an image an txt lol.
Loving 3.0... slightly more speedy doing general tasks and battery is lasting a little longer...
J.
Posted by Boinng
On 2009-06-10 23:18:08, masseur wrote:
I've only ever done it on the T68i and I'm sure the MMS editor let you combine these elements?
I remember the editor on the T68i - you're right, sending an MMS on that was like creating a little Powerpoint presentation, you could have multiple pages and add sounds, pictures, I think you could even set the timing for when each page turned? Not bad for a phone that didn't even have a camera!
Do SE feature phones still have all that? I bet they do..
Posted by RyaN
Lol sounds just like how Apple crippled the SMS previous to 3.0, MMS support hasn't been thought out properly. Well for the jailbreakers out there SwirlyMMS is always an option as it's a full featured MMS app, and the new version also only came out a month or so ago.
Posted by Boinng
Well that depends - has anyone ever sent you a multimedia slideshow extravanza of pictures and sound via MMS, or do you generally just send and recieve the odd funny picture? If it's the latter, maybe Apple haven't got it quite so wrong..
Posted by RyaN
LOL i get your point, but to not be able to send an audio clip, picture and text together is a bit retarded tbh
Posted by masseur
I disagree. I, and my kids, liked the built in "Happy Birthday" MMS template on the T68i
Posted by ares
So everyone finally joined me into 3.0 heaven???
Frankly, after months of using it on the betas, i´m a bit bored. That will only change with the appearance of apps that use the new APIs, next week, like push notifications (anxiously waiting for beejive 3.0 free upgrade)
Even so...3GS is lurking on my mind...i reckon i´ll have to get it somehow
Posted by RyaN
Mate, I'm even contemplating it tonight! I installed iTunes 8.2 last night in readiness
Might end up going back to JB 2.2.1 after the weekend when I get bored of the default look though
And i know how you feel about the 3G S, although it seems a relatively pointless upgrade, and an expensive one at that, it's lurking in my mind too and i want it. Better is better
[ This Message was edited by: RyaN on 2009-06-12 15:01 ]
Posted by Boinng
Maybe I'm too easy to please, but the 3G S pleases me because it's not an essential upgrade. We're all getting or have got 3.0 anyway with all the improvements that brings, I can live with the next guy also having video recording and a smidge more speed, especially when the iPhone's so darn responsive already and apparently snappier still on 3.0.
I like the S, but I won't be buying one, not unless something terrible happens to my 3G in the meantime. I'm happy to wait out my contract, and then spend my hard earned on the 3G "Even Faster" or whatever comes next.
[ This Message was edited by: Boinng on 2009-06-12 15:15 ]