That was fast. Just hours after word began to spread that Apple was forced to pull most of its 3G devices from its German online store following an injunction awarded to Motorola, the iPhone maker successfully had the ruling suspended and has recommenced sales.
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Last week we informed you of a case in which Apple faced Samsung over patent issues relating to the 3G connection implemented within the iPhone and 3G iPad devices. These issues between Apple and Samsung have spanned over the past several weeks and are sure to persist for the next few weeks too.
This week, the Cupertino company has been forced to remove the iPhone 3G[s], iPhone 4, and iPad 3G products from its online store. The news comes from Florian Mueller over at FOSSpatents after he attended a hearing which saw Motorola beat Apple in hotly-contested court proceedings.
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iPhoneIslam just updated their PhoneIt-iPad tweak with iOS 5 support. The tweak will add phone and SMS functionality to your iPad 3G and it requires a SIM card with a voice plan
iPhoneIslam just updated their PhoneIt-iPad tweak with iOS 5 support. The tweak will add phone and SMS functionality to your iPad 3G and it requires a SIM card with a voice plan ( NOTE: ONLY works with iPad 3G ). PhoneIt-iPad is available for $19.99 in Cydia via : http://apps.iphoneislam.com.
Check out PhoneIt-iPad in action after the break…
the iPhone DevTeam took an exploit that was closed by Apple in the iPhone baseband, but still active in the iPad 3G baseband; they also tweaked redsn0w , and by using the latest release , basically you transfer the iPad’s baseband ( version 06.15.00 ) into your iPhone – baseband which can be unlocked.
In order to unlock the iPhone 3G and 3Gs stuck on 05.14 or 05.15 baseband, the iPhone DevTeam pulled a magic unicorn switcheroo out of their shiny top hats:
They took an exploit that was closed by Apple in the iPhone baseband, but still active in the iPad 3G baseband; they also tweaked redsn0w , and by using the latest release , basically you transfer the iPad’s baseband ( version 06.15.00 ) into your iPhone – baseband which can be unlocked.
the iPhone DevTeam pulled a magic unicorn switcheroo out of their shiny top hats, allowing us to ‘pass’ the iPad’s baseband to our iPhones and unlock them.
Ok, this is pure genius, but nothing new for Windows users ( at the moment ) and nothing new on the untethered jailbreak either. If by any chance you are stuck on 05.14 or 05.15 baseband, this is your lucky day.
This is almost an entirely new process, so pay attention to each step, and make sure you read all the warnings twice.
