Photos of Cancelled iPhone 4S Launch and Riot at Apple Store Beijing and Shanghai, China

Published on January 13, 2012 by Richard Ker

The launch of the Apple iPhone 4S, originally planned for today, has been cancelled due to overnight fights and riots among scalpers and genuine buyers.


Queues began forming yesterday at both the Sanlitun and Xidan stores in Beijing. Courtesy thebeijinger.


The Xidan store launch went ahead but their stock sold out within two hours.


At Beijing’s Apple Store in Sanlitun, customers (or scalpers?) threw eggs at the glass walls. Crowds were then asked to leave; they were told the launch was cancelled. Police were there to disperse crowds.


It’s rumored that the crowd was mainly made up of teams of scalpers.


Scalpers started hiring people to queue up at Apple Stores in Beijing since about a week ago. Translation: “Hiring: 200 sales positions available. 100 yuan per day, report at Sanlitun between 6-9pm on January 12, 2012. Salary will be paid the next day at 8am. Meal included. (Any gender or age).”


Meanwhile in Shanghai, hundreds of people wearing red caps were seen queuing. It is believed that they were people hired by scalpers.


Finally, this sign says “The queue ends here. iPhone 4S is now out of stock.”

Sadly, it will be difficult for genuine buyers to get their hands on the iPhone 4S. Absolute madness.

Images: TheBeijinger, MIC Gadget.

Install Siri [Spire, Vlingo, Voice-Actions] on Jailbroken iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS

Published on January 12, 2012 by Luis Portas

You don’t own an iPhone 4S, but you would still like to have Siri on your iDevice. We have a few legal solutions for your problems.


Spire

This is an app that can be downloaded from Cydia (so yes, you do need a jailbroken device).

The installation will take approximately 100MB directly from the Apple servers (and yes, it is legal), so make sure you are connected to a wireless network.

This method is by far the most advanced, since it is actually Siri voice recognition that will be installed on your device. However you will not be able to actually use the Siri as if at an iPhone 4S. Siri sends the data to the Apple servers directly, and receives back the information it needs. That can only happen (for now) with an iPhone 4S. The solution is to have your own Siri Proxy Setup, or use any available online hosts as shown below (Beware. By using these connections, the information sent might not be secured or protected. For instance, if you ask Siri to send a message, that request will be sent to the chosen server to compute. So by then it could be “read” or “copied”, thus endangering the system’s security).

Below you can find a few FREE proxy server hosts. However these have proven to be the most stable ones, others can be found online:

 

What if your device is not jailbroken? Fortunately we have an answer for you. There are a couple of solutions worth to mention from the App store.

Vlingo

By far the most interesting (and with good reviews) is Vlingo. It accepts orders to send SMS’s, E-mail, to search Maps, make Social Updates, Web Search and it can also Voice Dial. All of this on a free app.

Of course it has a few drawbacks. It doesn’t rise to the Siri level on voice recognition. Vlingo doesn’t speak back or reply when spoken to. It is highly inaccurate on loud environments, and sometimes it requests to tap when we’re finished talking. But most of the times it is reliable, and most importantly, it is for free. Besides, you can install it in your older iDevices, as iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and even on an iPhone 3G (yes, I tested it, and it works).

 

Voice-Actions

Another virtual assistant app is “Voice-actions”. Voice-actions is a paied app (3.99$). Besides doing everything Vlingo does, Voice-Actions also allows you to set reminders and alarms, ask questions, play music and even get instant translations. With these enhancements it is said to be the best alternative for Siri, available to the older models. It is indeed an alternative worth considering if you’re not planning to upgrade your iPhone soon.

Given the high demand of Siri on older devices, it’s will just be a matter of time to see more and more of Siri like apps appearing in the iPhone community.

Free Unlock for iPhone 4 Baseband 4.11.08 Called react0r by hamzah_akram Coming Soon?

Published on January 7, 2012 by Richard Ker

This seems to be the most promising news for those who are stuck on baseband 4.11.08. Read on to learn more.

About two months ago an unknown hacker called hamzah_akram explored the possibility of erasing iPhone 4 baseband information. He was able to erase it but wasn’t sure how to proceed from there.

However, after countless hours he made a breakthrough and has successfully unlocked baseband 4.11.08. Based on his blog and his tweets, it’s very likely that he modified the iOS 5 IPSW file and SIM interposer i.e. Gevey Turbo SIM to make the unlock work.

On his Twitter today:

“Dear guys! the up coming nice thing for all of you is called #react0r ! #4.11.08 …. No donation required! this will end the #4.11.08 age!.”

So far there are no further details on how this news and he intends to make this unlock method available free of charge to the masses.

True or false? Only time will tell.

Install Patched FuriousMod for Gevey Ultra on iPhone 4 Running iOS 5.0.1

Published on January 6, 2012 by Richard Ker

If you have a Gevey Ultra, chances are that you’re not able to use it properly since iOS 5.0 was released. Now that the untethered jailbreak is available for iOS 5.0.1, you can patch FuriousMod to make it fully working again. Follow the steps below:


Step 1: Install iOS 5.0.1 on your iPhone 4 using custom firmware to preserve your baseband.

Step 2: Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 using redsn0w 0.9.10b3 or Corona by following the steps here.

Step 3: Add the following source to your Cydia Sources to install it.

http://cydia.myrepospace.com/Squuiid/

That’s all to it! If you have an older Gevey Turbo SIM just use the 112 steps which you should already know by now.

Please note that baseband 4.11.08 is not supported!

Thanks to Vinh Vuong and mcbaron15 for the tip!

How to Untethered Jailbreak iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 on iOS 5.0.1 with redsn0w or Corona

Published on January 4, 2012 by Richard Ker

We’ve just returned from our vacation so this post may be a bit dated but we’re going to post it anyway.

If you don’t already know, hackers have officially released the untethered jailbreak for all A4 and earlier devices running iOS 5.0.1. Meanwhile pod2g et al will also be releasing the untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2. Woohoo to Chronic Dev Team and Boohoo for iPhone Dev Team.

 

Assuming that you have already installed iOS 5.0.1 and already jailbroken it, then the first method below would be a piece of cake.

Method 1: Untethered Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 with Corona

Step 1: Launch Cydia and search for Corona Untether 5.0.1.

Step 2: Tap “Install” and let Cydia do the rest of the job for you.

That’s it! You can now safely reboot your iPhone, iPod, or iPad without using redsn0w or iBooty.

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Method 2: Untethered Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 with redsn0w 0.9.10b3

Assuming that you’re already on iOS 5.0.1 but have yet to jailbreak it, then this method is for you.

Step 1: Download RedSn0w 0.9.10b3 from the Dev Team’s website.

Step 2: Plug your iDevice in and put it in DFU mode.

Step 3: Launch RedSn0w and click on “Jailbreak” and select “Install Cydia”.

That’s all you need to do!

What a great start to 2012! Stay tuned for the untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4s and iPad 2 on iOS 5.0.1. For unlockers, remember to always preserve your baseband with custom firmware!