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Beware: Switzerland Based ‘AppleSolution’ Company is a Scam Stealing People’s Money

Published on November 14, 2012 by Richard Ker

This is nothing personal, but something needs to be done to warn people who are based in Switzerland and nearby countries to be aware of this scam company called AppleSolution.

The person who runs this company goes with the name Tony Teixeira. About a month ago, he used our unlocking services for a France SFR iPhone and AT&T iPhone. After successful unlocks, he disputed with his bank that he did not authorize the payments.

You can use free IMEI checkers out there to verify that his two iPhones were successfully unlocked. The IMEIs are:

  • 012650006463531
  • 012744000541192

Scammer AppleSolution has a Facebook page with zero followers, for obvious reasons. Their website is using images from our online Store although we are not so bothered by this.

This scammer has the following shipping/billing address:

Tony Teixeira
5, Chemin du Chateau
Geneve, Geneve, 1246
Switzerland
Phone 0783111760

The email addresses which are associated with this company are:

  • geocecilio@hotmail.com
  • applesolution-ge@hotmail.com

Last but not least, here’s the photo of the owner of this company (we have to blur his photo until we received confirmation from our friends in Switzerland that this is the right person).

We sincerely hope that if you have been doing business with this person or company, stop and think again. They will rip you off and steal your money.

iOS 6.1 Beta Baseband for iPhone 5 [3.04.01], 4S [3.0.04], 4 [4.12.02] & 3GS [5.16.07]

Published on November 5, 2012 by Richard Ker

iOS 6.1 beta was made available to developers recently and those who installed it would notice the baseband or modem firmware for all iPhone models was not changed except for iPhone 5.

UPDATE: Read the updates for the final and public release of iOS 6.1.

Here’s the baseband version for all iOS 6.1 supported iPhones:

  • iPhone 5 – 3.04.01 (up from version 1.00.16 in iOS 6 and iOS 6.0.1)
  • iPhone 4 – 4.12.02 (no change from iOS 6)
  • iPhone 4S – 3.0.04 (no change from iOS 6)
  • iPhone 3GS – 5.16.07 (no change from iOS 6)

If you don’t have an official unlock, you should stay away from any beta software update because there’s no method available to preserve your baseband or to unlock new baseband. Having said that, you can always go back to any iOS version if it’s still being signed by Apple (as at today, iOS 6.0.1 is currently being signed and you can downgrade from iOS 6.1 beta).

Related Post: Official Unlock AT&T iPhone 3G/3GS/4/4S and 5 is here.

Some other changes you might have noticed so far are the Maps application in iOS 6.1, where you can see a  big “Report a Problem” button in the middle of its interface. Presumably, Apple wants to make that process as easy as possible for end users.

Another example is a redesign of the lock-screen music player controls. The on-screen buttons are spaced well across the entire width of the display.

As the company struggles to fix the flawed mapping service, there are more aesthetic changes to be observed throughout iOS 6.1.

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How to Get IMEI of Unactivated iPhone using RedSn0w 0.9.15b2 New Identify Feature

Published on October 19, 2012 by Richard Ker

iPhone Dev Team’s RedSn0w 0.9.15b2 was a pretty significant upgrade over the previous version. One of the new features is ‘Identify’ which gives you more information about your device.

This new feature provides a list of technical information about an iOS device. It supports both non-jailbroken and jailbroken devices. It even supports the latest iPhone 5.

Related Article: How to Activate iPhone 4S or iPhone 5 that Needs Zip and Social Security Number SSN?

Many people need to get an iPhone’s IMEI to find out about an iPhone’s locked/unlocked status or to check whether an iPhone is barred or blacklisted. Once you get the IMEI, then you can use it to factory unlock an iPhone, for example, getting an AT&T iPhone officially unlocked. It is also useful if you can’t get pass the activation screen, when you need to get the IMEI to allow activation using Zip Code and SSN.

Here are the steps on how to use this feature on the latest redsn0w:

Step 1: Download the latest version of RedSn0w from the links at the bottom of this post.

Step 2: Connect your iPhone to your computer.

Step 3: Launch redsn0w, go to Extras > Even More, and click Identify.

Step 4: redsn0w will pull data from your iPhone and and generates a list of technical specs and information under the Device info window.

Step 5: Click Save to save the data.

Here is an output of the fields provided using this new option:

ActivationInfo:
ActivationPublicKey:
ActiveWirelessTechnology:
ActivityURL:
AirplaneMode:
ApNonce:
BasebandCertId:
BasebandChipId:
BasebandFirmwareManifestData:
BasebandGoldCertId:
BasebandKeyHashInformation:
BasebandMasterKeyHash:
BasebandRegionSKU:
BasebandStatus:
BasebandVersion:
BluetoothAddress:
BoardId:
BuildVersion:
CPUArchitecture:
CarrierBundleInfo:
ChipID:
CompassCalibration:
DeviceCertificate:
DeviceClass:
DeviceColor:
DeviceEnclosureColor:
DeviceName:
DevicePublicKey:
DeviceSupportsFaceTime:
DeviceVariant:
DieID:
EscrowBag:
EthernetAddress:
FirmwarePreflightInfo:
FirmwareVersion:
HardwareModel:
HardwarePlatform:
ICCID:
IMEI:
IMSI:
MCC:
MLBSerialNumber:
MNC:
MobileEquipmentIdentifier:
ModelNumber:
NonVolatileRAM:
PasswordProtected:
PhoneNumber:
ProductType:
ProductVersion:
ProductionSOC:
ProtocolVersion:
ProximitySensorCalibration:
RegionInfo:
SIMStatus:
SIMTrayStatus:
SerialNumber:
SoftwareBehavior:
TelephonyCapability:
TimeZone:
TimeZoneOffsetFromUTC:
TrustedHostAttached:
UniqueChipID:
UniqueDeviceID:
UseRaptorCerts:
Uses24HourClock:
WeDelivered:
WiFiAddress:

It’s also possible to use it if your iPhone is in DFU mode but the information generated is very basic.

Redsn0w will always become a must have tool for unlockers and jailbreakers alike.

Download links for redsn0w 0.9.15b2

Free IMEI Checker to Identify which Network Your iPhone is Locked to

Published on October 3, 2012 by Richard Ker

Got an iPhone but not sure on which network it’s locked to? You’re not alone. For a limited time, we are offering a free IMEI checker service. Check your IMEI now!

UPDATE #2: We provide 5 x FREE daily checks (Beta) for individuals (no repeats, please). Details are below.

UPDATE #1: Free service is currently not available as Apple is charging to query their database. Apologies for the inconvenience. However, we can verify AT&T iPhone for free.

It’s so easy to submit, simply leave your 15-digit IMEI in the comments section below.

To begin free IMEI check (Beta), please do the following:

Like, Tweet or +1 to reveal this free content, we will not bite, we promise.

The comments are moderated so no one else can see it except us.

After checking your IMEI, we will blank out the first 11-digit of your IMEI and tell you which network it’s locked to. For example:

  • IMEI: xxxxxxxxxxx3456
  • Network: AT&T USA (FYI: can be factory unlocked, click here)
  • Status: Locked/Unlocked

Please allow up to 48-72 hours for us to return with the result, as you know we are busy with repairs too. If you want to get yours within 12-24 hours, use this.

This service costs at least $5 elsewhere, this is for a limited time only, so hurry!

UPDATE: We can also check if an iPhone is reported stolen, missing, barred or blacklisted here.

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iPhone 5 Sapphire Camera Lens Causes Purple Tint and Haze on Photos?

Published on October 2, 2012 by Richard Ker

It’s been widely reported that there’s a flaw with the iPhone 5′s camera. Photos taken under extremely bright lights will cause a purple tint, haze or hue. What’s going on, Apple?

There’s a hot discussion of this issue on Anandtech forum, where a number of iPhone 5 users have reported to have seen purple halo in photos taken with iPhone 5′s camera.

The halo is visible when you take photos with the phone directed towards a bright source, such as some direct light source or the Sun. It’s been speculated that the sapphire crystal lens cover used on the iPhone 5 is causing this problem.

A reader from Gizmodo sent an official inquiry to Apple tech support and here’s their response:

“Our engineering team just gave me this information and we recommend that you angle the camera away from the bright light source when taking pictures. The purple flare in the image provided is considered normal behavior for iPhone 5′s camera“

This phenomenon is also known as Chromatic Aberration. Some DLRs do exhibit purple fringing but they have dedicated ISPs that are much more powerful that the one in the iPhone doing corrections to reduce/eliminate it.

One of the possible reasons why it’s showing purple is because purple refracts the most when exposed off-axis like this, and the CMOS sensor is more sensitive to that wavelength.

Great, so it’s not really a problem with the phone but really it’s how you hold the iPhone 5.

This really reminds me of what happened to the iPhone 4 when it was first released, the “antenna-gate” issue that is.

Image via Gizmodo