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On behalf of Erik, Jason and myself we wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday Season! Thanks for all of your support.
Many of you read my review last week about 100 Cameras in 1 and how great of an App it is. Well today the price of the iPad version dropped to $.99 from $3.99!! It's a steal! Get it while it lasts.
You can get 100 Cameras in 1 for the iPad from the iTunes store here: 
Jailbreak for iOS 4.3.1 is out!
A little while ago I wrote a “how to” article on how to jailbreak your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad running iOS 4.2 and below. A few weeks ago, Apple released iOS 4.3 then more recently iOS 4.3.1. The jailbreak team has been hard at work since the release of 4.3 on a jailbreak and Sunday 4/3 it went live! This jailbreak is a little different than the one that I showed last time. As Apple iOS software updates, so too must the jailbreaking method.
(a quick note, this doesn’t work on iPad2 yet but every other iOS device)
PkgBackup
(If you have not previously jailbroken your device and this is the first time, skip this paragraph)
I mentioned this before but here I want to give you a more in depth how to on this App before you do your jailbreak. If you are already jailbroken, and running a lower iOS version, download this App from the Cydia store and run it before you do the iOS 4.3.1 update. This App costs $7.99 but it is worth EVERY penny, trust me. PkgBackup backs up all of your Cydia Apps, All Folders, All App locations, All Folder locations, etc. When you launch it make sure that you have the “backup” button selected at the bottom of the screen and then press the refresh button right next to it. This will refresh all available packages to be backed up. After the packages have been refreshed, press the backup button in the lower right hand corner of the screen. This will backup all of your packages as a contact. Make sure that you attach your iDevice to iTunes and backup your contacts so that there is a copy of your packages in iTunes as well. Now once you update your iDevice and re-jailbreak it all you have to do is install PkgBackup and hit the restore button.
The Jailbreaking Process for iOS 4.3.1
The makers of the Jailbreaking program have changed. There are now two choices for jailbreaking your devices in the current iOS version. You either have redsn0w or PwnageTool. I prefer the second version for ease of use however it is only for Mac users. You can download it here. If you have a PC you’ll want redsn0w, which can be found here. One more thing you will need to download before you can start this process is the custom firmware for your device/iOS version. You can find it here. I know the list looks intimidating, but just read what each one says. You will want to select your device (iPhone, iPad, iPodTouch) and in our case iOS version 4.3.1. Scroll down the list until you find yours and click it. It will ask you where you want to place the downloaded file, put it in a location easy to remember so we can access it later. All right, we’ve got everything we need and we’re ready to start. I’m going to run you through the process of using PwnageTool but the redsn0w process is very similar.
Make sure that you don’t have your iDevice plugged in and launch PwnageTool. It will look like this:
By default simple mode is selected at the top of the screen. Leave it on this selection. Within the dialog box below select the device that you are planning on jailbreaking. For me it was the iPhone4. Press the blue arrow in the lower right corner to move to the next screen.
PwnageTool will search for the firmware that you downloaded earlier. Once it is found it will show it in the dialog box as shown below.
Select the firmware by clicking it (a green check will be placed on top of the firmware when it is selected) and again, click the blue arrow in the bottom right corner. A dialog box will appear telling you that a custom file will be put on your desktop to restore with. Click ok. You will also see a box asking if you have cell service that you activate through iTunes. Click yes if you are using your normal carrier like AT&T or Verizon.
PwnageTool will then tell you to connect your device to the usb port. Be ready to press buttons on the device. The dialog box will tell you what buttons to press when.
After you follow the on screen prompts your device will become unlocked, a dialog box will appear that tells you to close PwnageTool application, start iTunes and restore with your custom firmware bundle. What it doesn’t tell you is that to do this you need to know a keyboard key combination. When you launch iTunes you will see the RESTORE button in the middle of the screen. While holding the OPTION/ALT key press restore. This will bring up a window allowing you to choose your custom built file from PwnageTool. It will be located on your desktop. Select this file and click ok. This will restore your iDevice with the jailbroken software.
The next step is a screen within iTunes that gives you two options. Setup as a new Phone or Restore from previous settings (this will have your iPhone name under the selection). Choose the second of the two options. After restored, navigate to the Apps tab and sync your Apps. This will take a few minutes to complete but it will restore all of your Apps to your iDevice.
If this is your first time jailbreaking your device, you’re done. If you were previously jailbroken and you followed my advice (you should have) and downloaded PkgBackup you need to restore. This is easy.
First navigate to the Cydia App and launch it. Once inside of the Cydia App you need to select “Who Are You”. Unless you are a programmer, select User then tap done in the upper right corner. Once you are inside of the Cydia manager you press manage account. Choose your method of signing in to your account. Once signed in you will see an option to view installable purchases. (note: if you aren’t able to load your purchases tap on changes and refresh). Under installable purchases install PkgBackup. Launch PkgBackup, press refresh in the lower left corner of the screen. You will see all of your packages for restoring. Press restore in the lower right corner of the screen. Your springboard (iPhone desktop) will be restored.
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On behalf of Erik, Jason and myself we wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday Season! Thanks for all of your support.
Now that you've had a few days to digest all the info on the iPad and what it does and doesn't do, the question is are you getting one?
iPad specs and description here.
Watch the iPad video and how it works here.
Watch the Steve Jobs keynote video introducing the iPad here.
Take the poll:
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With today's introduction of the iPad we should see an even faster growing collection of Apps on the App Store. Although the iPad can run existing Apps, we should see new apps that take advantage of the new screen real estate very quickly!
See my thoughts on the iPad here.
See the iPad specs and complete description here.
See the New iPad video here. You really have to watch the video to see how cool the interface to this device is!
Of course we'll have iPad News and App Reviews here as well.
UPDATE: Watch the Steve Jobs/Apple iPad Keynote Video here.
Last week BestAppSite.com ran a Contest and the LUCKY WINNER Greg (#333) just won a $50 iTunes Gift Certificate. The entry to the contest was simple. All you had to do was name your Favorite App! That's right your "Best App" choice. So I thought I would share the Top 50 Apps Chosen By You!
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| 2 | Best Camera | |
| 3 | Shazam | |
| 4 | Tweetie 2 | |
| 5 | Evernote | |
| 6 | RedLaser | |
| 7 | TweetDeck | |
| 8 | Kindle | |
| 9 | Dragon Dictation | |
| 10 | Pandora Radio | |
| 11 | Remote | |
| 12 | Lose It! | |
| 13 | Google Mobile App | |
| 14 | Photoshop.com Mobile | |
| 15 | 1Password | |
| 16 | Sportacular | |
| 17 | CardStar | |
| 18 | Geocaching | |
| 19 | Air Mouse Pro | |
| 20 | TomTom | |
| 21 | onONe DSLR Camera Remote Professional Edition | |
| 22 | Photogene | |
| 23 | Learn the Adobe Creative Suite with Terry White | |
| 24 | IMDb | |
| 25 | Flight Control | |
| 26 | Doodle Jump | |
| 27 | Bento | |
| 28 | YouVersion Bible | |
| 29 | Skype | |
| 30 | Built-in | |
| 31 | ToDo | |
| 32 | Words with Friends | |
| 33 | MobileRSS for Google RSS Reader | |
| 34 | SCRABBLE | |
| 35 | MLB at Bat | |
| 36 | Skee-Ball | |
| 37 | Grocery iQ | |
| 38 | Accuweather.com | |
| 39 | Beejive IM with Push | |
| 40 | Things | |
| 41 | Nikon's Learn and Explore | |
| 43 | Tap Tap Revenge | |
| 44 | Focalware | |
| 45 | iVideoCamera-Record video on any phone | |
| 46 | Google Earth | |
| 47 | Ping | |
| 48 | Koi Pond | |
| 49 | Keynote Remote | |
| 50 | i. TV | |
Congratulations goes to Greg (#333) our winner of the $50 iTunes Gift Certificate!
Greg's Favorite App is Skee-Ball.
See the drawing here using Random Number:
Thanks to all that entered!
BestAppSite.com to give away a $50 iTunes Gift Certificate
That's right! We're trying to get the word out about BestAppSite.com and one way to do that is to give stuff away. So we're starting with a $50 iTunes Gift Certificate to one of our lucky readers.
How to Enter
Entering for the drawing is really easy! Just leave a comment below on this post. telling us your favorite iPhone/iPod touch app. That's all you have to do. The deadline to leave your comment is Sunday, January 17th, 2010 at 6PM EST (GMT-5) and we'll pick a winner from one of the comments based on a random draw. Each comment will be assigned a number. So if you're the first comment you'll be #1 and so forth and so on. We'll use the Random Number iPhone/iPod touch app to actually pick the number. The winner will be announced here on Monday, the 18th, 2010.
