Blocking Ads in iPhone Browser - Mobile Safari

Ads, Software, customize September 18th, 2008

You can block the ads in Mobile Safari using a special hosts file. For doing this you need a Jailbroken iPhone.

  1. SSH in to the iPhone
  2. Goto /etc/ folder
  3. Copy and Replace the /etc/hosts file from this archive
  4. Reboot the iPhone

Enjoy Ad free browsing on your iPhone!

Copy and Paste Editor for iPhone Available

Software, customize September 16th, 2008

For Jailbroken phones, use CopierciN by Karaduman – Available on Cydia now.

CopierciN is a text editor which makes it possible to exchange text between messages, emails, Notes and files.

You can import text from SMS, Notes, E-Mails and Regular files to create new Content. You can export the new content as a new SMS/Note/E-Mail/Regular File as well.

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CopierciN is trying to solve the iPhone’s Copy and Paste problem by - gathering the textual information from all the default applications and providing a common place to work with. A worthwhile effort.

Time Machine for your iPhone - iBaReS

Software September 6th, 2008

The iTunes backup of your iPhone is and endless procedure!. The one which takes hours at stretch sometimes. No more!. If you’ve got a jailbroken iPhone with SSH installed, a TimeMachine like incremental backup solution exists - iBaRes. You just have to supply your iPhone’s IP address and the root password (alpine). The first backup takes a while. But subsequent backups are a snap. If something were to go wrong on your iPhone or you don’t want to manually re-install the jailbroken apps eveytime a firmware update happens, iBaRes comes very handy.

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This is an opensource software currently supporting only OSX. Enjoy the Wire-free syncs and backups!

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AppleTalk for iPhone

Software August 30th, 2008

Netatalk is a freely-available, kernel level implementation of the AppleTalk Protocol Suite, originally for BSD-derived systems. A *NIX/*BSD system running netatalk is capable of serving many macintosh clients simultaneously as an AppleTalk router, AppleShare file server (AFP), *NIX/*BSD print server, and for accessing AppleTalk printers via Printer Access Protocol (PAP). Included are a number of minor printing and debugging utilities.

Netatalk has been ported by Jay Freeman to iPhone platform. Once installed through Cydia, You can find the iPhone in the OS X Finder. You can “Connect as” - root/mobile ( default password: alpine).

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Click on Connect and Viola!. You can easily transfer between your Mac and iPhone through the finder itself. Unfortunately AppleTalk protocol support has been discontinued by Microsoft on Windows Platforms.

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Syncing Outlook Tasks with iPhone + Alerts

Software August 28th, 2008

Now with a couple of nifty tricks, you can fully sync Microsoft Outlook Tasks with iPhone Calendar. The reminders/Alerts/Alarms you set for the Tasks in Outlook - will be retained in the iPhone too.

Follow the steps here:- How to Sync Microsoft Outlook Tasks with iPhone

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