Official iOS devices thread

[dreams]

Clarify me!! Isnt 3G S available in India till date? If available, how much is it?

Edit: Got info from Google that it is not released yet.

Gud news: I am a proud owner of iPhone 3GS 16GB bought from Malaysia day before.

[desiibond]

yes. it's not availble in India officially and I heard that it costs around 40k-45k in grey market.

[SunnyChahal]

Just got my iPhone 3G S 32GB for 38k.

[dreams]

^^ from whr??

[dreams]

iPhone OS 3.1.3 released. With this all exploits which made JB possible was blocked. Esp the exploit used by Geohot(blackra1n)

No major changes, juz bug fixes.

Battery, 3rd party apps launch, etc.

Any1 tried?

[SunnyChahal]

^^ from whr??

Well I know a dealer here who imports and unlocks Australian version of the iPhone 3G S. All the iPhones are designed in California and assembled in China. So, I went ahead with the cheaper Australian version. After all it's the same thing with the same awesome build quality, it's just that the Australian charger is a tad too big. I can live with it One more problem is that all the Australian iPhones are week 40+ builds which means they need a tethered jailbreak for now. Mine itself is week 41.

[ico]

I think it's the time to add 'iPad' in the title of this thread.

[dreams]

Well I know a dealer here who imports and unlocks Australian version of the iPhone 3G S. All the iPhones are designed in California and assembled in China. So, I went ahead with the cheaper Australian version. After all it's the same thing with the same awesome build quality, it's just that the Australian charger is a tad too big. I can live with it One more problem is that all the Australian iPhones are week 40+ builds which means they need a tethered jailbreak for now. Mine itself is week 41.

So u bought one, unlocked and tethered JB done?

Luckily I got mine from KL. Rumours are here, stating iPhone 3GS will be available in India from August and would cost 32000.

[SunnyChahal]

Actually the dealer has some relative in Australia who buys and unlocks iPhones and ships them here. It was already Jailbroken and unlocked when I got it. But later I restored and updated it to 3.1.2 and then Jailbroke it myself with Blackra1n. What about yours?
As for the availability of 3G S in India, by the time it comes here 4G(or whatever the next-gen iPhone is called) will be out. Either way, we've got the latest and the greatest.

[dreams]

Ok, Actually I am hesitant in Jb. As it is (un)tethered, I am afraid. Also learnt, wifi doesnt function properly after Jb, and issues wit battery drain..is it so? Hw do u term ur experience b4/after Jb.

And tru, we own the greatest and latest iphone. Feelin proud!!!!!!

[PraKs]

@Sunny1211993

How much did you pay ? Can you ask that dealer price of 3G 8GB Black ?

[dreams]

^^ he paid

Just got my iPhone 3G S 32GB for 38k.

[SunnyChahal]

Ok, Actually I am hesitant in Jb. As it is (un)tethered, I am afraid. Also learnt, wifi doesnt function properly after Jb, and issues wit battery drain..is it so? Hw do u term ur experience b4/after Jb.

And tru, we own the greatest and latest iphone. Feelin proud!!!!!!

You bought yours from Malaysia right? I suppose you need to unlock it before you can use it in India. For that you need to jailbreak it.

@Sunny1211993

How much did you pay ? Can you ask that dealer price of 3G 8GB Black ?

As Dreams quoted 38k. 3G is officially available from AirTel and Vodafone at 27-28K. Are you asking for the grey market price?

[dreams]

You bought yours from Malaysia right? I suppose you need to unlock it before you can use it in India. For that you need to jailbreak it.

True but I bought the unlocked version buddy. Without contract. And I am currently using it with my Airtel. I believe u r also from Delhi..Am I right? Have u opted for any data plan from ur service provider?

[SunnyChahal]

That's great! I could not find the unlocked version around here and on ebay it was like 45k and I had read some reviews where people said that they just unlock the iPhones with BlackSn0w and sell them as Factory Unlocked. So, I went ahead with the Australian version. It's all the same with just a bulky charger LOL. I just need tethered J/B for the time being. Do you have the US version?
I have AirTel Mobile Office. No data plan. I was thinking about getting MTNL 3G but their customer service is so pathetic! I'll wait till AirTel launches 3G.

[the.kaushik]

^ How much did u paid?

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Hey Sunny offline question.. Any clue what happened to the QA section. I am missing the apple thread bro. Its very hard to find a mod in digit Jungle

[dreams]

^^ he paid 38K buddy.

@Sunny
I believe iPhone does use the internet often and AirTel MO will not be sufficient for it. Meaning, the charges would be high. I am thinkin of getting the data plan, which has 500MB free of r12 months and 30p/50kb later.

Also waiting for 3G from AirTel.

BTW, today I am gonna JB.

Til now you havent answered my othr qn, hw do u rate iPhone after/b4 JB. Please do. Will decide on ur experience whether to or not to Jb.

[SunnyChahal]

Hey Sunny offline question.. Any clue what happened to the QA section. I am missing the apple thread bro. Its very hard to find a mod in digit Jungle

The QnA section has been changed to 'read only'. Believe me buddy, that was my favourite thread. I'm thinking about creating a new thread for all the Apple discussions. We can keep track of all iPhone, iPod Touch and Mac users over there. What say?

@Sunny
I believe iPhone does use the internet often and AirTel MO will not be sufficient for it. Meaning, the charges would be high. I am thinkin of getting the data plan, which has 500MB free of r12 months and 30p/50kb later.

Also waiting for 3G from AirTel.

BTW, today I am gonna JB.

Til now you havent answered my othr qn, hw do u rate iPhone after/b4 JB. Please do. Will decide on ur experience whether to or not to Jb.

Yeah, I'm gonna give AirTel CC a call today and ask about their data plans. Have you considered MTNL 3G? I have but their Customer Service is downright pathetic.
Jailbreaking is always fun. To be honest I haven't bought even a single app from the App store yet. I'm gonna try 'em all out and buy the best of them when iPad comes out. I think you should give it a shot. Just check you iPhone's serial number first. The third digit shows the manufacturing year and the following two digits show the week number. If the week number is 40 or above then you'll need blackra1n to jailbreak as they have fixed bootrom and you need to tether everytime you reboot your phone. If it's before week 40 then redsn0w or pwnage tool would do the job.

[dreams]

As you may see my siggie, I already have a iPT which was JB with blackra1n. I should admit, I knew some basics abt Jb and its stuff. Cos, I have modded my iPT to the fullest. Right from changing theme, fonts, display words et all.

Mine is 2009 manufactured and falls in the 47th week. Tethering makes me scared, cos, my iPT is also the same which falls in MC category. No un-tethered till now.

I have d/l some of the imp apps from Apple in iPhone(Ofcourse free ones). But in iPT, I have all those games and apps(From cydia/rock and obviously the pir@te world).

So, I assume, after u Jb with blackra1n, no significant issues in usage. Can u confirm?

I do not think of changing the number right now, cos, I will be re-locating soon to my homeland Chennai. Once done, will see if AirTel or Aircel has 3G or will go for BSNL 3G.

BSNL back in Chennai is gud, and all techies working there(Shockingly all techies there are 50+).

UPDATE: Jbn successfully. Yet to install Cydia and Rock. This weekend will be dedicated for exploring 3GS and its potentiality.

[Tanmay Satpathy]

Does iTunes fail to recognise unlocked iphones? Mine failed to register with itunes with the following message:

The SIM card inserted in this iPhone does not appear to be supported.

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SunnyChahal]

^
Yeah, that's the case with locked iPhones running unsupported SIMs. Unlock your iPhone and it'll be all back to normal with iTunes.

[the.kaushik]

The QnA section has been changed to 'read only'. Believe me buddy, that was my favourite thread. I'm thinking about creating a new thread for all the Apple discussions. We can keep track of all iPhone, iPod Touch and Mac users over there. What say?

That should be great but was thinking if some how we can make that thread open. It has so much data and people are subscribed to it also. I don't know any mod here. The one i know has problem with me so i wont expect anything from him.. Any one you know and can ask?

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@Dreams

Cool man. Welcome to the wonderland of JB. Do try some themes. And as you have 3GS so NO THEME is resource hungry for it. Its a great device. There wont be any issue. Just take a chill pill and njoy.

Something to start with, The one which i cannot stay without.
ProSwitcher
winterboard
fontswap
mim
SB settings

So update us

[ico]

The QnA section has been changed to 'read only'. Believe me buddy, that was my favourite thread. I'm thinking about creating a new thread for all the Apple discussions. We can keep track of all iPhone, iPod Touch and Mac users over there. What say?

That thread was reported 10 times by me so that the moderators can shift it. But nothing happened. :/

[SunnyChahal]

Let's create a new one then. Why don't you do it ico?

[Tanmay Satpathy]

^
Yeah, that's the case with locked iPhones running unsupported SIMs. Unlock your iPhone and it'll be all back to normal with iTunes.

My iphone is unlocked via BlackRa1n. This problem just popped up

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I think this has been done by Apple to prevent unlocking.

[sachitgul]

i just got my iPod Touch 3G a week ago..
and yesterday i noticed that my firmware is 3.1.1 (7C145) and not 3.1.2..

so i downloaded 3.1.2 but when i try to update (by pressing shift + update) it refuses to update..


so what is the diff between 3.1.1 and 3.1.2..
can 3.1.1 be jailbroken by blackra1n??

also should i try restoring by 3.1.2??
is that safe??

[SunnyChahal]

My iphone is unlocked via BlackRa1n. This problem just popped up

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I think this has been done by Apple to prevent unlocking.

Blackra1n does not unlock an iPhone. So, i suppose your iPhone is still locked.

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i just got my iPod Touch 3G a week ago..
and yesterday i noticed that my firmware is 3.1.1 (7C145) and not 3.1.2..

so i downloaded 3.1.2 but when i try to update (by pressing shift + update) it refuses to update..


so what is the diff between 3.1.1 and 3.1.2..
can 3.1.1 be jailbroken by blackra1n??

also should i try restoring by 3.1.2??
is that safe??

I'd suggest you to update your iPod Touch to 3.1.2 and Jailbreak it using Blackra1n. Yes, Blackra1n can jailbreak 3.1.2 iPhone/iPod Touch. Do not update to 3.1.3 as it can't be jailbroken yet.
Download 3.1.2 for your iPod touch from this site.
http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/

Open iTunes, navigate to your iPod Touch, press Alt+Shift and click on restore button and selected the downloaded file. You iPod will be updated to 3.1.2. Then jailbreak it using blackra1n.

[sriharsha_madineni]

^^ Is untethered JB available for iPod touch 3G??????

[sachitgul]

Blackra1n does not unlock an iPhone. So, i suppose your iPhone is still locked.

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I'd suggest you to update your iPod Touch to 3.1.2 and Jailbreak it using Blackra1n. Yes, Blackra1n can jailbreak 3.1.2 iPhone/iPod Touch. Do not update to 3.1.3 as it can't be jailbroken yet.
Download 3.1.2 for your iPod touch from this site.
http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/

Open iTunes, navigate to your iPod Touch, press Alt+Shift and click on restore button and selected the downloaded file. You iPod will be updated to 3.1.2. Then jailbreak it using blackra1n.

i tried what u told me...
but still it says "the device isn't eligible for the requested build."

fortunately nothing went wrong and all my data,apps,settings and stuff is still there..

now what do i do??

i googled this issue and found out this..

Try forcing DFU (Download Firmware Update) mode, which is different from recovery mode because it doesn't load the iPhone OS. Here's how you do it:

To enter DFU mode:
1. Connect your iPhone to your computer with iTunes open.
2. Turn iPhone off. You may have to hold the power and home buttons down together to force the phone off.
3. Once the phone is off, hold the power and home buttons together for 10 seconds exactly.
4. After 10 seconds, release the power button but keep holding home until the computer recognizes that a USB device was plugged in (you should hear the 'bonk', but nothing will appear on your iphone screen). When you hear that, release the home button.
5. iTunes should detect your iPhone in DFU mode, and also allow you to restore to the factory default settings. The iPhone screen should also be black when it's recognized. If it shows the iTunes logo with the cord, then you're in recovery mode and should start over at step #2.





is this what i should do now??

or should i just go ahead and JB 3.1.1 using blackra1n??

[dreams]

That should be great but was thinking if some how we can make that thread open. It has so much data and people are subscribed to it also. I don't know any mod here. The one i know has problem with me so i wont expect anything from him.. Any one you know and can ask?

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@Dreams

Cool man. Welcome to the wonderland of JB. Do try some themes. And as you have 3GS so NO THEME is resource hungry for it. Its a great device. There wont be any issue. Just take a chill pill and njoy.

Something to start with, The one which i cannot stay without.
ProSwitcher
winterboard
fontswap
mim
SB settings

So update us

Thnx m8..Jb is fun and tethered is a pain in ur a$%
I am also using the same apps like urs except for proswitcher. Also, can u let me know which theme is too gud and wat fonts u all use for system. I want my iPhone to be an eyecandy, and that is why i bought it too

My iphone is unlocked via BlackRa1n. This problem just popped up

---------- Post added at 04:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:01 PM ----------

I think this has been done by Apple to prevent unlocking.

Have a look here..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wt34ZoINRE

^^ Is untethered JB available for iPod touch 3G??????

No, I believe.

i tried what u told me...
but still it says "the device isn't eligible for the requested build."

fortunately nothing went wrong and all my data,apps,settings and stuff is still there..

now what do i do??

i googled this issue and found out this..

Try forcing DFU (Download Firmware Update) mode, which is different from recovery mode because it doesn't load the iPhone OS. Here's how you do it:

To enter DFU mode:
1. Connect your iPhone to your computer with iTunes open.
2. Turn iPhone off. You may have to hold the power and home buttons down together to force the phone off.
3. Once the phone is off, hold the power and home buttons together for 10 seconds exactly.
4. After 10 seconds, release the power button but keep holding home until the computer recognizes that a USB device was plugged in (you should hear the 'bonk', but nothing will appear on your iphone screen). When you hear that, release the home button.
5. iTunes should detect your iPhone in DFU mode, and also allow you to restore to the factory default settings. The iPhone screen should also be black when it's recognized. If it shows the iTunes logo with the cord, then you're in recovery mode and should start over at step #2.





is this what i should do now??

or should i just go ahead and JB 3.1.1 using blackra1n??

Go ahead and JB with blackra1n..but make sure u r nt upgrading to 3.1.3

Have fun!!!