A long time..

Since i haven't blogged in a while, thought i would. If anybody is actually looking here, and wants to learn something.. feel free to shoot me an email and i will forsure post something.

Another new jailbreak

This might be the easiest there is, but you have to be running 3.1.2, the most recent ipod version. All you need to do is:

A)Download this:
B) Connect your ipod, run that program^^^, and bam.
But i do not think this runs on vista, so if you are running windows vista try at your own risk.

Computer Running slow?

Try this:
Install Spybot: Search & Destroy:


Run a scan, get rid of spyware.

Defragment your hardrive by going to start, accessories, system tools, then Disk Defragmentor. Run it. Wait, and leave it alone.

BUY MEMORY, or RAM. Find out what your computer's name is. Like mine is a Compaq presario X6000. Go to bestbuy, ask somebody there about RAM, tell them whether it's a desktop or laptop, and have them help you to RAM. I would reccomened at least 1GB to speed you up. I would be happy to help install RAM, for $5. Email me.

To Jailbreak: Revised

OK so I realized my directions were not to straightforward. So I am going to make them that way. This can be done with any device, other than the "new" ipod touch. So if you got it in the last month, don't use this method. It works with iphones too.

1) Figure out what your device is, and what firmware it is running. Your ipod is a 2g if it has a speaker, a 1g if it doesn't.
A) on your ipod/iphone, go to settings, then general, then about, and in there there is something that says version. It should be either 2.2.1, 3.0, or 3.1.1.
Whichever it is, remember it.
B) If it is 3.1.1, as of now, you cannot be jailbroken, so check back here later
C) Go to this site: http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/
and on the bottom part, find your device, and your firmware you just discovered. Once you have it selected, click download. This may take awhile. Remember/know where it downloaded


2) Download redsnow here: http://www.box.net/shared/r9rgh784b7
3) Run redsnow with your ipod/iphone plugged in.
A) On the first step, there is a browse button. Click it, and find the firmware you downloaded in part 1c
4) Follow the rest of the steps, exactly how they read, and make sure the box entitled "install cydia" is checked.
5) Wait, and soon you should have a jailbroken ipod/iphone!


Feel free to email me with any specific questions.

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i failed to mention how the apps add tot the ipod.. i'll throw out a couple examples. Slingplayer: Live cable tv, right in my hand, anywhere i have wifi. maps, gives you turn by turn directions, and can tell you where you are, when on the internet. Had i had a functioning ipod next to me, i'd say more. but i don't:)

iPod vs zune..and beyond

Of course, this is only my opinion, and I'm willing to back it up. In iPod vs Zune, current generation, iPod wins. Even the current generation ipod touch beats the next generation zune "hd." Lets compare specs and whatnot. The iPod touch has 3 storage capacities: 8,16, and 32. The Zune hd has two: 16 and 32. the 32 does run cheaper, by 100 smackers. Next: features. iPod, appstore, beautiful music and video player, and plenty of organization and fun utilities. It also has a built in speaker, and stereo Bluetooth. The Zune hd: hd radio, music and video playback. It also has similar internet capabilities as the ipod touch. Here's what's crazy. The Zune "HD" has a screen resolution of 480 x 272. The iPod touch has a screen resolution of 480 x 320. Do you see the difference, I do see the iPod touch having a few more pixels then the zune hd! Good work microsoft! Also, in order to watch your 720p hd movies, you have to attach your zune to a hd dock, which i would bet runs between 50 and 100 bucks. theres your price difference. Also, for tech people like me, you always need more.the ipod can be jail broken, which allows you to take complete control of the ipod, and change every aspect of it. Last time i checked, the zune hasn't brought enough interest to the hacker community to even attempt it. So all in all, the CURRENT ipod touch, in my opinion, beats out the next generation zune hd which comes out next week. Not to mention new ipods come out on wed. So we'll probably have to run this again. Also, this doesn't make me an apple "fanboy." i will never buy a mac over my pc, and i would probably buy a google phone over the iphone, if i had that choice.

Been awile.

OK so since it has been so long since I've done this, I thought I would again today. But I don't have much to say! So pretty much if anybody reads this, email me some kind of tech question! I need something to solve!

Free Ringtones

To get free ringtones:
you need to know where your music is stored.

Download Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Download lame_enc: http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/

Run Audacity, and open the song that you want.
Then select the part you want as your ringtone.
Press file, then export selection as MP3.
Find the lame_enc file you downloaded.
Save the file.

Then go to funformobile.com and press upload ringtone on the left.
Pick your carrier, put your number in, find the file you just saved, name it, and press upload!

Email, if you have questions.

3.0 jailbreak

Ok this one i'm making a little more simple, mainly because it's a lot similar to the other ones. It works with the iPhone, and iPod touch. (1 & 2g)
-You need to be running 3.0 (obviously)

Download redsn0w: (from my new files site :) ) http://www.box.net/shared/r9rgh784b7

Run the redsn0w program, following the steps. Don't pay attention at the part it tells you to put it in DFU mode, just follow my directions below. (older post)

If you don't know where your current firmware is located start in my computer, then
C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPod Software Updates
(yourusername is well, the name of your username, ex i log in under "John")

Email if you have questions
liloz6545@gmail.com

Crocker.

Yup so crocker got put to sleep today. I'll definitly miss him. It just sucks.






-- Post From My iPod

My very geeky moment

Well today I finally finished fixing my computer. It had two fans that just didn't work, so I ordered some, and today put them in! Here are some pics:





The final product:

A working computer!

To jailbreak ipod touch 2g

First, make sure you ipod has 2.2.1 (the most recent) firmware. If it doesn't, update it in itunes.
Next, put it in DFU mode.
1. Plug it in to your computer
2.Turn on your iPod
3. Hold the power and home buttons down (the iPod will power off after 10 seconds, but keep holding those buttons down)
4.After the iPod powers off, release the power button (but keep holding the home button down)
5.After a couple more seconds, you should hear that magical “ding dong” that means the iPod is coming back alive, and that Windows has detected it. You may even see a little “New hardware” popup in Windows. It is now safe to release the home button, and your iPod is in DFU mode.
6. It won't show anything on the ipod screen, but once your computer detects it, it is DFUed

Now download redsn0w: http://www.4shared.com/file/105973149/a4eae55/redsn0w.html

Run that file, and it should just be a big black box. If it says DFUed ipod detected (or somthing like that), it is ready to go. Press enter, and let it work some magic.
Once your ipod is done doing everything, it should boot up and you should have a jailbroken ipod, with cydia!
Email me if you have any questions
liloz6545@gmail.com

To jailbreak an ipod touch 1g

1) You'll need to download quickpwn: http://quickpwn2-2-1.googlecode.com/files/QuickPwn-225-2.zip
2) A. If you have updated your ipod in the last two months skip this step, or
B. Download this:http://download2us.softpedia.com/dl/33dd6dace30440b37d1a0e232eb4ffc2/4a02315b/400038026/mac/iPhone/Tools-Utilities/iPod2,1_2.2.1_5H11a_Restore.ipsw
3) Unzip quickpwn, if you don't know how to unzip it let me know, shouldn't be to tuff just open the quickpwn folder when its done and press unzip on the left.
4) Run quickpwn, with your ipod pluged in, follow all of its directions,(only check cydia, no installer or custom logos) and when it says to locate the firmware, either click the iPod2,1_2.2.1_5H11a_Restore.ipsw right away (if you updated it recently), or find the one that you downloaded in 2)B.
It's going to tell you to press a bunch of buttons, don't pay attention to what your ipod is doing, try to follow the directions exactly.
If you dont get it right the first time, close everything and try again.
5) Once it seems to be back on, you should find the cydia icon somewhere in there. Click it, and let it update everything. Then you get ANOTHER restart, let it, and open cydia again. Everytime you open cydia, it takes awile, so be patient. If you don't understand how to work it, let me know. But search and install these apps: ( some of them require it to restart, so let it restart. then open it again and keep installing)
A.Dtunes: lets you download music right there, for free. But at the moment doesn't work because the server is down.
B. Mxtube: download youtube videos so you can watch them offline.
C. Winterboard: lets you custumize, gives yourself your own background, icon themes, whatnot. Play around in the cydia sections to find custom keyboards, sounds, themes, etc.
D. Ok before you install this you have to click (in cydia) manage, sources, edit, add, then type cydia.hackulo.us then press add or ok or whatever. It should then reload, not restart. Then search and add INSTALLOUS: this allows you to search for apps that normally would cost money, for free. You just need to search, go to the bottom of the app page, click the latest version, one of the sources, then look for the download button on that page. then in downloads of the bottom of the whole app, click the thing you just downloaded, and press install. FREE APPS!
E. (opt.) Springboard. Just allows you to instantly have misc. options, by swiping on the top of your screen like brightness and others.


That should be it. I kinda gave you every detail, but just like to be specific. Let me know if you have questions

Weekend

Alright so I'm at Matt's house for tonight, which is awesome! But today, I was trying to take apart my laptop to fix it, and stripped a screw. Yeah I was expecting to like not know how to take a chip out or something. Whatever. And I'm just completly ready for school to be over, anyone else? Completly random but check out my new iPod theme:




Also check out Matt's new blog:
mattbamusic.blogspot.com
-- Post From My iPod touch

Note to self and others

To jailbreak a 2nd gen ipod touch, use redsnow! all you need is it in DFU mode! save yourself a little work.
http://bit.ly/188KOa

Yay weekend

OK so make sure to tell your mommys happy mothers day tomorrow. Just a reminder. And last week for my b-day, I got some money...any ideas on what to get? I mean i'm a pretty happy camper right now. Also, I'd like to think I'm good at taking pictures and videos, any ideas for that? I'd post em! And other than that I don't have much to say.
-X-men:Origins: great movie
-Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: going to pee my pants.

What's your favorite movie?

School

Yeah so david rocks, because he was cool enough to start a blog too, so yay david. Check his out: dwigs-david.blogspot.com We're both at school, in study hall. I don't got much to say, but way pumped for the weekend. That will be when I post next.

Check this site out: pandora.com (it asks you to type a artist or song, then finds music simmilar to that and plays the whole songs, for free!)

Look outside

Ok so I don't know much, but you should check this site out. (http://www.savedarfur.org/content?splash=yes) Somtimes, even though it can suck to think about, you got to look outside your world. I mean yeah, I'm only in high school, but you can at least be educated. Maybe spread the word a little bit. Because if you did, maybe sombody else will. And hey, maybe sombody with authority will notice. Draw a little attention, and maybe, just maybe, richer countries like the U.S.A. could do somthing about it. Maybe put a few of our taxpayer dollars somewhere else. 

Yeah, I'm kind of just thinking out loud here, but maybe more people could notice.

I just read: Last year, Barack Obama pledged to bring peace to Darfur with "unstinting resolve."

We're waiting.

"They're Out There" by Matt B-A

^^^^^

Thats what caused me to write about this. Thats sweet Matt.

Also, check this site out> http://www.playingforchange.com/

Best day of the year

Yeah so today is my birthday, pretty awesome. I didn't really do much, ate at Olive Garden which is delicious. I'm certainly no expert, but I think this whole Swine Flu thing is being blown out of proportion. If you follow President Obama at all, he says we should act quickly, which I agree with. I hear he plans to spend plenty of our taxpayer dollars to get the meds out to the country, and these meds can effectivly treat it. Which might not be entirely neccacary, because from what I read its not much worse than the flu. I bet by the time 2010 rolls around, more people will have died from the flu then the DEADLY swine flu. One of Obama's youtube videos explained the things you should do to prevent it: stay home if your sick, wash your hands, and cover your mouth when you cough, etc. (sounds a little bit like flu, right?) I mean it would have been better to post this last week, because it has settled a little bit.

And, My sister rocks.

Is the Swine Flu deadly, or diddly. (found the word diddly in the thesaurus) 

Sources: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hJtSDhiZdHxV9weI6P58WISUAtjQ

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/05/01/Weekly-Address-Government-Actions-to-Address-the-H1N1-Flu-Virus/

http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/diddly

along with wikipedia, (yeah crappy source, thats why i had others), and articles from USA Today's and The New York Times' websites.

and feel free to email with opinions or cited corrections

First entry

Ok so first of all, anybody with the good old ipod video should check this site out: ipodwizard.net

I did it when i had my video, you can do some pretty sick stuff to make your ipod "stand out."

Since I just started this, I suppose I'll give a little introduction. I decided today that it might be cool (in my 'geeky' eyes) to just have a blog like this. I'm going to try to keep it updated with things I find cool, somtimes my opinion, or just random things I think about. And I'll try to end them with a cool quote, or just a question to think about. 

So today: Would you think you lived a good life, if you died tomorrow?