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80+ OF THE BEST CYDIA APPS

Amit Chowdhry — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:30:40 +0000

Cydia is a software application that runs on iOS which allows people to find and install software packages on a jailbroken iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. Many of the software packages on Cydia are free. Note: I have not installed and tested these myself because my iPhone is not jailbroken. I have simply researched the functionality of the apps available for Cydia and hand-picked the ones that sound like they would be useful for the end-user.

3G Unrestrictor

3G Unrestrictor allows you to get around the iPhone’s limitations of not being able to use applications like FaceTime, high-quality YouTube videos, and iTunes downloads while on a mobile Internet connection like 3G or EDGE.

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How To Fix iTunes Error 3194

Amit Chowdhry — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:15:26 +0000

If you have an iPhone and encountered a problem when trying to update or restoring your device called error 3194. This error is especially common if you are using Cydia. You can fix the problem by removing the Cydia SHSH caching server from your host file.

You can do this either by removing the Cydia IP address from your system host file manually or by using a program called TinyUmbrella (Windows / Mac).

After you open TinyUmbrella, click on the “Advanced” tab and uncheck where it says “Set Hosts To Cydia On Exit.” After you apply the changes, restart your computer. You should be able to update your iPhone to the new operating system now.

Mozilla Supporting EFF To Advocate iPhone Jailbreak Support

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:14:25 +0000

Mozilla will be supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation to push for the legalization of iPhone jailbreaking with the U.S. Copyright Office. Mozilla CEO John Lilly stated that “choice is good for users, and choice shouldn’t be criminalized.” Jailbreaking an iPhone means that the device can accept software that is external from what is offered on iTunes. Apple believes that accepting any external software is a violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA).

“This is not us criticizing Apple,” stated Mozilla CEO John Lilly. “But it’s the principle of the thing. Choice is good for users, and choice shouldn’t be criminalized. The Internet is too important for all of us for that.”

Some of the popular applications available on jailbroken iPhone applications include tethering applications.

Mozilla may have a bias against Apple because developing a browser for the iPhone would require them to use the Webkit rendering engine used for Safari. “Given the choice, would we work on a platform where the sole company controlling it makes us unwelcome, or would we work on a platform, like Linux, where we are welcome? The answer is going to be easy for us,” Lilly stated in an interview with Computerworld.

Even if the U.S. copyright office grants jailbroken iPhones from being legal, Mozilla is still unlikely going to develop a browser for the iPhone. This is the same case with Opera Software ASA. It was reported earlier that Apple blocked Opera’s web browsing application from being added to the iTunes App Store. Other companies supporting the EFF include Skype and Cydia.