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How to Change Carrier Logo on iPhone & iPad 3G/LTE – No Jailbreak Required

December 29, 2012Hero Slider, iPhone Tips, Videoscarrier, carrier logo, change, computer, custom, customize, download, easy, fast, free, how to, image, ios, ipad, iPhone, ipod, ipod touch, ipt2ggeec, jailbreak, logo, mac, no computer, no jailbreak, pix3ldemon, tweak, uhelios, windowsDavid

One of the most popular tweaks in the iOS jailbreak community is to change the carrier logo to a custom image. When a user upgrades their device to the newest model it takes time for a jailbreak to be released. Here’s a bit of a workaround to get the custom carrier logos on an iPhone or 3G/LTE model iPad. @uhelios and @Pix3lDemon have released CarrierEditor, an app currently available only on Mac. The application is extremely simple and intuitive and is of course offered for free. Below you will find the download link and included are several carrier logos to choose from.

The steps for completing this process are demonstrated in our video above and should take no more than a couple of minutes.

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Chat on TechGeec.com!

August 22, 2010Uncategorizedhow to, ipt2ggeec, new, newsDavid

We just added a new feature on the site. Chat. You can now talk to geeks all over the world and you can now talk to me and David! Watch the following video to see how.

Questions for Our Community

August 12, 2010Uncategorizedgood, ipt2ggeec, news, techgeecDavid

Hi guys! This is Conner from TechGeec.com!!! I’m the Senior Editor here and I have some questions to ask you but don’t really know how to ask them (if that makes sense) so I thought it would be a good idea to make posts every once a while to ask you guys questions. But first off you guys might not realize it but I read every comment you guys leave. And I try my hardest to get back to all of them. So if you leave a comment I will see it and will try my most hardest to get back to you. Also at the end of all of my posts I say “if you have any questions email me at conner@techgeec.com” feel free to do that. I will get back to you. I get maybe one email a day and it’s from David so it’s not like I’m that busy.

Enough of me talking. Let me ask some questions.

1. What would you like to be done differently on the site? This can be our writing style or the layout of ten site or really anything.

2. What new sections would you like to be seen to the site? Were trying to add a 24/7 chat room so things along the line of that.

3. What app would you like to be given away in the next giveaway? Basically leave a comment with what app you would like to see given away.

4. Would you be interested in having an “Apps Gone Free” section on the site where we list paid apps that have gone free for the day?

I’m sure I missed something but if you have anything else you would like to add just leave a comment or email me at conner@techgeec.com or email David at contact@techgeec.com. Also make sure to follow the site on Twitter @TechGeec and to follow me on Twitter @connerowen we both tweet on tech updates so if you like tech follow us! Also if you follow me you are automatically entered into the Taska giveaway and all future giveaways just by following me. That is how we will do all future giveaways.

How to Unlock the iPhone 4 for Use with Other Carriers (T-Mobile)

August 4, 2010Uncategorizedapple, at&t, blog, carrier, cydia, dev team, easy, f0recast, fast, hd, how to, ih8sn0w, iphone 4, ipt2ggeec, jailbreak, mac, new, other, pc, real, redsn0w, t-mobile, techgeec, tmobile, tutorial, ultrasn0w, unlock, use with, windows, works, yellowsn0wDavid

Unlocking an iPhone allows one to use it with an unsupported wireless carrier, for example, T-Mobile, in the U.S. The iPhone Dev-Team has released an unlock for the iPhone 4 using the baseband 01.59. If you don’t know what baseband your iPhone is currently on, you can use a program by iH8sn0w, called f0recast for both Mac and PC. You can download it HERE.

This unlock is incredibly simple and fast. Here’s the steps:

1. Jailbreak your iPhone 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqy0sPoN8Z8
2. Open Cydia>Manage>Sources>Edit>Add
3. Add the source: http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com
4. Remove SIM card if haven’t already
5. Search for and install ultrasn0w
6. Reboot iPhone

If no signal is found, go to Settings and turn on Airplane Mode, then turn it off. If you still have no signal, reboot the iPhone. That’s it! Your iPhone 4 should now be successfully unlocked and using either T-Mobile or another unsupported carrier! Follow @TechGeec on Twitter for updates.

DigiDNA Exclusive Coupon Code – 30% OFF

July 17, 2010Announcements20%, 30%, backoff, checkout, code, computer, copy, coupon, digidna, discount, diskaid, fileapp, ipad, iPhone, ipod, ipod touch, ipt2ggeec, itunes, mac, media, music, os x, pc, picsaid, techgeec, techgeecdotcom, transfer, tuneaid, windowsDavid

DigiDNA, the makers of DiskAid, have given TechGeec.com an exclusive coupon code for 30% off your purchase from DigiDNA.net. To use the coupon, simply download DiskAid from http://www.digidna.net/techgeec

Our YouTube channel has a video tutorial on transferring music from your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad to your computer using DiskAid. Give it a watch below and let us know what you think about DiskAid in the comments below. Happy transferring!

iOS 4 Jailbreak: Q&A

June 23, 2010Uncategorized1g, 2g, 3g, 3gs, 4.0, answer, beta, confused, confusion, cydia, dev team, easy, fast, features, firmware, hack, help, how to, iOS 4, iPhone, ipod touch, ipt2ggeec, jailbreak, mc, multitask, operating system, os, osx, pc, pwnagetool, question, redsn0w, techgeec, tutorial, update, verbose boot, windowsDavid

There has been so much confusion lately on which devices can be jailbroken, what programs to use, etc. Hopefully the video below will answer your questions. If you still have questions that weren’t answered in the video, leave a comment and your question will be answered ASAP.

Jailbreak Released for iPhone 3GS (Old Bootrom)

June 22, 2010Uncategorized1g, 2g, 3g, 3gs, 4.0, beta, cydia, dev team, easy, fast, features, firmware, hack, how to, iOS 4, iPhone, ipod touch, ipt2ggeec, jailbreak, mc, multitask, operating system, os, osx, pc, pwnagetool, redsn0w, techgeec, tutorial, update, verbose boot, windowsDavid

Quote (via iPhone Dev-Team Blog)

PwnageTool 4.0 Release Info

On Monday, Apple released firmware 4.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch devices. This of course was a major upgrade.

As advised, you shouldn’t have upgraded your devices if you have previously relied on our tools for hacktivation and/or a carrier unlock.

With that said, today we are releasing PwnageTool 4.0

PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE POST CAREFULLY, THERE ARE KNOWN UPGRADE TRAPS AND DIFFERENT UPGRADE SCENARIOS THAT NEED TO BE FULLY UNDERSTOOD AND CONSIDERED BEFORE USING THESE TOOLS.

Each supported device has few different scenarios that users need to consider when performing the upgrades, you need to check below and perform the upgrade in the particular way that matches your current device state.

NB: With PwnageTool 4.0 certain devices are not supported this is because they are not supported in iOS 4.0 or they are not supported by our software. We’re working on ways to get past these restrictions.

iPhone 2G - not supported

iPod Touch – not supported

iPod Touch 3G – not supported

PwnageTool 4.0 only recognizes the official IPSWs that came out yesterday. If you had developer access to the “4.0 GM” IPSWs, do not try to use those.

iPhone 3GS

Summary: Currently, PwnageTool only works on previously jailbroken 3GS devices with the old bootrom.

If you have a Jailbroken iPhone 3GS with the OLD BOOTROM and you DID NOT use Spirit to jailbreak then you can create the ipsw with PwnageTool 4.0 and restore with your jailbroken recovery mode.

If you have an iPhone 3GS with the NEW BOOTROM this is NOT supported by PwnageTool 4.0

iPhone 3G

If you have a Jailbroken iPhone 3G at 3.1.2 (but not jailbroken with Spirit) then you should create the ipsw with PwnageTool 4.0 and restore from recovery mode or DFU mode.

If you have an out of the box iPhone 3G you should restore using a PwnageTool 4.0 ipsw using DFU mode.

If you have a Jailbroken 3.1.3 iPhone 3G it is very possible that this can fail from recovery mode, if this failure happens you will need to restore using DFU mode.

As an alternative to PwnageTool, you can use redsn0w on iPhone 3G (on both Windows and Mac) as mentioned in our last post.

IMPORTANT! Whenever you need to enter DFU mode, you will need to do so using PwnageTool.

iPod touch 2G

If you have an iPod touch 2G (non-MC model) that is jailbroken (but not with Spirit) then you can restore using recovery mode.

As an alternative to PwnageTool, you can use redsn0w on non-MC iPod Touch 2G (on both Windows and Mac) as mentioned in our last post.

Baseband Unlock

As you probably know by now, ultrasn0w has been updated to cover all basebands from 04.26.08 onward. Many thanks to @sherif_hashim for finding the crashing command that the new ultrasn0w 0.93 uses! He worked hard at finding the crash, and he kept it confidential until the right time to use it.

iPhone 3G and 3GS baseband unlockers (those who rely on ultrasn0w to make phone calls) should always be very wary to update their firmware, however our Ultrasn0w application will unlock all recent (including the current) 3GS and 3G baseband firmware versions. Once you are jailbroken using PwnageTool 4.0, install ultrasn0w from Cydia and you’ll be unlocked.

Remember! This baseband unlock situation is rare, should you upgrade your iPhone blindly at the next iOS release please don’t expect an unlock – but for now you are OK (whatever state your baseband is in).

Please feel free to ask any questions in the comment section below. We’ve got a bunch of expert help there, including our friendly moderators confucious and angie!

Official Bittorrent Releases

PwnageTool 4.0 Torrent - PwnageTool_4.0.dmg.5644414.TPB.torrent

SHA1 Sum = 15bdb90ec40f1e279bb648eb7e9d90ebe07b66d2

Unofficial Mirrors

The following links are unofficial download mirrors, you download these archives at your own risk, we accept no responsibility if your computer explodes or if it becomes part of a NASA attacking botnet or even worse if your hands fall off mid-way during the use of these files. We do not check these links and we accept no responsibility with regard to the validity of the files, the other content that these links may provide or with the content that is on the third-party linked site.

Always check the files that you have downloaded against our published SHA1 hash.

We would prefer that you downloaded the official bittorrent release that is linked above, but you are welcome to try these if you really must. Mirror owners should email direct dmg download links only (no rapidshare or filesharing sites please) to blog@iphone-dev.org — please don’t place mirrors in the comments as they will be deleted.

http://apfelportal.de/host/images/dev-team/PwnageTool_4.0.dmg

United States

http://www.internoc24.com/PwnageTool_4.0.dmg

http://grafhical.com/iphone-dev/PwnageTool_4.0.dmg

Turkey

http://www.appleturk.net/PwnageTool_4.0.dmg

Germany

http://apfelportal.de/host/images/dev-team/PwnageTool_4.0.dmg

http://www.thecrazed.net/PwnageTool_4.0.dmg

http://www.iphone-storage.de/PwnageTool_4.0.dmg

http://mirror.nachtmann.it/dev-team/PwnageTool_4.0.dmg

How to Jailbreak iOS 4

June 21, 2010Uncategorized1g, 2g, 3g, 3gs, 4.0, beta, cydia, dev team, easy, fast, features, firmware, hack, how to, iOS 4, iPhone, ipod touch, ipt2ggeec, jailbreak, mac, multitask, operating system, os, osx, pc, redsn0w, techgeec, tutorial, verbose boot, windowsDavid

The revolutionary new iPhone/iPod Touch operating system, iOS 4, has been successfully jailbroken using Redsn0w. Here’s how:

1. Download Redsn0w for Mac OS X or for Windows

2. Connect your device to your computer and shut it off (slide to shut down)

3. Download the corresponding iOS 4 firmware for your iDevice from the “Downloads” section of TechGeec.com

4. Open Redsn0w and browse for the firmware that you downloaded. Select “Next”

5. Select which features you’d like to be installed with the jailbreak (certain devices cannot have multitasking, homescreen wallpaper, or battery percentage so enabling those features gives that device the features)

6. Click “Next” twice and prepare to put your iDevice into DFU Mode

7. On the screen that shows you what to do to put your device in Recovery Mode:
Hold power button for 3 seconds
While still holding the power button, hold the home button for 10 seconds
While still holding the home button, release the power button and continue holding the home button for 30 seconds

8. Congratulations! Once your device reboots you should have Cydia on your home screen.

Feel free to leave a comment below stating what your favorite feature of iOS 4 is, if you enjoy jailbreaking, if you’ve had any problems, or any other sort of feedback, and please, share this post and TechGeec.com with your friends.

MOD Shell by CaseCrown

December 28, 2009Uncategorized1g, 2g, 3g, 3gs, black, carbon, case, casecrown, fiber, great, iPhone, ipod, ipt2ggeec, leather, mod, red, shell, touch, whiteDavid

CaseCrown‘s MOD Shell could quite possibly be the best case for the iPod Touch 2G/3G [at an affordable cost - $19.99 ($12.21 as of December 28, 2009)]. The MOD Shell is available in Red/Black and White/Black. It’s design blows other comparative cases out of the water along with it’s affordable price.

The case is made from a premium grade synthetic leather which appeals to a vast majority of animal lovers. The faux leather not only looks like real leather, but it also smells like real leather which many companies cannot seem to be able to do. On the back of the case is a single, thick fiber woven stripe which seems to give the case a sporty design. The only suggestion I could give to make this case the best it can be, would be to make the thread outlining the stripe red on the red/black version. On the white/black version of the case, the thread outlining the white fiber woven stripe is white which accents the stripe beautifully.

The upper part of the left side of the case is left open to expose the volume rockers, the bottom is open to expose the 30-pin dock connector as well as the headphone jack, and the top is, of course, left open so that you can slide your device in and out. What I really enjoy, though, about the case is that the top does not go too high as to make it difficult to press the sleep/power button, contrary to DSstyle’s Twill Series. Finally, the small logo on the front does not take away from the chic design of the case. Many cases have the company’s name/logo printed too large. CaseCrown’s logo on the MOD Shell is just the right size.

The MOD Shell by CaseCrown is by far one of the best cases around and at an affordable price. You can view the MOD Shell for the iPod Touch HERE or the iPhone version HERE.

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