Comments for Wetwired an Austin Texas Blog http://www.wetwired.org Good times, Noodle salad Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:45:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on How to Jailbreak 2.02 iPhone 3g with QuickPwn 1.0 on a Mac by DJFelix http://www.wetwired.org/2008/09/06/how-to-jailbreak-202-iphone-3g-with-quickpwn-10-on-a-mac/#comment-1567 DJFelix Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:36:58 +0000 http://www.wetwired.org/?p=1952#comment-1567 You can also click "download only" and let QuickPwn perform the upgrade. The iPhone dev team has been recommending that people avoid letting iTunes perform the upgrade if they plan on unlocking later as the baseband changed in 2.0.1. They don't know exactly what changed, or if it will affect unlocking with 2.0.x, but if you want to play it safe, don't let iTunes perform an upgrade. Personally, I plan on using a Turbo SIM when I travel abroad the next time and not unlocking the baseband, even if it is available. Great tutorial! Very nice! You can also click “download only” and let QuickPwn perform the upgrade. The iPhone dev team has been recommending that people avoid letting iTunes perform the upgrade if they plan on unlocking later as the baseband changed in 2.0.1. They don’t know exactly what changed, or if it will affect unlocking with 2.0.x, but if you want to play it safe, don’t let iTunes perform an upgrade. Personally, I plan on using a Turbo SIM when I travel abroad the next time and not unlocking the baseband, even if it is available.

Great tutorial! Very nice!

]]> Comment on This just in: McCain VP Pick IS Alaska Governor Sarah Palin by SR-[RaV] http://www.wetwired.org/2008/08/29/this-just-in-mccain-vp-pick-could-be-alaska-govenor-sarah-palin/#comment-1566 SR-[RaV] Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:52:58 +0000 http://www.wetwired.org/?p=1912#comment-1566 She's a MILF She’s a MILF

]]> Comment on Think Apple can get you a screw or screw you? The great Apple Store/Support Run Around by pylorns http://www.wetwired.org/2008/08/14/think-apple-can-get-you-a-screw-or-screw-you-the-great-apple-storesupport-run-around/#comment-1565 pylorns Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:24:34 +0000 http://www.wetwired.org/?p=1789#comment-1565 Nice. I lucked out that when they finnaly got some screws in, they replaced it for free on my out of warranty mac book. It just took 2 weeks... Nice. I lucked out that when they finnaly got some screws in, they replaced it for free on my out of warranty mac book. It just took 2 weeks…

]]> Comment on Think Apple can get you a screw or screw you? The great Apple Store/Support Run Around by Krikor http://www.wetwired.org/2008/08/14/think-apple-can-get-you-a-screw-or-screw-you-the-great-apple-storesupport-run-around/#comment-1564 Krikor Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:22:43 +0000 http://www.wetwired.org/?p=1789#comment-1564 You'll love this one. The hard drive bracket is held down by two #0 Phillips 1/4 inch screws. Good luck finding it, right? So i go to my nearest AppleStore and I explain to the rep my predicament, and he turns around and says... Well, unfortunately, it's going to be really difficult to find that screw, so your best bet is to just upgrade to a new one of these (he points to the new MacBook Pro). I'm thinking to myself, "hrmm.. 5 cent screw, or a 2,000 dollar laptop?" This is a tough one. At that point I pulled out the two screws in a bag and dangled it in front of the rep "These are the screws I need..." OHHhh, I didn't know you had the screws, let me go talk to the tech. Sure enough I have drag my exposed laptop into the apple store, so that they can verify that I am the rightful owner. (blah!) Thought I'd share. You’ll love this one. The hard drive bracket is held down by two #0 Phillips 1/4 inch screws. Good luck finding it, right? So i go to my nearest AppleStore and I explain to the rep my predicament, and he turns around and says… Well, unfortunately, it’s going to be really difficult to find that screw, so your best bet is to just upgrade to a new one of these (he points to the new MacBook Pro). I’m thinking to myself, “hrmm.. 5 cent screw, or a 2,000 dollar laptop?” This is a tough one. At that point I pulled out the two screws in a bag and dangled it in front of the rep “These are the screws I need…” OHHhh, I didn’t know you had the screws, let me go talk to the tech. Sure enough I have drag my exposed laptop into the apple store, so that they can verify that I am the rightful owner. (blah!)
Thought I’d share.

]]> Comment on How to Jailbreak iPhone 3g 2.01 using PwnageTool 2.0.2 on Mac by WaitingOnRestore http://www.wetwired.org/2008/08/12/how-to-jailbreak-iphone-3g-201-using-pwnagetool-202-on-mac/#comment-1563 WaitingOnRestore Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:46:28 +0000 http://www.wetwired.org/?p=1743#comment-1563 Yep. In fact I came across your tutorial while trying to recover from what I mentioned earlier. So the restore did finally finish, almost exactly one hour to complete and I have what appears to be the original firmware installed. When it finished it STILL asked me if I wanted to set up as new or restore from backup, even though I just finished restoring from backup. I picked set up as new this time and it worked fine and I even still have my SMS and data. I don't get it but it looks like I am ready to start again. Anyway, If you happen to know what you should select after the custom firmware restore finishes, you may want to include that as well. As a side note, once it had finished and itunes was waiting for me to decide whether to set up as new or restore from backup, I noticed that my iPhone DID have all my installed apps on it already... Yep. In fact I came across your tutorial while trying to recover from what I mentioned earlier. So the restore did finally finish, almost exactly one hour to complete and I have what appears to be the original firmware installed. When it finished it STILL asked me if I wanted to set up as new or restore from backup, even though I just finished restoring from backup. I picked set up as new this time and it worked fine and I even still have my SMS and data. I don’t get it but it looks like I am ready to start again.

Anyway, If you happen to know what you should select after the custom firmware restore finishes, you may want to include that as well. As a side note, once it had finished and itunes was waiting for me to decide whether to set up as new or restore from backup, I noticed that my iPhone DID have all my installed apps on it already…

]]> Comment on How to Jailbreak iPhone 3g 2.01 using PwnageTool 2.0.2 on Mac by pylorns http://www.wetwired.org/2008/08/12/how-to-jailbreak-iphone-3g-201-using-pwnagetool-202-on-mac/#comment-1562 pylorns Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:38:15 +0000 http://www.wetwired.org/?p=1743#comment-1562 Well we strive to improve and if you read the next post Praxis included some additoinal information as well. So I've got another tutorial on the mac version of quickpwn and I ran into an issue which I'll include because I agree with what you said, a tutorial is great until a screen is different from the screenshot.... Well we strive to improve and if you read the next post Praxis included some additoinal information as well. So I’ve got another tutorial on the mac version of quickpwn and I ran into an issue which I’ll include because I agree with what you said, a tutorial is great until a screen is different from the screenshot….

]]> Comment on How to Jailbreak iPhone 3g 2.01 using PwnageTool 2.0.2 on Mac by WaitingOnRestore http://www.wetwired.org/2008/08/12/how-to-jailbreak-iphone-3g-201-using-pwnagetool-202-on-mac/#comment-1561 WaitingOnRestore Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:57:23 +0000 http://www.wetwired.org/?p=1743#comment-1561 BTW, this wasn't meant as a rant. Nice job (really) on the tutorial and thanks for putting the time in to it. BTW, this wasn’t meant as a rant. Nice job (really) on the tutorial and thanks for putting the time in to it.

]]> Comment on How to Jailbreak iPhone 3g 2.01 using PwnageTool 2.0.2 on Mac by WaitingOnRestore http://www.wetwired.org/2008/08/12/how-to-jailbreak-iphone-3g-201-using-pwnagetool-202-on-mac/#comment-1560 WaitingOnRestore Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:53:16 +0000 http://www.wetwired.org/?p=1743#comment-1560 DJFelix: Nice insights. You are right. There is some very important info left out of every tutorial. In this case, this is a well written tutorial with most of the required info but I hate it when things are stated like "unless you skip some steps like me and..." What steps? What happened? How did you fix it? The author identified a potential pitfall in the process but didn't help at all in avoiding it. Another example, most tutorials give the old "you could brick your phone" warning but never state which are the absolute critical steps. The other thing that is left off every tutorial out there is when the pwn is done, you have the new firmware and are still connected to itunes, itunes is sitting on the screen asking you to set up new or restore a backup. Which one? From what I can tell from people who had problems, setting up new should be the way to go unless you have an "Unjailbroken backup" My experience is still on going. pwn worked fine. It took two hours to restore the custom firmware but it took the same when I had to restore using standard apple stuff when I screwed things up shortly after I bought the phone. Once complete the phone resets still connected to itunes and then it asks to restore from backup or set up as new and since this is the first jailbreak I restored from backup since none of the tutorials tell you what to do here. During the restore, the stupid iPhone popped up reminder message from my calendar and crashed itunes. I had a partial restore now. I had to figure out how to get it into DFU mode but then itunes didnt like my usb port so I had to change ports. I got it in DFU mode with the same procedure listed in the tutorial but now I am face with which ipsw to restore. I decide to do the original apple one and it flashed rather quickly. Then again it asked me to restore from backup which should be fine since I backed up before this whole process. After clicking start I noticed the date of the backup was AFTER I started this procedure which I don't understand since it did not backup during the pwn process. So I don't know what it is going to restore but right now after 50 minutes I still have about halfway to go on the restore. Once this is done, Im left with the question, is this phone considered "previously jailbroken?" even tho I have restore it to factory conditions because none of the tutorials or even the dev team mention if anything is permanently changed. I will update when it completes. DJFelix: Nice insights. You are right. There is some very important info left out of every tutorial. In this case, this is a well written tutorial with most of the required info but I hate it when things are stated like “unless you skip some steps like me and…” What steps? What happened? How did you fix it? The author identified a potential pitfall in the process but didn’t help at all in avoiding it. Another example, most tutorials give the old “you could brick your phone” warning but never state which are the absolute critical steps.

The other thing that is left off every tutorial out there is when the pwn is done, you have the new firmware and are still connected to itunes, itunes is sitting on the screen asking you to set up new or restore a backup. Which one? From what I can tell from people who had problems, setting up new should be the way to go unless you have an “Unjailbroken backup”

My experience is still on going. pwn worked fine. It took two hours to restore the custom firmware but it took the same when I had to restore using standard apple stuff when I screwed things up shortly after I bought the phone. Once complete the phone resets still connected to itunes and then it asks to restore from backup or set up as new and since this is the first jailbreak I restored from backup since none of the tutorials tell you what to do here. During the restore, the stupid iPhone popped up reminder message from my calendar and crashed itunes. I had a partial restore now. I had to figure out how to get it into DFU mode but then itunes didnt like my usb port so I had to change ports. I got it in DFU mode with the same procedure listed in the tutorial but now I am face with which ipsw to restore. I decide to do the original apple one and it flashed rather quickly. Then again it asked me to restore from backup which should be fine since I backed up before this whole process. After clicking start I noticed the date of the backup was AFTER I started this procedure which I don’t understand since it did not backup during the pwn process. So I don’t know what it is going to restore but right now after 50 minutes I still have about halfway to go on the restore. Once this is done, Im left with the question, is this phone considered “previously jailbroken?” even tho I have restore it to factory conditions because none of the tutorials or even the dev team mention if anything is permanently changed. I will update when it completes.

]]> Comment on A Vote for Obama and Biden is a vote for the RIAA by davis http://www.wetwired.org/2008/08/25/a-vote-for-obama-and-biden-is-a-vote-for-the-riaa/#comment-1559 davis Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:14:10 +0000 http://www.wetwired.org/?p=1889#comment-1559 Okay. So I looked into this: So here's my view. We can't have a situation in which the corporate duopoly dictates the future of the internet and that's why I'm supporting what is called net neutrality http://obama.senate.gov/podcast/060608-network_neutral/ McCain Opposes Net Neutrality http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/6/3/224720.shtml http://www.thedailybackground.com/2007/05/30/mccain-comes-out-against-net-neutrality-says-would-hire-microsoft-ceo-steve-ballmer/ So there.. McCain is anti-netN and obama is pro.. whereas biden is anti-netN and probably palin is anti as well.. So with the republican ticket you got 2 against and the democratic ticket gives you 1 against and 1 for... I think I will take my chances with the "maybe" Okay. So I looked into this:

So here’s my view. We can’t have a situation in which the corporate duopoly dictates the future of the internet and that’s why I’m supporting what is called net neutrality

http://obama.senate.gov/podcast/060608-network_neutral/

McCain Opposes Net Neutrality

http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/6/3/224720.shtml

http://www.thedailybackground.com/2007/05/30/mccain-comes-out-against-net-neutrality-says-would-hire-microsoft-ceo-steve-ballmer/

So there.. McCain is anti-netN and obama is pro.. whereas biden is anti-netN and probably palin is anti as well..

So with the republican ticket you got 2 against and the democratic ticket gives you 1 against and 1 for…

I think I will take my chances with the “maybe”

]]> Comment on In a world…where this guy isn’t around anymore. Don LaFontaine dies at 68 by Finley http://www.wetwired.org/2008/09/02/in-a-worldwhere-this-guy-isnt-around-anymore-don-lafontaine-dies-at-68/#comment-1558 Finley Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:07:33 +0000 http://www.wetwired.org/?p=1935#comment-1558 One has to wonder if he did the voicework for his own will. "It's the spine-tingling, edge-of-your-seat action that takes place in a world... where I'm dead. Only you can now find out... My Last Will and Testament. Directed by Steven Spielberg." One has to wonder if he did the voicework for his own will. “It’s the spine-tingling, edge-of-your-seat action that takes place in a world… where I’m dead. Only you can now find out… My Last Will and Testament. Directed by Steven Spielberg.”

]]> Comment on New Orleans Mayor Nagin: Racist by charl10439 http://www.wetwired.org/2006/01/18/new-orleans-mayor-nagin-racist/#comment-1557 charl10439 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:38:16 +0000 http://www.wetwired.org/wp/2006/01/18/new-orleans-mayor-nagin-racist/#comment-1557 Nagin meant white chocolate. Nagin meant white chocolate.

]]> Comment on Fucking Mac!!! by Walkker http://www.wetwired.org/2008/08/27/fucking-mac/#comment-1554 Walkker Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:29:48 +0000 http://www.wetwired.org/?p=1900#comment-1554 Is it the OS or the user? Seems to me that *any* OS could have this problem. What our dear friend fails to point out is that he was typing into a webpage text entry site and not into a common word processing program. Any user of advanced levels would, no doubt, recognize the need to protect ones work... nuh-uh; I gotta call bullshit on this one. In the Shadows. Is it the OS or the user? Seems to me that *any* OS could have this problem.

What our dear friend fails to point out is that he was typing into a webpage text entry site and not into a common word processing program. Any user of advanced levels would, no doubt, recognize the need to protect ones work… nuh-uh; I gotta call bullshit on this one.

In the Shadows.

]]> Comment on And For A Brief Moment, All Is Right With The World. by Beerslinger http://www.wetwired.org/2008/08/31/and-for-a-brief-moment-all-is-right-with-the-world/#comment-1553 Beerslinger Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:32:01 +0000 http://www.wetwired.org/?p=1933#comment-1553 I think of football the way most people would think of Anal Fissures I think of football the way most people would think of Anal Fissures

]]> Comment on How to Jailbreak iPhone 3g 2.01 using PwnageTool 2.0.2 on Mac by pylorns http://www.wetwired.org/2008/08/12/how-to-jailbreak-iphone-3g-201-using-pwnagetool-202-on-mac/#comment-1552 pylorns Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:33:09 +0000 http://www.wetwired.org/?p=1743#comment-1552 Awesome, and I hope DJ Felix threw out some help in his comments as well as he had some additional insight. Awesome, and I hope DJ Felix threw out some help in his comments as well as he had some additional insight.

]]> Comment on This just in: McCain VP Pick IS Alaska Governor Sarah Palin by Beerslinger http://www.wetwired.org/2008/08/29/this-just-in-mccain-vp-pick-could-be-alaska-govenor-sarah-palin/#comment-1551 Beerslinger Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:05:51 +0000 http://www.wetwired.org/?p=1912#comment-1551 Mimsey: Tina Fey? No. She looks like the fantasy from every guy I know of the "sexy libriaian" from a '70s porno movie. Very hot. Finley: Down Boy! Actually, this woman is the real deal. She is intelligent, conservative and perfect for this ticket. Honestly, ther is NO better pick, and even though I have been ambivalent towards Mccain so far, I'm excited now. Did I mention she is very pro second amendment? Guys, I tell you we have a race now... Mimsey: Tina Fey? No. She looks like the fantasy from every guy I know of the “sexy libriaian” from a ’70s porno movie. Very hot.

Finley: Down Boy!

Actually, this woman is the real deal. She is intelligent, conservative and perfect for this ticket. Honestly, ther is NO better pick, and even though I have been ambivalent towards Mccain so far, I’m excited now.

Did I mention she is very pro second amendment?

Guys, I tell you we have a race now…

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