iCosta 1.0.5 for 1.1.3 Released
February 27th, 2008
I just learned that iCosta 1.0.5 for iphone 1.1.3 has been released. Even though i already had iCosta 1.0.4 working on my iphone based on George’s great tips, I still prefer to update to the *official* version. So i just add the http://iphone.freecoder.orge/rep to my installer’s sources and install iCosta 1.0.5 PinYin from the Localization category. Then shut off and on iphone and it’s done.
You may see that i haven’t uninstall the existed iCosta 1.0.4 before i install the new version, I know George has mentioned this how-to in his post as well, but, you know, just wanna find out how robust it could be 
After some small testing i should say iCosta 1.0.5 works fine for me until now. Since i don use Wubi(五笔), so the biggest improvement on 1.0.5 - adding the Wubi input method - does’t sound too much for me.
For now what I wanna most is the capability of entering a phase or sentense via PinYin, not just what it does now: one by one character input.
Actually i also know there’s a new Chinese input method called WeFit can meet my needs perfectly. and I’m gonna give it a try when the final version(now it’s in preview 6.1) is released soon. Below(WeFit PinYin) is exactly what i wanna most: phase input.
SMSD v0.2.3beta1 for 1.1.3
February 24th, 2008
I’m a fan of SMSD since the first day of its release. However, i cannot use it any more after i did the 1.1.3 soft-upgrade, even if there ART some successful reports on the forum somewhere.
Until i found the the latest v0.2.3 beta1(download link) on the author’s homepage. Just download the zip file, extract the copressed files and then copy them to the right position in your iphone by SSH. Besides, in order to make it working, you have to as the author says:
This is how you enable SMSD Notifier and SMSD Default App preferences in 1.1.3. You need to run SMSD using ssh or Term-vt100. Run following command on the commandline :
# /Applications/SMSD.app/SMSD
This will start SMSD on your iPhone. Go to More->Preferences and change the preference you want. Since this is executed with root permissions, these changes will stick.
You need to restart your phone if you change default app preference.
Oops, SMSD works well now. Cheers 
Update(Mar.9,2008): SMSD v0.2.3beta1 works well on firmware 1.1.4, too.
Comment Email Responder and iWPhone
February 17th, 2008
If you are looking for an WP plugin by which your reply to the comment on your blog will be automatically sent to the comment owner, you know, to keep you and your valuable reader connected, then Comment Email Responder is just for you.
Another is iWPhone, by which your wordpress blog will be more iphone-friendly. Here’s what my blog looks like. Nice, eh? Can’t wait to get it? ok, visit here for downloading and installation instructions.
Both free plugins work pretty well in my blog. I love them so much. And very appreciate the authors’ good work and love to give them a 
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Install Addons on Firefox 3 Beta 3
February 13th, 2008
I just updated my firefox 3b2 to 3b3 this morning. After reading this review by MozillaLinks, guess you will do the same as i did
However, there’s problem coming: i can’t use my previous addons which i really rely on so much. After some googling I finally got this cool Nightly Tester Tools from here.
I installed it immediately. Then i went to ‘Tools’->’Add-ons’ dialog, find the ‘Nightly Tester Tools’ on ‘Extensions’ tab, Click ‘Options’ and navigate to ‘Add-ons’ to ‘Disable add-on compatibility checking’ and then restart firefox.
It’s time foryou to get all of your those favorite addons back now. Enjoy.
Huge iPhone Unlock Progress Achieved
February 13th, 2008
First, BL 4.6 + BB 04.02.13_G is done by the young well-known iphone-unlocking genius George Hotz(a.k.a GeoHot). Here’s his announcement on his blog. What does this means? Well, it means anyone who plans to use iphone on any unofficial carrier network can go to get an iphone without any hesitation for now. For OTB or upgraded 1.1.2 or 1.1.3, try Ziphone . For others, use google.
Second, one of FF 1.1.3’s exploits founded by Dev Team. So what does this mean, again? It means 1.1.3 has been jailbroken. It means you can try the newly-added features in the latest firmware yourself. Without this, you will never ever get Ziphone.
Last but not least, BL 4.6 downgraded to BL 3.9. Done by GeoHot, Again. I know your question. And here’s my understandings. Tutorial here by aCujo.
Basically, it means you can make your 1.1.3 OTB iphone fully functional(hopefully) while staying at the up-to-date 04.03 BB.
Besides, if GeoHot continues his awesome job, a customized BL would be possible. That means, most likely, the hacking community will take a big step advance in the cat-and-mouse battle against Apple. For the iphone owners like me, we will benefit so much from that. Say no worry of no available unlock method at all when we do the upgrade in iTunes
1.1.3 Now
February 11th, 2008
I followed George’s wonderful post here to make it done.
And after the soft-upgrade, again, with help from George on iCosta installation, and some 3rd-party app fixes, i should say my iphone is ready to go.
Besides, George has so many valuable posts there on his blog. So if you wanna do some iphone hackings like me, i strongly recommend to subscribe his blog and check often.
So for now, I have a fully functional(except Google Maps’ Locate me) iphone in firmware 1.1.3 and unlocked bb 04.02.13_G
A Cheery Wave from Stranded Youngsters
February 5th, 2008
You know what the title means? I don’t, until I google it and find out it’s the name of a song by Mogwai.
You know why I put it here? ‘Coz it’s shown in my iphone somehow this morning!
Although i haven’t figure out what’s exactly the repro steps are, I do know it’s related to the sync between iphone and iTunes, esp. when something goes wrong, like iphone is disconnected before iTunes has completed the sync or something like that.
I’m sorry i didn’t take the picture. But if you have seen it, you may understand what i’m talking about. Guess what? I think Mogwai is, perhaps, one of some Apple iPhone engineer or product manager’s favorite bands. And that’s why he or she put this easter egg into iPhone.
Fix: Customize Doesn’t Work On 1.1.2
February 4th, 2008
If you are in iphone firmware 1.1.2 and wanna re-arrange the icons of springboard via Customize, you may find you can’t for now, ‘coz Customize will crash at the booting spicychicken screen. There’s a lot of bugs reporting this as well.
Actually it’s a permission issue, just set the executable’s permission to 4755 will fix it. You can make it either by WinSCP or other terminal client like Putty. As to the latter, here’s the command line:
chmod 4755 /Applications/Customize.app/Customize
If still failed, try a reset or reboot.
1.1.3 BL 3.9 Unlock Comming Soon!!
February 3rd, 2008
Just got it from hacktintosh. Very exciting news, isn’t it?
BTW, actually just tried to update my iphone from 1.0.2 to 1.1.3 recently. But in the final end i failed. As a result, i’m on 1.1.2 now.
If the software unlocking for bootloader 3.9 firmware 1.1.3 would be released very soon as said, then I’ll be waiting for it without a second 1.1.3 soft-upgrade try.
