How To: Successfully switch between multiple iTunes accounts from different countries

I have, up until just now, been vexed. Vexed by the seemingly random nature of my iPhone 3G’s reactions when switching between my Australian and my US iTunes accounts. It’s quite simple: once upon a time, I lived in Australia, and bought a number of applications for my iPhone using my Australian iTunes account; now, [...]

Posted on August 15, 2009 at 21:36 by ecods · Permalink · Leave a comment
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How To: Use a pair of older Airport Extremes to build a Dual-Band network (802.11 N and G)

A handy guide to setting up a dual band wireless network without buying a brand spanking new Airport Extreme. Why would one want to do such a thing? Well, if you have a bunch of devices that can take advantage of 802.11N (MacBook Pro, Mac Mini) and a bunch that can only do 802.11G (iPhone [...]

Posted on August 10, 2009 at 11:38 by ecods · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Jailbreaking the iPhone 3G – Part 2 – iPhone Firmware 2.2.1 / OS X 10.5.6

Success!
I now have a jailbroken iPhone 3G, running firmware 2.2.1.
Thanks to Apple’s update to firmware 2.2.1, and the Dev Team’s update of PwnageTool, along with some good instructions of how to get around the 10.5.6 no-DFU problem.

Posted on February 2, 2009 at 13:58 by ecods · Permalink · One Comment
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Jailbreaking the iPhone 3G – Part 1 – iPhone Firmware 2.2 / OS X 10.5.6

Where I try to jailbreak my iPhone 3G from Apple’s 2.2 firmware, using a Mac upgraded to the latest OS X 10.5.6.
And I fail, multiple times, for a number of reasons.

Posted on January 21, 2009 at 16:49 by ecods · Permalink · One Comment
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