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Anywho? lets get starting! I learned how to do this from a cool youtube video.

Steps include a download that you have to visit on your iPhone. Which will install a mobile configuration file.  Basically what this means is that your’e using the internet connection from your iPhone ‘FREE’ as a modem for your computer (desktop or laptop).

Charges from your carrier will apply. I also beilieve that tethering is not available right now for a reason!! so until then, lets just assume that you are not supposed to use tethering for your iPhone.  Be warned that you may use this at your own risk.

So please check and see what your carrier plan is, so that you don’t get stuck with a butt load of user charges.

With your Phone go to this website, to download the Mobileconfig file http://help.benm.at/help.php
When you get to this page just click the Mobileconfigs downloads button:

After you download the Mobileconfig file, the site will ask you where you live by country. Simply choose the country of your choice!

I chose USA, but choose whichever country you live in.  Provided that it is an available choice from the list on the website.  Once you do that you will see this screen!

Choose the carriers that are available. Right now only two are available ( At&t and T-Mobile)

Once you have installed the file. Go to Settings>General>Network>
Notice: that you have a new network settings named Internet Tethering

For Mac Users you have to setup a new network view the video below.  First connect your iPhone 3G or 3Gs to your computer.  Also for Windows users I noticed that you can just enable the Internet Tethering by going to Settings>General>Networks>Internet Tethering ON .  When you do this, the system will ask you if you want to connect via USB or Bluetooth.  I normally choose USB because my iPhone is connected to my machine by USB cord. 

I have a Mac and PC so watch this vid for a little break down on how to make a new network on your Mac for iPhone 3G tethering.

How to EASILY GET Tethering on Your iPhone 3G + 3GS 3.0 FW without a Jailbreak! FREE!! EASY!

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Ziphone 3.0 is here…install apps with the click of a button One Click Jailbreak / Unlock any sim carrier read more

Seriously Don’t Read This Post Anymore…Give it a quick skim then Go to Ziphone Post above this link!! Enjoy… iPhone Downloads

For those of you who have recently found yourself to be a proud owner of a beautiful and sleek iPhone or iTouch, this post is for you. I found a article from one of my favorite sites “Lifehacker.com“. If you have just recently purchased or received a iPhone or iTouch, this install will be a little different than those of you who have a older version of both products.

3rd party apps are a beautiful thing. But Apple has and will do everything in their power to stop you from making your iPhone into “your” iPhone. This is definitely understandable since after all it is their product. But since most of the world is not patient enough to wait for Apple to come around. Here are some ways around the wall of upgrades that will lock your iPhone into application purgatory.

NOTE: As we all know the world isn’t perfect and neither am I. So do not think that this is fool proof plan. Learn and read as much as possible before you continue with this process of hacking your iTouch and iPhone. I know all to well how fustrating these things can be so bare with me. Here are some tips you might find useful that I found in a Lifehacker.com comment thread.

• 1. Make sure you have the latest JAVA installed otherwise it won’t work
  2. In Windows, make sure you close iTunes AND all iTunes related processes (e.g., iTunesHelper, etc.) from the Task Manager
  3. Move your jailbreak folder to the root folder in Windows (e.g., C:\) and the desktop on the Mac (you may also have to rename your hard drive on the Mac temporarily to MacintoshHD)
  4. It may not work the first time you try. If not, restore and start over.
  5. Nothing bad is going to happen if you just remember you can always force restore and get back to the original firmware.If you still have problems with the jailbreak, visit iLounge or iPod Touch Fans Forum – there are plenty of people there who can help you work out any problems…

1st Thing to Do!

The first thing your going to want to do is find out what firmware your iPhone is running. This can be done by docking your iPhone and clicking on the summary tab to see what version that you are running.

You want to have the 1.1.1. Firmware because the software that you are going to need to use has a one click upgrade that makes it extremely easy to downgrade to the right version of firmware for your iPhone. After you have performed this tweak. If you have the 1.1.1 version go to http://Jailbreakme.com and click install AppSnapp.

If this sounds to risky take a look at this article from Lifehacker.com.

If you have a older firmware version 1.0 or the newest version 1.1.2 you are going to want to upgrade or downgrade your phone to the 1.1.1. Get the iPhone firmware Here. Get the 1.1.1 firmware for your iTouch Here .

2nd

Make sure that the file ends in _Restore.ipsw, which it should by default. While it’s downloading, go ahead and reboot your iPhone into recovery mode. To do so, plug in your iPhone, hold down the power and home buttons at the same time until your iPhone restarts (don’t slide to power off), and then release the power button. Continue holding the home button until your device enters recovery mode.

3rd

While your firmware is still downloading which might take a while, Download the 1.1.2 Jailbreak files. Unzip the files to your desktop. Again go to the same Summary tab where you found your current firmware version. This time, though, you’re going to restore the firmware to the 1.1.1 version you just downloaded. To do this, Shift-Click the Restore button in Windows or Option-Click on a Mac and browse to where you saved the 1.1.1 firmware, select it, and restore. When the restore process completes, it will end with an error. Don’t worry if this happens, as the jailbreak software is made to overcome the error.

Once you have done that run the windows.bat file on windows or the jailbreak.jar file on Mac. This will help you get past the error. If you are running jailbreak.jar all you need to do is click the reboot from recovery button.

Now when you have correctly downgraded or upgraded you firmware to 1.1.1 point your mobile safari browser to http://Jailbreakme.com and install the appsnapps. This uses your safari mobile to pull down the apps to your phone.

You can also upgrade back to 1.1.2 Latest firmware version. Without breaking the jailbreak tweak.

Launch the installer tab on your iPhone and tap the Oktoprep installer. After you install this on the iPhone it will prep your device to be able to update without breaking the jailbreak tweak. Just dock the phone and click the update button in your iTunes. To complete the jailbreak, close iTunes, make sure your device is connected, then head back to the 1.1.2-jailbreak Folder you downloaded earlier and re-run either windows.bat (Windows users) or jailbreak.jar (Mac user).

Learn all the secrets that Apple does not want you to know about your iPhone:Click Here!

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This is a simple tweak that you can do with your itunes music, so if you are a pro user of itunes then I would like to say thank you for stopping by and talk to you again soon!

Hello everybody:) So I was just thinking today, WOW I have a gang of music on my computer in my itunes. I have over a 100 Gigs of music, video, and podcast that includes just about every genre that their is on this green earth. (Including my Favorite Tickle Me Elmo Jingles) I remember when their was a time that my music library was really jumbled and unorganized. So browsing my music can be a little teadious, especially if I am not quite sure what I feel like listening to. That was when I decided to make my life a little more simple.

Soooo… with that being said, I am sure that all of you that may be reading this post have purchased your music directly from the itunes store or which ever music affiliate of your choice. Because it is the moral thing to do! Right?

Haha.. Yeah right! As much as I appreciate the talent of the musicians out there and the quality of the art/content that they produce. I’m sorry but Nobody pays for their music anymore. Well almost Nobody!

And when you don’t pay for your music you don’t always get all of the things that come with the nice cellophane wrapping. Those things would be the Album cover and lyrics and blah blah…

So back to itunes.

In itunes their are nice little applications that allow you to see all of your music. You can view it in a List format, a thumbnail or album format, and the ever popular coverflow format. So.. if you’re like me, you may or may not like the list format. Which is the most simple style their is for itunes.. I like the coverflow because it just looks a little bit more stylish and cool. “Like oooh look at all my album covers that I accumulated”.

One problem though.. YOU DON’T HAVE ALL THE ALBUM COVERS!!

Sooooo… One of the easiest ways to fix that problem is to to do a couple of things:

1. Open itunes
2. CHOOSE THE ADVANCE OPTIONS TAB
3. THEN YOU SELECT GET ALBUM COVERS

That was easy right…COol..

This allows you to use itunes database to upload album covers that they already have on file.

-You may or may not get all the covers that you need! When this happens this is what you do!

1. Open itunes
2. Select Your Music tab on the left hand side of the itunes player
3. Switch to the Cover Flow view (the far right tab next to search box in the top right corner)
4. Go to the Song that you want to add a Album cover to.
5. Right Click or command click with a Mac the song of choice, SELECT Get Info
6. Choose the Artwork Tab
7. Then You click the ADD button

- when you click ADD; itunes will prompt you to choose the location of the picture..
- You can use of picture of yourself or you can Google for the image of the album cover and save to your computer so that you can upload it to itunes.

This may take some time depending on the amount music you have, but it will look so much better when you finish the process..

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