Ziang's rssiPod Touch
Some useful iPhone apps
21/09/08 14:43
TRYING desperately
not to jailbreak my phone for the moment, I must say that it is
only a bit of a nuisance that some mundane stuff that I wish had
been implemented can’t been done.
With that saying, since I’ve been holding off from getting it for a year plus, waiting for the official launch because of lawful reasons, I guess it’s pretty straightforward to remain true to Apple.
Ok, I know this sounds crap, since I’ve jailbroke my iPod. Ha.
Anyways, there’s 2 nifty apps that locals/ Singaporeans would find useful:
1. Fstream:
For listening to radio on the go. The lack of radio has been solved! (though 98.7fm does have problems sometimes)
2. Local Picks by trip advisor
Tracks your position and introduces food to you =D
With that saying, since I’ve been holding off from getting it for a year plus, waiting for the official launch because of lawful reasons, I guess it’s pretty straightforward to remain true to Apple.
Ok, I know this sounds crap, since I’ve jailbroke my iPod. Ha.
Anyways, there’s 2 nifty apps that locals/ Singaporeans would find useful:
1. Fstream:
For listening to radio on the go. The lack of radio has been solved! (though 98.7fm does have problems sometimes)
2. Local Picks by trip advisor
Tracks your position and introduces food to you =D
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The Big Boss and an Intelligent Screen - BossTool and IntelliScreen
21/05/08 14:34
For those who are complaining about
running out of space on your iPod or iPhone when you ought to have
plenty...I guess the reason is simple.
For non-techies, just imagine that the iPod/ iPhone has 2 harddisk. One of it is running out of space. What to do?
Go to installer -> Sources -> Edit -> add and type in this:
thebigboss.org/repo.xml
You'd be able to add BossTool (under Utilities) to fix your headache!
Big Boss and IntelliScreen are the 2 helpful applications for today
Just tap on freeing space
and follow instructions. You'd be able to get more space back this way!
Moving on to IntelliScreen, this allows you to view your Calendar items and Mail even in your "Slide to unlock" screen as below:
To add this, click on installer -> sources -> edit -> add and type in
intelliborn.com/repo
Install IntelliScreen under IntelliBorn category from installer -> Install
Feel free to edit the settings. Be sure to restart your iPod/iPhone for this (I'm sure you know how to do that right?
)
For non-techies, just imagine that the iPod/ iPhone has 2 harddisk. One of it is running out of space. What to do?
Go to installer -> Sources -> Edit -> add and type in this:
thebigboss.org/repo.xml
You'd be able to add BossTool (under Utilities) to fix your headache!
Big Boss and IntelliScreen are the 2 helpful applications for today
Just tap on freeing space
and follow instructions. You'd be able to get more space back this way!
Moving on to IntelliScreen, this allows you to view your Calendar items and Mail even in your "Slide to unlock" screen as below:
To add this, click on installer -> sources -> edit -> add and type in
intelliborn.com/repo
Install IntelliScreen under IntelliBorn category from installer -> Install
Feel free to edit the settings. Be sure to restart your iPod/iPhone for this (I'm sure you know how to do that right?
)
Time Capsule
05/05/08 15:54
WELL this isn't
exactly the time capsule that Apple came out with. Similar in
naming only. What it does is to let you create a backup of your
applications, not like what Time Machine does on the Mac (fully
automated as compared to this manual backing up)
Nonetheless, for all who likes to venture on how to experiment with your iPod Touch/iPhone, this is useful, just in case you messed up (like me).
This is another application brought to you by Databinge (I'm in no way related to him though)
Firstly, of course, you got to install the application.
You'd be brought to the welcome screen where it prompts you to donate.
And you'd be brought to a screen where you're free to backup.
The producer mentioned that you're only allowed one backup per application, and for workabout, please refer to his site. I think this should be easy (though I've yet to try). Just use Cyberduck or any FTP program and pull everything out, and you should be able to backup again.
Pretty simple and elegant solution, I must say! Of course, you can do this by pulling everything out from the application folder itself, but it's not as fun to have an automated solution, right?
Nonetheless, for all who likes to venture on how to experiment with your iPod Touch/iPhone, this is useful, just in case you messed up (like me).
This is another application brought to you by Databinge (I'm in no way related to him though
)Firstly, of course, you got to install the application.
You'd be brought to the welcome screen where it prompts you to donate.
And you'd be brought to a screen where you're free to backup.
The producer mentioned that you're only allowed one backup per application, and for workabout, please refer to his site. I think this should be easy (though I've yet to try). Just use Cyberduck or any FTP program and pull everything out, and you should be able to backup again.
Pretty simple and elegant solution, I must say! Of course, you can do this by pulling everything out from the application folder itself, but it's not as fun to have an automated solution, right?
Essentials know-hows for your iPod Touch (maybe for your iPhone)
26/04/08 16:51
AFTER an excruciating
experience, my iPod is now brand new - contents wise. Without
knowing why it suddenly changed from 1.1.4 back to 1.1.3, I had a
horrible experience trying to get it back to the latest firmware -
losing all my transactions in Pocket Money 
Anyways, some must knows:
1. If you screw up your jail break or ziphone, press both POWER and HOME button while connecting to the computer, which will force it to go into restore mode.
2. The latest firmware is here. Make sure it is saved as ipsw, and not unzipped.
3. Some of the must have software for me:
You'd need iSpazio source to get Restart. gpSPhone allows you to play GBA games, which erhem you'd be able to google online. Capture, WildEyes, DropCopy are apps which I've reviewed before. MobileChat allows you to do instant messenging when you're out. SummerBoard allows you to tweak your theme, after you installed you'd see SMBPrefs. BossTool allows you to transfer your apps to a new partition as most of your apps are cramped into one partition, hence you always get your "insufficient disk space" warning.
I like PocketMoney most of all for now, very similar to Cha-Ching if you're a fan. Will post some reviews at some point or another.
Hope this is helpful if you stumbled into this page
Anyways, some must knows:
1. If you screw up your jail break or ziphone, press both POWER and HOME button while connecting to the computer, which will force it to go into restore mode.
2. The latest firmware is here. Make sure it is saved as ipsw, and not unzipped.
3. Some of the must have software for me:
You'd need iSpazio source to get Restart. gpSPhone allows you to play GBA games, which erhem you'd be able to google online. Capture, WildEyes, DropCopy are apps which I've reviewed before. MobileChat allows you to do instant messenging when you're out. SummerBoard allows you to tweak your theme, after you installed you'd see SMBPrefs. BossTool allows you to transfer your apps to a new partition as most of your apps are cramped into one partition, hence you always get your "insufficient disk space" warning.
I like PocketMoney most of all for now, very similar to Cha-Ching if you're a fan. Will post some reviews at some point or another.
Hope this is helpful if you stumbled into this page
Things for free...
26/04/08 01:12
COMES at a
price.
We always wonder how come the government is willing to sponsor building Wireless SG network. Is it to increase literacy level, to allow everyone to get an opportunity to stay connected?
I guess to earn more money.
Was at MacDonald's trying to surf this website when this annoying banner irk me.
Seems like Creative is getting desperate and annoying. Imagine the irony of it - Creative ads on dot mac site.
What a contradiction
We always wonder how come the government is willing to sponsor building Wireless SG network. Is it to increase literacy level, to allow everyone to get an opportunity to stay connected?
I guess to earn more money.
Was at MacDonald's trying to surf this website when this annoying banner irk me.
Seems like Creative is getting desperate and annoying. Imagine the irony of it - Creative ads on dot mac site.
What a contradiction
Syncing iTunes Wifi Store
17/04/08 22:40
THE previous
tutorial on buying songs from iTunes (check out the tags) should be
pretty helpful for anyone who is interested in buying.
Now, there are some problems when people buy songs with the WIFI iTunes Store -> the songs bought from either the iPod Touch or iPhone refused to sync back to the main computer!
Actually, this is a known bug, but can be easily solved with some googling.
Of course, I've mentioned it, so I'd briefly guide you through:
1. Right click the iPod Touch/iPhone icon in your iTunes.
2. Select "Transfer Purchases".
3. You'd get your song back
Simple right?
Now listening to We Sing, We Dance, Jason Mraz
Now, there are some problems when people buy songs with the WIFI iTunes Store -> the songs bought from either the iPod Touch or iPhone refused to sync back to the main computer!
Actually, this is a known bug, but can be easily solved with some googling.
Of course, I've mentioned it, so I'd briefly guide you through:
1. Right click the iPod Touch/iPhone icon in your iTunes.
2. Select "Transfer Purchases".
3. You'd get your song back
Simple right?
Now listening to We Sing, We Dance, Jason Mraz
Wildeyes and DropCopy
09/04/08 22:27
HELPING out a
colleague on how to view PDF on his iPhone wasn't easy. However,
now this can be easier. This post will focus on Wildeyes and
DropCopy, which can be installed from Installer, under
Utilities.
You do need to cancel everytime if you don't donate, a bit cumbersome, but come on, it's free, right?
Now, this looks better than the original one shown previously right?
All pdfs will be placed to the PDF folder. Simple right? Now for dropping the files to the iPod Touch/iPhone
DropCopy for Mac
DropCopy for iPod Touch/ iPhone
You can find DragCopy here. Dropping files will require both the iPod Touch/iPhone to have the app, and the desktop to have the application too. To drop files into the gadget, it is as simple as dragging the file to the hole, select the name of the gadget, and drop into it. Simple right?
You do need to cancel everytime if you don't donate, a bit cumbersome, but come on, it's free, right?
Now, this looks better than the original one shown previously right?
All pdfs will be placed to the PDF folder. Simple right? Now for dropping the files to the iPod Touch/iPhone
DropCopy for Mac
DropCopy for iPod Touch/ iPhone
You can find DragCopy here. Dropping files will require both the iPod Touch/iPhone to have the app, and the desktop to have the application too. To drop files into the gadget, it is as simple as dragging the file to the hole, select the name of the gadget, and drop into it. Simple right?
Getting PDF, Doc, Xls viewer on your iPod Touch/iPhone (edited)
09/04/08 14:43
WELL, ever fancy your
iPod Touch or iPhone reading Word documents? PDF files? Just like
any other normal PDA?
I just hit on the right spot, so will be pulling in some simple instructions:
Applications you'd need:
1. Cyberduck
This cute ducky works wonders
Ok. For people viewing this, my best bet is that you've got your gadget ziphoned. Credit to ZiPhone, and for Rupert (in previous post) for teaching how to break it. In any case, some of you might be overwhelmed by the immense amount of new things to learn, and you really want your gadget to view the things. Let's get started!
1. You should have the community source of Conceited Software installed with ZiPhone.
2. Click on Installer, then at bottom dock click on Install.
3. Install PHP (under Development), and lighttpd (under Network). The install button is on the top right corner when you select the package.
4. Shut down your iPod/iPhone.
5. Start your iPhone.
6. Go back installer, go to Tweaks -> PDF/DOC/XLS Viewer
7. Install it
8. Repeat steps 4 and 5
9. Select Settings, select WIFI, and the Wireless source
10. Copy down the IP address.
11. Start up Cyberduck, and select SFTP for protocol, and the IP address of your gadget under Server. User name is root, password is alpine. Allow the unknown hostkey.
12. Throw your stuff into sites.
13. Fire up Safari and the following URL
14. You're done
Don't throw in 15mb PDF and expect it to read though.
Edited 09.04.08
I realised that only the latest ziphoned iPhone or iPod touch has the necessary installation files in order to SSH into the gadget. For older ones:
1. You need to install both BSD Subsystem and Installer under Systems.
2. Restart your iPod Touch/ iPhone after that and follow the above steps. That should do.
I'm connecting to my iPod Touch using an easier way instead of finding the IP address. For mine, I know the name of the gadget is iPod.local since it appears whenever it is connected with Bonjour (I have Growl installed on my Mac), I'm using that instead.
Hope this helps
I just hit on the right spot, so will be pulling in some simple instructions:
Applications you'd need:
1. Cyberduck
This cute ducky works wonders
Ok. For people viewing this, my best bet is that you've got your gadget ziphoned. Credit to ZiPhone, and for Rupert (in previous post) for teaching how to break it. In any case, some of you might be overwhelmed by the immense amount of new things to learn, and you really want your gadget to view the things. Let's get started!
1. You should have the community source of Conceited Software installed with ZiPhone.
2. Click on Installer, then at bottom dock click on Install.
3. Install PHP (under Development), and lighttpd (under Network). The install button is on the top right corner when you select the package.
4. Shut down your iPod/iPhone.
5. Start your iPhone.
6. Go back installer, go to Tweaks -> PDF/DOC/XLS Viewer
7. Install it
8. Repeat steps 4 and 5
9. Select Settings, select WIFI, and the Wireless source
10. Copy down the IP address.
11. Start up Cyberduck, and select SFTP for protocol, and the IP address of your gadget under Server. User name is root, password is alpine. Allow the unknown hostkey.
12. Throw your stuff into sites.
13. Fire up Safari and the following URL
14. You're done
Don't throw in 15mb PDF and expect it to read though.
Edited 09.04.08
I realised that only the latest ziphoned iPhone or iPod touch has the necessary installation files in order to SSH into the gadget. For older ones:
1. You need to install both BSD Subsystem and Installer under Systems.
2. Restart your iPod Touch/ iPhone after that and follow the above steps. That should do.
I'm connecting to my iPod Touch using an easier way instead of finding the IP address. For mine, I know the name of the gadget is iPod.local since it appears whenever it is connected with Bonjour (I have Growl installed on my Mac), I'm using that instead.
Hope this helps
Repeating a song on the iPod Touch/iPhone
08/04/08 01:09
BEING a new user of
the iPod Touch, the non-familiarity of the gadget irks me. On the
way to work, I was playing the song "Onion" by Aska Yang, and it
sort of irritates me that I can't repeat the song.
Not any more.
1. Play the song first, and click on the album art. A rectangular box will appear with the option to scroll through the song.
2. Tap on the loop icon (now, this is familiar already right?). You can either choose to repeat one song, or repeat the album.
Enjoy your songs folks!
Not any more.
1. Play the song first, and click on the album art. A rectangular box will appear with the option to scroll through the song.
2. Tap on the loop icon (now, this is familiar already right?). You can either choose to repeat one song, or repeat the album.
Enjoy your songs folks!
Capture screenshots on your iPod Touch
07/04/08 04:03
ONE more thing before
hitting the bed:
iSpazio has a great app for screen capture, named CAPTURE. It works totally fine on the iPhone, but some folks might have problems with the iPod Touch. Just some pointers.
1. First, you can add the repository under sources. Click on EDIT, then ADD. The repository url is http://repo.ispazio.net.
i.
ii.
iii.
2. Install Capture from Installer -> iSpazio Apps.
3. Do your captures as per normal, but since iPod Touch does not have camera roll, you'd need Cyberduck to SSH it out.
4. Open Cyberduck, same instructions as previously, use the IP address of your iPod Touch.
5. Select /private/var
6. Select the following folders -> Mobile -> Media -> DCIM -> 100APPLE
7. Double click on your image files for the screen capture. They are jpg files.
Hope this is useful for all
iSpazio has a great app for screen capture, named CAPTURE. It works totally fine on the iPhone, but some folks might have problems with the iPod Touch. Just some pointers.
1. First, you can add the repository under sources. Click on EDIT, then ADD. The repository url is http://repo.ispazio.net.
i.
ii.
iii.
2. Install Capture from Installer -> iSpazio Apps.
3. Do your captures as per normal, but since iPod Touch does not have camera roll, you'd need Cyberduck to SSH it out.
4. Open Cyberduck, same instructions as previously, use the IP address of your iPod Touch.
5. Select /private/var
6. Select the following folders -> Mobile -> Media -> DCIM -> 100APPLE
7. Double click on your image files for the screen capture. They are jpg files.
Hope this is useful for all
Getting touchy, aren't I?
07/04/08 00:49
DAMN. This is the
umpteenth time that Rapidweaver has crashed on me before I managed
to upload my entry.
Not that it matters much. Just need to retype the entry, which, in my opinion, can get quite pissing at times.
Nonetheless, it's been a busy week as Monday arrives again, with the wheel of time passing and go. This is definitely not the third age, ha. Not Rand here (folks who read The Wheel of Time series would know what I'm referring to). Sometimes, one just need to change something to spice up the monotonous cycle - for me, the newest addition to my family of Macs:
Please! Don't pronounce this as the iTouch! It's iPod Touch! I guess this nifty gadget can satisfy my desires of watching videos on the go, and a PDA too, albeit a basic one. It just needs some tweaking in order to enhance the features.
Ha, tweaking = jailbreaking, of course. Thanks to Rupert, attempts to ziphone the iPod Touch was a breeze.
Subsequent installation of apps was not that smooth, though. I guess one can't ask for too much, right? I guess the way to go is just to enjoy the convenience of the gadget for now.
On a side note, Apple could do better with the iPhone SDK, and its embracement of third party developers. Opening its arms yet shoving off potential good developers certainly isn't a good way to start off with hackers.
Only time will tell whether Apple has a winning formula with its upcoming push mail enabled 3G iPhone
Not that it matters much. Just need to retype the entry, which, in my opinion, can get quite pissing at times.
Nonetheless, it's been a busy week as Monday arrives again, with the wheel of time passing and go. This is definitely not the third age, ha. Not Rand here (folks who read The Wheel of Time series would know what I'm referring to). Sometimes, one just need to change something to spice up the monotonous cycle - for me, the newest addition to my family of Macs:
Please! Don't pronounce this as the iTouch! It's iPod Touch! I guess this nifty gadget can satisfy my desires of watching videos on the go, and a PDA too, albeit a basic one. It just needs some tweaking in order to enhance the features.
Ha, tweaking = jailbreaking, of course. Thanks to Rupert, attempts to ziphone the iPod Touch was a breeze.
Subsequent installation of apps was not that smooth, though. I guess one can't ask for too much, right? I guess the way to go is just to enjoy the convenience of the gadget for now.
On a side note, Apple could do better with the iPhone SDK, and its embracement of third party developers. Opening its arms yet shoving off potential good developers certainly isn't a good way to start off with hackers.
Only time will tell whether Apple has a winning formula with its upcoming push mail enabled 3G iPhone
Buying songs from iTunes
27/09/07 15:03
Have you always wondered how to get
songs from iTunes, and at a cheap price? While the method I'm going
to teach is not exactly un-dodgy, at least you're not stealing
songs anymore!
1. Go to this website: https://www.hogeweg80.com/store/clients/index.php?cPath=74_85
2. Select your preferred value.
3. Have your paypal account readied.
4. Pay with paypal.
5. You'd be directed to a website with your redemption code
6. Open up iTunes store
7. Select redeem
8. Key in details and use any US address (I use vPost USA)
9 You're done! Now you can buy the songs you want!
Purchased 2 vouchers from this site, very prompt replies from hogeweg from problems crop up, and the best thing is...you can finally buy songs!
1. Go to this website: https://www.hogeweg80.com/store/clients/index.php?cPath=74_85
2. Select your preferred value.
3. Have your paypal account readied.
4. Pay with paypal.
5. You'd be directed to a website with your redemption code
6. Open up iTunes store
7. Select redeem
8. Key in details and use any US address (I use vPost USA)
9 You're done! Now you can buy the songs you want!
Purchased 2 vouchers from this site, very prompt replies from hogeweg from problems crop up, and the best thing is...you can finally buy songs!