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According to a new report from Apple.Pro, a new prototype of a next-generation iPhone may have just surfaced. The unit is identical in appearance to the iPhone 4, runs a test version of iOS 4, and has a 5 megapixel camera.

The images first showed up on Weibo, where a user claimed to have a prototype of the next-generation iPhone and posted the images. If this actually is a prototype iPhone, it might be the elusive T-Mobile-supporting N94 prototype that surfaced a while back.

With many rumors suggesting that the new iPhone will be both thinner and lighter (and have an 8 megapixel camera), and the fact that the new handset is not running a version of iOS 5, I very much doubt that this is an actual prototype of a future iPhone handset. Rather, I personally feel it’s likely an iPhone 4 prototype from last year.

iTunes appears to identify this handset as a first-generation iPod Touch for some reason, which makes the matter even more suspicious to me – it’s entirely possible that the entire unit was simply hacked together from a mix of iPod Touch and iPhone 4 components placed in an iPhone 4 casing. Additionally, based on serial number and iOS version, it seems this is most likely an earlier iPhone 4 prototype. The serial number indicates that the phone was manufactured in the 48th week of 2009.

Just this week, we have brought to you a news that the iTunes App Store has now turned 3 years old and that it has more than 400,000 active apps with over 15 billion downloads. The App Store is definitely on a roll and it does not show any signs of slowing down as it is now healthier than ever. As the App Store continues to impress, a certain research company called Asymco came up with statistics that the mobile application distribution platform of Apple has completely overtaken the iTunes song downloads.

Asymco arrived to these conclusions after Apple announced in last month’s WWDC that the iTunes had served more than 15 billion song downloads.

It was only a few weeks ago (at WWDC) that we had an update on the app store growth rates. The data was presented here.

One of the data points from the event was that iTunes hit 15 billion song downloads. Last week we heard that iTunes also hit 15 billion app downloads.

The milestones were reached within less than a month so it’s a fairly safe assumption that apps have overtaken songs. I had originally guessed that the cross-over would take place at 13 billion at the end of 2010.

It took about six years for the iTunes song downloads to reach the 15 million mark, while the it took only three years for the app downloads to hit that threshold. And with the current rate that the download rates are going, the app downloads will eventually overtake the song downloads despite the head start that was given to the latter.

The app download rate is now at least 31 million per month while the song download rate is about 12 million per month. Including books (but excluding video content), the App Store in now delivering at least 44 million new content downloads per month.

This shouldn’t be at least that surprising. Song purchase, while still putting up decent numbers in terms of downloads have experienced quite a significant decline over the years. People who are still inclined to buy music nowadays are much lesser. Piracy most likely played a part in the decline of song purchases. While piracy also affects the app industry, maybe it is just that more people think that buying an app is a much better investment than buying a single song? However you look at it, a $0.99 app versus a $0.99 song, the value proposition is simply in favor of the former.

You also have to take into account that downloading songs from iTunes is severely restricted especially when it is outside the USA while in contrast the availability of the App Store is almost worldwide. Another factor that comes into play here is that thousands of apps can be downloaded for free while the same can’t be said for songs.

This is yet another testament to the growth and strength of the iTunes App Store. And this is bolstered by the fact that apps are being added daily to the App Store plus the impressive sales of the iDevices itself.

As you all know, it has been more than a year since the iPhone 4 was introduced to the market. This is of course despite a couple hiccups that lingered around its initial release such as the infamous antennagate scandal, the iPhone 4 is still considered to be a roaring success and is definitely considered to be one of the most popular smartphones available in the market today. And as Apple’s followup to its successful iPhone 4 comes comes to a close, the tech industry is treated to a lot of rumors and news about the next iPhone hardware. And now we are once again treated to another rumor regarding the iPhone 4S.

According to a source from Twitter-like Chinese micro-blogging website called Sina Weibo, the leaked images below are allegedly the engineering test unit of the iPhone 4S. If anyone can recall, there have been rumors spreading around that Apple will release an iPhone that will feature a modest upgrade over the iPhone 4. According to the tweet of the Sina Weibo user who has sourced the image:

It comes with a test mode GUI, and I tried to restore the phone using iTunes, but both iOS 4.3.4 and 5.0 beta release failed with error 3194. I tried to edit the hosts file, but it still doesn’t work.

There should be no changes for the internal hardware. It’s not an A5 processor, the rear camera is still 5 megapixels.

If you notice in the leaked images, this so called iPhone prototype unit bears a strong resemblance to the current iPhone 4. One could argue that this is the next generation iPhone but only tested in an iPhone 4 casing. When plugged into a computer, the device can be detected by iTunes, although the icon of the device that’s displayed is rather different than the normal iTunes icon.

But as it turned out, this allegedly leaked images of the iPhone 4S is nothing more than an iPhone 4 prototype although it seems to be a legitimate one. According to an update by M.I.C Gadget:

It’s a very early iPhone 4 prototype. Why? Two things. It has both sensors not working, the Nike plus and Bluetooth. Next, the phone has “Soundwave” and “Rumble” on it, they are iPhone testing programs which have been used since the 3GS. This device is NOT iPhone 5 prototype (N94). It is authentic, and Apple is scrambling to find the leak now.

With the iOS 5′s release this September, and being the most likely operating system of Apple’s upcoming smartphones, it just makes no sense that the next iPhone protype runs on iOS 4 rather than the iOS 5. So this particular leaked images of iPhone 4S are nothing more than just a false rumor or maybe just an attempt to troll the internet considering how popular Apple’s hardware are.

Apple’s next iPhone is expected to be announced in September during Apple’s Music Event and there are rumors floating that it will hit the stores at around October. As the expected announcement of the next iPhone fast approaches, we can expect more rumors and leaks such as this

If you have been keeping up with Apple news lately, then you probably know that the Cupertino giant just rolled out their third pre-release version of its next major mobile operating system, the iOS 5. And as per usual with all other iOS betas, iOS Beta 3 is only accessible to those who have an account with Apple’s iOS Dev Center. But since people can be very resourceful, the iOS 5 Beta IPSW found its way across all sorts of file sharing websites. But even if you have the firmware, you will still have to supply a registered UDID which needs a developer account in order to get past the system’s built-in activation. But just like Beta 1 and 2, someone has found a workaround.

*** DISCLAIMER ***
This guide is posted here in Jaxov for educational purposes only. We do NOT recommend in any way that you install iOS betas in a non-registered, non-developer device. There is always the risk that it could damage your device or end up with an unusable one until the next fix comes around. So don’t say we didn’t warn you. This method also involves calling an emergency number which we really do not condone, not to mention that it could potentially get you in legal trouble. So proceed at your own risk.

Steps on How to Activate iOS 5 Beta 3 on iPhone Without UDID:
Download the iOS 5 Beta 3 IPSW and install it in your iPhone.
Boot up your iPhone and perform “Slide to Setup” as instructed.
Once you see the Language Selection menu, quickly press the Home button 3 times which will bring up Voice Over. Then again, quickly press Home 3 times and this time you should see the Emergency Call option if done correctly. Tap on it.
Now you will be presented with the dialer. Dial 112 which would quickly bring you to the call screen. Once the call screen pops up, quickly tap on Contacts in order to quickly end the call.
Now press the Home button and navigate over to the Home screen. You iPhone should be now activated.
Steps on How to Activate iOS 5 Beta 3 on iPad and iPod touch Without UDID:
First you will need to restore your iPad or iPod touch to iOS 5. Having done so, put in under Recovery Mode.
Now unplug the device from your PC or Mac and shut it off.
Now plug it back into your computer and let it turn on.
Once your iPad or iPod touch turns on, you should shortly see the Setup screen which says “iPad” or “iPod” depending on your device. Once you do, put your device to Sleep mode by hitting the power button. Hit the Power button to turn it back on.
Now instead of the usual iOS 5 Setup screen, you should be seeing the standard iOS bubbles. Now press the Home button 3 times which would bring up the Voice Over.
Unlock your device by sliding. You should see the time on the top right of the screen , tap on it. You device should start reading the time for you through Voice Over, while it is doing so, slide down your three fingers from the status to bring up the Notifications Center.
In the Notifications Center, tap on the weather widget followed by pressing the Home button. If done correctly, your iPad or iPod should now be activated.
For those who are trying out this workaround, keep in mind that the iOS 5 is currently in Beta for a reason. Early iOS builds are filled with bugs and some features might not work properly which is why they are recommended for more advanced users. If you want to get access to iOS betas, then you can always do so the legit way. Just head over to Apple’s iOS Dev Center and enroll for an account. Aside from the annual fee of $99, there are no other requirements in order to qualify.

Without revealing new details the Wall Street Journal it reports through an article that Apple and Mobile Slope they draw near to the accord of which we had spoken some days ago to you in this article. It bends Mobile it is the greatest vector of the continent, with over 600 million subscribers. The relationship Tim Cook that general quartier of the Chinese colossus to half has been sighted June you/he/she could have almost concluded a new important bargain for the house of Cupertino.

In the arctic one of the WSJ he also rumors on a different price of throwing of the melafonino in relationship to the middle salary of the population The iPhone, that you/he/she currently is sold among the 3.999 and 5.999 yen (few more than 650 European) without contract, it would be a luxury for many Chinese consumers. The middle family income in the first halves 2011 has been 12.076 yen (around 1.300 European).
According to the data of the office nation of Chinese statistic, therefore, the device Apple would be a luxury for few, it achieves of it that, if Jobs wants to realize a tall number of sales you/he/she must think about reducing the prices or to sell a more economic iPhone and to the course of “all.”
Here therefore that they return insistent the rumorses on the throwing of a less expensive model of the iDevice, really in the day whose he rumors that this model, if indeed anticipated, can be the good old man 3GS.

Some days ago the known American site 9to5mac had brought some serial numbers which, he supposed, they identified the new models of Mac Pro. Being however to the last information, the codes in matter would be referable to the new models of MacBook Bianco and MacMini. Continue reading “Also the MacBook white and the Mac Mini seem to be next to the updating!”

In these days the to follow him of news on a possible release of new Macbook Air is done insistent more and more, to the point to be had by now varied considered dates “useful” for attends him release. The final result, apart the great confusion and the traditional clamor of to which Apple has accustomed us with the throwing any new product, is that a lot of the indiscretions result to be true not. According to the last updatings the MacBooks Air will arrive next week.

According to AllThingsD, Apple will put on the market the new MacBooks Air next week and not this that he is going to conclude, as instead rumors until now. We remember that the possible novelties concern the headrest retroilluminata, The chip Sandy Bridge, the addition of the door Thunderbolt and the increase of the ssds to 128GB and 256GB.

With the release by now imminent of the new operating system of the Apple, OS X Lion, in many you/they have asked us if Lion can be installed only as updating of Snow Leopard or if it will be possible to perform a clean installation of it on HD.

And’ evident as the news brought in the last month I concern Lion has aroused, from many consumers OS X, numerous doubts related to the necessary requisite for the istallazione of this new “big release” of the house of Cupertino, and it is for this motive that presses us to clarify once and for all the matter.

We bring the essential points for the istallazione of OS X Lion (version 10.7):

From the side Hardware is necessary to prepare at least of a system Intel Core 2 Duos, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Xeon, 2GB of RAM and at least 4 GB of space disk for the download

And’ necessary to have a system with least Snow Leopard version 10.6.6 to purchase and to unload Lion from the Mac App Store (this because Lion will exclusively be distributed on the App introduced Store, note, from the version 10.6.6 of Snow Leopard)

Lion asks for Snow Leopard 10.6.6 to be unloaded but Snow Leopard doesn’t necessarily ask for being installed

Once that we have unloaded OS X Lion and started the installer, the program will ask us whether to make to depart the installation on new hard disk, on new partitions or as updating of existing Snow Leopard

is possible, however, to create in non official way his/her own version bootabile of OS X Lion on DVD or USB in such way to be been able to also perform the clean installation of Lion on the hard disk of origin (this procedure will remove completely the requisite of Snow Leopard)

The points above listed I/you/they have been tried with Lion GM and, I doubt, can change with the release of the official version. As it regards the last point, however it is not to exclude, that Apple releases an official procedure for the istallazione “cleaning up” of Lion. We hope to have clarified your doubts, meanwhile we will hock there to adjourn this article in case of novelty with the next final release.

Until Apple announces the release of iPhone 5, there will be daily rumors about the launching. The latest rumors -coming from a Chinese-Language site- says that the reason of this delay is the A5 chip overheating.

Two Days ago, Apple released iOS 5 Beta 3 but only for developers. If you can’t wait for iOS 5 final version, There is a way to install and activate iOS 5 Beta 3 without a developer account.

At First you must know that this method hasn’t been tested and instructions are shared for information and educational purposes only. if you chose to go ahead with the next steps, it will be at your own risk.

For iPhone:

Step 1: First you will need to boot your iOS device and strike on “slide to setup”.

Step 2: When the language selection bar pops up, quickly press the Home Button 3 times in order bring up voice over, then press the same button three times once again, which should display an Emergency Call option. Tap on it.

Step 3: Call 112 for call screen to visible. Strike the ‘contacts’ button promptly to pass over the screen.

Step 4: Press the Home Button to go head to your home screen. Your device should now be activated.

For iPad and iPod Touch:

Step 1: First of all, you will need to reinstate your iPad/iPod touch to iOS 5, and then Put your device in recovery mode.

Step 2: Unplug the device from your computer and turn it off. Now plug it again to your PC or Mac, and allow it to turn back on.

Step 3:When you have done it, The next step is to press the Power button when the setup menu window pop ups saying ‘iPad’ or ‘iPod’ in order to deal your iPad and iPod in sleep mode, then switch it on.

Step 4: Now instead of iOS 5 setup screen, you should see standard iOS bubbles. Just press the home button 3 times to bring up Voice Over.

Step 5: Make your device to unlock and observe the time at the top right corner,strike on it.When your device starts ‘talking’ then move your three fingers down from status bar to bring up Notifications center.

Step 6: Tap the weather widget, followed by pressing the home button, and your system should be fully accessible.

TinyUmbrella has been updated to 5.00.04 that supports iOS 5 Beta3. This version has been updated by Notcom. This update has also fixed visual bug that users have reported in the previous version.

It is recommended that you Download latest version of TinyUmbrella and save iOS 5 beta 3 SHSH Blobs to be able to downgrade your iDevice in future.

iPhone 4 Unlock is out now. All guides to unlock iPhone 4 are listed below. UltraSn0w 1.0-1 is the first ever iPhone 4 baseband unlock released by the Dev-Team. To unlock iPhone 4 baseband to use SIM from any carrier, follow the guides linked below.

NOTE:
Unlocking depends on your iPhone baseband version so, it’s important to know you baseband version first. (How to: check iPhone baseband version)
All the iPhone 4 unlock guides are listed under concerned Baseband version.
Your iPhone 4 MUST be jailbroken before unlocking it. You can jailbreak iPhone 4 using the guides linked below.
How to Unlock iPhone 4
Unlock IPhone 4 Baseband 01.59.00
If your iPhone has baseband 01.59.00, follow the guide below to unlock iPhone 4:
How to: Unlock iPhone 4 Baseband 01.59.00
Unlock IPhone 4 Baseband 02.10.07
(Not Unlockable ATM)
Unlock IPhone 4 Baseband 03.10.01
(Not Unlockable ATM)
We’ll update this post as soon as a new unlocking tool for the current or any new baseband is out. Stay Tuned!

You can downgrade iOS 4.3 to iOS 4.2.1 / 4.1 on iPhone 4, 3GS and iPod Touch 4G, 3G and iPad. Follow the steps below to downgrade iOS 4.3 to 4.2.1/4.1 firmware on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

If you’ve updated to iOS 4.3 beta to test it but now want to go back to iOS 4.2.1 or 4.1, this guide is for you. We’ll discuss following two methods to downgrade iOS 4.3 iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch firmware:
Using TinyUmbrella (Recommended)
By Editing Hosts file
IMPORTANT: You can downgrade iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod Touch, iPad only if you have SHSH blobs saved for 4.1/4.2.1 firmware in order to downgrade from iOS 4.3.
How to: Save SHSH blobs for iPhone, iPod Touch

How to Downgrade iOS 4.3 to iOS 4.2.1, iOS 4.1

Download your desired firmware for which you’ve SHSH blobs saved and want to downgrade to:

Download iOS 4.2.1
Download iOS 4.1

Method 1: Using TinyUmbrella

Download TinyUmbrella

If you’ve SHSH blobs saved on Saurik’s server via Cydia, download them into your computer first. To do that:
Connect your device, Fire up the TinyUmbrella and Check mark the Advanced Options.
Select your device, firmware (the one for which you’ve SHSH saved at Cydia; 4.2.1, 4.1 or older) and Cydia as Location.
Hit the save My SHSH button. that’s it.

Step 1 – DFU Mode
Put your iPhone into DFU Mode (How to: enter DFU Mode)

Step 2 – Start TSS Server
Run the TinyUmbrella
Hit the Display SHSH button to confirm that downloaded SHSH blobs has been cached by TinyUmbrella for iOS 4.2.1, 4.1 or older. (If you already have them in your PC, drag and drop the SHSH blobs in the TinyUmbrella window then hit the display SHSH blobs button to confirm).
Now hit the Start TSS Server button.

Step 3 – Restoring The Firmware
Open the iTunes.
Hold down the Shift (Windows)/Alt (Mac) key and hit the Restore button.
Select the downloaded firmware (iOS 4.2.1, iOS 4.1 or older) and let the restore process complete.
iTunes should bring up the error 1015, 1013 or 1011 message. Don’t worry, it’s normal. You’ve successfully downgraded your iPhone/iPod Touch firmware.

Step 4 – Getting Out Of Recovery
Now in order to get out of recovery mode, hit the “Kick Device Out of Recovery” button on TinyUmbrella right below the Start TSS Server button or you can also use RecBoot. That’s it!
Method 2: Edit Hosts File
**We assume that you’ve SHSH blobs saved via Saurik’s server.
Download your desired firmware for which you’ve SHSH blobs saved and want to downgrade:
Download iOS 4.2.1
Download iOS 4.1
Step 1 – DFU Mode
Put your iPhone into DFU Mode (How to: enter DFU Mode)
Step 2 – Editing Hosts File
Now we are going to redirect iTunes from Apple Servers to Saurik’s server.
Windows:
Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\ and locate hosts file.
Open the hosts file in Notepad.
NOTE: Win 7 and Vista users MUST run Notepad with admin privileges. Right click on Notepad app and select Run as Administrator.
Mac OS X:
Go to \etc\ directory and locate hosts file. Copy it on your desktop
Open the hosts file in TextEdit.
Add the following line at the end of the hosts file and then save and close the file:
74.208.105.171 gs.apple.com
Mac OS X users needs to copy the edited hosts file from desktop back to /etc/ directory and replace the older one.

Step 3 – Restoring The Firmware
Now Open the iTunes.
Hold down the Shift (Windows)/Alt (Mac) key and hit the Restore button.
Select the downloaded firmware (iOS 4.1, iOS 4.0.1 or older) and let the restore process complete.
iTunes will bring up error 1015, 1013 or 1011 message. Don’t worry, it’s normal. You’ve successfully downgraded your iPhone/iPod Touch firmware.

Step 4 – Getting Out Of Recovery
Now in order to get out of recovery mode, hit the “Kick Device Out of Recovery” button on TinyUmbrella right below the Start TSS Server button or you can also use RecBoot. That’s it!
Note: You must now remove 74.208.105.171 gs.apple.com line from the host file and save it. Doing this will let iTunes to prompt you about future updates from App

Notcom’s

TinyUmbrella 4.33.00 can save iOS 4.3.3 SHSH blobs for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Follow the steps below to save SHSH blobs for iOS 4.3.2 / 4.2.8 with TinyUmbrella 4.33.00 for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 4G, 3G and iPad 2, iPad 1…

TinyUmbrella now supports 4.3.3 and 4.2.8 (Verizon). Sorry for the delay, I’ve been quite busy. I’m working on some pretty drastic changes for TinyUmbrella.

note:

iOS 4.3.3 / 4.2.8 SHSH blobs can only be saved if it’s being signed by Apple. Go grab your iOS 4.3.3 SHSH blobs before it’s too late. Apple stops signing a firmware when an updated version is out.
TinyUmbrella can save SHSH blobs regardless of jailbreak.
With TinyUmbrella you can save SHSH blobs for iOS 4.3.3 / 4.2.8 even if you’re on an older iOS version.
Let’s save iOS 4.3.3, 4.2.8 SHSH blobs for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
How to Save iOS 4.3.3 4.2.8 SHSH blobs
Download TinyUmbrella
Steps to save SHSH blobs for iOS 4.3.3 / 4.2.8 are exactly similar to the guide posted earlier. So, please navigate to the guide linked below and follow the steps there to save SHSH blobs.

Users often reports error 3194 when restoring either stock, or custom firmware / iOS. These are the steps to fix error 3194 when restoring custom / stock firmware on iPhone / iPad / iPad.

iTunes error 3194 usually appears when you’re trying to restore an unsigned firmware, often during an iOS downgrade or even during some restores. If you run into Error 3194 from iTunes, you can temporarily fix 3194 error by pointing iTunes to Cydia’s SHSH server where you’ve SHSH blobs saved for that particular firmwares.

Occurs when trying to install an old firmware and Apple’s server disallows the installation. The only solution is to have SHSH backup and modify the hosts file to point to Saurik’s Cydia Server where they are backed up (or localhost if you have it yourself).

*** If you’re getting iTunes error 3194 with the latest firmware (Signed iOS) then simply remove the Cydia’s SHSH server IP, if it’s already in the Hosts file. It’s the reverse of the process explained below.

“The iPhone “iPhone” could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (3194).”
How to Fix iTunes Error 3194
You can fix iTunes error 3194 by adding Cydia’s SHSH Caching Server to the hosts file. You can do this either by using TinyUmbrella or you can also manually edit the hosts file. We’re going to explain both methods.
Fix ITunes Error 3194 [TinyUmbrella]
To add Cydia’s SHSH Caching Server to the Hosts file:
Download TinyUmbrella;
Launch TinyUmbrella, go to the “Advanced” tab and check “Set Hosts to Cydia on Exit”;
Click on “Apply Changes” and then reboot your PC/Mac.
Put your iDevice into DFU Mode and Try restoring it via iTunes.

Fix ITunes Error 3194 [Manually]
Close iTunes.
Locate the Hots file:
Windows:
Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\ and locate hosts file.
Open and edit the hosts file in Notepad.
Note: Win 7 and Vista users MUST run Notepad with admin privileges. Right click on Notepad app and select Run as Administrator.
Mac OS X:
Go to \etc\ directory and locate hosts file. Copy it on your desktop
Open the hosts file in TextEdit.
Add the following lines to the very bottom of the hosts file:
74.208.105.171 gs.apple.com
remove any other line that contains gs.apple.com
Put your iDevice into DFU Mode and Try restoring it via iTunes.

That’s it! You should now be able to successfully restore the desired older firmware (if SHSH saved).