How to Create an Apple ID without a Credit Card

Wondering how to purchase free apps when you need a credit card to create an Apple ID?

Not to worry iCr8zy is here!! Just follow my simple steps and you'll be downloading tons of free apps in no time!

Note: To download paid apps, you'll still need a Credit Card to make payment.

Step 1:
Open iTunes, Navigate your way to a free app and click on Free App.



Step 2:
A small window will pop asking you to sign in to your Apple ID. Click on to Create New Account here!



Step 3:
iTunes will guide you through to create an account. Click on Continue.



Step 4:
Read through the T&C, accept it then Continue.



Step 5:
Enter all the fields then click on Continue again...



Step 6:
And there you have it, Payment Method to select None. Cool eh?
Complete the fields here too and you'll be off with your Apple ID without a Credit Card used!



Special thanks to:
Alwyn for the Screenshots
and Alwyn for the Guide. xD

iPhone 4 Repair Manual by iFixit

iFixit guide to repair your iPhone4. If i have the extra cash I may just go ahead and try it out.

Nonetheless, do not try this unless you are a professional, have no choice, idiot, rich, crazy, etc... The list just keeps going.. xD

iFixit

How to Check the Bootrom, the Easier way.

Sn0wbreeze released a new software to check the bootrom your your iPhone. This software greatly saves time and makes it so simple to check the bootrom of your iPhone 3GS.

OR you could to the other Techy method HERE.

iDector is a real easy to use application to tell wheter or not your iPhone 3G[S] contains the New Bootrom or the Old bootrom.
Simply place your 3GS into DFU mode and click the button.

Devices Supported:

• iPhone 3GS

Download:

• Official (Mirror)

How to Add Repos/Sources to Cydia

These are step by step instructions on how to add the my repo to Cydia. You may have to follow these directions if my repo isn't already included in your list of sources.

Step One
Press to select Cydia from your Springboard.


Step Two
Press to select Manage from the tabs at the bottom of the screen.


Step Three
Press to select Sources from the menu that appears.


Step Four
Press the Edit button at the top right of the screen.


Step Five
Press the Add button that appears at the top left of the screen.


Step Six
Enter http://cydia.myrepospace.com/aLwYn/ as the source address then press the large Add Source button.


Step Seven
One the source has been added press the large Return to Cydia button at the bottom of the screen.


Step Eight
Press the Done button at the top right of the screen.


Step Nine
Notice my repo appears in the list of sources. Press it to view the packages currently available!


Note: Guide obtained from iClarified, edited by me.

How to Check the Bootrom or non-MC for 3GS or ipt2G.

What??? Don't know what it means?? let me break it down for you...

When Apple created the iPhone3GS the Bootrom was the same as iPhone3G thus able to jailbreak with the same exploit as the other iDevices, then came the new shipment of iPhone3GS with new Bootrom (iBoot-359.3.2) which gives the jailbreak community headaches..

As for the iPodtouch2G, same story... So, the important part here is to be able to tell the difference with the older model and the newer (more challenging) model.

iPodtouch2G: How to check?
Good: MBxxxxx; Bad: MCxxxxx

Settings->General->About->Model: MCxxxxx or MBxxxxx?

This is how you compare MC or non-MC model for the iPodtouch2G.

iPhone3GS: How to check?

Method 1:
You can determine your production week from the Serial number in your Setting->General->About screen.

The week number is usually the 4th and 5th digit of the serial number. eg. a SN beginning with 88926xxxxxx would be week 26 of 2009.

3Gs units made week 45 or later usually have the Newer bootrom. Before week 40 they usually have the Older one. Between weeks 40 and 45, results vary, use Method 2.

Method 2:
Good: iBoot-359.3; Bad: iBoot-359.3.2

Put your iPhone into DFU mode. (iClarified)

Using Windows:

• Go to Start->Control Panel->System->Hardware->Device Manager on your Windows machine.


• Look for 'Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller', you will find 'Apple Mobile Device USB Driver' as a subitem there.


• Right Click and choose 'Properties', navigate to 'Details' tab and select Device Instance Path from the dropdown list box. At the end of this information string, you will find the bootrom version, eg. [iBoot-359.x].

Using Mac:

• Open System Profiler and navigate to Hardware->USB in the left menu.


• In the USB Device Tree pane at top right, click on 'Apple Mobile Device (DFU Mode).'


• In the information pane at bottom right, locate the 'Serial Number' string. At the end of this information string, you will find the bootrom version, eg. ;iBoot-359.x].

After checking, remember to Hold Power + Home Button till the Apple logo appears.

How to Downgrade from iOS 4.0 to OS 3.1.2.

WOOHOO!! I was doing the stardard method to downgrade my iPhone3GS to OS 3.1.2 from iOS 4.0 when IT CRASHED!!!
Keeps giving the 1015 ERROR!!

Thankfully I remained calm by jumping up and down the walls of my room, i found a solution! (did alittle googling of cos xD)

Preparation:
Download OS 3.1.2 IPSW file and Redsn0w.
Files are provided below.

Its crucial that you follow these steps EXACTLY!

Here are the steps:

1. Right-click on to Notepad and select Run as Administrator.
2. Open the file C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts (Windows) or /etc/hosts (Mac OS X) and add the following entry to the bottom of the file.
74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com



Restore
———-
3. Connect your iPhone to the USB and put it into DFU mode. iTunes will display an alert stating you need to restore your device, click ok then on Mac: Hold option + click restore, on Windows: Hold Shift + click restore and navigate to your previously downloaded 3.1.2 FW.

4. After the restore finishes you should be hit with a 1015 error. That’s expected. Your phone should be in Recovery mode now and iTunes will tell you to restore again. Click OK then hold option + click on restore again – this time you do not have to go into DFU mode – and navigate to the 3.1.2 FW.

Jailbreak
———–
5. After the restore finishes again it’ll throw another 1015 error. That’s expected again. This time, just select OK and close iTunes. Open Redsn0w 0.9.4 and jailbreak as normal. Uncheck all the ticks while jailbreaking.

6. After the jailbreak is finalized your device should reboot and strange enough you successfully downgraded to 3.1.2.

-by Kamrul (edited by Me)

Redsn0w:

• Windows (Mirror)


• Mac OSX (Mirror)

OS 3.1.2:

• iPhone3G


• iPhone3GS


• iPodtouch3G

Sn0wbreeze Jailbreak for 3GS, 3G & ipt2G (Windows only).

Yes it's true you can now jailbreak your iPhone 3GS on windows!

Sn0wbreeze is a tool for Windows® that will jailbreak your iPods and iPhones, setup custom boot logos, activate your iPhone, root partition size, build custom IPSW, and more!





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Warning: Spirit Jailbreakers: Do Not Update while using the Spirit JB Exploit. Use RedSn0w, PwnageTool, or Sn0wBreeze to jailbreak first, and THEN you may use these new tools.

Requirements:

• iDevice must be already Jailbroken.


• Must not be Jailbroken with Spirit.

Device Supported:

• iPhone 3GS (old bootrom)


• iPhone 3G (might require DFU)


• iPod touch 2G (non MC model)

*NOTE: Not sure if you are non-MC or old bootrom? Check here or here.

In almost every case, you need to be previously jailbroken except for the 3G, but you must NOT be jailbroken with Spirit.

If you have already upgraded to iOS 4.0, don't worry! Just follow my guide

How to Downgrade from iOS 4.0 to OS 3.1.2.

Download:

• Official (Mirror)

Read more

TinyUmbrella Updated to Save iOS 4.0 SHSH Blobs.

Note: Jailbreak information have removed from front page, you can still find them in the Guides categories or HERE.

Update #1: TinyUmbrella updated to 4.00.19 (Links updated below).

TinyUmbrella has been updated to support iOS 4.0. You can now save your iOS 4 SHSH regardless of whether your iDevice is jailbroken. Links below.

iPhone4 owners - although I have preliminary support for iPhone4 iOS4 - you may have to rerun it after I get a hold of a restore session depending on what I find.
These devices have been tested with iTunes > 9. (Up to and including 9.2)

• iPhone 3GS


• iPod Touch 3G


• iPod Touch 2G


• iPad (No changes as 4.0 hasn't been released for iPad)

If you have an iPhone 3G you don't need to save your SHSH.
I recommend all iDevice users to follow these instructions by iClarified to ensure you can downgrade to iOS 4.0 in the future.
This applies to those who don't jailbreak as well.

Guides by iClarified:

• How to Backup Your SHSH Blobs Using Firmware Umbrella [Windows]


• How to Backup Your SHSH Blobs Using Firmware Umbrella [Mac]

Downloads:

• BETA: TinyUmbrella 4.00.19 [OSX] (Mirror)


• BETA: TinyUmbrella 4.00.19 [WIN] (Mirror)


• BUGGY: TinyUmbrella 4.00.06 [Linux]

Apple Posts iPhone iOS4 Guide.

Apple has recently posts an iPhone Guide to iOS4. It includes 244 pages and 28 chapters! Extremely detailed Guide from Apple.

You can download it from Apple or Mirror.
(To save on to your PC, right-click and Save link as... or Save target as...)

iTunes iOS 4.0 Update Slow?

Here are some ways you could update your iPhone/iPod touch to iOS 4.0:

1: Update via iTunes (kinda slow now that everyone is trying to get a piece of it).

2: Download the IPSW file and do a Restore via iTunes. (Faster method. Slightly more steps.)

1. Download IPSW file (aka iOS firmware) from the links below. Make sure you download for the correct device.


2. On iTunes,
   Windows :  Hold the Shift key and click Restore.
   Mac: Hold the Alt/Option key and click Restore.


3. Navigate to the IPSW file and click on Choose or Ok.


4. iTunes will now restore your device. This can take up to 10 minutes. Once done, you'll be rebooted to iOS 4.0.

iClarified (Fast):
iPhone3G, iPhone3GS , iPhone4, iPodtouch2G & iPodtouch3G

Felixbruns (Normal):
iPhone3G, iPhone3GS, iPhone4, iPodtouch2G & iPodtouch3G.

PwnageTool Jailbreak for 3GS, 3G & ipt2G (Mac only)

About 4 hours ago (while i was still sleeping),
iPhone Dev-Team released a Jailbreak tool for the iPhone 3GS! How quick is that? FYI, the Jailbreak tool is only for the Mac (sad thing for us on Windows).

Update #1 (7:56am): Jailbreak Guide by iClarified released (below).
Update #2 (3:08pm): Guide for iPhone 3G.
Update #3 (4:49pm): PwnageTool 4.0 Updated to PwnageTool 4.01 (links updated).
Updare #4 (24/6 10:57am): Guide for iPod touch 2G.

PwnageTool 4.01 Release Info

NB: With PwnageTool 4.01 certain devices are not supported this is because they are not supported in iOS 4.0 or they are not supported by our software. We’re working on ways to get past these restrictions.

• iPhone 2G - not supported


• iPod Touch - not supported


• iPod Touch 3G - not supported

PwnageTool 4.01 only recognizes the official IPSWs that came out yesterday. If you had developer access to the “4.0 GM” IPSWs, do not try to use those.

iPhone 3GS

Summary: Currently, PwnageTool only works on previously jailbroken 3GS devices with the old bootrom.

• If you have a Jailbroken iPhone 3GS with the OLD BOOTROM and you DID NOT use Spirit to jailbreak then you can create the ipsw with PwnageTool 4.0 and restore with your jailbroken recovery mode.


• If you have an iPhone 3GS with the NEW BOOTROM this is NOT supported by PwnageTool 4.01

iPhone 3G

• If you have a Jailbroken iPhone 3G at 3.1.2 (but not jailbroken with Spirit) then you should create the ipsw with PwnageTool 4.01 and restore from recovery mode or DFU mode.


• If you have an out of the box iPhone 3G you should restore using a PwnageTool 4.01 ipsw using DFU mode.


• If you have a Jailbroken 3.1.3 iPhone 3G it is very possible that this can fail from recovery mode, if this failure happens you will need to restore using DFU mode.


• As an alternative to PwnageTool, you can use Redsn0w on iPhone 3G (on both Windows and Mac).

IMPORTANT! Whenever you need to enter DFU mode, you will need to do so using PwnageTool.

iPod touch 2G

• If you have an iPod touch 2G (non-MC model) that is jailbroken (but not with Spirit) then you can restore using recovery mode.


• As an alternative to PwnageTool, you can use Redsn0w on non-MC iPod Touch 2G (on both Windows and Mac).

Baseband Unlock

• As you probably know by now, ultrasn0w has been updated to cover all basebands from 04.26.08 onward. Many thanks to @sherif_hashim for finding the crashing command that the new ultrasn0w 0.93 uses! He worked hard at finding the crash, and he kept it confidential until the right time to use it.


• Major props to @oranav (who found the earlier +xlog crash). He also had this crashing command!


• iPhone 3G and 3GS baseband unlockers (those who rely on ultrasn0w to make phone calls) should always be very wary to update their firmware, however our Ultrasn0w application will unlock all recent (including the current) 3GS and 3G baseband firmware versions. Once you are jailbroken using PwnageTool 4.01, install ultrasn0w from Cydia and you’ll be unlocked.


• Remember! This baseband unlock situation is rare, should you upgrade your iPhone blindly at the next iOS release please don’t expect an unlock - but for now you are OK (whatever state your baseband is in).

Download

• Official link (Bittorrent)


• Mirror

Jailbreak Guide by iClarified:

• How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.0]


• How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3G Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.0]


• How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.0]

Redsn0w Jailbreak for 3G & ipt2G (PC & Mac)

The iPhone Dev-Team released a beta Jailbreak for the iPhone3G and iPod Touch 2G.

Update #1 (1:06pm): Jailbreak guide released by iClarified (Mac only for now) below.
Update #2 (1:23pm): For Windows too.
Update #3 (23/06 10:07am): There’s a new redsn0w beta (links were updated below) that should fix any iBooks problems people were seeing. Just run this new version 0.9.5b5-4 and deselect Cydia (you don’t want to reinstall Cydia over itself).
Update #4 (30/06 8:28am): There’s a new redsn0w beta (links were changed below) that should fix any APN or MMS issues that users were seeing. It’s safe to re-run it on an already jailbroken iPhone without restoring… Just deselect “Install Cydia” if you do that.

redsn0w beta has been updated to hacktivate iOS 4.0 for iPhone3G (in addition to jailbreaking the iPhone3G and iPod Touch 2G).



Requirements:

• iTunes 9.2


• iPhone3G and iPodTouch2G (for now)


• Windows & Mac OSX


• iOS 4.0 only (for now)

The download links for redsn0w 0.9.5b5-5 are:

• Mac OSX (Mirror)


• Windows (Mirror)

For now, the redsn0w beta release supports only the iPhone3G and iPod Touch 2G at today’s 4.0. It’s still a beta, so you’ll need to let Cydia reorganize, reload, and update after using redsn0w.

Jailbreak guides by iClarified:

• How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.0]


• How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.0]


• How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]


• How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2G Using RedSn0w (Mac) [4.0]

Useful Guides..

Here are some guides i've made, i tried to make them as simple to understand and to follow.. the videos are based in YouTube & MetaCafe, unless i can find a better outlet it'll be uploaded there.. :D

My YouTube Channel.

My MetaCafe Channel.

[HQ] aL's Guide to Creating your own iPhone Ringtones for free.

• YouTube.


• MetaCafe.

[HQ] aL's Guide to Custom SMS tones on iPhone.

• YouTube.


• MetaCafe.

[HQ] aL's Guide to Add Podulo.us to your iPhone/iTouch.

• YouTube.


• MetaCafe.

[HQ] aL's Guide to change your iPhone's Root password.

• YouTube.


• MetaCafe.

[HQ] aL's Guide to Spirit jailbreak your iPhone/iTouch.

• YouTube.


• MetaCafe.

[HQ] aL's Guide to Backup Songs from your iPhone/iTouch.

• YouTube.


• MetaCafe.

[HQ] aL's Guide to Accessing iPhone/iTouch using WinSCP and OpenSSH.

• YouTube.


• MetaCafe.