iOS4 OTA Rumour Allows Carrier to Lock Phones and More

So there is an article on addictivetips.com about the iOS 4 have support for OTA (Over the Air) access to iPhones that would potentiality allow Carriers to force locks on your iPhone. You can read the full article here.  Anyways, after it was posted all over Twitter, @MuscleNerd posted a couple of responses.

MuscleNerd: Common sense (and simple code inspection) shows that “leak” by “Alpha” about iPhone4 OTA re-locking to be silly FUD. – Link

MuscleNerd: How would AT&T send *any* OTA command to an iPhone4 on T-Mobile Rest of the silly “leak” goes downhill from there  - Link

MuscleNerd: For anyone who cares to inspect the iPhone4 baseband, it’s right there unencrypted (but zipped) in the iPhone4 ipsw – Link

The source of the story is an Apple iPhone Developer that they reference n the article as “Alpha”. The full article can be found here. Enjoy!

iPhone 4 User Reported Screen Defect and Possible Reception Bug?

So there are a bunch of people that just got their brand new iPhone 4 in the mail early! Congrats! I’m so Jealous, nothing like new hardware to brighten the next couple of weeks. Back on topic. Some people are reporting issues with the Retina Display showing a yellowish/brownish haze on the bottom. Here’s a screenshot from Apple Insider

As you can see, it looks kinda strange and not really something that you expect when shelling out some decent coin. Or rather renewing your contract and shelling out half the coin of a full priced phone $699 CAD for us Canadians. Supposedly the same issue occurred with the early adopters of the iPhone 3G, which Apple later confirmed that it was a decision to have the color tint. So we shall see what the outcome will be after everyone gets their iPhone 4 and if you can return it for a none yellowish/brownish lower right hand corner.

While we’re still talking about defects, remember how the iPhone 4 Antenna was around the case. Well it looks like people have had issues with holding the iPhone 4 in a certain way that changes how many bars are displayed. Although they’re still able to make calls, some even touch both fingers on the outside casing and the bars will start showing a lower signal. Apple has stated this is a bug and will be fixed.

You can read the full article at Apple Insider.

UPDATE #1: A user by the name of austingaijin on the ApplieInsider forum who pitched the bonding agent to Apple. Says that FoxConn has been producing the phones so fast that the bonding agent hasn’t had a chance to evaporate properly. He says this is what’s causing the haze and it should eventually fade away with more use of the phone. You can read the article on the AppleInsider website here.

 

iPhone 4 back collects minor scratches

I don’t know if this is a defect or just because people are being a little rough with their new iPhone 4. But new adopters are reporting that the back of the iPhone 4 is show signs of little scratches. Here is an image care of Apple Insider.

Granted, its not that bad since its only the back. But I’m sure lots of people are not too happy that this is happening to a very expensive device already. More information at Apple Insider, Engadget and iPhone in Canada.

iMovie Now Available for iPhone 4

Apples has released iMovie in the AppStore for $4.99, just in time for launch. This applications lets you create and edit HD movies from your phone. So be sure to check it out. Here’s the full description.

Make beautiful HD movies anywhere with iMovie, the fun, feature-rich video editing app for iPhone 4. Create a video postcard of your day at the beach and publish it to the web — without ever leaving your spot in the sand. Or make a movie of your child’s birthday party and send it to your parents — while the party is in full swing. With iMovie for iPhone, you can start several projects and finish them whenever you want and wherever you are.

Made for Multi-Touch.
• Tap to add or record video right into your project.
• Drag to trim the lengths of video clips and photos.
• Pinch to zoom the timeline and get a closer look.
• Slide to scrub through the video in your project.

Give it a theme.
• Choose from a selection of themes including Modern, Bright, Travel, Playful, and News.
• Each theme includes a matching set of titles and transitions – plus its own soundtrack.
• Instantly change themes or swap themed elements in your project.
• Titles and graphics automatically update with location data from your video.

Add music and photos.
• Select from included music that matches each iMovie theme, or select from your own song library.
• Enable ducking to automatically lower the volume of background music and highlight audio from video clips.
• Add photos from your own library, or take a picture and drop it into your project.
• Customize each photo with a unique “Ken Burns” panning effect.

Share your movie.
• Export your movie in one of three sizes: Medium, Large, or HD.
• Share your movie on the web in a MobileMe gallery or on YouTube.
• Send your movie to friends and family in an email or via an MMS message.
• Easily sync your movie back to your computer.

Download iMovie (iTunes Link)

Guide to Fix 1604, 1600 Errors in iTunes when doing a Firmware Restore.

Redmondpie.com has a Guide on how to fix the 1604 and 1600 errors when trying to restore the iOS 4 custom firmware made in PwnageTool/redsn0w/sn0wbreeze. Check it out at the following link.

Fix 1604, 1600 Error During iOS 4 Custom Firmware Restore in Tunes

Guide to Save your iOS4 SHSH Blobs (ECID SHSH) using TinyUmbrella

There is another well laid out guide by Redmondpie.com which outlines how to save your SHSH Blobs for your new iOS4 Firmware on Mac or Windows. This will come in handy if you need to downgrade, however it looks like these might not be required. The full guide is at the following link.

Save SHSH Blobs (ECID SHSH) of iOS 4 on Windows and Mac

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