Monthly Archives: July 2013

3G Speed Comparison iPhone3G, iPhone4S and Samsung Galaxy S

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Hi All
This video will show you a 3G Speed Comparison iPhone3G, iPhone4S and Samsung Galaxy S.
One of the 123 my IT readers asked me what the performance is like for the iPhone 3G running the Whited00r 6 firmware. So I did a quick test on 3 phones iPhone3G, iPhone4S and Samsung Galaxy S.
I used the Speedtest.net app from ookla.

SpeedTest App

The Speedtest app doesn’t work for the out dated iPhone 3G phone, however I was able to get it working by installing the Whited00r firmware. You can see the video on how to install Whited00r here.
The Speedtest app was available in Time Machine.
Time Machine App Market

Results
iPhone 3G Ping 369ms, Download 0.63 Mbps, Upload 0.01 Mbps. So performance on the old iPhone 3G was sluggish to say the least. The performance might because the phone is quite old or that the latency of the phone slows the 3G performance down. While the signal might not be strong in the place where I am testing the phones the iPhone 4S fairs much better.

Samsung Galaxy S Ping 70ms, Download 1.651 Mbps, Upload 1.12 Mbps. As you can see there is a marked improvement on the speed of both the download and uploads on between the old iPhone 3G and the Samsung Galaxy.

iPhone 4S Ping 54ms, Download 2.16 Mbps, Upload 1.03 Mbps. The iPhone 4S has a faster Ping as well as a bit quicker on the downloads compared to the Samsung Galaxy S.

The performance seems pretty normal given the age between the phones. I guess you can tell from this guide that the iPhone 3G would be next to useless when trying to browse the internet via 3G.

How to bind a Mac to an Active directory or Open directory domain

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Hi Guys
This video will show you how to bind a Mac to an Active directory or Open directory domain. You would need this when you are in a workplace environment.
Cheers

How to Change the Computer Name of your Mac

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Hi All
If you have purchased a second hand Mac and had a hand me down from a family member. The Mac may still hold the Computer Name that the previous owner had entered when they initially configured the Mac.
The video above shows you how to change the computer and also shows you how to add the computer into the Finder sidebar.

Step 1. Go into the Apple menu, and click on System Preferences.
System Preferences
Step 2. In the System Preferences menu click on Sharing.
Mac Sharing
Step 3. In the top of the Sharing window you will see Computer Name followed by the current name of the Mac.
Computer Name
Step 4. Delete the Computer Name and type what ever name you would like the Mac to be.

Once you have changed your Computer name if you would like to display your MacBook in the Finder Sidebar do the following.
Step 1. Click on Finder and then Preferences.
Finder Preferences
Step 2. Click on the Sidebar Tab across the top of the Finder Preferences Window.
Then down the bottom of the Window out a tick beside the Name of your Mac. Close you Window and your Mac will now appear in your Finder Sidebar.
To see it click Go then Computer.
Finder Sidebar

I hope that helps out.
Good luck 🙂

How to unbrick Samsung Galaxy Nexus, GT-I9250, GT-I9100G, GT-I9300 and S3 GT-I9300

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HI Guys
In my travels I came across a great website which allows you to unbrick or get out of the dreaded black screen of death on your Samsung Nexus or Galaxy S3 phone. This will work for the following models.

GT-i9250, GT-I9100G, GT-I9300 and the S3 GT-i9300. So I thought I would share it with my website users to help them out if they have a broken their Samsung phone.

I will quote the comments

For galaxy S3 GT-i9300, please carefully read this:
* Euro/Asian models are based on 4 core Samsung Exynos 4412 CPU
* JTAG access in all i9300 phones is DISABLED (password protected)and password is not available (yet).
* Repair procedure for bricked phones is performed via SD card

I have also added the direct download links below.

GT-I9250:
Just execute *.bat file from this package.
Installing drivers first would be pretty smart idea too.

Flash_Tuna.zip

i9100G phones which have ID 0xFFFFFFFE, download this archive, unpack and run *.bat file from root folder:

OMAPFlash-1229-2ndlastt.rar

For more details on what to do with the files check the link below.
gsmhosting

How to install Viber on iPhone 3G Fully Working

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NOTE: Make sure you backup your data. Whited00r firmware can be installed on iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPod Touch 1G and iPod Touch 2G.

Hi All
This video shows you how to install Viber on iPhone 3G running the Whited00r 6 firmware. The Whited00r firmware allows you to get some more use out of your old iPhone 3G since Apple has stopped supporting the device.
In the App Time Machine you will find loads of other great working apps, so its really worth a look. Make sure you backup your data first before you go trying to install the firmware.
You can install Viber and other apps without having to install the Whited00r customer firmware. You can check out the other video on install Viber on iPhone 3g here.
And you can find the Viber app under downloads section here.

Step 1. Download the Whited00r 6 firmware from the downloads section here.

Step 2. Once the Whited00r firmware has been downloaded, you will need to hold down the shift or ALT key depending on if you are using Windows or a Mac.
Alt + Shift Key

Step 3. Go into the app market to install Viber on iPhone 3G. Once in the App Market go into Time Machine. Scroll down to Social Networking and Viber. Then scroll back to the top and tap install.

Step 4. Once Viber is downloaded and installed you should have the icon on the App Menu of you iPhone.

Step 5. Enjoy using Viber and a host of other free apps on your iPhone 3G. The great thing about Whited00r is it allows you to get some use out of your iPhone 3G.

If you need more information on Whited00r 6 firmware or Installation you can find it on the Whited00r website here.

Good Luck 🙂

How to backup and install Instagram on iPhone 3g 4.2.1

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NOTE: You need to jailbreak your iPhone first. To do so you can watch my video on how to jailbreak iPhone 3G here.

Hi All
A quick video on how to backup and install Instagram on a iPhone 3G. This video shows you how to install the Instagram and other Apps directly through iTunes.
Good Luck 🙂

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How to redeem an iTunes gift card on an iPhone

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Hi All,
I’ve had a few people who cant seem to find the combined video on how to add an iTunes gift card to your iPhone or iPad, so I have made two separate videos on how to do so.

Step 1.Open App Store and make sure your have an internet connection.
Step 2.Scroll to the very bottom of the App Store and press Redeem.
Step 3.Scratch the grey sticker on the back of your iTunes card and enter the code in the redeem code section on your iPhone.
iTunes Gift Card
Step 4.Press done then press Redeem and you will be prompted for an Apple Id.
Step 5.Enter the Apple Id that you want to redeem the code to and you are done!!!

So easy!! 🙂

Good luck

How to redeem an iTunes gift card on an iPad

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Hi All,
I’ve had a few people who cant seem to find the combined video on how to add an iTunes gift card to your iPhone or iPad, so I have made two separate videos on how to do so.

Step 1.Open App Store and make sure your have an internet connection.
Step 2.Scroll to the very bottom of the App Store and press Redeem.
Step 3.Scratch the grey sticker on the back of your iTunes card and enter the code in the redeem code section on your iPad.
iPad Gift Card Redeem
Step 4.Press done then press Redeem and you will be prompted for an Apple Id.
Step 5.Enter the Apple Id that you want to redeem the code to and you are done!!!

So easy!! 🙂

Good luck