It’s no secret that I love using MyWi to share the 3G connection on my jailbroken iPhone. I was thus disappointed to discover that my phone had stopped connecting to the internet after using MyWi — and the only way to fix it was to re-boot.
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Yesterday when I popped into my Dropbox to grab a file that I hadn’t needed in awhile, it wasn’t there. In fact, there were lots of files missing. Uh-oh. A number of these were critical files that would take forever to replace.
Last night, while trying to update my iPad to the lastest and greatest version of iOS, I ran into a problem. For starters, iTunes crashed while installing the update. I thus had to put my iPad into recovery mode and try again. But then I got stuck.
So you decided to jailbreak your iPhone, and you’ve been loving your newfound freedom. But now there’s a new iOS update out along with an associated jailbreak. You want to upgrade, but aren’t sure how… What to do?
As I noted in my previous post about jailbreaking your iPhone, the only real hassle associated with jailbreaking is having to re-install all of your jailbreak apps after you upgrade and re-jailbreak. Well, guess what? There’s “an app for that.”
For the past year or so, I’ve been using Backblaze for online backups. I also backup files locally using TimeMachine and a big external hard drive, but I want an offsite solution in case of a local catastrophe.
One of the most frequent recommendations that you’ll read when it comes to jailbreaking your iPhone or iPod Touch is to back it up first. Before you begin, it’s important to distinguish between synchronization and backing up.
If you ever mess up your iPhone or iPod to the point that you need to restore it and start from scratch, you’ll need to put it into “Recovery Mode.” Start by powering it down — simply hold the home button for 5 seconds and move the slider to the right.