iOS 9 Feature Rip-Offs

If you've watched the Apple WWDC Keynote for 2015, then you'll notice some of the new features that Apple introduced for iOS 9. If you're also a Windows Phone user, then you'll notice some blatantly obvious ripped-off features from WP8.1 in iOS 9.

So let's start.

The Notes App Rip-Offs

Link to the Notes section in the keynote
The iOS 9 notes app is mimicking the Windows Phone "OneNote" app as much as possible. But that's just an opinion - the recently introduced features reinforces this, but what's the point of complaining. Here's some actual content.

University of Sydney Timetable Exporter (Sync with iPhone, Google Calendar)

Link to Web App: https://www.extramaster.net/USyd/timetableExporter/

If you're ever lost and don't know when your next lecture, practical, lab, or tutorial will be in, or in fact where it even is, then this web application will help simply the process of managing your time at the University of Sydney.

iOS supports this web application natively through Safari, and so you can add your timetable automatically with two taps of a finger after you've submitted your credentials to login.

The instructions for iOS assume that you're using iOS Safari, however, if you're on a PC/Mac, and want to sync your timetable with your iPhone, then you can send the generated ics file via email to your iPhone, and you're all set!

With Google Calendar, you can sync this calendar with your Android device. So, by extension, this web application supports Android devices as well (although it hasn't been tested)!

Outlook (tested with Outlook 2013) works, but to a degree. Your timetable will be imported but your times will be off by an hour, due to timezone/daylight savings issues. iOS and Google Calendar do not have this daylight savings issue.

Link to Web App: https://www.extramaster.net/USyd/timetableExporter/

deMobilify

Recently, I got sick of having to deal with mobile webpages when I bookmarked a link on my phone to read on a desktop computer.
The interface works well on mobile where you've got low screen estate, but on a desktop computer, mobile websites are absolute torture!!

Fortunately, sites like vimeo and youtube automatically deal with the smartphone vs desktop issue and redirect you to your correct destination, but how about Wikipedia?
Sites that refuse to give in and automatically redirect you to your desired non-mobile website are annoying.

and this Google Chrome extension seeks to solve that.

It works passively in the background; no data is transmitted when using this extension and you have pretty much nothing to lose when installing it.

And allows you to make full use of the desktop versions of websites, and not plain old crappy mobile websites..

Install it here! https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/demobilify/bpipmbekabalflpojmlifpoelndhfhpe

2013 Apple Event Countdown (iPhone 5S, 5C reveal)

Apple is expected to announce the launch of a new generation of it's flagship product, the iPhone - speculated to be called the "iPhone 5S", it is said to contain features and specs which matches those of a Samsung Galaxy S4, once again an attempt by Apple to strengthen Apple's position in a mobile market in which a new era of Android devices now dominates.

Furthermore, it is rumoured that an iPhone 5C would be released alongside the iPhone 5S, namely as either a "Cheaper" alternative to the standard iPhone or as one specifically designed for use in China - an emerging market for mass-produced smartphones.

iOS 7 Beta 1 Compass Fix

As a beta, iOS 7 is amazing, however, there are quite a few issues that will be hopefully resolved in the final version of iOS 7.
The compass app may not work on your iPhone as it may get stuck on "Complete the circle to calibrate" whenever you open up the compass...

iOS 7 Beta 2 Download Links + Install Guide

iOS 7 has been released!

Update iTunes to iTunes 11.1 and connect your iPhone, if iTunes does not recognise your phone then follow these instructions:

1. Right-click the Apple iPhone, Apple iPad, or Apple iPod entry in Device Manager and choose Update Driver from the shortcut menu.
2. Click "Browse my computer for driver software."
3. Click "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer."
4. Click the Have Disk button. (If the Have Disk option is not present, choose a device category such as Mobile Phone or Storage Device if listed, and click next. The Have Disk button should then appear.)
5. In the "Install from Disk" dialog, click the Browse button.
6. Use this window to navigate to the following folder: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers.
7. Double-click the "usbaapl.ini" file. (This file will be called "usbaapl64.ini" if you have a 64-bit version of Windows. If you don't see "usbaapl64" here, or if there is no Drivers folder, look in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers. instead).
8. Click OK in the "Install from Disk" dialog.
9. Click Next and finish the driver-installation steps. Open iTunes to verify that the device is recognized properly.

Source: https://discussions.apple.com/message/23018206#23018206

Then just update your iPhone from iTunes like a normal iOS update (iTunes should notify you about it)

Oh and here are the ipsws for iOS 7.0.2:

iPhone 5S GSM – iPhone6,1_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 5S Global – iPhone6,2_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 5C GSM – iPhone5,3_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 5C Global – iPhone5,4_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 5 (All Others) – iPhone5,2_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 5 (AT&T/Canada) – iPhone5,1_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 4s – iPhone4,1_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 4 GSM (Rev A) – iPhone3,2_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 4 GSM – iPhone3,1_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 4 CDMA – iPhone3,3_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPad 4 CDMA – iPad3,6_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPad 4 GSM – iPad3,5_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPad 4 WiFi – iPad3,4_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPad mini CDMA – iPad2,7_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPad mini GSM – iPad2,6_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPad mini WiFi – iPad2,5_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPad 3 WiFi – iPad3,1_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPad 3 GSM – iPad3,3_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPad 3 CDMA – iPad3,3_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPad 2 Wi-Fi (Rev A) – iPad2,4_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPad 2 Wi-Fi – iPad2,1_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPad 2 GSM – iPad2,2_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPad 2 CDMA – iPad2,3_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw
iPod touch 5G – iPod5,1_7.0.2_11A501_Restore.ipsw

Original Post

Not an Apple developer but want to test out the latest and shinest iOS version, iOS 7?
The following post contains download links for various versions of the latest iOS 7 Beta, iOS 7 Beta 2:
Scroll down for links for the iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Mini 1, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 and the iPod Touch 4th Gen iOS 7 Beta 2 firmware.

Campus Life Hack [no jailbreak required]

This post was intended to showcase the flaw for a short period of time (while it was still exploitable) and no-longer works on newer Campus Life versions

Yesterday, I received a very unwelcoming message on Game Center.

How to delete photos off an iPhone with Windows 7/8

If you own an iPhone or pretty much any iDevice and ever had a need to clear out the Photo Roll (also known as the "Photo App"), you might find that you're unable to delete everything off the phone at once though Apple's inbuilt app.

This is because you cannot directly delete folders, such as the "Camera Roll" fold off an iPhone, instead doing so individually.

To delete photos off an iPhone however, you first plug the device into a computer and delete photos in batch.

Which are the following steps:

1. Visit "My Computer"/"This PC".
2. Select the device of which you want to delete files from.
3. Navigate to the hard drive directory called "Internal Storage".
4. Navigate to the folder called "DCIM".
5. And there will be a collection of folders of which you would have to perform the step below in each and every one of them:
   • Press Control+A to select all the images from each of the folder and press the "Delete" key in order to delete them.

There is considerable benefit to using the baked-in method of deleting files of the iDevice as opposed to an external solution, as instead of having to rely on external software or software downloads alongside the hassle of spending money on spammy software, all the functionality that you require in order to delete photos are there on your computer already.

This technique works with the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus.

And also with the iPod Touch 2nd Generation, iPod Touch 4th Generation, iPod Touch 5th Generation

Alongside the Original iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, The New iPad, The iPad Air, and the iPad Air 2.

Oh. And it's more obvious in Mac OS X: