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iTunes 9.2

Here is what apple writes about the 9.2 iTunes:

iTunes 9.2 comes with several new features and improvements, including:

• Sync with iPhone 4 to enjoy your favorite music, movies, TV shows, books and more on-the-go

• Album artwork improvements make artwork appear more quickly when exploring your library

Here are some stuff they didn’t mention:

• The whole library of Music, Videos, Apps and more have more ways of being divided (Genres and Composures in music, Genres and “Unwatched” in videos and more!)

• An option to increase and decrease the size of the apps/movies/songs icon’s in your library.

• The iPod summery is built much better with a nice iPod picture.

• There is a lot new stuff you can check out for yourself which I didn’t mention.

Should I upgrade?

Yes I do advise to upgrade to this much better and more convenient version on iTunes. The download takes some time but it’s worth it.

Popularity: 18% [?]

IPod Touch Bluetooth

Description:

How to make the most out of your iPod’s Bluetooth.

Steps:

Transferring Files:

1) Go to Cydia/Rock and download “iBlueNova”.

2) Next “Enable” the “Rapid Switches” so you can transfer files via Bluetooth.

3) Select the Picture, Song, Video or any other file you want to send by opening the file and pressing on the sending icon.

4) Press the refresh button at the top right to search for Bluetooth devices around you (Nokia, Sony Ericsson, iPhones etc.)

5) Select the device you want to send the file to, press on it and wait for the file to fully transfer.

Chatting:

1) Go to iTunes and download “BTChat” (Free).

2) Press on the connect button and a window will pop up asking to turn on Bluetooth.

3) After you turn on Bluetooth it will search for nearby iPhones and iPod Touches.

4) When it finds one just press on it, and when it totally connects you’ll be able to send messages via Bluetooth.

Important Rules:

1) “iBluenova” is a paid app to learn how to get it for free click here.

2) Some files you transfer to Non-Apple devices may not work because of there unique format (like ringtones which Sonny Ericsson devices can’t read).

3) This article is for iPod Touches with 3.0 < firmware (Bluetooth was added on 3.0 firmware).

4) This may not work for iPod Touch 1G.

5) Enjoy!

Popularity: 17% [?]

IPod Touch PDF

Description:

How to download, read and make PDF files for Jailbroken and non-Jailbroken devices.

Steps:

Non-Jailbroken Devices

1)   Go to iTunes and download “PDF Pro” or “PDFReader”.

2)   There are two ways to download PDF files now:

A) Browse for the file in Google and download it or just    type in the URL of the file.

B) The program will give you and address which when  you’ll visit it you’ll be able to upload any PDF file from your computer to your device (Wi-Fi).

3)   Read the PDF file on those programs!!!

Jailbroken Devices

1) Download iFile from Rock or Cydia.

2) When finding a PDF file on Safari press the download button (red) and got to downloads (at the bottom) and wait for the download to finish.

3) When download finishes press on the file and choose “Open in iFile”.

4) You can view the PDF file on iFile as a PDF viewer or web viewer.

Popularity: 22% [?]

IPod Touch YouTube

Description:

Here are some ways to download YouTube videos straight to your iPod.

Steps:

Non Jailbroken Idevices

1)   Go to iTunes and download “iWoopie” (free app!!!).

2)   Go to the iWoopie app and search for any YouTube/Dailymotion video and press on the arrow to the right of the video.

3)   Hit the download button and press “Yes” on add selected videos to download list.

4)   Go to “Download” to see the progression of your download.

5)   To watch the movies you downloaded go to “Download” and press on the movie you want to watch.

Jailbroken Idevices

1)   Go to Rock/Cydia and download MxTube/aTube or yourtube.

2)   Search for the video that you want to download and download it (High/Low quality).

3)   When you finish you can see the video on “Videos”.

Important Rules:

1) The speed of the download depends on your Wi-Fi’s strength.

2) You can’t watch the video ’till it’s fully downloaded!!!

Popularity: 12% [?]

IPod Touch Hotmail

Description:

How to get hotmail on your iPod (without going using Safari of course).

Steps:

Regular Mail

1)   Go to settings-mail-add accounts and press “Other” (hotmail).

2)   Enter your account information and submit it.

3)   You have  Hotmail on your IPod Touch!

Hotmail Apps:

1)   Go to the AppStore (iTunes) and download “mailpro” or “mBoxMail” (Paid apps).

2)   Enter your account information etc.

3)   You have hotmail on your IPod touch!!!

Important Rules:

1)   The usual mail you get with your iPod touch is not very compatible with hotmail. That is why the apps above are very useful.

2)   You can get the apps above for free (your choice, not recommended) with this guide.

Popularity: 20% [?]

Phone Calls from IPod Touch!

Description:

A guide on how to make Phone calls from your iPod touch using Skype (Wi-Fi required).

Important Rules:

*You’ll need a microphone or headphones with a built in mic to be able to make phone calls.

* “Skype to phone” only works once per user! Which means you’ll need to make a user each time you want to call (Without paying), that’s why it’s easier to do “Skype to Skype”

Steps:

Skype to Phone:

1) Download Skype from iTunes (Free).

2) Make a Skype account (You can make up everything even the mail)(pic).

3) At the bottom of the Skype page there are 5 options, press the “call” button.

4) Enter your country code, area code and then the number you want to call.

Skype to Skype:

1) Download Skype from iTunes (Free).

2) Make a Skype account.

3) Add a friend in contacts and press the call button on his profile.

Popularity: 19% [?]

Must have Rock/Cydia apps

Apps:

1) Winterboard: The theme application (link).

2) Sbsettings: Extra settings which are accessible anywhere with a swipe threw your banner.

3) Backrounder: Multitask! \this is like minimize! To make it more efficient download-Proswitcher/Multiflow/ Kirikae. 

4) Categories: Build files and put your apps in there!

5) Installous (+appsync): Download apps straight to your device.

6) Mxtube/Atube/Yourtube: Download videos straight from Youtube.

7) Dtunes: This app is necessary for ant Music/Movie/Torrent download.

lockdown/iprotect: Lock specific apps!

9) Overboard/ orbit: Switch easily threw your device’s pages.

10) Inspell: Corrects your spelling

11) Action menu: Gives more option while pressing when you’re writing.

12) Memtool: See your Device’s processes and be able to “clean” them.  

13) MyWi: The perfect Wi-Fi application! (+Tethered Wi-Fi).

14) Open SSH (+toggleSSH): Access your Idevice files from the computer.

15) IFile: See all the content of your files on your iPod.

16) Searcher: A search which searches more in-depth.

17) Mobile terminal: A tool to build systems on your IDevice.

18) Popup Blocker: Block ads!!!

19) LogoMe: Change your “Boot” logo to your own picture.

20) Intelliscreen: See Mail, Calendar, News and more on your Lockscreen.

Impotant Rules:

1) All the apps above can be downloaded for free! (Rock/Cydia Apps for free)

2) ENJOY!!!

Popularity: 34% [?]

Apptrackr

Description:

Hcakulous finished transferring appulo.us and Installous into a new website (apptrackr.org). Which means the troll bridge is off, and you can download cracked apps easily.

What’s new?

Apptrackr.org

1)   The website became much bigger with more categories (like “Random Top Apps” “Top Rank Gains” etc).

2)   Many more apps to download

3)   The search engine is better: A) It’s much faster. B) You can do more specific searches.

4)   When you click on an app you’ll see it’s ranking in the categories it belongs to.

5)   It looks much better!

Installous

1)   It’s much faster then before, and downloads are also faster.

2)   More categories to look in.

3)   Looks much better.

Impotant Rules:  

1) Installous and apptrackr are only useful if you download appsync from the hackulo.us source (guide).

Popularity: 23% [?]

How to downgrade your iPod’s firmware back to 3.1.2

Description:

This guide will show you how to lower your iPod’s firmware if you upgraded it by mistake (so you can jailbreak it).

Steps:

1) Download the custom firmware you want to be on (for 3.1.2 firmware— http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FPENA9A0 ).

2) Backup your iPod on iTunes by right clicking it, and clicking backup (Wait till it finishes).

3) Get your iPod into DFU mode. When iTunes opens, hold shift then click the restore button and a browse window will open. Find your custom 3.1.2 firmware and open it. When you finish installing the firmware register your iPod as a new iPod without restoring old backups.

Your iPod is now on 3.1.2 firmware and you can jailbreak it with blackra1n!

P.S: If this doesn’t work wait for the next Jailbreak to come out

Popularity: 28% [?]

ITunes 9.0.3 (update)

Does it delete the jailbreak?

No it does not delete the jailbreak! But if you upgrade your iPod touch firmware it will delete your jailbreak.

What’s new?

• ITunes no longer ignores your “Remember password for purchases” setting.
• Addresses problems with syncing some Smart Playlists and Podcasts with iPod.
• Resolves a problem recognizing when iPod is connected.
• Addresses issues that affect stability and performance.

ITunes 9 comes with many new features and improvements, including:

• An improved look and feel, including a new Column Browser for easily browsing your artists or albums, movies, TV shows, and more.

• ITunes Store has a brand new look, with improved navigation for quick and easy exploration.

• ITunes LP and iTunes Extras create unique experiences that feature exclusive interviews, videos, photos, and more — available with select album and movie purchases on the iTunes Store.

• Home Sharing helps you manage your family’s iTunes collection between computers in your home. iTunes can automatically transfer new purchases, or you can choose just the items you want.

• Genius Mixes are created for you by iTunes and play songs from your library that go great together.

• IPod and iPhone syncing now allows you to organize your iPhone and iPod touch home screens directly in iTunes. Syncing is now also more flexible, allowing you to sync individual artists, genres, or TV show and Podcast episodes.

• ITunes U items are now organized into their own section in your iTunes library.

• Sync with iPod nano (5th generation), iPod classic (Fall 2009), and iPod touch (Fall 2009).

• iTunes 9 also includes many other improvements, such as HE-AAC encoding and playback, more flexibility with Smart Playlists rules, simpler organization of your media files inside an iTunes Media folder, and more.

Popularity: 11% [?]