Now that Apple has so generously removed my ability (for now) to install, run and delete applications on my iPhone with the release of firmware 1.1.1, I really miss them. It will only be a matter of time before someone figures out how to break the new encryption and get our 3rd party apps up and running. So, in the meantime, we are left with basically what we started with…custom apps through the web.
I figured that I would help out with a small matrix of applications equivalents that can be found on the Web.
Note: I will update this chart as I uncover others as well receive suggestions, so SEND THEM IN!
Hope you like these! Let me know of others:
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iPhone Firmware 1.1.1 was released today (as expected) to the general public. It came with a warning from Apple:
“If you have modified your iPhone’s software, applying this software update may result in your iPhone becoming permanently inoperable. Making unauthorized modifications to the software on your iPhone violates the iPhone software license agreement, and the inability to use your iPhone due to unauthorized software modifications is not covered under your iPhone’s warranty.”
I wanted to post my personal experience with the upgrade process for a phone that DID have 3rd Party applications on it and that WAS jailbroken but NOT unlocked. See my previous post for my ideas on the two. Reminder: SYNC your Photo album before you do anything as those photos will be lost!
What follows is a picture tour from my Mac desktop of iTunes in action. I followed the advice from iPhoneAtlas about doing a RESTORE first. When I clicked on restore (after doing a full sync), iTunes gave me the option to “Restore and Upgrade” which scared me a little but I had faith that Apple wouldn’t intentionally “brick” my phone simply because I had performed a “jailbreak.”
Step One – Download the Software
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I’m going through and reviewing my site after updating it to WordPress 2.3 and it looks like there are still some hidden “issues” stemming from the migration to the new Category/Tagging structure. The latest one that I found is related to the “Twitter Tools” plugin.
Update: Some people were reporting that “term_ID” was not working where “ID” was in capitals so I have changed the code references below to lower-case (e.g., “term_id”). Remember to retype your quotes!
Here is what I did to fix:
- Find, (Download), Open and Edit the “twitter-tools.php” file which resides in the “wp-content/plugins/twitter-tools/” directory
- Locate the following lines of code (around line 868):
function aktt_options_form() {
global $wpdb, $aktt;
$categories = $wpdb->get_results(”
SELECT *
FROM $wpdb->categories
ORDER BY cat_name
“);
$cat_options = ”;
foreach ($categories as $category) {
if ($category->cat_id == $aktt->blog_post_category) {
$selected = ‘selected=”selected”‘;
}
else {
$selected = ”;
}
$cat_options .= “\n\t<option value=’$category->cat_id‘ $selected>$category->cat_name</option>”;
}
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Last night I upgraded to the latest version of WordPress 2.3. See my previous posts (here and here) for more information. However during the upgrade process, I found an incompatibility with the new Category and Tagging functions and the theme I was using (HemingwayEX). On my homepage, I was getting the following error:
WordPress database error: [Table ‘weblog_td.wp_categories’ doesn’t exist]
SELECT cat_ID FROM wp_categories WHERE cat_name=’Asides’
This error was also appearing when using the HemingwayEX Asides module in my Sidebar. Luckily I had a local copy of my blog running on my laptop and I was able to figure out the differences between the two databases and the tables and fields therein. So, I have posted my results for the benefit of those users who have HemingwayEX as their theme.
In order to fix the code to make things work, this is all that you need to do:
- Find, (Download), Open and Edit the “functions.php” file which resides in the “HemingwayEX” folder in the “themes” folder
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