Cydia Apps (Recommended Apps)

Activator
OpenNotifier
Five Icon Dock
SMS Timestamps
MobileTerminal
OpenSSH
Protect Photos
RecordMyScreen
SBProfiles
SBSettings
VeencyDataMonitor
Insomnia
KillBackground
AppCake
AppSync for iOS 5 &6
AppVV
AptBackup
evasi0n 6
iFilevShare

Enable charging of iPad on Windows Laptop

Download and install, works on other brands e.g. Sony

http://event.asus.com/mb/2010/ai_charger/

How get your own number from iPhone

Settings->Phone->My Number

Set DisableLaunch access keys

Settings->Activator->Anywhere ... then set which activation to choose

This is useful if accidentally set DisableLaunch to lock Settings and cannot access it

Calibrate MacBook Battery

1. Plug MagSafe Power Adapter until fully charge (Battery icon = Charged and the charger’s connector light turns green).
2. Keep the laptop plugged in for another two hours.
3. Disconnect your laptop from power. Use it until it falls asleep from low battery.
4. Turn off the laptop and do not use it for about five hours.
5. Plug your laptop back in and let it fully charge.

Kill or Force Quit a Mac OS X Application

Access the Apple Menu icon and click Force Quit

or

Press Command and Option and ESC simultaneously

APN Settings

GLOBE
http.globe.com.ph (Prepaid)
internet.globe.com.ph (Postpaid)

HTC Nexus One No Power, Would not Turn On

1) Insert Battery and Plug-in Power
2) wait for the Charging Light on,
3) while power is still plugged in, pull the battery
4) and then re-insert the battery back

To continue using the phone while power is broken, just install a sensor app e.g. Smart Screen ON, for turning off/on screen by waving hand.

Set Up Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts on iOS

Settings-> "Mail, Contacts, Calendars"->"Add Account->Microsoft Exchange (NOT Gmail)

Email          : [use gmail email address]
Server        : m.google.com
Domain      : [leave the Domain field blank]
Username   : [use full gmail email address]
Password   : [use gmail password]
Description : [use any description]

(If error encountered ie "Unable to Verify Certificate", just tap cancel).
Enable Mail, Contact, and Calendar syncing from the account settings by turning ON feature.

Copying Files using Robocopy

Robocopy “C:\source_directory” “E:\destination_directory” /MIR /XA:SH /XD AppData /XJD /R:5 /W:15 /MT:32 /V /NP /LOG:Backup.log

/MIR      Mirror Copy
/XA:SH Exclude System and Hidden files
/XD       Exclude Folder
/XJD     Exclude link joints
/R /W     Retries and wait
/MT      Multi-threading
/V         Verbose
/NP       Do not show percentage
/LOG    Log file

Combine files e.g. with extension .001 .002

copy /b first_file.001 +second_file.002 +third_file.003 new_file.txt

Rotate and Convert/Save Video using VLC

Open VLC
Open Tools menu
Select Effects and Filters
Click Video Effects Tab
Click Transform
Choose Rotation e.g. rotate by 90 degrees if video was mistakenly taken from a camera taken on its side.
Click Close.. Video will close.
Click Media
Click Convert/Save..
Click Add from the File Selection field
Click Convert/Save and new Dialog window will appear
Click Browse for the Destination File .. choose appropriate Profile
Click Start button to start conversion.

Install .ipa App (cracked) iOS 5.0.1 iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

1. Requirements:
    Jailbreaked iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad with iOS 5.0.1 firmware untethered.
2. Jailbreak device (refer to previous post)
3. Launch Cydia from device
4. Tap the Sources section5. Tap the Edit button in the top right hand corner of the screen.
6. Tap Add button now and type in the following source:
    http://cydia.hackulo.us/
7. After typing the source above tap the Add Source button.
8. After adding the hackulous source into Cydia go into the hackulous source by tapping on it
9. Install AppSync for iOS 5.0+ by tapping AppSync for iOS 5.0+
10. Restart device
11. After restart,
12. Launch Cydia again
13. Install Installous for iOS 5.0.1 (Installous 4)
14. Open iTunes
15. Copy .ipa (App) to iTunes by dragging file.
16. Copy the copied app to device by syncing iTunes or Manual mode.

Untethered Jailbreak for A5 chip-based iPad 2 and iPhone 4S (iOS 5.0.1)

1. Requirement :
    iPhone 4S running iOS 5.0, 5.0.1 (9A405 and 9A406)
    iPad 2 Wi-Fi/GSM/CDMA running iOS 5.0.1
2. Download the Chronic-Dev Absinthe from GreenPois0n for MacOS
3. Connect device to Mac
4. Extract and run, click the Jailbreak button
5. Once restore complete, look for the Absinthe icon from the device and tap it to run.
If nothing happens, do this from your device SETTINGS > GENERAL > NETWORK > VPN entry and then toggle VPN to ON. This will produce an error and will reboot the device .
6. After reboot, device is now in jailbreak state. Tap the Cydia icon to tweak/configure.