Several users have reported problems synchronizing their iPhones with iTunes after the 1.1.4 firmware update. Some are receiving the error messages:
“The iPhone cannot be synced, an unknown error occurred (-50).â€
“iTunes could not sync contacts to iPhone because the iPhone disconnectedâ€
There are a number of potential fixes for this issue, but here are some of the most widely effective:
Reset Sync History (Mac OS X) Launch iSync (located in /Applications then choose iSync > Preferences. Click on the Reset Sync History button. Click Reset Sync History. Re-attempt syncing.
Reinstall iTunes 7.6.1 (Mac/Windows) Simply download the
package, run the installer and restart.
Check the USB port Make sure that your iPhone is connected to a normally powered USB 2.0 port. If you’re using a hub, try connecting the iPhone directly to the computer or vice versa. Also try switching ports.
Turn off auto-lock On your iPhone, tap Settings > General > Auto-Lock and set it to “Never†then re-attempt syncing.
Restore the iPhone Click the Restore button under the Summary tab. Restoring the phone will erase contacts, calendars, photos and other data on the phone (including any third-party applications), but will restore automatically backed-up information including text messages, notes, call history, contact favorites, sound settings, widget settings, etc. Some users have reported that restoring the iPhone, but not restoring custom settings data from the computer-stored backup alleviates this issue. Note that you’ll lose text messages, notes, call history, contact favorites, sound settings, widget settings, etc with this method, though you can restore them anytime by simply doing another restore and choosing to push the backup to the phone.
Play the isolation game Leave your iPhone connected (or plug it in if it is not already connected). Deselect all sync options. This requires going to the Info, Ringtones, Music, Photos, Podcasts and Video tabs and unchecking every box. Sync your iPhone. Note that this may result in deletion of some data from the iPhone. Re-attempt a sync with all of your normal options. If it fails, try checking only one or two sync options and repeat the process until you find the problematic sync data.
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Echoing comments made by Apple COO Tim Cook last week, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said that he sees iPhone unlocking as a “positive indicator†that is “due to unprecedented international demand.â€
Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology conference today, Oppenheimer also said that it’s easier to think of a country where the iPhone isn’t being used in today around the world today than where it is. “I’m not aware of places that I could name (where it’s not being used). We view this is as a positive indicator in demand and interest in the iPhone. We’re going to enter more European countries and enter Asia this year.â€
Since Apple derives revenue from carrier subscription fees, the company has accounted for unlocking as a significant financial concern in its recent 2007 10-K filing:
“Because the Company’s agreements require each carrier to make revenue-generating payments to the Company, a carrier’s non-performance under or termination of an agreement, or its inability to attract and retain iPhone customers, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s future financial condition and operating results. If, contrary to the Company’s license agreements or product specifications, an iPhone is ‘unlocked’ from an authorized carrier’s network, the Company would not receive payments related to that iPhone from such carrier, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s future financial condition and operating results.â€
Of course, revenue from phones sold in countries without official carriers would not be reaped at all without unlocking mechanisms — a sentiment that’s now been displayed by two senior Apple executives.
An audience member asked “I know my company is looking at the iPhone as a competitive device to a Blackberry […] Can you tell me where you are in that evolution, and where you are in solving the bottlenecks about security […].â€
Oppenheimer referred to Apple’s special event tomorrow, saying “If you could just hold your question for 24 hours I think you’ll hear some neat things.â€
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There are two ways to go about fully unlocking an iPhone in order to use it with any carrier and network. A "software unlock" involves extracting the unlock key from the iPhone's radio chip and then using the unlock command and key to unlock the phone--this is how Apple or AT&T would unlock a phone. There's also a "hardware unlock," which uses a Turbo SIM or other methods to unlock the iPhone. Hackers have been working at unlock the iPhone using both methods, and the latter route has been successful, resulting in a supposed full hardware unlock of the iPhone.
Unlike the Turbo SIM method, extra hardware is only required for the initial unlock, after which it can be removed. Unfortunately, this latest unlock requires some "complicated soldering" in order to work, so it's not recommend for casual users (or for any users, really). The group responsible for the unlock has yet to reveal how they did it, but a look at previous posts on their blog offer some hints. To me, it looks like the team was able to use the JTAG interface to get more information, leading to the ability to upload and boot from a new BootROM, but I could be quite wrong.
A hardware unlock like this should make finding a software unlock much easier. Rather than release instructions now, the hardware unlockers say that they are going to release step-by-step instructions in a week. By that time, they hope to have found a hardware-less method of unlocking the iPhone, or at least a substantially easier hardware unlock. It's an impressive achievement, and I suspect we'll see a full software unlock very soon. And if you were waiting to be able to use your iPhone on another network, you may want to get your credit cards ready. I can feel Jacqui's spider-sense tingling already...
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Apple is releasing an unlockd version of the iPhone that will allow iphone users to run it on various cellular networks. But you have to live in France to unlock the iPhone.According to a report in the International Herald Tribune, Orange will offer both a locked iphone and an unlocked iphone for a higher, but undisclosed price. Both are expected to be unveiled in November.
Under a just-announced deal, the European mobile carrier Orange will be the exclusive source for the iPhone in the French market. The unlocked iphone is concession to a French law that forbids companies to bundle a cell phone to a specific mobile operator.
Apple recently signed exclusive deals, similar to the one with US-based AT&T, with O2 in the UK, the wireless division of Spain’s Telefonica, and with Germany’s T-Mobile, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom.
From the outset, Apple’s decision has come under concerted attack by iphone hackers trying to unlock the iphone’s SIM card, thereby allowing the phone to run on a network other than AT&T. Apple has made a just-as-concerted counter-attack to undo those iphone hacks.
According to the Tribune report, Orange wouldn’t say whether it had agreed to give Apple a share of the service revenues generated by iPhone users. This is one of the most striking features of Apple’s move into the mobile phone market. The Tribune quoted a Nortel executive on how revolutionary this change is: “For operators, having a handset maker suddenly demand a slice of their revenues is like being asked to change your religion,†said Gerry Collins, the director of strategic marketing at Nortel Networks. “This is really a significant change for the industry.â€
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MxTube IPhone Native App - Coming Soon - video powered by MetacafeThe bad news is that the iPhone really does not run hot enough to cook an egg. Uncomfortably warm? Yes. Safe egg-cooking warm? No. The good news is that you can use an iPhone port of ffmpeg to convert videos from DivX and XVid to mp4.
iPhone hacker "core"'s latest version of ffmpeg will convert a wide range of video formats to iPhone-compatible formats.
If you decide to do this, be aware that it will take forever and run hot, and we still don't know how to change the clock rate to make it go faster. Make sure your iPhone is well ventilated and plugged into a power-source for the duration. Also run your conversion with nohup so that when the iPhone goes to sleep (because you know it will) it won't kill your conversion process like it did with mine.
So is there a point to converting videos on the relatively underpowered iPhone? Well, no, really there isn't. Sometimes it's just enough to know that you can.
Here's an example of the syntax:
ffmpeg -i AVI_DivX.avi -f mp4 test.mp4
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