Archive for May, 2010
Iphone DFU mode alternative
While i was tyring to put my Iphone in DFU mode, i had a lot of troubles that inspired me to write this post. My Iphone was going on and on in recovery mode instead of DFU. At fisrt i thought damn my Idevice is broken, because i spent an hour for a simple task. I was suspecting that my power button was malfunctioning, but i was wrong.
I tried the DFU software, i run the dfu.exe file from cmd, but it could not find my phone ( message: s _ Looking for iphone). I even tested the iRecovery but nothing was helping, except the most primitive way, by listening the sound of connecting and disconnecting the Iphone. All you hot to do is:
Step 1. Connect iphone to USB then listen to the sound when it connect and disconnect.
Step 2. Hold 2 buttons until hear disconnect sound then release power button.
Step 3. Wait until hear another sound then release home button.
If the Itunes detects your Idevice, but the screen is blank that mean that you’ve done it, but if the iphone restore logo keeps showing on your screen, you’ve missed it once again 
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Editing Hosts in Windows 7
In order to edit the hosts file of your windows 7, you must have administrator privileges first. The simple way to do this is by using the notepad as a text edior. Locate the notepad icon on your system, right click on in and click on “Run as Administrator” command.
Click on File -> Open, then on Browse. Make sure to change the “Text files *.txt” to “All files *.*”. Now simply point the dialog to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc , where you will be able to see the “HOSTS” file. Simple open it just as any other normal file, make the needed modifications and simple click save.
The hosts file will be saved now, and you wont get any error popup saying “access denied”. But be carefull what are you editing in that file.
