Restoring iPhone USB access under iTunes 9

Like many jailbreak iPhone users, I prefer to SSH to my iPhone 3G via the USB cable instead of over my wifi network. Since upgrading to iPhone OS 3.1.2 and iTunes 9.0.2 (Specifically 9.0.2.25), however, I’ve discovered that the tool I used, iphone_tunnel.exe, no longer works. Instead, every time I try to connect with Putty [...]

The legal risks of buying a US iTunes voucher/gift card

My experience with safely buying a US iTunes voucher was entirely positive, but being scammed isn’t the only way things can go wrong for a South African iTunes user. I recently came across a post discussing the legality of using US iTunes gift cards in South Africa. In short, redeeming the voucher as a South [...]

Buying iTunes vouchers/gift cards online

Using an iPhone and iTunes as a South African user sucks. Every iPhone user I know has registered a US iTunes account to get access to apps that are inexplicably* unavailable in South Africa. The only downside is that, without a US credit card, the only way to buy apps on the AppStore is by [...]

Migrating iTunes apps between installs

Ahh, a new PC, a new install of iTunes, and all the apps I downloaded for my iPhone are nowhere to be seen. iTunes doesn’t offer me a way to redownload all the apps I installed, and what’s more, when I try to sync my iPhone with the new copy of iTunes, I get the [...]