Here is a list of top paid apps for iOS devices in 2010 as shown in the iTunes. Of iTunes top 10, 8 of the top iPhone apps for 2010 are games, leaving WhatsApp Messenger and Talking Carl to be the only non-gaming apps. There is one thing in common though, all are priced at $0.99.
Note: List is sorted by App release date, showing latest first.
While trying to restore to an IPSW, you may encounter the error “iphone software update server could not be contacted or is temporarily unavailable”. This error pops up while iTunes is trying to connect to the Apple server for verification. Here is the screenshot of the error:
This problem is caused when iTunes cannot connect to Apple update server. There could be many reasons for that:
Note: If you have trouble saving to hosts file due to permission problems, you can rename the hosts file to something else and then put the updated file in “etc” folder and rename it to “hosts”.
This worked out for me. It happens if you’ve used TinyUmbrella in the past on that computer. I had problems updating to iOS 4.2.1 then I figured out that I had backed up my SHSH blobs for iOS 4.1 using TinyUmbrella.
Apple has announced iTunes 10 with new logo and a new social network for Music named iTunes Ping. It comes bundled in iTunes 10, according to Steve Jobs:
“In iTunes 10 we’re announcing Ping — it’s a social network for music. It’s like Facebook and Twitter. It’s all about music.”
Ping - Social Network for Music
More updates on this soon.
Getting an error saying that the app is not signed while syncing iPhone with your PC? I’ve been facing this error when I purchased some apps in iTunes and when I tried to transfer apps to the iPhone, it showed the error message like “Application was not installed on the iPhone because it is not signed. I tried almost everything from clearing the iTunes data to de-authorizing and then re-authorizing my PC. Nothing seemed to work though. I then noticed the recent changes that I made to the PC and figured it out.
The problem is most likely caused by the Firewall that you may have installed. In my case, it was ZoneAlarm that was not letting the app to sync with iPhone. I uninstalled the ZoneAlarm and it worked well. I was able to transfer all the apps without facing any error.
So, try tweaking or uninstalling your Firewall if you get to see “app is not signed” error.
Apple iTunes 9.2.1 Windows & Mac version is now available for download. Version 9.2.1 comes with bug fixes. Here are release notes:
To download iTunes 9.2.1, you can either use Apple Software Update or can head to iTunes website and download the latest version.
Apple has just officially released iTunes 9.2 for Windows and Mac. iTunes 9.2 is required to install iOS4 however it may not be safe for those who have been using spirit jailbreak. Here are some quick facts with respect to iPad and iTunes 9.2:
Now when iTunes 9.2 for Windows is officially out, you can install iOS4 GM using Windows as well. We have already covered how to install iOS4 using Mac, here is the step by step guide for Windows:
Before you Begin:
Make sure that you are not using an unlocked device (using blacksn0w, ultrasn0w or yellowsn0w) as iOS4 will update your baseband.
IMPORTANT: Baseband 05.11 and 04.26 unlock solutions are available. You will need to preserve your baseband while updating to iOS4 if you want to unlock your device. If you want to preserve your baseband, DO NOT follow this guide. Instead, jailbreak iOS4 with PwnageTool and then load custom IPSW into iPhone.
Downloads:
Step 1: Download iTunes 9.2 for Windows
Step 2: Download iOS 4 GM candidate for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 2G.
Installing iOS 4:
Step 3: Install iTunes 9.2 on Windows.
Step 4: Connect your device to computer and Sync with iTunes.
Step 5: Switch to iTunes, hold “Shift” key and click on “restore” button.
Step 6: Locate and select iOS 4 IPSW file. Now let the iOS 4 transfer complete.
DISCLAIMER: We strongly recommend not to download iOS 4 torrent as its neither legal nor recommended way to upgrade to iOS4. Guide posted here is purely for information purposes only and if anything goes wrong with your iDevice during/after the process, be ready to hold yourself responsible for that. Official iOS4 update is coming on June 21 anyway.
Finally, iTunes 9.2 is officially out. You can download iTunes 9.2 from official Apple website. Apple initially released iTunes 9.2 for Mac and that too was available for developers. So this is the first public release of iTunes 9.2.
Apple has just released iTunes Connect Mobile app for developers. It lets app store developers to view statistics of their apps in the app store. It will be pretty useful for developers, enabling them to see number of sales/downloads of their apps from the app store. Additionally, it also shows a graph showing the performance of apps over time. Graph can show progress by day, week or month.
Apple iTunes Connect Mobile app
iTunes Connect Mobile app will be handy especially in case of free apps considering that there’s no way to calculate number of downloads for an app in the app store at the moment. Paid app sales could already be tracked by amount of revenue made but this app will give much easy way to developers to evaluate performance of their apps. iTunes Connect Mobile will list all the apps made by you and will show their performance hence will work as app developers’ dashboard.
iTunes Connect Mobile is available for FREE download from AppStore, follow this link.
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Apple iOS 4 will be coming to iPhone & iPod touch users on June 21 but Golden Master Candidate is already out and developers can download iOS 4 from Apple developers center. Also, for the first time, iOS 4 torrent is also available for download accompanied with iTunes 9.2 torrent, which of course is illegal and NOT recommended. However if you’re finding it difficult to wait for June 21 iOS 4 release and don’t have a developer account either, you can go on with this guide to test iOS 4 on iPhone 3G, 3GS and iPod Touch.
NOTE: This process is for Mac users, Windows users can follow this guide to install iOS4 using Windows.
Before you Begin:
Make sure that you are not on Blacksn0w, ultrasn0w or yellowsn0w unlock as there is no update at the moment to unlock iOS 4.
Downloads:
Step 1: Download iTunes 9.2 (Rapidshare, DepositFiles).
Step 2: Download iOS 4 Gold Master for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 2G.
Installing iOS 4:
Step 3: Install iTunes 9.2 on Mac.
Step 4: Connect your iDevice to Mac & Sync with iTunes.
Step 5: Switch to iTunes, hold “alt” key and click on “restore” button.
Step 6: Locate and select iOS 4 IPSW file. Now let the iOS 4 transfer complete.
DISCLAIMER: We strongly recommend not to download iOS 4 torrent (with iTune 9.2) as its neither legal nor recommended way to upgrade to iOS 4. Guide posted here is purely for information purposes only and if anything goes wrong with your iDevice during/after the process, be ready to hold yourself responsible for that.
Update: Installed iOS 4 and yet feeling adventurous? How about moving on to jailbreak iOS 4 with Redsn0w 0.9.5 or would you wait for Sn0wbreeze 1.6?