So today we have the new Jailbreak by the evad3ers (download it here) and I feel like I got some brand new Apple idevices.

It’s really easy to use. It will require you to press the icon on the screen while its jailbreaking but other than that its the same as the jb’s in the past.

Now if we can just get installous back we’d be in business.

ATT wont upgrade iPhone 4s to iPhone 5 … I’m taking my service to Solavei

The only reason I’ve stayed with ATT is because I get iPhones cheap every year.

Pros for ATT

1) iPhone

Cons for ATT

1) Poor service. I drop so many calls a day it seems normal to have poor service.

2) Horrible customer service.

3) Expensive. My bill is over $200 a month for 2 iPhones and an old talk only phone.

4) No upgrade this year. I purchased the iPhone 4s on release day Oct 2011 and I cannot get the new iPhone 5 til 18 months.

My sister has been telling about this company she’s promoting Solavei so I guess I’m going to give it a shot. $49 a month for talk, text and internet. It’s really cheap plus when people sign up using my name I get a discount on my service. Solavei doesn’t give subsidized pricing for phones so they don’t charge ridiculous prices for service and no contract or credit check.

If I don’t get the iPhone 5 then ATT doesn’t get my $200 a month.

Today I installed the Viper 5704 Responder LC3 SuperCode SST 2-Way Security and Remote Start System5704V with the VSM50BT Bluetooth Smartstart in our 2003 Chevrolet Silverado shop truck. It’s a pretty involved installation. So I decided to take a break and write about the progress.

I’ve done a lot of Viper and Directed Electronics installations in the past but this one has more connections than any of the other alarm installs I’ve done. It actually had more wires than any alarm any brand I’ve ever installed including the old Hofco, Alpine 8080 / 8081, Derringer / Quantam, or any of the old school alarms that came with a crap load of wire.

I’m still having some technical difficulties with getting the SmartStart to activate with an iPhone 4S. After the installation I programmed the iPhone but it just wouldn’t pair. So I tried an iPad and was able to get the iPad to pair and send the signal to the VSM50BT but I was unable to get it to activate the remote start or locks. I can tell the module is getting the signal because the blue light activates when I press any buttons of the iPhone it just wont activate any of the functions.

The 5704 install was pretty straight forward I just needed a Xpress kit passlock II bypass and without the Smartstart it works well. There just isn’t much info on the VSM 50BT on the internet.

So far the greatest advantage of the Bluletooth Smartstart is that there’s no monthly charge like the VSM 250 or the VSM200. I’m tired of getting nickeled and dimed with monthly charges.

I’m going to take another crack at getting the bluetooth smartstart programming. I believe that’s where the problem is. If you have any input or guesses please feel free to leave a comment.

iPhone 4s ATT

4g vs 3g comparison

Apple released iOS 5.1 yesterday and besides the normal bug fixes it allows the iPhone 4s to showthe 4G HSPA+ network indicator. Below are the pics of the comparisons.

Before the update with the AT&T 3G service I was getting 3.29 Mbps and 3.09 Mbps with the speedtest.net app from the itunes store.

After the update to 4G I started getting 5.85 Mbps and 5.06 Mbps.

Notice the 4G in the upper left hand corner.

I’m not sure if these numbers will keep up but the data seems to be significantly faster now. The tests were done about an hour apart in the same location, but I drove around a few Southern California cities with my iPhone and it showed consistently faster speeds then it has had in the past. Apple may have actually gotten this update right! Too bad I lost my jailbreak.

AT&T’s official statement is:

“Apple has updated its iOS software to show a 4G network indicator when customers are on AT&T’s 4G network. Only AT&T’s network lets iPhone 4S download 3 times faster and only AT&T customers have access to the nation’s largest 4G network covering nearly 250 million people.”

Some people are claiming its not any faster than it already was but clearly mine was faster… ymmv. It’s still not as fast as it should be but it seems to be a step in the right direction. I hope it isn’t just a coincidence the data speeds were faster today after the update.

So I’ve had the new iPhone4s for about a day now and I’ve been talking to it like its my secretary. I asked it to tell me a joke and it starts with “two iPhones walk into a bar” so I started cracking up. Do you have any other funny things to say to your iPhone?