# THE \*\*iPhone\*\* Thread (GPS, JailBreak, Apps, Etc)
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [July 16, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832 "2008-07-16T08:55:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/61 "2008-07-29T08:28:21Z")
I haven’t downloaded any paid ones yet. The free ones I use a lot:
Weatherbug
AIM
Pandora
Sportstap (nice little live sports scores app)
Shazam (identifies music by listening to it for 8 seconds)
YPMobile (yellow pages mobile, just seems to work better than searching on google maps)
MyLite (a stupid app that turns the screen all white to work as a flashlight. Yes, it’s dumb, but I’ve used it twice since I installed it).
I’m anxiously awaiting this one that will be great on the boat:
[http://www.inavx.net/](http://www.inavx.net/)
I’m sure there are a bunch of other cool apps I just haven’t spent much time looking for them.
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/62 "2008-07-29T10:28:04Z")
> **[Apple says turn-by-turn GPS coming to iPhone, copy / paste not a high priority](https://www.engadget.com/2008-07-14-apple-says-turn-by-turn-gps-coming-to-iphone-copy-paste-not-a.html)**
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> There's been a lot of random misinformation about the iPhone 3G floating around out there, like David Pogue's baffling comment that the device's GPS antenna is "too small" to support turn-by-turn directions, and Apple's iPod and iPhone marketing head...
> Apple says turn-by-turn GPS coming to iPhone, copy / paste not a high priority
Looks like Kevin is going to need a new reason to keep him from coming to the dark side.
Come on man, drink the kool-aid… its’ good. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/63 "2008-07-29T10:33:55Z")
^ that’s clenched it. I’ll be buying one within the next couple weeks for sure.
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### Author:  [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/64 "2008-07-29T10:35:05Z")
> [@JayS](#):
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> [Apple says turn-by-turn GPS coming to iPhone, copy / paste not a high priority](http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/apple-says-turn-by-turn-gps-coming-to-iphone-copy-paste-not-a/)
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> Looks like Kevin is going to need a new reason to keep him from coming to the dark side.
>
> Come on man, drink the kool-aid… its’ good. 🙂
no. I have plenty 🙂
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/65 "2008-07-29T10:41:01Z")
> **[Apple's Greg Joswiak says iPhone 3G getting turn-by-turn GPS navigation -...](http://www.intomobile.com/2008/07/15/apples-greg-joswiak-says-iphone-3g-getting-turn-by-turn-gps-navigation/)**
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> That’s right. Turn-by-turn GPS navigation is coming to the iPhone. While David Pogue seems to believe that the iPhone 3G’s GPS hardware is incapable of doing turn-by-turn navigation, Apple’s own iPod and iPhone marketing director, Greg Joswiak, says...
Little more info there.
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/66 "2008-07-29T10:57:56Z")
> [@OMG \*OFFICIAL\* iPhone Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/omg-official-iphone-thread/52737/264):
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> There is software that addressed both of your complaints on the old 1.1.4 FW w/installer.app on the original iphone. Too bad they won’t let the app go legit on 2.0.
Amen. Thats why I am waiting for the jailbreak to produce some solid 2.0 apps since apple’s SDK wont allow the apps to change the phone, run in the background, or a bunch of other things.
Pandora and Weather Bug are great. Pandora burns the battery up in a few hours so I only use it if I have a charger close by and WeatherBug has radar which is great to determine the storms in the area when out riding.
I also just love having a real web browser to actually view normal web pages and not a formatted for phone version.
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/67 "2008-07-29T11:00:26Z")
[iweathr.com](http://iweathr.com) radar \>\>\>\>\>\>\> weatherbug radar.
[http://www.iweathr.com/iweathr/](http://www.iweathr.com/iweathr/)
Animated map \> stationary map.
I use that one so much I actually put a shortcut to it on the first page of my apps screen.
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/68 "2008-08-01T18:29:34Z")
Update:
Jailbreak is worth it. Free Apps! I got eWallet, Monkey Ball, 300 Bowling, Holdem, and more!
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/69 "2008-08-01T19:07:18Z")
nice… actually, doing it now
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### Author:  [@DeusExMachina](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeusExMachina)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/70 "2008-08-01T19:54:58Z")
> [@boxxa](#):
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> Update:
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> Jailbreak is worth it. Free Apps! I got eWallet, Monkey Ball, 300 Bowling, Holdem, and more!
Uh, how?
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/71 "2008-08-02T02:54:42Z")
> [@DeusExMachina](#):
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> Uh, how?
Flash your firmware to the jailbroken 2.0. Install OpenSSh and you need to replace a file with one in the package and then you can install the games included with iTunes.
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### Author:  [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/72 "2008-08-02T08:42:58Z")
Uh, hard?
How to?
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### Author:  [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2008, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/73 "2008-08-02T09:32:16Z")
Boxxa?
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2008, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/74 "2008-08-02T11:27:10Z")
Impossible from everything I have read with the locking of it and ATTs policy with it having to be activated in store. I am going international in the next few months and will need to look at it but as far as I know, ATT has a prevented it from being unlocked and sold for other providers.
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/75 "2008-08-02T11:32:28Z")
usenet and downloaded the packages. its 447MB extracted. includes a bunch of games and files to copy to your iphone. needs to be jailbroken first tho so you can SSH to your phone.
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### Author:  [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2008, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/76 "2008-08-02T11:45:01Z")
> [@boxxa](#):
>
> usenet and downloaded the packages. its 447MB extracted. includes a bunch of games and files to copy to your iphone. needs to be jailbroken first tho so you can SSH to your phone.
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### Author:  [@DeusExMachina](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeusExMachina)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/77 "2008-08-02T12:18:51Z")
> [@boxxa](#):
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> usenet and downloaded the packages. its 447MB extracted. includes a bunch of games and files to copy to your iphone. needs to be jailbroken first tho so you can SSH to your phone.
Any way of getting this from you? My phone’s jailbroken and has OpenSSH installed.
Edit: Scratch that. Found two packs on Demonoid.
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/78 "2008-08-03T06:06:18Z")
edit: n/m
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2008, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/79 "2008-08-04T10:23:43Z")
Here is a link about how to do it with some download links for games. There was one more file I needed from a package I downloaded but I do not know if its required with this method.
[http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:jSojEnkc2GYJ:ipodtouched.net/%3Fp%3D296+ifuse.app&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us](http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:jSojEnkc2GYJ:ipodtouched.net/%3Fp%3D296+ifuse.app&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us)
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-iphone-thread-gps-jailbreak-apps-etc/52832/80 "2008-08-04T19:33:57Z")
That marine chartplotter app inavx that I wanted is out now but it’s $49.99. :tif:
Don’t think I want it that bad. Google maps really needs to add off road waypoints.
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