Posted by unlocker under News on Thursday Dec 23, 2010
Google proudly released a newer version of Google Voice App for iPod Touch and iPad and includes some significant improvements that add beauty and function in the application. Google released the version of Google Voice Application for iPhone last month. Now, iPad and iPod Touch users will be able to send and receive text messages. Users cannot make calls with the iOS application; however, Google Voice application comes with a feature called Click2Call to allow iPad and iPod Touch users to make Google voice calls through their devices.
The product manager of Google, Marcus Foster, explains how the feature Click2Call feature works. He said, “Simply click any ‘Call’ button in the Google Voice app on your iPod or iPad and then select which of your phones you want to ring. Google Voice will call your phone and then connect your call.”
Some of the improvements in the newer version of the Google Voice Application are:
When you enable Push Notifications, we will automatically disable Text forwarding for you, so you won’t receive multiple notifications.
Want some quiet time? You can send all callers straight to voicemail by turning on Do not disturb in the Settings tab.
We made it easier for you to place calls from the address book by adding a dedicated Contacts button to the Dialer tab.
Sending text messages is now more streamlined since you don’t need to press the OK button anymore.
Bonus Tip: Tap and hold messages in your inbox to archive or delete them.
You can simply download the official Google Voice application for free from the App Store.
Poor battery life was observed by iPhone users after they unlock their handsets using the combination of PwnageTool or Redsn0w to update baseband to 06.15.00 and Ultrasn0w 1.2 for iOS 4.2.1.
Be worry free since the developer of the application already figured out to fix the issue of poor battery life of unlocked iPhones. The developer recently released a jailbreak app called SAM (Subscriber Artificial Module). Even if you unlocked your iPhone with Ultrasn0w, it tricks your iPhone and iTunes into legitimate activation tickets.
Thanks to this wonderful application and you will get the full-blown benefits of the push applications and also addresses the poor battery life issue that you may encounter after unlocking your iPhone. The iPhone Dev Team said that developer @sbinger hit two birds with one stone.
You can follow these simple steps to install your jailbroken iPhone with SAM.
- Add http://repo.bingner.com as a repo in Cydia
- Install “SAM” and “SAMPrefs”
- Follow the steps in Troubleshooting/Hacktivated with redsn0w or PwnageTool
- Go to Settings > SAM and touch “De-Activate iPhone”
- Activate with iTunes
- If iTunes says invalid SIM, you will need to manually select the appropriate carrier under one of the methods besides “Automatic” and click on a SIMID.
If you already hactivated your iPhone with PwnageTool or Redsn0w, then you can follow these easy steps to revert the handset into stock lockdownd.
- Option #1: redsn0w for iPhone 3G or 3GS on firmware 4.0 or later
1. Download redsn0w 0.9.6b6 or later from http://blog.iphone-dev.org.
2. Run redsn0w and select the “Deactivate” option.
- Option #2: my custom stockify program - works on any phone 3.0+
1. With SAM and SAMPrefs installed; install openssh and secure shell into your phone. Run “stockify” and it will revert your lockdownd to a stock lockdownd.
2. Reboot your phone.
