After some exhaustive research invested by one iSmashPhone, it seems like that now-infamous
"Enable 3G" screen shot supposedly lifted from a recent iPhone firmware 2.0 beta was mocked up. The spirit of the shot mercifully lives on, though, seeing how the existence of the underlying preferences to support the enabling of 3G data has been independently verified in the code -- we just don't know exactly what form that preference is going to take in the user interface. Bottom line: fret not, there's still a 3G iPhone on the way, it's probably going to be here
within mere weeks, and odds are you'll be able to control whether high speed is enabled, just like virtually every other 3G phone on the market. So if you're looking for a random reason to crack open a celebratory beer right now, well, there you have it. Drink responsibly.
posted May 21st 2008 5:42PM
well, while we're waiting...
ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall...
Take one down, shoot myself in the head, hey! Now there's some blood in my bear!
Why are you drinking bear?
Colbert would have a fit if he saw you drinking that stuff. They are unAmerican.
stay thirsty my friends.
How's that 'bear', did you get all the claws and fur sorted out? I'll go back to enjoying my beer. Aaaahhh, Lagunitas mades a damn tasty IPA.
Obviously, he called it a bear because he's drunnk.
yea i knew it all along.. i could tell by the pixels.
Yeah the pixels/compression artifacts that only appear around the "Enable 3G" and "Data Roaming" labels are an easy giveaway - exhaustive research my ass.
I have also seen several 'shops in my time.
I didn't even bother reading the "original" article. The dead giveaway is that Apple would never have an option like this. "Turn off 3G" to "save battery"? No way.
If they really wanted to do that, they'd build system that automatically turns 3G off when data is not in use. That's very simple, and there would be no unsightly and terribly-confusing-to-the-laysman 3G on/off button. The whole idea of this button is utterly idiotic, sorry to say.
I agree. Other phones such as the 8525 do just that. When you open a browser or an app that needs data, the phone automatically turns 3G on. When 3G isn't in use, it automatically turns it off.
Apple is the definition of simplicity. Why would folks think iPhone 2.0 would have a 3G on/off switch?
@nikster - The option has been proven to exist in the 2.0 firmware, so try again.
@ Precise
No, you are wrong. The element of the 3g radio is still on. All you are seeing is the data session being created. In the beautiful roms (yea i said beautiful) being modded in the xda arena, you can manually disable the 3g radio from the comm manager, THEN you can save your precious battery power.
what? a fake screenshot of something not even out yet? of which they have a previous version thats just as cool? who cares? *apple fanboys scream out like little kids*
The screenshot maybe fake, but the file in the firmware is not. If you extract the plist file from 2.0 and put it on 1.1.4 it will show the toggle, I have personally tried this and it is not fake. I have posted the plist file on MMi
I am gonna laugh my ass off if Steve doesn't give us a 3G iPhone.
me too
Oh My GOD! New iphone...stop the presses!
Everybody is so happy over ONE improvement (3G..Which should had been there to start), but did we all forget? Everyone and their brother was cracking, hacking and bricking their precious Jesus phones last year...so much more improvement is needed besides 3G.
Mostly I am just sick of everyone (bloggers) so jived about this second coming. Don't you realize that you have to pony more money over to apple for one little advantage of speed.
Come on people steep away from the guy in the black turtleneck saying 'boom' promising you to be light as air (macbook) as you jump off the cliff.
Keep you money and give it to a charity that can do some good for your fellow humans!
But 3G isn't the only new feature. It's just the one everyone has been pining over, regardless of that fact that many people in the US still don't have access to a 3G capable network.
Anyway, you can debate the merit of the new stuff that was announced in January, but you can't deny that that new features are coming. Including:
3rd party support (One of the big reasons people were hacking there phone, and still might be because of the restricts that will still be enforced even after June)
Exchange push support/administration. (A large step into the Corporate market)
yeah, i could do that...or i could buy a 3G iphone and just be cooler than you
@Nick
But aren't those software tweaks that 1st gen iPhones will get as well? I have to agree with brad, it's scary to see so many people ready to drop another $400 just for 3G. Granted I've had my 3G phone for a year and a half so it doesn't seem that exciting to me...
i dont know about the charity part, but the rest is right. this shit makes me sick
It doesn't matter whether Engadget thinks it's still coming, it's still coming regardless.
yeah....i wondered how could Apple give so much functionality like 3G on/off, data roaming on/off and for god's sake VPN???
Apple cant do all that to their fanboys...they know the fanboyz cant take so much in one go.
SDK is also coming, solving many reasons why the iPhone gets hacked. While the SDK does leave something to be desired, it gets us closer to what we want. Either way, this is more than one improvement.
Can't wait. Getting pretty excited now. Wow, I hope I don't sound like a lamer, lol.
No, but the CaPs iN YoUr NaMe dO.
Oh, snap! Haven't heard that one yet. Thanks.
* Hack Responsibly
Yeah it is getting rather annoying about all the speculation and hype concerning the new iPhone. I'm no Apple hater, but please tone it down with all the new iPhone posts...
Especially such non News as this.
This is probably why Chronic Dev disappeared as of late :) He knew he was posting BS and when Engadged picked it up he knew someone would prove him wrong.
If you read the article real carefully, it seems Chronic Productions got in a bit of trouble, and I think this disclaimer about the screenshot being photoshopped actually might be covering his (her?) ass. It probably IS real, and now that they're in the iPhone Developer Program they have to have plausible deniability.
But honestly, there's no way to verify if any of this is true or not. Is the image fake just because Chronic Productions says so? That lacks as much investigation as the original image posting did.
This is not fake, here's the code to prove it (its from firmware 2.0):
WdefaultUlabelSgetSset YENABLE_3G\PSSwitchCell\is3GEnabled:_set3GIsEnabled:specifier:”\isStaticText]3G_TEXT_GROUP “ _PSTitleValueCellW3G_TEXT” !_requiredCapabilities\isControllerVbundle° Ytelephony\EDGESettings“#° ◊
%&'()+,-XdefaultsSkey_PostNotification° _EDGE_ROAMING_TOGGLE _com.apple.commcenter_InternationalRoamingEDGE_5com.apple.commcenter.InternationalRoamingEDGE.changed”/° ” 23° _EDGE_STATIC_TEXT—“ 7^VPNPreferences“9°:Twifi” < >°:_AirPortSettingsWNetwork
The screenshot was fake, but the settings files are real.
If it's fake, then why did you post it? You've just gave the 13 year old with a copy of GIMP exactly what he wanted.
All of these "the 3G iPhone will be here soon" postings reek of blogvertising. And Im 99% sure this was posted just to have an excuse to bring it up again.
Hell if it's that damn good, then let Apple spend it's ad dollars telling people it's coming, unless you guys love the idea of giving Apple free advertising just for kicks.
this video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk1rUtQJxMg&eurl=http://www.modmyifone.com/forums/general-iphone-chat/166181-iphone-2-0-5a274d-jailbroken-unlocked-3g-video.html) shows that 3G option in action on firmware 2.0
is that fake too?.......
seems to me that its just a jailbroken normal iPhone
The obligatory daily iphone 3G rumor post...
I wonder if they are going to add simple features like recording video and to be able to send/receive picture text messages. You know, simple stuff, that every other phone out there has.
Because recording video is not important to most people, and MMS? Really? Because there's this new fangled thing called email, maybe you've heard of it. You can actually send pictures with it. Shocking, I know.
@zak: ya I heard of that stuff. But do all your friends know not to send you picture text messages? Or do you have to force everyone around you to sending picture emails because you decided to buy an iPhone. Data charges for sending a picture email is more expensive than picture text messaging.
Also I take video with my phone. Like when I got my engine running in my '67 Mustang, I took a damn video to show my friends!
Oh and don't come back saying that you can just buy the unlimited data plan, thats still more expensive than buying text message packages that allow you to send like 5000 a month for a mere $10US.
If MMS were a highly request feature, it would be in by now. The fact is that compared to the people that use SMS, those that use MMS are in a very small minority. Out of the 500 or so in my iPhone address book, perhaps 2 use MMS.
Just because certain people enjoy sending naked videos of themselves via MMS, it doesn't mean everyone does. I'm sure that the feature is nice to have, but it would hardly be a deal breaker for the majority of the world. The 3G iPhone is rumored to have MMS features to go along with video-conferencing, but then again rumors aren't quite reality.
New 3G iphone pics:
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/youare
Awesome! That's good shit man. :D Really can't wait now.
Man, that was beautiful photo. I had a really good chuckle, but it looked nothing like the 3G iPhone.
@Steffen Jobbs: well, it doesn't look like it was photoshopped at least. Whoever came up with this is quite creative anyway.
Not fake at all. Download the SDK for yourself. Look in the plist for Network Settings under the Preferences app.
What kind of a stupid phrase is "Enable 3G" anyways? It should be "Enable UMTS" or at least "High-Speed Data" or something.
This is the new iPhone 2.0, photographed (with an iPhone) on the international airport of Stockholm: http://www.99.se/1530756-post87.html
I love how the disclaimer could not have been any more blatent, and how EXACT instructions on how to replicate this were posted!
To those who say it makes no sense to have an On/Off slider for 3G to save battery power when it could be executed in the iPhone's software you are forgetting one thing. The iPhone has no way of knowing how far away you are from a charging source, if I have left home without my charger and know that I am going to need my Iphone and will have no opportunity to recharge it then I want the option of turning off the power-hungry and limited benefits of 3G. In fact when/if I upgrade to a 3G iPhone I am unsure of when (if ever) I will have the 3G enabled. It really is one of the most overrated technologies I have had the misfortune to use.