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Remember our tutorial on how to install applications on your iPhone, no hacking skills required? It just got even easier: now you don't need to get into the Terminal to do it. It's as simple as starting up the new GUI-based installer from Nullriver. It just works and it won't void your warranty in any way. Still need help? Keep reading for the updated tutorial, now for Mac OS X and Windows.

Preparation

• For Mac OS X, download AppTappInstaller from Nullriver.
• For Windows, download iBricker from here and the Installer application package from here.
• Connect your iPhone to your computer using the provided cable.
• Deactivate the iPhone automatic synchronization in iTunes before proceeding and close iTunes.

Steps for Mac OS X
• Run AppTappInstaller and select your firmware from the pop-up.

• The script will automatically download the necessary restore file from the Apple servers.
• It will prompt you to hold the home button (with the square) and the power button (on the top) at the same time (hold first the home, then hold the power.)
• When the message "Connect to iTunes" appear in your iPhone, release the buttons and let the thing do its magic.

Steps for Windows
• Run iBrickr. It will guide you through the steps to do the Jailbreak, the process that will allow you to install Nullriver's Installer apps (as well as many other cool things.)
• Once you have performed the Jailbreak, install the Installer.pxl package from the Applications view.

Installing applications
• The iPhone will restart and you will find a new icon in your home screen:

• You can disconnect the iPhone cable now, as the installation of apps happen over the air —using Wi-Fi or EDGE. If you want, enable automatic sync in iTunes before disconnecting.
• Open the Installer application by tapping in the icon on your iPhone home screen.
• Before installing any new applications, update the Installer itself by clicking on the "Update" tab. If it doesn't show anything, don't worry. You are up to date.

When you start Installer you will see only a handfull of applications. They are Nullriver's apps, which include a BSD Subsystem and MobileTerminal. To access all third-party software available, do the following:

• Click on the Install tab now. It will connect to the Internet and register the available packages.
• Click on Community Resources package inside the Install tab.
• You will see the detail. Click on the Install button.
• After installing, you will see all the third-party applications currently available for iPhone (some of them are missing, however. Hopefully they will add them soon.)
• Before start installing new applications, install the Launcher application.

Why? The iPhone springboard (the home screen) won't scroll, so if you install many applications, you won't be able to access some of them. The Launcher gives you a way to access all non-Apple apps from a scrollable list

• After installing Launcher, go to the home screen. You will see that the interface will initialize itself and the new application icon will appear.
• Go back to the Installer app, select any new app you want, hit the Install button and enjoy.

What's next? More iPhone applications coming soon, with or without Apple's blessing.

I found this at

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/update/how-to-install-apps-on-your-iphone-for-total-dummies-mac-os-x-and-windows-edition-292561.php

fter the first Hello World application, hacker NerveGas and the people at #iphone-shell have built Apache, Python and other Open Source apps for the iPhone. Yes, your iPhone can now be a Web Server and do all sort of 1337 things. This also means that third-party applications for iPhone will happen no matter what. People, Doom could be just around the corner. [UPDATED 3:07AM EST: As a bonus, check for their complete unlocking progress after the jump.]

The working installations, created using iPhone-hacking-genius Nightwatch's toolchain, include a working Apache installation, Pytho and "a growing binary kit including routing tools, vim, curl, and much more." The binaries can be downloaded from the iPhone Web Wiki web page, but keep in mind that these are only indicated for technical-oriented people, not consumers.

As for the unlocking progress, here's the latest update:

We have confirmation of the existence of some attempt counter for the unlock: with no unlock attempts +XLOCK returns: "PN",1,0,"PU",5,0,"PP",5,0,"PC",5,0,"PS",5,0 with unlock attempts +XLOCK returns: "PN",3,0,"PU",5,0,"PP",5,0,"PC",5,0,"PS",5,0

The unlock handler dies if the first number is >1 but we're still not sure of its exact meaning and how it is set due to some odd behaviour we observed.

Currently the semantic is believed to be:

0=Unknown, 1=Default/Locked, 2=Unknown, 3=Unknown (has to do with attempts), 4=Lockable, 5=Unlocked

While this could seem irrelevant, it probably means that they could try to control the unlocking attempts counter so they can start a full force attack on the total unlocking without making their iPhones useless. One step at time, but steady progress.

These guys are really amazing. If you know what you are doing and want to help, join the effort at the #iPhone IRC channel. If not, stay tuned for the ready-for-public-consumption versions of their applications.