Klaas Cuvelier

Tethering on jailbroken iPhone 3G with IOS 4.2.1

// december 8th, 2010 // No Comments » // Cuvedev, iPhone, nohomepage

I was able to enable tethering on my iPhone 3G with IOS 4.2.1.
To do so, I had to jailbreak my iPhone and install Cydia. Using redsn0w 0.9.6b4 it was a piece of cake. Attention, I have an iPhone 3G, so this is a full jailbreak, not a tethered jailbreak. I haven’t tested this with a tethered jailbreak.
If you haven’t jailbroken your phone yet, here’s a guide.

Once you’ve jailbroken your phone, install openSSH (using Cydia), so you can ssh into your device.
Don’t forget to change your root password (more info on this here)!

Now to enable tethering, you’ll have to install an application called TetherMe. You can buy and install it on your iPhone using Cydia or you can look for the installer on the internet and do it for free (illegally off course).

If you want to do it for free, I’ll make it easy for you, you can download it here: TetherMe-xsellize.deb
When you have the .deb file, scp it onto your iPhone, and install it using ssh (instructions below).

To ssh and scp to your phone you’ll need the IP-address of your phone.
Go to Settings > Wi-Fi and click on the white arrow in the blue circle of the network you’re connected to, you’re IP-address should on the info page you get.
Then, on your computers console do this:

$ scp Downloads/TetherMe-xsellize.deb root@192.168.100.118:/private/var/mobile

Replace the IP-address above with yours and enter your root password (if you haven’t changed it, its alpine).

Then ssh into your iPhone to install it:

$ ssh root@192.168.100.118

And install the file:

# cd /private/var/mobile/
# dpkg -i TetherMe-xsellize.deb


When it’s installed you should reboot your iPhone, and tethering should be enabled.

Disclaimer:
I don’t encourage jailbreaking iPhones and installing illegal software. I’m just pointing out it can be done.
Also I don’t take any responsibility for anything if you fuck up your iPhone

So, I made a clock

// oktober 24th, 2010 // 4 Comments » // Cuvedev, Development, Javascript

So yes, I made a clock. In JavaScript (and HTML).
It’s not just another JavaScript analog or digital clock, it’s actually a clock which is easy to read and it’s based on this design: QLOCKTWO by Biegert&Funk.

I think it’s a cool way to display time. When I considered buying the clock, I was shocked when I saw the price. So I though it would be a nice challenge to make it myself, in JavaScript.

Here is the result:

And you can see it in action here.

I am in particular proud of the JavaScipt code. The clock is “built” with text predefined text strings, and right strings are highlighted using a “logic” for the selected language. In this way it is fairly easy to add new languages (at this time only Dutch and English are available). I used the PrototypJS-library because I’m used to it, and it shortened my code drastically.

Tested in:
- Google Chrome 8
- Firefox 3.6 and 4.0
- Safari 5
- Internet Explorer 8

Update:
And this is what it looks like on an iPad:

still pretty expensive for “just a clock”, but already cheaper than the qlocktwo.

WordPress plugin: Authentication

// juli 25th, 2010 // 46 Comments » // Cuvedev, Development, download, plugin, Wordpress

So, I finally submitted my first plugin to the WordPress plugin base.

It’s a plugin which add functionality to request visitors authentication before the website can be viewed. It doesn’t use HTTP Authentication, just php and html.
You can choose to use the WordPress authentication functionality to login, or give a password yourself.

Try it out, and give some feedback.

Link to Basic Authentication plugin

Screenshot:

– Update:

Now compatible with WordPress 3.3

Boxee on Ubuntu Lucid Minimal on Asrock ION 330

// juni 30th, 2010 // 7 Comments » // Boxee, Bugs, Cuvedev, Linux, Ubuntu

Updates Like-buttons and static header

// juni 8th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Cuvedev, Facebook, Greasemonkey, Netlog, Userscript

Since Netlog version 6 is live on most languages, it was time to update my userscripts for Netlog.
So here are the updated versions for the Facebook Like-buttons and the static header.

Facebook Like-buttons:
The buttons now appear under the user skinbar on all profile pages (blogs, photos, sets, …) from users, groups and brands.
There still is an issue with ajax browsing, but I’ll try to fix that as soon as possible.
Download

Static header:
No remarks here, just download and enjoy!
Download

Downloads:
Like Buttons (netlog6_like_0.2.user.js)
Static Header (netlog6_topbar_0.1.user.js)