MasterGenius.NET – Lambros Petrou

Although i am not a fan of iPhone and generally of Apple i receive a lot of requests for iDevice tutorials. Well this post is mainly about installing applications in .ipa or .deb format. In addition this guide will give you access to your device’s system files and do what ever you want with it, like transferring files from and to your iPhone with ease.

.: Requirements :.

• Jailbroken iPhone
• Basic PC knowledge

.: Procedure :.

1. First of all you need to install DiskAid program to your PC, get the latest version from here. Please note that this is a trial version so if you like the program buy it. Or you could find a free alternative like iExplorer (looks good but not tested)
2. Now you must make sure that your iPhone is jailbroken and have Cydia installed. If not visit JailbrekMe FROM YOUR DEVICE to do it (i will not provide information about this)
3. Open Cydia and search for afc2add and install it. This will give DiskAid root access to your device
4. When you finish with afc2add, Reboot your device ( power off and on again )
5. Open Cydia again and this time search for MobileTerminal and install it
6. The next thing you should have installed is Installous. If you have it installed please skip the steps below and proceed with step 7.
   • Open Cydia
   • Click on Manage at the bottom
   • Click Edit (top-right corner)
   • Click Add (top-left corner)
   • Enter

     http://cydia.hackulo.us

     at the text box and click Add Source

   • After Cydia update its sources click on Search button (bottom-right corner)
   • Search for Installous and install it
   • After installation is finished click Home button on your iPhone and launch Installous to verify that it is correctly installed
7. We now have all the programs installed and we can move on. Connect your iPhone to your PC and start DiskAid
8. You should now see your device detected and its folders at the left of the window
9. Now you have access to your iPhone’s files and folders so you can just drag & drop files and folders from your PC on your device with ease. If this is what you wanted you can stop here. The next time you will want to transfer something to your iPhone again just connect your iPhone to PC and drag & drop the files where you want them.
10. Install .ipa files
    
    • In order to be able to install .ipa files you need to go to this directory:

      /var/mobile/Documents/Installous/Downloads

    • Drag the .ipa files you want to install into this directory
    • Launch Installous and click Downloads (bottom)
    • You should see the files you transferred before, click on any of them to install it
11. Install .deb files
    
    • In order to be able to install .deb files you need to go to this directory:

      /var/root/Media/Cydia/AutoInstall

    • Drag the .deb files you want to install into this directory
    • The next time you will reboot your device they will be automatically installed
    • Another method to install .deb files is to download a file manager like iFile from AppStore. Put the .deb file using DiskAid into a folder you can access with the file manager like /tmp and using the file manager you downloaded navigate to that directory and install the file

I hope i didn’t make any mistakes with the procedure. If you found any step that’s wrong please comment below to fix it. Or even better if you have a better and easier solution to achieve this again post your way below in order to update this tutorial since all we want is to help others having the same problems as we do.

Thanks for reading.

Have you ever seen a blog with a smiley face lying around at the bottom of the page like the one below ?

Well this is a .gif file and it indicates that you use WordPress stats on your blog. Some may find it cute and nice to have cause it makes your website more attractive.

There are others who hate it though and just want to take it out of their layout because it ruins their design. Here you have an easy solution to remove this smiley.

The main idea is to apply some styling rules to the smiley face in order to hide.

BE CAUTIOUS: There are solutions online that suggest you to apply the following style to it.

img#wpstats{
	display:none;
}

DON’T DO IT this way because it will cause problems to your stats.

Below you can see a better way to hide it and still have your stats working.

Method 1:

img#wpstats{
	height: 0px;
	width: 0px;
	overflow: hidden;
}

Method 2:

img#wpstats{
	display:block;
	height: 0px;
	width: 0px;
	visibility: hidden;
}

I hope you find the tutorial useful. If you have any problem or something is not working for you don’t hesitate to comment below to get help.

Today i am happy to announce the release of ReloadMe

ReloadMe is very simple website ( or WebApp if you prefer) which gives you the ability to automatically reload a website at a specified interval time.

Some of you may think that this is at best a useless feature for someone to have BUT please be open minded. I am sure that all of you tried at least once to read (or watch) a live match or a conference online using a website that was publishing highlights and notes every minute in order to cover the event. What you had to do ? Just keep the page reloading every now and then in order to read the new updates posted. I guess clicking the refresh button or F5 all the time became tiresome after a while. Well this is where ReloadMe comes in to save the world.

Screenshot of ReloadMe set to reload Google.com

Using the very neat and easy interface everyone can set a website’s address, specify the wanted interval time and click the Update button to start the procedure. That’s it, sit down, relax and watch your site being refreshed every time the interval you set has passed. You can change the URL and the delay between reloads anytime you want just by updating the necessary fields and pressing Update button again. When you want to stop the page from being refreshed just click the Stop button and it will stay where it is. Clicking Update again will re-set the automatic page refresh.

Just visit ReloadMe, try it a few times and post your feedback here. Either bad or good or even better if you have something to suggest in order to improve the website.

You can launch ReloadMe by visiting one of the two links below:

• Launch ReloadMe
• http://reloadme.lambrospetrou.com

Important::: ReloadMe needs the website address to have its protocol, eg. http:// no longer needs the protocol at the front. Just type mastergenius.net and it will add the http:// by itself.

Thanks for reading and i hope that ReloadMe will at some time be helpful to you.

Your Hostname or otherwise Computer Name is the name that your computer uses inside the LAN to distinguish itself. Usually you setup your own during the setup of the Operating System but for any reason you might want to change it now.

• Open a terminal ( crtl + alt + T )
• Type

  sudo emacs /etc/hostname

• Change it to whatever you want your name to be, Save and Close the file
• Now type

  sudo emacs /etc/hosts

• Find the line where it says: “127.0.1.1 usernameHere” and change it to what you entered above
• Save and Close the file

Enjoy your new Computer Name