Latest Samsung LED TV Series 6 and 7 have arrived

Long gone are the days when every household would queue up to upgrade to the latest trend of LCD / plasma television sets. Samsung have now upped their game by launching their latest LED (that’s right, Light Emitting Diode) widescreen tellies.
From its pebble stone like remote control to the television set itself. Not only are the two new Series 6 and 7 LED TVs thin (1.2″) but are also superior in just about every other way imaginable. Instead of multiple parts molded together, these LED TVs are one solid, piece of advanced technology, elegantly supported by a unique crystal neck.Particularly impressive is the spec that Samsung have been able to cram into these 12″ “Crystal TVs”, the Series 7 for example boasts built in woofer, gaming mode, a range of connectivities including internet tv, wireless LAN, 2x USB, DTV tuner, 4x HDMI and weighs round about 22.2 kg. The LED range is no exception to sporting luxurious features such as Mega Contrast Ratio, Wide Colour Enhancer Pro with LED Gamut and 100Hz Motion Plus technology, all of which assists in delivering the best and most vibrant detail and colours possible.The Series 7 mentioned before also provides an extra widget controller feature which allows you to connect to the web and explore common interests such as weather, news and stock. On board internet@TV allows you to surf the web just like the browser on your computer except you’re doing it on a 55″ screen! Making the most out of the internet, LED 7000 series’ Content Flash Library also allows you to download games and tools to be run on the telly, this certainly isn’t a functionality offered by your average TV!

Of course Samsung have also made these LED TVs so that its impressive quality doesn’t mean compromising our planet’s environment. Both the Series 6 and 7 LED tellies are recyclable and environmentally friendly with a frame that contains no non-environment friendly VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds), while it is running you will save up to 40% of power consumption compared to the average telly. When its not, an ultra low power consuming standby mode (<0.1watts) is available so that no excess energy is wasted and therefore automatically helps you cut down on your carbon footprint.

How to downgrade iPhone 3G baseband 02.30.03 to 02.28.00 - ModMyi downgrader tool released!

Finally, at last! A baseband downgrade tool for iPhone 3G. Readers who are iPhone 3G users who unexpectedly and accidentally upgraded their iPhone 3G’s baseband during the iPhone firmware 2.2.1 update will be happy to know that ModMyi (not the iPhone Dev Team) have come up with a tool that claims to downgrade your iPhone’s baseband from 02.30.03 back to 02.28.00.

While back in February, the iPhone Dev Team did specifically release a Pwnage Tool for iPhone 3G users so


that they could update their iPhone 3Gs safely to firmware 2.2.1 while preserving baseband 02.28.00. It seemed this message didn’t get across to many in the right time and as a result a significant large number of iPhone 3G users who had their iPhones unlocked during the previous fimware version ended up just having a bricked “iPhone 3G Touch”.

Well the good news have finally come, after two months, ModMyi is now reporting that a tool called pHaseBanDowngrader has just been released that allows iPhone 3G users to downgrade baseband from 02.30.03 to 02.28.00.

Before you go ahead with the pHaseBanDowngrader baseband downgrade tool, everyone should know that from the release notes available for this new tool, its not the simpliest tool in the world to use and therefore use at your own risk (though this is so new that we don’t know yet what the risks could be)! We will keep everyone updated of any updates or new instructions regarding the pHaseBanDowngrader.


ModMyi says:

…this tool has been tested by multiple people and WILL NOT brick your device. if you have bootloader version 5.9 it will not work. you can try but it will not work (still no risk of brick)

Apparently most new iPhone 3G’s come with bootloader version 5.9. You can checkout this link for instructions to check your bootloader’s version. The below is a short quote from the tool’s read me file:

To run the pHaseBanDowngrader, connect via SSH to your iPhone and copy the downloaded folder (phasebandowngrader) into the folder “/Applications” on your iPhone.
Note: The folder MUST named phasebandowngrader with lowercase letters!

To run it, open MobileTerminal and type “login”. The user is “root” and password is “alpine” by default. Then type: “cd / Applications/phasebandowngrader/”, then, to run the downgrader, type “./phasebandowngrader

So if you’re interested in having a try at the new baseband downgrade tool for your bricked iPhone 3G, you can download pHaseBanDowngrader using the download links available over at ModMyi. I think its fair to say at this time the pHaseBanDowngrader isn’t definitely going to work but it seems to have great potential. We’ll keep everyone updated with any news!