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CaseCrown Monaco Stripes Case Review for iPhone 5/5s

December 30, 2013 / / 1,604 Comments

This is my video review of the CaseCrown Monaco Stripes case for the iPhone 5s & iPhone 5. This is a very affordable case. You can currently get it on Amazon for just a few dollars, and it’s a decent case for the money. It’s made of polycarbonate so it is pretty durable. It handles small to medium drops pretty well. It has a glossy finish on the inside, and on the outside it’s actually this nice feeling rubber matte. It feels really good in the hands, and it does offer some pretty good protection. It has an easy installation, just pops right on there.

Now let me take you on a tour of this case. This is the front, and it does offer a little bit of the lay-on-the-table surface protection for the screen. It’s not much though, so I wouldn’t trust it too far. Here’s the bottom. It does have cut-outs for the speakers, lightning connector, and microphone. The cut-outs on this case are big and open. It doesn’t have the top lining at the top that most cases do. This actually has just a whole open space for the connections. On the left side it has the Case Crown logo and the big open cut-out for the volume buttons and vibrate button. On the top it has another big cut-out for the power button. There is no cut-out on the right side.

This case offers pretty good overall protection. I was pretty pleased with this case other than the fact I am not a big fan of the stripes on the back. But hey if you like colors and you want to spice up your iPhone just a little bit and you don’t care about hiding the back (I personally am a fan of transparent backs) this is probably a good case to purchase. It’s cheap, and it offers decent protection for the price. The link to this case on Amazon will be above. Hope you enjoyed the review!

By Andy Slye

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How To Jailbreak iOS 7 Untethered with Evasi0n (iPhone, iPad, iPod)

December 29, 2013 / / 1,552 Comments

This video shows you how to jailbreak iOS 7 on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod. The first step is to connect your device (your iPhone, iPad, or iPod) to your computer, and when iTunes opens select “Back Up Now” to make a backup of your device. It’ll only take a few minutes. Step number two is to restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to the latest iOS version (during this video it’s 7.0.4). While it’s connected to iTunes click the “Restore” button. As long as you just made that successful backup you can click “Restore and Update” and it’ll restore to the latest version of iOS so you can do the jailbreak. Restore your device from the most recent backup that you just did.

Next, go on your device and disable any passcode lock that you have on it if you have one. You can re-enable it once you’re done with the jailbreak. After you’ve disabled your passcode lock, go on your computer and visit evasi0n.com and download the jailbreak application for your operating system, Mac or Windows. Click the Download button to download it to your computer then double-click the application to run it. Make sure that your iPad, iPhone, or iPod version is supported by the jailbreak.

If you don’t already have your device connected to your computer go ahead and do that right now. Let it sync to iTunes, and then once it’s connected click the jailbreak button. The jailbreak process will begin, and it will take a few minutes to complete. During the jailbreak process your device will reboot several times. When it says to, continue by unlocking your device and tap the new evasion 7 icon. It’ll come up and go right back down and reboot. The device will reboot one last time, and evasi0n says that it’s done. After the final reboot you will see evasion complete some final tasks while it completes the jailbreak.

Now you can go into your device and go to the last page and you should see Cydia. Tap on it to open it. It’ll prepare the file system. Once your device re-springs it’ll come back up. Go back into Cydia one last time then choose User. Complete any upgrades if available. Your iOS 7 device is now jailbroken! You can go into Cydia and start adding all the tweaks and apps that you want. Enjoy!

By Andy Slye

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Thinnest iPhone Case? CaseCrown MN Review for iPhone 5/5s

December 24, 2013 / / 1,560 Comments

Thinnest iPhone 5/5s Case? CaseCrown MN Review!

This is my review of the CaseCrown MN iPhone 5/5s case. This is a very cheap case that you can get for only a few dollars on Amazon. This case is more like a sleeve because its main feature is how thin it is. It comes in at 0.35mm thin. It is super thin, almost literally paper thin. It really only provides protection from scratches, not drops. It’s not made to be a very protective case that protects against hard falls. This case comes in 5 different colors. I have the gray version so I’ll put it on my iPhone 5s right now to show you what it looks like.

It goes on very easily and just snaps right on the iPhone. You can see it has a transparent look to it which looks really nice on my space gray iPhone 5s. I prefer cases that have a transparent back because I like to see the back of the iPhone, and this is a really nice looking case. Again, this is an extremely slim case that only offers scratch protection. It’s not really made to be durable so this case is perfect for people who don’t want to add bulk to their iPhone and who are very careful with their iPhone. It offers minimum protection that you need for scratches to keep your iPhone looking new.

It has nice precise cutouts for the camera, lightning connector, headphone jack, volume buttons, vibrate switch, and power button. This case offers scratch protection for the sides and back but not the front. It doesn’t have lay-on-the-table protection so you can’t really lay it on the table and have protection from screen scratches. However, it does offer decent protection for the rest of the iPhone. If you’re searching for a nice looking slim case that protects against scratches but is not very rugged. You don’t want to add bulk or you’re not worried about very good protection against drops or falls, this is a pretty nice case to buy for how cheap it is. It’s only a few dollars, and you get that scratch protection to keep your iPhone looking new.

By Andy Slye

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Too Cheap for Spotify? Try This Free Music Streaming App

December 15, 2013 / / 1,551 Comments

Free Music Streaming App (Spotify Alternative)

Musi (iOS – Free)

If you’re too cheap or lazy to pay for Spotify then there’s an app for that. Musi is a free app for the iPhone, iPad, or iPod. Musi basically turns YouTube into a music streaming app. Any video on YouTube can be streamed like an MP3 song with this app. Once you have the app, open it up, and tap the plus sign. This will take you to a YouTube search screen. It also has 4 categories: Most liked, Trending, Our picks, and Top charts. Most likely you’re just going to be using the search function here. Once you search for your artist or song name it will show you the results just like YouTube would show them on your computer.

If you want to add a song just tap on it. It gives you a little preview, and you can play the video to make sure that’s the correct song that you want to add. You can also see the video description as well. If you want to add it just tap “Add Song”. What that does is it adds it to your library. It doesn’t download it, but it just adds it to your library like a queue. When you go back, you should now see the song in your music library.

You can play all the songs in your library. It will stream them like a music streaming service, but it’s streaming them from YouTube and for free, Probably the best feature about this app is the fact that you can play the songs while the device is locked and while you’re closed out of the app. The songs and playlists do continue to play when you lock the device on this app. That’s why love it especially since it’s free. It’s like having an on-demand music streaming service, and it definitely comes in handy when you’re working out.

You can also create playlists. The cool thing is some people upload entire albums into one YouTube video. Go ahead and take advantage of all those people out there who are uploading copyrighted material to YouTube. Also you can change the streaming quality options. If you’re on Wi-Fi you can set it to where it will stream the highest quality version of the song by tapping the Concert quality button. If you’re streaming over 3G you probably just want to keep it on Basement which is the lowest quality but is the fastest and won’t use up all your data from your data plan. So if you’re looking for a free music streaming app this is definitely the app to get. It’s called Musi, and it’s free in the Apple App Store. Pass this along to all your friends, and they will definitely love you for it.

By Andy Slye

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How to Backup iPhone, iPad, or iPod with iTunes (PC & Mac)

October 11, 2013 / / 1,600 Comments

How to Backup iPhone, iPad, or iPod with iTunes (PC & Mac)

This video is going to show you how to backup your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to your computer using iTunes. This works on a Mac and a Windows PC. Backing up your iPhone, iPad, or iPod is an easy task, but I get a lot of questions about it so I figured I’d do a video for you guys. There are 2 main ways to backup your iPhone (or whichever iOS device you have). One way is to go on your iPhone itself, and go to Settings, iCloud, Backup. As long as you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network you can back up your iPhone to your iCloud account. The second way is what I do and what most people do, and that is to back up your iPhone to your computer using iTunes so I’m going to show you that today.

First, open iTunes then connect your iPhone to your computer using the USB cable. Most likely it’ll automatically backup your iPhone when you connect it so if you click on your iPhone in the devices list on the left hand side you can see when the most recent backup was on your computer. My iPhone automatically backs up whenever I connect it. If yours doesn’t do that you can manually back it up by clicking the “Back Up Now” button or you can go up to File, Devices, Back Up. Either way they both backup your iPhone to your computer.

If you want to view a list of recent backups just go to Preferences and go to Devices, and you can see all the backups that it has stored on your computer. If you want to see where these backups are stored on your computer just right-click and then choose Show in Finder if you’re on a Mac or Show in Explorer if you’re on a Windows PC. It will open up the folder where your iOS backups are stored.

What is all included in the iPhone backup when it backs up to your computer? Well pretty much everything that is not in iTunes is backed up. Now what I mean by that is your music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, books, apps, and ringtones are already in iTunes so those don’t get backed up to that backup folder. What does get backed up is your camera roll, your saved photos on your phone, your text messages, your iMessages, your contacts, your calendar, all your settings, app data, etc. All that data gets backed up during your iPhone backup. See the official iTunes backup details here.

If you want to restore an iPhone, iPad, or iPod to one of your backups all you have to do is connect that iOS device to your computer, open iTunes, and once it’s connected go to File, Devices, Restore from Backup. You can choose from your most recent backups to restore the device. So that’s how to backup your iPhone, iPod, or iPad to your Mac or Windows computer!

By Andy Slye

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