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TUAW Responds: Ecamm to the rescue!!

by Erica Sadun Jan 10th 2008 at 2:30PM

TUAW reader Tommy E. writes: A while back I installed Make it Mine and entered my custom carrier logo as "ROBOTS" -- when springboard restarted, nothing happened to my carrier logo. Now, I just restored and updated to 1.1.2 (not jailbroken) and suddenly and surprisingly my carrier logo now reads "ROBOTS"! My problem is that I need to visit the Genius Bar because my headphone jack is wacky. Is there some way to get "AT&T" back up there?"

Fear not, Tommy. There's an easy fix for your problem. Ecamm's "Caption Crunch", which we discussed a while back can set or revert the time string. So today, I gave Glen of Ecamm an urgent "help our reader" IM. He responded by creating a custom version of their software that reverts the fake carrier logo created by MIM.

In case you didn't read that last paragraph fully. Let me re-iterate. Glen of Ecamm. Created. A. Custom. Application. Version. for our TUAW reader in need.

The software can be downloaded here. Make sure to send Ecamm a thank you note. And if you get a "No Carrier" message after setting the logo, just reboot.



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tommyeddyo

Wow! Painless and effortless! I am astounded at how quickly I was able to resolve my issue. Ecamm saved my ass! Thanks Ecamm as well as Erica for everything... I really didn't think my problem would generate this level of attention. Now, to the Genius Bar to solve my headphone issue. (Anyone have an iPhone headphone port problem where everything is jarbled?)

-Tommyeddyo

January 11 2008 at 5:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mike Scherer

I had the same problem but another solution is very easy:
Restore the phone but don't use your backup. In other words just check the box to set it up as a new phone.

Wiped, clean & ready for genius inspection.

Don't put your personal info back on if you think they will be replacing the phone because of a hardware problem.

January 10 2008 at 8:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Carlos Pena

So I ran into this same exact problem and when I reset my settings back to factory all was clear. Can someone confirm for me that after doing a restore all the third party apps and files are gone from the iPhones file system. I'm taking my phone in to the apple store I once worked at and they can be really picky with me as they know I hack things.

January 10 2008 at 7:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael G

i have a problem. i used this and EDGE was turned off from the Settings->General->Network->Data Roaming. and after i used this EDGE is turned on and will not turn of. i put the AT&T sign back up because i had used the app that Erica had that changes the carrier and i had to restore to 1.1.2 because i had to take my phone to the genius bar. right now i have a non-jailbroken 1.1.2 iphone. can you put a patch that fixes the EDGE thing. I don't have DATA on my plan and i don't want to get charged.

Please and Thank You.

January 10 2008 at 6:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael G

i have a problem. i used this and EDGE was turned off from the Settings->General->Network->Data Roaming. and after i used this EDGE is turned on and will not turn of. i put the AT&T sign back up because i had used the app that Erica had that changes the carrier and i had to restore to 1.1.2 because i had to take my phone to the genius bar. right now i have a non-jailbroken 1.1.2 iphone. can you put a patch that fixes the EDGE thing. I don't have DATA on my plan and i don't want to get charged.

Please and thank you.

January 10 2008 at 6:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael G

i have a problem. i used this and EDGE was turned off from the Settings->General->Network->Data Roaming. and after i used this EDGE is turned on and will not turn of. i put the AT&T sign back up because i had used the app that Erica had that changes the carrier and i had to restore to 1.1.2 because i had to take my phone to the genius bar. right now i have a non-jailbroken 1.1.2 iphone. can you put a patch that fixes the EDGE thing. I don't have DATA on my plan and i don't want to get charged.

Please and thank you.

January 10 2008 at 6:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jason

It's not jailbreaking that voids the warranty, it's unlocking the phone by modifying the baseband.

January 10 2008 at 4:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
6 replies to Jason's comment
Luigi193

That was nice of them.

January 10 2008 at 4:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Craig

wouldn't the phone be jail broken to get the make it mine app on there? And to my knowledge that voids the warranty so wouldn't Apple not accept the phone since you wanted to take it to the Genius Bar?

January 10 2008 at 3:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
fransik

...freaking awesome!
Still, I am not concerned in any way (Yet I have to get my hands on an iPhone at all), but I am more than impressed: cheers Ecamm, cheers Erica.

January 10 2008 at 3:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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