New iSpazio - Firmware Downloads + iTunes

The site is working on restyling and one of the sections getting a make over is Download Firmware + iTunes. There are now so many firmwares available for the iPhone, iPhone 3G, and the iPod Touch. Specially now that we have just added a new member to the family with the iPod Touch 2G. We are out with the old and in with the new. Once the site is all caught up and the downloads section is done you will only have to click on an image of either of the 4 devices to view a directory of available firmware. Plain and simple.

Free iTunes Account

1. Open iTunes

2. Click on iTunes Store from Left Side Pane.

3. At the very bottom of the page, select My Store as “United States”. (Other Countries are not tested)

4. Click on any FREE Application to Download as Shown in the Pic above :

5. The Page related to that Application will open. Click on Get App and you’ll get a Box as shown below :

6. In the Dialog Box Click on Create New Account.

7. Click on Continue.

8. Accept the License Agreement by Ticking the Check Box and then Click on Continue.

9. Fill in your Email ID, Password, Secret Question and Birth Date and click Continue.

10. Now as you see in the Image Below. You have another Payment Option which says “None“. Check that!!

11. Fill in your Details and click Continue. (if you’re wondering what to fill in for Address, you can fill up any valid PIN Code and Fone No. ex. City: New York, State: NY, Zip: 10012, Phone: 212 226-3127)

12. You’ll now be sent an Email. Check your EMail, Verify your Account.

13. Congratulations ! You’ve successfully created a new iTunes Account, totally free and without using or exposing any Credit Card Information !

More about Apple .ipa file format!

.ipa (Apple Device Application File) files are iTunes version of iPhone applications that stores locally on the following folder:

“Current user music folder”\iTunes\Mobile Applications

Windows Vista example: “C:\Users\’User name’\Music\iTunes\Mobile Applications”

When you download an app from AppStore or adding apps to your iTunes Library, iTunes will automatically make a copy of the “.ipa” file in this folder!

As you see you can easily back up your application sources by making a copy of this folder.

Now the question is “What is included in ipa files?”

You can decompress an ipa file using 7-Zip and see what is included! I do this (ReMovem.ipa), you can see the results here.

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ipa file size 532,407 bytes

Decompressed size 744,168 bytes

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As you see in directory list of ReMoven.ipa, there is a folder named “Payload” in the ipa file! I don’t know anything about payload but I see something like this in WinPwn application! As I think you can add payload’s into the iPhone Custom firmware file! That means you can install ipa files using WinPwn, it’s very amazing! But I’m really not sure!

There is another file in this directory named “iTunesArtwork” (Without any extensions)! Open this file using Paint!

In the payload folder you can find a folder named “ReMovem.app” (Yes, really it’s a folder!), file content on this folder is application specific!

There is some ways to install an application using it’s “.app” folder! I’ll describe it later.

Compression method will be available soon.

Stay Tuned…