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I've had my iPhone for about a week now. There are a few things about it I dislike. I mean, I thought Maddox was joking when he said there was no copy & paste functionality on the phone. Also, as of yet, there are no custom ringtones and the apple provided tones made me want to wear ear muffs every time the phone rings. Those few things aside, I love the phone. Was it worth the $600 price tag? Come see me in a month, but today I am saying yes!
So, what is one of the first things you do to a brand new and very expensive gadget? Hack it of course! I found a website called Hack The iPhone and started reading. A lot of the website is actually out of date. It says you need jailbreak & iPhoneInterface (both are CLI programs to interface with the iPhone). Both of which still work (I used them) but I found out that iPhoneInterface has been replaced with iPHUC. A great site, that is fairly current, is the iPhone dev wiki. Check here for updates on the progress of the iPhone deconstruction.
How did I hack the iPhone? Well, I got sshd running with scp/sftp-server support. I can SSH into my iPhone anytime I am connected via WiFi. This also means I can scp over custom ringtones! I use GarageBand to take an mp3 file, cut into the ringtone and export it to m4a format that the iPhone uses for it's ringtones.
The tutorial for getting sshd running is found here. Remember that iPhoneInterface was replaced with iPHUC. To build iPHUC, you will need xCode installed. If you don't have much, or any, UNIX CLI experience, than this may not be something you want to play with right now. Wait a bit, it's only a matter of time before these processes are automated. I will probably write up an updated tutorial soon and post it. If you need more help, stop by #iphone on irc.osx86.hu.
I should mention that I tried all this in OS X, I have no clue how to go about any of this on a windows box. I do know it's possible though, just not sure of the extra hurtles you need to jump. Good luck!
After years of defending Apple products, my 6 month old MacBook has decided to take a dump on me. Take that last part any way you please... Anything for humor. Anyways, the battery would no longer charge. The status light on the magna plug no longer gave any indication either. No more amber or green colors for me to let me know what the hell was going on! I tried resetting the "PMU" as well as some other tricks, but nothing worked.
In the end, the Genius at the Genius Bar took a shot and got no further than I did. Locked up the MacBook on a 3-5 day sentence. Hopefully when I get it back I can continue to boast about the quality of Apple gear. Honestly, it would take a lot to get me to give up OS X and go back to a FreeBSD workstation.
Technorati Tags: apple, macbook, os x, genius bar
Since the announcement of the Apple iPhone, the tech community has been a buzz with chatter. I saw one of the TV Ads the other day and got a little excited (read into that what you will). The phones are set to be available on June 29th, a mere 24 days away! I have to think that this will change the mobile phone business in some form. Probably not in the way that the iPod effected the music business, but I am sure it will change for the better.
There are drawbacks however. Mainly that the phone will be limited to use with the AT&T wireless service. A lot of people currently tied to contracts with other services will be wondering if it's worth it. Is it worth the cost of the current termination penalty? I think I pay $150 with T-Mobile, PER LINE (I have 3 lines!) Maybe I can finagle the deal to leave my wife & daughter on T-Mobile while I head over to iPhone bliss? Even if that's possible, the low end model of the iPhone is $499. That's a lot of green backs! Plus general service costs, etc. I can be looking at nearly $1000 to make the move.
Let's see... Overhaul my motorcycle... Or new iPhone??? Which one will turn more heads? Probably the iPhone.
When they do come out, I will probably sit and wait a few months so that any glitches, and there will be glitches, can hopefully get worked out. If you are one of the wild ones, and feel like sharing, please let me know how you like the phone. I am very interested to see how this one turns out!
Technorati Tags: cell phone, geek, iphone, ipod, apple, t-mobile
