iPod Hacking

A bit of iPod hacking today.

I was attempting to fix a problem with my Nano and ran across an interesting site on hacking the Nano:

http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/09/how_to_ipod_nan.html

Central to the article is a firmware updater called iPodWizard from iPodWizard.net:

http://www.ipodwizard.net/showthread.php?t=8951

…and a tool called iHack:

http://www.ipodwizard.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=2302&d=1120841578

…which apparently converts alphanumerics to hex.

The screenshots on iPodWizard suggest a hex editor capable of redressing some of the stock messages and o/s responses on the iPod, allowing you a bit of customization over the iPod’s narratives. It also allows you to customize fonts and change the graphics on the iPod.

Not for the faint hearted, toying around with the firmware on the iPod could result in catastrophic loss of your music, so make sure you’ve synchronized recently and are prepared to restore the firmware from Apple’s site with the iPod Updater:

http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/

In a way, this gives you an out: if you make a big mistake, you can always just reset the iPod and reload the firmware.

Great for the teen who also likes to show off their understanding of cheat codes at the video game console (grin).

R
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