Comments on: Hackit: What to do with a 1st gen iPhone?

By: Inner-G

Inner-G — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:29:00 +0000

I juss bought a jailbreak unlocked 1st gen iphone for 80$ the back has some scratches and a little dent and the black part at the bottom is cracked but it looks brand new wit the rubber case on it. I think it was a good deal, but im still trynna figure out how I can get internet and youtube and all that without purchasing a bill

By: shgrood

shgrood — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:58:09 +0000

hi i neeed to hack arabic longe from i phoneislam.com plez help how to hack and thanks

By: Steiny

Steiny — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:01:40 +0000

make a tiny reactable out of it- and play live! “We’ll do it live!!” said the animated haircut

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:56:30 +0000

@29 – LOL WUT? I’ve heard of no such thing, and it sounds like one of the most revenue-wastingest ideas ever.

By: Magician13134

Magician13134 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:24:38 +0000

There will be even less iPhones available. You can trade in your old one for a new one for free. No one in their right mind would pass that up

By: thesis

thesis — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:16:51 +0000

I would like to pick up 4 iphones, mount them lengthways on to a board or something, then set up a multitouch control surface for controlling software like Ableton Live.

Only problem I can see, is it possible for the laptop to recognize 4 iphones at one time?

By: smilr

smilr — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:59:57 +0000

Odd, my last post didn't come through, despite me getting an confirmation email (yes I clicked the link).

Anyway -

RE: #9 what do you mean by "real mp3 support" my iPhone plays mp3s just fine.

As for #25 yes, the iPhone has been unlocked as well as jailbroken. There are sim-based and software based unlock tools available to put an iPhone onto other carriers, some being easier than others to use. The iPhone firmware revision and baseband-firmware versions that your iphone shipped with can make a difference, older iPhones generally turn out easier.

I'm not giving mine up - it's jailbroken and I really like some of my 3rd party addons.

By: edocronian

edocronian — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:05:20 +0000

well, its a BSD box at heart right?

I'm thinking some sort of local webserver using apache, and have it act as a home notice board (shared house)

Either that or the guys on "Is it a good idea to microwave this?" get a freebie...

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:31:29 +0000

thought of another thing, copy that little Boss micro Br multitrack recorder. Plug in some adapters to the headphone jack for the mic, and you got a monitor too. Load up some other software on there like a metronome and tuner and you got a pretty sweet little guitar station for road warriors that wanna keep track of new song ideas…

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:23:15 +0000

Got some ideas:

1. Linux distro that supports all the hardware. Grab that Hidef dock thing and hook it up to the tv, bluetooth keyboard... bam... media center. You could even use the screen to display track progress, or some basic controls.

2. A router (or access point), not sure how possible it'd be. Hack up some kind of way to plug the dock connector into your network via cat5, then accept wifi connections. Could be used in conjunction with:

3. Portable network storage server thing. Self contained, a wireless network resource kinda thing, where users could connect with wireless and grab files off of the iPhone.

4. A WiFi remote for media center or whatever else.

5. A "pager" for your automated security system. Could connect via any internet connection and view your home cameras, get status of the system, turn the heat on before you get home, stuff like that.

...might have some other ideas if I think a little more...

If anyone knows some good links for iPhone Linux development and stuff, or some projects that have already been started, maybe post some links? The hacking of this thing is pretty lame... just stupid jailbreak apps, I wanna see some complete takeovers of the thing. It's got the power do do a lot and no one has taken advantage of it yet from what little I know...

By: JimXugle

JimXugle — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:06:56 +0000

8GB Home server.

By: N

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:04:13 +0000

I was not happy with the AT&T service, so I canceled in 30 days.

Since then, I've been using it as an iPod touch, and a convenient way to access email around the house without cracking open my laptop.

There are way too few fee wifi spots in my town, so I generally leave the beast at home.

The other thing I was really dissatisfied about was the lack of tactile feedback for keyboard typing. The touchscreen is very elegant and all, but I was making way too many mistakes in text-entry, compared to the querty keyboard on my lg env2.

I guess the real important question about the 3g iPhone is: will it FINALLY support picture texting? The original iPhone's sms app was awesome, for text-only. When you had to look at a picture message, it sucked in the worst way possible. Which is VERY unfortunate for a phone with such an awesome display, AND a great camera. Someone REALLY dropped the ball hard and heavy there. . .

By: Cyrus

Cyrus — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:16:23 +0000

I’m probably going to keep using mine. I don’t have any quelms with the EDGE speed, even if 3G is faster, and the tower locate data is accurate enough for me.

Barring that, if it would be possible to get android (or Ubuntu!) on the iPhone, I’d probably go out and buy a second one for that. Also, if there were some way to turn it into a multitouch interface for a laptop, I’d probably get another one.

By: James

James — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:50:04 +0000

I know it’s been jailbroken, but has anybody broken the carrier lock? I have T-Mo, and I would never switch just for a phone. But multi-touch *is* alluring, plus the suite of built-in apps (esp. the web browser) definitely beats my WinMo HTC TyTN.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:52:25 +0000

I'd use one to prop up the end of a table. Those phones suck. I mean what, its huge because its apple? I give a shit.

I got it!

DIY Will it blend.