there’s an update to ipodwizard which allows you to change the images on your ipod, like the do not dissconnect screen, battery images, etc. in this update you can view the strings and edit character metrics, the next update that will come out soon will allow the editing of the strings, and that’s when it gets really interesting.
here’s a follow up…poster “zsk009” on the engadget comments says…
the ipods firmware can be updated without restoring the entire ipod, before running the updater follow these steps:
go on your ipod to ipod_control>device>sysinfo
and open the file in wordpad.
find this line of code:
buildID: 0x03028000 (3.0.2)
visibleBuildID: 0x03028000 (3.0.2)
change a number with a lower number
buildID: 0x03018000 (3.0.1)
visibleBuildID: 0x03018000 (3.0.1)
now the updater will think you have firmware version 3.0.1 and will let you update without restoring the entire thing.
this has been tested with 3g and 4g, the example above is 4g, the 3g uses different numbers but its virtually the some thing, just decrease the number. it should also work with other ipods but i’m not sure
(the ipod_control folder is a hidden folder)
thanks!
wow, this is pretty interesting. someone has figured out how to get all the fonts and graphics off the ipod’s firmware. while that’s a pretty amazing feat, i suspect the next thing will be to change the firmware with new graphics, i’ll see what i can figure out!
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i really dig the idea of making ipod cases out of weird things. tires, socks and well, milk jugs. here’s a great how-to, along with pdf template on making an ipod case out of a milk jug.
here’s the ipod-photo-movie-hack that is making the rounds. some of you sent some emails when it appeared on g4tech tv’s the screensavers as well as a couple other places like /. it’s nothing spectacular, just exporting a lot of images from a movie and importing them back in. old trick, all the way from the newton days. you can of course get a real portable video player like an iriver. any way, at the end of the article is some stuff i’m working on with goggles + the ipod photo.
there’s a new tool (for macs) that will export powerpoint, pdfs and keynote slides for use on the ipod photo, $18 or you can use my how-to to do the same. an ipod photo, portable media center or any device that plays photos will do. might be a good way to get the boss to let you expense one of these. in the how-to i pump the images out to a headset display, which is part of a cool project that’ll i’ll post about later.
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