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Your iPod's Debug Menu

Posted by pudge on from the merry-new-year dept.

quakeslut writes "Want to access your iPods hidden debug menu with 16 developer tools, including a 'HDD Scan' and various system tests? Just 'restart' your iPod (press and hold the 'menu' and 'play/pause') and when the Apple comes up, press and hold the 'back', 'select' and 'next' buttons (all 3 buttons in the center row). Cool nerd stuff."

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  1. Cool by jsse · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Thanks! Now tell me the secret keys sequence to bring up the secret character iJob, who can be used to fight beat secret character eBill. :)

    Seriously, for those who thought they stole the concept out of games industry, big corps have always used this to hide and bring up hidden admin menu. I blieve I saw a HP engineer bring a password-prompted admin menu in a HP server with some strange key sequences. (any HP engineer could tell me how? :)

  2. remote support by Howie · · Score: 2, Interesting

    sweet. know I know that at least the firmware on my old 5Gb ipod knows about the remote.

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  3. for more advanced /.ers by SHEENmaster · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Check this out. It has info about modifying the iPod firmware.

    Personally, I'm holding out on the iPod until HFS+ works in Linux. It's kind of a disgrace to buy a PC iPod for use on a mac.

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