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Hacking the iPod Firmware

Posted by michael on from the void-your-warranty dept.

skreuzer writes "Earlier in the week, someone figured out how to get all the fonts and graphics off the iPod's firmware. Today, Engadget has an article that details on how to mod your own iPod's firmware and display just about any graphic for icons such as power, battery, status, etc."

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  1. BETTER iPod HACKING GUIDE by mbeck145 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Chris Nowak has figured out how to do something the smart people at engadget couldn't do, hack the iPod images without loosing all your songs or data. Check out Chris's article "iPod Hacking". Props to Nowak for coming up with this.

    http://cnowak.blogspot.com/2004/12/ipod-hacking. ht ml

  2. Re:Its only changing some icons & graphics. by damiam · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes. The easiest way at the moment is iPod Linux.

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