iPod Hacks

iPod hacks have been created to aid users in using their iPod more efficiently, or to customize their product, making it more individual or for novelty purposes. Their creation has also been to create new features, possibly that Apple Computer wanted to disguise to aid sales of another product.

Learn more: Software hacks, Customize iPod GUI, iPod ebooks, Games, Operating system hacks, iPod hardware hacks, iPod Peripherals hacks, External links

Original posting at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Hacks

Software hacks

• Reset Your iPod (bit Norton, March 2005) - How to reset an iPod if it won’t respond.
• Restore iPod (Patrick Norton, February 2005) - Use Apple’s iPod Updater to erase all data and restore factory settings, usually to repair from an error.
• Convert DVDs to iPod Guide to convert DVDs into format iPods can understand

Customize iPod GUI

• iPodWizard Home Web Site (Everything to do with iPodWizard, and more!)
• iPod fonts revealed (”iPodWizard”, November 2004) - Export iPod fonts and graphics from the firmware. Creating the availability to…
• …Hack the iPod firmware (Graphics) (Phillip Torrone, December 2004) - Adds option to change the “Do not Disconnect” circle/slash icon, battery icons, power status, boot up logos and fonts.
• iPod Nano hacking (Phillip Torrone, September 2005) - Still not fully hackable but allows users to change the text strings, modify the font and change certain graphics on iPod Nano.

• Arbitrary Font Images (November 2005) - Walks you through adding icons to the menus of your iPod firmware using the iPodWizzard.

iPod eBooks

• Make iPod eBooks (Phillip Torrone, March 2005) - Allows users to create iPod ebooks cross-platform.
• iPod eBooks Guide! (Phillip Torrone, June 2005) - Detailed guide about using “Notes” function (able to create: text, creating a locked “kiosk mode”, quizzes, games, etc.) and making full-length ebooks.

Games

• iPod Arcade: Selection of iPod Games, including note games and arcade games.

Operating system hacks

• iPodLinux is a µCLinux-based Linux distribution targetted specifically to run on iPods. Besides the kernel, iPodLinux features as a primary component podzilla.
• Installing SLAX on iPod nano (JakeMikey) - Guide on how to install SLAX, a live-CD Slackware Linux variant.
• IBM’s SoulPad project - Boots Knoppix from a 60GB iPod photo and runs an x86 virtual machine in VMware. Designed to have a system to run desktop PCs from with the user’s config on the iPod.
• [1] (Alan Joyce) - How to restore Linux support after updating using Apple’s Spring 2005 iPod update.
• Rockbox is an open source operating system for MP3 music players. The IPod port is currently suitable for developers only.

iPod Hardware Hacks

• iPod Super (Collin Allen, March 2005) - Attach a 3.5″ desktop hard drive to your iPod.
• Wooden iPod Dock (Trevor Shannon)- How to make a cheap and classy dock for your iPod out of wood.
• Replace an iPod’s Battery (Joe Grand, July 2005) - User guide to replacing the battery.
• Brushed iPod (Adam Podnar) - Allows users to brush their iPod cover, to prevent hand marks impairing the objects appeal without voiding the warranty.
• Shufflephones 1.0 (Jim Younkin) - An iPod shuffle hack designed to eliminate cord clutter.
• Shufflephones 2.0 (Jim Younkin) - Another version of Jim Younkin’s “iPod shuffle inside headphones” hack.
• Getting Power from your Nano (Fabienne Serriere, October 2005) - How to run other small low power devices off the nano.
• Wooden iPod (ZapWizard) - A wooden iPod - Write up by ZapWizard.
• PhotoPodSony (Nickee, May 2005) - Designed to keep iPod dry near water.
• Altoids Nano Case (iNano, September 2005) - A robust DIY-tin iPod case.

iPod Peripherals Hacks

• iPod FireWire Cable - Guide to fixing FireWire iPod cables, should it come apart at the seams.
• DIY iPod stand (Piers Morgan, March 2005) - How to build a DIY-cardboard dock for the iPod, as an alternative to iPod Dock.
• Hand-powered DIY Recharger (Phillip Torrone, March 2005) - Portable way to recharge an iPod Shuffle.
• Car stereo iPod connection (Damien Stolarz, 2005) - How to connect an iPod to a car stereo’s AUX jack via. adapters that charge the iPod and allow for remote control.
• Making Black iPod Headphones - (Fabienne Serriere, September 2005) - An iPod nano hack designed to make the white earphones match a black iPod nano using PlastiDip in black.
• Cheap iPod A/V Cable - How to use any standard cable with a mini RCA (male) connector to A/V connectors useable on the iPod, rather than buying the $19 cable from Apple.

External links

• iPod Hacks website — Home of iPod hacking
• shufflehacks website — Home of iPod shuffle hacking
• iPodLinux website — Home of the iPodLinux Project
• iPodWizard.net website - Home of iPodWizard (Customizing GUI)

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