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29Aug/073

I hacked my iPod!

I got bored of my iPod, and it doesn't look like Apple is coming out with any new firmware for a while so i decided to install a new OS on it. The install process went flawlessly, and it was very easy. All I had to do was extract the firmware to the iPod and install the bootloader. I thought something like this would be complicated, but i guess not. I wanted to install iPod Linux but there site said that they are making a new version of the installer, and everything looks complicated, and i don't want to brick it so I chose a different OS. After installing the new OS I realized that Apples OS was extremely boring and did very little. I also bought Pac-Man from itunes for it, and the new OS i see has Pac-man. What a waist of $$. In addition to Pac-man there are also 30 other games, including Doom :D . Yeah, i installed Doom for it. There are LOTS of themes for it to, I think ill install a bunch and see what ones i like the best.

In conclusion this is a fantastic way to keep you from getting bored and saving money by not having to buy itunes games. You are able to dual boot both OSs (new and old) thats a plus. But it is packed with tons of settings, the average stupid person i think could brick their ipod by changing some of these. Also, album art is not supported, but there is a pluging for it to work but it is very buggy and only supports .bmp images, and i use jpg :( .

Heres my current theme as of NOW:
My current iPod theme

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  1. yo dude that is some crazy shit

  2. Yeah dude, that’s awesome shit right there. RHCP FTW. Can you post some pics of it like starting up and stuff? It’s really cool!

  3. Zune and iPod: Most people.compare the Zune to the Touch, but after seeing how slim and surprisingly small and light-weight it’s, I take into account it to be a relatively distinctive hybrid that.combines qualities of each the Touch and the Nano. It is very colourful and wonderful OLED display screen is slightly smaller than the touch display, but the player itself feels fairly a bit smaller and lighter. It weighs about 2/3 as a lot, and is noticeably smaller in width and peak, while being just a hair thicker.


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