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Anyone know how to hack an ipod?
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Jun 4, 2006, 01:48 AM
 
I want to hack the boot screen of my ipod’s. I have 2 of them, and want to change the boot screen from the apple symbole, to my name or something else, to prevent it from getting stolen.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks
     
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Jun 4, 2006, 07:57 AM
 
I think they did something on http://www.makezine.com/ about this. You could try looking there.
     
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Jun 4, 2006, 07:59 AM
 
It wont prevent it from being stolen........
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Jun 5, 2006, 10:16 PM
 
Originally Posted by harrisjamieh
It wont prevent it from being stolen........
yes, but im in the navy on a sub, so if someone does steal it, if they dare turn it on anyone see's the boot screen eveyone will know its mine, and that they stole it. on the last 2 week underway 4 ipods were stolen.. unfortunatly even in such a tight nit community there are still freaking theifs…

and if I make it a point of letting everyone know that I hacked my ipod, and it is not something that can be easly fixed, people will be less inclined to steal my ipod’s, sense I have 2…

thanks for the info.
     
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Jun 5, 2006, 10:37 PM
 
Should have gotten it engraved, I suppose.
     
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Jun 16, 2006, 12:44 AM
 
Check out

www.hackaday.com

They have all sorts of funky hacks for iPods, Macs, etc.
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