Re: [Dailydave] iPhone Roadblock

["matthew wollenweber" <mwollenweber () gmail com>]

Actually the guys over at:
http://iphone.fiveforty.net/wiki<http://iphone.fiveforty.net/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Confirmemail/bc89b850ecfa38723bc811a4fa8ce092>are
pretty far along of mounting the iPhone. The can read a files from a
sandbox setup on the phone for iTunes. I believe they're hooking the iTunes
dlls being used and REing a basic interface.

Also, I haven't heard of anyone doing serious work regarding loading
unofficial firmware. I'm sure that's a route people may consider, but
everyone seems happy with the iPhone and just want it to do more and be more
open. Reinventing the wheel by writing new firmware seems like a lose-lose
situation.

On 7/3/07, Robert Clark <Robert.Clark () cern ch> wrote:
> matthew wollenweber wrote:
> > I'm one of the lucky (or possibly crazy) people that managed to get an
> > iPhone yesterday. If you're curious, I'm very happy with it so far. I'm
> not
> > an Apple nut that buys all things Apple, but after years of
> "smartphones"
> > that never seemed quite right, the iPhone really seems to have hit the
> > mark.
> > My biggest worry was that it used Edge rather than 3G. While at some
> points
> > this is noticeable, the caching and windowing mechanisms really make up
> for
> > the difference. On the whole it's the best smartphone experience I've
> had.
> > But you can read all the reviews in a more appropriate forum...
> >
> > I'm really interested in hacking up my iPhone. Anything with a *nix OS
> > underneath is just too tempting to leave alone. Unfortunately Apple
> threw a
> > curve ball that's outside my skill set. The iPhone doesn't mount as a
> > harddrive. I couldn't find any options in iTunes and in linux I only
> got:
> >
> > Jun 30 21:25:42 lothlorien kernel: usb 1-4: new full speed USB device
> using
> > ehci_hcd and address 15
> > Jun 30 21:25:42 lothlorien kernel: usb 1-4: Product: iPhone
> > Jun 30 21:25:42 lothlorien kernel: usb 1-4: Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
> > Jun 30 21:25:42 lothlorien kernel: usb 1-4: SerialNumber: XYZ123456789
> > Jun 30 21:25:42 lothlorien kernel: usb 1-4: configuration #1 chosen from
> 3
> > choices
> >
> > USB device drivers aren't my thing. Anyone have any suggestions on how
> to
> > get the thing mounted or to go about figuring out how to do so?
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
>
> Its incredibly unlikely that you will be able to mount the underlying OS
> filesystem in any way or form.
>
> I expect (as is often the case) the most viable way to hack the iPhone
> will be using its official firmware upgrading system and a hacked
> firmware which poses as an official one.
>
> Without doubt, we are in for some interesting discoveries.
>
> --
> /**
>   * Robert Clark
>   **
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>   * Software Engineer CERN PH/AID
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