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20 Aug 2007Ever since the iPhone hit the scene, hundreds of enthusiasts put their efforts into unlocking the mysteries of the Apple’s locked down device. In a short amount of time, several groups have produced many ways to hack the iPhone’s OS to update graphics, change ringtones, and even install custom applications. Up until recently, it was a intimidating process to hack the iPhone. With applications such as iFuntastic and iBrickr, it’s now even easier. I was still a bit intimidated until I saw Installer.App Beta from Nullriver.

They’ve essentially created a package manager for most of the iPhone custom applications available. I saw the insanely easy process of installing this, and was intrigued by its self-updating capabilities. I couldn’t resist, I had to do it:
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2 Responses to iPhone Hacking Made Simple
Nate True
August 20th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Thanks for mentioning iBrickr, Bwana
I just wanted to add that running daemons on your phone might drastically reduce its battery life – I was getting something like 50% worse battery life running the Dropbear SSH daemon.
I ended up having to delete its auto-start plist (in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons) and when I need it I start it using the “dropbear” command in MobileTerminal.
Bwana
August 20th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Thanks for the tip nate. I’ll be sure to nuke the plists and launch them as needed.