iPods hacked with customized fonts and graphics!

Alexander Turcic · 12-06-2004, 10:28 AM

A user at iPod Hacks describes how he managed to extract fonts and graphics from the iPod's firmware.

It didn't take long for a hack to show up: iPodWizard allows you to replace fonts and graphics in the firmware and also correct the firmware's checksum accordingly. You must

1. download the iPod Updater
2. open the Updater executable in iPodWizard
3. select the applicable firmware for your iPod model
4. modify to your liking

5. write back to the firmware.
6. run the iPod Updater!

sUnShInE · 12-06-2004, 11:01 AM

sweet.

doctorow · 12-06-2004, 12:36 PM

Wicked! I wonder though how many hours it'll take Apple to take down the project... (modifying a firmware violates copyrights blabla)

sUnShInE · 12-06-2004, 02:00 PM

It probably invalidates your warranty too, no? It may be something that should be downloaded and shelved for a time.

gadgetguru · 12-07-2004, 03:09 AM

Great. Did just that. Let others bug test it first, but I did download it before Apple goes after it with hammers and tongs...

TadW · 12-09-2004, 05:56 AM

A little late, but very comprehensive: Endgadget has a how-to how to replace your firmware with above's hack.

sUnShInE · 12-09-2004, 11:45 AM

You can't hear it, but I just let out an very exicited "oooooooo" when I saw the "Hello Kitty" graphic on that pod!

And btw, Alex's find also just showed up on Wired's Blog.

But we already know that he's way ahead of everyone else.

Alexander Turcic · 12-09-2004, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sUnShInE

You can't hear it, but I just let out an very exicited "oooooooo" when I saw the "Hello Kitty" graphic on that pod!

And btw, Alex's find also just showed up on Wired's Blog.

But we already know that he's way ahead of everyone else.

Colin Dunstan · 12-12-2004, 07:54 AM

Follow-up:

the ipods firmware can be updated without restoring the entire ipod, before running the updater follow these steps:

go on your ipod to ipod_control>device>sysinfo
and open the file in wordpad.
find this line of code:

buildID: 0x03028000 (3.0.2)
visibleBuildID: 0x03028000 (3.0.2)

change a number with a lower number

buildID: 0x03018000 (3.0.1)
visibleBuildID: 0x03018000 (3.0.1)

now the updater will think you have firmware version 3.0.1 and will let you update without restoring the entire thing.

this has been tested with 3g and 4g, the example above is 4g, the 3g uses different numbers but its virtually the some thing, just decrease the number. it should also work with other ipods but i’m not sure

(the ipod_control folder is a hidden folder)

12-06-2004, 10:28 AM	#1
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,171 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	iPods hacked with customized fonts and graphics! A user at iPod Hacks describes how he managed to extract fonts and graphics from the iPod's firmware. It didn't take long for a hack to show up: iPodWizard allows you to replace fonts and graphics in the firmware and also correct the firmware's checksum accordingly. You must 1. download the iPod Updater 2. open the Updater executable in iPodWizard 3. select the applicable firmware for your iPod model 4. modify to your liking 5. write back to the firmware. 6. run the iPod Updater!

12-09-2004, 11:45 AM	#7
sUnShInE Drama Queen Posts: 784 Karma: 11712 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: United States Device: Palm Tungsten T\|T3	You can't hear it, but I just let out an very exicited "oooooooo" when I saw the "Hello Kitty" graphic on that pod! And btw, Alex's find also just showed up on Wired's Blog. But we already know that he's way ahead of everyone else. Last edited by sUnShInE; 12-09-2004 at 12:03 PM.

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12-06-2004, 11:01 AM	#2
sUnShInE Drama Queen Posts: 784 Karma: 11712 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: United States Device: Palm Tungsten T\|T3	sweet.

12-06-2004, 12:36 PM	#3
doctorow Guru Posts: 914 Karma: 3410461 Join Date: May 2004 Device: Kindle Touch	Wicked! I wonder though how many hours it'll take Apple to take down the project... (modifying a firmware violates copyrights blabla)

12-06-2004, 02:00 PM	#4
sUnShInE Drama Queen Posts: 784 Karma: 11712 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: United States Device: Palm Tungsten T\|T3	It probably invalidates your warranty too, no? It may be something that should be downloaded and shelved for a time.

12-07-2004, 03:09 AM	#5
gadgetguru Addict Posts: 214 Karma: 6370 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Asia Device: Tungsten T5	Great. Did just that. Let others bug test it first, but I did download it before Apple goes after it with hammers and tongs...

12-09-2004, 05:56 AM	#6
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	A little late, but very comprehensive: Endgadget has a how-to how to replace your firmware with above's hack.

12-12-2004, 07:54 AM	#9
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	Follow-up: the ipods firmware can be updated without restoring the entire ipod, before running the updater follow these steps: go on your ipod to ipod_control>device>sysinfo and open the file in wordpad. find this line of code: buildID: 0x03028000 (3.0.2) visibleBuildID: 0x03028000 (3.0.2) change a number with a lower number buildID: 0x03018000 (3.0.1) visibleBuildID: 0x03018000 (3.0.1) now the updater will think you have firmware version 3.0.1 and will let you update without restoring the entire thing. this has been tested with 3g and 4g, the example above is 4g, the 3g uses different numbers but its virtually the some thing, just decrease the number. it should also work with other ipods but i’m not sure (the ipod_control folder is a hidden folder)

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