Update 7/28: The latest news is that someone has created a basic but functioning GUI app for the iPhone.
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It’s been 3 days since a working toolchain for the iPhone was announced, and now we are seeing the first apps released. All of them are simple compilations of command line unix utilities, but they are important none the less because basic tools that will help people exploring the potential of the iPhone. One person has compiled a standard shell and a set of basic utilities.
banner glob6 mkdir rm tty
cat goto nice rmdir uname
chmod hostname nohup sh6 wc
chown id osh sleep which
cp if pico telnetd yes
csh kill printenv test
echo ls printf tsh
fd2 mesg pwd tshd
Nightwatch has compiled a secure shell server (SSH) and provided some instructions for installing it.
SSH and/or telnetd are the key apps, because they are what people use to connect to the iPhone over the network to run the other apps, since the iPhone doesn’t have it’s own console app, yet.
Since it’s possible to run network daemons now, I wonder how long it will be before someone compiles a webserver. With a webserver, people could potentially run something like WebShell, which would let them use an AJAX console on a web page in Safari to interact with command line apps on their iPhone. Continue reading ‘First Real iPhone Apps, including SSH (CLI only)’
Update 7/28: The latest news is that someone has created a basic but functioning GUI app for the iPhone. This comes just a few days after people started compiling a range of open source command line apps for the iPhone.
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3rd party iPhone apps can’t be far off!
The awesome team, led by Nightwatch, working on developing a toolchain for compiling apps for the iPhone has announced success at compiling a “hello world” application. This is huge, because it now means pretty much all the pieces are in place to develop and install 3rd party apps.
Work still continues on trying to unlock the iPhone so it can be used with other carriers. In the meantime though, we have the ability for custom iPhone ringtones on Windows (mac too) & themes, and now, 3rd party applications. Since I’ve signed a 2 year contract with AT&T, I’m much more interested in the customization options.
Get the toolchain for Mac OSX at the project page.
This is pre-alpha software. Be warned. Many things are unimplemented, many things do not work.
Continue reading ‘Hello World! Basic iPhone Toolchain Working, Cool Apps to Follow’
Update 7/22: People have compiled the first real iPhone apps. These are just command line tools, but they are an important step on the way to building real GUI apps.
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The iPhone hacking dev team has released a tool called IASign which, when used in conjunction with their activation and interface tool, lets you use your iPhone with any prepaid SIM for the AT&T network. That means you don’t have to use the minimum-charge plan that they stick you with if you fail the credit check in the standard activation process. It also means you can use it with 3rd party virtual network operators who piggyback on AT&Ts network, like 7-11.
Mobile internet apparently works, though a lot of prepaid plans have very high data charge.
Read more at TUAW Detailed instructions at Hack The iPhone.
Continue reading ‘iPhone Unlocked to use Certain Prepaid SIMs’
T-Mobile still hasn’t officially confirmed reports that it will be carrying the iPhone in Germany, but it looks like a little mistake revealed a reference to the iPhone on their website (story in German).
Thanks to the work of iPhone hackers, Mac users have had the ability to use custom ringtones for a few days. Now, thanks to the hard work of Nate True and Ziel, windows users can also use AAC or MP3 files as custom iPhone ringtones.
You’ll need:
It’s also helpful to read the mac instructions, which give info you need if you want to change system sounds too, and people may be creating custom skins too.
Enjoy!
Continue reading ‘Custom iPhone Ringtones on Windows’
