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Editorial
Hacking the iPhone: Risky Business
Sunday, August 12th, 2007 at 4:00 PM - by John Martellaro
Despite the fact that Apple wants to insure that the iPhone remains a closed, stable and reliable system some users just insist on hacking the phone for their entertainment. Most users won’t want to get into that risky business and may want to re-read the iPhone license agreement. Even so, the fun continues at Hack the iPhone.
There is an old saying in science. "Under the most strictly controlled conditions of temperature, pressure and humidity, the organism will do as it damn well pleases."
That’s what some enterprising users are doing with their iPhones. They’ve figured out how to, almost, bypass the restriction on using a SIM card from another carrier, bypass activation, upload custom ringtones, access the command line, alter the default root password (for safety), and have all kinds of other fun.
Even if most users just want to have a solidly functional iPhone and wish to honor their licensing agreement, it’s still fun to read about what some people are doing with creative hacking of their iPhone. (Even if, in some cases, the iPhone becomes a $600 door stop.)
Eventually, some of these techniques may find their way into a more open iPhone in the future. Conversely, there could soon be a flury of lawsuits by Apple.
In any case, it all makes for fun reading at Hack The iPhone.
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