Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:01:44 -0500 From: eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> To: Tom Ierna <tom@shockergroup.com> Cc: Joshua Isom <jrisom@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can't mount my iPhone - Maybe it need not be mounted? Message-ID: <20080602080144.14744xwdheqoje8s@intranet.encontacto.net> In-Reply-To: <31470F5A-473A-41F5-A0C9-ECC96F2B9183@shockergroup.com> References: <20080601111048.20636scjpsk378kk@intranet.encontacto.net> <53cadfa4b6ba32a924675c001e8cc1b7@gmail.com> <31470F5A-473A-41F5-A0C9-ECC96F2B9183@shockergroup.com>
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Quoting Tom Ierna <tom@shockergroup.com>: > On Jun 1, 2008, at 5:13 PM, Joshua Isom wrote: > >> To be able to mount your iPhone, you're going to have to =20 >> essentially void the warranty and risk turning it into a pretty =20 >> paperweight. It sucks, but that's the way it is. But at least =20 >> you can charge your iPhone using FreeBSD. > > > If using libgpod through gtkpod only requires the iPhone be =20 > jailbroken, the above is not true. Jailbreaking your iPhone does not =20 > void the warranty, and there is very little chance of bricking it =20 > by just jailbreaking it. Bricking used to be an issue when mucking =20 > with the radio firmware, but jailbreaking doesn't touch that stuff. > > To jailbreak an iPhone, check out http://ziphone.org/ Hi Tom. Thanks for the link and clarification. AFAIK, my iPhone is =20 "Jailbroken" because I'm using it on a Mexican carrier, TelCel and if =20 I understand correctly, it would have to be to use the TelCel chip. Ziphone is a bit slow but I'm going to go through it and see if I can =20 find the reason why I'm not able to get a mountable device created. Thanks again for your help, ed > > You will need either a Windows or Mac to do the Jailbreak though. > > -- > Tom Ierna > President > Shockergroup, Inc. > >
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