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Or, “How I Got My iPhone to Do This”: Overview I finally broke down and jailbroke my iPhone.  My motivation was that June Fabrics developed PdaNet for the iPhone, but it was rejected by the App Store, so they released it on Cydia.  However, once I jailbroke, I found a wealth of apps out there [...]

I made a comment about TaskData (an app that syncs tasks directly with Exchange) being overpriced, and the developer, Phillip Zedalis, posted a response stating that he thought it was priced reasonably in relation to the other apps out there.  I actually agree that, relative to the other apps out there, it is priced correctly.  However, I [...]

I found a way to copy a file (from any directory) from a jailbroken iPhone to any computer using the USB sync cable.  After typing this up, I did find one other reference to this process, although it seems to have a couple of extra steps that aren’t necessary (i.e., manzana). This is handy in [...]

Another dumping ground – this time for interesting directories in the iPhone file structure: Voicemail: /private/var/mobile/Library/Voicemail/ (source) SMS database: /private/var/mobile/Library/SMS/ Either back it up, or Export it using sqlite Camera pix: /private/var/mobile/Media/DCIM NES ROMs: /private/var/mobile/Media/ROMs/NES Cycorder videos: /private/var/mobile/Media/Videos Call history: /private/var/mobile/Library/CallHistory Winterboard themes: /private/Library/Themes (link to /private/var/stash/Themes.xxxxxx) Ringtones: /private/Library/Ringtones (link to /private/var/stash/Ringtones.xxxxxx)

Download sqlite. SFTP into the iPhone. Download sms.db into the same folder. Open a command window, navigate to the directory where sqlite and sms.db are, and enter the following: c:\sqlite sms.db sqlite> .output messages.txt sqlite> select * from message; sqlite> .output stdout sqlite> .quit That’s it – now you can import the messages.txt file into [...]

An interesting question was posed at PDAPhoneHome about downloading jailbroken apps on the iPhone for archival purposes.  Without getting into whether this is necessary or not, here’s how you do it: First, install MobileTerminal, run it, and then switch to root (or install OpenSSH and SSH in as root) – you can install from either [...]

I don’t have wifi at work, so I can’t SFTP into my iPhone to update the theme.  My *nix skills are a bit rusty (has it changed since 1995?), so here’s my cheatsheet. Of course, you must jailbreak first.  Also, make sure you have terminal and curl installed. Upload the new icon file somewhere and [...]

Just released: TaskData – over the air synchronization of Exchange tasks for your iPhone has launched and available in the iTunes store. Seems a little pricey to me, but that may just be my reluctance to pay anything for functionality that should be built-in.  It’s better than multi-step sync.  iTunes link ($12.99). UPDATE: To be [...]

Mediamote (iTunes link) is a remote control app that allows the iPhone to control VMC. Not much to look at or in the description: “Mediamote is a remote control for Windows Media Center.” Some more screenshots would be nice.  I’m curious how much data is pulled under the REC’D TV, Guide, Live TV, and DVD [...]

I have posted an updated method.  I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU USE IT INSTEAD!  I leave the below for posterity…   NOTE: mencoder is not cutting commercials properly on my system.  Everything else is working fine.  I’ll post an update when I get it working. Here is how I’m converting SageTV recordings to iPhone-compatible (and Touch/iPod-compatible) [...]