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iPod Touch with Linux??

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  • 15-07-2009 9:33pm
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    dulpit
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    Hey, not sure if this should be here or over in the Apple Media Device forum, but i figured i'd get a better response over here..

    I am currently playing with Linux again, this time using Mint Linux, and i'm really enjoying it... The only problem I have is that I can't use my ipod touch with it (or so i've read)

    I've seen a few guides around the place to run older versions of itunes through Wine, but no concrete guides seem to be available. Does anyone have one handy?

    Currently I'm dual booting between Mint Linux & Windows 7, so it's not a major problem, but it's still a pain in the ass to have to switch to windows just to update podcasts and such on my ipod...

    Any help would be greatly appreciated...


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    Galen
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    Try Songbird. It is based on Firefox so you can extensions like Firefox. This extension adds support for iPod devices http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addon/12

    But I did find this info on the extension's page
    I am for sure no expert, indeed the Ipod touch (or Iphone) what I understand have an encrypted Itunes database. There is however some info on the encryption keys. No idea how to use it buy maybe somebody with knowledge... http://ipodminusitunes.blogspot.com/2007/09/weve-won.html

    http://www.gtkpod.org/README


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    Jonathan
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    Amarok has an iPod plugin.


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    Galen
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    http://marcansoft.com/blog/2009/01/using-amarok-and-other-itunesdb-compatible-software-with-the-iphone-2x/
    With newer iPods and the iPhone 2.x firmware, Apple decided to implement a new hash scheme for iTunesDB to prevent third-party apps from managing the iPod database. Stupid. They decided to make it part of the FairPlay codebase, including its obfuscation. Very Stupid. But just in case that weren’t enough, then they went ahead and tried to take down the iPodHash project which was attempting to reverse engineer the (annoyingly obfuscated) algorithm. Completely Stupid.

    I had previously patched the check out in the MusicLibrary binary, and forgot to write it up. However, I just looked at it again, and it turns out that you can get it to work just by changing a simple XML file. I guess they didn’t really care if jailbroken iPhone users used third-party software.

    Here’s how: Edit /System/Library/Lockdown/Checkpoint.xml, find the DBVersion key, and change its value from 4 to 2. Save and reboot. Voila! I haven’t tested this extensively, but it seems to work at least on 2.1 and 2.2. You can then use Amarok or any other libgpod app to transfer data to the device (using the usual sshfs mount trick which is documented elsewhere for 1.x iPhones)

    Update: abu from ml_ipod pointed out that DBVersion 3 also works. This version includes the old hash which was already present in older versions. I have tested this to work on version 2.1 of the iPhone software.
    Update 2: DBVersion 3 works only on some devices, better stick with DBVersion 2.


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