Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

iPod Another hidden message from Apple???

O

olabungum

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jul 31, 2006
2
0
Hey... I tried running the strings command in terminal at the ipod firmware updater and the some of the output were these two lines:
Oops! Ha ha! You tried to fool me by dragging a file that wasn't a firmware file! But I caught you! I'm not uploading this to the iPod!

WTF.... what the hell is that???
 
olabungum said:
Hey... I tried running the strings command in terminal at the ipod firmware updater and the some of the output were these two lines:
Oops! Ha ha! You tried to fool me by dragging a file that wasn't a firmware file! But I caught you! I'm not uploading this to the iPod!

WTF.... what the hell is that???
Click to expand...
Thats bloody nuts.
 
balamw said:
Apple trying to stop folks like Rockbox and iPodLinux from running custom firmware on iPods, most likely by digitally signing the images.

B
Click to expand...
Could be, but the message doesn't necessarily suggest that. It looks more like an error that would occur if someone tried to load a file as firmware that wasn't a valid firmware file at all. I think Linux runs on all iPod models, doesn't it?
 
im_to_hyper said:
That's pretty amusing, actually. Tells you the Apple engineers do so well in their work that they have time to hide stuff like that around the OS!
Click to expand...

seriously.. thats incredible. makes you feel proud doesnt it?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back