iPhone meltdown occurs during hardware hack
Not that it doesn't completely go without saying, but whenever you start hacking any battery-powered portable device, you need to freaking be careful. Otherwise you might end up like dude here who was pulling a Geohot on his iPhone when short circuited and became red hot, releasing the magic smoke hither locked inside the device's electronics. Lesson learned: you take your phone, even your life, into your own hands when screwing with components, so be gentle and careful, will you?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Joe Sherry @ Sep 1st 2007 6:34PM
It goes to show you, MESS WITH THE BULL AND YOU WILL GET THE HORNS! LOL
Mickey @ Sep 1st 2007 9:14PM
The guy is an Apple PR shill who is trying to scare people away from modifying their phones.
Dustin @ Sep 1st 2007 10:33PM
... or a clutz ;)
GreatDay @ Sep 2nd 2007 3:32AM
So is this thing going to make me return to ppc's? Will it be a good phone as well? I have come to "like" the Q OK, but i'm thinking i'm still a touchscreen person and am watching the horizon......as well as Verizon (the True Nickle and Dime company).
GreatDay @ Sep 2nd 2007 3:38AM
What the Hell??? I just signed in and a damn post i made on another topic two weeks ago showed up........?
What I was going to say was...........this pix gives a whole new meaning to the phrase: ".......this message will self-destruct."
Awesome @ Sep 2nd 2007 4:29AM
HAHAHA AWESOME!
Steve @ Sep 2nd 2007 11:37AM
Not really surprising that bad things happen when you play with any electronic device that have constant power...
Anyway if the guy was trying to unlock it, he may now reconsider using the software solution...
Steve
http://inewsonly.com
The first ZUI news aggregator for the iPhone
Harry @ Sep 2nd 2007 12:04PM
years ago i mistakenly plugged the power cord from a modem into the keyboard socket on an IBM pc xt. The "magic smoke" was released and permeated my house for the rest of the night.
Steve @ Sep 2nd 2007 1:00PM
Not really surprising that bad things happen when you play with any electronic device that have constant power...
Anyway if the guy was trying to unlock it, he may now reconsider using the software solution...
Steve
http://inewsonly.com
The first ZUI news aggregator for the iPhone
DigitalCactus @ Sep 16th 2007 10:14PM
Christ, if a phone has to be hacked this much in order for it to do what you want, I'd probably either wait for the next generation model or just look into another phone altogether