iPhone hacking app iFuntastic gets update

The iPhone hacking app iFuntastic just got a version bump, with version 2.5.0 adding the ability to browse the iPhone's internal filing system. That's a big plus if you're nosey about what's going on inside your iPhone, but it doesn't allow for full control yet. You can copy files off the device, replace images and sounds, but you can't create or copy new files over to it yet. We've tried it out and found that it works as advertised; you can poke around the internals of iPhone, edit files and do all sorts of things that Apple probably won't approve of (and which could portentially crash your iPhone, so proceed with caution). Unfortunately, it remains a Mac only app, and will only run on Intel Macs; Windows and PowerPC Mac users will have to look elsewhere for their iPhone hacking thrills.

Here's a few of the interesting things we foudn when poking around inside our iPhone...


Look in /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app and you'll find lots of graphics that the iPhone uses, including the images for the various battery states, as well as the small icons it uses on the home screen for signal strength, EDGE mode, etc.




You'll also find several interestingly named icons for different carriers: one of ATT, one for Cingular, one for T-Mobile and one for Vodafone. The first two make sense, but do the latter two prove that T-Mobile and Vodafone will get to sell the iPhone in Europe? Only Steve Jobs knows for sure, and he's not telling.



Look in /System/Library/Audio/UISounds and you'll find all of the system sounds for the iPhone. iFuntastic allows you to replace these with ones of your own choosing, so here's your chance to replace the voicemail alert sound with someone yelling "you've got voicemail, jerk!"



Look in /Applications and you'll find all of the applications. Each application contains the graphics it displays, so the potential for customization here is extreme. You could, for instance, take screens like the default email screen (shown here) and edit it to create your own Frankenstein mail app.


By default, iFuntastic only shows a limited selection of files. But if you go to preferences>browser and select show everything, it will reveal all of the iPhones system files as well. This is a sample script for controlling the iPhone's bluetooth chip that still seems to be on the phone for some reason. But beware; the potential for damaging your iPhone is extreme if you start messing with these. Real hackers won't need this; they will have already installed an SSH shell onto their iPhones.