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I really need this TV, for me.
Thank god she got a haircut. Why are bloggers interviewing other bloggers?
Can I get one without the useless solar panel?
If I didn't already have a girlfriend, Erica would be at the top of my list.
Has anyone tried iPhuc after the update? Maybe you just need to start over with third party apps. I'm too chicken to try it myself. I NEED my NES.app.
tankko:

You can copy straight off the phone, if you have rcp/ssh installed on it. However, as you pointed out, there is a problem, you need to copy the whole thing. You don't need every file from the user media directory but you need some of them. So there is no one command thats going to do it.

If you're going to do it this way put everything into a new directory called "heavenly" at "/./usr/local/arm-apple-darwin" So the Applications folder from the iPhone would be at "/usr/local/arm-apple-darwin/heavenly/Applications" And you'll need to use "sudo rcp -r"

I recommend decrypting the DMG. Its easier, quicker and you get a clean/unmodded copy of the file system.


I really think its better to use the unmodded restore file. If you don't, you need to get the entire iPhone file system, save you user data like music, photos, etc. Because you don't want all 8GBs, there is no one easy command to do it. If you want to use rcp, place everything in "/usr/local/arm-apple-darwin/heavenly/"
So the Applications directory from the iPhone would be /usr/local/arm-apple-darwin/heavenly/Applications/
Boy, that was horrible. I must have been drunk. Sorry. Hopefully you can gleam its meaning.
Just google "iphone 38 DMG decrypt." I'm not sure how much I say on TUAW. Maybe I'm wrong, but some of the process my be illegal. I just give you a few hints. There's I file in nateture's called decrypt. Use that to decrypt the the restore file iTunes downloads when you need to restore. Rename it heavenly.dmg and put it in that directory.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"My father-in-law is heading back to school in the spring and wants a laptop for Christmas. The only catch is their budget is around $400 and he does not want a netbook. He's not very "tech savvy" at all and doesn't need a hoss of a machine (not that $400 could get you one). We would like to get it for him as soon as possible and would love some input."
 

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