Programmers have bypassed a new difficulty in providing Linux support for the latest-generation iPods.
Apple has never made it easy to use Linux on an iPod because the company prefers people use iTunes to access the media players -- and there isn't a Linux version.
The newest iPods, though, didn't work at all, according to the iPod-minus-iTunes blog. The database that the iPod uses to keep track of songs, videos, album art and other data was encrypted in the new models, the programmers said. That means Linux music-management software such as Amarok or Rhythmbox wouldn't work.
Over the weekend, a number of programmers cracked the code, and technical instructions for using the new iPods are now available. The workaround involves many technical steps, though, and many of them must be repeated each time new music is added to the iPod.
"Thanks to some inspired work by a few heroes, we've managed to work out how to get everything working again," the blog said on Monday.
"Let's all hope that (if they haven't already from the iPhone unlocking) Apple learns that fighting against us is pointless. It's a waste of their time if the open-source crowd is going to get past it in just a weekend," the blog added.
Apple didn't respond to requests for comment.
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denver - 05/06/08
i have a ipod that i bought from a friend and she does not know the password
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shlapper - 14/08/08
I have a ipod I got from my son and he does not remember the password, we tried different passwords and now it says ipod is disabled what can I do?
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trey - 26/09/08
I bought an ipod from a friend I already had itunes because I had an ipod but i lost it i was trying to keep the songs from the new ipod and add my songs from my itunesfrom my old ipod is this possible
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KORY - 19/10/08
i lost the code to my i touch!!!!
im sooo sad!
plz e mail me and tell me what i should doo!
i kant find the paper my codes on!
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Tyler Eplin - 30/10/08
My friend doesn't remember the pass and he let me have it cuz he has a Iphone!what can i do to retrieve it?
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brent - 28/11/08
i forgot my ipod touch pass code n now its disabled could you help me?
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Johnny Gray - 04/12/08
plz help me i've lost my i-pod code and if you know a code to get past this please e-mail me at jon-box-gray@hotmail.com
please cause i am really bored and i have nothing to listen to...
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monica - 14/12/08
plz help i bought an ipod touch from my friend who just got an iphone but she forgot the passcode and now i can't get on it if you know a code to bypass this plz e-mail me
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Kevin - 05/01/09
Help me my brother keeps cracking my iPod code tell me how to crack it cuz it's now disabled I don't know the code!!!!
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Kyle Bratens - 05/01/09
I need help I forgot my code of my iPod touch!!!
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John adams - 15/01/09
If you guys are trying to get your password what you can do is restore your ipod. 1st- turn off your ipod while connected 2nd- then turn it on, when it show apple logo hold the on/off button and it should say recovery mode.
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johnny - 03/02/09
my friend gave me an ipod touch but he lost his pass code
can any one give me a code please
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miles242 - 04/02/09
can i get a code to unlock my 30GB ipod
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eddie - 04/02/09
i bought an ipod touch off of my friend and he forgot the passcode. please help me i feel llike i just wasted money. is there a code to get past this
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Peter - 06/02/09
lost code to my ipod touch cuz somebody stole it and i found out who it was but they changed my code and i dotn know what to do i am lost with out it i really am i litterally am begging for you to help me PLEASE
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i forgot my ipod touch password - 03/03/09
how can i get a password to access my ipod touch... im really mad that i forgot it.
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brendan - 05/03/09
im sure you ahve been sent many of these but i lost my passcode and now cant acess my touch if you would be able to help that would be amazing and hugely appreciated
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john - 09/03/09
the first week i got my ipod touch i thought i lost it but it turned out that my brother took it for his own needs and changed my cod and forgot what can i do about the code?
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John - 13/03/09
My friend sold me his ipod touch but he forgot his password and idk what to do!!!! please help
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Quinn Kellerman. - 15/03/09
Hey.. umm, I sorta made a new password, and now I cannot remeber it. I have been going at least a month without my ipod, and its really bugging me. And I dont really want to reset the ipod, becuase all the songs that I bought on my ipod, cannot be transferred to Itunes. Please help me, and get back to me.
Peacee, Quinn.
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jeremie charmaigne - 02/04/09
i forgot my password on my ipod..and i try all the password i remember but it's all wrong then the ipod was disabled.. kindly help me plzzz....
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Cody - 08/04/09
well i bought an 8 gig ipod touch.. i wasnt paying attension to the codes.. cuz i never really thought id use it... somehow i turned the locker thing on and now i cant fuckign figure out what to do... any help please?
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Gabbie - 18/04/09
heyy i bought an ipod from a friend but he doesnt remember the code and im going away and i really need new tunes for the plane how can i crack the code!!! please help me!!! thank you
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berenice - 23/04/09
hey guyz i have a i touch but dont member my password can someone help me out please
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jake - 27/04/09
i need to get into my ipod and i forgot my password could u help me
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michelle - 30/04/09
i forgot the password on my itouch and i dont have the original computer to plug it into to get itunes up how do i get past that and use it??
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greg - 05/05/09
i forgot my pass code to my ipod touch and now im locked out can you send me the code to bypass all this
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matt - 22/05/09
my sister gave me her ipod touch and i dont know the password to it but she says that she doesnt remember it!!! could u please please please give me the code so then i can use it!!! im begging u pls!!! =*(
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crap - 28/05/09
i need the code unlock my ipod and forgot
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crap - 28/05/09
i need the code to unlock my iod i forgot my password
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Dave - 29/05/09
Stop asking for passwords! You can't find out the password and the only way is to restore your iPod (which will wipe it!) using iTunes. Don't put a code on if you're going to forget it!
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tarrie k fullen - 05/06/09
um i put a code in my i phone but i forgot it so now i won't be able to get in to my i pod touch at all.....
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tarrie - 05/06/09
a friend gave me a i pod and she forgot her own password code
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bryant - 09/06/09
please give me the code to use my ipod touch i forgot the passcode and now i can no longer use it,please e-mail me the code. thank you
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houston - 13/06/09
please give me the code i really need i forgot my password for my itouch and now i cannt use it and i just got it
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Myles - 17/06/09
I can't remember passcode for my i-pod touch. What can I do?? Thanks
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jojo - 03/07/09
i have alot of info on my ipod and i forget my passcode. Can you plzz help me with this problem i need my ipod now
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giovonne - 06/07/09
i got a ipod from my cousin and he did'nt know the code i tried and now it say's ipod disabled
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cali - 07/08/09
i lost my password for my 8g ipod touch and i tryd to remember it but entered the wrong one too many times and now its disabled can someone help me please?
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ida - 24/08/09
my daughter 10 yrs old forgot her password plz help me
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Megan - 14/09/09
how do you restore an iTouch. i forgot my passcode and i tried the suggestions abouve and they did nothing please i need help!
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Jacob - 24/09/09
Well, first u want to press the number 0 four times. That shud work. it worked 3 times on my ipod touch when i forgot the password
hope i can help
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mike - 06/10/09
can i have a code to unlock my ipod 30GB as soon as possile please.
my code before was 3383 and now it lock forever...
it been 3months now i still cant unlock it can u help me to fine a way to unlock it please everything is lock cant get in please as soon as possile.. thank
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Anton - 26/11/09
Hi i have a ipod touch 8GB and i forgot my passcode it was 4757 now i can't get in to it i don't have a computer and can't fix it because i needed money for food and that so yeah im only 15 so if you have any ideas call 0422194709
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grace - 21/12/09
my brother stole my ipod and changed the passcode and won't tell me it. i really want my ipod to work but now i don't have the code! it's an 8gb ipod touch is there anything i can do? please help!
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brandon - 27/12/09
i found a ipod touch and i tried different pass codes but it said disabled connect to itunes what do i do to get it to work
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Yers Granny - 05/01/10
Holy cow, I just went through reading every post. This KIDS are so pathetic, I so hope I was not like that when I was younger! I suppose I was.. so obnoxious! It gags me, to the point that if I knew how to reset the code that I did forget, unlike the thieves here who have stolen the ipods, or the ones that are playing pranks, etc... I did forget it because I am old.
I dont know.. in any case, I know i wont get an answer because you kiddos and also morons , naturally, I would like to use more demeaning words but offensive content is not allowed, I hope you do not find this offensive but more like a reflection of how you have polluted the essence of a technical web site.
Yers Granny
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RAY - 16/03/10
I FOUND IN IPOD BUT DONT NOT KNOW HOW TO BREAK THE PASSWORD
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elleen - 24/03/10
My daughter has locked her apple ipod, she cannot remember her password. Can you please help.
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Ashleigh Kent - 15/04/10
I have a ipod touch but i do not know the 4 digit code to access it ? Can you help me please :(
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Ashlee - 20/04/10
My doughter has locked her Ipod touch and doesn't remeber her passwork and it keeps the ipod touch disabled, what can we do?????
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arnie - 24/04/10
It's the usual story a lost code for an Ipod touch . How do I regain access . What code can I use to open and reset my code so I can make one that I won't forget . Thanks a bunch ..
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luke - 01/07/10
i forgot my itouch's password, it wot let me in and is disabled what do i do?
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brandon - 08/07/10
buddy sold me his ipod touch for 150 cause he got another one cause he cant remeber his password. how to i get into it if he doesnt remeber the password or got a new on so his itunes wornt restore ot?
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chales anderson - 12/07/10
my hommie sold me a apple touch ipod and its says connect to itunes what do i do it also say software needs to be added what store do i need to go and what product do i need
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Jessica - 16/07/10
I locked my ipod not knowing what it was and then it was locked without me knowing the password. I tryed all different passwords but the time just kepted going up :( ppplllzzzzz send me a email telling me how to crack the code to my iPod!!!!!!!!!!!!! my email is Jessicakerwin97@yahoo.com
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Louis - 28/07/10
My son forgot his I touch access code. Is there a way to get this code or override the old password? Thank u guys.
carreromarchany@gmail.com
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Madison - 13/08/10
I have a 3rd generation iTouch. I changed my old password and can't remember the new password. I don't have my songs on itunes so I can't restore it. Is there a code I can use to open and reset my pasword so I can make one that I won't forget .CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME???? Thank you very much.
kno1ne1@hotmail.com
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