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If you thought your T-Mobile G1 was limited to using HTC’s proprietary extUSB port for listening to music, well… you’d be right. Now, if you thought you’d be able to hack your T-Mobile G1 to work with any iPod-compatible speaker dock, you’d be right on the money. A new hack for the G1 allows enterprising handset modders to use their T-Mobile G1 with any “Made for iPod” or “Made for iPhone” docks.
It’s not necessarily a “clean” hack, what with exposed wiring and a MacGyver’ed extUSB plug protuding from the button of the G1. But, it does get the job done and proves that a bit of resolve and a voltmeter are a handset hacker’s best friends.
The hack works by connecting the T-Mobile G1′s extUSB port to an Apple iPod dock connector. Thanks to the hard work of hackers at WebNetta, we now know how to wire the pins in the T-Mobile G1 to their appropriate pins in the iPod dock connector.
Instructions for the hack are fairly straight forward, but looks to require a good deal of dexterity. If your fingers are clumsier than they are nimble, you may want to stay away from this particular hack.
[Via: MAKE]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
