iPhone 3G Tricks

If you’re a Wintel or Mac user — move along, nothing to see here…

Okay, raise your hand if you’re an Ubuntu Linux afficianado.  That many, huh?  Okay, this one’s for you.

Using a program called iFuse, you can “mount” your iPhone as a read/writable external drive.  The program runs on all Ubuntu flavors (Karmic, Jaunty, Intrepid, or Hardy).  Best of all, this technique requires zero jailbreaking of — or ANY kind of mod to — your iPhone. 

Issue the following commands in the terminal:

1. Add the package to your sources:
   gksudo /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonabeck/ppa/ubuntu version main
   where version is one of the aforementioned Ubuntu variations.
2. Optionally, add the PPA key:
   sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com e20da6af9caee36095d1282ef104610cf0876ac9
3. Update package list:
   sudo apt-get update
4. Install iFuse:
   sudo apt-get install ifuse

Open source FTW! 

[Via CGSbay]