BlueSn0w - the iPhone bluetooth project.

J0hnEast0n · 16-01-2009, 4:11 PM

FYI...

BlueSn0w- A Major Achievement in iPhone Bluetooth History! | Planet iPhones

Twon · 16-01-2009, 4:37 PM

for those behind a firewall..

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Originally Posted by planet phones

Absence of bluetooth (software-wise) has been a major drawback of iPhone, which has put many people (including me) into some really embarassing situations. Yet Apple has not even taken one step in the right the direction of fixing this and is unlikely to do it anytime soon! Many different people have been trying to make the use of Bluetooth possible for operations like File Transfer, A2DP etc. but have had no luck, until now.

Finally, the dream is actually going to become a reality soon! The Dev-Team has made some large strides in the design of their new Bluetooth project, BlueSn0w. As per the BlueSn0w team, they have been able to “pwn” the device’s Bluetooth into being able to write/implement functions on the base Bluetooth stack used by the iPhone.

Currently the team has been able to make a tool that enables the iPhone to imprint the MAC Address of any device within 10 seconds, which is even faster than the time Settings app used to scan the phone. This is totally command line for now and they are working on a GUI for the near future.

Though, this is a huge achievement, there’s a lot more to come. The final app will be loaded with more features and a relatively decent GUI. You’ll be able to pair the phone and make it discoverable too. There’s gonna be file transfer and a lot more on the way and guess what, it’s all free! But if you want to support their hard work and the project, please donate to them.

FYI: This team had a villain named Medevil who stole some of the work (*cough* Zibri *cough*). So, if you see him on any forum trying to sell their work, just ignore him.

Link to the tool (zipped) with instructions inside: BlueSn0w

*_s79* · 16-01-2009, 5:10 PM

excellent news

J7MAN · 16-01-2009, 5:25 PM

The comments make interesting reading.

hutch · 16-01-2009, 10:49 PM

Its definitely the next big iPhone project, the stumbler proof of concept (Sweet Tooth) which has been on Cydia for the past week is just the start

normjohn · 17-01-2009, 2:23 PM

Do you think we'd be looking at weeks or months for this?

hutch · 17-01-2009, 11:23 PM

Months for anything half useful, literally all it does now is show any discoverable bluetooth devices within range.

J0hnEast0n · 27-01-2009, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by hutch

Months for anything half useful, literally all it does now is show any discoverable bluetooth devices within range.

Thanks Hutch, I didnt realise they had released anything to play around with. Things are looking up though

hutch · 27-01-2009, 10:59 PM

BT file transfer coming soon from another Dev

iSpazio Exclusive: The first iPhone file transfer using the Bluetooth | iSpazio - The iPhone Blog

Jase Winter · 27-01-2009, 11:12 PM

Nice, this will be a thread to keep your eye on!

J0hnEast0n · 27-01-2009, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by hutch

BT file transfer coming soon from another Dev

iSpazio Exclusive: The first iPhone file transfer using the Bluetooth | iSpazio - The iPhone Blog

Nice one! but is that not the one from the guy who stole all the code? I get confused about who's who and who to stay away from...

Tino04 · 17-03-2009, 9:33 PM

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Originally Posted by J0hnEast0n

Nice one! but is that not the one from the guy who stole all the code? I get confused about who's who and who to stay away from...

any updates on this one guys? I can't find anything halfway useful