How-To Guides from Gadget Hacks: Page 208

This video tutorial will show you how to SSH file share on your Apple iPhone or iPod Touch, SSH meaning Secure Socket Shell. This is how you going to access your files on your iPhone or iPod, like videos and pictures. You will want to install the application OpenSSH in the system category on your device, and then download...

Get out your iPhone or iPod and get ready for some jailbreaking! Watch this video to see how to QuickPwn Jailbreak your Apple iPhone 3G and iPod Touch. This jailbreak will work with the 2.0, 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 Apple firmware.

What are the benefits of jailbreaking an Apple iPhone or Apple iPod Touch? Well, here you will learn all about the jailbreak... what jailbreaking actually is, what it does, what it's about and what the pros and cons of it are. The first video will answer all of these questions about getting third party applications onto your iPod or iPhone.

If you own an Apple iPod or iPhone, and you want to unbrick it, you'll need to prepare the device first. This video will show you how to put your Apple iPod or iPhone into DFU mode, which means Device Firmware Update. You'll need to attach the Apple device to your computer for iTunes. If you're looking to jailbreak the iPod, this will help you get to that step.

Restore your iphone from disaster with this handy tip. If your phone is acting strange, and you need to restore it, you should place it into DFU mode. DFU will help you restore your phone from any malware or hiccups in downloads you've experienced.

The best way to transfer contacts from a computer to an iPhone is to use Mobile Me, formerly known as Dot Mac, which automatically synchronizes Outlook or Entourage with the iPhone. Keep track of contact information, on both the computer and the iPhone, with tips from a digital technology specialist in this free video on the iPhone.

Taxi Hold'em is the perfect app to use when trying to get hold of a cab. When you tilt your iPhone horizontally, it flashes a catching "TAXI" sign in black and yellow. Taxi Hold'em makes sure that cab stops just for you!

Take apart a 9V battery and turn it in to Six AAA batteries. This way you save money. amazing science experiment trick. This is a simple battery deconstruction that results in a 9 volt battery's dissection into six AAAA batteries. They are not AA or AAA, but a kind you won't find at Radio Shack.

Learn to setup a visual dial icon on your iphone. This one click application allows you to call anyone in your directory by clicking on a photo of them on your phones desktop.

Light up your world with these beautiful and easy-to-make illuminated LED balloons.

Just because your XBOX 360 account isn't linked to your Netflix or Hulu account doesn't mean you can't catch up with the latest episode of "Gossip Girl." In fact, you can stream movies and TV shows from either website by simply installing a program called PlayOn on your networked PC.

You simply have to see this to believe it. Is this lady stuck in her trunk?! Here's an easy step-by-step tutorial on how to find it! You need Google Earth and a sense of humor. This is a quick navigation to find an outrageous Big Brother sighting.

A quick trick to do a screen capture on iPhone. A great skill to have especially when your iPhone is misbehaving, so you can show the Genius Bar whats up. This will record a video of your screen. It's how people make tutorials on a PC. You can do this easily on your iPhone. This works on the 3G and regular iPhone.

Some governments and organizations employ proxy servers to filter web content, permitting access to some web sites while blocking others. Here are several ways to get around these censorship policies. This is employed in China with YouTube and many other voices of anti-goverment ideas.

Take a tour through the world of the light-emitting diode. Learn - who invented it, how to use it, and how to make your own.

Just a really quick overview of Googles new browser, Chrome, and some of its features. you can get it at Google.com/chrome This goes over Opera, Firefox and Safari differences. Chrome automatically adds favorites to your tab. The incognito setting lets you browse in a porn-mode without any cookies, history or cache clearing.

This is an instructional video featuring Doug Prime, founder of the Future Engineers Center at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Strip the wire and make sure the wire is tied on tightly before soldering. Don't drip balls of solder. Make sure the tip is clean. Then hold it on the joint to be soldered for 4 seconds. Then poke the solder on the surface and it will melt with the heat.

This is an instructional video featuring Doug Prime, founder of the Future Engineers Center at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Use wire strippers where they are like scissors. To cut off the wire's insulation and strip it you need to know the wire's gauge. Check the gauge on both the wire and the stripper.

A nifty step-by-step guide to making your very own laundry detergent lamp. Upcycle that recyclable detergent bottle and gain a swell lighting fixture for your home! This involves some basic circuitry and wiring of a cheap lamp fixture. You use the laundry detergent bottle as the base of the lamp. It's a bit arts & crafts project and a bit conservation! Help our mother nature with this nifty at-home craft decoration project!

Did you know you can stimulate yourself to have a lucid dream? Well, it may take a little bit of practice first, but this sleep mask can certainly help you have the most interesting and realistic dreams of your life (yes, kinda like "Inception.") Just check out this video to learn how to make a super cheap lucid dream mask out of two LED lights and a pair of goggles.

Designing a cool app for Android? If you were looking to integrate web content into your Android app, you can—and the Android Developers are here to show you how it's done! It's all done with an embedded WebView, allowing you to embed HTML, Javascript and style sheets from your web content. If you were looking for a quick answer on how you embed your web content into your app, let the pros at Google teach you the right way.

Notorious hacker Chris Tarnovsky opens his underground laboratory to WIRED, providing a peek into the world of satellite television smart-card hacking. This complicated process involves nail polish, a pin head and various acids -- so don't try this at home (unless you're Chris Tarnovsky)! Chances are you won't even know what's going on here, but that's not going to stop you from watching this video tutorial on how to reverse-engineer a satellite TV smart card, is it?He uses acetone to strip...

New to eBay? Don't worry, setting up an account and buying and selling doesn't take that much effort at all. Everyone who has an Internet connection has at one point come across eBay, to find the perfect gift for their loved ones, to find the cheapest deals on plasma televisions and computers, or to get rid of their dusty, old record album collection in their web store.

New to eBay? Don't worry, setting up an account and buying and selling doesn't take that much effort at all. Everyone who has an Internet connection has at one point come across eBay, to find the perfect gift for their loved ones, to find the cheapest deals on plasma televisions and computers, or to get rid of their dusty, old record album collection in their web store.

New to eBay? Don't worry, setting up an account and buying and selling doesn't take that much effort at all. Everyone who has an Internet connection has at one point come across eBay, to find the perfect gift for their loved ones, to find the cheapest deals on plasma televisions and computers, or to get rid of their dusty, old record album collection in their web store.

Watch as Kipkay from MAKE Magazine shows you how to make something really cool for a shake microphone, with parts from RadioShack. You'll be transforming a simple shake flashlight into a so-called shake microphone. The fun won't stop when you hear your shaky voice out loud.

Let Forbes help you make a few do-it-yourself projects in record breaking time. This video tutorial contains information on how to make three various projects. Learn how to make your very own noise canceling earphones out of junk old headphones, make an LED light, and make a simple marshmallow shooter. This projects are not only easy and quick to make, but fun.

Need a quick repair job for your HP iPAQ Pocket PC RX3100, 3115, 3400, 3415, 3417, 3700, or 3715? Well, this video tutorial will show you how to disassemble the phone after it's been damaged. You'll see exactly how to take it apart, then simply reverse the instructions to put the HP iPAQ RX3100, 3115, 3400, 3415, 3417, 3700, or 3715 back together.

Need a quick repair job for your HP iPAQ Classic Handheld Pocket PC 110, 111, 112, 114, or 116? Well, this video tutorial will show you how to disassemble the phone after it's been damaged. You'll see exactly how to take it apart, then simply reverse the instructions to put the HP iPAQ 110, 111, 112, 114, or 116 back together.

Find MP3 files using Google by typing in the name of the song using quotation marks. Locate MP3 files with tips from a professional musician in this free video on music.

Find lyrics to an unknown song by logging on to the Internet and typing in a few words from that song into a search engine. Locate lyrics to an unknown song with tips from a professional musician in this free video on music.

Get that song you heard on the radio out of your head and into your record collection with this how-to, which will teach you how to find song information using the Google search engine. Find a song by accessing the Internet and typing in lyrics using quotation marks. Learn to find a song with tips from a professional musician in this free video on music.

Need a little help soldering? If you can't quite figure out how to solder for your electronics and wires, maybe it's time you took a soldering 101 class. Well, no need to pay any expensive tuition, just watch this video tutorial to see how to do some basic soldering for electronic equipment or whatever you need it for. It's as simple as getting some solder and a soldering gun. The rest comes naturally, believe me. This explanation is more that enough to get your started in the world of...

If you would like an iPod wall charger, but don't want to spend all of that money at Apple, just watch this video tutorial to see how to make a cheap iPod wall charger with just an old cell phone charger and a USB extension. There's no need to spend a bunch of money, just use the junk that's lying around your home. Electrical tape always comes in handy too, so remember that. Scissors, too.

Light up your keyboard with this illuminating tutorial from Make Magazine's Kipkay. To get started on this hack, which should take roughly a half an hour and cost no more than $5, you'll need the following: (1) a regular computer keyboard (most any model will do), (2) a screwdriver, (3) a drill, (4) telephone wire, (5) heat shrink tubing, and (6) two 5 mm high-brightness, white LEDs. For comprehensive, step-by-step instructions on building your own light-up keyboard, simply watch this hacker's...

Check out this video tutorial to see how to jailbreak 2.0.2 the iPhone or iPod Touch. We all know about Jailbreaking, so get your Apple iPhone or iPod Touch in sync with the rest of the world... hack it. Nobody like a party pooper, so jailbreak it just like everyone else. Seriously, don't miss out on this awesome experience.

Learn how to use a piezoelectric element as a speaker, and how to generate musical notes with a microcontroller with this home electronics how-to. For more on programming microcontrollers to make sweet, sweet music, watch this helpful video guide.

This video tutorial explains how to strip insulated wire the right way. You'll learn how to adjust your wire strippers to make the process easier. Some people don't even use wire strippers, they use a knife or maybe even their teeth, but this causes nicks in the copper. To get the insulation off with ease and without gouges in the copper wire, use the proper sized wire strippers and adjust them right to fit the gauge of your wire. It's as simple as that. You don't need to go to vocational...

Watch as Novastar and Gundamaniac demonstrate detailed wiring for a crystal focus board for Star Wars Lightsabers! Making your very own Jedi Light Saber may be a daunting task if you don't know what you're doing, but this four-part video tutorial will save the day from evil forces. To start off wiring the CF board, make sure you have your SanDisk on it already.

WebStarts.com is a free website creation and hosting interface with a powerful drag-and-drop design interface. In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to add streaming video to your WebStarts website. For more information, and to get streaming live video from your own WebStarts site, watch this web design video tutorial.