If you are one of those who loves clicking pictures with your iPhone camera then one thing you would have found frustrating is the lack of a flash especially when you want to click a photograph in some place where there is poor light. You might find this article interesting as Joe has come up with a crazy hardware hack called iFlash for the iPhone. Joe is the same guy who had released Ringtonator, an iPhone application to add custom ringtones to your iPhone. He has recently published a guide to build a removable external flash (camera light) for the iPhone using a dock connector, LEDs and a tact switch.
I guess after reading about the components used to build the external flash you might have figured out that this one is not for the faint hearted. This reminded me of another hack to get the two-way video conferencing on iPhone to work. The reason why I say its a camera light rather than a flash is because there doesn’t seem to be any flashing mechanism.
Anyway lets jump into the details of the components that you will need to build this iPhone accessory:
- 3mm super-bright white LED's
- Dock Connector: Joe used the dock connector of an old iPod charger here so that the LEDs are powered by the iPhone's battery.
- Tact switch: To turn ON or OFF the camera light. I guess a much simpler option then to develop a native iPhone app just for the turn on/off functionality.
And the tools that you would need are mentioned below:
- Soldering iron + solder
- Drill/Dremel/Soldering Iron
- Hot glue/Super glue
Before you jump into building the camera light for the iPhone have a look at the before (top) & after (bottom) photographs below from the iPhone’s camera using iFlash:
I'm going to give it a shot…
Many are clammoring about the update that Apple made to brick 3rd party applications for the Iphone owners everywhere who had hacked and installed 3rd party applications in their fones.However, to my elation I have researched most of the web for updates and read all sources and codes from different countries…you all are happy to be notified that within a week or 2, a new BREAK in the 1.1.1 Firmware and new softwares to unlock the Iphone with simpler application installer are being updated and made this very moment.And i am sure that the Dev Team is in their laboratory thinking of ways to have a reset to factory settings also so that this cat and mouse deal between Apple and the Hackers Worldwide will continue to flourish…unfortunately no detailed release yet has been made.only through my connections from hackers worldwide am I able to confirm that the projects of unlocking the Iphone easier despite new Firmware/Softwares from apple are in circulation.So just sit and wait and be patient.New improve applications and Unlocking tools for your iphone are on the way.So pass the word and update this site for future news and releases heard/seen/tried out there in the web…Much Luv and keep up the GREAT work!!let's make this the best Iphone for the masses. =)
Here it is for sell:
http://www.mercadolibre.com.mx/jm/item?site=MLM&id=21058040