Sep 3, 2007 4:29 AM

Holy Smoke! Hacked iPhone Explodes

Hacker beware: Hackint0sh forum member and resident of Africa, Pipas, tried hacking his (or her) iPhone with what we assume was the George Hotz method, which necessitates opening up the case…. as I was gone, less than 2 minutes my friend, who was with me suddenly started to scream, I came rushing back, and the iphone was just sitting there, black stuff all over the table, as i went to pick it up, i burnt the tips of my fingers.

Dead Iphone Hacker beware: Hackint0sh forum member and resident of Africa, Pipas, tried hacking his (or her) iPhone with what we assume was the George Hotz method, which necessitates opening up the case. A wayward screwdriver punctured and shorted the battery, resulting in the mess you see above. This is obviously not an iPhone flaw, but it does remind us of just how dangerous those lithium-ion batteries can be.

I decided to go and look for something to try and pry open the metal part […] as I was gone, less than 2 minutes my friend, who was with me suddenly started to scream, I came rushing back, and the iphone was just sitting there, black stuff all over the table, as i went to pick it up, i burnt the tips of my fingers. it was HOT, very, very HOT.

George Hotz himself deliberately shorted an iPhone battery, possibly to vent his frustration at spending 500 hours tweaking with the phones’ innards. Lucky for us, he made the video you see below (WMV – sorry).

Exploding iPhone [Hackint0sh via Engadget]

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