
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











wow this is impressive!!
So this bluesnow that is available for download now includes a2dp and file transfer or is that in the future?
Fully functioning bluetooth on the iPhone? Holy SH*T! Now this is a news worthy article….
I’m only sry I did not get this scoop.
GJ there Sayam. Pls keep us posted
@Hilty It’s just that a friend I was chatting me informed in time and I just jumped on to write it. It was just a matter of luck. You post great stuff too!
Thanks and I really appreciate that you liked my article.
I will keep ya all updated!
Sorry for double posting but I didn’t see the other comment
Mike, that functionality is yet to come. This is just the start
A2DP was already possible using an adapter, but this is definitely much better than having a clunky black receiver plugged into your phone. And its free, who would have thought something useful on the iPhone would be free?
Where did you get that pay-pal donate address from? I always remember the dev team clearly saying not to donate to anyone possibly posing as the dev team…also why isnt there anything about bluesn0w on the dev teams blog?
I’d love to be able to use my Bluetooth GPS with an iPHONE 1stGen. Wonder if that will ever happen!
@Carson, thats because its not the iPhone Dev Team. This should have been made clear in the post. It said, “The Dev-Team has made some large strides in the design of their new Bluetooth project, BlueSn0w.”. It should have said, “The Team, or BlueSnow Team has made some large strides in the design of their new Bluetooth project, BlueSn0w, or _______.
@PG When I made the post there were some grammatical errors but still it mentioned the Team and not Dev-Team but maybe when editting, Nazaroth added Dev by mistake.
Finally! I have been waiting so long for this. All I have been wanting to do is stream my Pandora Station to my car’s radio (that unfortunately does not have an aux port) with reasonable sound quality while keeping my phone on the car charger.
about fukin time…
great but i cant get to the link???
@jb Sadly, they have now turned the betas into donorware and that link would no longer work.
“Releasing sweetTooth to the general public is an issue that we haven’t discussed, so in the near future, sweetTooth is donor only!
We are not sure when everyone else will be able to get their hands on it, but don’t keep your hopes up too high.”
Whats the deal with the ibluetooth project? I went to the site and registered, had to wait for my balance transfer to paypal to donate to them and now the site is gone. I downloaded the app from Cydia and it turns off my bluetooth and crashes everytime I run it. This is sounding like a scam.
Austin, your problem may be related to the version of iPhone firmware you are using. This project only works on firmware 2.2… Their site disappeared around the date you’re mentioning due to a hacker attack… a scenario which appears to have repeated itself today, hours before a newer release of the software.
Is A2DP working as of now?