Hey guys,

I was recently given a first generation iPod Touch for free from an old friend. At first, I thought it was pretty cool, but now I think its pretty worthless since the wifi no longer works. Any one have any cool links to cool things I can do with it?

More information about the iTouch:
v3.1.3
First Gen
Battery does not keep charge very well

You can jail break it I think and with app sync you can download pirated apps and place them in your ipod through Itunes.

My version of iOS jailbreaking software required wi-fi to install some files. App sync could only be installed through wi-fi too. Not really sure what to tell you without the wi-fi

Do you think I could install linux on it and attempt to code the touch code on my own? (Kind of unreasonable, I know).

I couldn't tell you. I don't really know about those things. I mean a lot of these jail breaking techniques are pretty much inserting and changing some parts of the iOS. I really don't know that much about it, much less if it matters if you have a 1G since I have a 4G and everything I know is based on that which isn't much to begin with.

if you jail break it you can do anything. You can also replace the battery yourself.

Is the wireless issue software or hardware related? Most likely hardware related, it could be repairable, but highly unlikely. I did manage to get my headphone jack fixed, but that is as far as it could go, besides battery perhaps. Or, just jailbreak it like everyone else is saying.