I simply turned my iPhone into an iPod Basic, and now I am drowning in nostalgia

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Obtain My Basic on the App Retailer for $3 to remodel your iPhone into an iPod Basic.
Enter a particular code into the app to alter it from a Sport Boy to an iPod Basic.
Navigate by means of the app with the iPod Basic scroll wheel and hearken to songs from Apple Music. Spotify is just not out there.

I will always remember the day I obtained my first iPod. I used to be so enthusiastic about downloading all my favourite songs on iTunes, so I might hearken to them endlessly and wherever I went. It is a gadget that even simply serious about will get me all nostalgic, and can all the time have a particular place in my coronary heart. However now, due to the facility of this app within the App Store, you’ll be able to relive these iPod Basic days in your iPhone.

My Classic prices $3 on the App Retailer. It appears to be like like a Game Boy, however whenever you obtain it, you’ll be able to rework it into an iPod Basic, and it even controls the identical method. You can too hearken to any songs you’ve got on Apple Music with it too.

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My Basic

My Basic appears to be like like an app that emulates a Sport Boy, however when you enter a particular code, it transforms itself into an iPod Basic.

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Tips on how to rework your iPhone into an iPod Basic

This may occasionally sound foolish, however whenever you obtain My Basic, it appears to be like like a Sport Boy emulator. Nevertheless, for those who enter a particular code, the app transforms mechanically into an iPod Basic (consider it as an Easter Egg). Why does the app permit you to do that? Your guess is nearly as good as mine, however my assumption is it is a sly method of stopping it from being pulled from the App Retailer by Apple.

To remodel the My Basic app from a Sport Boy to an iPod Basic, comply with these steps under:

1. Open up the My Basic app

2. Find the d-pad and B and A buttons on the Sport Boy. You’ll use these to enter the code within the subsequent step.

3. Enter this code: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Proper, Left, Proper, B, A.

4. Faucet okay on the on-screen pop-up. The iPod Basic interface will then seem.

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You can too change the iPod Basic’s theme

As soon as you’ve got entered the code appropriately, the app will mechanically rework into an iPod Basic. To navigate the iPod Basic, use the scroll wheel on it the very same method you’ll on the unique gadget. You’ll be able to’t use touchscreen controls, solely the scroll wheel. You’ll be able to shuffle and play any songs you’ve got on Apple Music utilizing the app. Sadly, different music streaming providers like Spotify will not be out there.

You’ll be able to customise the iPod Basic with completely different themes, like silver, darkish, black, and white. There’s additionally a theme referred to as particular, which makes the iPod Basic black and crimson.

I opted for silver for that actually traditional expertise.

When you’re feeling nostalgic and need to expertise what it was wish to hearken to music utilizing an iPod Basic, give My Basic a attempt.