If you’re one of those jogging “junkies” that purchased the Nike+iPod kit you’ve probably wondered one time (or maybe not) if you could access the data recorded by it. Well, it turns out that Matt Mecham was able to access a hidden folder insite the iPod and access an XML file which has all the information he needed:
I plugged back in my iPod Nano and enabled ‘Disk Mode’ and double clicked the icon. In typical Apple fashion, anything remotely scary is hidden. So, it’s over to terminal.
After a bit of digging around, I located the data. It’s stored in XML format (no surprise there) and is found in: iPod/iPod_Control/Device/Trainer/Workouts/Empeds/{Sensor ID}.
My sensor ID is ’4H627YP2VSX’. This sensor ID is also located in a file called ‘linkData’ in the Emped folder. I copied the folder to my desktop so I could poke around without risking the data on my iPod.
And then he discovered this:
<runSummary>
<workoutName>Basic</workoutName>
<time>2006-09-05T12:53:57+01:00</time>
<duration>3538875</duration><durationString>58:58</durationString>
<distance unit=”km”>8.0492</distance>
<distanceString>5.00 mi</distanceString>
<pace>11:47 min/mi</pace><calories>752</calories>
<battery></battery>
<playlistList>
<playlist>
<playlistName>a.Current</playlistName></playlist>
</playlistList>
<stepCounts>
<walkBegin>4490</walkBegin>
<walkEnd>9130</walkEnd><runBegin>3600</runBegin>
<runEnd>7666</runEnd>
</stepCounts>
</runSummary>
Now, his intention is to create a community of iPod runners. And so far he’s managed to upload the data to a temporary file on his website with a widget. Who knows, maybe in a few months there will be a real community driven Nike+ website.
Via the unnoficial Apple Weblog
