I’m convinced that the network dropouts, and also very poor EDGE network performance, were from jailbreaking. It froze before I could unlock it, but it displayed the “Searching…” for network status at the top left (which I frequently noticed after jailbreaking) and I was in an area with strong coverage. I feel that it’s related to jailbreaking, because the lockup happened as soon as I hit the button to turn on the screen. I had to put it into recovery mode and restore from backup to get it working again.
#ITHEATER CYDIA UPDATE#
Update 2: Unfortunately, my iPhone 3Gs locked-up and went into a reboot loop.
Check out their list of 10 must-have jailbreak apps. Update 1: TheAppleBlog just posted a list of 10 must-have jailbreak apps and there are some that I’d missed. Kirkae for switching between running/backgrounded programs.ĭo you think Apple will add these features in the next iPhone update? Are there any essential Cydia apps I’ve missed? Let me know in the comments. MyWi for tethering / 3G connection sharing. InSpell for red underlining misspelled words in all applications. Other apps: AutoSilent to automatically silence the ringer during meetings based on calendar entries and time of day.I was available through the iTunes App Store but has been since removed. GV Mobile: If you use Google Voice, this is currently the only way to get an application on your phone.Lock Calendar: It turns the lock screen into something useful: a list of all upcoming calendar entries.
#ITHEATER CYDIA INSTALL#
To get the icon, WinterBoard and the Klear Weather Icon Theme (or Katra-based Weather Icon Theme) are required – but be sure to install WinterBoard first! Note: By itself, the app gives the text for temperature. I set it to update conditions every 30 minutes instead of every 1 minute to conserve battery. WeatherIcon: Displays the current temperature and icon in the top status bar and also on the application icon of your favorite weather app.When you click the Home button, you can open other apps, and the backgrounded app keeps running. A pop-up will confirm that it’s now enabled to continually run in the background. While the app you want to run in the background is running, hold the Home button for 2 seconds. This is especially useful for GPS applications. Backgrounder: Allows apps to run apps in the background so you can switch to other apps.I had to restore from backup using iTunes because I tried to use features that required Winterboard but it wasn’t installed.) (I found out the hard way and made my iPhone unbootable. This program is a prerequisite for any other apps that modify icons, so install it ASAP. I happen to like the default look, but I wanted to display a weather icon in my status bar. WinterBoard: This allows complete re-theming of the iPhone user interface.It’s accessed by swiping your finger along the top of the screen (from the carrier logo on the left to the battery icon on the right.) SBSettings: Quickly turn Bluetooth, WiFi, 3G, Airplane mode on or off.
#ITHEATER CYDIA ANDROID#
(In fact, Google Android phone already give most of this functionality.) Search for these apps by name within Cydia: I’d love to see Apple duplicate the functionality they provide. Here are the Cydia apps that I think are essential. I downloaded the Cydia app installer from within the Blackra1n app.I then made a PayPal donation to (the app that does the jailbreaking) because I couldn’t believe how easy the process was.First, I used this guild to jailbreak my iPhone (with 3.1.2 firmware) and enable internet connection tethering.Here are the details.Īn overview of the jailbreak & tethering process: These new apps are actually must more useful than the tethering will be. Along the way, I found a lot of other great functionality from third-party apps downloaded via Cydia, a third-party alternative to the iPhone Apps Store. So to enable tethering, which I will use about 5 minutes every 2 months, I jailbroke my iPhone. In fact, that is still the case, but I finally was pushed over the edge when I needed an Internet connection for my computer for 5 minutes and wound up driving for 30 minutes to get one. I’ve been an iPhone user for almost 2 years and have resisted hacking it because it provided almost all of the functionality I needed.
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