Comments on: Visualize 2.0 version 1.4 http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2008/04/28/visualize-20-version-14/ Learn how to use, hack and mod the Apple iPhone, iPad & iPod touch Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:11:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nick Balaz http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2008/04/28/visualize-20-version-14/comment-page-1/#comment-22481 Nick Balaz Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:13:52 +0000 http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/?p=3991#comment-22481 I installed this, and the installer started crashing everytime that i open it. Any idea? I installed this, and the installer started crashing everytime that i open it. Any idea?

]]> By: MacManiac http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2008/04/28/visualize-20-version-14/comment-page-1/#comment-13218 MacManiac Thu, 15 May 2008 05:07:28 +0000 http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/?p=3991#comment-13218 @Phil here buddy;0) appledailytimes.com/installer @Phil

here buddy;0) appledailytimes.com/installer

]]> By: Phil http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2008/04/28/visualize-20-version-14/comment-page-1/#comment-13205 Phil Thu, 15 May 2008 03:17:22 +0000 http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/?p=3991#comment-13205 I'm new at this, how do I get the source for this stuff? I’m new at this, how do I get the source for this stuff?

]]> By: secretmrx http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2008/04/28/visualize-20-version-14/comment-page-1/#comment-13049 secretmrx Wed, 14 May 2008 07:41:28 +0000 http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/?p=3991#comment-13049 the symlink it makes, as I have said before in this post, is exactly this: makes what is like a "shortcut" on windows, or an "alias" on a Mac in the /Applications folder called "AppStore" which points to /Applications/Installer.app Thats it. Installer.app does not get changed. It is still there. BossTool does this when it frees disk space: Moves the applications to the /var partition Makes an "Alias" on a Mac or a "Shortcut" on a PC called "Applications" in root which points to the Applications folder in the /var partition. So when iPhone wants Applications, it looks in the / directory, sees what appears to be the "Applications" folder, open it, and is "teleported" to the Applications folder in the var directory. So what mine does is just makes an "Alias/Shortcut" Called "AppStore" which points to "Installer.app" which resides in the /Applications directory. the symlink it makes, as I have said before in this post, is exactly this:

makes what is like a “shortcut” on windows, or an “alias” on a Mac in the /Applications folder called “AppStore” which points to /Applications/Installer.app Thats it. Installer.app does not get changed. It is still there.

BossTool does this when it frees disk space:

Moves the applications to the /var partition
Makes an “Alias” on a Mac or a “Shortcut” on a PC called “Applications” in root which points to the Applications folder in the /var partition. So when iPhone wants Applications, it looks in the / directory, sees what appears to be the “Applications” folder, open it, and is “teleported” to the Applications folder in the var directory.

So what mine does is just makes an “Alias/Shortcut” Called “AppStore” which points to “Installer.app” which resides in the /Applications directory.

]]> By: secretmrx http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2008/04/28/visualize-20-version-14/comment-page-1/#comment-13048 secretmrx Wed, 14 May 2008 07:36:32 +0000 http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/?p=3991#comment-13048 i have said this many times. this app in NO way can harm the iPhone/iPod Touch. I wrote this. I have a good knowledge of the iPhone's filesystem and how it works. It is impossible, i repeat, impossible, for this to cause any boot problems. Listen to me when I say this. I put in a lot of work. the spinning wheel of death is in no way related to changing icons. if it was, you would get it after changing a summerboard theme. This does basically what a summerboard theme does, but I did not make it a summerboard theme as I needed it to make a symlink. Which, by the way, is what BossTool does. and BossTool does not cause a spinning wheel of death when making a symlink to the /Applications folder. Believe me, I have discussed this issue with people 10 times smarter then me. Every person I talked to said this could not cause it. so please, its not me or my app's fault. btw thanks Braden :D i have said this many times. this app in NO way can harm the iPhone/iPod Touch. I wrote this. I have a good knowledge of the iPhone’s filesystem and how it works. It is impossible, i repeat, impossible, for this to cause any boot problems. Listen to me when I say this. I put in a lot of work. the spinning wheel of death is in no way related to changing icons. if it was, you would get it after changing a summerboard theme. This does basically what a summerboard theme does, but I did not make it a summerboard theme as I needed it to make a symlink. Which, by the way, is what BossTool does. and BossTool does not cause a spinning wheel of death when making a symlink to the /Applications folder.

Believe me, I have discussed this issue with people 10 times smarter then me. Every person I talked to said this could not cause it. so please, its not me or my app’s fault.

btw thanks Braden :D

]]> By: cool_guy http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2008/04/28/visualize-20-version-14/comment-page-1/#comment-12967 cool_guy Tue, 13 May 2008 20:17:30 +0000 http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/?p=3991#comment-12967 hey.... this app made me have to restore my iphone!! urrgghh.. I got spinning wheel of death as well!!!!! Please people.. don't install this app!!!! Arrrghhh... I have wasted my whole day to back up everything that I have installed... sigh~~ hey….

this app made me have to restore my iphone!! urrgghh.. I got spinning wheel of death as well!!!!! Please people.. don’t install this app!!!! Arrrghhh… I have wasted my whole day to back up everything that I have installed…

sigh~~

]]> By: Braden http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2008/04/28/visualize-20-version-14/comment-page-1/#comment-12857 Braden Tue, 13 May 2008 01:33:52 +0000 http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/?p=3991#comment-12857 I do believe the developer of the app would know a whole lot more about what it does than a bunch of babies who blame everything bad that happens to their devices on other people. There's no reason to say it's a waste of time. Lots of work went into it. So please stop whining. The app didn't mess up your device. Get the freak over it. I do believe the developer of the app would know a whole lot more about what it does than a bunch of babies who blame everything bad that happens to their devices on other people. There’s no reason to say it’s a waste of time. Lots of work went into it.
So please stop whining. The app didn’t mess up your device. Get the freak over it.

]]> By: secretmrx http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2008/04/28/visualize-20-version-14/comment-page-1/#comment-12439 secretmrx Fri, 09 May 2008 09:59:11 +0000 http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/?p=3991#comment-12439 @MacManiac, thanks bro :) good to hear @MacManiac,

thanks bro :) good to hear

]]> By: MacManiac http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2008/04/28/visualize-20-version-14/comment-page-1/#comment-12256 MacManiac Thu, 08 May 2008 04:38:45 +0000 http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/?p=3991#comment-12256 hi to everybody , i just installed Visualize 2.0 without any problems and it works just fine and i have a lot of fun with it. good work Secretmrx ;o) hi to everybody , i just installed Visualize 2.0 without any problems
and it works just fine and i have a lot of fun with it.

good work Secretmrx ;o)

]]> By: secretmrx http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2008/04/28/visualize-20-version-14/comment-page-1/#comment-11963 secretmrx Tue, 06 May 2008 06:17:54 +0000 http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/?p=3991#comment-11963 i have debugged absolutely everything in the package. all this does is backup your files, put some new ones there. to see for yourself, go an look at the script itself on appledailytimes.com/installer and in there you should see a download link for the package itself as well. Go into any application on iPhone, and you will see something called "icon.png." this "icon.png" is simply backed up, and then a new one is put in its place. even if the icon is totally deleted, the app will show on SpringBoard, but will have a special icon given by iPhone's OS, because items without icons are given one by the iphone. -It is the same for all other icons, back them up and replace. -Same for the AppStore skin, backup and replace -Same for the version Number spoof, backs up the 'SystemVersion.plist' file in "/System/Library/CoreServices" and replaces it with one that just says "2.0" instead of "1.1.4" -The "renaming appstore" thing just makes a symlink (its like a shortcut on a PC or an alias on a mac) which points to "Installer.app" called "AppStore.app." Since the symlink is not folder, but a shortcut to one, no matter how much goes wrong in this step, nothing can possbily go wrong with your system. As you can see, this package is not dangerous at all. I seriously have done major tests on this and can not simulate any strange rebooting problems. It is 100% unrelated to this package, and that has been confirmed with other developers over IRC. And if you have more problems, contact me directly as then we can resolve the problem instead of leaving it out there without me seeing it. Please, guys, i have been doing all sorts of things and discussing with heaps of other people, this app can, in no way, harm your iphone/ipod touch. do not blame it on me and my app, it took a lot of work to get it all together and its not good when people say its just a waste of time :( btw, this has had 10,000 downloads. i have only received 1 email regarding a problem with this. and all the problem was is that the guy didnt have bsd subsystem installed. as soon as he installed it, he loved the app. contact me: secretmrx@appledailytimes.com i have debugged absolutely everything in the package. all this does is backup your files, put some new ones there. to see for yourself, go an look at the script itself on appledailytimes.com/installer and in there you should see a download link for the package itself as well.

Go into any application on iPhone, and you will see something called “icon.png.” this “icon.png” is simply backed up, and then a new one is put in its place. even if the icon is totally deleted, the app will show on SpringBoard, but will have a special icon given by iPhone’s OS, because items without icons are given one by the iphone.

-It is the same for all other icons, back them up and replace.
-Same for the AppStore skin, backup and replace
-Same for the version Number spoof, backs up the ‘SystemVersion.plist’ file in “/System/Library/CoreServices” and replaces it with one that just says “2.0″ instead of “1.1.4″
-The “renaming appstore” thing just makes a symlink (its like a shortcut on a PC or an alias on a mac) which points to “Installer.app” called “AppStore.app.” Since the symlink is not folder, but a shortcut to one, no matter how much goes wrong in this step, nothing can possbily go wrong with your system.

As you can see, this package is not dangerous at all. I seriously have done major tests on this and can not simulate any strange rebooting problems. It is 100% unrelated to this package, and that has been confirmed with other developers over IRC. And if you have more problems, contact me directly as then we can resolve the problem instead of leaving it out there without me seeing it.

Please, guys, i have been doing all sorts of things and discussing with heaps of other people, this app can, in no way, harm your iphone/ipod touch. do not blame it on me and my app, it took a lot of work to get it all together and its not good when people say its just a waste of time :(

btw, this has had 10,000 downloads. i have only received 1 email regarding a problem with this. and all the problem was is that the guy didnt have bsd subsystem installed. as soon as he installed it, he loved the app.

contact me: secretmrx@appledailytimes.com

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