Backgrounder

Backgrounder Update – Supports iOS 4.2.1

December 13, 2010 by Brooke

Backgrounder recently received the awaited update which allows the hack to work on iOS 4.2.1. The beta version had been available for a while but the official update was finally released. For those of you who are not familiar with Backgrounder, it is an hack that gives you “total control of backgrounding on an iPhone/iOS-based device. With Backgrounder, *you* decide when an app should keep running, and when it should quit.”

1.0.0-1 Changelog:
● Updated for iOS 4.2.1.
● Changed method used for preventing installation on unsupported iOS versions.
● Changed version numbering due to move from Google Code (svn) to GitHub (git).
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Filed Under: Backgrounder, BigBoss, Cydia, hack Tagged With: 4.2.1, Backgrounder, Cydia, iOS, Update

Backgrounder Update – New Settings, New Features and Fixes

May 12, 2010 by Brooke

Available In: Cydia

Price: Free

Backgrounder, a hack that allows applications to run in the background, has been updated to version svn.r432 (and svn.r436). The new version actually makes a decent amount of changes to the hack (full change log below).

The overall settings of the app have changed… including more description about each setting… which is nice.

In the Global option of the settings, you will find quite a few more features including the ability to choose the type of Backgrounding Method (Off, Native and Backgrounder), choose the Backgrounding State (Enable at Launch or Stay Enabled – previously Backgrounding Persists), the ability to turn on a Status Bar Icon and the options to Fallback to Native and Minimize on Toggle.
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Filed Under: Backgrounder, BigBoss, Cydia Tagged With: applications, background, Backgrounder, iPhone, iPod touch, Run

ProSwitcher – Palm Pre-styled Application Switcher

January 24, 2010 by Douglas

Available In: Cydia

Price: Free

Backgrounder is a really great hack for the iPhone. It lets you keep an application running in the background even when you hit the home button to close it. This is great for apps like Pandora and other music apps or anything else you might want. The annoying part for me has always been moving around between those apps. Usually I just use the search to find them because I have so many pages of apps I don’t want to scroll around looking for them. One newer feature of backgrounder displays a badge on the icon of the apps running in the background so you know what’s still running. Now with all of that said, a new app helps streamline all of this called ProSwitcher.

This app has a ton of customization that I could talk about all day but I’ll tell you the main point and you can mess with settings. Basically what it does is when you activate it from one of it’s many ways, it zooms out of the app, kinda like the way multiple webpages display in Mobile Safari, and you can flick left and right through what’s running. It also triggers the app you’re currently in to run in the back ground. Here’s some screenshots and a quick video demo. The apps free so check it out and if there’s something you don’t like, make sure you check all the features and options ’cause a lot of it can be changed.

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Filed Under: Backgrounder, Cydia, mod, ProSwitcher, videos Tagged With: Backgrounder

Ustream + Backgrounder = Live Streaming Apps

December 11, 2009 by Douglas

Ustream Ok, so today I was at Sports Clips getting my son’s hair cut and Buffalo Wild Wings next door has wifi so I decided to test out the Ustream app some more. I wanted to tweet about it so I used backgrounder to keep Ustream running in the background while I tweeted. What I found out later when I got home to watch the video is if you combine Ustream with Backgrounder it streams your springboard along with any app that’s running. Unfortunately it only streams the top half to two thirds of your screen. Check out the videos below:

Filed Under: App Store, Backgrounder, Cydia, ustream, Ustream Live Broadcaster, videos

Backgrounder Update – New Features

September 24, 2009 by Brooke

Available In: Cydia

Price: Free

Backgrounder, a mod that allows applications to run in the background, has been updated to version svn.r295. The update redesigns the application’s settings, adds a few new features as well as contains a bug fix (see full change log below).

One new feature is the ability to turn off the badge icon for applications that are not backgrounded by the Backgrounder app itself. This would be applications that run in the background without the need for Backgrounder such as Phone, Mail, Safari, iPod… etc. You can turn this option off in under the Global option in the application.
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Filed Under: Backgrounder, BigBoss, Cydia Tagged With: applications, Backgrounder, iPhone, iPod touch, Run

Backgrounder Update

August 25, 2009 by Brooke

Available In: Cydia

Price: Free

Backgrounder, an application that allows apps to run in the background, has been updated to version svn.r261. This version of the application adds back a few of the features Backgrounder had before firmware 3.x; Always-Enabled Apps option, Blacklisted Apps option, Persistence option and the Badge feature. As a quick reminder, I will run through what each option does. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Backgrounder, Cydia, System Tagged With: applications, Backgrounder, iPhone, iPod touch, Run

Backgrounder Update

July 8, 2009 by Brooke

Available In: Cydia

Price: Free

When I saw an update to Backgrounder, a mod that allows apps to run in the background, I was like…YES! I thought we were going to get some of the old features back but, the update just fixes a bug in which some apps were not restoring properly. I know, I was totally bummed too. I could really use the SpringBoard badge that indicates when an app is running…I have a feeling I have left a few running on accident! You can get Backgrounder via the BigBoss source. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Backgrounder, BigBoss, Cydia, System Tagged With: applications, background, Backgrounder, hack, iPhone, iPod touch, Run

Backgrounder Updated – Firmware 3.0 Compatible

June 26, 2009 by Brooke

Available In: Cydia

Price: Free

Backgrounder, a mod that allows applications to run in the background, has been updated to version svn.r247. This version of Backgrounder is for firmware 3.0 and above. If you are on 2.2.1 or below make sure you DO NOT upgrade. The update also only enables the basic backgrounder feature…there are no extra features at this time. The developer says it will take some time to get the features working on the 3.0 firmware.
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Filed Under: Backgrounder, BigBoss, Cydia, System Tagged With: 3.0, applications, Apps, background, Backgrounder, Compatible, firmware, Insomnia, Run, Works

Backgrounder svn.r10-2 – Allows Apps to Run in Background

October 2, 2008 by Brooke

Available In: Cydia

Price: Free

Backgrounder is “A Mobile Substrate-based extension that allows applications to run in the background.” Basically it is an application (similar to Insomnia) that allows applications to run in the background…meaning after you close the application it will continue to run.

When you install Backgrounder, you will not get an icon on your SpringBoard…it is just a code application. To enable Backgrounder, open the application that you would like to run in the background then press and hold the Home Button. You will get a quick pop-up saying, [Read more…]

Filed Under: Backgrounder, Cydia, System Tagged With: background, Backgrounder, Insomnia, iPhone, iPod touch, Run