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SBSettings Update – Firmware 3.1 Compatibility Fixes

Brooke — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:03:21 +0000

Available In: Cydia

Price: Free

SBSettings, a mod that adds was updated to version 3.0.5. The update fixes a bug in which the Reboot and Power Off featured did not work on the 3.1 firmware. Check out the full change log below.

Version 3.0.5 Change Log:
- Fixed more app trying to toggle off last dylib in mobile substrate screen clicked an invisible ad.
- Fixed reboot and power off for 3.1 iPhone firmware.

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GPower – Respring, Reboot and Power Off from the Slide To Power Off Screen

Brooke — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:37:07 +0000

Available In: Cydia

Price: Free

GPower is an application that allows you to Power Off, Reboot and Respring your iPhone or iPod Touch all from your main Power Off screen. When you hold down the Power Button on the top of your device, instead of just getting a Slide To Power Off slide, you will get two additional Slides; Slide to Reboot and Slide to Respring.

This is nice for those times when you have no option but to hold down the Power button. Now, instead of only being able to power your device off, you can chose to just restart it or reboot it.

I tested this app on firmware 3.0 and I didn’t have any issues with it. Below is a picture (yes, a pitcure. We are on vacation and I do not have access to all my normal stuff) and a video of the app…it does this cool slide-n deal.

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PowerTool 1.4

Brooke — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:31:13 +0000

The update to PowerTool changes the app quite a bit. Not only are there new options, the previous options have been renamed. When you open PowerTool you will see the following options; Hard Respring, Soft Respring, Reboot, Verbose Mode and Power Down. Hard Respring will restart the SpringBoard to the lock screen, Soft Respring will restart the SpringBoard without going to the lock screen, Reboot will bring your iPhone to the boot logo screen, Verbose Mode will show the Linux code on your iPhone’s screen during the reboot – showing you what your iPhone is doing (which is actually pretty cool though, it totally freaked me out the first time…I thought I broke my iPhone again) and Power Down will turn your iPhone completely off. All of the options worked great for me! You can get PowerTool via the iSpazio source.

Update: I noticed that if you do not go back into PowerTool and turn Verbose Mode off, it will display Verbose Mode every time you reboot your iPhone even if you do not do it through the application.

PowerTool 1.0

Brooke — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:43:44 +0000

PowerTool is an application that allows you to respring and reboot your iPhone. THe application will open to the main page in which you have the options to; Set Language which will restart your iPhone without going to the lock screen, Restart SpringBoard which will restart your SpringBoard bringing it to the lock screen and Reboot which will bring you to the boot logo screen. When I tested the application, all the options work exactly as they should. PowerTool is available through the iSpazio source.

SkrewCommon 1.42 & iFastSwitch 1.2

Brooke — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:56:39 +0000

The update to SkrewCommon and iFastSwitch add an SSH toggle options to iFashSwitch however, it is not active. The developer says that it will be active in the next version of the application. Another helpful new feature in the update is that when you respring your SpringBoard, it adds a little red rectangle to your SpringBoard showing you where to swipe on your finger on your SpringBoard to bring up the iFastSwith overlay. SkrewCommmon and iFastSwitch are available through the Skrew source.

Video Demo: This video is of version 1.0, therefore does not include the festures in 1.2 of iFastSwitch.

Watch “iFastSwitch” on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

iFastSwitch 1.0

Brooke — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:33:57 +0000

iFastSwitch is an application that allows you to toggle your WiFi, Bluetooth and Airplane Mode as well as giving you the option to Respring, Reboot and Shutdown your iPhone. It also displays some system information about your iPhone including; the WiFi you are connected to, the IP address you are connected to, the battery percentage and system/media space information. In order to use the application, you have to donate (or have donated in the past). You can install the application without having donated however, you can not enable it.

When you open the application, you will get a main menu with the options; Settings, Visit Application Page and Donate. In the Setting you can enable iFastSwitch, Register and Restart your SpringBoard. What is cool about this application is that once it is enable, you activate it by swiping from the top right corner of your SpringBoard to the middle of the SpringBoard. The application will then pop-up on top of your SpringBoard. When you toggle WiFi, Bluetooth and Airplane Mode, you will know that are on when they are green. If they are toggled off, they will display red. To use the Respring, Reboot and Shutdown features, just double-tap them. If you would like to exit the application, just double tap on an empty spot on the SpringBoard. iFastSwitch is available through the Skrew source.

Note: SkrewCommon was updated to version 1.40 to support iFastSwitch. You will want to update SkrewCommon before installing iFastSwitch.

iReboot 0.3

Brooke — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:30:24 +0000

iReboot allows you to choose to Reboot your iPhone, Shutdown your iPhone or Restart your iPhone. It basically combines Restart, Shutdown and Lock into one application. When you open the application, you will get a main menu with the three options; Reboot iPhone, Shutdown iPhone and Restart SpringBoard. Reboot will turn your iPhone off and then back on, Shutdown will turn your iPhone off but will not turn it back on and Restart will restart your SpringBoard (bringing to to the lock screen). All three options work properly. iReboot is avilable through the iSpazio source.

iTerminal 1.0

Brooke — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:55:45 +0000

iTerminal is an application that allows you to Respring and Reboot your iPhone. When you open the application, you will get a pop-up informing you that iTerminal should only be used for a purpose and not just for fun. I’m not really sure what they mean by that! Once you have selected ok, you will get a screen with the Reboot and Respring options. When you select either of the options, you will get a pop-up with the option Yes and No. The Respring option worked fine for me however, the Reboot option did not work at all. When I selected Reboot and then Yes, it just stayed on the screen saying it was processing. I ended up killing the process. I would say until the Reboot features works, there are other application that Respring your SpringBoard (Restart, KillBoard and Respring) so, I would say that this application is not needed. iTerminal is available through the ModMyiFone source.