I have been working hard on iPhone 3.0 OS testing all my apps. At this point, most stuff is working although SBSettings has a couple small quirks. I plan to have everything ready and released before 3.0 is actually out. Apps tested are:
1) SBSettings - In addition to patching current kernel in current jailbreak to get this to work (sorry, I will not be able to give this patch out, wait for 3.0 to be released), I have fixed many of the changed hooks in Springboard 3 and installed an entirely new toggle mechanism. The old toggles mostly stopped working and had to be rewritten. This will also provide a more stable SSH toggle and EDGE toggle. It also will open the door for toggles like safari download and syslog which were previously not possible. Safari download toggle will become a trivial task and I plan to have a toggle whipped up for this new SBSettings.
2) BossPrefs - I planned on killing this app, but it seems to be used quite a lot in spite of SBSettings being out and better. The original BossPrefs was built for 1.1.x and built with the compatibility SDK. This is no longer possible to use on 3.0. I had to rewrite it from scratch. In doing so, I have it actually using the SBSettings toggles pack. (Yes, even brightness, fastnotes and the likes work, LOL).
3) Categories - Tested and working. Currently requires core-utils to be installed, which is no longer default install in Cydia.
4) Poof - Tested and working. Currently requires core-utils to be installed.
5) Flashlight - Tested, worked with no modification.
6) Docs - Tested, worked with no modification.
I have other apps, but they just do standard things and I believe they will all work without modification.
Tags: 3.0 prep
May 21st, 2009 at 6:21 am
Thanks for the update … I’m hurting without SBSettings, can’t wait for the update to come out! Was hoping it would be out before the 3.0 release, but a couple weeks aint that bad … somehow I’ll make it :o)
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BigBoss Reply:
May 21st, 2009 at 6:34 am
Even if I released it, you couldnt use it without a patched version of the jailbreak.
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May 21st, 2009 at 7:08 am
Thanx for ur effort
SBSettings is a #1 Must have app for me
^____^
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May 21st, 2009 at 9:11 am
great work, BigBoss. I do have a question, will the docs ever be able to do landscape.
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BigBoss Reply:
May 22nd, 2009 at 4:05 am
Yes. One day I will get off my lazy ass and fix that as well as the excel endless loading problem.
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May 21st, 2009 at 10:06 am
Do you plan on adding an option to move the icons of the SBSettings toggles?
Arrange them on a certain way?
The number of toggles has grown, so having them arranged would be useful.
Thanks.
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BigBoss Reply:
May 22nd, 2009 at 4:05 am
Yes, its on the long todo list as well as coming up with some way to show more than 12 toggles. I had no idea there’d be so many available when I created it.
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Jeton Reply:
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:41 am
Excellent! Thanks for the reply.
And thanks for your hard work. SBSettings is a must install after jailbreak. :)
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May 21st, 2009 at 10:12 am
hello bigboss anyword with the unlock situation.thanks
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May 21st, 2009 at 11:24 am
Thanks BigBoss!!
SBSettings is a #1 Must have app for me
;)
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May 21st, 2009 at 11:32 am
Great news, Boss. Thanks for your efforts!
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May 21st, 2009 at 12:48 pm
good work
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May 21st, 2009 at 1:40 pm
The 3.0 update is gonna be the best update ever I think. It seems that all the devs are already ready so that there won’t be the 3 month waitin’ period to rewrite all the apps fer 3.0 . It was a shame I had to wait fer 2.1 to upgrade from 1.1.4 to ensure stability =X
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BigBoss Reply:
May 22nd, 2009 at 4:07 am
There’s a big difference. Most apps will continue to work on 3.0. SBSettings, bossprefs, categories, these apps do things that are constantly changing in the OS so I have to keep them updating with new OS versions.
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May 21st, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Just curious why you are keeping this patched kernel to yourself? A lot of devs need the patched version so they could effectively update their apps that rely on the mobile substrate(like your SBSettings app)
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BigBoss Reply:
May 22nd, 2009 at 4:07 am
It’s not my patching work. I got it from the patcher and promised not to give it out. Therefore, that is what I will do.
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May 22nd, 2009 at 12:25 am
anyone tried “the iphone unlock.com” is the software they are sellig gonna work with iphone 3g with boot loader 5.9?
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May 22nd, 2009 at 3:46 am
Glad to hear that SBSetting has been rewritten for OS 3.0. I wouldn’t know what to do if i wouldnt be able to disable EDGE..(otherwise my iphone is always connecting to the mobile network which cost me some money in the past :/)
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May 22nd, 2009 at 4:28 am
is it possible to create Wiki2Touch toggle?? Jut instead of that toggle in BossPrefs? Or is there any simple way to move this toggle to SBS??
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May 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 am
Sbsettings well installed on my iphone 2.2,
But, the menu doesn’t appear when I touch, (gentle slide or two-fingers tap) the top bar.
I have installed and reinstalled it 3 times, but same bad result. No sbsettings menu ,-((
I don’t know why ?
May be some app or extension I installed before. But which one ?
Any clue to help me ?
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May 22nd, 2009 at 7:37 am
I love SBsettings….My number one App, but I keep activating it by mistake..would it be possible to switch the activation (slide or two finger tap) to maybe something like touching opposite corners of the Iphone or sliding at the top and bottom at the same time..If it can’t be done I understand, I still love the app…
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May 23rd, 2009 at 6:55 am
Big Boss, keep up your hard work. There are many people like myself who appreciate the amount of effort you put into the jailbreaking community.
SBSettings is by far the best reason to jailbreak. It is light, convenient, and manageable.
I would love to see new features in the 3.0 release, such as different types of transitions, and PLEASE, a bigger close button!!! Maybe clicking out of the toggle area could also close it.
Thanks!
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Eric Reply:
May 30th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
I alway just hit the homebutton, that also closes the toggles, since I always miss the close button ;)
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May 23rd, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Totally Fucking awesome.
“Life is all in the timing”
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May 23rd, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Thanks BigBoss for everything!
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May 23rd, 2009 at 6:54 pm
What do you mean SafariDL wasn’t possible? Some guy just released the toggle on ModMyI forums.
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May 24th, 2009 at 4:05 am
hey bb. ur website gives me a virus everytime i visit it. or tries to, avast blocks it. anything u can do about this?
but good job getting sbsettings updated. i was loosin my damned mind. now if only backgrounder would start working again…
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May 24th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Is there any way to add a toggle for SBsettings that can quickly turn caller id on/off? This is the only setting that still requires me to dive deep into the iPhones menu structure.
Thanks!
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DW Reply:
May 26th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
I would also love a caller ID toggle.
Brilliant App!
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May 24th, 2009 at 8:03 am
I think apple will release 3.0 on june 1
That what my friend told me
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May 28th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
to bad you cant jailbreak 3.0 on ipod touch 2g or this would be great for me
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June 9th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
please test BossTool for wipe fonts.
Sorry for my bad english ;-)
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June 19th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Categories is giving me several error messages when installing from cydia. I’m on 3.0 firmware.
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Nate Kaplan Reply:
June 20th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
I am having the exact same error. I don’t understand it, I reinstalled coreutils and I am still having the same issues. I am getting errors in the sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg giving me an error code (1).
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james Reply:
June 25th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
did anyone figure out how to fix this? 3 days and no one can figure it out on my end. Help please.
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June 19th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
yea boss tool does not relocate fonts on 3.0 fw
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June 19th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Bosstool doesn’t work on Iphone 3.0 it needs BSD subsystem…. so where can i download it?? please i need it!! thanks
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youngyoshi Reply:
June 20th, 2009 at 11:16 am
same problem here… Im sure imma run out of space once i get to installing stuff from cydia
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June 19th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Has anyone been able to successfully install categories on 3.0 yet? I am also receiving install errors.
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iWell Reply:
June 20th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Categories working on OS 3.0 JB.
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June 20th, 2009 at 6:24 am
Hi,
LockDown doesn’t work in 3.0 …
When he work in 3.0 ?
(Sorry for my english, i’m french ;))
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June 20th, 2009 at 6:43 am
not lockdown it doesn’t work on 3.0 :(
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June 20th, 2009 at 7:03 am
And what`s about catagories?
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June 20th, 2009 at 11:24 am
I think bosstool tries to copy the fonts folder from private/var/Fonts
But the fonts folder is located in /system/library/Fonts in 3.0
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June 20th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Thanks for your work.
Do you plan to fix “LockDown” for 3.0?
In m’y opinion, it’s the best app ever created
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June 20th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
yea boss tool is not relocating my fonts.. how can this be fixed so that my memory doesnt run out… please boss help me out!!!! what should i do to free up my HDD
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June 21st, 2009 at 3:41 pm
i need lockdown!! :)
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June 22nd, 2009 at 11:48 am
I can’t download movies or tv shows anymore on 3.0. I believe it’s the safari download plugin. I was always able to download on 2.2.1. Will there be an update to fix this problem?
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June 23rd, 2009 at 1:52 am
Big boss boss tool dosent relocate the fonts
PLZ fix it
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Dreamer Reply:
June 23rd, 2009 at 1:52 am
i have the same problem its going to release
boss tools for os 3.0 ???
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Fire GurU Reply:
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:07 am
+1
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June 23rd, 2009 at 5:19 am
Hi,
A repeatable bug in BossPrefs that has bitten me hard. iPhone 3 RedSnowed with latest Cydia updates. I mainly JB to use Categories as I have around 250 Apps, it takes quite a few hours to set up all the folders and get things organized. Three times in a row after getting it all setup I have tried to turn on the numeric battery toggle with BossPrefs. This has not worked but when exiting BossPrefs on each occasion a message screen appears explaining how to rearrange apps on the home page. The next time the phone is restarted after attempting the toggle all 11 pages are filled with apps in alphabetic order although most of the apps are also visible in the categories folders, but some are missing and some are in the wrong folders. To fix it I have had to delete all apps from every categories folder, make visible the hidden ones with BossPrefs and re add them to the folders. For some reason it takes quite a while for some apps to reappear (hours) before they can be added. The numeric battery toggle in SBSettings works perfectly so I will forget about BossPrefs till it is sorted. It is a real pain as bugs go, it takes many hours to clean up the mess and the first time I did not associate the Numeric Battery Toggle attempt with trashing the careful arrangement of apps via Categories
Love categories, really like SBSettings, am over BossPrefs.
Thanks for all your hard work!
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June 23rd, 2009 at 6:49 am
Springback doesn’t work on iphone 3.0!! please update! thank u
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June 25th, 2009 at 12:01 am
when is the release of boss tools for os 3
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Oneiroparmenos Reply:
June 25th, 2009 at 3:07 am
yeah when is going to release ??
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Richard Reply:
June 25th, 2009 at 9:02 am
SBSettings is the new boss prefs.
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June 26th, 2009 at 6:35 am
bigboss its my first time on your saite and first of all i want to thank u! and i would like to aske you please if you could rewrite: CLOSE APP Toggle for 3.0 firmware becouse when i press on close app toggle it crashes the SBSettings. its really usefull for lots of pepole and myself, my home button is anstable and not worcking well!
please give me your thoughts on this,
please
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June 26th, 2009 at 10:35 am
in SBSettings CLOSE APP Toggle for 3.0 firmware needs updating, bigboss pleaase give us idea when will it be ready. will be highly appreciated
thanks!
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June 26th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Hi BigBoss can you cheak Categories in 3 search option app inside folder are not listed on list like QuickGold is that can be done ?? so we can use Categories thanks a lot for your support to all iphone user’s
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pingeleven Reply:
June 28th, 2009 at 8:24 am
spotlight cant detect apps within categories..
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June 28th, 2009 at 8:17 am
What’s going on with Lockdown? Doesn’t work on 3.0. Any idea when it’ll be working again?
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July 1st, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Is there any way to get bosstool workingon iPod touch fw 3.0?
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July 7th, 2009 at 3:18 am
Is there anyone hate SBSettings? I HATE IT and I always accidentally call it out and switch on/off service that i dont intend to.
Also, I always have the problem with “status sync” like when it show SSH is off, but it’s actually not.
I perfer BossPrefs much much much more!
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July 29th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Hallo,
wird am Bosstool für das OS 3.0 gearbeitet? Es ist doch ein sehr wichtiges App ;)
Danke
English:
Hello,
at Boss Tool for OS 3.0 to work? It is a very important app ;)
Thanks
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August 19th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Hello;
first off thx for all the ingenious little progs that you’ve written for the iphone. I am using sbsettings and many others.
Any good prognosis for the future of Bosstool?
Thx,
Foghorn
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August 21st, 2009 at 3:27 am
I’ve a 3gs with 3.0.1 and i’ve two problem:
bigboss tool doesn’t work (dependence problem — >require firmare 3.0)
some apps aren’t installable/upgradable (like pkgbakup) error:
First
http/1.0 403 Forbidden
and then
Apt.bigboss.us.com
http/1.0 403 Forbidden
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JJ Reply:
November 11th, 2009 at 7:41 am
Same problem here.
On multiple apps.
Hope someone can help us out.
thnx in advance
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November 21st, 2009 at 11:18 pm
same her …..
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