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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 8 Apr 2010 16:10 On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 20:42:45 +0100, Simon Dobbs <simondobbs(a)froglet.net> wrote: >The thing I would like is very simple but would save lots of time and or >battery. A simple button on the front screen which toggles between 3G and >wireless networking, maybe bluetooth as well , so that one does not have to >burrow through many menus before changing this when going away from wireless >networks. I know their was once a way of doing this for jailbroken iphones, >but it seems so obvious... I don't think any of the current phone OSes have simple toggles for those, they're always a couple of levels down from the front screen. The jailbroken tool to do that is SBSettings, which is indeed terrifically handy. I have mine set to show toggles for aeroplane mode, 3G, wifi, bluetooth, SSH, AFP and autolock. Cheers - Jaimie -- "Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. By Order of the Author." -- Mark Twain
From: Woody on 8 Apr 2010 18:30 Simon Dobbs <simondobbs(a)froglet.net> wrote: > On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 19:04:57 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote > (in article <uf5sr5h9huiv04v2r8teol7ln94mmnecmf(a)4ax.com>): > > > Pretty neat stuff, to drop in Autumn: > > > > Vast array of 1500 new APIs. No Flash (surprise!). > > > > Multitasking is in across *recent* iPhoneOS devices - 3GS and Touch > > 3rd gen and iPad. Not true (and simple) using-lots-of-memory > > multitasking, but cunning API methods that give the same effect for > > the user. Effort on the part of developers is required. > > > > Backgrounded audio apps can use the lockscreen audio controls. Hurrah! > > > > VOIP. Eg Skype can use official VOIP APIs, and background during > > calls, and send notifications to you, and *ring* at the lockscreen. > > Yow. AT&T just keeled over with a heart attack. > > > > The thing I would like is very simple but would save lots of time and or > battery. A simple button on the front screen which toggles between 3G and > wireless networking, maybe bluetooth as well , so that one does not have to > burrow through many menus before changing this when going away from wireless > networks. I know their was once a way of doing this for jailbroken iphones, > but it seems so obvious... SBSettings, it is what I use on my jailbroken phone and it is why I would be loathed to unjailbreak it again to upgrade unless I knew I could get it back! -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Arthur on 9 Apr 2010 05:23 On 08/04/2010 20:42, Simon Dobbs wrote: > The thing I would like is very simple but would save lots of time and or > battery. A simple button on the front screen which toggles between 3G and > wireless networking, maybe bluetooth as well , so that one does not have to > burrow through many menus before changing this when going away from wireless > networks. I know their was once a way of doing this for jailbroken iphones, > but it seems so obvious... I'd like to be able to: (1) turn the phone & WIFI radios off on a timer so they're idle overnight, (2) easily turn the phone radio off but leave wifi on (the phone interferes with a radio ot home), (3) silence the phone for a set time for when I forget to turn the ringer on again, (4) tell mail to use the 3G connection when port 25 is blocked on WIFI. None of these are irritating enough for me to jailbreak it yet though. Once you start thining about it there are lots of things you could do to save power - eg only turn on WIFI if the cell connection indicates you're in the region of a known network. Arthur
From: Simon Dobbs on 9 Apr 2010 06:25 On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 10:23:43 +0100, Arthur wrote (in article <828a10FbqqU1(a)mid.individual.net>): > Once you start thining about it there are lots of things you could do to > save power - eg only turn on WIFI if the cell connection indicates > you're in the region of a known network. now that would be good- as I leave home wifi gets switched off intelligently, and when I arrive at work vice versa
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 9 Apr 2010 06:27
On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:23:43 +0100, Arthur <arthursstuffforsale(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >Once you start thining about it there are lots of things you could do to >save power - eg only turn on WIFI if the cell connection indicates >you're in the region of a known network. The devices do a very good job of reducing their power footprint without being disabled, so it's not a huge worry. Compare the battery drain in aeroplane mode with normal 3G-and-all-but-not-in-use, and there's not much difference. Cheers - Jaimie -- Beer has food value, but food has no beer value. |