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iPod touch Carrier Name and Battery Precentage without Jailbreak

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travis32134

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Sep 26, 2010
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1. Download ibackupbot from here http://www.icopybot.com/ibackupbot_setup.exe

2. Plug in your ipod touch, and in itunes right click your device and create a bcakup.

3. Open Ibackupbot, and click your backup which should be located on the left side.

4. Find Library/Preferences/com.apple.springboard.plist and open it, hit cancel if there is some registration notice.

5. after <dict> type your info in this format <key>SBFakeCarrier</key>
<string>Carrier</string>
<key>SBShowBatteryLevel</key>
<true/>

6 ctrl + s to save the file

7. then right click your backup in ibackupbot and hit restore.

8. done!
 
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SoraLimit

macrumors regular
Jul 10, 2010
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Pretty simple stuff. Seems like an obvious feature that Apple should have done in the first place.

Anyways, thanks for the help! :)
 
ohaithar

ohaithar

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Jul 29, 2010
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Other lines that work....
Hide Youtube Itunes and Safari double tap to hide restart ipod for them to come back:
<key>SBEnableAppReveal</key>
<string>YES</string>

show numerical signal strength:
<key>SBShowRSSI</key>
<string>YES</string>

change what time says:
<key>SBFakeTime</key>
<string>YES</string>
<key>SBFakeTimeString</key>
<string>what you want it to say</string>
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tablo13

tablo13

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Jul 29, 2010
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
If I'm doing the signal strength in percentage and battery percentage, I write
<key>SBShowBatteryLevel</key>
<true/>
<key>SBShowRSSI</key>
<string>YES</string>

correct? Or do I put the <true/> at the end? It didn't work. :(
 
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SoraLimit

macrumors regular
Jul 10, 2010
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ohaithar said:
Other lines that work....
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Are you sure the value is YES? Since the iPod touch obviously reads boolean values, the value under the one you want should say <true/>. Writing YES as a string, the iPod touch will literally read that as "YES" rather than identifying what it should do.
 
tablo13

tablo13

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Jul 29, 2010
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
SoraLimit said:
Are you sure the value is YES? Since the iPod touch obviously reads boolean values, the value under the one you want should say <true/>. Writing YES as a string, the iPod touch will literally read that as "YES" rather than identifying what it should do.
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Okay, I'll try it now.

EDIT: It still doesn't change the battery or signal percentage.
 
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SoraLimit

macrumors regular
Jul 10, 2010
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tablo13 said:
Okay, I'll try it now.

EDIT: It still doesn't change the battery or signal percentage.
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Make sure you're editing on the "Library/Preferences/com.apple.springboard.plist" and not the "Library/Preferences/com.apple.springboard.plist.nNDIWET". It's the fourth last one from the bottom.

I made that mistake. :p
 
tablo13

tablo13

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Jul 29, 2010
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SoraLimit said:
Make sure you're editing on the "Library/Preferences/com.apple.springboard.plist" and not the "Library/Preferences/com.apple.springboard.plist.nNDIWET". It's the fourth last one from the bottom.

I made that mistake. :p
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Yeah, I did. I put

<key>SBShowBatteryLevel</key>
<true/>
<key>SBShowRSSI</key>
<true/>

EDIT: Looks like I put it under SBParentalControls something... it works now.
Is there any way to display the signal strength in bars AND numbers?

EDIT: looks like I can just tap the number to get the bars.
 
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axyz

macrumors newbie
Jul 6, 2011
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travis32134 said:
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1. Download ibackupbot from here http://www.icopybot.com/ibackupbot_setup.exe

2. Plug in your ipod touch, and in itunes right click your device and create a bcakup.

3. Open ibackupbot, and click your backup which should be located on the left side.

4. Find library/preferences/com.apple.springboard.plist and open it, hit cancel if there is some registration notice.

5. After <dict> type your info in this format <key>sbfakecarrier</key>
<string>carrier</string>
<key>sbshowbatterylevel</key>
<true/>

6 ctrl + s to save the file

7. Then right click your backup in ibackupbot and hit restore.

8. Done!
Click to expand...

i tried this on my ipod touch 4th gen for several times but still no effect...help....please...thanks!
it's just the carrier name that doesn't work...
 
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niknik1998

macrumors newbie
Aug 4, 2011
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i dont have the fake carrier

i did it but i only got the battery percentage but not the fake carrier what should i do?
 
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iphonenub

macrumors regular
Aug 8, 2009
151
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Just did this works great! Questions: (battery percent)
1. Is this like the jailbreak method in that if I restore through iTunes with a backup post battery percent it will give any iPod the percent?

2. If I update to iOS 5 when it comes out will the percent carry over or do you guys think I will have to re-do it?

Basically what the above questions are asking is: will I ever have to re-do these steps? Either way this is awesome because I need to know my battery level at all times and I want to stay stock and I'm too lazy to keep checking a 3rd party app.
 
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Sawa

macrumors newbie
Dec 1, 2011
3
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Apple must add battery precentage nativly to iOS. This is only resone that I jailbreak my ipod touch.
 
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Invincibilizer

Invincibilizer

macrumors 6502a
Aug 18, 2011
769
2
Why mess with the code when you can just jailbreak which is easier and you can access to apps and tweaks
 
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