iPhone 3GS + Backgrounder = Complete iPhone

Vandam500 · 02:48 AM

Seriously, now that we finally have a phone that has enough memory to run Non-Apple apps in the background without crashing, "backgrounder" has completely filled up that empty space I felt while using my iPhone.

How many of you want to listen to Pandora,Slacker,Sirius,etc while you navigate in Safari, check out the latest FML's, Text, Play a Game,etc?

With the 3GS (Jailbroken) along with Backgrounder all that and much much more is possible!

Example:

I like to use Trapster from the App Store while I drive along with AT&T's GPS App and Pandora to listen to music. Thanks to the amount of memory the 3GS has I start up Trapster and run it in the background, I start up Pandora and play music then run it in the background, then I open the GPS and leave it there. Simultaneously I am listening to music from Pandora, Trapster is alerting me of police traps, speed cameras,etc and the GPS app is telling me where to go

It's awesome and for you people who haven't jailbroken your 3GS I strongly recommend you do! I haven't noticed any sort of slow down whatsoever and it adds so much more functionality to an already great device.

*******I will be making a video showing the multitask capabilities of the iPhone 3GS. Stay tuned.

RjaylinS06 · Jul 14, 2009, 11:34 PM

Yo i thank you so much for posting this. I had no idea the app store had trapster. My job in patient transport and I need this so much for the long trips i take and i can have it running in the background.

Vandam500 · Jul 14, 2009, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RjaylinS06

Yo i thank you so much for posting this. I had no idea the app store had trapster. My job in patient transport and I need this so much for the long trips i take and i can have it running in the background.

Hehe, no problem

Enjoy it!

DaGreat01 · Jul 14, 2009, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vandam500

Seriously, now that we finally have a phone that has enough memory to run Non-Apple apps in the background without crashing, "backgrounder" has completely filled up that empty space I felt while using my iPhone.

How many of you want to listen to Pandora,Slacker,Sirius,etc while you navigate in Safari, check out the latest FML's, Text, Play a Game,etc?

With the 3GS (Jailbroken) along with Backgrounder all that and much much more is possible!

Example:

I like to use Trapster from the App Store while I drive along with AT&T's GPS App and Pandora to listen to music. Thanks to the amount of memory the 3GS has I start up Trapster and run it in the background, I start up Pandora and play music then run it in the background, then I open the GPS and leave it there. Simultaneously I am listening to music from Pandora, Trapster is alerting me of police traps, speed cameras,etc and the GPS app is telling me where to go

It's awesome and for you people who haven't jailbroken your 3GS I strongly recommend you do! I haven't noticed any sort of slow down whatsoever and it adds so much more functionality to an already great device.

I have trapster, but is the push for when you are near a trap or is it just to alert when a new trap is up?

Vandam500 · Jul 15, 2009, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by DaGreat01

I have trapster, but is the push for when you are near a trap or is it just to alert when a new trap is up?

The push just alerts you when new traps are up. It cannot alert you when you are near a trap because Trapster has no way of knowing where you are unless you 1) Have the App open or 2) Jailbreak, install Backgrounder and it will then alert you

isaaclimdc · Jul 15, 2009, 12:04 AM

That sounds like a great set up. Backgrounder worked terribly on the original iPhone on 2.0. Slugged it down until it was near-unusable.

DaGreat01 · Jul 15, 2009, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Vandam500

The push just alerts you when new traps are up. It cannot alert you when you are near a trap because Trapster has no way of knowing where you are unless you 1) Have the App open or 2) Jailbreak, install Backgrounder and it will then alert you

Ohhh ok. Got it

Vandam500 · Jul 15, 2009, 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by isaaclimdc

That sounds like a great set up. Backgrounder worked terribly on the original iPhone on 2.0. Slugged it down until it was near-unusable.

It works flawless with the 3GS. Everyday I use that setup. Sometimes I don't use the GPS and just have Trapster with Pandora both in the background. Works perfectly. No lags, no crashes. Perfection

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Gathomblipoob · Jul 15, 2009, 12:31 AM

mquickdo is a pretty good pay app from Cydia. It enables advanced gestures to switch among running apps. It works really well with Backgrounder. There's a three-day trial as well so you can check it out. I just bought it this evening.

Vandam500 · Jul 15, 2009, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Gathomblipoob

mquickdo is a pretty good pay app from Cydia. It enables advanced gestures to switch among running apps. It works really well with Backgrounder. There's a three-day trial as well so you can check it out. I just bought it this evening.

Awesome! Never heard of it before, downloading now

Abyssgh0st · Jul 15, 2009, 01:06 AM

Once the official 3.1 is released and jailbroken I plan on doing it. What do you guys use to jailbreak?

Vandam500 · Jul 15, 2009, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Abyssgh0st

Once the official 3.1 is released and jailbroken I plan on doing it. What do you guys use to jailbreak?

redsn0w. You can find everything you need here.

jacobgaul · Jul 15, 2009, 01:30 AM

you notice bad battery drain with backgrounder?

applecheese · Jul 15, 2009, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by jacobgaul

you notice bad battery drain with backgrounder?

huge battery drain.

jacobgaul · Jul 15, 2009, 01:40 AM

im notcing on my recently jailbroken 3gs that battery drain in standby is high, the only thing i have installed jb wise is winterboard and bossprefs, but its dropped 8% in the past hour alone.. it wasnt like that b4, i like the jailbreak but i think once my white 3gs comes in i wont be jailbreaking..

tboooe · Jul 15, 2009, 01:41 AM

I really want to jailbreak just to be able to run some apps in the background...but I am too scared to do it!

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jacobgaul · Jul 15, 2009, 01:42 AM

oh its simple, i used purplera1n it took all of 5 minutes..

Vandam500 · Jul 15, 2009, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by jacobgaul

you notice bad battery drain with backgrounder?

Yes it uses more battery (makes sense since you are running more then 1 app at a time) but it's not that bad.

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Originally Posted by tboooe

I really want to jailbreak just to be able to run some apps in the background...but I am too scared to do it!

You shouldn't be scared. I have never seen anybody do any permanent damage or what not to there phones, plus, you can always restore and its back to normal.

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Originally Posted by jacobgaul

oh its simple, i used purplera1n it took all of 5 minutes..

Yep! purplera1n or redsn0w will do the trick. Extremely easy both methods.

jsupetran · Jul 15, 2009, 02:33 AM

Hmmm I'm gonna try this setup on my unlocked 3gs... I downloaded a new standalone gps app called gmap... The only problem I'd when you enable the gmap, you canT listen to the iPod so hopefully that fixes this issue. Plus it's gettng charged so it doesn't matter the battery gets eaten.

gianly1985 · Jul 15, 2009, 02:41 AM

I completely agree.
At startup iphone 3G has 38mb of free memory, iphone 3GS has 160mb. This makes a HUGE difference in what you can do.

Vandam500 · Jul 15, 2009, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by gianly1985

I completely agree.
At startup iphone 3G has 38mb of free memory, iphone 3GS has 160mb. This makes a HUGE difference in what you can do.

Yes it does! My 3G couldn't even handle having Pandora in the background for a few minutes without crashing. Now I can run several apps without a problem

jyshiow · Jul 15, 2009, 04:51 AM

Heh one of the primary reasons i broke my iphone 3GS out of jail was to run backgrounder....

lankox · Jul 15, 2009, 11:33 AM

Is it true that JB iphones cannot do push notifications?

Pared · Jul 15, 2009, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by lankox

Is it true that JB iphones cannot do push notifications?

Unlocked phones on another carrier apparently can't.

I have a jailbroken phone on at&t and am not having any issues.

verks · Jul 15, 2009, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by lankox

Is it true that JB iphones cannot do push notifications?

Unlocked phones have issues with Push Notifications not Jailbroken ones.

Jul 14, 2009, 11:08 PM	#1
Vandam500 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Stone Mountain,Georgia	iPhone 3GS + Backgrounder = Complete iPhone Seriously, now that we finally have a phone that has enough memory to run Non-Apple apps in the background without crashing, "backgrounder" has completely filled up that empty space I felt while using my iPhone. How many of you want to listen to Pandora,Slacker,Sirius,etc while you navigate in Safari, check out the latest FML's, Text, Play a Game,etc? With the 3GS (Jailbroken) along with Backgrounder all that and much much more is possible! Example: I like to use Trapster from the App Store while I drive along with AT&T's GPS App and Pandora to listen to music. Thanks to the amount of memory the 3GS has I start up Trapster and run it in the background, I start up Pandora and play music then run it in the background, then I open the GPS and leave it there. Simultaneously I am listening to music from Pandora, Trapster is alerting me of police traps, speed cameras,etc and the GPS app is telling me where to go It's awesome and for you people who haven't jailbroken your 3GS I strongly recommend you do! I haven't noticed any sort of slow down whatsoever and it adds so much more functionality to an already great device. ******I will be making a video showing the multitask capabilities of the iPhone 3GS. Stay tuned. __________________ White iPhone 3GS 16GB Blipr ID- 5FE299E14B Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for up to date Cydia Videos/Reviews!!! Last edited by Vandam500 : Jul 15, 2009 at 02:48 AM. Reason: Grammar fixes*

Jul 15, 2009, 12:04 AM	#6
isaaclimdc macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	That sounds like a great set up. Backgrounder worked terribly on the original iPhone on 2.0. Slugged it down until it was near-unusable. __________________  15" Unibody MacBook Pro (Mid '09), 2.53 GHz, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, Mac OS X Snow Leopard;  iPhone 3GS 32GB  Visit TheQuantumByte for Apple, Mac and Tech News and Tips.

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Jul 15, 2009, 02:33 AM	#19
jsupetran macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2004	Hmmm I'm gonna try this setup on my unlocked 3gs... I downloaded a new standalone gps app called gmap... The only problem I'd when you enable the gmap, you canT listen to the iPod so hopefully that fixes this issue. Plus it's gettng charged so it doesn't matter the battery gets eaten. __________________ imac g4; ibook; mbp 15; mb blk; air rev a & b; mbp 13; ipods(3rd gen; mini 1st grn & 2nd 6gb slvr; nano 1st wht; 4th blk; nano 2nd blk; shuffle 2nd grn; nano 3rd & 4th 16gb);iphone 1st 8 & 16gig; 3gs

Jul 15, 2009, 02:41 AM	#20
gianly1985 macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2008	I completely agree. At startup iphone 3G has 38mb of free memory, iphone 3GS has 160mb. This makes a HUGE difference in what you can do. __________________ 17" good old white iMac core 2 duo + 3gb RAM + Intel x25-M G2 160gb SSD ; iPhone 3g 16gb WHITE ITALIAN

Jul 14, 2009, 11:34 PM	#2
RjaylinS06 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2009	Yo i thank you so much for posting this. I had no idea the app store had trapster. My job in patient transport and I need this so much for the long trips i take and i can have it running in the background.

Jul 15, 2009, 12:31 AM	#9
Gathomblipoob macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2009	mquickdo is a pretty good pay app from Cydia. It enables advanced gestures to switch among running apps. It works really well with Backgrounder. There's a three-day trial as well so you can check it out. I just bought it this evening.

Jul 15, 2009, 01:30 AM	#13
jacobgaul Banned Join Date: Jun 2009	you notice bad battery drain with backgrounder?

Jul 15, 2009, 01:40 AM	#15
jacobgaul Banned Join Date: Jun 2009	im notcing on my recently jailbroken 3gs that battery drain in standby is high, the only thing i have installed jb wise is winterboard and bossprefs, but its dropped 8% in the past hour alone.. it wasnt like that b4, i like the jailbreak but i think once my white 3gs comes in i wont be jailbreaking..

Jul 15, 2009, 01:41 AM	#16
tboooe macrumors regular Join Date: May 2009	I really want to jailbreak just to be able to run some apps in the background...but I am too scared to do it! ---------------- Listening to: IMG_0043 via FoxyTunes

Jul 15, 2009, 01:42 AM	#17
jacobgaul Banned Join Date: Jun 2009	oh its simple, i used purplera1n it took all of 5 minutes..

Jul 15, 2009, 04:51 AM	#22
jyshiow macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Singapore	Backgrounder Heh one of the primary reasons i broke my iphone 3GS out of jail was to run backgrounder....

Jul 15, 2009, 11:33 AM	#23
lankox macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2007	Is it true that JB iphones cannot do push notifications?

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