iPod touch Carrier Name and Battery Precentage without Jailbreak

[travis32134]

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!

 

[Abscissa]

My 4.1 iPod touch fourth generation already had numeric battery.

 

[tablo13]

My 4.1 iPod touch fourth generation already had numeric battery.

It's because u restored from backup.

 

[SoraLimit]

What if you only want the battery percentage? Just enter the last two lines?

 

[Code.Red]

What if you only want the battery percentage? Just enter the last two lines?

Correct, all you would add is

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

 

[SoraLimit]

Pretty simple stuff. Seems like an obvious feature that Apple should have done in the first place.

Anyways, thanks for the help!

 

[burgundyyears]

Really useful, thanks for posting this.

 

[ohaithar]

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>

 

[tablo13]

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.

 

[SoraLimit]

Other lines that work....

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]

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.

Okay, I'll try it now.

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

 

[SoraLimit]

Okay, I'll try it now.

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

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.

 

[tablo13]

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.

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.

 

[SoraLimit]

Yeah, I did. I put

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

And restored from backup in the program, and not iTunes?

 

[tablo13]

And restored from backup in the program, and not iTunes?

Of course.

 

[dododedodonl]

Is there an app for mac available?? (like iBackupBot)??

 

[citizenal]

Sweet.. been looking for this fix. Thanks!

 

[iLike2Touch]

Can you enable Multitasking and Unified iPod with this?

 

[battlekid]

Can you enable Multitasking and Unified iPod with this?

No, you need to be jailbroken.
3.1.3-4.0.1 -- www.jailbreakme.com

4.1 -- www.greenpois0n.com

 

[axyz]

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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!

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...

 

[niknik1998]

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?

 

[iphonenub]

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.

 

[Ipoded]

Works for 5.1

it works for my 5.1 but sometimes not accurate

 

[Sawa]

Apple must add battery precentage nativly to iOS. This is only resone that I jailbreak my ipod touch.

 

[Invincibilizer]

Why mess with the code when you can just jailbreak which is easier and you can access to apps and tweaks