medicscott
macrumors 6502a
you are correct. got the right one now..thanks
it bricked it...had to throw in DFU mode, restore to 3.1.3 ...then do this all over again...grrrr
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My iPhone 3G running iOS4 GM is jailbroken.
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you are correct. got the right one now..thanks
it bricked it...had to throw in DFU mode, restore to 3.1.3 ...then do this all over again...grrrr
I've installed nothing from Cydia at all mate.
The animations when returning to the home screen are a little choppy, and while the animations on loading the multi-tasking menu are smooth, when I go into (for example) my phone app, it takes a good 5 seconds for a contact's details to come up when I tap their name.
That's what I'm about to do ... and keep it there.
If there was an easier way of going to 2.2 then I would (not to sound like TheSpaz).
medicscott
macrumors 6502a
Yup, this has been a worthwhile exercise, because now I'll shut my mouth once and for all about Apple "screwing" over 3G users.
It's usable, don't get me wrong ... but I'm a little to pedantic and notice little judders and drops in frame rate in animations.
Wow. That's interesting. Mine is not acting that way. Five seconds is a very long time. That would drive me crazy as well.
In fairness, it does the exact same thing on the native 4.0 for the 3G, so that's not because of enabling wallpaper or multi-tasking.
I've just put my 3G into DFU mode and have 3.1.3 restoring onto the phone as I type.
I think I'll give 4.0 a miss altogether.
That's interesting.
Here's a listing of top from my phone. It's happy as can be --
Here's a listing of top from my phone. It's happy as can be --
Code:
Processes: 25 total, 1 running, 24 sleeping... 128 threads 14:36:00
Load Avg: 0.78, 0.77, 0.73 CPU usage: 2.59% user, 12.93% sys, 84.48% idle
SharedLibs: num = 0, resident = 0 code, 0 data, 0 linkedit.
MemRegions: num = 2819, resident = 38M + 0 private, 24M shared.
PhysMem: 25M wired, 18M active, 11M inactive, 102M used, 14M free.
VM: 1080M + 0 109132(0) pageins, 207(0) pageouts
PID COMMAND %CPU TIME #TH #PRTS #MREGS RPRVT RSHRD RSIZE VSIZE
276 profiled 0.0% 0:00.32 3 47 66 748K 1572K 1976K 37M
274 top 13.7% 0:03.33 1 23- 51 420K 1488K 948K 15M
271 bash 0.0% 0:00.15 1 14 50 272K 1488K 1052K 15M
270 sshd 0.0% 0:02.74 1 15 36 316K 1232K 1296K 14M
262 locationd 0.0% 0:01.29 7 102 85 1936K 1580K 3908K 49M
260 SCHelper 0.0% 0:00.50 3 49 55 336K 1224K 580K 17M
61 Preference 0.0% 0:17.79 3 156 290 3784K 6124K 8260K 104M
55 MobileMail 0.0% 2:33.81 8 182 302 8972K 3528K 12M 127M
54 MobilePhon 0.0% 0:11.65 5 142 222 3816K 3284K 4592K 105M
51 lsd 0.0% 0:01.72 2 41 68 448K 1916K 872K 34M
38 CommCenter 0.0% 0:27.61 10 199 95 1236K 1572K 1848K 48M
34 SpringBoar 0.0% 3:52.61 19 405 549 7536K 6300K+ 15M+ 125M
33 accessoryd 0.0% 0:00.38 2 51 58 408K 1232K 460K 18M
32 apsd 0.0% 0:08.37 3 95 66 832K 1572K 1032K 34M
30 dataaccess 0.0% 0:37.52 4 135 91 1608K 1572K 2244K 46M
29 fairplayd. 0.0% 0:01.13 1 35 45 292K 1232K 280K 20M
27 mediaserve 0.0% 0:07.68 20 230 186 1600K 1572K 2192K 56M
25 lockdownd 0.0% 0:04.57 3 76 63 1064K 1572K 1176K 34M
19 sbsettings 0.0% 0:00.27 2 41 48 412K 1564K 428K 33M
17 BTServer 0.0% 0:02.93 3 100 77 616K 1572K 744K 45M
15 configd 0.0% 1:22.84 14 314 127 1060K 1572K 2332K 40M
14 syslogd 0.0% 0:06.80 4 56 46 264K 1224K 344K 15M
13 notifyd 0.8% 0:07.90 2 487- 33 300K 1232K 348K 13M
12 mDNSRespon 0.0% 0:03.52 4 63 67 552K 1232K 896K 20M
1 launchd 0.0% 0:06.66 3 143 43 272K 1220K 428K 15Mmedicscott
macrumors 6502a
You won't need to jailbreak the 3GS, because it has home-screen wallpaper and multi-tasking by default. iOS4 on the 3GS is spot on, but on the 3G it's a waste of time.
I'd rather Apple dropped support for the 3G along with the first generation iPhone ... honestly, I'm so happy to be back on 3.1.3.
If you use iTunes 9.2 beta and the appropriate iOS4 ipsw for the 3GS, you can update to iOS4 for the 3GS without having a developer account because the file is now a Gold Master.
medicscott
macrumors 6502a
how did you get back to 3.1.3 im going back to...4.0 offers nothing...now that i got it. and no apps work for it.
iOS 4 does not support wall papers on 3G, probably so you buy a new one. It works just fine on my JB 3.1.2
Were you previously JB on 3.1.3? I assume you just installed 4.0GM and then used B4 w/ redsn0w like everyone else is doing?
If you keep'd your previous 3.1.3 JB during the process and made a custom .ipsw i'd really like to know. Haven't found that yet and guess waiting for dev team to come through. Don't want to up the baseband on mine.
If you keep'd your previous 3.1.3 JB during the process and made a custom .ipsw i'd really like to know. Haven't found that yet and guess waiting for dev team to come through. Don't want to up the baseband on mine.
Well, I went back to 3.1.3 and jailbroke it using redsn0w 0.9.4 and 3.1.2 firmware.
I know that Winterboard if used extensively can make the iPhone 3G slow down to the same level as iOS4 running all the home-screen features anyway.
So after a lot of work arounds I've finally got an iOS4 interface that runs as fast on the 3G as the 3G without any modifications.
The new "dock" is actually part of the wallpaper image, so that saves me having to theme that part of the OS, and the default dock is simply hidden.
There's no drop shadows, which is what slows the 3G to a crawl anyway, so the white text isn't quite as bold as on the real iOS4, but it's damn close.
(Above) Real iOS4 on my iPhone 3G when jailbroken and home-screen wallpaper enabled.
(Above) Winterboard custom iOS4 look ... very, very close.
When the real iPhone 3G iOS4 is able to use mobile substrate apps like Winterboard, I'll update to iOS4 again and use the same procedure minus the wallpaper with dock/hide default dock, because obviously the new dock is already there!
A lot of messing about I know, but it's smooth and fast and looks like iOS4.
I can't go back to the basic black background after sampling the new look.
I know that Winterboard if used extensively can make the iPhone 3G slow down to the same level as iOS4 running all the home-screen features anyway.
So after a lot of work arounds I've finally got an iOS4 interface that runs as fast on the 3G as the 3G without any modifications.
The new "dock" is actually part of the wallpaper image, so that saves me having to theme that part of the OS, and the default dock is simply hidden.
There's no drop shadows, which is what slows the 3G to a crawl anyway, so the white text isn't quite as bold as on the real iOS4, but it's damn close.
(Above) Real iOS4 on my iPhone 3G when jailbroken and home-screen wallpaper enabled.
(Above) Winterboard custom iOS4 look ... very, very close.
When the real iPhone 3G iOS4 is able to use mobile substrate apps like Winterboard, I'll update to iOS4 again and use the same procedure minus the wallpaper with dock/hide default dock, because obviously the new dock is already there!
A lot of messing about I know, but it's smooth and fast and looks like iOS4.
I can't go back to the basic black background after sampling the new look.
I'm now running jailbroken iOS4 on my 3G. Everything works well . . . accept for multitasking. I have no delay in loading apps and double-clicking the home button brings up the multitasking bar, but the apps don't multi-task as advertised.
ie - I tested tap tap revenge 2 and went to switch apps (so the game pasued), switched to messages, then went back to tap tap. However, when I went back to the game, instead of starting where I left off, the game loaded again like I had never pasued the game before.
Any one have this type of issue?
ie - I tested tap tap revenge 2 and went to switch apps (so the game pasued), switched to messages, then went back to tap tap. However, when I went back to the game, instead of starting where I left off, the game loaded again like I had never pasued the game before.
Any one have this type of issue?
I read on another forum that multitasking does NOT work on the 3G....there was something else too but I forgot 🙁
I don't believe for a second that your animation when the apps return onto the home screen after pressing the home button once to exit an app, is as smooth as it should be and is on 3.1.3 or even 4.0 for the 3G.
If you've read my posts since the one you quoted, which formed my opinion after extended use, you'd see that I found it unusable eventually.
Some people will put up with it, but the drop shadows DO hinder performance. The double tap of the home button and the accessing of the multi-tasking bar was smooth on my 3G, but I couldn't put up with the poor frame rate during the animations when the apps returned onto the home screen ... I'd have been willing to take a slight hit, but it was too noticeable for me.
The 3G's not meant to do it with all the shadows, etc ... that's why it's not in there to begin with. I accept that now.
I can agree on the fact it's not as smooth as it should be, but it's not so slow I can't handle it for another 2 weeks until I get the iPhone 4.
I'm not sure what the problem is with some of your phones, but my 3G runs flawlessly with wallpaper and multitasking enabled.
The only time it slows down even a bit is when I have the apps "shaking" to rearrange them. Other than that I'm full speed ahead and it works and looks awesome 🙂
The only time it slows down even a bit is when I have the apps "shaking" to rearrange them. Other than that I'm full speed ahead and it works and looks awesome 🙂
I agree. In fact, mine runs BETTER with iOS4 than it did with 3.1.2. Noticeably better, in fact.
critic81
macrumors regular
Only Apple's stock apps will truly multitask. Each app individually needs to be updated by the apps developer to take advantage of the new API's to multitask. If they apps developer doesn't update their app, the app will still show in the multitasking bar, but when it is reopened, it will just open from scratch again.
Just wondering has anyone managed to use the redsn0w beta on a PowerPC Mac or is it Intel Macs only?
Oh it runs ok ... and when the apps shake and I create folders it's nice and smooth.
The only problem is the animation for the apps coming back onto the home screen when you press the home button isn't as smooth as it is normally is.
However, I remedied this by going into the file system, into the Springboard.app file listing, and at the very bottom I removed the WallpaperGradient files (there's 8 of them), and now it's far smoother but still not as smooth as 3.1.3.
Everything else about the phone is faster than 3.1.3, but this animation being that little bit juddery annoys me ... because I am a pedantic sod. 😀
Oh, for the record I liked Folder so much I restored to iOS4 and jailbroke it again. Ah well ... 😛