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Does SmartClose work with assigning it to a specific time? I have tried on both my 5S and iPad2 and it does not seem to work or am I doing something wrong?
 
Menneisyys2 said:
Frankly, dunno. I haven't upgraded my iPad 2 from 6.1.0 and don't have other XGA / 512M iPads to properly test (only upgraded from 6.x my iPad 3's / iPad 4 and, of course, the rMini).

Nevertheless, I never restore any kind of backup, not even those of non-JB'n systems. I've read too many "my battery life sucks" posts, most of them directly caused by restoring earlier backups.
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If you don't restore, how do you retain your games progress if you have any games? I have a few and my iPad was given to me as a gift and it came with a $100 iTune gift card. I used it to buy coins, get rid of ads, and some other things in certain games. Example - Tennis 3, I spent $9.99 to get all the boosters. I'm also learning French and I have 3 French apps, even though they were advertized as free, there were levels you have to pay to unlock which I did. Most of these apps are server level apps. Thanks
 
caribsa said:
If you don't restore, how do you retain your games progress if you have any games? I have a few and my iPad was given to me as a gift and it came with a $100 iTune gift card. I used it to buy coins, get rid of ads, and some other things in certain games. Example - Tennis 3, I spent $9.99 to get all the boosters. I'm also learning French and I have 3 French apps, even though they were advertized as free, there were levels you have to pay to unlock which I did. Most of these apps are server level apps. Thanks
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DataDeposit in Cydia... a lifesaver for me.
 
caribsa said:
If you don't restore, how do you retain your games progress if you have any games? I have a few and my iPad was given to me as a gift and it came with a $100 iTune gift card. I used it to buy coins, get rid of ads, and some other things in certain games. Example - Tennis 3, I spent $9.99 to get all the boosters. I'm also learning French and I have 3 French apps, even though they were advertized as free, there were levels you have to pay to unlock which I did. Most of these apps are server level apps. Thanks
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I use AppBackup. Been using it for about 4 years and it's never failed me once. I can send you a step by step link if you want. I haven't restored my games yet on iOS 7 so I guess there's a chance it doesn't work. I can try tomorrow and let you know if you want.
 
BumpyFlatline said:
I use AppBackup. Been using it for about 4 years and it's never failed me once. I can send you a step by step link if you want. I haven't restored my games yet on iOS 7 so I guess there's a chance it doesn't work. I can try tomorrow and let you know if you want.
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That would be perfect. I spent most of the $100 and more in apps or game enhancements and always thought I had to restore my backups to get the enhancements back. I really appreciate the help. Thanks
 
seems like if I am away from wifi, but wifi is still on, cellular data is still off even though the activator I have going to 'when connected to wifi network' 'when disconnected to wifi network'

Also, I thought it could have been flagpaint7, but even when I disabled it it did this: it shows the banner until I open an app/pull down NC every time cellular is enabled/disabled.

Anyone else on these?
 
caribsa said:
That would be perfect. I spent most of the $100 and more in apps or game enhancements and always thought I had to restore my backups to get the enhancements back. I really appreciate the help. Thanks
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Here's the instructions. I recommend testing it first with a free app just to make sure it works. Like I said earlier, I haven't used it yet on iOS 7. But from iOS 3 or 4 through 6.x I used this on every restore. I always restore as new and then jailbreak. After jailbreaking I install fresh copies of all my App Store apps. Then I use AppBackup to restore all the apps to their EXACT state. This thing has been so awesome for me. Even if you were in the middle of a level and you backed it up, when you restored it picked up right where you left off. You can also do this manually but it's very tedious. This streamlines it. Test it first. Let me know how it goes. Let me know if you have any questions.

What's awesome about this app, because you have the backups saved to Dropbox or your computer, there's no rush to install all your games. You can install them whenever you want and then restore them. I copy all my backups back to my device and when I feel like playing a game that I haven't played in a while, just install the app and tap restore! This is really handy for games like Infinity blade that take up an insane amount of space. I have game saves from like 2010 haha

http://m.imore.com/app-data-appbackup-jailbreak

Edit: I think Data Deposit also works. I've never used it though. I've always used AppBackup. iCloud is great for some games but not all games support it, especially older games. This has been a guarantees method for me over the years. Tomorrow I'm gonna try it out on iOS 7. I really hope it still works. If not I'll email the dev and ask if he can update it.
 
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There's an update to SmartClose. Now you can keep your apps in the app switcher. This is much much better. Plus you can enable and disable SmartClose on a per app basis. I still haven't found a reason to disable this in any app. Things like the Clock app and TuneIn Radio still work in this deep freeze sleep.
 
BumpyFlatline said:
There's an update to SmartClose. Now you can keep your apps in the app switcher. This is much much better. Plus you can enable and disable SmartClose on a per app basis. I still haven't found a reason to disable this in any app. Things like the Clock app and TuneIn Radio still work in this deep freeze sleep.
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Sad to say I'm still getting the crash after updating when SmartClose is set to activate on Lock. :( Even tried the Springtomize blur fix and no luck.
 
kalirob99 said:
Sad to say I'm still getting the crash after updating when SmartClose is set to activate on Lock. :( Even tried the Springtomize blur fix and no luck.
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Hmmm maybe it's another lock screen tweak which is causing the crash? Working fine here with the Springtomize trick. Only other lockscreen tweak I have installed is Forecast.
 
BumpyFlatline said:
Hmmm maybe it's another lock screen tweak which is causing the crash? Working fine here with the Springtomize trick. Only other lockscreen tweak I have installed is Forecast.
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I have no other lockscreen tweaks enabled. :( it only occurs on hitting lock. My only other guess that's active at launch is Activator, Bolt and Zeppelin.
 
Is there any downside to activating smartclose as a "press home button once" gesture? I notice everyone uses it with a lock screen gesture, thanks.
 
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