No more Double-Tap for Favorites?

[brucku]

I'm all for multitasking, and I realize how important it is to get to it easily - but seriously.... I use the double tap to favorites as my primary function for placing calls (my primary function of my phone).

Is there a way in iOS 4 that I can retain extremely fast access to my favorites screen? Tripple-Tap? Etc?

I know after a jailbreak i'll be able to customize the "activator" but I find it frustrating that apple took away one of their easiest features. The first launch of the iphone (sw 1.0) didn't have a favorites short-cut and I remember how badly it was missing!

 

[dissdnt]

Phone Icon, Favorites. Done.

 

[bahooki]

Phone Icon, Favorites. Done.

Not remotely close to being the same.

 

[cadavidf]

gizmodo

the GIZMODO site claims that if you double tap and HOLD the home button it sends you to your Faves.

however, i have only managed to send me to VoiceControl after i hold it for long enough.

http://gizmodo.com/5513121/the-hidden-secrets-of-iphone-os-4/

 

[Resist]

When I double tap and hold, it takes me to spotlight.

 

[0186279]

When I double tap and hold, it takes me to spotlight.

You can probably change this in settings, just as you could change the double tap function is settings before.

 

[Resist]

You can probably change this in settings

I can't change it. There is no setting for double tap and hold, only double tap.

One more thing about my double tap and hold, after doing this and release, it takes me back to my home screen. So I am thinking it is just an oddity with OS 4 on the 3G iPhone.

 

[ianray]

It would be nice if one could place Icons on the Springboard which are "shortcuts" to tabs within core applications, or screens within the Settings App.

This would give a neat way of controlling Wi-Fi, or from jumping to the Favourites tab in the Phone App

 

[aristobrat]

the GIZMODO site claims that if you double tap and HOLD the home button it sends you to your Faves.

however, i have only managed to send me to VoiceControl after i hold it for long enough.

http://gizmodo.com/5513121/the-hidden-secrets-of-iphone-os-4/

Turns out that article is from April, when one of the betas supported that feature.

 

[Press22]

I'm guessing apple just said, "It's not going to stop anyone from not buying the phone so..."
IMO you'll live. I always had double tap set to iPod.

 

[Resist]

Now when I do a double tap and hold (at any screen other than my home screen), it initially goes back to my home screen and when I let go of the home button it takes me to the Spotlight screen.