1.1.1 iPhone Multipage SpringBoard Hack

Isn't Erica writing a book about the iPhone? Maybe that's clouding her judgement on the numerous updates on every little thing the hacker community does.

Those of you looking for confirmation, here's a URL, note that the guy distributing the package talks about how all his stuff does is open up the feature Apple built in to it.

http://www.iphoneatlas.com/2007/10/09/hidden-iphone-111-feature-shows-evidence-of-3rd-party-app-support/

I came for the iPhone news and stayed because its the best blog out.

Thanks. :)

"Plus a lot of Windows-using iPhone owners are not checking TUAW, and they would benefit from news of the iPhone hacking scene."

*raises hand* I am checking TUAW and I'm a Windows-using iPhone owner. Keep in mind that there *ARE* people that are hybrid users, planning to get a Mac in the future, or that just like to keep up with technology news.

I'd love to get some clarification if that multi-page feature is something built into SpringBoard that's been unlocked, or actually something that was added by the people mentioned above. The description of how to get it working makes me thing it's the former, which is awfully interesting. Sounds like a simple process that doesn't even replace SpringBoard, like all the other similar hacks have done.

Plus there's this interesting bit: Apple quite definitely shifted all of the icons up by about 15 pixels or so in the 1.1.1 update. I know this for certain because I have a stuck pixel that used to be right on the corner of the "N" in notes. Making room for the dots would totally explain why the did this... it doesn't make much sense otherwise. (There's a somewhat unusual amount of space below the iTunes icon now.)

"And, since the big news with Apple right now are the UNOFFICIAL hackings, it seems that THE UNOFFICIAL APPLE WEBLOG should be reporting it thoroughly."

Well, they're certainly reporting it thoroughly. So thoroughly that after two years I'm deleting the site from my newsreader.

Why the f**k the hackers can't get their own site to post on instead of hijacking this one is beyond me, but I've had enough. This isn't the site it used to be, and IMHO that's a great shame.

I love seeing all the iPhone stuff on TUAW. And, since the big news with Apple right now are the UNOFFICIAL hackings, it seems that THE UNOFFICIAL APPLE WEBLOG should be reporting it thoroughly.

Another great update, Erica!

And thank you so much for doing this. I know I am not the only one waiting for any nugget of information about progress on 1.1.1. And you have provided it!

I apologize on behalf of those being negative. Please remember they are a small minority, as your usage stats over the last few weeks will show.

Thanks again!

This is fantastic, but I wish it were 1.0.2 based since the offiicial 1.1.1 jailbreak has not been released. Is there something different about the 1.1.1 SpringBoard.app that made it this doable which wasn't there in 1.0.2?

Are there instructions somewhere for the more adventurous who want to try to jailbreak 1.1.1 manually without waiting for an easy GUI app? I haven't seen anything about it on the dev wiki, which you'd think would be the place. They haven't even changed the 'Get Write Access to 1.1.1' banner from red to yellow or green. Do you have to hang out on IRC all day to get the details? The suspense is killing me.

Thanks for the updates. Keep it coming.