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Beta Beat: IntelliScreen for iPhone

Really cool stuff today over at ModMyiPhone. The new IntelliScreen software customizes your "Slide to Unlock" screen allowing you to load widgets onto that otherwise unusued space. Options include listing calendar events, mail subjects, SMS messages, weather reports and RSS news feeds.

One note though about beta releases: We love them for the inspiration and early access. We hate them for causing possible endless reboot sequences. This release may cause fatal rebooting errors so proceed with care.

Thanks, Jonathan.



Really cool stuff today over at ModMyiPhone. The new IntelliScreen software customizes your "Slide to Unlock" screen allowing you to load...
 

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Roberto56

OK guys, I have made a terrible mistake installing Intelliscreen. My iPhone does not start up, ITunes does not detect it. What do I do? I tried with the Apple forum but they said that since my phone is hacked they cannot provide any support. So basically I had it. Will I ever be able to get this phone to work again? Is there a way to restore it without iTunes?
Any suggestion will be much appreciated.
Thanks

July 19 2008 at 7:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Morten E.

I got this over a week ago, but since the last release i have noticed two problems; my iphone using ALOTpower, i checked off auto check emails, and aleart on emails. also i don't have wlan active all the time

June 03 2008 at 7:04 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Randall

yo I have a huge prob, see I jailbroke my ipod touch and had alot of apps and over 6 gigs of music on it and then one day like a month ago it shut down on me, i got it to start up with power and it said my batt was at full power then itunes wouldnt reconize it, and the ability to turn it on ceased to happen, still a month later it still wont turn on, iv tried charging it... it dont charge... i tried the home/power exploit like all the other times i did it and it ceases to work, for me still, the comp dont show any activity when i plug it in, hell at this point it seems i have a $360 vanitty mirror, i need a response to the said prob if one can be given..... and b4 any1 asks.... my warranty has run out. please respond to my Email with help if it can be given @ randalltownsend@hotmail.com

May 15 2008 at 8:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tk

please have the intilliscreen makers improve on the iphone locked ipod controls!!! You can't adjust the track progress!

May 14 2008 at 7:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gerald

Great now I can make my iPhone look like Windows Mobile. Gotta love clutter!

May 14 2008 at 6:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
kevanhloy

works great for me, had to remove screwcommon (and thus vwallpaper) to get it to function properly, but that's cool. the app disables itself if something goes wrong, no worries just be patient.

there is nothing wrong with this being posted here, rose is right, if you have a jailbroken phone then your responsible for it.

@TomWBrowning
you make me laugh with your pompous rant, do continue so i have something to continue laughing about. if you don't like how things are done around here, why do you bother checking it out? to give you something to post a complaint about. whatever, continue on.

May 14 2008 at 5:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
socritic

This is a fantastic idea. This is a brilliantly simple addition that changes the interaction time to zero and would proly require not too complicated mods. Awesome, looking forward to this being done and released bug free.

May 14 2008 at 4:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tcterrified

Yes, I was aware this was "beta" before I installed it. And yes, installing IntelliScreen unfortunately sent my iPhone into an endless reboot spiral which led me to ponder the question which I will pose here:

Should it be assumed that anything "Beta" might cause a fatal error? My understanding (which very well could be wrong) is that "beta" software can be installed safely but will likely have many bugs and may periodically crash. In my mind (again I may be wrong) even "beta" software should at least be able to be safely installed.

I'd be interested to know what others think about this.

May 14 2008 at 4:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
RobW

For megatrebuchet's question, I'd like to recommend LogMeIn – they offer a free version and it's incredibly easy to use.

Used it the other day to set up my sister's new laptop from 50 miles away.

May 14 2008 at 3:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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RobW

Ok, that was hilarious: please ignore what I put in the previous comment (1Password decided to fill in the comment section, not just username & pass... I should know better).

ANYWAY

Anyone else catch the Office Space reference in the picture?

May 14 2008 at 3:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
punkassjim

Hahaha, that's post #5 on TUAW that's convinced me not to use 1Password.

May 14 2008 at 4:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brian Peat

This software adds my only big gripe with the iPhone. I've installed TakepOne on my Treo 650 and it's nice to see my next appointment showing on the main phone screen. The iPhone screen is huge, and it would be beneficial if someone were to make a "My Day" kind of idle screen so you can see your day and other info at a glance.

May 14 2008 at 3:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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aaron Alexander

this is basically the same idea as widgets for a mac. theres no reason why apple wouldnt add this to iphone at some point.

May 14 2008 at 3:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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