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HOW TO: Patch Settings.app to Show Jailbroken Preference Bundles in iOS 5


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#1 Chris230291

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Posted 10 September 2011 - 02:13 PM

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Here’s the story: every tweak that has its own settings in the Settings.app uses PreferenceLoader to get there. In iOS 5 PreferenceLoader is working… sorta. Dustin Howett, the guy who wrote PreferenceLoader, said he is not going to fix it until iOS 5 goes public, and whoever needs it at the moment, should be savvy enough to work around it. Fair enough…



The thing is, not everybody is a coder, and some of the people that are rocking iOS5 beta at the moment are just testers. Obviously not everybody should be on iOS 5 at the moment, there’s no argument here. But if you have a registered iOS 5 device, nobody should tell you that you can’t test stuff out. In this tutorial we’re going to show you how to patch the Settings.app to show the preference bundle in iOS 5. Let’s get to it.

1. Go to the Mac App Store and get the latest version of Xcode and install it( if you’re a dev on iOS 5, you should already have it )

2. Go to Filippo Biga’s github and download settings patcher

3. Unzip it, and open terminal

4. In terminal type cd path_to_FilippoBiga-iOS-Utilities-5c70846 2_settings_patcher_osx and press enter ( or just browse to the osx folder, type cd and drag and drop the osx folder in terminal )

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5. Type make and press enter

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6. Inside the osx folder you should see a new file

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7. SSH into your iOS device and drop the new file into /usr/bin/

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8. Restart your device and enjoy



#2 Blibby

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Posted 11 September 2011 - 04:04 AM

Although a real Cydia Dev would know how to manually fix it, this was still nice of Filippo.

#3 Chris230291

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Posted 11 September 2011 - 01:25 PM

it didn't work for me :/

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Posted 12 September 2011 - 03:15 AM

http://www.ifans.com...5114]This guide is useful if you really want the UI in Settings for a pkg.

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Posted 13 September 2011 - 04:53 AM

Quick question: oi have to buy xcode now right?

Because my version is sooooo outdated (3.1.2) and I can't find the option to update it
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Posted 16 October 2011 - 08:20 AM

View PostVonix, on 13 September 2011 - 04:53 AM, said:

Quick question: oi have to buy xcode now right?

Because my version is sooooo outdated (3.1.2) and I can't find the option to update it
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But you have iPod 4 lol
where is Ethan?

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Posted 17 October 2011 - 07:32 PM

This is redundant now preference loader has been updated.

And Xcode is free. Mac app store.