How to really multi-task on the iPhone

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How to really multi-task on the iPhone

Posted on 18 November 2009 by LarryGreenberg

The iPhone is constantly getting knocked for its inability to run applications in the background.

Well if you’re jailbroken have I got the solution for you.

Check out this video on three applications that when run together make for the ultimate background running experience.

Special thanks to Patrick at Just Another iPhone Blog for the heads up about mQuickDo.

If you’re interested in the applications shown in the video – mQuickDo, Backgrounder, Notifier.

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LarryGreenberg - who has written 824 posts on Gear Diary.

I have always had a passion for gear and gadgets. It all started for me with the release of the very first Palm Pilot. I've always had an interest in handheld electronics. From handheld PDAs, to cell phones, Mp3 players, watches and other products, I'm the first person my friends, family and colleagues call when they need advice on tech. I have roots in the online tech. forum community. I served as the Administrator to Howard Forums.com and as a Moderator at both Treo Central.com and Blackberry Forums.net. Under the screen name “lgreenberg” I've amassed 50,000+ postings. I also manage my own YouTube channel under the user name larrygreenberg. I'm always eager to help.

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http://twitter.com/mikecalvo/status/5838566798 mikecalvo
Cool! Wonder if it's accessible! How to really mult-task on the iPhone http://bit.ly/29XXdY
http://twitter.com/iphoneblogs/status/5838911446 iphoneblogs
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http://twitter.com/uberguineapig/status/5839035550 uberguineapig
RT: @Iphoneblogs #iphone info How to really multi-task on the iPhone: Krapps – your source for odd ball iPhone apps… http://bit.ly/29XXdY
Jason Reese
Great post! (and another compelling reason to JB the iPhone). I was using backgrounder, but not in conjunction with mquickdo or Notifier. Very cool.
Dan Cohen
Larry- GREAT video walk-through.
Your email about this got me to jailbreak again and I must say- this is already the most valuable combination of apps I have on my iPhone. They remove so many of the complaints that I had. AWESOME. The lock-screen apps are especially useful.
Thanks!!!
http://twitter.com/kaleemkamboj/status/5843257257 kaleemkamboj
How to really multi-task on the iPhone http://bit.ly/1LzLK1
http://twitter.com/nahumg/status/5843579496 nahumg
RT @kaleemkamboj: How to really multi-task on the iPhone http://bit.ly/1LzLK1
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velvetpunch
I am looking for suggestions to jail break my iPhone 3G again.
I updated to 3.1.2 and tried using blackra1n but was unsuccessful
so many times I gave up. I got tired of having to restore my phone
after every failure.
I miss my jailbreak soooo badly i hate the iPhone as is.
I’m condidering moving to Verizon’s reliable network and going
with the Droid because of it.
Could anyone help me get my phone jailbroken again.
Thanks
Mark Chinsky
Nice work Larry. I would even be tempted to get an iphone if it weren’t exclusive to AT&T. The pre backgrounds much more elegantly but the app selection doesn’t compare.
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thepella
any idea on how these programs running affect the battery life?
Larry Greenberg
thepella – for certain they drain it faster but so far it has not been a major issue for me.
http://www.osnn.net Jewelzz
I continually get an error message stating:
We apologize for the inconvenience, but SpringBoard has just crashed.
MobileSubstrate /did not/ cause this problem: it has protected you from it.
Your device is now running in Safe Mode. All extenstions that support this safety system are disabled.
Reboot (or restart SprinigBoard) to return to the normal mode, To return to the dialog touch the status bar.
OK Restart Help
Any idea why this keeps happening or how I can fix this issue?
Larry Greenberg
@Jewelzz – if you have SBSettings installed you can use it to turn off all items running in mobile substrate. Then respring and see if you’re ok. Then start turning on each item one by one to see what causes the issue.
http://www.osnn.net Jewelzz
I don’t have SBSettings installed. I’ll have to do a lil more research on this it seems. Thanks for the reply Larry
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http://twitter.com/gwakie/status/5919409191 gwakie
Jailbroken? Here's teh ultimate way to multitask, combine Backgrounder, Notifier, & mQuickDo http://bit.ly/6XBKyV
http://twitter.com/iamgregtran/status/5919409199 iamgregtran
Jailbroken? Here's teh ultimate way to multitask, combine Backgrounder, Notifier, & mQuickDo http://bit.ly/6XBKyV