Who said iPhone can only work in single-tasking mode? Check out iPhone’s multi-tasking application (requires JB)

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April 10, 2024

Many people think that the iPhone only works single-tasking and cannot multi-task at the same time (executing software in the background). In fact, the iPhone can do multiple tasks, such as putting the phone on standby, running other software while listening to music on the iPod, or switching to the note-taking software when answering a phone call. Note, it’s just that the multi-tasking of other software is blocked by Apple. In addition, if the screen of the iPhone turns off or enters standby mode when downloading something, the downloading task will also be interrupted (such as when yourtube or installous downloads videos or software). Therefore, background execution and multi-tasking are very important for the ease of use of ordinary smartphones (it is also a part that the iPhone has been criticized for), but cydia has solutions, such as insomnia, which is introduced first today: ▲In cydia Search for insomnia and install it.

▲After installation, there will be a shortcut to insomnia on the desktop.

▲After entering insomnia, please manually enable imsomnia. After restarting the iPhone, click on the top toolbar. The insomnia icon will appear, which means that insomnia has been executed in the background. According to the software introduction, insomnia originally prevents download interruption due to hibernation when connected to wifi. However, after testing, insomnia can also be used for downloading over 3.5G connections. . ▲For example, when downloading YouTube videos, in the past, if you restarted after entering standby, the download would stop and you would have to start all over again. After using insomnia, you no longer have this problem.

Another background execution software is the famous backgrouder. First enter cydia and search for backgrouder to download: ▲ Please note that backgrouder has different versions, and there are differences between 2.0 and 3.0. If your firmware is version 3.x, please do not download the version dedicated to version 2.X. After downloading First enter the backgrounder settings.

Backgrounder main screen: ▲There are three settings: Global, Control, and Application-specific.

The first is Global (overall environment settings): ▲Follow the author's settings. The first option is to enable/disable multitasking, the second is to set an additional icon to be displayed above the program when the program is running in the background, and the third option, if enabled, will be displayed on the original iPhone such as iPod, mail, etc. Software running in the background also displays the multitasking icon, so there is no need to enable it.

The second option is to set Control (control hotkey): ▲ You can set power, home or no hotkey. It is also recommended to use home. The last Application-specific is to set the program to be executed in the background of multiple tasks. In fact, as long as the Backgrounder function is turned on, all iPhone software can be executed in the background (you just need to enter Press and hold the home button after the program to open): ▲ Always Enable means that it is set to start multi-tasking background execution as soon as the program is executed. There is no need to press and hold the home button after entering. Blacklisted means that the blacklist is set to prohibit background execution of the program. , the author personally recommends setting up installous, Youtube, IM instant messaging and other software (in fact, I can’t think of any situation that requires background execution XD).

Next is an application example of background execution~~ First, use YouTube to find a paragraph For relatively large videos, such as "John Adams", download them after you find them: ▲After you find them, use the Plug-in to download the video—Yourtube to download.

▲Download the video with high graphics, and then return to the main screen. Under normal circumstances, the video The download was interrupted.

▲With the support of Backgrouder, YOUTUBE is still running in the background. If Insomnia is used at this time, the download will not be interrupted even if the screen is turned off (as shown on the right). If you want to stop the For background execution of software, please enter the software running in the background and press and hold HOME again. A "BACKGROUDER DISABLE" will be displayed on the screen to stop the background execution (there is no multi-tasking ICON on the software icon).

▲A thousand words are not as good as a video, just watch the operation example demonstrated by my clumsy hand.

As long as you use insomnia and backgrouder to cooperate with each other, it will also work if you use iPhone to capture large files or switch to other software at the same time. Don’t be afraid, but this also has disadvantages. If the software you run in the background is IM real-time software, the power consumption will also increase greatly because you will not be disconnected. You should also pay attention to it when using it!!

Extended reading: Two small software that work with Backgrounder