Access Hidden iPad Simulator Settings & Features

March 2nd, 2010 admin

See that screenshot? Pretty cool, isn’t it? Want to enable that for yourself? Continue reading to find out how. It’s just a simple download.

So usually in the iPad Simulator, there’s only a few options (stripped down General, Safari, and Photos). Sonny788 on Twitter has somehow figured out the proper plist files that make up some of the other options, such as Picture Frame and Wifi). All of the settings seem to work (except for Bluetooth, Wifi, and some others, due to obvious reasons), including Battery Percentage and the Passcode Lock.

So to get these extra options and features, you can go ahead and download the below file from any of the mirrors:

Just download that file to your desktop. Next, navigate to /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator3.2.sdk/Applications. Drag Preferences.app to your desktop, and rename it to Preferences.app.bak (or anything other than Preferences.app). Once you do that, double-click on the .zip file you extracted. Out should come a new Preferences.app with all the new and unlocked .plist files inside. Drag this new Preferences.app to the Applications folder that you just entered. Replace the one that already exists. You’ll need to enter your password.

Now, open up the iPhone Simulator, and enjoy these new settings.

If you like what you see, follow @sonny788 as he figured these things out.

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  • Sonny

    What Hell Mate Y Give it Out I Ask you don’t to

  • rommie

    just tried it out.. couldn't get prefs to start. opened and closed. that's it.

  • http://www.ispazio.net/ Daniele

    It doesn't work

  • http://gumballtech.com brian

    Yes it does.

  • N0N4M3

    Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Bob

    I dont fucking get it, could you make some type of video? It's really pissing me off. you seriously cannot give instructions.

  • http://gumballtech.com brian

    Uhh the instructions are on the post. If you don't understand that, then you shouldn't be even thinking about trying it.

  • Public

    dont work anymore

  • Public

    dont work anymore

  • WW Computer Repairs

    Crashes The Settings App

  • JHD0007

    it doesn't work! I rename it Prefrences.app.bak but i get a folder not a .zip

  • Mario_Man632

    where do you get the simulator?

  • http://gumballtech.com brian

    It’s in the iPhone SDK.

  • Lee

    Dosen’t work. Settings just crashes.

  • superhappyfuntime

    the settings crashed.

  • CJT Tuapawa

    you should make a video  how to do this