[iOS 4] Enable multitasking & home screen wallpaper on iPhone 3G/iPod Touch 2G [UPDATED 6-10-2010]

June 8th, 2010 admin

*UPDATED ON 6-19-2010*

Multitasking, home screen wallpaper, and battery percentage are all features in iOS 4 that won’t be on the iPhone 3G, and the iPod Touch 2G. BUT, a simple tweak will allow all of these to run on said devices. Instructions after the jump.

First, you need to be jailbroken. Follow our guide here on jailbreaking a iPhone 3G (4.0 GM) or an iPod Touch 2G (4.0 GM).

With the latest version of redsn0w that was updated on 6-10-2010, you can easily add multitasking and home screen wallpaper during the jailbreaking process by using redsn0w. If you’re already jailbroken, open up redsn0w and check the option that says “already pwned”, and choose the other options that you want.

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  • ayo26

    There is no Battery Percentage for me to turn on?! I've been to Settings-General-Usage but there is nothing that comes close to Battery Percentage!

  • wizdude

    Your guide is wrong. The battery percentage option only exists on the 3GS and not on the 3G.

  • wizdude

    Your guide is wrong. The battery percentage option only exists on the 3GS and not on the 3G.

  • http://gumballtech.com brian

    Your comment is wrong. Native battery percentage can be enabled on any 3.x or 4.x device with a simple plist edit. I thought I've already included this in my post, but I guess I missed it. It's included now.

  • wizdude

    thanks for updating your guide brian. how did you remove the icon shadow? is there a plist option for that as well or it is configured somewhere else?

  • wizdude

    thanks for updating your guide brian. how did you remove the icon shadow? is there a plist option for that as well or it is configured somewhere else?

  • http://gumballtech.com brian

    You'll have to remove or rename /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/WallpaperIconShadow.png and respring or restart.

  • Me

    God bless this tutorial

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  • Me

    God bless this tutorial

  • Spadesean

    All of my apps multitask no problem. Once you open something, it runs in the background. Double click the home button, and all running apps are shown. There is also no way to disable it at all. Also, there is no way to close an App when finished. You use the phone, then the camera, then text, they are all open til you double click home, and then close each one by holding them like when deleting apps.

  • Spadesean

    All of my apps multitask no problem. Once you open something, it runs in the background. Double click the home button, and all running apps are shown. There is also no way to disable it at all. Also, there is no way to close an App when finished. You use the phone, then the camera, then text, they are all open til you double click home, and then close each one by holding them like when deleting apps.

  • Dani J.

    You can also add multitasking and home screen backgrounf with ifile!
    Tutorial: http://www.gadgetsdna.com/enable-multitasking-b…

  • Davor Sabic

    How can i disable multitasking??? I like the new wallpaper on desktop, but multitasking incredibly slow down the iPhone OS.. :-/

  • Davor Sabic

    How can i disable multitasking??? I like the new wallpaper on desktop, but multitasking incredibly slow down the iPhone OS.. :-/

  • Leo Pard

    Edit file /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard/N82AP.plist and set Multitasking to False. Shutdown and Power On.

  • Leo Pard

    Edit file /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard/N82AP.plist and set Multitasking to False. Shutdown and Power On.

  • Disasterx

    Is it possible to enable this without jailbreaking? I'm on my 3rd iPod Touch because of jailbreaking.

  • a6ela

    How do i get to edit files on the iphone, eg: Edit file /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard/N82AP.plist and set Multitasking to False. Shutdown and Power On.

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  • a6ela

    How do i get to edit files on the iphone, eg: Edit file /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard/N82AP.plist and set Multitasking to False. Shutdown and Power On.

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  • lol

    how do I disable the home wallpaper? Multitasking is awesome, but the wallpaper lags, is there a way to set it back to just black?

  • lol

    how do I disable the home wallpaper? Multitasking is awesome, but the wallpaper lags, is there a way to set it back to just black?

  • Seng Konghuy

    will the ipod touch work well on ipod touch 2g?

  • Seng Konghuy

    will the ipod touch work well on ipod touch 2g?

  • alejo :]

    If you download iFile, you can go into /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard/N82AP.plist. There, you go down to <key>homescreen-wallpaper</key>. Below that, it will say “<true/>”, so change that value to “<false/>”. Tap on Save, exit, and shut down. Wait a few seconds (10 or 15), and power up again. There you go, black wallpaper and no lag :]. Same thing happened to me. I'd like to use a wallpaper, but the iPod seems to lag a little when opening apps. You'd think that multitasking would cause the lag, but apparently the wallpaper takes more RAM.

  • alejo :]

    If you download iFile, you can go into /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard/N82AP.plist. There, you go down to <key>homescreen-wallpaper</key>. Below that, it will say “<true/>”, so change that value to “<false/>”. Tap on Save, exit, and shut down. Wait a few seconds (10 or 15), and power up again. There you go, black wallpaper and no lag :]. Same thing happened to me. I'd like to use a wallpaper, but the iPod seems to lag a little when opening apps. You'd think that multitasking would cause the lag, but apparently the wallpaper takes more RAM.

  • Kopmeister

    It means Springboard has crashed. All you need to do is unlock your iPhone (Do the slider thing) and press the text on the status bar( wherethe time and wi-fi status annd phone reception goes aand press restart)

  • Kopmeister

    It means Springboard has crashed. All you need to do is unlock your iPhone (Do the slider thing) and press the text on the status bar( wherethe time and wi-fi status annd phone reception goes aand press restart)

  • jpFogs

    I was getting major lag and freezing with both the wallpapers and the multitasking turned on so I just restored. I don't care about multitasking but I really want wallpapers. Will I still get major lag with just wallpapers enabled? (I'm on an iPhone 3G.)

    Thanks.

  • jpFogs

    I was getting major lag and freezing with both the wallpapers and the multitasking turned on so I just restored. I don't care about multitasking but I really want wallpapers. Will I still get major lag with just wallpapers enabled? (I'm on an iPhone 3G.)

    Thanks.

  • http://gumballtech.com brian

    I think your use of “major” is a bit much.

  • jpFogs

    It was major. Thirty seconds for an app to open, 10 seconds for texts to populate after I type them. Either way, now it's jailbroken and wallpaper and multitasking is enabled. How can I just get rid of the multitasking option?

  • Cliff001002

    I just want to be able to have my own custom background, does it still run smoothly and everything if I just enable that, without the Cydia Installation?

  • Cliff001002

    I just want to be able to have my own custom background, does it still run smoothly and everything if I just enable that, without the Cydia Installation?

  • Zack

    Hey can I multitask on my iPod touch 3G 8 gb without jailbreaking

  • http://gumballtech.com brian

    You can't.

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  • daffy

    i cant change my homescreen wallpaper is there anyway to solve it??

  • daffy

    i cant change my homescreen wallpaper is there anyway to solve it??

  • http://gumballtech.com brian

    I don't know what freaking device you're on…

  • http://gumballtech.com brian

    I don't know what freaking device you're on…

  • Zack

    How can I enable multitasking on my 8gb iPod touch 3gen on windows and the home screen wall paper

  • Zack

    And is there a way to just edit the file without puting anything on my iPod

  • Zack

    How can I enable multitasking on my 8gb iPod touch 3gen on windows and the home screen wall paper

  • Zack

    And is there a way to just edit the file without puting anything on my iPod

  • http://gumballtech.com brian

    Read the post. The answer is no.

  • chris

    umm, if i jailbreak it, cuz i just updated to the 4.0, do i still keep my info and Contacts and messages when i re-jailbreak?

  • chris

    umm, if i jailbreak it, cuz i just updated to the 4.0, do i still keep my info and Contacts and messages when i re-jailbreak?

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