Apple may not be officially rolling out the 3D mapping in iOS 6 to iPhone 4 users, but that hasn’t stopped hackers figuring out a way to switch on the functionality for the older smartphone.
Anton Titkov has come up with 3DEnabler, Russian site iguides reports, bringing 3D buildings to iPhone 4 units running iOS 6 with the early jailbreak, though so far turn-by-turn navigation is eluding him.
Because the hack requires third-party file installation – and it’s not the sort of thing Apple would allow in the App Store – and that iOS 6, even when jailbroken, can’t access the Cydia unofficial download store, the process is a little more involved than usual. Full instructions are here, though you attempt it at your own risk.
Performance, based on Titkov’s videos, looks reasonable, though it’s worth noting that iOS 6 is still a few months away from official release and this is all based on beta software. Exactly how pleased Apple will be to see the hack is another good question; we’re guessing the answer is “not so much” and wouldn’t be surprised to see it blocked in future iterations.
As for turn-by-turn directions, another feature in the new iOS 6 Maps app (that replaces Google Maps in iOS), so far that’s not been hacked to run on older phones. Apple quietly detailed those limits earlier this week.
further information to get it on your ios 6:
New tweak from Anton Titkova called 3DEnabler, and now we can confidently say that it adds support for 3D cards on the "old" devices, but it is possible that the "unavailable" Turn-by-turn navigation will be defeated by our a talented developer.
Given the fact that Cydia does not work on iOS 6 and does not install after jailbreaking iOS 6 for developers, we have prepared two instructions for installing the tweak without using Cydia. The first thing you need to download the Deb file ( link):
For SSH, enter:
apt-get update
After the upgrade, enter:
apt-get install mobilesubstrate
Then load the FTP deb file to your device via SSH and enter:
dpkg-i putkfaylu / nazvaniefayla
Make a respring or reboot
Also tonight tweak 3DEnabler appear in our repository, and you can use the second method of installation:
On the computer in a test editor create a file containing:
deb http://apt.iguides.ru. /
Save the file created as:
iguides.list
Load the file via FTP to:
/ Etc / apt / sources.list.d
After that, via SSH, enter:
apt-get update
After the upgrade, enter:
apt-get install com.alpden.3denabler
For SSH, enter:
apt-get update
After the upgrade, enter:
apt-get install mobilesubstrate
Then load the FTP deb file to your device via SSH and enter:
dpkg-i putkfaylu / nazvaniefayla
Make a respring or reboot
Also tonight tweak 3DEnabler appear in our repository, and you can use the second method of installation:
On the computer in a test editor create a file containing:
deb http://apt.iguides.ru. /
Save the file created as:
iguides.list
Load the file via FTP to:
/ Etc / apt / sources.list.d
After that, via SSH, enter:
apt-get update
After the upgrade, enter:
apt-get install com.alpden.3denabler
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