WildEyes! 2.3 released with delete function

Posted on February 10, 2009
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As stated in the title, you can now delete files with WildEyes!

I have restricted the location to delete files to /var/mobile for security reason. I may make this configurable in the future.

Since version 2.22, users have reported crashes which I have not been able to replicate. I thought I fixed cause of the crash in 2.3, but apparently it isn’t. So if you have problem with WildEyes!, take a look at the post before this to send me a crash report. Read more

Tutorial: How to send crash report to iPhone developers?

Posted on February 10, 2009
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Some users have reported crashes in the recent release of WildEyes!. I still need more information to fix the bug, because I am not able to replicate the crash on my side. So I’m putting up this tutorial so users can send me their crash report. This tutorial can also be applied for to all applications.

1) Install syslogd, logMailer, and Syslog BossPrefs Toggle (Make sure you have BossPrefs as well

2) Launch BossPrefs and turn on syslogd

3) Launch the application with problem. And repeat your steps to get the crash

4) After the application crashes, launch LogMailer and press send report. Send the report to the developer’s email. Developers’ email account can usually be obtain in Cydia for each applications.

5) Launch BossPrefs again and turn off syslogd Read more

WildEyes! 2.22 with language localization, supports French

Posted on January 31, 2009
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As stated in the title, WildEyes! now supports language localization. Thanks to sosiphone.com for the French translation.

Right now it is only limited to French, so if you would like to contribute by translating it to other languages, do contact me. Thanks.

WildEyes! is available in Cydia. Download it via modmyi repository (with English description) or sosiphone repository (French description).

Send files from your iPhone/iPod with WildEyes! 2.20 beta feature

Posted on January 27, 2009
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In the previous post, I forgot to annouce a beta feature in WildEyes! 2.20, which is the attachment of files to email. The feature depends on the mailto: attachment plugin available in Cydia. Since I forgot this feature, I also forgot to inform modmyi admin about it, so you will need to update your WildEyes! to 2.20-2 to be able to send file as attachment.

This function is still a beta function because not all files can be attached. I have not figured out why, so if you think you observed a repeatable pattern, please do inform me about it.

You can also download WildEyes! from sosiphone.com (French website). A French version for WildEyes! is currently under development. Read more

WildEyes! 2.20 with support for JSON format

Posted on January 18, 2009
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As mentioned in the title, this version adds support to read JSON file format. Only JSON files with extension .json is supported. Read more

WildEyes! 2.1 released with Plist Viewer

Posted on December 14, 2008
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WildEyes! is updated to 2.1. You can download and install this application using Cydia, from the modmyi repository. WildEyes! is a viewer/reader for different file formats such as doc, pdf, jpg, mov etc. Unlike the previous 1.x version, WildEyes! is no longer dependant on Safari and LightTPD.

Here’s the changelog for the latest release:

Hierarchical Property List (PLIST) viewer (You can browse NSArrays and NSDictionaries in the plist file)
Folders in /var/mobile/Applications shows the name of the application inside the XXXXXXXXX folders
Grey background

Here are some screenshots:

WildEyes a reader, viewer, player for iPhone, supports doc, jpg, mov, plist and many more Read more

Chronus 2.18 released

Posted on December 14, 2008
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Chronus 2.18 is released in MMI’s Cydia repository.

Chronus is a replacement for TimeCapsule in 1.x, and serves to backup states of applications from multiple date/time and restore these data. In 2.x, Chronus supports backup of Cydia/Installer’s and AppStore applications. If there are applications that you wish to add to the list, drop me an email using the contact form.

In this latest release, Chronus has been updated to include:

Editing changes backup links using Chronus://

Check out the compatibility list as well for the latest addition.

Chronus, a backup and restore application for iPhone and iPod Touch Read more

WildEyes! with Property List Viewer soon

Posted on December 6, 2008
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Added a function to view properly list (PLIST) files. Still testing it but seems to work quite well. Should be releasing this in 2.1 soon.

Btw, your old license key for WildEyes! 1.x should work on 2.x. Drop me an email if it isn’t working. Read more

WildEyes! 2.0 for firmware 2.x

Posted on December 4, 2008
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WildEyes! Is finally working on 2.x. WildEyes! is a browser to view or play files in your device. There are some major improvement in this update.

- No longer dependant on LightTPD and Safari
- View docs (such as Word documents, PDF, Powerpoint, Excel, plain text etc
- View images
- Play media (video and sound)
- Opens up to the last browsed location
- Shake to toggle showing of hidden files

WildEyes! has to be completedly rewritten for 2.0, so you might see some missing features. I’ll build them up again. Drop me an email if any of those particular features are top on your priority list.

Note that there should be a file size limit of 10MB, just like Safari.

I’ll format the screenshots properly later. Only just downloaded the WordPress app on iPhone while commuting on a train. Can really do much formatting, but it’s better than Safari crashing once in while and I lose my unsaved posts

Tutorial: How to backup and restore files in Chronus during a firmware update?

Posted on November 28, 2008
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Here are steps on how to backup and restore files in Chronus

SSH into your iPhone/iPod Touch and copy the files from /var/mobile/Library/Preferences/TimeCapsule into your computer
Connect your iPhone/iPod Touch to your iTunes and do a sync with full backup before proceeding with your firmware upgrade
After successfully updating your firmware, iTunes should prompt you to restore files from backup.
After restoring with iTunes, launch Cydia and install Chronus
Launch Chronus and check if the backups you made before your firmware upgrade are there
If you are lucky, you will be able to see the backup files
If you don’t see the files, you will have to SSH into your iPhone/iPod Touch and copy over the files to the same location (make sure permission is set to 777)

During the last transition from TimeCapsule to Chronus, files are moved to a new location /var/mobile/Library/Preferences/TimeCapsule because somehow iTunes will backup files from this location. This will make upgrading firmware less painful because you don’t have to copy the files for Chronus back to your device. However, I still recommend that users at least copy the files to their computer before doing the update, in case your iTunes backups get corrupted and you have to copy the files back manually.

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