Friday, November 26, 2010

NoMute reclaims iPad orientation lock in iOS 4.2, but only if you jailbreak

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If you've yet to upgrade your iPad to iOS 4.2.1, and you're head-over-
heels with your orientation lock, you've got two options: upgrade and
lose that functionality altogether, or upgrade / jailbreak and get it
back. Naturally, we'd recommend the latter. In what can only be
described as "so typically Apple," the software engineers at Cupertino
figured that they'd convert the perfectly acceptable orientation lock
switch into a mute switch. We lamented this fact in our review of the
update, but rather than Apple creating (non-fiddly) alternatives
within its software, we're left to look for a solution in the
jailbreaker's app store. NoMute has just emerged under the BigBoss
repository in Cydia, promising to reclaim the switch you've already
become accustomed to using. It's available now for absolutely nothing,
but users are encouraged to cast a wicked glare in Steve's direction
as the download ensues.

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