One of the most popular app among jailbroken iPhone users is Backgrounder - the free app that allows you to multitask; a feature almost omnipresent among smartphones but something that remains unavailable for iPhone users till date.
Now here is another iPhone app that improvises on Backgrounder to create a better multitasking experience (think Palm Pre).
Backgrounder lets you open multiple applications and also helps in identifying all these iPhone apps running in the background with a badge. With mutifl0w, you may additionally slide through all the open apps and easily toggle between them. Double-tapping your iPhone home button takes you to the multifl0w screen where all the open apps are displayed. Tapping on an iPhone app displays it in full screen for you to work on while the other apps continue to run in the background. It helps if you are on iPhone 3GS since the higher RAM capacity means you can toggle between lot more iPhone apps.
Multifl0w is currently available for iPhone OS 3.0 and above and is built over Backgrounder. There are a few minor bugs at this moment though, which includes a springboard crash when the multifl0w app is opened simulataneously with another loading app. However, the app developer says updates would soon be made available for these.
The app is already available on Rock and should also be available on Cydia soon. While you do have a free trial, the jailbreak iPhone app costs $4.99, which we feel is slightly higher considering that the base app Backgrounder and the other popular multitasking app for jailbroken iPhones, Kirikae are both free.
Nevertheless, $5 is still a small price to pay for such a valuable utility denied for quite sometime by Apple as running multiple applications could drain your iPhone's battery quickly. If you have downloaded multifl0w, please don't forget to tell us your experience.
[via AppAdvice]
Why can't apple add this in their firmwares to counter the palm pre?
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hmm, hey guys,
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wouldnt it be cool if those app say were not runnin in the background, say you go to settings, and add which apps you want to oh say "coverflow", then you double tap home button and u can slid through simply thumbnails (like it kinda shows in the video eh?).
so it saves battery… BUT looks cool
Bought this app a few days ago, its well worth the money… Great app… adds alot of functionality
$5 bucks isn't much but since backgrounder is free and so it Kirikae, which helps in switching between running apps, it just seems like too much money for a pretty UI.
Why did doesn´t works with skype ? Even in brackground my phone , skype diconnect after a few minutes, it doesn´t matter if you are in 3G, wifi or edge.
Kirikae is a lot better, try it and you'll see why. Also, it's free if I'm not mistaken.
It keeps crashing!!!!! Dadgummitt!!
dude their using subliminal messaging all through the video at like 0:24 a red screen flashes up for a millisecond i paused it on the screen and in the top right corner is a bit of writing saying http://www.multifl0w.com
Use insomnia and skype will stay logged in.
hi friends i buy new iphone 3gs 3.12.am use blackra1n for jailbreak its succsess after restart my phone its showing restore many time i try but no use after i try install custam firmware i cant install it what can i do plz help me send message this id vijanthan@live.fr
I suddenly wanted to go to http://www.multifl0w.com but then realized the flashing red flicker has fried my brain
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are you a virus? and a virus that doesn't know the meaning of punctuation?
It doesn't work on my iPhone 3GS… it's always crashing when I try to return to one opened app. Even when no app is running and I open multifl0w, it crashes when I try to go back to the home-screen by pressing the home-button.
Probably I can fix it anyway…
5 bucks isn't to much and worth this app. thanks for the good info. Surely I will get this one for my PiPhone
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lol sorry just reading the brainwashing bit.. it says multiflow the whole time
ProSwitcher is solid, and works in the same fashion. I believe it came out first.
It's free.
ProSwitcher link here:
http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/12/20/proswitcher-jailbreak-brings-safari-pages-webos-cardsstyle-multitasking-ui-iphone/