There are quite a few multitasking apps for jailbroken iPhones. While apps like ProSwitcher and Multifl0w do a good job, here is another jailbreak iPhone app that offers another good user experience to toggle between iPhone applications.
Dan Zimmerman, the developer behind Circuitous calls it a "custom app switcher".
Circuitous is an app that provides a clean interface to switch between the various active iPhone applications. Unlike ProSwitcher and Multifl0w where users need to move away from the existing iPhone app to surf through other active applications, Circuitous displays all the active iPhone apps in a vertical dock that can be accessed from any screen of your iPhone.
Using Circuitous, it is possible to activate the custom dock through several shortcuts like short-holding the Sleep button, double pressing the Home button or double tapping the status bar on your iPhone. Also, users may cycle forward or backward through the various open applications using shortcuts like the ones mentioned above. All these customizations may be made via iPhone Settings. Check out the video below to see Circuitous in action:
Circuitous is available for free on Cydia and Rock. The new version of Circuitous (v1.1) also offers additional features like closing and reordering active iPhone apps with simple gestures. Do checkout the iPhone app and let us know if you think its better than ProSwitcher or Multifl0w.
[via ModMyi]
Installed this earlier today, set it to open on 'Pinch' via Activator
so simple to use and the easiest 'Switcher' app by a long shot
Apps can be killed ala Apple stylie
Great App for freebie
Tried this today also. Works great, just have to figure out which method of activation I prefer. It saves a lot of time switching apps the old fashioned way.
Slick UI.
Oops, meant it saves time "over" switching the old fash. way.
how do i add app to background?
This is, by far, the best multitasking app available! I was never really a fan of Proswitcher and Multifl0w, although it's great having them as options. I'm sure some people will prefer them over this, but as far as this geek goes…hands down for Circuitous. Easy to use, clean interface (props to the Proswitcher interface as well), unintrusive (takes up like 15% of the screen), and doesn't have a huge memory footprint. This should have been a $.99-$2.99 app on Cydia, but hey…I'll take the free and pay you in appreciation, Mr. Zimmerman
Press and hold the home button that's the one with the white square at the bottom of your phone.
you need Backgrounder installed also from Cydia
Works really well, love it. But I'm pretty sure it annihilated my battery! Have removed it and battery back up to its regular state. Has anyone else had these problems? I wasn't even leaving apps running for it to kill the battery – understandable of course if I had loads running in the background.
(3GS 3.1.2)
AJ, I tested the drain factor by running 8 backgrounded Apps for 4 hours but it didn't affect my battery much more than usual
Had Cydia, Safari, Ipod, Mail, Phone, Geodefence (game) MXtube & Snapture running, prob lost an hours worth of batt
3Gs/16gb, 3.1.2
brings memories ,old symbian, my heavy duty nokia n80, i love it , gotta check it out, but with backgrounder my phone lasts only 4 hrs
welcome tho the happy 3gs owners club
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DDD
backgrounder is eating battery, no sorry not eating, RAPEING it
i think 16gb has better battery than 8gb, as 8gb was meant for masses ? you never know, apple…..
Wow! Interesting… maybe I'll give it another go then. It just seemed to destroy mine! Is 32gb 3Gs but I wouldn't have thought that would make a difference…. after akakig's comment……… maybe it does?!
What a great app Circuitous is. Works great on my 16Gb 3G. Slicker and faster than Proswitcher. I use my iphone so much that I can't tell if Backgrounder affects the battery life or not – I charge several time each day as I'm terrified it'll fade away!
Circuitous does not work for me. it only shows the default apps when i launch it(mails,SB,phone). when i launch Circuitous while on an app(example:facebook) and pick an app (example: mail)it just closes facebook and goes to my mails instead of just switching between them.
am i missing anything?
its a 16gig 3Gs.
i have installed backgrounder too. well i tried different other multitasking apps and the same thing happens.
please advice