iPad 1 multi-gestures on iOS5
Since I upgraded my iPad 1st generation to iOS5 I started to look around for the previous Settings menu item – “Multitasking gestures”. For previous OS versions it used to be there, enabled after having put my iPad in development mode, but now it was gone, vanished forever.
I’ve tried to put the iPad in development mode again (by using it to test iOS apps from within XCode) but to no avail. It looked like a bleak future, one where I’d be angry with Apple for downgrading old devices by removing previous features, just so that they could make iPad 2 a bit more appealing.
Luckily a random chat today with an online friend gave me the answer; apparently it has been known to many others since appearing on Lifehacker and Gizmodo : there is a tool in town that does just this – instead of jailbreaking the iPad, it simply activates the Multitasking gestures once more. You can download it from here. And, if you get tired trying to put your iPad in DFU mode following redsn0w’s bad tips, you can try the method in this youtube video, which worked perfectly for me.
Result? Multitasking gestures work again for me, and I’m a happier iPad user.
The end.
