Have you wanted panoramic picture mode for your iPhone? How about the Android-like autocorrect bar for the on-screen keyboard? Well, you're in luck. Developers have recently discovered a few hidden features in iOS 5, with both items having the ability to be enabled without jailbreaking your iPad or iPhone.
Why they're hidden, is a mystery in itself. But iOS hacker, Sonny Dickson, is responsible for finding the "Android-like" autocorrect bar Thursday morning. The autocorrect bar is so close to the Android autocorrect bar, that it may explain why Apple left it out of iOS 5's initial release.
Enabling the autocorrect bar requires a simple .plist file edit, but since Apple does not allow an easy way to access the file system, it requires a few steps which I've listed below. The second feature unearthed was the enabling of the panorama mode for the iOS camera app. Apps exist that do this now, but this is the first time it's had the ability to do so within the native camera app.
To enable panorama for iOS 5, the instructions will look similar to this:
You must have a program able to manipulate iPhone/iPad backups, such as iBackupBot
Open the latest backup with your software
Navigate to: /Library/Preferences/com.apple.mobileslideshow.plist inside the backup
Open/edit the file to inlcude:
EnableFirebreakYES under the DiskSpaceWasLow value.
Export/save the file
Restore the backup to your phone
To enable the keyboard autocorrection feature, follow the same steps but edit a different .plist file:
You must have a program able to manipulate iPhone/iPad backups, such as iBackupBot
Open the latest backup with your software
Navigate to: /Library/Preferences/com.apple.keyboard.plist inside the backup
Open/edit the file to inlcude:
KeyboardAutocorrectionListsYES
Export/save the file
Restore the backup to your phone