Remove advertisements from Swing Copters app - No Jailbreak!

Rook · August 22, 2014

Here's a simple file edit showing you how to remove ads from Swing Copters by the author of Flappy Bird.

1. Open the game and play a bit so it generates the necessary files.

2. Open iFunBox or iTools and navigate to /User Applications/Swing Copters/Library/Preferences/

3. Extract the 'com.dotgears.swing.plist' file to your Desktop and open it with your favorite text editing software.

4. You should see something like this near the ending:

<key>com.mopub.carrierinfo</key>
<dict>
<key>carrierName</key>
<string>Your Carrier</string>
<key>isoCountryCode</key>
<string>us</string>
<key>mobileCountryCode</key>
<string>xxxx</string>
<key>mobileNetworkCode</key>
<string>xxx</string>
</dict>
<key>google_stats_ca-app-pub-xxxxxxx</key>
<dict/>
<key>google_timing_ca-app-pub-xxxxxx</key>
<dict/>
<key>highscore</key>
<integer>999</integer>
</dict>
</plist>

5. Now to remove the ads we will add 2 lines to our current plist.

<key>noads</key>
<integer>2</integer>

6. Add those 2 lines right under your score and before the closing </dict>.

<key>com.mopub.carrierinfo</key> 
<dict> 
<key>carrierName</key> 
<string>Your Carrier</string> 
<key>isoCountryCode</key> 
<string>us</string> 
<key>mobileCountryCode</key> 
<string>xxxx</string> 
<key>mobileNetworkCode</key> 
<string>xxx</string> 
</dict> 
<key>google_stats_ca-app-pub-xxxxxxx</key> 
<dict/> 
<key>google_timing_ca-app-pub-xxxxxx</key> 
<dict/> 
<key>highscore</key> 
<integer>999</integer>
<key>noads</key> 
<integer>2</integer>
</dict> 
</plist>

7. Save your file (CTRL+S) and upload it back from where you got it. (/Swing Copters/Library/Preferences/)

That's it! Enjoy!