TuT [Tutorial] How to tweak your IPhone,IPad or IPod Touch Without (Jailbreaking)

SoloTurk · January 13, 2016

This is especially relevant in a time when there’s no jailbreak and thus no way to break out of Apple’s restrictive App Store ecosystem to truly customize your device.

It is intended for medium to very tech-savy users though I will try to explain most things in layman terms. Please note that in case you (or I) screw up, you can always use the original backup of your device to undo any changes you made and get things working again.

What you will need:

iDevice (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch).

USB cable to connect your device to your computer.

A Mac or Windows computer that meets the system requirements here.

An internet connection.

iTunes application installed on your computer.

* Making a backup of your device using iTunes

* Downloading and installing “iBackupbot”

* Making a backup of your backup

* Modifying the backup

* Restoring the modified backup

* Making an iTunes Backup that includes the modifications.

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My test with editing the auto-lock timeout worked like a charm. I used the restore options above and my test iPod Touch now auto-locks after 45 seconds! (FYI, the Settings → General → Auto-Lock page now does not show any of the values ticked. You can simply select one of the default options to overwrite your changes.)

Don’t forget to re-enable Find My iPhone when you’re done!

If you discover additional keys and plist values that can be modded.