[HowTo] Native SMS with SMS GV Extension!

[xXrkidXx]

Background Information

Will work on all iDevices(running 4.x and up)! Including iPod touches! Free for iPod touch users! For iPhone users sending is free, but you must pay a one time only fee of $2.99(WELL Worth it for unlimited texting for the rest of your life!)

With the 1.3.0 update SMS GV Extension now supports taking the Push notifications from the official AppStore app( Google Voice ) and turning them into native SMS app messages. This will not be covered in the tutorial due to 1, it being completely self explanatory(Install app, sign in, change settings to jack push from GV App) And 2 the Google Voice app cannot be installed on the iPod touch with modding or using a forbidden application. I want this tutorial to not be centered around one device(iPhones or iPod touches) But to be able to work on ALL iDevices.
I would be very grateful if somebody with an iPad (WiFi+3G or just WiFi) would PM me please... I have some things I would love help with testing! It would mean a new age for iPad text messages!

Requirements

• an iDevice that is jailbroken on iOS 4.x
• A method of getting the MobileSMS.app(iPod touch's 2nd and 3rd Gen)
• WinSCP and knowledge of how to SSH
• A plist editor or -->
• iFile if you want to do plist editing from your device
• Common Sense

The Set Up

First we need to set up a G-Mail account. (You can use other e-mails but we will not cover receiving for those accounts in this tutorial) Make SURE you didn't delete the com.apple.dataaccess.dataaccessed.plist from your LaunchDaemon folder. If you have no idea what that is don't worry about it.

Then we need to set up your Google Sync e-mail in your Mail.app. Follow this link to learn how to set up your Google E-mail to use Push.

For anything but an iPhone or iPod touch 4 you need to find yourself a copy of the MobileSMS.app that corresponds with your firmware. For any device the permissions of the MobileSMS.app(DO NOT CHANGE on iPod 4 or an iPhone, it's already set correctly) Needs to be 0755 and set recursively.
If you cannot find yourself a copy of the MobileSMS.app then just install BiteSMS from Cydia. You will have to enable the SMS string.

iPod touch 4

For the iPod 4 to make this work AND have FaceTime work you need to add

<key>telephony</key>
<true/>
<key>sms</key>
<true/>

To the iPod 4 plist(Refer to the plist table below) file located in /System/Library/CoreServices/Springboard.app. You can do this using a plist editor or iFile.

I have been informed that after a reboot FaceTime will not work.. Simply change the SMS and Telephony strings to false, Activate FaceTime, and enable the strings.

If you do not use FaceTime then simply just use the SMS string.

iPod touch 2nd and 3rd Gen

For iPod touches (2nd + 3rd Gen) you must get a copy of the MobileSMS.app for your firmware and also add

<key>sms</key>
<true/>

To the plist for your device. (Refer to the table below)

iPhone Users

iPhone users already have the SMS tag enabled.. So all we have to do is download it off Cydia and refer back to the Set Up part of the tutorial.

Enjoy! And if there's anything I missed please tell me about it!

Plist Table
All of these are located in /System/Library/CoreServices/Springboard.app on your iDevice.

N82AP.plist-iPhone 3G
N90AP.plist-iPhone 4
N72AP.plist-iPod touch 2G
N18AP.plist-iPod touch 3G
N81AP.plist-iPod touch 4G

Extras!
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F.A.Q.
It wont work! I get an error or something else, what should I do?
Simply reinstall SMS GV Extension, and reboot. That should fix it.
FaceTime says it wont activate? How come?
Well FaceTime doesn't like to play well with SMS. When the SMS string is enabled it changes the way FaceTime likes to activate. Simply change the SMS string to false, activate FaceTime and change the SMS string back to true.
What's that thing your using to reply to a text message on the SpringBoard in one of the screenshots?
That is BiteSMS. It is available on Cydia for free, but after a 14 day trial it becomes ad supported. So when in the BiteSMS app(Not using the normal messages.app or QuickReply/Compose) you will see an ad banner. I think you can buy a license to remove the ads.

[StealthBravo]

Nice guide. Cool setup for iPod/iPad

[xXrkidXx]

Nice guide. Cool setup for iPod/iPad

Thank you

And I love using BiteSMS with this! Unlimited texting for one fee of $2.99... Who WOULDN'T pick that over AT&T?

[StealthBravo]

yes it is a sweet deal

[Flaybee]

I did everything and got bitesms. But the notifications for bitesms won't work. The toggle for bitesms won't appear in sbsettings. I have an iPod 2nd gen. Help

[Hossinator96]

sms wont shoe up on my springboard ipod touch 4g

[Hossinator96]

I was thinking today, iOS 5.0 has iMessage right? Well cud there be a way to integrate this method with the iMessage app on iPod?? So you can have regular SMS an have the iMessage, like iPhone??