NetServices.app - control all your services

[hartsteins]

I ssh'd into the phone using winscp, opened terminal and pasted the following:
/Applications/NetServices.app/ProgramFiles/bin/restart
Then in terminal this was displayed:
sh: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable

Hmmm - that's a new error. SSH in and type this:
launchctl stop com.apple.SpringBoard

Once again - springboard should recycle.

Please let me know what happens.

Now I have used iToggle.app before and did not have this issue. Also reading back into the posts regarding another person having a problem with wifi or edge and they were using bosstools, and u told them to install, uninstall, toggle back and forth, etc... Well i did the same procedure with itoggle.app and it didn't work.

The issue with EDGE and BossPrefs is different from this one. For some reason the restart binary is not working for you. If the other restart method works I'll simply replace it in the script to get auto-lock functioning properly.

Greg

[svtguy08]

Alright by executing,

launchctl stop com.apple.SpringBoard

it did infact respring.

By the way Im running 1.1.1 on a locked at&t phone.

[hartsteins]

Alright by executing,
launchctl stop com.apple.SpringBoard
it did infact respring.

OK - step by step...

Attached is an updated script with the "launchctl" command replacing the "restart" one.

Please unzip it and place it in /Applications/NetServices.app/ProgramFiles/LaunchFiles/

You will replace the file autolockExit.sh with this one.

You may need to set the permissions to 755 before it will work
SSH into phone and type:
cd /Applications/NetServices.app; chmod -R 755 *

hit enter

(BTW - thanks for debugging this along with me).

Greg

[svtguy08]

Alright works like a charm. Auto-Lock, when toggled will respring!!

Thanks again for the quick replies, help and solution.

[sbultez]

Hello,
I recently installed Netservices 1.6, and also AFP + Bonjour from your repository.
Unfortunately AFP seems to be always running ,no matter if enabled or disabled...
Can I do something to fix that ?
thanks,
Sam

[hartsteins]

Hello,
I recently installed Netservices 1.6, and also AFP + Bonjour from your repository.
Unfortunately AFP seems to be always running ,no matter if enabled or disabled...
Can I do something to fix that ?
thanks,
Sam

Sam -

First let's be sure all NetServices permissions are set as they should:

Quit NetServices
SSH into your iPhone and type:
cd /Applications/NetServices.app; chmod -R 755 *
hit enter

Restart NetServices and try to enable/disable AFP

It is sometimes deceiving as to whether or not AFP is actually active. Often the iPhone hard drive will not disappear from your Networked drives list just because you turn the service off. That doesn't mean the phone is available just that the name was left on the list. If you were to try and open it, you would get a error saying "not available" or something similar.

Try the permissions fix and let me know.

Thanks

Greg

Alright works like a charm. Auto-Lock, when toggled will respring!!

Thanks again for the quick replies, help and solution.

Glad I could help. The change will be permanent in the next update.

Greg

[sbultez]

Thanks Greg,
Do you want to laugh ?
It's working perfectly now .... because I forgot to reinstall BSD Subsystem (i had to restore today after messing to much with my iPhone)

So, installing BSD did the trick ...

thanks :-)


Sam

[hartsteins]

installing BSD did the trick ...

I love it when it's not me.

Glad you got it working.

Greg

[rperalta]

Are you going to update the Installer with the Auto-Lock fix?

By the way, what is Auto-Lock feature does? Thanks!

[hartsteins]

Are you going to update the Installer with the Auto-Lock fix?

By the way, what is Auto-Lock feature does? Thanks!

Update announced below!

The Auto-Lock feature in NetServices turns the auto-lock feature on your phone to "Never" so it will not lock and potentially drop a network connection. Turning it "OFF" in NetServices will restore whatever you're previous setting was.

Greg

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NetServices Version 1.6.1 Update Available - Please update previous versions

VERSION HISTORY

1.6.1 - Update 12/22/07

• Maintenance Update
• Dropbear Visibility corrected in settings.plist
• AutoLock Script altered slightly to accomodate SpringBoard recycle

1.6.0 - Update 12/21/07

• NEW Major User Interface upgrade
• NEW Airplane Mode Control Added
• NEW Auto-Snap Control Added
• NEW iSpit Web Server Control Added
• NEW Mail Fetch Control Added
• NEW International Data Roaming Control Added
• Socks scripts rebuilt
• Version Numbering Change

0.1.5 - Update 12/06/07

• Samba start/stop scripts rebuilt.
• NEW - File Sharing Plug-In - Switch File Sharing Plug-In on/off allowing Safari to alternate between streaming or downloading media.

0.1.4 - Update 12/03/07

• Samba start/stop scripts naming issue resolved.
• NEW - Auto-Lock - Turn Auto-Lock on & off to help maintain network connections.
• NEW - EDGE - A new method is being applied to disconnect EDGE network more consistently.

0.1.3 - Update 11/24/07

• Primarily Maintainence Update
• Ability to toggle Phone service has been temporarily removed until issues with iPhone FW 1.1.2 have been resolved.
• Several memory leaks have been patched.
• NEW - Installer Source - An assortment of Network Services have been added to the CopyCoder's Installer source.

0.1.2 - Update 11/23/07

• SSH launching issues have been resolved
• Phone service problem has yet to be replicated but now no longer follows On/Off state through restart. Should toggling phone service present a problem, simply restart iPhone to restore service.
• Additional search locations have been added for Tinyproxy's Launch Daemons in an effort to anticipate installation variations.
• NEW - Switch Visibility - Keys have been added to the settings file (inside NetServices.app folder) to set visibility of any switches. This is handy for services that are installed but rarely turned on or off.

0.1.1 - Initial Release

• Users reported issues with SSH not shutting down correctly
• User reported problems with phone service
• Tinyproxy service was not appearing after installation

Thank you for your ideas and help in making NetServices better.

[stefimke]

Is it possible that there is a huge "leak" in NetServices 1.60?

I fully charged my iPhone yesterday, ran installer, noticed the NetServices 1.60 update, installed it... and a few hours later my iPhone gave me the "20% battery remaining" warning.. whereas I didn't do anything with my phone in the meantime!

Normally I can use it for several days in a row, now after installing 1.60 just a couple of hours.

[MP3-Junky]

I just installed V1.6.1 after using itoggle.

The edge disabling works great! Even after a restart! (netservices is the only app which can do that)

Just curious: how does disabling EDGE work?

Is it possible to optionally make "add-ons" appear on the "built-in" screen? I only have SSH installed in "add-ons" and I have space left on the "built-in" screen. This way I have everything I need on a single page.

Thanks for this great app!

[jarthurs1981]

Is it possible that there is a huge "leak" in NetServices 1.60?

I fully charged my iPhone yesterday, ran installer, noticed the NetServices 1.60 update, installed it... and a few hours later my iPhone gave me the "20% battery remaining" warning.. whereas I didn't do anything with my phone in the meantime!

Normally I can use it for several days in a row, now after installing 1.60 just a couple of hours.

I have the same problem, Except my phone became very hot also. First off i've never had this problem and my phone has NEVER became hot until i installed 1.6. Right after I installed it I unhooked my fully charged phone from the charger and 2 hours later i had less that 50 percent battery left. I also had WiFi and all other services turned off, and never made a single phone call or used it in any way.

[stefimke]

I have the same problem, Except my phone became very hot also. First off i've never had this problem and my phone has NEVER became hot until i installed 1.6. Right after I installed it I unhooked my fully charged phone from the charger and 2 hours later i had less that 50 percent battery left. I also had WiFi and all other services turned off, and never made a single phone call or used it in any way.

Good to hear that I'm not alone on this!
I didn't notice that it got hot as I didn't use the iPhone in the meantime... it just drained the battery in no-time.

Another strange thing I've noticed is that the volume of all sounds are often very low, ringtones, music, ... When I restart the iPhone it is most of the time back to normal.

I REALLY hope this is getting fixed ASAP, as I'm leaving for a holiday tonight. Does anybody know a way to get back to version 1.5 ?

[MP3-Junky]

uninstall 1.6 and manual download and install 0.1.5:

http://homepage.mac.com/hartsteins/c...ices-0.1.5.zip

[HotStuff2]

Greg hasn't said what's new (yet), but 1.6.1 is up on installer. I noticed that it saved my name change for EDGE (Greg had it as "Edge", I changed it to "EDGE"), but it did not save my name change for SSH (Greg has it as simply "SSH", I changed it read "openSSH".) I see that changing the name doesn't force me to loop thru the OK button multiple times (changed the name, hit OK, and it's done.)

Also noticed Greg uses a TinyURL now (my advice! ) for the website link.

I too wish ther ewas a way to move the "Add-Ons" from their own tab into the "Built-In" tab, but I understand why we can't (yet, or ever.) I only have SSH installed, and it's only one extra step, so no biggie.

Would still like to see a colored icon for services that are enabled, and a black-&-white icon for those that are disabled/turned off. (Green for EDGE & WiFi, Blue for Bluetooth, Orange for Mail Fetch, etc.) I think that'd be a nice GUI addition, but obviously it's just aesthetic.

I did not get any hotness or battery drain with 1.6.0...

edit: one other thing...greg uses the page flip transition (oglFlip); as we've seen from weTools, there are many more available in the iPhone itself. (I like the Page Curl, personally.) Perhaps a choice in Options for the user to choose what page transition to use?

[hartsteins]

Is it possible that there is a huge "leak" in NetServices 1.60?

I fully charged my iPhone yesterday, ran installer, noticed the NetServices 1.60 update, installed it... and a few hours later my iPhone gave me the "20% battery remaining" warning.. whereas I didn't do anything with my phone in the meantime!

Normally I can use it for several days in a row, now after installing 1.60 just a couple of hours.

I have the same problem, Except my phone became very hot also. First off i've never had this problem and my phone has NEVER became hot until i installed 1.6. Right after I installed it I unhooked my fully charged phone from the charger and 2 hours later i had less that 50 percent battery left. I also had WiFi and all other services turned off, and never made a single phone call or used it in any way.

There is no Memory Leak that I can detect. I have been running NetServices for the past 2 hours straight while watching iPhone CPU processes. At no time (even when switching pages as fast as possible) does NetServices use more than 12% of total CPU usage and that % drops to 0.0% when it is sitting idle.

I am experiencing neither excessive heat nor noticeable battery loss. Was NetServices running during the time you had heat and battery problems?

Please realize that installing NetServices does nothing more than put an app in your Applications folder. It does not install anything that would tax your phone while not in use.

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Another strange thing I've noticed is that the volume of all sounds are often very low, ringtones, music, ... When I restart the iPhone it is most of the time back to normal.

NetServices is not doing ANYTHING with regard to volumes. I have no idea why this may be happening.

The edge disabling works great! Even after a restart! (netservices is the only app which can do that)
Just curious: how does disabling EDGE work?

NetServices adjusts "Availability" settings in the CommCenter with regard to the EDGE network.

Is it possible to optionally make "add-ons" appear on the "built-in" screen? I only have SSH installed in "add-ons" and I have space left on the "built-in" screen. This way I have everything I need on a single page.

Not yet. I separated the pages because they seemed to be getting cluttered (as you'd imagine I have a TON of services on my iPhone). While it wasn't on the list, there have now been numerous requests for this possibility. I will work on figuring a way to accomplish it though it will likely be a few updates down the road.

Greg hasn't said what's new (yet), but 1.6.1 is up on installer.

Maintenance update only - nothing New.

Would still like to see a colored icon for services that are enabled, and a black-&-white icon for those that are disabled/turned off. (Green for EDGE & WiFi, Blue for Bluetooth, Orange for Mail Fetch, etc.) I think that'd be a nice GUI addition, but obviously it's just aesthetic.

Honestly this seems a little busy to me. I had originally intended on turning all the icons on the add-on page to dark grey like the built-in ones to maintain the "reflective black" look. If icon switching is desired, I'll try and work it in (I know you requested this a while back, but there have obviously been more pressing updates).

edit: one other thing...greg uses the page flip transition (oglFlip); as we've seen from weTools, there are many more available in the iPhone itself. (I like the Page Curl, personally.) Perhaps a choice in Options for the user to choose what page transition to use?

This is slated for a future update already (I'm partial to the zoomyIn effect but went with the page flip to start as it's one we all know). There will likely be a multi-select button where you can choose from a few different transistion effects.

Thanks for all you input and help in making NetServices a better product.

Greg

[stefimke]

There is no Memory Leak that I can detect. I have been running NetServices for the past 2 hours straight while watching iPhone CPU processes. At no time (even when switching pages as fast as possible) does NetServices use more than 12% of total CPU usage and that % drops to 0.0% when it is sitting idle.

I am experiencing neither excessive heat nor noticeable battery loss. Was NetServices running during the time you had heat and battery problems?

Please realize that installing NetServices does nothing more than put an app in your Applications folder. It does not install anything that would tax your phone while not in use.

No, I was not using NetServices all the time when I had the battery issues. I just downloaded it via installer.app, installed it, checked it, EDGE off, wifi ON, no SSH or other weird stuff active. I have almost no other software installed at my iPhone. Screen locks after 1 minute.... and after a couple of hours the battery was just drained.

NetServices is not doing ANYTHING with regard to volumes. I have no idea why this may be happening.

Strange, I've noticed it two times by now, within 24hrs.

Thanks for all you input and help in making NetServices a better product.

Thank YOU for making this suberb piece of iPhone-software!

[jarthurs1981]

I have the same problem, Except my phone became very hot also. First off i've never had this problem and my phone has NEVER became hot until i installed 1.6. Right after I installed it I unhooked my fully charged phone from the charger and 2 hours later i had less that 50 percent battery left. I also had WiFi and all other services turned off, and never made a single phone call or used it in any way.

Ever since I installed 1.6.1 I don't have these problems anymore. By the way, Thanks for the great app.

[DaveiPhone]

Regarding the excessive battery usage and hot phone syndrome:

I've experienced this symptom on a few, seemingly random occasions. I don't believe it has anything to do with NetServices at all. I've never installed 1.6.x. I'm still running 1.5, but I had the symptom before I even used that.

My guess is that it's the result of some runaway phone process that's in a continuous loop, although I've never been able to pin it down, even looking at the processes in SysInfo.

Regardless, if my phone starts to feel excessively warm, I shut it down and restart it, which has never failed to resolve the problem.

Greg, I have a question and a request regarding version 1.6.1 and future versions:

Question: I've discovered with autosnap (when using Erica's launch daemon, not your product), that if I accidentally left if running and rebooted my phone, I would get stuck in a boot loop (Apple logo showing, never getting to Springboard). Fortunately, when this happened, I had SSH turned on, so I was able to remove the daemon and reboot through my Mac's Terminal app, which saved me from having to restore my phone. Since you're not using the daemon in the same way, is this issue circumvented? Does autosnap automatically terminate when the phone is rebooted using your toggle?

Request: Any chance you can add a preference to SSH to start automatically when the phone is rebooted? This could potentially avert disaster as there are many ways to get stuck in a loop that prevents Springboard from loading properly.

Thanks for a great product, and tremendous support!