Background Manager: Jailbreak tweaktrue multitasking to iOS 6

When Apple introduced the multitasking feature in ios 4, it enabled multitasking support only for certain types of apps due to concerns over the adverse impact it could have on battery life.

Backgrounder is currently not compatible with iOS 6.x and based on the message on Cydia, it seems highly unlikely it will be updated with ios6.x support in the near future.

The jailbreak tweak allows you to enable backgrounding or true multitasking across all apps or enable it for an app via the Settings app.

You have the option to select between three background modes: None, Background and Native. By default the background mode is set to Native. If you change it to background to enable multitasking or to allow the app to run the background as if it was running in the foreground. When you select Background, it also offers toggles to enable disable fall back native and force native more. Unfortunately, due to lack of any documentation, I couldn’t figure out what it meant. They are enabled by default so I left them as it is.

iDevicei If you want to enable backgrounding at an app level then launch the Settings app and navigate to Background Manager -> Each app -> tap on Add Item and select the app from the list. After selecting the app, tap on it and then select the Background mode. The app also allows you to launch an app when you boot your iPhone and relaunch the app if it exited for any particular reason. I tested the tweak by enabling the Background mode with the Dropbox app and it seems to work as advertised and uploaded a large file in the background without interruption. It also worked well with Cydia, so it doesn’t load the package list every time you launch the app and you don’t see the Loading… splash screen. iDevicei It is recommended that you enable backgrounding at an app level rather than across all appavoid adversely impacting battery life