depthnerd
03-02-2008, 07:14 AM
I found this neat command from an iPod Touch Fans forum thread here (http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24512) which allows you to change the normal "Apple" logo only boot screen to the screen with a bunch of lines of code/commands scrolling through the screen (i.e. verbose mode). If you've used ZiPhone before, you'll know what I am talking about. I read through some of the posts in the iTF thread and some people are claiming that verbose mode made their devices boot faster.
Here's a few videos of it:
YouTube - NEW iPOD TOUCH BOOTSCREEN (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63kY01gsI1g)
YouTube - iPhone Hack: Boot in Verbose Mode (http://youtube.com/watch?v=BO9T_DwZQXI)
To get the verbose mode:
1. Make sure you have BSD Subsystem 2.1 installed.
2. Open a terminal
3. Issue this command:
nvram boot-args="-v"
4. Reboot
5. You'll see the Apple logo for a few seconds and then it'll start showing the verbose mode like ZiPhone and in the YouTube video.
To go back to the normal mode:
Same steps as above except issue this command to clear the verbose argument:
nvram boot-args=
Here's a few videos of it:
YouTube - NEW iPOD TOUCH BOOTSCREEN (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63kY01gsI1g)
YouTube - iPhone Hack: Boot in Verbose Mode (http://youtube.com/watch?v=BO9T_DwZQXI)
To get the verbose mode:
1. Make sure you have BSD Subsystem 2.1 installed.
2. Open a terminal
3. Issue this command:
nvram boot-args="-v"
4. Reboot
5. You'll see the Apple logo for a few seconds and then it'll start showing the verbose mode like ZiPhone and in the YouTube video.
To go back to the normal mode:
Same steps as above except issue this command to clear the verbose argument:
nvram boot-args=