Stay away from 'Kate'

[Gnome]

Thank you so much d3m3tr3s for your advice I have been having all the same problems with kate too but after doing what you said it works again, and to think I was just seconds away from restoring my iPod.

[BoogiOne]

She's pissed me off today and i'm trying to get my composure back. Basically, just like the thousands of people out there...my touch screen was disabled. I found something online regarding fixing this..i'm @ work right now and i have to wait til i get home. Grrrr....http://modmyifone.com/forums/showthread.php?p=977441.

any suggestions/advice anyone?

thanks.

boogs

[BoogiOne]

[quote=BlueBliss;250555]Alrighty, just another update.

My trick definitely works.

Again, go to the Kate icon, click and hold it, click on the X, click delete, and wait a minute or two WHILE connected to your computer. Your phone will sync again with your computer.

Then, just cancel, return to your normal phone, and enter Kate (the program) AGAIN, and uncheck all features, click apply, and you're good. Some icons will get messed up, but i'd sure as hell rather rearrange a few icons rather than reset my phone. Then go ahead and remove this AWESOME application from Installer.


I basically did this and VOILA! it worked for me. So...as a sugggestion to everyone (including myself!). Before you install any other 3rd party apps, LOOK IT UP HERE first! Thanks again BlueBliss for the very useful INFO.

BoogiOne

[miketl]

Originally Posted by dichertz

John

Good Day Moderator,

I respectfully request that we please start an "AVOID ________AT ALL COSTS" sticky?

This is the third or fourth app that F's peoples phones.

Good Day. Sir

Dana

kate totally messed my phone.. i restarted it and now it wont turn back on
i have no idea what i am to do now

[nubrandon]

Thanks for the tip BoogieOne. It worked for me which is nice surprise since I thought it sounded way too random to work. Kate is a dirty whore.

[anckutza]

I still have the Kate problem...i have an ipod touch 16 gb and it has 1.1.2 on it. I tried to delete those files and now i dont have the icon anymore but still frozen. I wanna cry((Please help i know you guys are awesome in this field. I really need some help!!is there anyway you can manage the applications from the computer?My kate never worked because it says i don't have enough memory or something. so i can't do anything!HELP!!

[itouchguy]

Originally Posted by dell

Hello,



Probably at you programs incompatible with Kate.app have been installed.

Teamwork of these applications with Kate can cause problems:

Dock, Screenshot, SMSNotifier, TaskBar Notifier, and also problems with SummerBoard and Customize are possible.



In case the touchscreen will not work, try to remove all files from a folder /Library/LaunchDaemons/, except for files: com.openssh.sshd.plist and com.ripdev.remindme.plist



After that reboot iPhone.



It can be made by means of program iBrickr on a computer, or with other file browsers for iPhone.







Uninstall Kate:

Install Kate in Installer.app, after that open Kate.app, unmark

checkboxes and press "Apply", after that uninstall from Installer.app.



Or remove all files and folders:

/Applications/Caterpillar.app/

/Library/MobileEnhancer/

/var/root/Library/RiPInstall/

/private/var/root/Library/RiPDev/

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.ripdev.remindme.plist

It can be made by means of program iBrickr on a computer, or with other file browsers for iPhone.

i tried this and restarted my ipod but it wont start. i connect it to itunes and it dosent appear so i cant restore it. i have a 16gb itouch 1.1.2. i tried to remove kate before and there was nothing i could do

[anckutza]

I restored mine. With ziphone is so easy to jailbreak it takes 2 minutes. First time i did i remember it took me forever. If you have an ipod touch i would backup my music and just restore it if nothing works from the solutions there. I got so mad for nothing. I tried to fix it all day long and it took my less than 1 hour to restore it and put everything back. If you have an iphone i am sure u have more to backup.

[jsysad]

Here's how to completely remove Kate:

Login to your iPhone using SSH. The following commands will delete the Kate directories. Before deleting, you need to set the rm permissions.

chmod -s /bin/rm
rm -Rf /Library/MobileEnhancer/RiPDevPrefs.men
rm -rf /var/root/Library/RiP*
chmod +s /bin/rm

Reboot the iPhone.

After deleting, the Kate icon will still be on the iPhone. Launch your installer.app and unistall Kate.

Good luck and I hope Kate goes to hell for their tactics.
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Originally Posted by pradeep77

nothing and absolutely nothing will work on this one...this is the iphone killer...

just do the following (my iphone's a 16 gig 1.1.4)
1. go to itunes
2. backup iphone
3. jailbreak it once
4. restore it
5. the phone comes back but carries the carrier warning about sim
6. jailbreak again (all comes back to normal)
7. restore your backup from itunes

well atleast my text msgs came back, contacts came back and calendar came back...everything else's gone...i had a proud 5 screens of applications...all gone now and must be built from a scratch...but a lesson well learnt.....

[tumi]

Originally Posted by Cream8n

No touch screen function works any more after installing Kate!

I even cannot uninstall from the iPhone.

I confirm my iPhone Freeze after installing Kate.
No touch functions are working !

Any ideas what to do next ??