![]() Get iFile and navigate to either /System/Library/Frameworks/amework/ (if you have iOS 4.3.x) or /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/amework/ (with pre-iOS 4.3). Even the trial version will suffice of the latter. Should this fail (this was the case under 4.2.1 it worked under 4.3.3 on the iPhone4), you will need to change the write permission of some files to “ world” using iFile. The app uses system calls to make files writable and assumes the root password is still “alpine”. The Advanced view is used exactly like on the iPhone4 (it remembers settings over restarts don't forget to tap “ Save” to overwrite the system plist!) and is entirely filled with the default 480p values: ![]() In the meantime, if you find the highest data rate is still too low for your needs, use Advanced view to enter your own ones. The 3G S computes the effective data rate than the iPhone 4 that is, the same data rate means about 10 times higher effective data rate on the iPhone4 than on the 3G S. I'll release another, updated version some time with rewritten help (now, it refers to the iPhone4) and added average data rates. The higher you go on the list, the faster the data rate.Īfter making your selection, just tap Go to write the changes. In general, you'll want to switch between the two latter, depending on your needs as the default, factory 480p mode offers absolutely no advantage over any of the two other modes – as opposed to the case of the iPhone4) the left one sets the preferred video mode: 480p, 1080p or full sensor. It has two main tabs, of which most users will only want to use the first, Simple view. The tool works exactly than the iPhone4 version. You can freely compile it and deploy on your phone, should you want to avoid using Cydia. Note that, as usual, I provide you with the full(!) source. Inside it, download the 3GS-specific hacker tool: The click can be seen and heard in for example the video below, at around 0:10:Īs with my iPhone4 hack tool, you'll need to jailbreak your phone and add the Cydia repo (or ). If that's not a problem and you must have absolutely the best video quality (even with these problems), go for the full sensor mode otherwise, stick with the 1080p mode, which offers about 30 fps and no problems like this – on the expense of reduced resolution and low-light performance. There is a clear click in the audio stream when video recording resumes. Unfortunately, there's a big problem with the latter (full sensor) mode greatly reducing its usability: every once a while (between one and two minutes in general there may be more occurrences) the video (but not the audio!) recording stops for around a second and the aperture gets set again, meaning a discernible and pretty ugly brightness peak. In addition, as opposed to the iPhone4, the latter mode sports way better true resolution (while that of the 1080p mode isn't that bad either, at least compared to the absolutely rubbish, original 480p mode).įull sensor caveats: „clicking” sound and freezing video Therefore, I took the liberty to make my previous, iPhone 4-specific application support the 3G S too.įirst and foremost, there are two main “enhanced” modes, in addition to the factory VGA (640*480 480p for short) video recording mode, you'll want to use, both with its own advantages and disadvantages: a mode not utilizing all pixels but still delivering good resolution (the 1080p mode, named after the Sensor setting of 1920*1080) and around 29-30 fps speed and the full pixel-binned mode, which is pretty similar to the “enhanced” mode of the iPhone4 in that its frame rate is about half of the original mode but it offers way better low-light performance. ![]() ![]() The widely known solutions (e.g., THIS) don't work on 4.3+ either and, of course, they don't offer any kind of quick switching (actually, you even need a desktop computer to even switch! Compare this to the easiness of my switching solution, which only needs the phone itself). Sure, there is a Winterboard theme called „ HD Video Enabler for 3GS” but, it seems, it doesn't work (see the comments for example HERE, HERE and HERE). So far, no one has released any tool that would have made it easy to quickly switch between the different configurations. As opposed to the iPhone 4, where the main enhancements are “only” making the field-of-view much wider, the data rate selectable and, with pixel binning, the low-light performance much better (by sacrificing some resolution and speed), the enhancements of the 3G S camera, in addition to the better low-light performance through pixel-binning, are waaaay superior: you can greatly increase the resolution, almost to the level of the iPhone 4 or traditional cameras. The video recorder of the iPhone 3G S can heavily be enhanced.
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