<p>This is only a small thing, but it reinforces for me why jailbreaking an iOS device allows you so much more flexibility in using <em>your</em> gadget.</p>
<p>iOS 4.2 for iPad has been out for 3 days. One small gripe is that Apple &#8211; in their wisdom and wish for unity across their range of devices &#8211; has decided to change the orientation lock on the iPad into a mute switch. I know this makes it operate in the same way as the iPhone, but I don&#8217;t use my iPad in the same way as my iPhone. The orientation lock makes sense &#8211; and if you want to mute an iPad quickly, you can just hold the volume decrease button, and volume will drop to zero immediately.</p>
<p>But 3 days later, we have a solution. There&#8217;s <a href="http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/1652053923/thanksgiving-with-apple">a jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1</a>, and Nicolas Haunold has today released a simple tweak through Cydia called <a href="http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=12970">NoMute</a>, which changes the function of the mute switch under iOS 4.2 back to being an orientation switch.</p>
<p>A small, simple thing that demonstrates why people need to be legally allowed to hack their gadgets &#8211; to make them work in the way that they want.</p>
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