If you are an
iPad owner who has been excited about the prospects of
multi touch gestures on your
Apple tablet since the release of iOS4.3, you like many are likely to be disappointed that
us regular Joes can't access them.
However, if you have a Jailbroken iPad and 5 minutes of spare-time here's how you can edit the iPad's system files to activate some multi-touch functionality.
Although we haven't tried this on iOS 5 yet the same
hack should also work.
First of all you will need a Jailbroken
iPad.
Next you will need to either
install iFile on your
iPad or a program such as iFunbox on your
PC.
With iFile (or through iFunbox with your iPad connected to your PC) locate this file:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Springboard.app
You will need a text editing program like Notepad (Windows) or Textedit (Mac) for the following.
Open the K848AP.plist file.
Now add this line to the file:
multitasking-gestures
Save the file, disconnect your iPad and restart.
On reboot you should find you can now use 4 finger multi-touch to swipe between
screens and applications.
Enjoy!