gaurav’s rants

so most of you have upgraded to iPhone 3.0..
trouble is the newest release breaks the FontSwap app as the applications are not allowed to run as root anymore..
i haven’t figured out a solution to this problem as yet, i’m sure other devs are also trying to find a workaround to this problem..
the app will be updated as soon as a workaround around the restriction is discovered..

for the time being you may switch back to the earlier method of overwriting files in the system fonts folder
/System/Library/Fonts/Cache

the problem with this approach is that it’s a bit complicated for new users and involves the problem of SWOD if font files are ported incorrectly..
so keep a backup and keep wifi and ssh on to restore stock fonts in case something goes bad.

you *will* not need to do a device restore if you keep wifi and ssh on, even if something goes wrong. so it’s always recommended to keep those things as always on, on jailbroken devices.

EDIT: Dustin Howett [author of the app CyDelete] has suggested a fix for FontSwap for 3.0 and i’m going to release an update soon..
thx Dustin..

UPDATE: the fix has been released on Cydia. please update to FontSwap 1.4