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"Kate" broke my iphone!
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Posted by: Ashhong

has anybody installed the Kate program that is one of the featured programs in the Installer? I didnt really know what it was but I installed it. I then opened the program and pressed apply. it restarted my phone, but now its all messed up.

every button on the home screen is usable. HOWEVER as soon as i go into something such as installer or settings, none of the buttons are usable except for the very very top row. its really weird.

i cant even uninstall it because i cant get to that screen in installer. how can i uninstall this manually? is that all i would need to do? it seemed like it did some fancy stuff when i hit the apply button...thanks

Posted by: Ashhong

just so people know, this is a widespread problem. STAY AWAY FROM KATE. i warned you. i just reformatted. now i have to reinstall everything again...lame.

Posted by: liftedcj7on44s

i installed kate, it didnt cause all the problems you guys are having but mine wont connect

Posted by: S.W.A.T

Broke mine just now...

Posted by: audiolines

Same exact things happened to me, I have to restore my iPhone and everything..

STAY AWAY FROM KATE.

Posted by: S.W.A.T

Damn KATE!!!

Posted by: Phreakish

Now who wants to pay the $45 for Catapilar/Kate ....:P

The developers of that app must be having a bloody laugh

Posted by: dsigma6

K-K-K-K Katie...oh beautiful Katie...

Just looking at the description, it was clearly something I would never need or want to install. Take responsibility!

Posted by: duceduc

I am glad I read the description before I install it. Of course after reading it, I still didn't know what this program was suppose to do. Maybe it was the $45 fee that caught my attention not to install it.

Posted by: Hoople

I installed Kate but it won't start; I get a low disk space error message and then it kicks me out to the springboard. Lucky break, I guess...

Anyway, anyone have any opinions about whether it's safe to uninstall it?

Just answered my own question. I uninstalled it and all seems ok, gulp...

How can an app that tanks our iphones get released?

I know, I know, that's the risk we take by hacking our iphones...

Posted by: dsigma6

From a newly created thread:

Quote:

Originally Posted by dineshm

The new app called KATE is not compatible with quite a many things, and causes your phone to literally freeze up on you. A quick and easy solution is!

Download IBRICKR
REMOVE "dock" files from
usr/local/bin/dock
Restart phone
The screen then becomes responsive.
Goto KATE, untick all the boxes, and press apply.
Uninstall from installer.
Enjoy phone.

Posted by: harlenm

Works perfectly on my phone. It's an awesome program.

Posted by: dizzyj

I installed it. But one of the options was to hide or show the text of buttons in the docking bar. When it expired it removed the text for the buttons. So no "phone" or "safari" anymore. Anyone know how to get the phone to pre kate status besides reintalling the os

Posted by: harlenm

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzyj

I installed it. But one of the options was to hide or show the text of buttons in the docking bar. When it expired it removed the text for the buttons. So no "phone" or "safari" anymore. Anyone know how to get the phone to pre kate status besides reintalling the os

That's an option in summerboard.

Install the default theme with summerboard and don't hide the labels.

Posted by: mi6007

who is kate?
lol..

Posted by: dizzyj

Quote:

Originally Posted by harlenm

That's an option in summerboard.

Install the default theme with summerboard and don't hide the labels.

sweet, thanks!

Posted by: Voda203

my friend installed kate on my iphone and it restarted my phone and now it wont boot up all i see is the apple logo and thats it....im gonna kill him

has anyone tried the solution mention above?

Posted by: toomer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ashhong

I didnt really know what it was but I installed it.

Funniest line on this thread, so far.

Posted by: Neruda

Quote:

Originally Posted by Voda203

and thats it....im gonna kill him

has anyone tried the solution mention above?

Not with your friend, but I killed one of my own friends when he messed with my phone. And it DID solve the problem.

So you may want to try it!

YMMV