App to toggle bluetooth on and off?

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App to toggle bluetooth on and off?

I'm noticing that Bluetooth is eating my battery rather quickly. I don't always have (or even want to use) the Bluetooth headset. I'm looking for an app I can put on the "home page" that when I run it will simply toggle the state of the bluetooth setting between off and on. It's a pain to have to select Home --> Settings --> General, scroll to bluetooth, and then toggle the status.

TIA for any advice/tips!

Steve

MB Pro C2D, G5 PowerMac, iPhone, iPod 5G, 1Tb TC, Apple TV, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Aug 21, 2009 2:23 PM

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Allan Sampson

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Aug 21, 2009 2:26 PM in response to parkerpress

I don't believe any such app is available or will be available. Such an option must come from Apple.

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roaminggnome

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Aug 21, 2009 2:27 PM in response to parkerpress

Not a feature like this that I know of.

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Aug 30, 2009 12:26 PM in response to Allan Sampson

Considering the battery life issues of the 3Gs, I think it would be a great idea for Apple to do something like this. A small "dashboard" app to control settings that affect battery life. Digging through 4 layers of menu to turn Bluetooth or 3G on and off is not much of a solution.

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Aug 30, 2009 12:31 PM in response to gregormiz

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

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parkerpress Author

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Aug 30, 2009 10:15 PM in response to Allan Sampson

Already did that....

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Aug 31, 2009 5:17 AM in response to parkerpress

Good for you.

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Nov 7, 2009 3:15 PM in response to Allan Sampson

Yeah its really annoying to have to "dig" so much to turn it on and off! I may have a firend who might be able to write an app. I'll see what he says!

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parkerpress Author

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Dec 2, 2009 7:16 AM in response to parkerpress

I'm going to "close this" as answered, even though the answer is "No application like this exists."

Which is really too bad, because that app would have a place on "page 1" of my iPhone...

Steve

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Thanar

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Dec 3, 2009 5:18 AM in response to parkerpress

It does exist, however has not been approved by Apple. Do a search on google, I am not able to supply more information.

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Thanar

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Dec 3, 2009 12:01 PM in response to parkerpress

Google "SBsettings".

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