Since Apple has not allowed applications to run
simultaneously on the IPhone, applications like S
potify can only work when they are the only application running. If you would like to perform a task such as browsing the web while listening to music from S
potify, you need to have a 3rd party application installed on your
iPhone. This 3rd party application is called
backgrounder. It enables any application to run in the background to leave your
iPhone free to run other applications. This is
useful if you would like to leave an application and come back to it later, but not to close the
application.
eg: To listen to S
potify while checking your
SMSs.
Because the application (Backgrounder) would never be approved on the app store in a million years (Apple are slightly controlling and want every single application
reviewed by them for "quality control" or more likely "consumer control") you have to download it from another installer application called
Cydia. Before you can run
Cydia, your IPhone needs to be
jailbroken. If your IPhone is not
Jailbroken, you can run through this quick
tutorial to unlock your IPhone in minutes.
Once your IPhone is Jailbroken:
1) Install backgrounder from cydia.
2) A new icon will appear on your IPhone, this is the actual backgrounder application. If you like, from here you can add some cool settings for applications that you will use backgrounder with.
3) When you are in the Spotify application, hold the home button down for 3 seconds.This will put Spotify into background mode.
3) Voila!! you are now able to run other applications while Spotify is playing your favourite Spice Girls song.