Make iPhone apps think no external monitor connected

Question

How can I make iPhone apps think that no external display is connected?

I am using a 30-pin to A/V adapter, and an iPhone 4 GSM with 7.0.4 jailbroken.

I was hoping to use iFile to change a setting on the iPhone, but I'll try any solution.

Thank you for the help!

I saw this question the day that you posted it, and I've come back to it every day since then. I know where it should be, but I just can't seem to find the exact method that you need to override. — Andrew Larsson, Commented Feb 23, 2014 at 7:52
@Andrew Larsson Please, any clues to this would be greatly appreciated by not only me, but by everyone looking for this on google. It is something that I have not been able to find for at least a month now. — HelpingHand, Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 19:30
@Andrew Larsson You can make apps think that you are on wifi when actually on 3G; I don't see why you can't make apps think that there is no external display. It's puzzling! — HelpingHand, Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 19:34

HelpingHand · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-04 21:40:05Z

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It Works!

I installed Flex per @AndrewLarsson and entered the name of the app that was detecting the external display.

I then went under UIKit, then searched UIScreen and returned pass-through on displayOut_actualScreens.

When I tested it with my AV adapter, the app did not know that there was an external display connected!

Many thanks to @AndrewLarsson for his help! Without it, I couldn't have figured it out.

UPDATE: False alarm. It wasn't working. I had gotten overly excited and missed the fact that IT DIDN'T WORK!!! I'm really sorry about that...

answered Mar 4, 2014 at 17:15

HelpingHand

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@AndrewLarsson False alarm... I thought it was working... But apparently not. I couldn't find "Disable external screens" in the list.
– HelpingHand
Commented Mar 4, 2014 at 18:13
@AndrewLarsson Where is "Disable external screens"?
– HelpingHand
Commented Mar 4, 2014 at 21:21
@AndrewLarsson forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1550201
– HelpingHand
Commented Mar 4, 2014 at 21:24
@AndrewLarsson Can you send me the properties for "Disable external screens" I can then recreate it on my end since I can't find it. Thanks much!
– HelpingHand
Commented Mar 4, 2014 at 21:35
Note that @mentions to Andrew here don't go to Andrew as he has not commented on this post. To ping someone, do it in a post they have commented on (e.g. your question) or in chat.
– grg ♦
Commented Mar 4, 2014 at 21:42

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