T9Dialer brings T9 dialing support to the iPhone’s native Phone app

T9 dialing was initially introduced equally a agency of making text input easier on 3×4 numeric keypads, much similar those constitute on erstwhile jail cellular telephone phones. Modern smartphones alongside their telephone publish hot-linking together with advanced contact lists pick out all but phased out the quest for such things, but to those wishing they could access T9 inwards the iPhone’s native Phone app: you’re inwards luck.

T9Dialer is a somewhat novel jailbreak tweak released past times iOS developer Jordan Koch (eskimo_dev) that ports amount T9 functionality to the numeric keypad inwards the iPhone’s native Phone app.

As you’ll let on inwards the screenshot representative above, T9Dialer predicts who you’re trying to telephone outcry upward based on what you lot input via the handset’s 3×4 numeric keypad inwards the Phone app’s dialer interface.

In this case, the tweak knew nosotros were trying to brand it demeanour upon alongside Apple Support based on our input, together with hence it suggested Apple Inc.’s 1-800-MY-APPLE contact publish at the overstep of the app. As you lot powerfulness come upward to expect, it tin give the axe besides recommend your contacts equally you lot move inwards their telephone numbers manually.

Once installed, T9Dialer adds a preference pane to the Settings app where you lot tin give the axe configure a few options based on your needs:

Here, you lot can:

• Force the Phone app’s numeric keypad to ever display at launch


• Move the publish champaign upward to brand room for the additional T9 information


• Search entered telephone numbers for results

As it would seem, a respring isn’t necessary to salve your changes.

In my personal opinion, T9 dialing is a flake of a niche characteristic on modern smartphones merely because of how powerful modern dialing techniques pick out become. Then again, if you’re old-school together with similar the thought of having T9 back upward on your iPhone, hence this tweak is a swell choice to ensure you lot pick out it.

Those interested inwards trying T9Dialer tin give the axe download it for gratis from eskimo_dev’s beta repository inwards Cydia or Sileo. The tweak supports jailbroken iOS eleven together with 12 devices.

Will you lot live on adding the T9 dialer to your jailbroken iPhone? Tell us why or why non inwards the comments department below.

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