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How to Get the iPhone 3GS Battery Indicator On All iPhones and iPod Touches

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNazXTMkVF8

Reader Alex points us to this video where you can get that fancy iPhone 3GS battery indicator on any iPhone. Spoiler: your phone needs to be jailbroken.

We haven’t tested it ourselves, but it looks like he’s just using SSH to transfer some files over and create a new item to enable the battery gauge. Why this wasn’t already included in all 3.0 firmware for all iPhones is beyond me. [Thanks Alex!]

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