Ness



Ness is the NonUI iOS internal application responsible for BurnIn testing in the Factory Environment, that is also known as "Earthbound". Not much is known about this app, and what it truly does. It is believed to be a reincarnation of the application "BurnIn". The app's icon is a picture of one of the characters from the Nintendo game, EarthBound. This app first made an appearance in an iOS 7 SwitchBoard build.

The UI of the application features two main elements. Firstly the main UI that shows a picture of the Earth, and if you pull down in the way that you would typically presented with the notification center in stock iOS you are presented with something that resembles "Control Center", it is currently unknown what these do. Finally when this "Control Center" is activated, you see a picture of the Nest Thermostat behind the centre. It is unknown why this occurs, but may have something to do with the temperature of the phone as there is also another file in the .app that references to the temperature of the Nest to be hot, and is thus named "internal_thermostat_hot".

This app is typically found under, but is usually hidden with the key ShowInSwitchBoard in its Info.plist file being set to false.

The file structure of the app:
Entitlements.plist			       _internal_charger_disconnected.png _internal_thermostat.png			error.caf Info.plist			               heartpiece.caf _internal_thermostat_hot.png			_internal_device.png Ness			                       key.caf _internal_volumedown.png			_internal_globe.png PkgInfo			                       pause.caf _internal_volumeup.png			       _internal_locl.png ResourceRules.plist			       secret.caf coin.caf			               _internal_menu.png _CodeSignature			              skyrunner.car com.apple.osdiags.Ness.plist		      _internal_ness_icon.png