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Clean Slate: Starting Over on Cydia

Posted by koruptor | Posted in Apple, Blogosphere, News, Nokia, app store, at&t wireless, iPhone | Posted on 25-03-2009

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It’s frustrating to spend so much quality time installing awesome apps from Cydia, only to lose them after a firmware update.  Should you forget to backup your apps, think about installing a few from this list:

  • All Sources – This installs a crapload of sources, which will make installing the following a lot easier.1
  • SBSettings – With the swipe of your finger across the status bar you can toggle settings like autocorrect, WIFI, 3G, rotation lock, bluetooth, etc.
  • Backgrounder – Leave your favorite apps running in the background for quicker access.  It’s probably not a good idea to enable everything, so stick with a few.
  • Categories – Don’t keep Wobble Hot Babes (aka Wobble) in the open.  Put your pervie apps in folders.
  • Clippy – Cut, copy, paste.  This feature will be available in the upcoming iPhone 3.0 firmware.
  • CyDelete – CyDelete enables jailbroken apps to be removed from the Springboard like regular apps.
  • Cyntact – This one costs $0.99 but it’s definitely worth it.  View contact pictures in your address book without actually selecting the contact.
  • Emoji – Japanese-style emoticons.  I’m not 100% sure but your recipients can only view these emoji if their phones are set up for it.
  • Five Icon Dock – Cram an extra app on your dock.  You might also want to check out Stacks.
  • GRiS – The best Google Reader app out there.  See here about automatic/background syncing.
  • NocamSound – Turn off the shutter sound on your camera.
  • StatusNotifier – This places notification icons on your status bar of any missed calls, text, email, etc.
  • Supreme Preferences – This adds additional options in your Settings app.
  • vWallpaper – Animate your wallpaper with a lazer show or Matrix theme.
  • WinterBoard – Download  custom themes on your phone and apply them using WinterBoard.
  • yellowsn0w – Free your phone!  yellowsn0w is a software unlock for your phone.  Do not install iPhone OS 3.0 if you want to keep your phone unlocked.

The apps listed above are merely recommendations and do not constitute a definitive list of any kind.  Enjoy!

1Update:  “All Sources”  requires the Steffwiz repository.

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