Clean Slate: Starting Over on Cydia
Posted by koruptor | Posted in app store, Apple, at&t wireless, Blogosphere, iPhone, News, Nokia | 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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