The jailbreak was designed with the idea of giving iDevice owners the opportunity to customize their terminals to their liking using various tweaks and applications available in the Cydia application. Cydia is a kind of App Store for tweaks and applications, where users have tens of thousands of packages available with which they can change almost anything in their own terminal. For those who have recently jailbroken or for those who have been jailbreaking for years, I have a list of some of the most interesting tweaks and applications that are worth trying on your own terminal. Everything you see listed below works on iOS 5.
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IntelliScreenX it was the first tweak I installed from Cydia and it is a platform that offers you the possibility to access in LockScreen information from email, Facebook/Twitter accounts, Google Reader plus many others. The tweak can be bought for $10 from Cydia.
SBSettings is a free tweak through which you can fully manage your iDevice. The tweak allows you to enable/disable iOS settings, see IP information, available memory, available space, plus much more.
PowerCenter Pro is a tweak similar to SBSettings but it displays information and settings for our iDevices ONLY in the Notifications Center. The tweak is easier to use, doesn't require that much RAM and is a worthy alternative to consider if you use SBSBetting. Unfortunately, PowerCenter Pro is available for $2.5 in Cydia.
iFile is the best utility for managing the files stored in our iDevices. Using iFile we can modify, rename, delete, copy, move or generate new files/folders in our iDevices but that's not all because using this tweak we can even edit files or even listen to music. iFile is available with a trial version in Cydia.
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Springtomize 2 is one of the most complete tweaks that exists in Cydia at the moment. Using Springtomize 2, you can modify almost any iDevice settings directly from the iOS Settings application, and I recommend it to all those who want to customize their own device without much effort. Springtomize 2 is available for $2.99 in Cydia.
Winterboard is the best application for personalizing the look of your iDevice. It is designed by saurik, the developer of the Cydia application, and with its help you can install any kind of themes for your iDevices. The bad part of Winterboard is that it complicates the operating system, but the good part is that the application can be downloaded for free along with a multitude of themes.
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dreamboard it is a platform similar to Winterboard, but there are not as many themes for it. The good part is that the themes available for it are much more interesting than those compatible with Winterboard and Dreamboard is free even if the themes have to be paid for.
BiteSMS is a utility specially designed for the Messages application in iOS and with its help we can expand the functionality of a severely limited application. BiteSMS allows us to reply to messages from any application, compose messages from any application, attach photos to contacts plus many other interesting settings. BiteSMS is available with a trial period in Cydia.
Frustrated with the built-in Messages app? Want more features? Wish it was much quicker to compose or reply to messages? Then biteSMS is for you, with lots of extra features like Quick Reply, Quick Compose, Scheduled Messages, Auto-Forward, Auto-Retry, Passcode Lock, Privacy, Delivery Reports, Contact Pics, Easy Pick Smileys, Templates, Signatures and much more !Simply use biteSMS as a complete souped-up replacement to the built-in Messages application on iPhone devices.
Messages + brings a different way to manage incoming SMS/MMS messages on our iDevices. The tweak is integrated into the Messages application of iOS and is the version for iOS 5 of the old Tlert, so if you bought that tweak you have this one for free. Using Messages+ we can reply to received messages directly from any application we have open, we can close the notification banner of a received message, we can compose new messages from anywhere in iOS and of course we have many other options at our disposal. Everything works with the help of the Activator, so with a simple gesture you can activate the menu for composing a message or the menu through which you reply to one already received. Twea is available for $7.99 in Cydia
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Callbar is a fairly old tweak released in Cydia a few weeks ago for iPhone terminals. Using it, we eliminate the interface that appears when we have an incoming call on our phones, the screen being replaced with a banner-type notification displayed at the top of the screen. In the clip above we have a presentation of version 1.0 of the tweak, a version that was released a few weeks ago in Cydia's BigBoss repo. The tweak allows us to reject/accept a call through that banner, turn on/off the loudspeaker and mute a call, all without closing any application we have open at the time of receiving the call. CallBar is available for $3.99 in Cydia.
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Pro Tube/ProTube HD are two applications for iPhone/iPad that improve the experience of using the YouTube.com site. You can read in the presentation links of the applications what each one brings, and if you want to install them, you have to take $1.49 out of your pocket.
Activator is a free plugin for the iOS platform that allows iDevice owners to set custom gestures to perform various iOS actions. The plugin is implemented in various applications and tweaks from Cydia, it is free and configurable from the Settings application.
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Password Pilot - By installing this tweak, you will force the App Store application from iOS to remember your account password, so every time you download something, you will only press OK because the password will be entered automatically. Be very careful because you may find yourself purchasing unwanted applications by mistake. Password Pilot is available for free in Cydia.
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zephyr is Chpwn's tweak and with its help we can use iOS gestures in a completely different way. Zephyr implements the possibility of using a swipe from the bottom up to open the iOS task switcher, but also a side swipe to switch from one application to another, and here we are only talking about applications open in the background. Zephyr is available for $2.99 in Cydia.
3G Unrestrictor is one of the best applications that allows iDevice owners to use through an EDGE/3G Internet connection applications that normally require a Wi-Fi connection. With the help of this tweak you can make FaceTime calls via 3G or you can download applications larger than 20 MB from the App Store, it can fool any iOS application. 3G Unrestrictor is available for $3.99 in Cydia.
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Multiflow is a tweak with which you can manage the applications open in the background in a completely different way. It can be purchased for $4.99 from Cydia.
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iBlackList is the best utility to block unwanted calls or SMS. The tweak has been available for several years in Cydia and is the best way to do this and the good part is that the tweak can be downloaded for free from Cydia.
Cydelette is a tweak from Cydia that allows us to delete any application installed through the platform developed by saurik. Normally, we cannot delete any installed application from Cydia except with the help of the platform through which we installed it, but Cydelete simplifies everything by allowing us to delete applications from Cydia just like any other application from iOS. Cydelete is available for free.
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FolderEnhancer is the tweak that allows you to customize "to the maximum" the folders in iOS. With its help you can make folders in folders, you can make folders in the dock, you can make up to 16 pages of applications in folders plus many other interesting things. FolderEnhancer is available for $1.99 in Cydia.
Folder Enhancer has the following functions:
- Open folders faster.
- Create multiple pages of icons inside of folders.
- Create folders inside of folders.
- Create folders directly on the dock.
- Supports Iconoclasm for custom layouts inside of folders.
- Extends MultiIconMover to allow moving multiple icons into/out of folders.
- Options include hiding the folder name and wallpaper, as well as disabling animations.
If you have other packages that you consider useful, please leave their names in a comment.
