iPhone – Cydia Apps/Tweaks

This is probably just for my own future reference, but there is a ton of Cydia tweaks and apps I use, I figure I should list them.

(iPhone 4 on iOS 4.2.1)

Tweaks

• Activator – create shortcuts for just about anything
• App Switcher Brightness – self explanatory: change screen brightness from app switcher
• App Switcher Ringer – tap on the volume icon in the app switcher to change the ringer volume instead
• AppStore Update Size – show the size of an update in the App Store (useful if you’re using 3G)
• Auto3G – disable 3G when the phone is connected to Wifi or in sleep mode (battery saver)
• Backgrounder – true backgrounding of applications
• Barrel – make the springboard page transitions awesome
• BrowserChanger – change the native browser from Safari to something better like Atomic
• CyDelete – delete Cydia applications from the springboard
• Cyntact – add profile pictures to the contact list
• Fake Operator – change the cell carrier name to something more unique
• FakeClockUp – increase the transition speed of iOS animations (I prefer 1.6X)
• FBphotoSave – save pictures from the Facebook app into your pictures
• FolderEnhancer – faster than the default folders and allows folder paging
• FreeSync – allows you to use the iPhone while it is syncing with iTunes
• GridLock – place springboard icons anywhere within a grid
• HapticPro – haptic feedback of keyboard and other buttons
• LastApp – quickly switch between the last two active apps with an Activator shortcut
• LockInfo – adds configurable notifications to lockscreen, homescreen, and/or a pull down “InfoShade”
  • Lock Weather Plugin
  • RSS Plugin
  • Twitter Plugin
  • Typography Time Plugin
• MagicFingers – close app with 3, 4 or 5 finger gestures
• ManualCorrect – opposite of the native AutoCorrect: tap on correction suggestion to change word
• Multiflow – faster and more intelligible than the native app switcher, shows a mini-preview of running apps
• MultiIconMover – move multiple icons very quickly
• MyWi4.0 – tethering of your 3G connection to another device through bluetooth, USB, or Wifi
• Notifier+ – adds statusbar icons for notifications – very configurable
• NoVoiceMail – removes the voicemail tab from the Phone.app because I don’t have voicemail
• PhotoAlbums+ – built into native photo app, manage, create, and password protect photo albums
• Popup Blocker – block annoying popups from pretty much anything
• Rename II – rename any apps (for instance I renamed AlienBlue to Reddit)
• Safari Download Manager – for those rare occasions when I use Safari this is a must have
• SBrotator – rotate the springboard and a few native apps that normally don’t rotate
• SBsettings – control many springboard elements with tons of options / addons
  • Airplane SBsettings – toggle
  • Auto3G SBsettings – toggle
  • AutoLock SBsettings – toggle
  • Calculator Widget – built in calculator
  • HapticPro SBsettings – toggle
  • iPod Widget – toggle to play/pause music
  • iRetina+ – SBsettings theme, absolutely perfect
  • NoLockScreen – toggle to disable the lockscreen entirely
  • Remove Background – close all apps running in background
  • Rotation Inhibitor – disable/enable rotation
  • SpringFlash SBsettings – enable the iPhone 4 camera LED to use as a flashlight
  • Volume Slider Widget
• ScreenDimmer – dim the screen, then turn off the backlight, after a configurable amount of time
• ScrollingBoard – add scrolling options to the dock and folders, scroll left in dock for iPod player, supports addons
  • ScrollingBoard LiveMaps – adds google maps to a springboard page!
  • ScollingBoard Web Browser – adds a web browser to a springboard page – I love this.
• ShakeToUndo Killer – removes the incredibly annoying iOS feature
• SleepFX – custom screen effects when screen turns off from sleep button
• StayOpened – prevent the App Store from closing upon installing/updating an application
• SwitcherMod – hide apps that aren’t actually running in the background (wtf, Apple?), drag to reorder, show close button by default
• ToneFXs 2.0 – Change the notification sounds of any application
• Winterboard – theming application
  • inPulse – the only Winterboard theme I’ve ever liked
  • Transparent Slider bkg – makes the background of the lockscreen slider invisible, a minimalistic look
• WeatherIcon – adds weather information directly to the weather.app icon, as it should be

Applications

• BatteryDetective – useful for troubleshooting what app is draining your battery
• BatteryLogger Plus – keeps track of the rate of battery useage and makes a nice plotted timeline
• biteSMS – superior to native SMS, and the QuickReply option is FANTASTIC
• Firewall iP – useful if you have rogue network connections running and need to troubleshoot
• Grooveshark – stream any songs to your phone, save playlists, offline play options – requires $9/mo subscription after free trial
• iFile – browse the iPhone’s internal files, copy, view, and run files
• Installous 4 – pirate App Store apps (but buy the ones you like for heavens sake!)
• iWhiteBoard – draw directly on top of any app for annotations, then take a screenshot
• MobileTerminal – a terminal emulator
• NetServices – shows your internal and external IP address as well as other network information
• SysInfoPlus – shows memory useage, running system processes, and other system info
• Veency – view and control the iPhone on a computer over a VNC server – neat, not very useful unless you bust the screen