MUST HAVE Jailbreak apps? [Archive]

EmptyWallet

Jul 8, 2009, 11:22 AM

So far I've got on my 3GS:

SBSettings
Five Icon Dock
Winterboard

.....all working.

what are some others I should get? What app is the best for modding SMS backgrounds and bubbles?

MasterChief

Jul 8, 2009, 11:28 AM

So far I've got on my 3GS:

SBSettings
Five Icon Dock
Winterboard

.....all working.

what are some others I should get? What app is the best for modding SMS backgrounds and bubbles?

Catagories and Stacks are useful if you know what youre doing :)

also look into spot bright on cydia

on a side note...how did you get winterboard working!?! I install it but the icon doesn't show up on spring board :(

FortWorthMac

Jul 8, 2009, 11:52 AM

So far I've got on my 3GS:

SBSettings
Five Icon Dock
Winterboard

.....all working.

what are some others I should get? What app is the best for modding SMS backgrounds and bubbles?

If I could have only one app on a JB iPhone it would be Backgrounder.

With it I can run Slacker, Pandora, etc and still be able to surf the web, check email or text. It alone is the reason I jailbroke again.

lostprophet894

Jul 8, 2009, 11:58 AM

EmptyWallet

Jul 8, 2009, 12:10 PM

Catagories and Stacks are useful if you know what youre doing :)

also look into spot bright on cydia

on a side note...how did you get winterboard working!?! I install it but the icon doesn't show up on spring board :(

Make sure that SBSettings hasn't disabled your winterboard icon and hidden it.

I jailbroke yesterday and am having a hard time finding reasons to justify it. I've got SBSettings and iRealQuickSMS and am so far happy with them. Visually I can't find anything appealing. Any of the themes I used before are lacking in the icon department and have most likely been abandoned by the developer.

Is there any good, clean themes that are compatible with 3.0 (themes messages)?

Wait.....so a lot of themes won't work in 3.0?!? Seriously?

Also whats the best SMS Background Bubble App?

miggitymac

Jul 8, 2009, 12:20 PM

I jailbroke yesterday and am having a hard time finding reasons to justify it. I've got SBSettings and iRealQuickSMS and am so far happy with them. Visually I can't find anything appealing. Any of the themes I used before are lacking in the icon department and have most likely been abandoned by the developer.

Is there any good, clean themes that are compatible with 3.0 (themes messages)?

+1.

The themes I tried missed all the apps I already had from the app store. Kinda pointless to have glass orbs theme when half of your apps are normal looking.

Thinking of restoring and re-breaking when developers start to pick up on 3.0.

UngratefulNinja

Jul 8, 2009, 12:34 PM

I love Weather Icon (make sure and d/l Katra or Klear weather icons with it) :)

Maynerd

Jul 8, 2009, 12:38 PM

What package sources should I be using? Should I just install all of the sources?

rdstoll

Jul 8, 2009, 02:03 PM

I jailbroke yesterday and am having a hard time finding reasons to justify it. I've got SBSettings and iRealQuickSMS and am so far happy with them. Visually I can't find anything appealing. Any of the themes I used before are lacking in the icon department and have most likely been abandoned by the developer.

Is there any good, clean themes that are compatible with 3.0 (themes messages)?

I was considering jailbreaking my phone but frankly, aside from making some minor cosmetic changes, what's the point? I guess it's the thrill of the hunt that gets people all worked up about doing this.

Love Juice

Jul 8, 2009, 02:15 PM

I was considering jailbreaking my phone but frankly, aside from making some minor cosmetic changes, what's the point? I guess it's the thrill of the hunt that gets people all worked up about doing this.
*cough* appsync :)

Maynerd

Jul 8, 2009, 02:36 PM

*cough* appsync :)

What does appsync do?

sman789

Jul 8, 2009, 02:40 PM

What does appsync do?

You can get pretty much any :apple:pp for free:D

bmms8

Jul 8, 2009, 02:43 PM

You can get pretty much any :apple:pp for free:D

i dont know if that is true.. i thought its just for syncing cracked apps?

jmann

Jul 8, 2009, 02:44 PM

i dont know if that is true.. i thought its just for syncing cracked apps?

It serves the same purpose as Mobile Installer for 2.2.1.

sman789

Jul 8, 2009, 02:47 PM

i dont know if that is true.. i thought its just for syncing cracked apps?
Use with installous (and Safari DL plugin)! The installous app will let you browse/download/install ipa files. I'm not saying I condone any of this particular kind of behavior....

WilliamG

Jul 8, 2009, 02:55 PM

Hah. Winterboard just messed up my 3GS. I had to install it to use weathericon, and just uninstalled it, and then uninstalled Winterboard. It wanted to reboot, and then loads the Apple logo and shuts off. No amount of resets fixes it. Time for the restore!

Maynerd

Jul 8, 2009, 03:34 PM

Ok I see appsync is DIRTY! :)

Can anyone address my previous question? :)

What package sources should I be using? Should I just install all of the sources?

bmms8

Jul 8, 2009, 03:49 PM

Ok I see appsync is DIRTY! :)

Can anyone address my previous question? :)

just install the sources that you need.. thats my opinion. if you want to find what source you need, just try to good the package name and add source at the end and youll find it. good luck.

Excellerator

Jul 8, 2009, 03:50 PM

For me the single most reason I jailbroke was for Backgrounder and also Five Icon Dock.

robdam1001

Jul 8, 2009, 03:56 PM

Categories
Five Icon Dock
SBSettings (Must Have for sure)
Intelliscreen
eLert
tLert
SpotBright
CallMe
PDANet

MadGoat

Jul 8, 2009, 04:09 PM

My reason was to install a custom SMS and a custom LOUD email notification.. backgrounder was cool too.

FortWorthMac

Jul 8, 2009, 05:13 PM

My reason was to install a custom SMS and a custom LOUD email notification.. backgrounder was cool too.

What do you use as a LOUD email notification? I have the AOL sound of "you've got mail". It's a beating but it sure beats the default sound.

Thanks
David

jasko

Jul 8, 2009, 10:26 PM

What's so great about SBSettings? Doesn't it lag the phone more?

jmitch150

Jul 8, 2009, 10:59 PM

Currently I have:

Backgrounder (Most for MLB: At Bat)
SBSettings
UserAgent Faker for SBSettings
Notifier
AppSync
CyDelete
OpenSSH

nfl46

Jul 8, 2009, 11:07 PM

My phone isn't near me, but I have:

Backgrounder
Winterboard
Haptic Feedback (vibration of the keys when you type)
OpenSSH
Appsync (;), I'm cheap, lol)
Status Notifier
BiteSMS (It replaces the default SMS program. Check it out. Its not free, tho)

bradenwh

Jul 8, 2009, 11:09 PM

MyWi is one of my newest must-haves. Of course, you have to install RockYourPhone, but it's worth it in my opinion.

MyWi allows you to turn your iPhone into a WiFi hotspot, so you can connect other devices to it and share your internet connection with them. So an iPod touch can select your iPhone from the list of WiFi hotspots available and use the internet. I tried it today with my friend's iPod Touch and it works.

So cool.

Oh, and I forgot another for me. GriP, which is Growl for iPhone.
GriP's been updated to replace the Push Notification pop up, so you don't get such an obtrusive pop up. It appears in the corner as a translucent pop up, and you can read it, and after a while it'll disappear. You can also tap it and it'll take you to the app that sent the notification. Way better than Apple's way of doing it.

knello

Jul 8, 2009, 11:15 PM

I'm surprised more people aren't saying OpenSSH. I couldn't even consider getting an iPhone if OpenSSH weren't available for it.

equlizer

Jul 8, 2009, 11:23 PM

Why SSH when you can use Diskaid?

entraik

Jul 9, 2009, 01:42 AM

is appsync safe? there's a warning in cydia

jmitch150

Jul 9, 2009, 01:47 AM

is appsync safe? there's a warning in cydia

I've been using for awhile now....why wouldnt it be safe?

chstr

Jul 9, 2009, 01:56 AM

pdanet seems to be obvious

bhsu21

Jul 9, 2009, 07:48 AM

is appsync safe? there's a warning in cydia

I tried to help a friend install it on his unlocked 2G 3.0 Iphone and it completely locked up his phone. Just stuck on the pineapple screen. I had to do a complete restore and re-unlock it.

I'm a little nervous to try it on my 3GS but it seems like some aren't have any problems with it.

RobT

Jul 9, 2009, 09:00 AM

I don't think SB settings affects performance too much. Winterboard slows things down though.

Jailbreak must have app, MXTube.

MadGoat

Jul 9, 2009, 09:18 AM

What do you use as a LOUD email notification? I have the AOL sound of "you've got mail". It's a beating but it sure beats the default sound.

Thanks
David

If you search for "mail motherf*cker" I use the BEEP BEEP from that sound, I can't use the rest since I'm in a professional environment. It's really loud that I have no issues hearing it even on the bus.

senorian

Jul 9, 2009, 12:52 PM

I jailbroke yesterday and am having a hard time finding reasons to justify it. I've got SBSettings and iRealQuickSMS and am so far happy with them. Visually I can't find anything appealing. Any of the themes I used before are lacking in the icon department and have most likely been abandoned by the developer.

Is there any good, clean themes that are compatible with 3.0 (themes messages)?

I use the Glass Orb theme from ToyVan. Last I checked he has over 1,100+ icons which is a pretty good amount. He just updated to 3.0 compatable too. check it out.

spamdumpster

Jul 9, 2009, 01:26 PM

What do you use as a LOUD email notification? I have the AOL sound of "you've got mail". It's a beating but it sure beats the default sound.

Thanks
David

Try this:

Arisian

Jul 9, 2009, 02:23 PM

So, being the good non-early-adopter that I am, I just upgraded to 3.0 jb'd. I'm having some issues getting winterboard to work though. I generally just use the apple icon's w/ my own background.

Ive reinstalled winterboard a few times, rebooted, and tried all the usual fixed. Does anyone have the magic bullet for getting winterboard working w/ 3.0?

Thanks,
Arisian

csmitty

Jul 14, 2009, 10:33 AM

CallofDutyFreak

Jul 14, 2009, 10:36 AM

Does Status Notifier work in 3.0? In the info is says 2.x

Mine does on my 3GS.

csmitty

Jul 14, 2009, 10:40 AM

Mine does on my 3GS.

huh, last time i tried i think it shut my phone down, i'll try again.

Guess it worked. maybe i got impatient on the respring the first time.

CallofDutyFreak

Jul 14, 2009, 10:42 AM

I'm using Notifier 3.0 if that makes a difference.

csmitty

Jul 14, 2009, 10:53 AM

I'm using Notifier 3.0 if that makes a difference.

Ah, I installed StatusNotifier. and it works. But trying to open the settings it just crashes. But the missed call and email shows up. But I think there are settings for the lock screen. I just liked the icons better for this one. I'll give Notifier a try though.

Having the notification on the lock screen is one of my main reasons for JB.

CallofDutyFreak

Jul 14, 2009, 10:57 AM

Ah, I installed StatusNotifier. and it works. But trying to open the settings it just crashes. But the missed call and email shows up. But I think there are settings for the lock screen. I just liked the icons better for this one. I'll give Notifier a try though.

Having the notification on the lock screen is one of my main reasons for JB.

The icons for notifier 3.0 seem to look the same as the ones for status notifier.

csmitty

Jul 14, 2009, 10:59 AM

The icons for notifier 3.0 seem to look the same as the ones for status notifier.

according to the screen shots notifiers seem to be red when in an app.

CallofDutyFreak

Jul 14, 2009, 11:10 AM

according to the screen shots notifiers seem to be red when in an app.

If I miss a call the phone one is red but the message and mail icon appear blue. May be the theme I'm using but if you miss a call it is definitely red.

IBradMac

Jul 14, 2009, 11:15 AM

If I could have only one app on a JB iPhone it would be Backgrounder.

With it I can run Slacker, Pandora, etc and still be able to surf the web, check email or text. It alone is the reason I jailbroke again.

Backgrounder is broken right now. I just downloaded it and it gave me a message that it wasn't working?

I enabled it for Pandora so it must be working....weird.

spartanrob

Jul 14, 2009, 11:16 AM

What's so great about SBSettings? Doesn't it lag the phone more?

doesn't seem to impact my 3GS at all. it's nice to be able to turn things on and off (like BT) without having to go 3 menus deep.

fishmd

Jul 14, 2009, 12:36 PM

Backgrounder is broken right now. I just downloaded it and it gave me a message that it wasn't working?

I enabled it for Pandora so it must be working....weird.

Previously Backgrounder had some other extra functions to it that it could do. Currently though with 3.0, it only works for running things in the Background, which is all I used it for anyways so I don't really care.

scirica

Jul 14, 2009, 01:33 PM

Previously Backgrounder had some other extra functions to it that it could do. Currently though with 3.0, it only works for running things in the Background, which is all I used it for anyways so I don't really care.

I read the comments on Cydia for Backgrounder and decided to give them a little more time to smooth out some of the bugs. Right now all I have running is:

SbSettings
PdaNet
CyDelete
att Carrier Logo
Weather Icon

Really waiting for this weeks update to VoiPover3G, the real reason I did the jb on my 3G and now my 3G S.

Iglio

Jul 14, 2009, 01:35 PM

Hi, i'm thinking about jailbreaking my iphone today but i'm wondering where I would find all these great apps? Thanks!

scirica

Jul 14, 2009, 02:04 PM

Hi, i'm thinking about jailbreaking my iphone today but i'm wondering where I would find all these great apps? Thanks!

As part of the jailbreaking process, an application called Cydia will appear on your springboard. Look inside for all these apps and more :D

aneks

Jul 15, 2009, 05:58 AM

for me its
cycorder
mxtube
mobile terminal
openSSH

waiting for
VoipOver3g to be updated for 3.0 and then I will be happy.

pedroistheman

Jul 16, 2009, 01:17 AM

so there's all this talk about appsync, but would someone mind explaining what it is? Sounds like a free version of the app store or something.. Just curious, as I jailbroke my iphone 3g (on 3.0) a week ago and am always looking for useful apps

thanks

jmann

Jul 16, 2009, 01:17 AM

sjdigital

Jul 16, 2009, 09:11 AM

My personal must haves:
MxTube
Cycorder
PdaNet
Backgrounder
OpenSSH
SBSettings
Ultrasn0w
AppSync
iWipe
VoIPover3G
UserAgentFaker

YMMV!

wardev

Jul 25, 2009, 08:32 PM

tctony

Jul 26, 2009, 02:30 AM

I have:

SBSettings
Backgrounder (don't use at all, but is nice to have in case I want to use Pandora/Last.fm)
Statusnotifier
Categories
5 icon Dock
Rotation Inhibitor (:))

No themes or nothing. Just a few functionality things.

iLeoMarc

Jul 26, 2009, 02:54 AM

Grip also looks interesting once they get the bugs all sorted out and add the ability to see your push log externally. Grip is basically a push notification manager, for those that hate the huge blue box the iPhone currently does but doesn't want to disable visual notification.

jenmelb

Jul 28, 2009, 08:17 AM

i am trying to get appsync on my iphone
i have iphone G3 3.0

darngooddesign

Jul 28, 2009, 09:25 AM

Is there any good, clean themes that are compatible with 3.0 (themes messages)?

Themes will never be up to date on Cydia, they are only a starting point. Go to MacThemes (http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewforum.php?id=24) and manually add/update them.

blaker13

Jul 28, 2009, 09:46 AM

If you are that upset with the jailbreak erase and go vanilla, backgrounder and sbsettings would be enough for me to NEVER go back, not to mention installous, winterboard,inavsterlingsilver, cydia i mean the list goes on and on and on, if you dont wat a cutomizable iphone that is actually differnet and usefull stay vanilla, i will never go back...ha ...haha....hahahahha!!!

And if your worried about the icons for thems... go with something like the inavsterling or a folder theme... then you can use regular icons have a amazing interface and you just have folders instead of icons....