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General Best Cydia themes, tweaks, and apps [MERGED]

Best Cydia tweaks/packages for iOS 6

Feel free to add to this list! All work on iOS 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, and 6.1.

BiteSMS
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!
Free with ads, BigBoss

Zeppelin
Get rid of carrier text and replace it with an image
Free, ModMyi

NCSettings
With the the new simplistic and easy to use NC Settings, you can gain access to the common settings on your iPhone from your notification center. The NC Settings app has been designed to include new toggles for your screen display brightness, Bluetooth connectivity and your WiFi settings as well as many other toggle features and options all within the notification center.
Free, ModMyi

Pandora Downloader
Remove ads, skip and download unlimited songs on Pandora!
Free, Insanelyi

AndroidLock XT
Android style passlock
$1.49, ModMyi

NoNewsIsGoodNews
Hides Newstand, but still shows your magazines/newspapers on homescreen
Free, BigBoss

Springtomize 2
Springtomize allows you to customize your SpringBoard, to make it look and feel how you want. It provides plenty of options to modify even the littlest aspect of your device. Springtomize is really the only tweak you need to customize your device, and it provides all the settings you may need in a single, convenient interface.
$2.99, BigBoss

AllMail
Select all mail in Mail app
$1.50, BigBoss

Bridge
Import music and videos into iPod and Videos app, all on your iPhone/iPod touch/iPad. No PC or iTunes required!
$1.99, BigBoss

Giffy
View GIFs in the Photo App.
$0.99, BigBoss

iFile
Complete root file system
$4.99, BigBoss

WinterBoard
Install themes to your iOS device
Free, Cydia/Telesphoreo

Infinidock
Add as many icons as you want to your dock, and give your dock pages.
$1.99, BigBoss

Infinifolders
Add as many icons as you want to your folders.
$1.99, BigBoss

KillBackground
Kill all background apps
Free, BigBoss

MxTube
Download YouTube videos for offline viewing on your device
Free, BigBoss

Safari Download Manager
Download anything from Safari!
$5.00, BigBoss

IntelliScreenX 6
Everything you need on the lockscreen! Mail, Calander, Twitter, Facebook, RSS, QuickReply and Compose SMS, and more!
$9.99 ModMyi

NowPlaying on StatusBar
Shows current playing song on the status bar.
Free, BigBoss
 
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Don't trust insanelyi, considering they steal from developers...

Also you need to add Auxo, Nitrous, and Browser Changer on to this list (I love those tweaks so much!)
 
Is there a way to use pandora downloader (PDL) without it having to switch back to the pdl app every time I download a song from pandora? Currently, I have to dl a song, it then switches to pdl, then I use LastApp (downloaded separately) to get back to pandora and repeat. Is there an easier way to do this?
 
What's better 3G unrestictor or my 3G? I have iphone 5 on AT&T unlimited plan? Can u get in trouble with using this for FaceTime?
 
Qaanol said:
Thanks for the list, thadoggfather. I just installed SwipeShiftCaret from your recommendation, and it is excellent. Your testament also convinced me that AdBlocker is worth purchasing. I had not heard of Respringcachefix before, but I’ve added it too.

Here is my full list. I have made bold the tweaks I think you’ll be interested in:

3GUnrestrictor5 – Use wifi-only features on 3G

Accelerate – Faster (or slower) animations, as you see fit

Activator – Activator!

AdBlocker – AdBlocker!

aDownloader – I don’t use this anymore.

AntiTint – Makes the iOS 6 status bar always black, rather than changing colors.

AppCent – Shows percent progress for app downloads

AppStoreUpdateSize – Shows size of updates in the App Store

AskToCall – Pops up a dialog asking if you are sure you want to call. I use this because I find it really annoying that tapping on an item in Recent Calls by default immediately calls back, rather than viewing the contact info.

BrightnessIcons – Homescreen icons to increase and decrease brightness.

BytaFont – I have never used this, but I occasionally contemplate it. I might try FreeSans one day.

Cyntact – Shows pictures in Contacts list

DebianSaverLaunchDaemon – Whenever you install a Cydia package, this utility automatically copies the .deb file to the /var/mobile/Documents/DebianSaver directory. That way you can easily backup your Cydia packages, and also have the ability to manually downgrade them (by installing a previous version from its .deb).

DeleteWord – Hold the Shift key and tap Delete to erase the previous whole word. There’s a better version called DeleteWorld, but it’s not iOS 6 compatible yet.

DietBar – Makes Navigation bars thinner

DietBulletin – Makes notification banners thinner (so they fit in the Status Bar)

Dimmer – Lets you make your screen even darker

DisableNCSwitch – Prevents the Notification Center from swiping down in Fullscreen apps

DismissMyKeyboard – Swiping from Spacebar to Enter key makes the keyboard go away. Perfect for Messages where typing a long message normally makes it impossible to scroll up and see the earlier conversation while typing, but useful anywhere.

FastCopy – This doesn’t work on iOS 6 yet, but it is supposed to eliminate the delay before the Copy action menu pops up. It worked in iOS 5, and I have it installed because it doesn’t hurt, and that way I’ll know as soon as it gets updated.

f.lux – Warm display temperature at night

FolderEnhancer – I think this is better than InfiniFolders, but your preferences may be different.

FullScreenSafari – Swipe actions are great, though some of them don’t work quite right on iOS 6. Notably, I can’t get the 2-finger swipe Up and Down to trigger the Scroll to Top and Scroll to Bottom actions.

IconRenamer – Lets you rename icons on the Springboard

iFile – File browser

KillBackground – Lets you close all apps at once from the switcher in wiggle mode.

LastApp – Lets you set an Activator action to return to the most recent other app. Good for switching back and forth.

MobileTerminal – Terminal

Monocle – Lets you set an Activator action to put an app into fullscreen mode. I set it to only hide the Status Bar, leaving the navigation and tab bars alone.

MultiIconMover – Select multiple app/folder icons and move them all at once

Nitrous – Much faster (4× in my tests) Javascript in every webview outside Safari, including other browsers

NoSpot – Eliminates the Spotlight page

RespringCacheFix – Clean up junk files

RotationInhibitor – Lets you set an Activator action to lock the screen orientation.

SafariBookmarks – Moves the Reading List and History lines out of the Bookmarks list.

SafariDownloadEnabler – Download things from Safari. One shortcoming is I don’t see a way to download the webpage that is currently open, only ways to download pages that are linked to (by holding down on the link).

SafariPDFPrinter – Lets you print a webpage to PDF

SBSettings – I like it better than NCSettings because you can have 12 toggles visible at once.

ShowCase – Makes the keyboard show lowercase letters when appropriate. Even works for Greek and other languages.

SpringFlash – Lets you set an Activator action to turn on the torch. I set it to Lock Button Short Hold, so I have a physical flashlight switch.

SwipeShiftCaret – Awesome text insertion point and selection manipulation

TabPlus – Lets you open unlimited tabs in Safari

TetherMe – Enables native tethering, uses “phone” apn

TopographyForGoogleMaps – Lets you set Google Maps to topo view

UniversalVideoDownloader – Lets you download videos from any app.

WebScrollian – Much faster scrolling in web views

WifiPasswords – View your saved Wifi networks and passwords. Great for times when someone asks you for a Wifi password.

WinterBoard – I only have one theme, which is a custom lockscreen I made that shows the current phase of the moon.

xMessages – Lets you make Messages show timestamps for all messages. Has some other contact-picture features, but they mostly broke in iOS 6. So I would actually recommend SMSTimestamps if you just want the timestamp for every message.


I am still waiting on IconRotator and appslide to be updated for iOS 6.
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Hmm... I just tried Rotation Inhibitor, and its only a SBSettings toggle -- I saw no way to use it independently as an action in Activator. Am I missing something here?
 
tuan time said:
Is there a way to use pandora downloader (PDL) without it having to switch back to the pdl app every time I download a song from pandora? Currently, I have to dl a song, it then switches to pdl, then I use LastApp (downloaded separately) to get back to pandora and repeat. Is there an easier way to do this?
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That's weird. Mine has never switched to the pdl app when I download. I haven't updated my pandora app in a while though.
 
Maverick1337 said:
Can you go into a little more detail on this, maybe a picture? I'm very interested it sounds awesome.
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Sure thing, here's the details on my custom Lunation Lockscreen:

Screenshot in this post.

Info and link in this one.

headcase said:
Hmm... I just tried Rotation Inhibitor, and its only a SBSettings toggle -- I saw no way to use it independently as an action in Activator. Am I missing something here?
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SBSettings toggles can be triggered in Activator.
 
jps1012 said:
What's better 3G unrestictor or my 3G? I have iphone 5 on AT&T unlimited plan? Can u get in trouble with using this for FaceTime?
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I think Facetime is not blocked anymore with any plan on AT&T…I have AT&T 3GB plan (not shared or whatever is called) and I can do Facetime over LTE no problem
 
Is there any tweak to move the notifications on the lock screen up?
It would be nice to have the notifications just a little bit higher than normal with this theme!
 

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SB Profiles

Wasn't sure if this was mentioned yet:

SB Profiles: allows you to create different SB setting profiles and trigger them with GPS. For example, I have a work profile setup to turn off Location Services, Wifi and turn down sound when I arrive at work. It's free but if you want to do the GPS trigger you need to donate. Well worth it IMHO.
 
Great new tweak just released that makes Gmail.app your default mail client. Obviously this will only be useful for some but been wanting this since Sparrow was able to do the same.

Make Gmail as Default - makes Gmail.app default mail client
 
dhy8386 said:
Great new tweak just released that makes Gmail.app your default mail client. Obviously this will only be useful for some but been wanting this since Sparrow was able to do the same.

Make Gmail as Default - makes Gmail.app default mail client
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Just got this. Thank you!

Does anyone know if there is a tweak that combines gmail accounts into one inbox? I love the GMail app but it has them separate.
 
Great recommendations guys!!! Love Auxo and f.lux !!

Is there a good amplifier app ( like BOOM on Mac ) to go with the stock music app ?

Also, anything that announces the caller ID name and/or phone number. I used callannounce on my 4S but it doesn't yet work with iOS 6.x :(
 
M5RahuL said:
Great recommendations guys!!! Love Auxo and f.lux !!

Is there a good amplifier app ( like BOOM on Mac ) to go with the stock music app ?

Also, anything that announces the caller ID name and/or phone number. I used callannounce on my 4S but it doesn't yet work with iOS 6.x :(
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There used to be a tweak called Calltell but it's not compatible with this jailbreak yet.
 
dhy8386 said:
Great new tweak just released that makes Gmail.app your default mail client. Obviously this will only be useful for some but been wanting this since Sparrow was able to do the same.

Make Gmail as Default - makes Gmail.app default mail client
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I was waiting to download this until I saw some reviews but now I search for it and can't find it. Was it taken down? Is it buggy?
 
wake8260 said:
Search "Make Gmail as Default"
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I wouldn't have posted if I hadn't done an extensive amount of searching. I just wanted to know if anyone knew whether it was pulled from Cydia? Maybe they it was buggy? Have people had success with the tweak?
 
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