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My top jailbreak apps/tweaks & detailed list of why I have the ones that I do...
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Haha. Ok I understand that! But what's the point of toggling them. Even if it is so convenient?
I don't like leaving all that stuff on for nothing. I'm kinda paranoid about possible health effects of cellphones in general, so I prefer not having all the radios on for nothing if I'm not using them.
Plus, the battery lasts forever if you only keep on what you need. I can go for at least 3 days on one charge.
Which route did you go with to get Siri working? Having some issues myself.
Using IMZDL's proxy.
I have noticed no noticeable difference in battery life with SBSettings. On heavy use, I'm still at about 50% at the end of the day. Moderate use easily double that time, and if I barely use it at all, it can last many days without a charge. On 8 hours of standby (when I'm sleeping), it loses only about 3 to 4%.
But then again, I am a toggle freak and always turning off things I don't need to save battery, hence why I love SBSettings in the first place.
I find SBSettings works best if you go into its settings and turn off Libhide and Preferenceloader. Maybe they're the source of your problems?
I'll admit I don't use the WIFI, bluetooth toggles very often, but there are hundreds of toggles to add that you might use more often.
I use the "RemoveBG" toggle daily, which is a LOT easier than going through your apps and closing them individually. Not so necessary now on my 4S, but would use it constantly on my old 3GS.
Use the MyWi toggle too, to save me from finding and opening the actual app every time I wanna connect my ipad quickly.
Also use the auto-lock toggle daily since I don't like the screen going to sleep while I'm using it in class for teaching.
AskToCall
No more accidentally tapping a contact and frantically hitting End Call. Pops up a slider asking you to confirm a call when you tap a number or contact.
Dimmer
Stock brightness just doesn't go low enough, this tweak lets you actually use your phone in a dark room. Provides gestures (4x tap on volume) to go to low or normal brightness.
FolderEnhancer
iOS' limitations on folders are idiotic. This tweaks lets you put more than 12 apps in a folder, or even more folders if you'd like.
GridTab for Safari
Provides you a iPad-like tab style in Safari, much more convenient.
WeatherIcon
Makes your weather icon useful.
No more accidentally tapping a contact and frantically hitting End Call. Pops up a slider asking you to confirm a call when you tap a number or contact.
Dimmer
Stock brightness just doesn't go low enough, this tweak lets you actually use your phone in a dark room. Provides gestures (4x tap on volume) to go to low or normal brightness.
FolderEnhancer
iOS' limitations on folders are idiotic. This tweaks lets you put more than 12 apps in a folder, or even more folders if you'd like.
GridTab for Safari
Provides you a iPad-like tab style in Safari, much more convenient.
WeatherIcon
Makes your weather icon useful.
3. Navigate From Maps
I LOVE Navigon. Love it Love it Love it. Turn-by-turn directions with onboard maps make for a great experience. The only problem is the fact that Navigon doesn't have a map you can see of the destinations you are searching for in relation to where you are at. To explain this better say you search for a POI nearby and type in "starbucks" Navigon will give you a list of starbucks sorted by distance away from you. Well, what if the closest one is 5 miles east from me but I really want to go westward? Navigon wont tell you that.
Thats where Navigate from Maps comes in handy. It lets me go into the native iPhone Maps application, show me a map of my current location, shows on the map where I am searching for is at, then allows me to simply click on the destination I want to go (from inside the Maps app) and Navigon will start giving me spoken directions there. Truly the best of both worlds (Maps + Navigon)
AroundMe (app store app) does this and more and it's free. It doesn't use the native Maps app but it does what you describe. You can search for Starbucks, have the results show up on a map and then decide which one you want to go to (you can send the directions to your nav app from within AroundMe as well). I've personally never tried Navigate from Maps (it could very well be better than AroundMe for all I know) but I just wanted to let people know that there's a free alternative as well.
Great list though. Kudos for putting it together to help people out.
If I turn off Libhide, will I be able to use LockInfo or any other app/tweak that utilizes Libhide?
Also, can you try to Respring with SBSetting and tell me if it freezes on you?
Very interesting, it's the pay one correct? I thought of using it, but the thread here sounded a tad meh about it. How's your experience so far?
I've been using it since last night an the results have been mixed. It went down for a few hours earlier today, but they just brought the servers back up and they're FLYING. They're (the devs) are very active on Facebook and Twitter letting people know if there are issues, when servers are down/back up, and even asking if anyone is having problems so they can be fixed Overall, I'd say it's been a positive experience, despite some downtime. In reality, if Siri goes down, I'm not heartbroken.. I can do without her until the servers are up again.
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What are these 2 things here an if we turn them off, can it conflict with any common apps/tweaks?
I'm all for saving some battery can you elaborate.
adnbek said:
I don't like leaving all that stuff on for nothing. I'm kinda paranoid about possible health effects of cellphones in general, so I prefer not having all the radios on for nothing if I'm not using them.
Plus, the battery lasts forever if you only keep on what you need. I can go for at least 3 days on one charge.
Which route did you go with to get Siri working? Having some issues myself.
Using IMZDL's proxy.
I have noticed no noticeable difference in battery life with SBSettings. On heavy use, I'm still at about 50% at the end of the day. Moderate use easily double that time, and if I barely use it at all, it can last many days without a charge. On 8 hours of standby (when I'm sleeping), it loses only about 3 to 4%.
But then again, I am a toggle freak and always turning off things I don't need to save battery, hence why I love SBSettings in the first place.
I find SBSettings works best if you go into its settings and turn off Libhide and Preferenceloader. Maybe they're the source of your problems?
What are these 2 things here an if we turn them off, can it conflict with any common apps/tweaks?
I'm all for saving some battery can you elaborate.
Respringing works fine for me. Libhide has to do with hiding icons I believe. Anyway, you shouldn't worry. If you turn them off (don't uninstall them, just turn them off in SBSettings) and something goes wrong, it will boot in safe mode automagically and you can turn them on again.
I've had them off since I installed SBSettings and no issues. Look for "libhide" and "preferenceloader" in your installed Cydia packages and read their descriptions to know what they do.
Works great. I've had it for a week now and it's been working almost 99% of the time. Sometimes it can be slow but for the most part it works fine. Yesterday it was blazing fast for some reason.
Open Cydia and look at their description. But I'm sure the battery savings are minimal. I'm just the type who turns off things he doesn't need, even if the effect is minimal.
i have a bunch of stuff installed and i don't notice any lag but the one thing i do notice is that bitesms is slow to load .. a lot slower on iOS 5
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anyone ?
k thanks
anyway to speed up bite sms .. in iOS 5 it tends to take a sec to load the messages
also anyone find any good bitesms themes cuz the default one looks pretty crappy
two things that caught my eye
1. Very surprised you don't have Installous since you seem to have everything else.
2. Why do you have Tetherme and Mywii 5.0, don't people usually pick one or the other?
Are you on a iPhone 4 or 4S?
If you're on a iP4 then the slight lag is expected; if you're on a 4S, then there shouldn't be any lag.
I use aroundme as well. Nice as it searches for the location, shows you whre it is spatially from you and you can also route via Waze, maps, Navigon, etc
I agree. Great list!
My essentials on my 4S:
1. IntelliScreenX - this tweak has so much more stuff to it than I actually use. I bought it to have Notification Center on my lockscreen, but also love the included toggles. The 'top shelf' is very slick and saves unneeded real estate for certain widgets you don't need to see all the time. Comes with Messages+ which, when working alongside bite, gives me all of the quickreply options I need.The Twitter, Facebook, RSS, and mail feeds combined with the main page ticker are brilliant and if I cared about being that connected 24/7, I'd use those. Tend to suck up some battery as well, but the feature set is phenomenal for $9.99.
2. biteSMS - quick reply and quick compose as well as the ability to post date a text message are huge. Best Cydia SMS app out there IMO. Ran a little slow on my 4 with 5.0 but doing great on my 4S with 5.0.1.
3. Activator - awesome app. Use it for double tap while asleep to jump into the camera, holding volume up and down while asleep to skip/backup tracks, and a bunch of other stuff.
4. Springtomize 2 - customize the look and feel of your app pages (Springboard). I have 5 icons per column, 5 icons per row, hidden app labels, 5 icons in dock, as well as a few other options enabled.
5. Unified iPod for iOS 5 - HATE how there are two separate apps for Music and Videos in iOS 5. This brings back the old iPod app and integrates the Music and Videos like it was in iOS 4.
Likes, not really essentials:
-Safari Unibar - combines address and search bar into one
-Haptic - tactile feedback (small vibrate) every time you press a button. Some Android phones have this and every once in awhile I enjoy having this turned on.
-FolderEnhancer - improves speed and adds a bunch of features to Folders in iOS.
-TetherMe - good 'cheap' option to enable native tethering.
-Notification Center widgets like MusicCenter, WeeFlashLight, WeeKillBackground
Just for fun:
-Dreamboard - slick theming platform. Easier to use than Winterboard and less battery drain from what I have found.
-GridLock - arrange icons however you want.
-MxTube - download YouTube videos to your iPhone.
-PerPageHTML - enables widgets available in Cydia. Nothing great here IMO except for the HTC Live weather widget.
-WeatherIcon - updates stock app icon with current temperature and weather conditions
1. IntelliScreenX - this tweak has so much more stuff to it than I actually use. I bought it to have Notification Center on my lockscreen, but also love the included toggles. The 'top shelf' is very slick and saves unneeded real estate for certain widgets you don't need to see all the time. Comes with Messages+ which, when working alongside bite, gives me all of the quickreply options I need.The Twitter, Facebook, RSS, and mail feeds combined with the main page ticker are brilliant and if I cared about being that connected 24/7, I'd use those. Tend to suck up some battery as well, but the feature set is phenomenal for $9.99.
2. biteSMS - quick reply and quick compose as well as the ability to post date a text message are huge. Best Cydia SMS app out there IMO. Ran a little slow on my 4 with 5.0 but doing great on my 4S with 5.0.1.
3. Activator - awesome app. Use it for double tap while asleep to jump into the camera, holding volume up and down while asleep to skip/backup tracks, and a bunch of other stuff.
4. Springtomize 2 - customize the look and feel of your app pages (Springboard). I have 5 icons per column, 5 icons per row, hidden app labels, 5 icons in dock, as well as a few other options enabled.
5. Unified iPod for iOS 5 - HATE how there are two separate apps for Music and Videos in iOS 5. This brings back the old iPod app and integrates the Music and Videos like it was in iOS 4.
Likes, not really essentials:
-Safari Unibar - combines address and search bar into one
-Haptic - tactile feedback (small vibrate) every time you press a button. Some Android phones have this and every once in awhile I enjoy having this turned on.
-FolderEnhancer - improves speed and adds a bunch of features to Folders in iOS.
-TetherMe - good 'cheap' option to enable native tethering.
-Notification Center widgets like MusicCenter, WeeFlashLight, WeeKillBackground
Just for fun:
-Dreamboard - slick theming platform. Easier to use than Winterboard and less battery drain from what I have found.
-GridLock - arrange icons however you want.
-MxTube - download YouTube videos to your iPhone.
-PerPageHTML - enables widgets available in Cydia. Nothing great here IMO except for the HTC Live weather widget.
-WeatherIcon - updates stock app icon with current temperature and weather conditions
