so this "nike + ipod" app appears after i JB and install winterboard. i've never downloaded it, and when i click on it, it just crashes. so i re-spring the phone and it dissapears..........but shows up on my sbsettings/hide icons, as "on" (don't hide). anybody wanna tell me how to remove this?
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Nike APP appears from nowhere!!
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Yes, there is. It is a native app, like Stocks, so it won't show up in the App Store. The issue you are having is that Nike + iPod is usually hidden; it usually only shows up in Settings > Nike + iPod. You have installed an app (probably SBSettings) that relies on a tool called libhide. LibHide is used by applications that wish to hide their icons (such as SBSettings) or which can hide icons for other apps (such as Categories and Poof). There is a bug in recent versions of libhide which causes hidden apps to appear on the desktop when new apps are installed from the App Store on the phone.
There is a simple solution to this: simply respring your phone, and the app icons will be re-hidden.
What I did to apparently solve the problem.
In snowboard I unselected the hide icon option since I had turned it on.
This makes it so that it doesn't hide the icon, which probably taps into the libhide settings in order for it to work.
Note: I had gotten rid of springboard while trying to solve the problem. I had to reinstall it just to find out that that particular hide setting was automatically on. So the settings were still saved somewhere even though I had uninstalled it.
With that in mind I proceeded to uninstall winterboard again.
Then went back to cydia and uninstalled, from the package section under manage, the preferenceloader by bigboss. I figured it was this what allowed it to remember the setting I mentioned before.
Doing this will not let you play with around with themes and stuff like that, but it's a way to really get rid of the icons for sure. At least that's what I think for now.
I never actually tried to simply turn off 'hide winterboard icon' and then go from there, I really just wanted to get rid of them, maybe I'll try later.
Last: you can just forget about them build a folder just for them and put it somewhere it won't bother you, I'm running iOS 4.0.
In snowboard I unselected the hide icon option since I had turned it on.
This makes it so that it doesn't hide the icon, which probably taps into the libhide settings in order for it to work.
Note: I had gotten rid of springboard while trying to solve the problem. I had to reinstall it just to find out that that particular hide setting was automatically on. So the settings were still saved somewhere even though I had uninstalled it.
With that in mind I proceeded to uninstall winterboard again.
Then went back to cydia and uninstalled, from the package section under manage, the preferenceloader by bigboss. I figured it was this what allowed it to remember the setting I mentioned before.
Doing this will not let you play with around with themes and stuff like that, but it's a way to really get rid of the icons for sure. At least that's what I think for now.
I never actually tried to simply turn off 'hide winterboard icon' and then go from there, I really just wanted to get rid of them, maybe I'll try later.
Last: you can just forget about them build a folder just for them and put it somewhere it won't bother you, I'm running iOS 4.0.
Same exact thing happened to me but it all worked itself out - can't remember what I did
easiest way to get rid of this app is to follow instructions below:
Need to be installed:
SBSettings
iFile
(has to be JB of course)
Open SBSettings -> App Folders
Select Nike.app
It will show you the location of the nike+ipod app which is /Applications/Nike.app
Open iFile
Navigate to the root dir (/)
select 'Applications' (should be at top) [your location in the status bar will be /var/stash/Applications.pwn]
Scroll down to nike.app, click the 'edit' button in top right hand corner and the selection bubble will show up next to the 'names.app' select nike.app and click the delete button that shows up next to it.
This is only to completely delete apps you dont want or never use.
( i personally have a backup of my original phone firmware + contacts saved to a externalHD just in case i ever want to go back to normal or mess up some serious files XD )