List of Cool and Useful Cydia Apps, Tweaks, Themes and Add Ons

This is not arranged in a specific order. These apps, tweaks, themes and add ons are more or less helped improves the usefulness and coolness of the device.

Note: Your device must be jailbroken and has Cydia on it.

1. Winterboard
This app is used to select the themes and other tweaks that you want to apply on your device.







2. Installous

This app is used to browse and install third-party and cracked paid apps.









3. BytaFont

An app used to browse ans install different fonts. This app is also used to set and change the font of your device's default installed fonts.







4. iFile

This app is used to explore hidden files of your device. There is also a built in text editor in this app in which you can use to edit codes with such as css files.








5. MyTube
    You can download videos in your device with this app.

6. PopPod
   This is a pop up controller for your music. The trigger to make this appear can be customized. This makes your Music very very accessible. It has play, previous, next and volume controllers. It even displays the album art and lyrics!

7. ScrollingBoard
    
8. iGotYa

This app can take a snapshot of anyone who tries to unlock your device and fails. Provided, your device has a security lock. After taking a shot, it will automatically send the image to your provided email. The downside however is when  you are in place where not everywhere has a WiFi  thus, it cannot send the picture of the "curious one".




9. Calendar Widget for Notification Centre (Add On)
    This is an add on from Cydia that adds a full blown Calendar to your Notification Centre.

10. Music Center Widget for Notification Centre (Add On)
    This is an add on from Cydia that adds a control for your music to your Notification Centre.

11.QuickNote Widget for Notification Centre (Add On)
    This is an add on from Cydia that adds a Quick Note to your Notification Centre. You can already take notes immediately just by going to the Notification Centre.

12. AppsCenter Widget for Notification Center (Add On)

13. Barrel

The best transition tweak from Cydia. Enjoy the different effects offered by this app that replaces the boring slide effect when transitioning from page to page.







14. Typophone 4
     A very sleek theme for your device with a different lock screen feel.

15. Bigify+
Make your app icons bigger by this tweak. Additionally, you can rotate the icons, change the color, hide icon labels, make them transparent and flip badges based on your preference.







16. Color Keyboard

17. NotificationCenter Enhancer for Notification Centre (Add On)

18. Poof!

Make your apps invisible with this app from Cydia. Available in hackyouriphone repository.






19. Dreamboard

Transform your device's feel with this app. You can apply different themes that not just change the color and background but almost all the components of the system. The usual SpringBoard will be replaced by different interfaces like of that Windows 7, MacOSX Lion, Android etc.

How to Change the Color of Pop Up Alerts (iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad)

Ever wanted to change the color of your blue pop up alerts just like the picture below. The pop up alert color on this photo is Aqua. And by installing Pop Up Colors from Cydia, there are many more available colors like Green, Pink, Red, Purple, Black, Orange and Yellow. To learn how to get this tweak, proceed below.,

Note: Your device must be jailbroken and has Cydia on it.

1. Open Cydia.
2. Select Search option at the bottom.
3. Type Pop Up Colors in the Search box.
4. Select Pop Up Colors.
5. Install then Confirm. Wait for it to finish.
6. Open Winterboard. Select Select Themes.
7. Select the color you like.

8. Respring your device. (What is ReSpring?)

Good luck and enjoy! :)

How to Change the Wallpaper of Typophone 4 or Any Other Lockscreen (iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad)

If you want to change the default wallpaper of your themed Lockscreen just like this

Before

After

just proceed to the tutorial below.

What you will need:
1. Jailbroken device with Cydia already on it
2. iDevice Explorer such as iPhoneBrowser or openSSH & Cyberduck
3. Desired new wallpaper

Let's get started,

1. Plug-in you device to the computer.
2. Open iPhoneBrowser or any explorer you have.
3. Navigate to this directory - /private/var/stash/Themes.IJomeN/<name of your theme> In this tutorial we are modifying Typophone 4 so look for the folder named Typophone 4.theme.
5. Go to the folder where you saved your desired new wallpaper. rename its filename to "LockBackground" and make sure it is a PNG file (not JPEG,GIF,BMP,etc). You can always edit its filetype using Adobe Photoshop.
4. Look for the LockBackground.png and then save it first to your computer if ever you want to retrieve it and make it your wallpaper again. Again select LockBackground.png then right-click it, select Replace File.. and replace it with the desired new wallpaper.
5. Respring your device and you should now see that your wallpaper is changed.


Good luck and enjoy!

How to Remove Typophone 4 Lockscreen on iPod Touch/iPhone/iPad Using Cydia (Upgrade to Latest Version)

There is already a release of the latest version of the Typophone 4 theme which removes the Lockscreen and set the Notifications below the time. You just have to install the latest version from Cydia or upgrade the Typophone 4.

Notifications appear right below the time

Note: Your device must be jailbroken and has Cydia on it.

To install Typophone 4, proceed to this tutorial. To upgrade, here's how:

1. Open Cydia.

2. Select Changes option at the bottom.

3. Select Typophone 4.

4. Select Modify > Upgrade.

5. Wait for it to finish then respring. After that, you can now see your lockscreen without the default lockscreen clock.

Good luck and enjoy! :)

How to Remove Lockscreen Clock in iOS 5 (iPod/iPhone)

For the previous iOS, Lockscreen Clock Hide from Cydia simply solves the problem of getting rid of the Clock in the Lockscreen whenever you want to fully experience the beauty of your new Lockscreen Theme. However, the Lockscreen Clock Hide when installed on devices running iOS 5, it just doesn't work because the SpringBoard is put into Safe Mode. To solve this problem, I have learned through forums of a way to get rid of the Lockscreen Clock.

Note: This tutorial is a bit long but fairly easy. I just wrote them in details so that it would be clearer.

Before

After

First, here are the things you need:

1. Modified Lock Clock.ttf and BarLCD@2x~iphone.png to hide the Lockscreen Clock. Download Here and then unzip.
2. plist file editor. You will need this to edit the file. plist file that will be shown later. Download a plist editor here for Windows or search for one in the web. I recommend for iPodRobot plist editor.
3. iDevice explorer like iPhoneBrowser. Just search for it or download here.

Let's proceed in removing the Lockscreen Clock now:

1. Connect your device to your computer.
2. Open iPhoneBrowser or any other explorer you have. Navigate to this directory: /var/mobile/Library/Caches
3. Look for DateFormats.plist. Right-click this file and click Save As. Save it to a location in your computer where you can easily retrieve it.
4. Here is where you need the plist editor. Open the plist editor. Select Open File Icon and look for the DateFormats.plist in your computer then open.

iPodRobot plist editor

5. Look for this line which you can find at the bottom part of the file

     and delete EEEE d MMMM but leave a space.

6. Save the changes.
7. Go to iPhoneBrowser again, right-click DateFormats.plist and select Replace File..
8. Replace it with the one you saved and modified in your computer.
9. Using iPhoneBrowser again, proceed to this directory: /System/Library/Fonts/Cache/
10. Look for LockClock.ttf. Replace it with the one you downloaded from the link provided above.
11. After that, navigate to this directory: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Telephony.UIFrameworks/
12. Look for BarLCD@2x~iphone.png and again replace it with the one from the link above. Note: If you prefer that the notifications are right below the Status Bar, replace BarLCD@2x~iphone.png with the one from this link instead from the one from the link above.
13. Respring your device.

Let me know if there are problems.
Good luck and Enjoy! :)

How to Get Dreamboard for iPod/iPhone/iPad Using Cydia

Dreamboard is an app that can be downloaded using Cydia. It can be used to change your default SpringBoard layout to a whole new different design like of that Windows 7, OS Lion, Andriod and Galaxy SII designs. Here's how you can get Dreamboard and start using new and cool design layout for your device.

1. Open Cydia.
2. Select Search option at the bottom part.
3. Seach for Dreamboard (or look for it under ModMyi repo).
4. Install and Confirm.
5. Wait for it to install.

You can now install different Dreamboard themes. To select a newly installed theme:

1. Open Dreamboard.

2. Select the theme you want to use.
3. Wait while the device prepares the new theme. Your device might reSpring during this process.

Good luck and enjoy! :)

How to Get Windows 7 Running On iPod/iPhone/iPad?

 Aero Theme for Dreamboard

Maybe some of you noticed in tutorials that some of the iDevices used are running in Windows 7 or OS Lion. These are not exactly operating systems running but instead these are themes that can be used via Dreamboard (click here to learn more about Dreamboard and how to install it).  Dreamboard is an app that can be downloaded from Cydia. In order to have this, your device must be in jailbreak state first and then install Dreamboard via Cydia. When Dreamboard is already installed, follow these steps to install Windows 7 Theme on your device.

1. Open Cydia.
2. Search for Aero.
3. Install then Confirm.
4. Wait for it to finish installing.
5. Launch Dreamboard.
6. Select the theme that looks like the Windows 7 log in screen.
7. Wait for the theme to load.

You can always go back to the default SpringBoard by launching Dreamboard and selecting Default theme.

How to Capture Your iPod/iPhone/iPad Screen?

This tutorial will show you how to take a screen capture of your device's screen. The device will then save the screen capture capture under your Photos > Camera Roll storage. It might take a little bit of practice before doing it correctly.

1. Press the Home Button and hold for about half a second then while holding it, press the Lock Button and then simultaneously release both as if you are releasing a shutter button of a camera. Watch video for further demonstration.

Good luck! :)