And people wonder why they should jailbreak...

Some more:

If you're into multimedia, XBMC-ios. It's weather, pictures, music, videos, and more in one place. And if you have a home network you can link to your media files on your computer or NAS from within it.

Scrollingboard - endless icons in the dock, endless icons and scrolling in folders, and more. Probably the poor cousin of Springtomize.

iFile - the Swiss army knife of file apps. It does tons of things but what I find most helpful are:
1. You can connect your ipad to your computer with the built-in server and transfer files by wifi.

2. With the camera connector kit you can view all the pictures on your SD card full-screen, which you can't do otherwise. And you can add pictures to the Camera Roll by pressing a button. You can also print and delete pictures from within.

Some people report success with reading files from an attached usb flash drive using the other connector in the kit, but it has not worked for me.

Last, the iDO-notepad, a note-taking app with many settings for notes. Its chief value to me is its built-in print function. I can print through my computer to the printer with AirPrint for windows. But it won't work for printing a selection. So I copy the selection to this notepad and print from there. You can't print from the notes app that comes with the ipad.

Better jailbreak before Mickey330 empties out the repositories. ;-D

Originally Posted by OUTL4W

Dang....nice write-up.

Where did you find smartscreen in cydia? The ones I see are for only 3.x.

Something to add:
Infinifolders ~ able to add more than the defualt 12apps to a folder.

Oh, shoot, my bad! The SmartScreen app/extension is not on the standard Cydia repositories (the ones you see with the initial install of Cydia).

It's at the MediaPhone repo: apt.media-phone.ch

There is a lite free version (you get 3 widgets). The full app is 5-something USD, I think. Plus, I think some of the widgets aren't free. Bit pricey, but I sure love my new look.

I had heard/read about the SmartScreen after trying (and not liking) the other lock screen app ... of course, I don't remember the name of that one. Even though this repo isn't one of the "standard" Cydia repos, I figured that it was ok, given it's the app creator who's putting up the repo. Oh, and it's at that repo where you'll find the widgets to. So, if you use it - as always - YMMV AND buyer/user beware...

Again, my bad about not telling where you can find it. Sorry.

Marilyn

P. S. Yeah, I saw InfiniFolders, but as far as I can tell, you can't put folders within folders, change the background colors or have pages of apps within the folders. That's why I went with EnhancedFolders. Thanks for the tip, though.

Originally Posted by OUTL4W

Originally Posted by OUTL4W

Where did you find smartscreen in cydia? The ones I see are for only 3.x.

Nevermind found it...

Just a few q's on smartscreen:

1. How to move the widgets around on the screen?
Press and hold the widget. It'll give a little wiggle (but it won't keep wiggling like apps do when you are moving them). Once it wiggles, grab it and, while "holding" it, move it wherever you wish.

2. How did you get the flip clock as shown in link?
It's in the same repo (apt.media-phone.ch) and it's name is "Yet Another Clock (iOS)." It's nicer than the digital one, IMNSHO...

3. How to change location on weather widget?
Straight from the MediaPhone FAQ:
Q - How can I set up weather widget?
A - Go to http://weather.yahoo.com and find your location, then click the orange RSS icon on the right and then check the URL for a location code.
For example: http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?p=USNY0996&u=f (New York City). And the location code is USNY0996.


That's the code you then put in the weather widget's settings for your location...


4. Transparency won't save for me...does it for you?
I never used transparency. I just tried it on the Calendar widget and nope, didn't work for me either. Even after a respring. Guess it's a good thing I didn't want transparency, eh?

If I may add: I removed the "slide to unlock" part because I felt it messed up the symmetry of my screen. I used Move2Unlock for this, so I don't know how it works if you remove the slider under/within the SmartScreen app.

Oh, and under Move2Unlock, be very careful and make sure the movement works before hiding the slider. I should imagine it would be really bad to not be able to get the lock screen out of the way. For the life of me, I could not get "move lockscreen" to work - which is why I use "pinch." Still, it works and I don't have to display the slider.

Sorry to go on so much. Hope this helps.

Marilyn