It’s only two days before year 2008 comes to an end. I’m hopping on the bandwagon to select my top-10 iPhone applications of 2008. But they’re from Cydia, not App Store application!
Since the debut of iPhone App Store in early July, the number of iPhone applications is increasing dramatically. The online store is now hosting more than 10,000 applications for download. That’s really awesome!
But as a jailbreak iPhone user, you shouldn’t forget other third party applications available on Cydia. 99% of the applications put on Cydia are available at no cost. I’d like to take this opportunity to thanks all developers for putting up so many great applications that enrich my iPhone life. And, here comes to my top 10 Cydia applications:
- Cydia – I will say Cydia is the heart of jailbroken iPhone (as well as iPod Touch). A big thanks to Cydia’s creator, Jay Freeman. Cydia enables you to download third party iPhone applications that you probably can’t find in iPhone’s App Store.
- Winterboard – Again, thanks for Jay Freeman to bring us this application. Winterboard is the theme manager of iPhone. You can use it to skin the iPhone with awesome icon sets, keyboard, SMS bubbles, etc. It can really make your iPhone stand out from others.
- Cycorder – Oh! It’s Jay Freeman again. Cycorder turns your iPhone camera into video recorder. You can capture video using iPhone’s camera. It’s simply awesome.
- Netatalk – If you’re Mac user, this would be a great application. In technical term, Netatalk is an open source implementation of AppleTalk networking protocol. With Netatalk installed on iPhone, you can connect to iPhone from your Mac and transfer files between each other wirelessly. iPhone will appear as a networked drive in Mac’s Finder. So, transferring file is just a matter of drag & drop.
- OpenSSH – OpenSSH is a suite of networking tools for establishing secure network connection. The implementation of OpenSSH on iPhone powers you to connect to iPhone and gain access to the file system remotely. You can also use OpenSSH to transfer ringtones or photos between the device and computer remotely. This application is not designed for jailbroken iPhone beginner. You’ll have to familiar yourself with OpenSSH first.
- SBSettings – A full replacement of BossPrefs and it brings all important toggles (which may be hidden under Settings) directly into your iPhone Home Screen. With SBSettings, you can directly control brightness and toggle WiFi / EDGE / Bluetooth at home screen or while you’re using other applications. That’s really great for me as I used to turn off WiFi for battery saving.
- MySMS – A replacement of iPhone’s default SMS application. MySMS lets you type SMS in landscape mode and forward SMS to other recipients. It also enables iPhone to send or receive encrypted SMS. If you’re a frequent user of SMS, MySMS is a great application to put it on iPhone.
- Snapture – A replacement of iPhone’s default Camera application. With Snapture, you can turn iPhone camera into an advanced digital camera that extends the possibilities of iPhone photography. Snapture lets you shoot black/white photos and in burst mode. It also features a timer, digital zoom and silent mode.
- Podcaster – This application lets you download and stream all your favourite postcast directly into iPhone.
- CallMe – CallMe brings speed dial to iPhone at no cost. You can easily add your favourite contact on iPhone home screen as a dial icon.
What’s your favourite iPhone applications? Leave me comment and let other readers know about it.
These are my favorite cydia apps:
-Winterboard (themes)
-Backgrounder (run apps in background)
-SBSettings (toggle apps)
-Mysms (full sms replacement – landscape sms)
-NemusSync (sync google calendar)
-Cycorder (video recorder)
-Flashlight (best flashlight app)
-Five Icon Dock (gotta have five icons!)
-Lockdown (password protect apps)
-OpenSSH (remote access)
Is Mysms free?
Hello,
Forgive me, I’m new at this jailbreak stuff. Anyway, here it goes..
My brother came by and jailbroke my 3g iphone. All went swimmingly. One problem, my wifi works but when I’m on the road or do not have access to wifi by 3g doesn’t work. I get an error msg saying ‘safari can not connect..blah, blah”
Any ideas how to solve this? Did something go wrong in the install?
Many thanks in advance.
Pokerbot:
your gonna want to go into settings>general>reset(at the bottom)>reset network settings. it’s something to do with turning wi-fi on and off. turn it off when you dont need it or you’re not in a wi-fi area.
Hi Could you please tell is there anyway of unblocking iphone 3g 2.2.1?
@ozzy, presently there is no software application available to unlock iPhone 3G with firmware 2.2.1. I think iPhone Dev team is working hard to bring us the solution. You’ll have to wait for a while.
WRONG , I just did it lookup ih@tesn0w. the program worked for me with custom firmware 1_1.2.3 GOOD LUCK!!
update your iphone to 3.0 and then jailbreak with redsn0w ok
I just jailbroke my 3G 2.2.1! The iphone dev team must have finished. You can google “jailbrake iphone 2.2.1″ and it comes up as the first in Google’s Cache. No problems so far…I love it!
anyone else have other interesting apps 2 share bout?
i just jailbroke my iphone 3G v2.2.1 had no probs just make sure you reset to factory default settings on itunes before doing it, it will then update you to the latest version in my case 2.2.1, then run quick pwn then bingo customize your iphone to the max!!!!
Must have apps are
Winterboard: custom themes etc etc
MX tube: download vids from youtube and watch them when you want, excellent video quality.
mew seek: search any song i bet it will find it and if thats not good enough it will let you download it FREE!!! to your Itunes!!!!
Backgrounder: lets you minimize apps to do other things! i wanted this for so long thanks cydia!!!!
categories: too many apps? why not create folders to keep them all in leaving your springboard free from clutter.
Iheroes: watch heroes when you want on your iphone!!!! similar apps include Lost, family guy, South park, American dad and many more!!!.
im sure ther are many more i am yet to discover if you have not jailbroken your iphone you must and i mean must do it now!!!!
Thanks for sharing.
I have:
CallClear –> to delete a single incoming or out going call entry
ClearCam –> to HQ camera
Cycorder –> video recorder, excellent video quality
hClipboard –> to have Copy & Paste functionality in iPhone
iSutra –> find out ur self what it is ^_^
Lock Calender –> to show you Calender entry on the Lock Screen
Lockdown –> to lock & password protected any apps in iPhone
Poof –> to hide any apps icon
SMSTool –> SMS forwarding as SMS or email & save SMS to Note
Installous, miPatch Firmware 2.2.1, & Source GUI –> not sure what they are, but I need them to run cracked apps which I download from http://appulo.us/appdb/
@Haris, thanks for sharing. But I prefer Clipper to hClipboard. Remember to give it a shot.
hi, good compilations,
my personal choices are
cycoder – vdo recording
mxtube – download utube videos
backgrounder – run in background
callclear
sms tool
sms counter
and the best of all is winterboard
i missed mentioning lockdock – brings call, mail icons to the lock screen
were can i downloud installous
go to cydia and then manage and then sources and add “http://cydia.hackulo.us/” and then go in there and find installous and download it. in installous you can download and then install apps for free instead of paying for them in the app store
hi do you still hav to put the itunes password into the app store to install the apps?
@ryan,
You need to apply an iTunes account to download the app from App Store. Normally, it will prompt you for password once when downloading the app.
Hi I have a jailbroken iphone and have installed callclear through cydia. When I delete a call I receive a message stating that this function is only available in registered version. When I go to register it I have a register key code and then it wants me to put in activation key code. How do I get this app to work???? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!
Can anybody help me finding the activation key for callclear??
I use the free version of CallClear. No activation key require.
Has anybody jailbroken 2G 3.0??
ME its easey but be caerfully I learned in taringa.com a spanish website but very good!
I love Mx tube
someone has good iphone games?? please help!
How did u install the free version????
I download it from Cydia (source: BigBoss). CallClear 2.4. It is free!
Moazzam: Yes
- MacBook Air Keyboard, Great looking keyboard skin.
My Backgrounder doesn`t work with Cydia has anybody an idea why not?
It is really helpfull with cydia so it can load bigger applications in the background!
Dears All thanks for posting cool applications of cydia, dear i ve one problem after installing any application i cant see it on iPhone 3G screen and secondly all applications are not in order too on iPhone …
Please!!! help me any one teach me how to fix this problem
im download macbook air keyboard and click in winterboard y still cant change it???
chace
if u go to winterboard u will notice that u can move stuff either upwards or downwards. the setting at the top takes first pace also in ur theme like a layer. try moving the keyboard setting to the top of the list.
p.s. to move settings simply drag it to preferred position
Ok here are my top apps:
1) dtunes- download free music, videos, and torrents
2) hclipboard- let’s me copy and paste
3) logome- let’s me change my bootlogo to any picture I want
4) mxtuve- download YouTube videos and watch them later
5) icy- a cleaner version of cydia
Here are mine
1) Auto Silent – you can configure to put phone into silent mode automatically during meetings or according to schedule.
2) MIM – Ability to change carrier.
3) IBlackList – Ability to black list contacts so that no call from them
@Dr. Olga Blogowich, thanks for your sharing. I haven’t tried Auto Silent. How can it automatically switch to silent mode during meeting?
Yassss
How can I install, jailbreak and unlock 2G firmware 3.1?
Help please!!
Hello, i have installed the the SBSettings plugin, but in the installation my iPhone was crashed and i’ve to make a cold start. After this i’am don’t find any SBSetting installation:(
@Stefan, simply install it again. Your previous installation may not be completed successfully. To learn more about SBSettings, you can follow this post.
Great blog !!
Nice work Simon and others too for their opinions !!
Will buy 3GS today itself
@Maaz, thanks! Enjoy your new iPhone 3GS. You’ll love it!
I found another blog that has loads of useful links and pictures.
http://myiphoneyourilife.blogspot.com/
Thanks Simon for your Cydia post.
Hi Moazzam,
I finally jailbroke iPhone 2G 3.0. All u need is iTunes 8.2 or higher, the iPhone1,1_3.0_ ipsw file and redsn0w. Put ur iphone in dfu mode, (if dont know dfu mode, google it) Use itunes to restore 3.0 to iphone, if any 10xx error comes, its ok, then close itunes, open up redsn0w 0.8, select the 3.0 ipsw file, select 39bl and 46bl files (google for them too) and do as instucted on the screen, its just a matter of 15 mins and ur phone wud b jailbroken and unlocked.. took me 4 nights, 1.5 bottles of vodka and 3 packs of cigarettes to sort it out… ^_^
Anybody know about the free app for iphone 2G for playing video files with avi,dat,3gp etc including other common video files.