Ever noticed, when browsing thru the root files of your device, an app called Field Test? What is that exactly?
Ever noticed, when browsing thru the root files of your device, an app called Field Test? What is that exactly? Its an App that provides detailed reporting on strengths and characteristics of the cell towers in your area, plus a load of other nerdy networky factoids. In other words, you can see things that AT&T might not want you to see.
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We’ve all heard of categories for your iDevice, right? It adds the ability to put apps into folders, within the Categories.app and thus, hide the apps from the springboard. Effectively making a very clean home page with only as many icons showing as you have folders or “categories”.
We’ve all heard of categories for your iDevice, right? It adds the ability to put apps into folders, within the Categories.app and thus, hide the apps from the springboard. Effectively making a very clean home page with only as many icons showing as you have folders or “categories”. The problem has been, you tap the category folder, and it’s slow to open, then you still have to open the app inside.
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PogoPlank is a full springboard replacement app for all jailbroken devices. It gives you the ability to categorize all of your apps into 5 easy to navigate folders in a wheel configuration.
PogoPlank is a full springboard replacement app for all jailbroken devices. It gives you the ability to categorize all of your apps into 5 easy to navigate folders in a wheel configuration. It is available for $1.99 in the Cydia store. Setting up the device for the first time is a little tedious, but with a very easy to navigate interface and easy to understand settings, you’ll be up and running in no time.
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from developers Jaywalker and captzoden, comes a great new idea on the organization of your iDevice’s homescreen
From developers Jaywalker and captzoden, comes a great new idea on the organization of your iDevice’s homescreen. Apple really dropped the ball when it came to arranging 9 pages of apps. This is a fix for that. “The whole goal of the project was to write “categories” in a better way”
PogoPlank removes the SpringBoards “pages of icons” idea and replaced that with a “wheel of categories”. Unlike other apps (Categories) which must be opened to open your app (which is time consuming…), PogoPlank is built right into your SpringBoard interface, so no lag before opening your app. It uses better memory management than the stock SpringBoard app, because it doesn’t allocate all the icons at runtime. Developer Jaywalker actually has more free memory with the app than without.
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