How to Customize iOS with Tricks by 3uTools?

In general, it will improve user experience to handle some tricks of iPhone. Here, we would introduce you some helpful tricks that you may not know.

1. Stop App update notifications reminders

Sometimes, we don’t want to upgrade some apps to the latest version because it is considered that the current version is useful. But how to stop getting upgrade reminders?

1) Change the suffix of app file from .ipa to .zip, then don’t unzip it. Delete “iTunesMetadata.plist” file in the folder.

2) After that, change the suffix back to .ipa. You install .ipa file with 3uTools. Here is the tutorials: How to install .ipa file in Unjailbroken iPhone using 3uTools?

2. Extract the installation package of tweaks

After installing tweaks, we need to reboot our iPhone. If you want to extract the installation package, you can get it on /var/cache/apt/archives by 3uTools.

There may be 2 files in this file location, “Lock” with 0 kb and “partial”(the installation file of tweaks). You can backup this installation files after exporting them.  

3. Extract URL

When we launch the applications promptly, we will need URL of the apps. The following is how to get URL.

1) Change the suffix of app file from .ipa to .zip, and unzip it.

2) Get info.plist file in the folder.

3) Open info.plist file, search <key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>, and the next line would be <string>XXXXXX</string>, XXXXXX is URL of this app.

4. Turn up the volume of handset.

Usually, we press the volume buttons to adjust the volume of ringtone. But if we want to adjust the volume of handset, we can only press the volume buttons on a phonecall.

Now, we can make it feasible on jailbroken devices without calling to someone.

Go to “/System/Library/Frameworks/MediaToolbox.framework/N56/” (N56 is idevice’s model, please change the model in accordance with specific conditions.)

Get CategoryMinimumVolumes.plist file. The volume of handset is “phonecall”, and the default value is 0.0625. You can change it to 0.1, the maximum is 0.2. It will get distorted if we set the value too high.

5. Completely hide unneeded applications

Head to /Applications, and enter the folder of the application which you want to hide. Open Info.plist file. Input the following code between the second line from bottom and the first line from bottom;

       <key>SBAppTags</key>

       <array>

       <string>hidden</string>

       </array>

After that, the application would be hidden after logging out.

6. What if we can’t find the tweak in Settings?

If we want to modify some tweaks, we need to find the tweak in Settings and make specific changes.   

1) Launch Cydia, get preferenceloader and re-download it.

2) Log out Cydia or install a random tweak, the tweaks will be displayed in Settings.

7. Hide tweaks, rename the tweaks and change the icon of tweaks

1) Hide tweaks;

Open /Library/PreferenceLoader/Preferences and find out the plist file of the tweak which you want to hide. Change the suffix of the name, such as, .plist -> .plist000 and then log out.

2) Rename the tweaks

Open /Library/PreferenceLoader/Preferences and find out the plist file of the tweak which you want to hide. Open the file and find out <string>name</string>. Then you can replace “name” with another.

E.g., if ou want to rename "CCSettings" tweak to “control”;

Original:

<key>label</key>

<string>CCSettings</string>

Changed:

<key>label</key>

<string>control</string>

3) Change the icon of tweaks

Rename the file of the icon you want to use to TCB@2x.png. There are files of tweaks in /Library/PreferenceBundles. Open the file of the tweak you want to modify and replace the file TCB@2x.png. Finally, you need to log out to get the new icon.