Turns out, you can edit the “Slide to Unlock” and “Slide to Answer” strings easily, but I didn’t find a way to get rid of the “Slide to view” that shows when a push notification arrives.

So I made this small Mobile Substrate extension that just doesn’t create that label.

It’s really small and doesn’t allocate any extra objects. It even avoids the OS to allocate one.

To install, just download the dylib and put it in /Library/MobileSubstrate/DynamicLibraries/ and set permissions to 755.

The source code is also available, it was made with Skylar’s template. And you’ll need the Springboard and mobile substrate headers to compile it.

Downloads:

File: NoSlideText.dylib (15.17KB) added: 15/03/2010

File: NoSlideText Source (18.33KB) added: 15/03/2010

Here’s the changelog:

• Added Settings:
• Volume sensitivity settings. Depending on this value, the volume will go up faster/slower when you slide your finger up and down.
• Turn on/off volume and next/prev gestures. If you don’t use some of them, just disable them.
• Invert left/right. Hope it’s clear enough.

Here’s what I plan to add:

• Invert up/down
• Song info.
• Next/Prev sensitivity.
• and everything else I’ve said I wanted to add.

Download:

File: Swipe Controls 1.2 Deb (35.69KB) added: 01/09/2009

File: Swipe Controls 1.2 IPA (18.24KB) added: 01/09/2009

Check THIS if you don’t know what Swipe Controls is!

Since the release of 3.0 I’ve missed Skylar’s Pocket Touch, and with the new Media Player frameworks, I realized it would be easy to make my own version of it.

I don’t plan on making this app really big, don’t expect a shocking UI or anything (my concept of the app is that it should go into the pocket right after it is launched), if you want more, you should get Skylar’s Pocket Touch when it makes it to the AppStore.

What I do plan is to add options to enable/disable different gestures, show current song name and artist, dim the backlight (maybe), and other things.

Also, if anybody can make a nice icon, it would be greatly appreciated, and you would be credited.

And finally, thanks a lot to iPTFf’s Bamhm182 for compiling it for me in ARM binary form.

Anyway, here’s the download:

File: Swipe Controls 1.0 IPA (13.61KB) added: 24/08/2009

File: Swipe Controls 1.0 Deb (12.69KB) added: 26/08/2009

Please use the Contact Me form at the top for suggestions, complains, feedback,  jokes, and anything clever you can think of.

Usage:

• Swipe left – Prev. song
• Swipe right – Next song
• Swipe up – Volume up
• Swipe down – volume down
• Double tap – Play/Pause

Install Instructions:

Deb:

Put it in your iDevice, and execute the next command on the same folder where it is. Please note that you need to use sudo or su to get root access before executing the command:

IPA:

You can install it with iTunes with a simple double click on it, as long as you have a jailbroken iDevice and a patched Mobile Installation file (google that if you don’t have it).

Please note that you also need at least 3.0 Firmware, regardless of the install method you chose.

Lockdown Toggle [Currently not working on OS 3.0, though it shouldn't break anything]

This will enable and disable the lock on the apps. When on, if you tap on a locked app, it will ask for a password. When off, when you tap on a locked app, it will open right away.

I’m working on an update that asks for the lockdown password when you try to disable it.

File: Lockdown Toggle 1.1 (3.99KB) added: 15/06/2009

Time View Toggle

This will simply show a window with the current time and date. I made it because I didn’t want to have the time in my StatusBar, but I still wanted to be able to see the date and time.

File: Time and Date Widget (6.66KB) added: 16/06/2009

How to install.

To install, just make two folders.

/var/mobile/Library/SBSettings/Toggle/HERE
/var/mobile/Library/SBSettings/Themes/YourTheme/HERE

Put Toggle.dylib in the first folder with the name you want your toggle to have.

Make two images, one for on and off, called on.png and off.png, out of the glyphs in the zip files and the template of your theme, and put those two files in the second folder.

Set permissions to 755 to everything and respring.

Source Code for this will be in the next post!

For any bugs/problems, use the Contact Me form at the top of the page.