New day, new tweak in Cydia! Introducing a new Cydia tweak, called, Homescreen Settings, which allows you to add any settings icon to your homescreen. Hence, when you enter Settings, you can select whether you can add each preferences page to your homescreen. Also, the bottom of some preference pages will have a button “Add Icon To Homescreen”. Well, let’s have more information on this newly released Homescreen Settings Cydia tweak from below.
Actually, the newly released Homescreen Settings Cydia tweak will add a special icon to your iPhone homescreen. And when you’ll open it, you’ll get a folder-like slice view with your app’s settings right on your Springboard. Also, you can add these icons to folders, move them, delete them, create folders full of settings icons. And the most interesting point about this new Homescreen Settings is that it works with all settings bundles for stock, jailbreak and non-jailbreak apps. Hence, in one sentence, we can describe the new Homescreen Settings iPhone app as it adds more functionality to your homescreen.
Well, according to the developer’s note;
Note: Some particular icons are not accessible on iOS version < 4.3 at the moment. (“General” tab and third party appstore settings ). A few settings that don’t offer the “Add to HomeScreen” option, cannot be added for performance and usability reasons.
Also, you can watch out the new Homescreen Settings Cydia tweak in action from the video embedded below;
As all other Cydia tweaks, the Homescreen Settings Cydia tweak also requires a jailbroken iOS device to run on. Well, if you haven’t already, then, you can follow our step by step guidelines posted to jailbreak your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch on iOS 4.1 using either GreenPois0n here or Limera1n here, and on iOS 4.2.1 using PwnageTool 4.2 here, and on iOS 4.3.3 using PwnageTool 4.3.3 here, and the new iOS 5 beta 1 from links given below;
- How to jailbreak iOS 5 tethered on Mac using Redsn0w 0.9.8
- How to jailbreak iOS 5 tethered on Windows using Redsn0w 0.9.8
- How to jailbreak iOS 5 tethered on Windows using Sn0wbreeze 2.8b1
- How to jailbreak iOS 5 untethered on iPhone 3GS (old bootrom) using Sn0wbreeze 2.8b2
Hence, if you are interested in this newly released Homescreen Settings Cydia tweak, then, you can grab it from the Cydia Store under BigBoss repository with the price tag $1.99. Also, after getting this tweak, just don’t forget to share your views and comments on this with us.


