How to rename an App?

[alek]

I know this iss a realy nooby question but how do i rename apps

If i go into winscp and rename the folders and then respring the apps disappear from my springboard,

I used to have that ReName app but i lost it and now its not on cydia

so can anyone tell me how to rename apps (only the jailbroken apps, not appstore)

-alek

PS sorry if in wrong forum but i didnt know were to ask and this had most users so... ya

c-mon people been like half an hour!!!!!

[ceelo2008]

every app has am info.plist. In the .plist file u will see this
<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key> then under that this
<string>Cycorder</string> This is from ccorder so if u change <string>Cycorder</string> to <string>Video</string> Video will be displayed as the app name hope this helps

[alek]

this worked with gpsphone (gba) but not with bite sms, when i open the playlist in notepad it dont have a <key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>

[kjack05]

you can get the rename app on installer. the new 2.0 version is out and you can rename appstore stuff too. the repo for the new version is a27dev.com/installer/repo

[alek]

sadly i dont have installer, but ceelo's method works but not in biteSMS

[ceelo2008]

what did u use to open the .plist?

[ceelo2008]

use this to open the info.plist and u will find it.........

[alek]

i used notepad

and get this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>English</string>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>biteSMS</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.bitesms</string>
<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
<string>6.0</string>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>APPL</string>
<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
<string>????</string>
<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
<string>1.0</string>
<key>NSPrincipalClass</key>
<string>UIApplication</string>
<key>SBAppTags</key>
<array>
<string>telephony</string>
</array>
<key>SBUsesNetwork</key>
<integer>4</integer>
<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleURLName</key>
<string>com.bitsms</string>
<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
<array>
<string>bitesms</string>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>

see it dont show it

edit: same with ur program

[kjack05]

I actually just found a cydia source for rename 2.0 it is iphone.org.hk/apt/ hope that makes it easier!

[alek]

omg, realy!!!!!!!!! yes

[ceelo2008]

ok here is my .plist for bitesms just put open it put what ever app name u wanted where it says <string>Name Me</string>
then replace the info.plist

[alek]

no need, i like the rename app better, its easier

[ceelo2008]

cool glad u got it working

[MaxRabbit]

This was immensely helpful!

[M4tt Dam0n]

I actually just found a cydia source for rename 2.0 it is iphone.org.hk/apt/ hope that makes it easier!

Thanks alot!

[southfour]

for me the rename app only works for jailbroken apps. I cannot get it to rename apple apps or anything from the app store. Is there a trick or anything? Thanks