[Nick Z]

I thought this would be interesting to make a thread listing the top things to do after you jailbreak your iPhone/iPod Touch.

I'll start...

1. Install Winterboard and get rid of the boring stock theme.

[nycdiplomat]

i install emulators and load them up with games....

[AKA_Ben]

Get my tweaks on!

Five icon dock, Status Notifier, etc.

[Mes]

Install SBSettings, OpenSSH, and yellowsn0w. When all is working well and solid, custom SMS sounds, Notifier, Searcher, AirSharing and WildEyes. A couple more utilities like MobileTerminal and Stumbler Then a couple of ringines, music and videos w/iTunes.

And let's not forget the most important ... Winterboard, but only for a custom background

[Poseidon79]

Jump up and down... do the happy dance and then marvel at my own awesomeness that I have a jailbroken iPhone that's better than everyone else's stock iPhone.

[gQstatus05]

Download and PAY FOR Ocarina from App Store. When a banging female walks by serenade her.

Install SBSettings from Cydia

Install Cycorder and Snapture

Install PDANet to tether your phone to your laptop

Install and PAY FOR Air Sharing

Install and PAY FOR Air Mouse

*** I put them in BOLD because they deserve it.

There's so many cool things I'll let someone else fill in more.

[soulthoughts]

Install:
SwirlyMMS
Winterboard
Cycorder
Get Apps from Appstore

[evolutionarymc]

1.OpenSSH
2.Winterboard
3.SBSettings
4.StatusNotifier
5.Stack
6.5 Blank Icons
7.Categories
8.Extended Preferences
9.Dtunes
10.Cycorder

Then I load all my iTunes ish and sit back and wait!

[bhz1]

after thanking the iPhone gods that I successfully jailbroke this is my method:

Open Cydia and upgrade all
Reboot
Open Cydia again and upgrade anything that didnt get upgraded the first time.
Install OpenSSH
Install SBSettings
reboot
Install Winterboard
Reboot
SSH my Winterboard themes to my iPhone
Apply theme of my choice
Install Five Icon Dock
Reboot
Install any Cydia apps i use - install only a few at a time making sure to wait for the spinning progress wheel in the status bar to stop before moving to the next app or exiting Cydia - I believe this is CRUCIAL
Reboot
Resync all my iTunes stuff - contacts, calendar, Safari bookmarks, music, movies, appstore apps.
Install Chronus from Cydia
Install AppBackup from Cydia
SSH my Chronus, AppBackup and various preference files back to my iPhone
Install Categories
Set up my Categories menus.
Reboot
Enjoy my very cool iPhone.

[OneRing2Rule]

Originally Posted by bhz1

after thanking the iPhone gods that I successfully jailbroke this is my method:

*snip*
Install Categories
Set up my Categories menus.
Reboot
Enjoy my very cool iPhone.

Umm, prolly should be:

*snip*
Install Categories
Set up my Categories menus.
Reboot
Continue to set up my Categories menus. Freezes.
Reboot
Continue to set up my Categories menus. Freezes.
Reboot
Continue to set up my Categories menus. Freezes
Reboot
Continue to set up my Categories menus. Freezes
Reboot
Enjoy my very cool iPhone.*/snip*


LOL.....

[Mes]

Originally Posted by bhz1

....Install any Cydia apps i use - install only a few at a time making sure to wait for the spinning progress wheel in the status bar to stop before moving to the next app or exiting Cydia - I believe this is CRUCIAL...

Interesting bhz1. I've noticed if I install App Store apps before Cydia apps especially using AptBackup the final respring might lock up the phone. Probably due to the quantity Cydia installs at one time.

Therefore, the last time I restored, before running AptBackup I modified the install list file (aptbackup_dpkg-packages.txt) and removed those packages that were already installed from the jailbreak. Why install something that's already installed and updated? AptBackup completed in about 1 minute and everything completed smoothly.

Then ..... on to App Store applications

Update: It's very easy to perform the comparison from a fresh jb'd and updated Cydia.
1. dpkg -l > currentlist.txt
2. diff currentlist.txt aptbackup_dpkg_packages.txt (returns the difference)
3. currentlist.txt will contain the files not installed.
4. a simple edit to currentlist.txt easily becomes the new aptbackup_dpkg-packages.txt

Note: This is not a detailed step-by-step guide. Knowledge of dpkg, diff, aptbackup, aptbackup file locations, SSH, copy/replace file, etc are required.

[bhz1]

Originally Posted by Mes

Interesting bhz1. I've noticed if I install App Store apps before Cydia apps especially using AptBackup the final respring might lock up the phone. Probably due to the quantity Cydia installs at one time.

Therefore, the last time I restored, before running AptBackup I modified the install list file (aptbackup_dpkg-packages.txt) and removed those packages that were already installed from the jailbreak. Why install something that's already installed and updated? AptBackup completed in about 1 minute and everything completed smoothly.

Then ..... on to App Store applications

Funny but I have never used AptBackup. I just reinstall my Cydia apps manually mainly because it gives me full control. I just scroll down the list in Cydia and install as I come upon an app I want. Sometimes when I restore I dont always want to reinstall something or maybe I want a new app. I'm finding that more and more Im getting apps I want on the App store.

[Mes]

Originally Posted by bhz1

.... Sometimes when I restore I dont always want to reinstall something or maybe I want a new app. I'm finding that more and more Im getting apps I want on the App store.

True ... to a point. But I've also noticed the AppStore list is getting vvveeerrryyyyy lllooonnng. It's difficult to find anything. Then before I download anything, the reviews are important -- BUT, not sure I can trust them, believing they're stuffed . I'm also sick and tired of all the 'Trial', 'Sponsored', 'Get the paid version -- this one is crippled' apps on App Store. In truth, I've paid for maybe 50 apps, but only 4-5 are installed. What a waste. And the updates!! Seems I update 10 AppStore apps every week!! Anyway, I like the MMI discussions and the 'outside-the-box', 'non-crippled' utility apps found on Cydia. Oh well, thanks for the ideas. Hope we've helped others.

[dejawoo]

It was a bad thinking to buy an iphone for me.Because after i bought it,one day my wife saw&said i wanna have it too.Then my daughter&then my son...Then i bought a 3G.But i never bring it to my home.So now we re all happy family with it!!!...Lol...