Launch Notification Center Instead of SpotLight With 'NCLight'

[Anthony Bouchard]

If you’re not big on using SpotLight (like most of us), then give this new free jailbreak tweak a try. It’s called NCLight by iOS developer Bradley Friedman (S1ReX). The tweak doesn’t completely disable SpotLight, but it will open Notification Center when you swipe over to SpotLight.

When you swipe to SpotLight, you will see the interface for a brief second and then Notification Center comes flying down the screen to the rescue. As soon as you close Notification Center, you will be right back at SpotLight, so it does feel a little odd, but the tweak does give you an alternative way of opening Notification Center. It would have been better if the tweak outright disabled SpotLight and simply launched Notification Center.



You can enable and disable the tweak on demand from the preferences pane found in the Settings application. Upon installing the tweak, you will need to disable the tweak and then enable it again to get it work, so just head to the Settings application to do that (quick and easy, right?).

It’s a simple modification that a few of you may find nice to have, but it’s nothing to jump out of your chairs about. Give it a try; it’s free!

Name: NCLight
Price: FREE
Version: 1.0
Requirements: iOS 5
Repo: BigBoss
Developer: Bradley Friedman (S1ReX)
Editor's Rating: / 2.5/5

[dustin942000]

If they could make it where just notification center pops up this would be the best stoplight replacement

[NakedFaerie]

This would be awesome if I could use it on my iPad 3 as its got no jailbreak and its stuck at IOS6.

[KraXik]

SpotRemover is my favourite.

This is a very good idea though!

[Sage I]

This would be awesome if I could use it on my iPad 3 as its got no jailbreak and its stuck at IOS6.

How you stay stuck on 6.0? No can downgrade da firmware?

Oh yeah and on the topic... I like the idea of this tweak just outright replacing spot search... I have had it disabled altogether for so many years now... Great idea this tweak is though...

[mj0528]

Can't downgrade iOS 6 to 5.1.1 on iPad 3/iPhone 4s just fyi

[Sage I]

Can't downgrade iOS 6 to 5.1.1 on iPad 3/iPhone 4s just fyi

Oh... I wasn't aware of that fact... Thanks for the info...

[anime007]

doesn't even work

[hogcia]

I actually LOVE Spotlight. Makes it really easy for me to find apps quick. Notification Center is useless to me.

[Anthony Bouchard]

doesn't even work

You need to disable it and enable it from the preferences pane to get it to work. I had the same issue. What I have just told you to do fixed it for me.

[jOnGarrett]

another useless Cydia tweak.

[Anthony Bouchard]

another useless Cydia tweak.

I am almost speechless that you didn't integrate Android into your comment this time.

[kooris]

Is there one that removes the page but doesnt remove the bounce effect?

[Anthony Bouchard]

Is there one that removes the page but doesnt remove the bounce effect?

Not that I know of. It would be cool if there was.

[xLastWishx]

i am almost speechless that you didn't integrate android into your comment this time.

lol +1

[Jahooba]

I guess I'm one of the few people that uses Spotlight. A lot! Usually it's for doing internet searches without waiting for Safari to load. Works good.

[anime007]

You need to disable it and enable it from the preferences pane to get it to work. I had the same issue. What I have just told you to do fixed it for me.

already tried that still doesn't work. i think it's conflicting with one of my nc tweaks.

[KraXik]

Is there one that removes the page but doesnt remove the bounce effect?

THERE IS!!!!!!

Download spot remover. (Can't remember if it is spot remover or spotremover). It's free and bounces!!

[antonybasso]

ohhh great phone

[taygrib76]

Is there a tweak that allows you to scroll all the way right to your last springboard page then swipe again to loop you full circle back to the first springboard page? I know you can just press the home button to get back to the first page from any page, but it would be nice to scroll left from the first page and see the last page of apps instead of the spotlight page. In other words scroll either direction and have it continuously loop.