Cydia Essential Apps List for Jailbreak iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch

Free Tweaks from Cydia below.
These tweaks can be freely downloaded from Cydia for zero buckaroos.

There’s lots of list, and usually I only have a few from the list and out of the list below, I would have to say 90% of them I haven’t heard, 20% of them I have tried before and forgot about it, 10% of them I have tried and is using it at the moment.

Action Menu – enhance the copy & paste functionality for IOS including
pasteboard favorites

Activator – assign screen gestures and button press combinations to do
a multitude of actions, from launching apps to controlling the iPod
application.

Animate – if you are running a jailbreak using @i0n1c’s untethered then
this tweak adds animated boot logo capabilities to your iPad. There
are lots to choose from in Cydia, my personal favorite being “Animate
Apple”.

Auto Location – Turns the GPS on your iPad on whenever an app requests
location services and off again when it is closed.

BackBoard – Change your icon layout a lot? This app is for you. It
saves as many different layouts and configurations as you like and
lets you apply, update, or delete them as required. Essential for the
compulsive themer!

Black Keyboard – does exactly what it says on the tin. Turns you iPad
keyboard every h4x0r5 favorite color, BL4CK!

Browser Changer – Allows you to change the default browser for
YouTube, Google Maps, etc. from Mobile Safari to any other 3rd party
browser. Great for users of Atomic and iCab! (via Mickey330)

Bolt – gets rid of the battery icon in your status bar, except when
charging, in which case you will see a bolt! Turn on battery
percentage for maximum usefulness, otherwise you won’t know how much
charge you have!

BTStackMouse – use a Bluetooth mouse (or the Apple Magic Trackpad)
with your iPad with this cool tweak.

BytaFont – Apple did a great job of the IOS fonts, but everyone likes
a change now and again. Hundreds of BytaFont compatible fonts are
available on Cydia – My personal favorite? – Lato.

ChangeCarrier – Change the carrier name shown on your iPad to a custom
string. So much fun to personalize your iPad! (via Mickey330)

CyDelete – Remove Cydia apps just like any other apps store app. Make
them wiggle and press the cross to remove! (via nymosis)

FakeClockUp – This tweak allows you to change the default animation
speed of IOS graphics. Amazingly, when you increase the animation
speed the whole iPad SEEMS to perform much faster. It’s all an
illusion, BUT IT WORKS! Try it out… You’ll be amazed… For added
fun, try slowing things down. Slow-motion IOS is very weird indeed! -
you will need to add the moyashi repo to Cydia to find this tweak -

http://hitoriblog.com/apt/

FastCopy – There is a tiny delay built into IOS before the copy /
paste popup appears. This tweak removes it…

FolderCloser – If you still use stock IOS folders and are tired of
them sticking open, this little tweak will close them once you launch
an app…

FullForce – Run any iPhone apps on your iPad? This tweak tricks them
into thinking they are iPad apps so they run pseudo-natively. Difficult
to describe, but effective none the less – Try it with BytaFont for a
good demonstration of “before & after”.

iBlank – Create blank transparent icons on the springboard to make
your own weird and wonderful layouts (via Mickey330)

Icon Renamer – You can tell what is does, can’t you? Change the name
of any app on your springboard. e.g. rename “Friendly” to “FaceBook”.
iSH**** – Save your SHSH Blobs (you know what they are don’t you!)
locally on your iPad for blob saving goodness on the go!

ListLauncher – Adds an alphabetical list of apps on the Spotlight page
for quick and easy access, plus it uses up all that wasted space! (via
Mickey330)

ManualCorrect – Do you hate Apple’s spelling auto-correction as much
as I do? This tweak turns it on it’s head. No longer is the suggestion
automatically substituted as you type. If the correction is what you
want, you tap it. Puts you back in control!

MultiIconMover – Rearrange your icons a lot? This will help. You can
“tag” multiple icons to move at once. Tap on each one as they wiggle
and it gets “ticked”. Then press the home button to move all the
tagged icons to the current location, including into a folder!
Coolness.

NoLockScreen – Sick and tired of sliding to unlock? This tweak removes
the lock screen altogether, as long as you don’t have a passcode set.
No Not Charging – Yes, we know when the iPad is plugged in to a USB
socket it is normally “Not Charging” (or charging really really
slowly). This tweak gets rid of the text telling you this fact in the
status bar…

OpenNotifier – Customizable status bar notifier so you don’t have to
remember what annoying pop-up you just dismissed! (via Mickey330)

OpenSSH – Every hackers friend. OpenSSH does exactly that. Provides a
SSH interface to your iPad so that you can easily manage files on the
filesystem from any one of a zillion SSH / FTP clients. Don’t forget
to change your root password from “alpine” otherwise I’ll be hacking
you later

PullToRefresh for Mail – Pull to refresh is one of the best touch user
interface ideas EVA! This tweak adds it to the iPad mail application,
allowing you to pull the message list down to refresh all your mail
accounts.

QuickLock 2 – Tap it and the screen locks! (via Mickey330)
RemoveBackground – Paranoid about all those apps running in the
background in Apples multitasking environment? Remove background kills
them all in one fell swoop. Adds a nice SBSettings toggle to make it
double easy too!

Reset Safari for SBSettings – Provides a SBSettings Toggle to clear
the cache, remove history, and delete cookies in Safari (via
Mickey330)

Safari Tab Closer – Quickly close all open tabs in Mobile Safari (via Mickey330)

SBSettings – Prime candidate for the ultimate Cydia tweak. Swipe the
status bar and toggle on and off your iPad settings such as wifi,
Bluetooth, etc. to your hearts content. Cydia also has lots of add-on
tweaks and many applications install their own! Uber-Cool.

SplitMail – Changes the portrait view of the Mail app to look like the
landscape view with the sidebar always visible (via pcmarcel)

SwitcherMod – Ever felt like removing all the recently used apps from
your task switcher automatically? This tweak can do it and more!

WinterBoard – The jailbreakers theme manger. Fancy a change of scenery
from good old stock IOS? Winterboard allows you to apply a myriad of
themes and tricks to the look and feel of IOS. Just make sure the ones
you download are for the iPad! OK?

YoutubeToMP3 – Rip the audio track from any YouTube video, including
your favorite music videos, in an MP3 file on your iPad (via OUTL4W)

Paid Tweaks
These tweaks can be downloaded from Cydia for a very reasonable price.
Remember, developers need your support. They have put their time and
effort into making applications for you. Often, developers will
release free tweaks but these have to be offset and supported by their
paid applications as well. If something is useful and adds value to
your jailbreak experience, please consider paying for it. Don’t be a
Pirate!

Adblocker – Easy to use advertisement blocker for Safari and other
applications that use browser-like views (via Mickey330)

Action Menu PlusPack – ActionMenu not enough for you? Are you mad for
social networks? The pluspack adds lots of new features to the cut and
paste goodness of IOS. e.g. “Tweet the currently selected text”, “Send
to Pastie”, and “Locate on Google Maps”, to name but a few.

Auto3G – Automatically turns off 3G when the device is locked, thus
saving precious battery cycles. Re-enables when iPad is unlocked -
obviously only for devices with 3G! (via nymosis)

Barrel – 3D page transitions with lots of effects to choose from (via OUTL4W)

BTStackKeyboard – use any Bluetooth HID Keyboard with your iPad.

DisplayOut – Send the display of your iPad through the VGA Awesome…

HDMI cable regardless of whether an application has been coded to
support it or not.

Dock – A nice alternative to the multitasking switcher with themes,
favourites, and more! – comes with a 3 day free trial.

Color Mail Labels – Gives each email account its own color within
Mail, especiallay handy in the “All Mailboxes” view! (via Mickey330)

Display Recorder – Ever fancied making a video demo from your iPad?
This is the way to do it (via OUTL4W)

Folder Enhancer – IOS Folders are OK. FolderEnhancer makes them a
whole lot better…

GPowerPro – Hold down the power button for a few seconds and your iPad
will ask if you want to slide to turn off… This tweak adds reboot
and respring to the list. Nice!

Gridlock – Place your icons anywhere on the springboard grid without
the need to create transparent icons using iBlank (via OUTL4W)

Iconoclasm – The iPad screen seems to be sparsely populated with
icons. Surely we can fit a lot more on there? Iconoclasm to the
rescue. Apply lots of different icon layouts, for example, 6×6, which
is 36 icons per page!

iFile – it is THE file manager for IOS. If you want access to your
files, this is the way to do it. End of.

infiniboard, infinidock, & infinifolders – These apps allow you to add
more, more, more icons to your springboard, dock, and folders by
introducing, amongst other things, vertical paging to each.

Inspell – An alternative and configurable spell check and auto-correct
system with access to dozens of dictionaries using Hunspell (via
Mickey330)

iStrings – Change the text for IOS popup messages (via OUTL4W)
LockInfo – David Ashman brings you his unique take on putting
information on the lock-screen with configurable modules and theme
support.

Locktopus – Password protect one, some, or all of your apps directly
from the springboard (via Mickey330)

MailEnhancer – support for multiple email signatures for all your
seperate email accounts (via OUTL4W)

ManualCorrectPro – ManualCorrect is cool and all, but the “Pro”
version add some goodness including a SBSettings toggle and
autocorrect presets.

Masks – Give your icons a custom shape for that personal touch (via OUTL4W)

Move2Unlock – Tired of sliding. This tweak gives you some alternative
ways to unlock the iPad (via OUTL4W)

MultiFlow – Expose-like full screen multitasking interface as an
alternative to the switcher view (via Mickey330)

OverBoard – Shows an overview of all your springboard pages allowing
you to tap to jump directly to one (via Mickey330)

Photoalbums+ for iPad – create folders within the native photos app,
and optionally password protect them, without iTunes sync (via OUTL4W)

PkgBackup – Backup and restore a complete list of your Cydia Apps,
settings, repositories, and more. Every jailbreakers favorite friend.
You’ll never have to start afresh, unless you want to, ever again.

Pwntunes – Hate iTunes? Pwntunes allows you to drag & drop music and
other media onto your iPad without using iTunes on your desktop (via
OUTL4W)

RetinaPad – Why oh why does the 2x mode for iPhone4 apps on the iPad
look so rubbish? Who knows, but this tweak makes the applications
think they are on a retina screen and therefore show in all their high
resolution glory in 2x mode on the iPad.

ScreenDimmer – Want more control over your screen backlight? This is
the app for you. Dim the screen after a number of seconds and turn the
backlight off after that… Great for battery life!

ScrollingBoard – Turbocharge your iPad dock. Add more icons, swipe
right for more pages of icons in the dock, and even download add-on!

Shrink – Make all of your icons smaller, whether on the springboard,
dock, or switcher. Combine with iconoclasm to fit even more icons on
screen comfortably.

SleepFX – want to see some stunning effects when you put your iPad
into sleep mode. This is the tweak for you… (via OUTL4W)

SmartScreen for iPad IOS – Widgets on your iPad lock screen such as
clocks, calendars, etc. (via Mickey330)

Springtomize – Modify the springboard in a variety of ways (via Mickey330)

Syncronicity – Use your iPad whilst it syncs with iTunes (via OUTL4W)

WiFi Booster – Removes the internal signal strength limit from the
WiFi Settings pane to allow you to see all the networks broadcasting.

YourTube HD – Download videos, save and view them from within the
iPad’s native YouTube app with this extension (via Mickey330) – may
not be working on 4.3.x yet

3GUnrestrictor – Tired of apps that tell you you can’t use them of
download something because you are not connected to WiFi? 3GU fools
them into thinking you are. No more blocky YouTube videos!

5-Row Keyboard for iPad – Want a row of numbers or symbols above the
keyboard, just like any laptop or desktop? This is how we do it, in
conjunction with WinterBoard of course! – install free “Keyboard Fixer
for iOS 4.3+” to enable compatibility with 4.3.x

Tweaks are 4.3.3 compatible unless stated otherwise. A lot of these tweaks won’t work with iOS 5.0.1

NOTE for iPad 2 Jailbreakers, some of the tweak above might break your Home Screen Menu like the problem discussed here.

From iPad Forums for Reference

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