Better notifications for the iPhone

Posted by nkbish0p at 15:48

Tweet If the last 3 years have anything to go by, within a month or so we should know what is coming in iOS 5.0, which, if the regular pattern is followed will be released in Summer 2011. One of the few obvious problems left in the iOS OS is its relatively poor handling of notifications (take a look at an Android phone and see how much better theirs is) with intrusive on screen pop-ups and no log of what each notification was if a number are unread, save for a red "badge" on the app concerned.

It seems very likely that iOS 5.0 will include a new way to manage notifications, but if you don't want to wait until then there is a solution. As you might expect this is only available to jailbroken users.

Preperation

This part is fairly recurrent on this blog - skip if you have seen it before.

• You will need a jailbroken iPhone. To read how to do this, read this page
• You will need to add the source www.sinfuliphonerepo.com (If you don't know how to do this read this post

Installation

• Open cydia, tap manage, tap sources, tap sinfuliphonerepo.
• Find "lockinfo cracked" and install it.
• If you want a clock added too, install "lock info clock plugin" too.

This tweak is pretty customisable, you can set which categories you want to have on your lockscreen. You can also access this by swiping down on the status bar at the top of your screen. The app also lets you set status bar notifications and you can add widgets such as the clock and calendar mentioned above.

If you don't like this, Intelliscreen is pretty similar so why not give that a try instead?

Thanks for reading!