Your iPhone’sLock screenandNotification Centerare each home to a specialized interface for displaying the date and time along with a list of information notifications – this interface is known as the Dashboard.
That said, if you’re feeling a bit bored with the stock look and feel of the Dashboard, then perhaps you should try a new freejailbreak tweakcalledDashBored(pun intended) by iOS developerSmokin1337. As shown in thescreenshotexamples above, this tweak lets you customize the Dashboard’s colors, font, notifications, text, and much more.
Once you’ve installed DashBored, you’ll find a somewhat extensive preference pane in the Settings app where you can start adjusting the tweak’s options to your liking:
From the primary preference pane, you can:
As you might have discerned already, the preference pane is divided into several cells. For organization purposes, we’ll outline those cells and the features they contain below:
Hide Items
From the Hide Items cell, you can:
Time Settings
From theTimeSettings cell, you can:
Date Settings
From theDateSettings cell, you can:
Notification Settings:
TheNotificationSettings cell is sub-divided into groups:
From these groups, you can:
Swipe/Press Home to
Open Settings:
From the Swipe/Press Home to Open Settings cell, you can:
As you’ve undoubtedly noticed already, there’s no shortage of configuration here; the sky’s the limit for customization, and you can let your imagination run rampant as you configure custom colors and fonts for the Dashboard interface. Results will vary from person to person, as everyone has a different idea of what looks good and what doesn’t.
The developer also notes that arespringisn’t required for all settings, but crucial settings will prompt you for a respring automatically.
If you’re interested in trying DashBored for yourself, then you candownload it for free from Cydia’s Packix repository. The tweak works with alljailbrokeniOS 11devices, and it even plays nicely withNepetaDev’s new Slyd tweak.DashBored does not work with LockPlus or XenHTML.
What are your thoughts surrounding the release of DashBored? Let us know in the comments section below.
