How To Make Home Screen Shortcuts for Settings Toggles in Unjailbroken Apple Device
Posted by unlocker under Jailbreak on Sunday Dec 18, 2011One of the best apps probably would be SBSettings as it offers a feaster way to access the iOS devices settings of any app without the need of exiting the app and launching the Settings app. To overcome the hassle is one of the reasons why people are jailbreaking their Apple devices.
If you are one of the people who do not want to jailbreak their iOS device but also want to have a shortcut in accessing the settings, iPhone Addict’s Clay Russel figured outs how to create custom shortcuts for settings toggle that you can access in your homescreen without the need of jailbreaking your device.
It is not, of course, a replacement for SBSettings. However, it provides an easy access to your important settings toggles. Here is the step-by-step process in creating custom home screen shortcuts for settings toggles:
1. Download the app “Icon Project” in iTunes for 99 cents.
2. Launch the app.
3. Create a custom icon using the options available in the app such as selecting the icon, the background etc.
4. Tap on the select Type and Select URL (Homepage) from the options.
5. You will be redirected to enter URL. You need to enter the shortcut URL of the appropriate settings toggle:
You can use the shortcut URLs for the various Settings toggles as mentioned below:
About — prefs:root=General&path=About
Accessibility — prefs:root=General&path=ACCESSIBILITY
Airplane Mode On — prefs:root=AIRPLANE_MODE
Auto-Lock — prefs:root=General&path=AUTOLOCK
Brightness — prefs:root=Brightness
Bluetooth — prefs:root=General&path=Bluetooth
Date & Time — prefs:root=General&path=DATE_AND_TIME
FaceTime — prefs:root=FACETIME
General — prefs:root=General
Keyboard — prefs:root=General&path=Keyboard
iCloud — prefs:root=CASTLE
iCloud Storage & Backup — prefs:root=CASTLE&path=STORAGE_AND_BACKUP
International — prefs:root=General&path=INTERNATIONAL
Location Services — prefs:root=LOCATION_SERVICES
Music — prefs:root=MUSIC
Music Equalizer — prefs:root=MUSIC&path=EQ
Music Volume Limit — prefs:root=MUSIC&path=VolumeLimit
Network — prefs:root=General&path=Network
Nike + iPod — prefs:root=NIKE_PLUS_IPOD
Notes — prefs:root=NOTES
Notification — prefs:root=NOTIFICATIONS_ID
Phone — prefs:root=Phone
Photos — prefs:root=Photos
Profile — prefs:root=General&path=ManagedConfigurationList
Reset — prefs:root=General&path=Reset
Safari — prefs:root=Safari
Siri — prefs:root=General&path=Assistant
Sounds — prefs:root=Sounds
Software Update — prefs:root=General&path=SOFTWARE_UPDATE_LINK
Store — prefs:root=STORE
Twitter — prefs:root=TWITTER
Usage — prefs:root=General&path=USAGE
VPN — prefs:root=General&path=Network/VPN
Wallpaper — prefs:root=Wallpaper
Wi-Fi — prefs:root=WIFI
6. Click on “Create”
7. You will be redirected to a web page that displays your icon.
8. Tap on share button and tap on Home Screen to add the custom toggles to your iOS device’s home screen.
9. You will be redirected to add the name for your home screen icon and that you are the one who done it.
When you tap on the homescreen icon, it will open the Settings app and take you directly to the relevant Settings page to enable or disable the toggle.