Regenerate SpringBoard on a jailbroken iPhone

Useful if you're installing packages from the command line and want the homescreen icons to be visible.
Install UIKit Tools (apt-get install uikittools) and from the command line run sudo -u mobile uicache

If sudo isn't installed, install that with apt-get install sudo or

su mobile
uicache

And while you're on the command line, make sure to change the password for the root and mobile users.

  1. SSH to your iPhone
  2. su -
  3. Enter the root password, alpine by default.
  4. passwd
  5. Enter your new root password
  6. passwd mobile
  7. Enter the new password for the mobile user

 

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Posted on Monday, August 2nd, 2010 at 9:39 am | Filed under iOS, iPhone, Software, Technology
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