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Rearranging Application Icons

[ iPhone & iPod Touch ] by Koos @ 21.10.2007 16:58 CEST

How to download the plist file

Make sure that you have followed the jailbreaking guide, and that your iPod touch is jailbroken.
SFTP into your iPod. Navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/Springboard.app. Create a backup of the file N45AP.plist. Download the file.
This is a binary XML file currently, which makes it hard to edit. To edit it, we need to convert it to an ASCII XML file.
On Mac OS X, open the file with Property List Editor (In Utilities folder, or Developers folder). Then, save the file again. This will create an ASCII XML file.
Also: To convert the plist via Terminal, simply cd into the folder that holds the .plist you want to convert and issue the command
plutil -convert xml1 N45AP.plist and it will convert it for you. (There's no need to convert back before putting it on the fs afterwards)

To change what is on the button bar

Open N45AP.plist in a plain text editor, such as TextEdit, Notepad, TextMate, or SubEthaEdit.
Find the part of your N45AP.plist that says this:
buttonBar
The part in between and is the application identifier for the applications on the button bar. To change the order that they are displayed, change the application identifiers that are already there. To find an application identifier, open up Info.plist in /Applications/YourAppName.app/Info.plist. It will be similar to com.apple.mobilemail. Below are several other application identifiers. Also, you can show more than four icons in the button bar by just adding more sections.
When you're finished, save the file back to your iPod Touch.

Application Identifiers

Official Apps



Calculator:		com.apple.calculator

Calendar:		com.apple.mobilecal

Clock:			com.apple.mobiletimer

Contacts:		com.apple.MobileAddressBook

Demo App:		com.apple.DemoApp

iPod:			com.apple.mobileipod

	- Music:	com.apple.mobileipod-AudioPlayer

	- Videos:	com.apple.mobileipod-VideoPlayer

iTunes Store:		com.apple.MobileStore

Maps:			com.apple.Maps

Mail:			com.apple.mobilemail

Notes:			com.apple.mobilenotes

Photos:			com.apple.mobileslideshow-Photos

Safari:			com.apple.mobilesafari

Stocks:			com.apple.stocks

Settings:		com.apple.Preferences

Weather:		com.apple.weather

YouTube:		com.apple.youtube

Un-Official Apps



Apollo:			com.google.code.apolloim

Balls:			com.grudgnor.Balls

Books:			com.zacharybrewstergeisz.books

Chat:			com.twenty08.MobileChat

Colloquy:		com.googlecode.mcolloquy

Customize:		com.thespicychicken.customize

Doom:			org.swhite.iphone.doom

FiveDice:		com.borngraphics.fivedice

Finder:			com.googlecode.MobileFinder

iBlackJack:		com.mccarron.iblackjack

Installer:		com.nullriver.iphone.Installer

Installer(3.0):         com.apptapp.Installer

iPong:			com.jonathansaggau.iPong

iSplit:			com.kroo.iSplit

iWoman:                 com.nullriver.iphone.iWoman

Labyrinth:		com.loodberg.carl.labyrinth

Lights Off:		org.deliciousmonster.lightsoff

Lockbox:		com.googlecode.iphonelockbox

Mines:                  net.mm-3.iphone.mines

MusicQuiz:		iphonemusicquiz.com.google.code

Navizon:		com.mexens.iphone.navizon

NES:			com.natetrue.iphone.nesapp

PDFViewer:		com.sadun.pdfviewer

PigShooter:		com.spiffytech.pigshooter

Preview:		com.google.code.MobilePreview

RSS:			com.google.code.mobile-rss

Services:		com.byhoffman.iphone-apps.services

Sketches:		com.latenitesoft.Sketches

SMBPrefs:		com.apptapp.SummerBoard

Stumbler:		com.googlecode.iphone-wireless.applications.Stumbler

Sudoku:			org.zackb.sudoku

Term-vt100:		com.googlecode.mobileterminal.Term-vt100

Tetrominos:		com.google.code.tetrominos

TextEdit:		com.google.code.MobileTextEdit

ToDoList:		com.include7.mobiletodolist

TTR:			net.ations.cre.ttr

VNsea:			com.creed.vnsea

weDict:         com.hongtao.weDict