Not that it would in any way be enforceable, which is why they didn’t do this, but they should at least have some sort of grandfathered in system for apps like Netflix, Pandora, etc. that have up until now been on their own.

Cydia apps are ever evolving and updating as Apple releases new iOS version. I now have an iPhone 4 and some of the stuff I’ve said is a must-have previously are no longer important. The following are critical apps to enjoy the newest version of iOS. Here’s my list:

1. LockInfo
2. Backgrounder
3. Auto Silent
4. FolderEnhancer
5. MultiIconMover
6. FullScreen for Safari
7. iFile
8. Installous
9. QuickReply for SMS
10. SBSettings
11. ScreenDimmer
12. SpringFlash
13. SwitcherMod
14. YourTube 2
15. Serious HD SBSettings Theme

Error detected while verifying/repairing permissions on disk4s2 Server HD: The underlying task reported failure on exit (-9972)

There were no physical disk errors reported and I just had a gut feeling that there was something else going on.

Turns out, there was. /Library/Receipts. This directory is incredibly hard to find documentation on, which is why I’m writing about it here.

The problem:
Permissions for the entire Disk Utility receipts directory structure was wrong causing it to error immediately upon check.

ls -l /Library/Receipts
drwxr-xr-x 31 axl admin 1054 Nov 23 13:41 boms
drwxr-xr-x 3 axl admin 102 Jan 12 16:50 db

The fix:
Recursively give the boms & db folders the right permissions.

chown -R _installer:wheel /Library/Receipts/boms
chown -R _installer:admin /Library/Receipts/db

ls -l /Library/Receipts
drwxr-xr-x 31 _installer wheel 1054 Nov 23 13:41 boms
drwxr-xr-x 3 _installer admin 102 Jan 13 10:46 db

1. Music Controls – Play Pandora and many other music applications in the background. Popup controls work when you double tap the home button. I use this every single day and it’s the only jailbroken application I’ve ever purchased.
2. Categories – Eliminates clutter on your screen by creating a new application and moving apps you choose (like games) into it.
3. Five Icon Dock – Believe it or not, 5 icons fit perfectly into your dock. If you’re like me and text message all the time this is indispensable.
4. Flashlight – The brightest possible flashlight you can get. Apps from the app store don’t even begin to compare to this sucker!
5. Lock Calendar – Put a calendar on your lock screen. If you’re like me and forget things, like birthdays, this will help!
6. PrivaCy – Eliminate anonymous usage stats from being sent.
7. SBSettings – Quick settings screen that allows you to swap services on/off, kill processes, free up memory, etc.
8. SpotBright – Show recently launched applications under the spotlight search menu.
9. xGPS – A free GPS tool that, while not as accurate as TomTom, is light years ahead when it comes to usability.
10. iHulu – Watch certain Hulu episodes right on your iphone. Streams over 3g. Totally cool when you’re stuck somewhere you don’t want to be and need something to occupy your time.

But recently they changed the repository URL — which means anyone using the old URL will get the following error when they try to update (assuming they are using the svn sw command):

svn: 'http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/2.8'
is not the same repository as
'http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress'


The fix for today’s (2.8) release is easy (replace 2.7.1 with whatever you were previously using):

svn switch --relocate http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/tags/2.7.1 http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/2.7.1/ .


Then just do your normal:

svn sw http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/2.8/ .


It’s not hard to fix, but I’m not an avid user of SVN. So every time I do an update (assuming the repo URL has changed), I have to look at svn help and remember the syntax for changing repositories. Now, since I wrote this, I won’t need to. Perhaps this helped you too!

In fact, I’ve thought multiple times how instead of an “unlock code” on my iPhone (to prevent people spying on my mail, etc. if I were to lose it) I could just have some type of swipe or gesture that would unlock it for me. Swiping: Wave of the finger future. Pun intended.

Once the application is available, I’ll be contacting lots of people in attempts to get reviews and (hopefully) positive talk about the application going around. If you have an iPhone or an iPod touch, I hope you’re excited to play!