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Add iPhone Settings Shortcuts To Your Home Screen

43 points by sidwyn 15y ago

sidwyn 15y ago
Visit the site on your iOS device to install.
xutopia 15y ago
How is that any faster or better than what comes built in? I feel like I'm missing something.
- sidwyn 15y ago
  Sometimes I tap Settings and I forget what I was looking for while Settings was loading up. When I tap this from the home screen, I know it'll definitely load up what I want.
suhastech 15y ago
Doesn't work on the iPad ....4.3.3 Or am I doing it wrong?
- davidcann 15y ago
  Settings links were unofficially added in iOS 5.
mtw 15y ago
Cool idea, but I tried hotspot icon and it didn't work. Do more tests with different devices
- sidwyn 15y ago
  Hotspot works for me. Just tested
tomlin 15y ago
A QR code with the URL would be a perfect addition.
fasteddie31003 15y ago
How is he doing this? I've never seen anything like this before.
- sidwyn 15y ago
  He's basically using URI shortcuts, check this out: http://www.idownloadblog.com/2011/11/11/how-to-create-custom-shortcuts-to-wifi-settings-airplane-mode-and-more-no-jailbreak-required/ http://www.idownloadblog.com/2011/11/11/how-to-create-custom...
uast23 15y ago
Oh, finally! I recently saw that android phones have shortcuts for important/frequently-used settings e.g. wifi, hotspot. at the top of notification screen, so you can just drag the screen down and quickly make the changes. In iPhone if you have to switch on or off your cellular data, you have to go through 3-4 screens. edit: ok, it has limited but important set of shortcuts which does not include cellular data
- drivebyacct2 15y ago
  Only some Android phones have that (it's part of the Touchwiz skin), or it is a feature available in CM7. I'm on an ICS rom right now and I miss the notification shade toggles. Fortunately we still have first rate widgets, so I can have the Power Control widget, or single option toggles as widgets on my homescreen.
  - nuclear_eclipse 15y ago
    Even without CM7 or Touchwiz, you can still already create shortcuts on your home screens to specific pages in the Android Settings application. When you long press on the home screen, select Shortcut from the Add list, and then Settings, and it will give you a nice long list of every screen in the Settings app to choose from. My personal favorite is a link to the Battery Use screen, which allows me to quickly see what apps may have drained my battery the most.
- deleted 15y ago
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jrnkntl 15y ago
Site is hammered as far as I can see, you can check what you're missing out on at http://www.idownloadblog.com/2011/11/21/check-out-these-beautiful-settings-panel-shortcuts/ http://www.idownloadblog.com/2011/11/21/check-out-these-beau...
- username3 15y ago
  http://quickprefs.com/ http://quickprefs.com/ is mentioned in the comments as a snappier alternative.
seaotter002 15y ago
It'd be great if the non-mobile site still had, at very least, the donate link. I've been wanting quick shortcuts to individual settings for a while, I'd love to donate a few bucks from the comfort of my desktop-logged in Paypal account.

43 points by sidwyn 15y ago

sidwyn 15y ago

Visit the site on your iOS device to install.

xutopia 15y ago

How is that any faster or better than what comes built in? I feel like I'm missing something.

sidwyn 15y ago
Sometimes I tap Settings and I forget what I was looking for while Settings was loading up. When I tap this from the home screen, I know it'll definitely load up what I want.

suhastech 15y ago

Doesn't work on the iPad ....4.3.3 Or am I doing it wrong?

davidcann 15y ago
Settings links were unofficially added in iOS 5.

mtw 15y ago

Cool idea, but I tried hotspot icon and it didn't work. Do more tests with different devices

sidwyn 15y ago
Hotspot works for me. Just tested

tomlin 15y ago

A QR code with the URL would be a perfect addition.

fasteddie31003 15y ago

How is he doing this? I've never seen anything like this before.

sidwyn 15y ago
He's basically using URI shortcuts, check this out: http://www.idownloadblog.com/2011/11/11/how-to-create-custom-shortcuts-to-wifi-settings-airplane-mode-and-more-no-jailbreak-required/ http://www.idownloadblog.com/2011/11/11/how-to-create-custom...

uast23 15y ago

Oh, finally! I recently saw that android phones have shortcuts for important/frequently-used settings e.g. wifi, hotspot. at the top of notification screen, so you can just drag the screen down and quickly make the changes. In iPhone if you have to switch on or off your cellular data, you have to go through 3-4 screens. edit: ok, it has limited but important set of shortcuts which does not include cellular data

drivebyacct2 15y ago
Only some Android phones have that (it's part of the Touchwiz skin), or it is a feature available in CM7. I'm on an ICS rom right now and I miss the notification shade toggles. Fortunately we still have first rate widgets, so I can have the Power Control widget, or single option toggles as widgets on my homescreen.
- nuclear_eclipse 15y ago
  Even without CM7 or Touchwiz, you can still already create shortcuts on your home screens to specific pages in the Android Settings application. When you long press on the home screen, select Shortcut from the Add list, and then Settings, and it will give you a nice long list of every screen in the Settings app to choose from. My personal favorite is a link to the Battery Use screen, which allows me to quickly see what apps may have drained my battery the most.
deleted 15y ago
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jrnkntl 15y ago

Site is hammered as far as I can see, you can check what you're missing out on at http://www.idownloadblog.com/2011/11/21/check-out-these-beautiful-settings-panel-shortcuts/ http://www.idownloadblog.com/2011/11/21/check-out-these-beau...

username3 15y ago
http://quickprefs.com/ http://quickprefs.com/ is mentioned in the comments as a snappier alternative.

seaotter002 15y ago

It'd be great if the non-mobile site still had, at very least, the donate link. I've been wanting quick shortcuts to individual settings for a while, I'd love to donate a few bucks from the comfort of my desktop-logged in Paypal account.