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How To: 5 Icon Dock On iPhone

November 26th, 2007 · 12 Comments · Apple, Applications, FAQ, iPhone, Mods

5 icon dock

Customize 1.18 no longer lets you choose how many icons you want in the dock. I personally like having the SMS.app in You will need to edit the file M68AP.plist. SSH to:

System/Library/Coreservices/Springboard.app and download M68AP.plist

Open M68AP.plist with a text editor and copy one or more of the items from the icon list section (3rd main section) to the BottomBar section (2nd section, should now have 5 or more items there). Then transfer the plist back over & reboot. I would not recommend anything over 5 icons but I have seen people do more.

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  • Daniel

    Very good mod… have been wanting to get 5 icons on bottombar. great job thanks

  • Laser

    I’ve been trying to get this same thing to work on my 1.1.3 iPod Touch, is there any method you know of that will work?
    The problem I keep getting is I cant edit the plist file, because it appears as jumbled text….

    it looks like this:

    bplist00ÓWbundles\capabilitiesYiconState Ù

    ]ringer-switch_editableUserDataYtelephonyYbluetoothZdeviceNameVcamera^volume-buttons[unifiedIPod]international ViPhone Ã’(YbuttonBarYiconListsÑZiconMatrix¡¤”$&Ñ !_displayIdentifier_com.apple.mobilephoneÑ #_com.apple.mobilemailÑ %_com.apple.mobilesafariÑ ‘_ com.apple.mobileipod-MediaPlayer¡)Ñ*¤+4=F¤,.02Ñ -_com.apple.MobileSMSÑ /_com.apple.mobilecalÑ 1_ com.apple.mobileslideshow-PhotosÑ 3_ com.apple.mobileslideshow-Camera¤579;Ñ 6_com.apple.youtubeÑ 8_com.apple.stocksÑ :^com.apple.MapsÑ @BDÑ ?_com.apple.mobiletimerÑ A_com.apple.calculatorÑ C_com.apple.mobilenotesÑ E_com.apple.Preferences¡GÑ H_com.apple.MobileStore

    any ideas?

  • NetMage

    You need to convert the binary plist to XML. On Mac, use the built-in plutil command line utility (from a Terminal session).

    On Windows, use the web service (see Google) or use my plutil.pl Perl program.

    BTW, you can’t edit the file to create a 5-icon dock on 1.1.3 or above.

  • lorne

    This didn’t work for me. I am using Pwnage 1.1.4. What am I missing? Here’s the .plist file:

    bundles

    capabilities

    bluetooth

    camera

    deviceName
    iPhone
    editableUserData

    international

    ringer-switch

    telephony

    unifiedIPod

    volume-buttons

    iconState

    buttonBar

    iconMatrix

    displayIdentifier
    com.apple.mobilephone

    displayIdentifier
    com.apple.mobilemail

    displayIdentifier
    com.apple.mobilesafari

    displayIdentifier
    com.apple.mobileipod-MediaPlayer

    displayIdentifier
    com.apple.MobileSMS

    iconLists

    iconMatrix

    displayIdentifier
    com.apple.mobilecal

    displayIdentifier
    com.apple.mobileslideshow-Photos

    displayIdentifier
    com.apple.mobileslideshow-Camera

    displayIdentifier
    com.apple.youtube

    displayIdentifier
    com.apple.stocks

    displayIdentifier
    com.apple.Maps

    displayIdentifier
    com.apple.weather

    displayIdentifier
    com.apple.mobiletimer

    displayIdentifier
    com.apple.calculator

    displayIdentifier
    com.apple.mobilenotes

    displayIdentifier
    com.apple.Preferences

    displayIdentifier
    com.apple.MobileStore

  • lorne

    oops that file didn’t work sorry, but still, I think I have it set up correctly. What am I missing?

  • lorne

    Another thought, does Customize override this SMB file? Is there away to turn it off if it is?

  • Limited Edition iPhone

    only way I know to get a 5 icon dock on 1.1.4 is with kate.app

  • lorne

    Yea the Kate.app screws up your phone. I used it and my touch screen didnt’ work past the home screen. Scared the piss outta me. So I am staying away from that from now one. I have the 1.1.4 phone. Pwnaged

    Any other ideas, why this method above doesn’t work? I really want 5 icons in my dock

  • Michael

    The best way to go is to use Kate/Caterpillar by RiPDev, this hack does not work on anything above 1.1.2

  • iphone 5 icons

    the same tuto here, great to have 5 favorites !

  • Arvin

    You need to dl windows plist editor google search it, notepad doesnt work with plist files!

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