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  • Sun, 13 November 2011
    Tell Tii - How to Create Icons for Shortcuts for Specific Settings

    Hi Rob,

     

    I was reading a post about how you could create shortcuts using siri and contacts which is cool but it is limited and seems like in many cases it still takes more time than just clicking the program icons. Then I was thinking, wouldn't it be cool to just have an icon on your iphone/ipad homescreen that was a shortcut to various system settings, programs, contacts etc using the available url schemes. This is obviously a work around but is still faster than anything that I've seen.

     

    1. Go to the website ( tinyurl.com ) or similar service. Create links for all of the url scheme shortcuts that you want and copy the links down in your iphone/ipad notes program.

    Preference Shortcuts

    About — prefs:root=General&path=About
    Accessibility — prefs:root=General&path=ACCESSIBILITY
    Airplane Mode On — prefs:root=AIRPLANE_MODE
    Auto-Lock — prefs:root=General&path=AUTOLOCK
    Brightness — prefs:root=Brightness
    Bluetooth — prefs:root=General&path=Bluetooth
    Date & Time — prefs:root=General&path=DATE_AND_TIME
    FaceTime — prefs:root=FACETIME
    General — prefs:root=General
    Keyboard — prefs:root=General&path=Keyboard
    iCloud — prefs:root=CASTLE
    iCloud Storage & Backup — prefs:root=CASTLE&path=STORAGE_AND_BACKUP
    International — prefs:root=General&path=INTERNATIONAL
    Location Services — prefs:root=LOCATION_SERVICES
    Music — prefs:root=MUSIC
    Music  Equalizer — prefs:root=MUSIC&path=EQ
    Music Volume Limit — prefs:root=MUSIC&path=VolumeLimit
    Network — prefs:root=General&path=Network
    Nike + iPod — prefs:root=NIKE_PLUS_IPOD
    Notes — prefs:root=NOTES
    Notification — prefs:root=NOTIFICATIONS_ID
    Phone — prefs:root=Phone
    Photos — prefs:root=Photos
    Profile — prefs:root=General&path=ManagedConfigurationList
    Reset — prefs:root=General&path=Reset
    Safari — prefs:root=Safari
    Siri — prefs:root=General&path=Assistant
    Sounds — prefs:root=Sounds
    Software Update — prefs:root=General&path=SOFTWARE_UPDATE_LINK
    Store — prefs:root=STORE
    Twitter — prefs:root=TWITTER
    Usage — prefs:root=General&path=USAGE
    VPN — prefs:root=General&path=Network/VPN
    Wallpaper — prefs:root=Wallpaper
    Wi-Fi — prefs:root=WIFI

    (Short cut list via idownloadblog)

     

    2. On your iphone or ipad go into settings and turn off your wifi and cellular data. It's important to not have any connection to the internet.

     

    3. After you've turned off the data connections, open up the task manager and close out the safari app to remove it from memory, then open up safari. You'll have some alert boxes pop up, just close them, then paste in your tinyurl shortcut and press go. Close some more alert boxes and now your tinyurl link will be loaded into safari. You won't see anything on the screen, but it is loaded to the point where you can now click on the button where you can create an icon on the homescreen for the tinyurl link that you just loaded.

     

    4. After you complete the 3rd step a white icon will be on your home screen with whatever you named it. Do this same thing for all of your shortcuts before turning on the data connections.

     

    5. Turn your data connections on and start clicking on your icons. Safari will open up with the tinyurl which will transfer you to your shortcut.
     

    Regards,

    Dee Jay S

     

     

    Hi Dee Jay,

     

    Thanks for the tip.  I had also seen the tutorial / post on how to do this with the app IconProject over on iDownloadblog.com.  But this is a nice way to do it with out having to buy the IconProject App.  

     

    For those that are looking for prettier looking iCons - you might want to check out the App iConProject.  

     

    Regards,

    Rob W


    Category:vip_iOS -- posted at: 6:00pm EDT
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