Quick Tip: How to Prevent iPhone App Deletion? [jailbreak]

I was just listening to Today in iPhone podcast, which I highly recommend, and came across a listener question and answers to one I have been asked many times as well.

How to prevent iPhone app deletion or how to protect iPhone app from being deleted?

You might have a little one or let your iPhone be used by someone else only to find some apps have been deleted accidentally or intentionally. This sucks as most of the time you might also lose the data associated with the app as well.

If you have a jailbroken iPhone, this can be done by one of several ways through jailbreak apps that you can download via Cydia or Rock app.

• Lockdown – Go to Settings –> Lockdown app deletion. You won’t be able to delete apps even though they wiggle.
  



• Categories – Any app you put in a Category folder can’t be deleted from the Springboard. You have go to the Categories app to delete the app from the folder or your iPhone.
• SpringLocker – Lets you toggle to move your iPhone apps but doesn’t let you delete app as long as you have this turned on via Settings.
• Supreme Preferences – If you have Winterboard app installed, this app adds a lot of extra preference options including the one to prevent app deletion.
• Locktopus – iOS 4 compatible app available for $2 in Cydia store does pretty much what Lockdown did.

As you can see you can use any one of these jailbreak iPhone apps to prevent accidental app deletion by your kid or anyone playing around with your phone.

if you use Categories a lot, you already have protected your apps unknowingly.

Do you know of more ways to protect app deletion? Sound off in the comments.

Hat tip: to Today in iPhone listeners & Rob who shared this info in the podcast.