iOS is an operating system brimming with apps. It takes quite a lot of time (not to mention money) to get your favorite apps downloaded and installed on your iDevice. So it’s always annoying and sometimes even damaging, when a person deletes your apps intentionally or unintentionally. In addition to the app, you might also lose the data stored in the app. To avoid this situation, here’s a solution for users with jailbroken devices – it’s a Cydia tweak called IconLock.
Head over to the Cydia store and search for IconLock, you will find the tweak there. After that, go to your device’s settings menu and in the Extensions tab look for the recently installed tweak. Enable it and every time someone tries to enter the SpringBoard’s edit / Jiggle Mode, a warning will be flashed but no preventive measures will be taken. For greater protection , you can apply a password of your choice in the same settings menu and can even customize the warning message.
If password is applied, then long-pressing on an app’s icon will bring up the password input field, and if the wrong password is entered, the warning message will be displayed without the SpringBoard entering Jiggle Mode.
OK, this method is far from perfect as the attacker can simply delete the tweak from Cydia and proceed with his evil plans, but it does provide you with some level of security for your apps and files stored on your iOS device, which is admittedly better than no security at all.
