I usually get a new iPhone and iOS every year when they first come out, then wait for a jailbreak, but this year I'm too hooked, so I think I'll wait. In the meantime, I can still get some of the features of iOS 7 while still using iOS 6 jailbroken. The first iOS 7 tweaks were in Cydia within a few hours of the announcement, and after a few days there's now a lot to choose from, and more coming all the time. If you saw my iPhone 5 right now, you would think it was running the beta!
I decided to list here the tweaks I am using right now. There are some others which do the same thing, which I don't include. I am naming the authors because some of the tweaks have similar names in Cydia, and they deserve credit, anyway. Mind you that I haven't actually seen iOS 7 in person, so it's hard to judge how faithful some of these tweaks are to the original. And I'm not entirely sure which ones do what, since some overlap each other. Most of these require Winterboard or other tweaks, and some may cost a couple of bucks. Some of them are actually existing ones I was using even before this week.
iOS 7 Theme by pw5a29
This is pretty complete now and getting more so daily, and is already at version 3.3.3. [now 5.x] This might be enough for you. It's already replaced some of the other tweaks I first tried.
[Update: There are actually several iOS 7 themes, some of which are competing in pushing out new updates. You may prefer one or another, are you can even mix and match features of different ones in Winterboard. Here are some others you might try:
iOS 7 User Interface Theme by ViNiT at first concentrated on the app interfaces that pw5a29's theme lacked, but now they're both covering most of the same things.
iOS 7 theme complete by Bichko is coming along, although does not seem as complete as it claims to be. It has a cool animated iOS 7 wallpaper effect built in.
iOS 7 Theme by AR7 hasn't been updated since it's initial release.
There are also a number of themes which are limited to specific features, such as the status bar or lockscreen.]
iOS 7 Font by Fontme
It just doesn't look right without Helvetica Neue Ultra Light. Install with BytaFont. [Update: Now included with iOS 7 Theme.]
LiveClock by Ryan Petrich
An old tweak, that's now part of iOS. Shows the actual current time on the clock icon with moving hands.
[An updated "flat" version is now included with pw5a29's theme.]
FolderEnhancer by Lance Fetters lets you add more icons to folders, pages folders horizontally and allows nesting folders in folders, like iOS 7.
3DBoard by Apocolipse
DeepEnd by Ryan Petrich
Both of these are similar to the new parallax 3D wallpaper effect.
Update:
if you are going to use one of these, you might want to also use CopyDock by vmanot. The themed dock moves around with the wallpaper, so if you have 3D wallpaper, this tweak keeps the dock in place. Then you can leave the iOS 7 dock theme disabled in Winterboard.
LivePapers by Porkhoit Labs
vWallpaper 2 by skrew
I love these! Both of these let you animate your wallpaper. The default LivePapers wallpaper actually looks like the that comes with the iOS 7 beta. But you can't use the animation and 3D parallax effects at the same time, which apparently iOS 7 does.
BlurriedNCBackground by Philippe Lalancette-Caron
Replaces linen with a translucent notification center.
iOS 7 Calculator Theme by Feras Younis Qr
This one is a work in progress. Currently, the buttons are still in the old arrangement, and say things like "x^2" instead of using superscripts like "x[SUP]2[/SUP]", and the display has a white background instead of black.
[Update: pw5a29 and some of the other themes now include this.]
LockBar Settings by bushe
Like NCSettings, but pulls up from the bottom of the lock screen, like the new control center.
Move2Unlock by Kieth Scheiw
Let's you unlock by swiping anywhere on the lock screen.
Bulletin by Ma Jun
Let's you pull down notification center on the lock screen.
CardSwitcher by iKy1e
Similar to the new app switcher.
Auxo by A3Tweaks is another app switcher replacement which also has a settings menu that is modified by iOS Theme. You can use Activator to pull it up from the bottom of the screen, like iOS 7's control center.
Color Keyboard by Yoo Seung Kim
You have to install his for the new keyboard theme to work.
Yahoo! Weather
Currently an app store app, this is apparently going to be the new stock weather app. pw5a29's iOS 7 Theme uses the new icon for this app, so you can go ahead and replace it.
Update:
I forgot to mention Safari UniBar by Fr0zen Sun. This combines the address bar and search bar in Safari, just like iOS 7 and most modern browsers. Nice, although I can't seem to search in page with it, and the extra address bar buttons ([.] [/] [.com]) are missing, although there is now a space bar button.
There is also a tweak called SwipeBack by Ryan Petrich lets you navigate back through menus by swiping. I think that Apple should pay Ryan for sherlocking his tweaks!
ChargingBackgound by MPow fixes the problem of the lockscreen wallpaper disappearing while charging.
Click on the screenshot to see a GIF showing parallax and LiveClock.
Also note the new icons, including FaceTime, and on status bar, the new signal strength circles and battery charge symbol. The Apple carrier logo is because I'm on Apple's private cell network here in Silicon Valley. JK, it's a Zeppelin logo I added by editing the carrier bundle before the iOS 6 jailbreak was out; you don't need to know my carrier.
I decided to list here the tweaks I am using right now. There are some others which do the same thing, which I don't include. I am naming the authors because some of the tweaks have similar names in Cydia, and they deserve credit, anyway. Mind you that I haven't actually seen iOS 7 in person, so it's hard to judge how faithful some of these tweaks are to the original. And I'm not entirely sure which ones do what, since some overlap each other. Most of these require Winterboard or other tweaks, and some may cost a couple of bucks. Some of them are actually existing ones I was using even before this week.
iOS 7 Theme by pw5a29
This is pretty complete now and getting more so daily, and is already at version 3.3.3. [now 5.x] This might be enough for you. It's already replaced some of the other tweaks I first tried.
[Update: There are actually several iOS 7 themes, some of which are competing in pushing out new updates. You may prefer one or another, are you can even mix and match features of different ones in Winterboard. Here are some others you might try:
iOS 7 User Interface Theme by ViNiT at first concentrated on the app interfaces that pw5a29's theme lacked, but now they're both covering most of the same things.
iOS 7 theme complete by Bichko is coming along, although does not seem as complete as it claims to be. It has a cool animated iOS 7 wallpaper effect built in.
iOS 7 Theme by AR7 hasn't been updated since it's initial release.
There are also a number of themes which are limited to specific features, such as the status bar or lockscreen.]
iOS 7 Font by Fontme
It just doesn't look right without Helvetica Neue Ultra Light. Install with BytaFont. [Update: Now included with iOS 7 Theme.]
LiveClock by Ryan Petrich
An old tweak, that's now part of iOS. Shows the actual current time on the clock icon with moving hands.
[An updated "flat" version is now included with pw5a29's theme.]
FolderEnhancer by Lance Fetters lets you add more icons to folders, pages folders horizontally and allows nesting folders in folders, like iOS 7.
3DBoard by Apocolipse
DeepEnd by Ryan Petrich
Both of these are similar to the new parallax 3D wallpaper effect.
Update:
if you are going to use one of these, you might want to also use CopyDock by vmanot. The themed dock moves around with the wallpaper, so if you have 3D wallpaper, this tweak keeps the dock in place. Then you can leave the iOS 7 dock theme disabled in Winterboard.
LivePapers by Porkhoit Labs
vWallpaper 2 by skrew
I love these! Both of these let you animate your wallpaper. The default LivePapers wallpaper actually looks like the that comes with the iOS 7 beta. But you can't use the animation and 3D parallax effects at the same time, which apparently iOS 7 does.
BlurriedNCBackground by Philippe Lalancette-Caron
Replaces linen with a translucent notification center.
iOS 7 Calculator Theme by Feras Younis Qr
This one is a work in progress. Currently, the buttons are still in the old arrangement, and say things like "x^2" instead of using superscripts like "x[SUP]2[/SUP]", and the display has a white background instead of black.
[Update: pw5a29 and some of the other themes now include this.]
LockBar Settings by bushe
Like NCSettings, but pulls up from the bottom of the lock screen, like the new control center.
Move2Unlock by Kieth Scheiw
Let's you unlock by swiping anywhere on the lock screen.
Bulletin by Ma Jun
Let's you pull down notification center on the lock screen.
CardSwitcher by iKy1e
Similar to the new app switcher.
Auxo by A3Tweaks is another app switcher replacement which also has a settings menu that is modified by iOS Theme. You can use Activator to pull it up from the bottom of the screen, like iOS 7's control center.
Color Keyboard by Yoo Seung Kim
You have to install his for the new keyboard theme to work.
Yahoo! Weather
Currently an app store app, this is apparently going to be the new stock weather app. pw5a29's iOS 7 Theme uses the new icon for this app, so you can go ahead and replace it.
Update:
I forgot to mention Safari UniBar by Fr0zen Sun. This combines the address bar and search bar in Safari, just like iOS 7 and most modern browsers. Nice, although I can't seem to search in page with it, and the extra address bar buttons ([.] [/] [.com]) are missing, although there is now a space bar button.
There is also a tweak called SwipeBack by Ryan Petrich lets you navigate back through menus by swiping. I think that Apple should pay Ryan for sherlocking his tweaks!
ChargingBackgound by MPow fixes the problem of the lockscreen wallpaper disappearing while charging.
Click on the screenshot to see a GIF showing parallax and LiveClock.
Also note the new icons, including FaceTime, and on status bar, the new signal strength circles and battery charge symbol. The Apple carrier logo is because I'm on Apple's private cell network here in Silicon Valley. JK, it's a Zeppelin logo I added by editing the carrier bundle before the iOS 6 jailbreak was out; you don't need to know my carrier.
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