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How to Add a 5th Column of Apps to Your iPhone's Home Screen in iOS 7

Jan 3, 2014 11:51 PM

Jan 6, 2014 05:06 PM

Smartphone screen displaying various app icons.

When I compare my iPhone 4S to my friend's iPhone 5, I notice that his elongated screen gives him an extra row of applications. Am I jealous? Yes, a little.

Unfortunately, we can't alter the physical form of our device, but we can tweak our icon layout to add more apps snugly together on our home screens using a mod from Cydia.

For this process, you will need a jailbroken iPhone 4S or above running iOS 7, so if you're not jailbroken yet, then check out our easy article detailing how to jailbreak your iOS 7 device for help.

Install Five-Column SpringBoard

Head on over to your pre-installed Cydia application, then search and download the free Five-Column SpringBoard tweak.

Five-Column SpringBoard version 1.1.2 by Yanik Magnan

Enable Tweak

After you installed it properly, go into your Settings application and scroll down until you see the Five-Column SpringBoard options. From here, you will enable the tweak and wait for your device to restart.

App settings menu on a mobile device with various applications listed.

Settings menu for Five-Column SB application with enable toggle and author information.

Squeeze Those Apps Together

You're now ready to squeeze in some extra apps on your home screen. The apps have an overlaying-look, so until the icon resizing tweak is patched over for iOS 7, you'll have to deal with this, but I actually like it.

Smartphone home screen displaying various app icons including social media, streaming, and banking applications.

How to Add a 5th Column of Apps to Your iPhone's Home Screen in iOS 7

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