Disable double-height status bars with MonoBar

By , Jul 31, 2012

In the world of jailbreak tweaks, there are some that are really worth getting excited about. These would be tweaks like Dashboard X and Springtomize, that add significant functionality to iOS.

This, however, is not one of those tweaks. MonoBar is just a simple hack that disables the double-height status bar that appears when you’re recording a voice note, or in a phone call…

As you would expect with such a tweak, there are no settings to configure or icons to hide. Once you’ve installed MonoBar, it immediately takes effect, disabling double-height status bars as needed.

After testing it out several times, I can confirm that MonoBar works as advertised. Although I did find that it seems to disable the ability to tap the status bar to return to the call or recording, which is kind of a bummer.

You’re probably wondering why anyone would want something like this, but I don’t have the answer. I’m sure there are some folks out there that find double-height status bars annoying or ugly, that will find MonoBar useful.

If you’re interested in checking out the tweak, you can find it in the BigBoss repo, for free.

Thoughts?

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  • http://twitter.com/oneBurge Burge

    Got to love the devs that think of pointless none useful tweaks.. At least it’s free unlike others..

    • http://adam.hbang.ws/ Adam D

      ಠ_ಠ There are still people that like this tweak… I actually made this because of a request from a friend who hated the double height status bars.

      • http://twitter.com/oneBurge Burge

        I didn’t say people wouldn’t like it.. I just said pointless because it only gives a graphical UI , and the double hight bar is not really a problem is it

      • http://adam.hbang.ws/ Adam D

        That’s up to you to decide; install it if you don’t like the double height bars or don’t if you want to keep it as-is.

      • http://www.facebook.com/bangalisoundz AtikuЯ ‘skiTzo’ Яahmaи

        As a user, I would say its a good tweak – I have dashboard x installed and the status bar always squashes my widgets too close and now this won’t happen! Hopefully tap to return to call/recording will be added soon.

      • Kok Hean

        Do you take requests?

      • Ronald Weaver

        I like it thanks man!

  • http://twitter.com/ryanharris_ ryyyyyyyy☯

    what’s the theme?

    • 4p0c4lyps3

      The theme, Weak.

    • http://twitter.com/A2Vini A Vini

      ayecon

  • Kok Hean

    CoverMeNot and MonoBar :P

    • http://twitter.com/iNeedBass HC

      For some reason CoverMeNot doesn’t seem to work well with QuickNCDismiss. It would crash and respring. Anyone else?

  • http://twitter.com/iNeedBass HC

    This is a nice little tweak that would come in handy. I didn’t like the big bar as well and always wanted to change that. Thanks.

  • http://twitter.com/MattGregg97 Matt ッ

    Cody comes across as a huge douche in this article. A developer spent time making this tweak – don’t be so disparaging.

    • http://www.iDownloadBlog.com Sebastien

      I disagree. Cody was very professional in his approach. He just said what most people would think about this tweak: it’s almost useless. It doesn’t take away the hard work and dedication of this tweak’s developer.

  • Ronald Weaver

    Where’s Jeff? Just kidding!