Homer is a jailbreak tweak for iOS 7 that runs a custom command when the Home button is clicked, optionally preventing the default behavior of closing the app and returning to the home screen.
Warning • This is a specialized tweak that can make it hard to use your phone.
- Install Theos on your computer.
- Clone the repo locally.
- Run
make do, which builds the package and attempts to install on your iOS device (if you’ve set the device IP address first).
This tweak has been tested on a jailbroken iPhone 4 running iOS 7. It works alongside Activator and Speedy Homey.
On your iPhone, go to Settings ‣ Homer. Respring after making any changes.
When Prevent Default Action is on, the iPhone Home button does not background the current app and return to the SpringBoard. This is deliberate, so I used Activator to show the multitasking view upon completing some other gesture so I can go back home and switch to other apps when necessary.
I’ve been upgrading my smarthome setup lights and controls lately. The web UI still runs on an iPhone 4, and for this latest iteration, I wanted to take over all of iPhone’s buttons for my own needs. Specifically, I really wanted to get the physical Home button under my control, but any customization I could set up in Activator was understandably restricted. After discovering how to bypass this restriction and really start breaking the iOS experience, I kludged this little tweak together by reviewing similar tweaks that were compatible with iOS 7 (1, 2).