Originally posted by germcevoy:Jailbroke. Cydia is messy
On the Sections page on the bottom tabs, hit Edit and you can choose what categories you want to see. The essential packages for me would be:
SBSettings (a little drop-down dashboard to turn off toggles easily) (also installs LibHide, Activator)
WinterBoard (themes) (also installs MobileSubstrate and PreferenceLoader)
iFile (access the file system) (also installs PinCrush amongst other things, paid package but can work as shareware / freeware)
NoBookmarks (doesn't pop up the Bookmarks page immediately in Safari)
NoLockScreen (hides the lockscreen intelligently if you respring or reboot)
NoSpot (hides Spotlight, the best thing on there)
OpenSSH (allows you to access the file system via SSH for installing apps and editing system files) (installs OpenSSL)
CrashReporter (for seeing what crashes in case of going into Safe Mode to diagnose)
Check Changes and see what needs to be updated - there's a good chance Cydia is in there somewhere.
Tweaks, Utilities (most utilities there aren't working with OS4) and Networking are about the best to keep up there, and the packages in blue text as opposed to regular black text are paid packages, so they can go from 99c up to $10. Not that there aren't ways to get those apps for free, but depends if you wanna support them too. I only ever bought iFile because I always used it and it was a discount price.