I took an initial look at Front Contacts a couple of weeks back.  It’s an interesting app that lets you do several things involving the Phone app right on your lock screen – such as: Make a call See your Recent Calls Search for a contact Pull up the Phone keypad to dial a number […]
" />

Second Look: Front Contacts – Make Calls & See Recent Calls from the iPhone Lock Screen (jailbreak only)

Mar 8th 2010 by

Front Contacts

I took an initial look at Front Contacts a couple of weeks back.  It’s an interesting app that lets you do several things involving the Phone app right on your lock screen – such as:

  • Make a call
  • See your Recent Calls
  • Search for a contact
  • Pull up the Phone keypad to dial a number

When I first gave it a go it ended causing me some springboard crashes and instability, and I uninstalled it.  The app’s developer was kind enough to let me know when it was updated and fixed, about four days ago – so I’ve been trying out the new version

I’m happy to say the new version has been stable and good.  It hasn’t caused a single crash or issue for me so far after four days.

If you’re heavy user of the phone portion of your iPhone, and you’re jailbroken, this may be a very attractive app for you – as it’s pretty cool to be able to interact with your Recent Calls list and your Phone Favorites right from the lock screen.  Check out my first post on the app for more details and sceenshots of it:

http://bit.ly/aI8A9S

You can grab Front Contacts in the Cydia app store, where it’s priced at $3.99.

Continue reading:

TAGS: ,