Get the Most Out of iOS 5’s Notification Center, from Beginner to Jailbreaker

The Notification Center feature on iPhone’s is a powerful tool to keep track of everything happening in your life, but it’s not transparent how to use it to its full extent. We’ll guide you through the basics of getting started with Notification Center and show you how to make it more useful with a few tweaks.

Notification Center is the central hub where your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch keeps you updated on all your app notifications and it’s accessed by sliding down on your screen. The key to getting the most use out of it is limiting which apps have access and what type of notifications you get from them. For instance, if you’re constantly checking Facebook, don’t bother setting a notification for it. Use it for the apps you need to remind you of things, say, Dataman to track your cellular data usage or a to-do list, add them to Notification Center. Don’t waste space on anything you don’t need.

Let’s start by going over the basics of setting up and choosing the right apps before moving on to how you can supercharge the experience on both a jailbroken and non-jailbroken device.

Set Up App Specific Notifications and Alerts

The first step is

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