Next is to understand why some things are not working *for you* that are listed on the “working” list. Many apps require root access and use a trick that involves the dirname command. This command was not present in some older packages in Saurik’s older repository. Saurik set up a newer version of his repository for 3.0 (which will merge back in to the trunk soon). The point is, many of you may have his older repository instead due to one of these reasons:

1) You used an early Icy without its essential updates that do not fix saurik’s repo.
2) You used apt backup to restore your packages and it restored the old repository.
3) You did not accept some essential updates.
4) Some other thing that I am not aware of. But the cause is most likely failing dirname command.

You can check if you have this issue in Cydia: Load Cydia, wait for it to do its thing then go to manage, sources, then look for Telesphoreo in the list. If you see this line of text *exactly*, you have the new repository “Distribution of Unix Software for iPhoneOS 3″ (this is good!) If you see this line: “Distribution of Unix Software for iPhoneOS” (this is bad) you have the *old* repository.

One more thing. If you install something and get an immediate spinning wheel of death, reboot. Some times mobilesubstrate’s install causes this and after a reboot it will be fine.

On to the app list:

Not working (* means not confirmed by me):
BossTool
Clippy
5 row springboard
*5 col springboard (some say this works, others not)
FontSwap
Homework Planner
iBirthdays
*iKeyEx and addons.
Quickgold – being worked on as an integration into spotlight.
Lockdown – being worked on
LogoMe – dev team is too busy
*Mobile Finder
MySMS
Notifier – status bar messages dont go away
*PwnPlayer
SBSettings AutoLock
SBSettings Close Button
*SBSettings User Agent Faker
SBSettings Volume MC Widget
*Scrobbled
*Scrobbler
Swirly MMS
textreader
*Videorecorder 3
Winterboard – Works except keyboard theming does not work.

Recently updated and working:
AptBackup – Updated to avoid overwriting saurik’s repository, but not tested by me.
Backgrounder – Now has a special version for 3.0.
BiteSMS 4.0 or newer
BossPrefs v3.0.1 or newer
ClearCam 1.1.2
iBlacklist 3.0-1 or newer. (I had a packaging error in 3.0)
Insomnia 3.0.2
iRealsms – Working
irealquicksms
MobileDTA 3.1
Mobile Substrate – This is foundation for many apps like SBSettings & Winterboard. Recent bug was causing iTunes store to not load.
NibbleSMS – updated and working now.
Safari Tab Closer v1.2
SBSettings iPod Widget 1.2-1
ScreenSplitr

Working (not complete):
Everything should work, so if it’s not on this above lists, it should have been working all along.