Example of how to read your home screen app layout data using Python.

  # Fix for subfolders in icon_state for iOS >= 4
  # line 48 : libimobiledevice\cython\sbservices.pxi
  # err = sbservices_get_icon_state(self._c_client, &c_node, "2")

  # export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
  import imobiledevice
   
  idevice = imobiledevice.iDevice()
  ld = imobiledevice.LockdownClient(idevice,"sb")
  sbport = ld.start_service(imobiledevice.SpringboardServicesClient) 
  sbc = imobiledevice.SpringboardServicesClient(idevice, sbport)
  icon_state = sbc.icon_state

  # set icon_state from xml using ipython
  # download binary plist from http://iconstate.herokuapp.com/ with sbservice checked
  # convert to xml using plutil.pl from http://scw.us/iPhone/plutil/
  # new_xml = !cat IconState.text.plist
  # new_icon_state = plist.from_xml(new_xml.s)
  # sbc.icon_state = new_icon_state