Note that this hint requires connecting your iPhone to a Windows machine, either directly or through a virtualization application such as Fusion or Parallels.
This could be done lots of ways, but I'll describe a couple. Keep in mind this is an iPhone hint more than a Mac hint, so unfortuanely it requires some Windos-only software. Unfortunately, I've found no comparable Mac version -- if anyone knows of one, please let us know in the comments below! This could be done without this software, but it would then require jailbreaking. Download and install the trial version of iBackupBot onto a Windows machine before continuing onto the hint.
- Enable Restrictions on your iPhone (skip this step if you already have this enabled). Go into your iPhone's Settings and select Restrictions from the General section. You'll be prompted to set a passcode. Toggle the Safari restriction to Off -- this is only temporary. Notice that even though you've enabled restrictions, your iPhone isn't crippled in any way since each restriction must be set individually.
- Connect your iPhone to the Windows machine and run iTunes. Your iPhone may or may not sync depending on whether it's your main library or not. Make a backup of your iPhone by Control-clicking your iPhone's entry in the source menu and selecting Back Up. Once complete, quit iTunes and launch iBackupBot.
- Once iBackupBot launches and detects your iPhone backups, you'll see them listed on the left panel. Select the most recent one (it should be the one iTunes just created). Upon selecting the backup, the right panel will populate with all of the files contained in the backup. Locate and double click the following file to open it in iBackupBot's built in editor: Library » Preferences » com.apple.springboard.plist.
- Look through the open file and locate the following section. (If you were already using Restrictions to disable other apps, this may look slighly different):
<key>SBParentalControlsApplications</key> <array> <string>com.apple.mobilesafari</string> </array>
- At this point, simply replace the line...
<string>com.apple.mobilesafari</string>
...with the following line....<string>com.apple.stocks</string>
- Again, look through the open file and locate the following section, which is the home screen layout (these should be in groups of four):
<key>iconState2</key>
Continue to look through the section and find your Stocks application:<string>com.apple.stocks</string>
Replace the line above with the following:<string>com.apple.mobilesafari</string>
- Save and close the document.
- Select the following from the main menu: File » Restore, and select 'Restore only modified file(s)' and press OK. Wait few minutes until the restore completes.

