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The folks at Tawkon had developed an app that determines SAR levels from phones, and had been in discussions with Apple executives about the app, only to have it denied by Steve Jobs. The response was short, typical of a "Steve-mail": No interest. Sent from my iPhone Hey, when the CEO of Apple tells you...

The creator of Cydia, Jay Freeman aka 'Saurik', announced on twitter a couple days ago Cydia now has improved launch times. His tweaking over three months has resulted in slightly faster response times, as seen in the following graphs: Saurik accomplished this via the following: Just switched Cydia's www over to the new "CDN->ELB" stack...

Let's be honest: iOS notification are long overdue for improvement. Currently I use Boxcar, one of the best ways to keep track of my email and twitter notifications. Now, there's a hot tweak called MobileNotifier (beta 3 release) via Cydia that makes notifications unobtrusive and allows you to keep using existing apps. An elegant bar...

We've talked about how to enable Emoji (from the Japanese iOS keyboard) on your iPhone via free apps in the App Store. Currently, just by searching the term "emoji" in the App Store produces many solutions to satify your Emoji needs. But what about getting universal emoticons on your iPhone? Emoji can only be seen...

Have you encountered that message above? There is a problem with the configuration of your iPhone. Please restore with iTunes and reinstall iBooks. Are you looking for a fix for iBooks after jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 via Greenpois0n? A solution is now available in Cydia that will solve the problem of iBooks refusing to open content...

Update 3: How to Unblock Access on 3's 3G Network, via Blogsdna: Call 333 from your phone on Three’s network and ask them to turn off your adult content filter. Update 2: via @spookylurker: @DinoD7: I can confirm that Cydia has not been blocked in the UK as of yet on Edge & 3G Networks...

This week, MyWi, the popular app available in Cydia that allows users to turn their 3G-capable iDevice into a mobile hotspot for Internet tethering, was updated to include a new feature called “On Demand” and a completely new user interface. The On Demand feature allows 3G-capable iPhones and iPads to “understand” when the mobile hotspot...

Update 1: There is some controversy over Theme It; a clash with Cydia founder "Saurik", as reported by TNW: Note to all iDevice Jailbreakers and people interested in Theme it: Well as it was to be expected Saurik/Jay Freeman (maker of Cydia) doesn't seem to appreciate our venue in "his" community. He wrote me an...

One of the benefits of jailbreaking your iPhone is the ability to customize the look and feel of your phone. Cydia is full of thousands of themes and skins allowing for endless combinations of wallpapers and icon changes. New From Cydia: Theme Center Saurik aka Jay Freeman, the creator of Cydia has just introduced a...

Users of jailbroken iOS devices would have noticed this week that Cydia, the App Store equivalent for jailbroken apps, has been updated with a new Manage Account feature that allows users to conveniently view purchased packages from the Cydia store. The Manage Account feature can be accessed from Cydia’s main screen under “Manage Account” and...

In this article, we're taking a look at a new tweak that was recently released in Cydia. This tweak, called "Move Lockscreen to Unlock", does just what it says. Rather than just moving your slider to unlock the device, you can move the entire lockscreen. You can still have the unlock slider active, or you...

If you have jailbroken your iPhone, then you've used the Cydia App Store. Jay "saurik" Freeman, the creator of Cydia recently gave a preview of an upcoming new store--Cydia for Mac. Yes, you read that correctly. With over 10 million iOS devices have used Cydia and there are over 30,000 packages available. What is the...