With the release of a new iOS, comes the question, "When will the new jailbreak be available?". The iPhone Dev Team have always been on top of things in the past, but with each release of iOS, it has become tougher and tougher to get that elusive untethered jailbreak. The betas of iOS 6 have been jailbroken,...
If you're an iPhone user that is constantly experiencing battery drainage issues, you sure will enjoy this jailbreak tweak. Hacker @pod2g has pointed to a tweak by @xvolks called BattSaver. It claims to enhance the battery life of your jailbroken iPhone running iOS 5.0 or later. According to BattSaver's official website, the tweak will allow for double the current...
Modifying the iOS experience has become quite popular, with over a million iOS users jailbreaking their devices. One of the most popular apps in Cydia is a messaging app called "biteSMS". This can replace your default Messages app, adding much more functionality. The ability to "quick reply" to messages makes this a must have, for...
Famous iOS developer Ryan Petrich has released an all new jailbreak tweak called Monocle in Cydia store that allows users to enable full-screen mode for all stock iOS applications such as Notes, Maps, Settings etc (via modmyi). Once installed, the tweak allows users to toggle the full-screen mode on demand by invoking an Activator action from within an app. By default, Monocle...
Theming in iOS has been one of the most popular reasons people jailbreak their iDevices. Winterboard provides a great platform for changing all aspects of the iOS UI, but it can slow down your device's performance. A new app was recently launched in Cydia that allows you to add effects to your icons, similar to...
Cydia, the popular iOS jailbreak applications and tweaks store developed by Jay Freeman a.k.a @Saurik, hasn’t received much of a redesign since its inception and with Apple introducing the all new App Store in iOS 6, it might be a good time to ask Saurik for a Cydia makeover. A recent publication by AppAdvice does exactly that,...
Making our iOS experience more streamlined and more efficient is something a lot of us strive for. The "quick reply" method for replying to texts, messages, and tweets is a great way improve your iOS usage, as it lets you reply to your messages without leaving your current task. We recently saw Quick Reply for WhatsApp...
Some iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad users will keep their WiFi turned off until it's needed, either to save battery, avoid annoying pop ups letting you know when you're near a hot spot, or some other reason. Then when they do need WiFi on, they have to manually go into the Settings app and...
Since Google Chrome for iOS was released, more and more iDevice users have been letting Safari collect dust as they use the new browser. Although Chrome has quite a full feature set, it is missing some of the Cydia tweaks that you can get for Safari. iDB is reporting that there is a new tweak...
With the release of Google Chrome for iOS yesterday, comes another choice of browser for your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. Having an alternative browser to Mobile Safari is desired by many iOS users. Google Chrome for iOS Is a great alternative. Many use Chrome on there Macs, as an alternative to the desktop version...
We have seen a few iOS 6 features ported over to iOS 5, via some Cydia tweaks and themes, and today we have another. Scott Forstall introduced iOS 6 at WWDC 2012 and one of the many new features coming is the Twitter and Facebook widgets in the notification center. This is a quick...
Occasionally, there are times when you do not want your iPhone to shut down. If your iPhone is stolen or lost, you can track it down with find my iPhone, but not if the thief turns it off. This is also important if you have a tethered jailbreak. You definitely don't want your iPhone turning...
