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Yet another iOS customization tweak hits the Cydia store called SliderWidth. As the name suggests, this simple jailbreak tweak lets users set the width of 'Slide To Unlock' slider on their iPhone or iPad's lockscreen. However, in addition to allowing width adjustment, the tweak also packs the ability to add a custom text to the slider....

  If you are at all familiar with jailbreaking an iOS device, you know Mobile Substrate is required to run pretty much any tweak you can get in Cydia. It is a support framework that many developers use to make their tweaks work in iOS. Mobile Substrate has just been updated to version 0.9.3997. This...

An all new jailbreak tweak called Stride has recently hit the Cydia store which brings a brand new gesture-based unlocking method to iOS. The tweak lets you unlock your jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch using fully customizable gestures instead of the usual slide-to-unlock and passcode input.  The developer has also released a demo video that shows how...

  Being able to share to multiple networks at once is something that a lot of internet social savvy folks look for. There are many Twitter clients out there, but there are fewer that will post to other networks, as well. If you have a jailbroken iDevice, you can now update your status on multiple...

Way back in February of this year, we told you about  new tweak coming to Cydia, that would finally bring push notifications to Cydia, letting us know that updates are available. The developer, Ryan Petrich, has released a beta version of the tweak, under the name "Curiosa". The Harry Potter-esque name is different from the...

Famous jailbreak tweak MyWi, that allows users to create an iPhone WiFi hotspot or iPad WiFi hotspot in order to share their device's data connection with other smartphones or laptops with a single tap, has been updated to v5.5 which adds full support for iOS 5. According to the developers, MyWi v5.5 has been re-built from scratch to...

BiteSMS is one of the best alternatives to the stock Messages.app in iOS allowing its to users customize almost every aspect of text messaging experience. Just recently, the jailbreak-exclusive app has been updated to version 6.2, bringing tons of great new features and numerous bug fixes. BiteSMS is also offering a 40% discount during the month of...

Fellow Canadians over at Jailbreak Matrix came up with 100 reasons why you should jailbreak your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. It took their team of three a span of 56 days to make the following video showcasing some of the must have tweaks available from Cydia. Check it out below if you want to...

A new Cydia tweak called SwipeBack has just been released by famous iOS developer, Ryan Petrich. The tweak which is currently in beta, brings a gesture based alternative to the default "back" button on jailbroken iOS devices which lets users go back one step within an app using a single left-to-right swipe. To make SwipeBack work...

It's not too often that you see Saurik on Twitter, so when he is, you pay attention. Saurik is the creator of Cydia, the widely popular 3rd party installer for iOS. Saurik (Jay Freeman in the real world) has been one of the largest contributors to the jailbreak scene, creating this platform for many other...

iOS 5.1 brought iPhone and iPod Touch users a new camera button on the lock screen, that let you "grab" the lock screen and slide it away to automatically open the camera app. With jailbreaking options limited for iOS 5.1, many jailbreakers have not yet updated their devices, and haven't been able to use this...

I've been getting a lot of questions lately about how I'm screen recording my iPhone for my videos. I used to just mount my Canon 60D on a tripod and shoot the screen. This is generally how most do it. However, it can be tough keeping your iDevice not only in frame, but in focus....