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VoiceActivator Is Going to Change the Way You Talk to Your iPhone

Jeff Benjamin ∙ February 4, 2011

Voice Control has always been something of anomaly to me. In fact, I'm always a bit startled when I see it pop up on my iPhone after accidentally holding the home button one second too long.

It's almost as if I've forgotten that the functionality even exists, although I know its tucked away in my iPhone somewhere. The point is, Voice Control just isn't useful in its current state. I can't recall one instance where I've actually used it outside of showing off the capabilities.

Fortunately for us, that's what jailbreaking is for -- turning mundane functions into something useful. VoiceActivator is the epitome of usefulness, transforming Voice Control into a hot commodity...

Preview: A New Jailbreak Tweak Called VoiceActivator

Alex Heath ∙ January 29, 2011

The iPhone has had "Voice Control" for quite awhile. And although many verbal commands are supported, the iPhone's Voice Control still lacks the potential it could have.

You can already use Voice Control to make a call and play a song, but it's a shame you can't have more varied types of commands. Wouldn't it be nice if you could use the iPhone's native verbal recognition to look up a webpage or launch an app?

A new jailbreak tweak, by popular developer chpwn, will soon be released in Cydia. Its aim is to provide more customizability and functionality to the iPhone's Voice Control...

Tutorial: How to Install the New Cydia for iOS 4.2

Alex Heath ∙ December 4, 2010

Cydia was recently updated to support Apple's updated API's in iOS 4.2. This particular Cydia update was quite the major overhaul, and there is no option available (yet) within Cydia to update to the newest version automatically.

Besides iOS 4.2 support, there are several long-awaited improvements in this version of Cydia.

The most noticeable improvement in this update is a huge performance boost throughout the whole application. Everything is faster. Once Cydia does the initial restructuring and downloading after you first install the update, you should notice an immediate boost in speed as you navigate the app. That means less of the dreaded loading wheel and more of actually accomplishing what you want to do...

No Page Dots Caters to the Undercover Minimalist in You

Jeff Benjamin ∙ November 26, 2010

Let's be honest, how many of you actually rely on the little dots above your iPhone's dock to gather your whereabouts while swiping between pages?

If you're like me and happen to find yourself rarely relying on those dots, all the while preferring a more minimalistic look to your iPhone, then chpwn's latest tweak, aptly entitled No Page Dots, is for you.

No Badges Removes Your iPhone Apps Badges

Sébastien Page ∙ November 15, 2010

Do you hate badges so much that you wish they were gone forever? That sounds a little extreme, but if that's what you're into, then there is now a new mod on Cydia that will do exactly what you're looking for.

In the same way No Folder Badges removed badges from your iPhone folders, No Badges, a new jailbreak tweak by Chpwn will remove the badges from your homescreen apps. That's all the app does and from what I can tell it does it well...

Cydia Ready to Go for iOS 4.2

Sébastien Page ∙ November 11, 2010

Last week we gave you a quick preview of a page on the new Cydia. At the time, Chpwn, who's working with Saurik to update Cydia, said that this was all he had done so far. That wasn't much and to be honest, it was kinda disappointing.

The good folks at Redmond Pie found out on Twitter that Cydia might now be ready for iOS 4.2. According to a tweet from Chpwn, Cydia for iOS 4.2 is "in ready position"...

A Quick Look at the New Cydia

Sébastien Page ∙ November 5, 2010

When Cydia acquired Rock a couple months ago, Saurik acknowledged that Cydia was in great need of a facelift, and said that Chpwn was actually working on it to make it look better. Things aren't going as fast as we'd want them to, but there is still some progress made by Chpwn.

MuscleNerd tweeted this screenshot of the new Cydia earlier. That was pretty exciting until I saw this tweet from Chpwn who basically said it was all they had done on the new Cydia for the time being...

PwnageTool iPhone Jailbreak for Windows Coming Soon?

Sébastien Page ∙ November 1, 2010

According to a tweet from MuscleNerd, iPhone jailbreak developer Chpwn will soon start working on a Windows version of the PwnageTool jailbreak. To date, PwnageTool is a Mac only jailbreak that allows you to update your iPhone to a jailbroken firmware while preserving the baseband so you can unlock your iPhone.

The news about PwnageTool for Windows came from an argument between MuscleNerd and iH8Sn0w on Twitter. I've never been a huge fan of iH8Sn0w and his Sn0wBreeze tool, and it seems that the Dev Team isn't either...

GreenPois0n iPhone Jailbreak to Be Released on Sunday

Sébastien Page ∙ October 7, 2010

After weeks of expectation, we can finally tell you for sure when the GreenPois0n jailbreak for iPhone will be released. According to P0sixninja, the new jailbreak tool will be released on Sunday, October 10 at 10.10 am GMT.

This is some good news for those of you who've been on 4.1 for a while. At this time, there is no indication if GreenPois0n will be the actual name of the tool. There is also no indication whether or not it will be tethered and for what device and iOS version it will work...

Enable Private Browsing on Your iPhone with Covert

Sébastien Page ∙ September 20, 2010

Covert is a new jailbreak application by Chpwn that lets you enable private browsing on Safari. Let's imagine you want to browse those favorite dirty sites of yours but you don't want your girlfriend to snoop in your browser history and realize you've been watching 2 girls and a cup for the 50th time, then Covert is for you.

I certainly hope that's not what you will use Covert for, but at least you get my point. This being said, this is how to use Covert...

Rock Your Phone is Dead. Long Live Cydia!

Sébastien Page ∙ September 12, 2010

The news fell a couple days ago that Rock Your Phone had been acquired by Cydia. This is without a doubt the biggest business move ever made in the jailbreak community, and it is a clear sign of the potential of "underground apps".

I've never been a huge fan of Rock even though it had some really neat features. We'll all remember how fast it loaded as well as its backup feature, among others. Is this going to come to Cydia now that Rock is dead?

Gridlock Lets You Arrange Your iPhone Apps Icons Any Way You Want

Sébastien Page ∙ September 5, 2010

Ever feel frustrated that you can't arrange your iPhone apps icons the way you want on your springboard? Then relax because we've got the solution for you. It's called Gridlock.

Gridlock is a new jailbreak application by developers Chpwn and P0sixNinja that lets you rearrange your icons any way you want them to be, simply by dragging and dropping them.