How to Enable OmniFocus Siri Reminders on iPhone 4

By Nick Prokesch on Apr 14, 2012

OmniFocus for iPhone is a great productivity tool. With Apple’s new iPhone OS came integration with Reminders and Siri. When enabled, OmniFocus will check the Reminders app for new tasks, add them to your Inbox, and remove them from your Reminders list. This holds true for Reminders created using Siri in addition to those entered manually.

However, for some reason, The Omni Group limited the powerful new iOS 5 integration to iPhone 4S users. The good news is if you’re an iPhone 4 user, you can enable Reminders and Siri integration with a little bit of preference file editing. This trick does not affect the OmniFocus app’s performance, stability or existing functionality. Here’s how to do it… Read More

 

How Apple can solve the multiple iMessage alert conundrum

By Jeff Benjamin on Apr 13, 2012

If you’ve taken advantage of iOS 5′s iCloud functionality, you understand how much potential is on tap. iCloud coerces all all of your iOS devices to stay in sync; at least that’s the theory.

While the potential is certainly there, iCloud still has a way to go before all of its issues are ironed out; though I definitely commend Apple for being gung-ho about its rollout.

One of the main issues that I’ve personally experienced — and no doubt countless others share similar sentiments — is with iMessage. More specifically, since iCloud can sync every iOS 5 device you own, all of your devices alert you when you receive a new iMessage.

Now I know; why not just disable alerts altogether for all but one device? Well, there’s a number of reasons why I would not want to do that. The main reason being is that you shouldn’t have to select one feature over another. iCloud is meant for convenience, and taking such a step would certainly be a leap backwards.

Instead, let’s examine a more proactive approach — utilizing the iPhone’s built in technology to solve the issue. That’s exactly what we tried to do. Introducing our solution to the multiple iMessage alert conundrum — Alert Priority. Read More

 

TinyUmbrella updated with ability to save your device’s BBTicket

By Cody Lee on Apr 10, 2012

Semaphore, also known as notcom, has just announced that he has pushed out an update for TinyUmbrella, bringing it to version 5.10.11.

The new software contains a feature that allows users to save their BBTickets from their iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and CDMA iPhone 4 for later use… Read More

 

FireCore releases iOS 5.1 jailbreak for Apple TV 2

By Cody Lee on Mar 30, 2012

Well that was fast. Not even 10 minutes after we published our post on the state of the iOS 5.1 Apple TV jailbreak, FireCore released a new version of its Seas0nPass utility that is compatible with the new software.

This means that folks with an Apple TV 2 can upgrade (if you haven’t already) to the latest ATV firmware, which features the new user interface, and still keep their ability to jailbreak… Read More

 

State of the Apple TV jailbreak [updated]

By Cody Lee on Mar 30, 2012

After going weeks without hearing any news regarding the jailbreak status of Apple’s latest gadgets, we are finally starting to get some information. Earlier this morning we gave you an update on the iOS 5.1 jailbreak, and now we have news on the Apple TV.

Infamous ATV hacker and Chronic Dev Team member Bile published a blog post yesterday explaining the current state of the ATV jailbreak. He notes that while things look good for ATV 2 owners, they don’t look so good for the new ATV 3… Read More

 

Use ‘ClipboardEdit’ to edit your clipboard from Notification Center

By Jeff Benjamin on Mar 29, 2012

Sometimes original ideas are hard to come by, whether you’re a jailbreak developer, or an App Store developer.

For that reason I see tons of duplicate apps and tweaks that essentially replicate what has already been available.

With that in mind, even if I don’t totally understand the purpose of a specific tweak, I still appreciate one that tries to do something different and original.

This is exactly how I feel about ClipboardEdit. It’s a tweak that’s certainly original, but I’m not exactly sure how I would use it, or why it would be even be needed… Read More

 

Camera Grabber for iOS 5 video walkthrough

By Jeff Benjamin on Mar 29, 2012

One of the biggest features of iOS 5.1 is the new Lock screen camera functionality. In fact, we dedicated a post and video exclusively to the new Lock screen camera.

The problem is this; if you’re one of the many that wishes to maintain an untethered jailbreak, you can’t enjoy the fruits of Apple’s labor. This is because the 5.1 update kills your untethered jailbreak.

That’s where Camera Grabber for iOS 5 comes into play. This is a jailbreak tweak that allows pre-5.1 devices to enjoy the same Lock screen camera functionality as iOS 5.1 users.

How does it work? Check inside for the answer… Read More

 

Roughly 80% of iOS users are running on iOS 5 or later

By Cody Lee on Mar 27, 2012

Indie developer David Smith recently published some interesting statistics to his personal blog regarding the adoption rate of iOS versions 5.0 and later. Apple released iOS 5 last October, and has since seeded two incremental updates.

Smith pulled the data from the user base of his popular iOS app, Audiobooks. The app sees about 100 thousand downloads on a weekly basis, so admittedly, its users provide a nice little test market. Now, on to the numbers… Read More

 

SwitcherLand: a free landscape App Switcher tweak for the iPhone

By Jeff Benjamin on Mar 27, 2012

Looking for a free way to invoke your App Switcher in landscape mode? If so, then check out this brand new jailbreak tweak entitled SwitcherLand.

Not only does it allow you to open the App Switcher in landscape mode, but it also allows you to lock your device orientation in landscape as well.

Take a look at our full video walkthrough inside… Read More

 

‘AppUpdateNotifier’ keeps you informed about App Store updates

By Jeff Benjamin on Mar 26, 2012

First there was CydiaBulletin, and then there was the dead on arrival Aptdate. These jailbreak tweaks were conceptualized and/or created to provide notifications whenever an app or tweak had a pending updated waiting in Cydia.

Due to traffic concerns, it’s unlikely that either of these tweaks will ever see the light of day. That’s unfortunate, but it’s the reality of the situation unless the developers can come up with a way that won’t put too much stress on the repo servers.

But what about the App Store? This sort of functionality would be useful for pending App Store updates as well, would it not? Thankfully, someone was listening.

Check out our video walkthrough of AppUpdateNotifier, a jailbreak tweak that provides banner notifications when updates are waiting in the App Store… Read More

 

CardSwitcher 2.0 now available on Cydia

By Jeff Benjamin on Mar 21, 2012

An exciting update to CardSwitcher has been issued on Cydia. If you remember our initial walkthough of the tweak, CardSwitcher is an alternative multitasking solution for iOS devices.

This latest update was totally rewritten for iOS 5, and includes live application views, updated swipe gestures, and a new grid mode aimed at iPad users.

Would you consider using the new and improved CardSwitcher? If so, you can find it on Cydia’s BigBoss repo for $1.99, but it’s a free update for existing customers.

 

What would Chuck Norris do? Ask Siri.

By Jeff Benjamin on Mar 19, 2012

Although the whole Chuck Norris Facts meme has ran its course, apparantly there is a jailbreak developer that doesn’t want to let it die.

Chuck Norris Facts for Chatbot is an AssistantExtensions plugin that will spout off Chuck Norris “facts” faster than Chuck Norris can roundhouse kick a saber-toothed tiger… Read More

 

Apple credits “2012 iOS Jailbreak Dream Team” for kernel exploit

By Cody Lee on Mar 12, 2012

For those of you wondering whether or not Apple keeps close tabs on the jailbreak community, well, you can stop wondering. The company directly refers to jailbreakers on its new iOS 5.1 security content page.

As most of you know, Apple patched the exploits used in both the Corona and Absinthe jailbreak tools in the software update. And apparently, it’s aware of exactly who is responsible for creating them… Read More

 

‘ActionSlider’ allows you to perform numerous actions from Notification Center

By Jeff Benjamin on Mar 6, 2012

ActionSlider is the premium version of WeeCloseApps, and it includes many more actions to execute directly from Notification Center.

With WeeCloseApps all you could do was close and kill running and backgrounded apps, but with ActionSlider you can do things like invoke Siri, take a screenshot, open the App Switcher, and many more… Read More

 

WeeCloseApps: Kill and close apps directly from Notification Center

By Jeff Benjamin on Mar 6, 2012

WeeCloseApps is a jailbreak widget that resides in Notification Center. Its purpose is built solely around closing and killing both running apps and backgrounded apps.

This tweak is basically the free version of another tweak called ‘ActionSlider’, which we will be covering for your shortly.

Once installed, a slider bar resides in Notification Center, and a slide to the left or to the right yields different actions depending on how you configure the tweak in the Settings app.

Have a look at our video demonstration of WeeCloseApps straight ahead… Read More

 

‘Notificator’ officially released on Cydia

By Jeff Benjamin on Mar 5, 2012

Notificator has finally hit the Cydia store for the price of $0.99. This is a jailbreak tweak that allows you to create custom banner notifications for various system events.

If you’ve been anticipating Notificator ever since reading our preview of the tweak, then head over to Cydia’s BigBoss repo where you can download it today.

Be sure to let us know what you think about it after giving it a try.

 

Siri gets a HAL 9000 theme

By Jeff Benjamin on Mar 3, 2012

“Good evening, Dave.”

Yes, the inevitable has finally happened, we’re just curious why it took so long.

Indeed, Siri has finally been laced with a classic HAL 9000 theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

It’s all possible thanks to a WinterBoard theme, and a handful of UISounds that replace the stock Siri sounds. Check out our how-to video inside… Read More

 

Readability for iOS now available

By Jake Smith on Mar 1, 2012

Popular service Readability has finally launched its app on the App Store. Readability is a great looking web app that allows you to save web items for reading more comfortably at a later time. The new Readability app is available for both iPhone and iPad.

The app makes any webpage look more uniform and clean looking. There’s the ability to make the text bigger, share items with your friends, and more… Read More

 

‘Currency Converter’ is one of the best looking Notification Center widgets

By Jeff Benjamin on Mar 1, 2012

When traveling abroad, there’s just some things that you should do that are just no brainers. One of them is knowing the exchange rate between your native currency, and the currency of the country you’re travelling to.

In the old days this used to take a little legwork, i.e. reading the newspaper, going to the post office, etc. With the smartphone boom, though, currency conversion is often right at your fingertips.

As is the case with this new jailbreak widget, entitled Currency Convertor. It’s a widget that conveniently sits in iOS 5′s Notification Center for easy access… Read More

 

‘Calendar Pro’ adds a configurable calendar to Notification Center

By Jeff Benjamin on Feb 28, 2012

Back in October we brought you a walkthrough of Calendar for Notification Center. Needless to say it was so barebones that I don’t even believe we made a post about it.

Now the same developer behind Calendar for Notification Center is back, this time with Calendar Pro.

How does Calendar Pro compare to its predecessor? Better yet, will it meet the needs of those who desire a calendar in iOS 5′s Notification Center? Read More

 
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