Notification Center

DashBored: A tweak to reduce your boredom with the iPhone’s Dashboard interface

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 30, 2019

Your iPhone’s Lock screen and Notification Center are each home to a specialized interface for displaying the date and time along with a list of information notifications – this interface is known as the Dashboard.

That said, if you’re feeling a bit bored with the stock look and feel of the Dashboard, then perhaps you should try a new free jailbreak tweak called DashBored (pun intended) by iOS developer Smokin1337. As shown in the screenshot examples above, this tweak lets you customize the Dashboard’s colors, font, notifications, text, and much more.

NCFancy replaces the ‘No Notifications’ text in iOS 10’s Notification Center with storage info

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 17, 2019

While most of the jailbreak community migrated to iOS 11 several months ago, those still rocking the iOS 10 jailbreak will be excited to learn of a new free jailbreak tweak in town called NCFancy by iOS developer Wh0ba.

NCFancy was explicitly designed for iOS 10 users, and as depicted in the screenshot example above, it replaces Notification Center’s useless ‘No Notifications’ text with something you might appreciate more – a pair of widgets that display your handset’s storage capacity usage.

StackXI brings iOS 12’s stacked notification system to jailbroken iOS 11 handsets

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated January 28, 2019

Apple’s iOS 12 update brought several changes to the company’s mobile operating system, but perhaps my favorite of those is the new grouped notification feature that keeps your Lock screen and Notification Center interfaces free of unwanted clutter.

While this feature was initially native to iOS 12, those sporting jailbroken iOS 11 devices can now enjoy a similar notification grouping feature with a new free jailbreak tweak called StackXI by iOS developer Ominousness.

How to disable the red dot indicator for unread Apple Watch notifications

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated March 13, 2024

watchOS puts a little red dot on your watch face to indicate you have unread Apple Watch notifications. Here's how to disable this notification icon.

How to make Apple Watch notifications private

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated October 17, 2022

Your Apple Watch notifications can be set to private if that's what you want. These notifications increase your privacy by preventing the full message from becoming visible unless you tap the notification. In this brief tutorial, we will show you how to enable this.

Finally! iOS 12 lets you clear all notifications with a tap and hold, no 3D Touch required

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 28, 2018

iOS 12 beta 11, which was seeded yesterday to Apple's registered developers and members of the Apple Developer Program, finally makes it so that owners of older iPhone models without 3D Touch are able to clear all notifications at once with a simple tap and hold.

How to access Notification Center and Control Center on Apple Watch

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated March 6, 2024

In this brief tutorial, we will show you how to access the notifications pane and the Control Center on your Apple Watch when you're not on the watch face but inside other apps.

See more incoming notification content at a glance with MoreLinesNotifications

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 3, 2018

Whenever you receive long text messages or emails, iOS automatically limits the amount of text that displays inside of your incoming notifications. In most cases, this means unlocking your device to read the entire message rather than reading it from the Lock screen notification preview.

A new free jailbreak tweak called MoreLinesNotifications by iOS developer CydiaGeek tries to solve this problem by maximizing the amount of text that each incoming notification displays.

PullToClear lets you clear pending notifications with a pull gesture

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 18, 2018

PullToClear is a new free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer CreatureSurvive that lets you quickly and effortlessly every unread notification from either Notification Center or the Lock screen.

Once installed, you can pull down from either interface to reveal the hidden “Pull To Clear” action, as shown above. Pulling down further reveals the “Release To Clear” action.

NotificationXI brings iOS 11-style notification banners to jailbroken iOS 10 devices

Anthony Bouchard ∙ December 23, 2017

Countless jailbreak tweaks can help make your iOS 10 device look and feel more like it’s running iOS 11, and now you can add a new free release called NotificationXI by iOS developer Squ1dd13 to that list.

From the screenshot examples above, you can discern how NotificationXI does away with the two-tone look of iOS 10's incoming notification banners. Instead, it carries over the headerless single-tone style you would expect to see in iOS 11.

This tweak lets you customize the Notification Center header text

Anthony Bouchard ∙ December 21, 2017

Anyone still rocking a jailbroken iOS 10 device regardless of the possibility of an iOS 11 jailbreak in the not-too-distant future will be happy to know that some developers continue to make jailbreak tweaks for iOS 10.

One of the latest releases is NotificationsHeaderCustomText by iOS developer CydiaGeek, and as the name implies, this tweak lets you customize Notification Center's header text string, as shown above.

How to unlock an iPhone X with Face ID after a failed attempt without leaving the Lock screen

Samuel Rentz ∙ Updated March 26, 2019

Face ID is Apple’s latest attempt to revolutionize mobile device authentication, and it is magical when it works as intended. However, if you have spent a significant amount of time with the iPhone X and Face ID, you are likely to be familiar with a few semi-frequent incidents of Face ID failures.