Curiosa: receive notifications for new updates in Cydia

by Jeff Benjamin on Apr 8, 2012

Wouldn’t it be nice to have notifications whenever new Cydia updates are released? It’s already been done once with Aptdate, but that’s now been one-upped courtesy of Ryan Petrich’s latest creation entitled Curiosa.

Like Aptdate, Curiosa provides you with banner notifications for new Cydia updates, but this tweak includes quite a few additional options as you’ll notice from our video walkthrough… Read More

 

Play a prank on your friends with ‘UpsideDown’

by Jeff Benjamin on Apr 3, 2012

Not only is Ryan Petrich a top tier iPhone developer, but he’s got a sense of humor as well.

His latest tweak, entitled UpsideDown, is proof of that. Just as its name states, UpsideDown will make most of the apps on the iPhone orient themselves upside down, making for a great prank idea for your friends and family… Read More

 

‘SwipeBack’ allows you to navigate back with a swipe

by Jeff Benjamin on Apr 1, 2012

SwipeBack is a brand new jailbreak tweak from Ryan Petrich that allows you to navigate back within apps using a simple swipe from left to right.

Although the tweak isn’t available on any public repos, and is still relegated to beta status, I can confirm that it works quite well.

Check inside for the download details, and a brief video demonstration of SwipeBack in action… Read More

 

How to enable fast Notification Center background blurring

by Jeff Benjamin on Feb 27, 2012

Looking for an instantaneous method for blurring the background after invoking Notification Center?

If so, then perhaps Ryan Petrich’s longwinded FastBlurredNotificationCenter will suit your needs.

This is a free jailbreak tweak available on Petrich’s beta repo, which causes an instant blur effect for Notification Center.

Inside we have a brief video of it in action, along with the link you need to score a free copy for yourself… Read More

 

Ryan Petrich teases us with CydiaBulletin for iPad

by Sebastien on Feb 24, 2012

Wouldn’t that be great if you could be notified of jailbreak tweaks updates without having to launch Cydia and waiting forever for it to refresh sources and reload data? Your dream might soon come to reality with CydiaBulletin, an upcoming tweak by Ryan Petrich that we already previewed last month.

Petrich teases us once again today with a screenshot of CydiaBulletin for iPad… Read More

 

How to add rich text capability to your Notes app now

by Jeff Benjamin on Feb 21, 2012

With the rumors and leaks lending strong indications that we’ll see some sort of rich text functionality for Notes in iOS 5.1, developer Ryan Petrich decided he doesn’t like waiting.

As a result, Rich Text For Mail — a tweak dedicated to adding rich text support to Email — has been updated to support Notes as well.

The good news is that you no longer have to wait for iOS 5.1 to receive a feature that may or may not be included with the final build… Read More

 

ContactPrivacy: a New Jailbreak Tweak That Warns You When Apps Try to Access Your Contacts Data

by Sebastien on Feb 8, 2012

Following yesterday’s Path debacle about how the app uploads your entire address book to its servers without your knowledge, jailbreak developer Ryan Petrich decided to do what Apple should have done in the first place: having a notification for when apps try to access your contacts data.

The jailbreak tweak is conveniently called ContactPrivacy and is a free download from Cydia. After installing ContactPrivacy on your iPhone, you won’t find any new icon or settings to tweak… Read More

 

My Top 10 Jailbreak Tweaks

by Sebastien on Jan 28, 2012

I consider myself a strong advocate of the jailbreak cause. Ever since ziPhone – the first jailbreak ever released – came out, all my iDevices have been jailbroken and even unlocked when possible.

I love jailbreaking for two reasons. First, I jailbreak because I can. If there is a way to do things not the way they were intended to be, then count me in. Second, and more importantly, I jailbreak because it gives me access to a plethora of features that Apple hasn’t implemented yet, or will never implement for some reasons.

For the past three months, I’ve used a stock iPhone 4S. Obviously that was not my choice. There just wasn’t a jailbreak until Absinthe came out last week. But things are back to normal now.

Every time I jailbreak a new device for the first time, I try to reconsider what I really use, and what I really need. I also try to take into account a few things, like stability. If certain apps gave me headaches in the past, I’ll just make sure not to install them again (goodbye WinterBoard). It’s the perfect occasion to start on a clean slate.

This being said, I’d like to share with you all the jailbreak tweaks that are currently installed on my iPhone 4S… Read More

 

Belfry Lets You Install Stock iPhone Apps on Your iPad

by Zech TesfaYohannes on Jan 25, 2012

Back when the iPad launched in 2010, many people complained that it didn’t have any of the native apps found on the iPhone and iPod touch. However, a new jailbreak tweak by Ryan Petrich called Belfry is about to change that.

Belfry is a simple tweak that will install 6 stock apps on your iPad: Clock, Calculator, Compass, Voice Memos, Stocks, and Weather… Read More

 

CydiaBulletin: Receive Notifications When Cydia Apps Are Updated

by Jeff Benjamin on Jan 16, 2012

Wouldn’t it be super swell if you could receive a notification directly in Notification Center when your favoirite jailbreak app or tweak received an update?

Apparently jailbreak developer Ryan Petrich thinks so too. Hence, he has started working on a Notification Center tweak aptly entitled (tentatively at least) CydiaBulletin.

Thankfully, it looks like the days of furiously refreshing Cydia are numbered… Read More

 
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