‘WeeRoll’ makes its way to the Cydia store

by Jeff Benjamin on Feb 21, 2012

WeeRoll, the Notification Center animation tweak that we covered last week, has been released on the Cydia Store.

WeeRoll adds over a dozen Animations to Notification Center, it’s like a juiced up version of a similar tweak called Flowtation, and gleans inspiration from Barrel.

It can now be downloaded for $0.99 on the ModMyi repo, and works with jailbroken iOS 5 devices. Let us know if you decide to give it a spin.

 

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

 

PushTone: Change push notification alerts sounds on a per-app basis

by Jeff Benjamin on Feb 21, 2012

PushTone is a jailbreak tweak that allows you to customize audible push notifications on an app to app basis.

That means that you can change something like the standard Tweetbot notification into a duck quack, or any of the other alerts and ringtones available in the ringtone library.

If you’ve been looking for a convenient method for customizing your alerts down to the app level, then look no further than PushTone… Read More

 

Ask Jeff Season 02: Episode 01 – Finding the Secret

by Jeff Benjamin on Feb 21, 2012

Do you have a jailbreak related question that you’ve just been dying to find an answer to? Do you want to discuss all things Apple with the folks at iDB? If so, then be sure to tune into the latest episode of Ask Jeff.

In the first episode of the year, Jeff tackles questions regarding the rumored Apple Television, the iPhone 2G, the best jailbreak tweak for the iPhone, Cydia errors on refreshing, and much, much, much more… Read More

 

‘iUnlock’ adds custom unlock animations and sound effects to your iDevice

by Jeff Benjamin on Feb 20, 2012

If the first thing you though was: “Hey, that looks like UnlockFX,” then you’re not alone, I thought the same thing too.

But after a little bit of testing, I’ve confirmed that there just may be enough differences between UnlockFX and iUnlock to warrant a look.

While its animations aren’t as original and inspired as that of UnlockFX, iUnlock does feature a few more bells and whistles to make it worthy of your consideration… Read More

 

MyAssistant updated with new features, assorted bug fixes

by Cody on Feb 20, 2012

Earlier this month, MyAssistant (aka MySiri) made its way into the Cydia Store. The jailbreak tweak adds a host of new options to your digital assistant, including controls for Settings toggles and Activator events.

Today, co-creator Andrea Oliva announced that MyAssistant 1.1 is now available for download, bringing a number of new features and bug fixes to the tweak. Keep reading for the full change log… Read More

 

‘Graviboard’ updated with iOS 5 support

by Jeff Benjamin on Feb 20, 2012

Graviboard is one of the most famous jailbreak tweaks of all time, so I was shocked that we had never covered it on video before.

Today, the legendary tweak was updated with iOS 5 support. What better way to celebrate than to give it a thorough video walkthrough? Read More

 

The top 10 Siri jailbreak tweaks

by Jeff Benjamin on Feb 20, 2012

Now the the iPhone 4S untethered jailbreak has had some time to marinate, there’s a nice helping of jailbreak tweaks available that are designed specifically with Siri in mind.

In fact, there are now enough that we can create a legitimate top 10 list covering some of the best Siri jailbreak tweaks to date.

If you have a jailbroken iPhone 4S (or an older device running Spire) then you don’t want to miss this… Read More

 

Top jailbreak videos of the week

by Jeff Benjamin on Feb 20, 2012

Last week featured a variety of video goodness for your enjoyment. We touched on everything from OS X Mountain Lion, to a brand new method for getting Siri running on older devices. If you missed any of our videos in the last week, then we’ve conveniently picked out five of the very best.

Please be sure to share our iPhone, iPad, and iOS video guides by spreading our posts on Twitter and Facebook. Read More

 

Here’s another awesome animated Siri theme

by Jeff Benjamin on Feb 20, 2012

Neurocube Siri is yet another 3D animated Siri theme that contains nearly 300 frames of animation.

Not too long ago we covered we covered Neurotech Siri, a theme in similar vain, which was also elegantly animated.

Simply put, if you’re looking to add style to the Siri interface, then you can’t go wrong with either theme. Read More

 
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