How to Enable WinterBoard Notification Center Themes

by Jeff Benjamin on Oct 20, 2011

So you downloaded that pretty Aluminum Notification Center theme mentioned in our iOS 5 WinterBoard video walkthrough, and it didn’t work; now what?

Fortunately there’s a workaround for the Notification Center theme issue, as many people made me aware of after our video went live late last night.

Inside, I’ll show you how to enable Notification Center themes on your iOS 5 device, using a handy workaround… Read More

 

‘BatteryCenter’ And ‘PowerCenter Pro’ Juice Up Notification Center

by Jeff Benjamin on Oct 19, 2011

Normally, I don’t like to combine coverage of multiple jailbreak tweaks in a single post, but this go ’round, it was definitely appropriate.

BatteryCenter is a free iOS 5 Notification Center widget, which brings battery stats directly to iOS 5′s convenient pull down menu. PowerCenter Pro is the upgraded version of BatteryCenter, and it features additional options not found in its free version.

Both widgets are created by the same developer, and can be downloaded from Cydia. How do they stack up? Check inside for the video lowdown of each tweak… Read More

 

IntelliScreenX Looks Like the Must-Have Jailbreak App for iOS 5

by Cody on Oct 18, 2011

If you’ve been jailbreaking for a while, you’ll likely recognize the name Intelliborn. The group is responsible for popular jailbreak utilities like MyWi and My3G. Now the talented developers have a new jailbreak tweak in the oven for iOS 5 — and it’s awesome.

The utility is called IntelliScreenX, and it sits in the new Notification Center found in the latest iOS update. No, it’s not simply a widget. This could take the place of 10 widgets (and so much more). And we just happen to have a video of it in action… Read More

 

‘FavoriteContacts’ Adds Your Favorites to Notification Center

by Jeff Benjamin on Oct 18, 2011

The Notification Center jailbreak widgets are really starting to pick up steam as of late, and that means that there’s a ton of new and innovative tweaks for us to cover.

The latest tweak, is called FavoriteContacts, and as one might imagine, it pulls in all of your favorites from your Phone app. Doing so, allows you to initiate a call, text, or email right from the convenience of iOS 5′s Notification Center.

We’ve gone hands-on with FavoriteContacts, and we’re happy to report that it rocks. Check inside for the video walkthrough, and for a chance to win one of five (5) free copies… Read More

 

WeeRadio: An Internet Radio for iOS 5′s Notification Center

by Jeff Benjamin on Oct 16, 2011

Steaming services like Pandora, Spotify, and Rdio are all the rage these days, but before those we had something called Internet radio.

All you needed was one of the many streaming radio URLs, and you could stream music, talk shows, and virtually everything in-between.

Believe it or not, Internet radio still has a huge following, as evident by WeeRadio — a Notification Center widget for iOS 5, which places your favorite Internet radio stations right at your fingertips… Read More

 

‘StatusGoogle’ Adds a Google Search Bar to Notification Center

by Jeff Benjamin on Oct 16, 2011

Itching for a new way to perform Google searches? Well, sure, you could use Spotlight, but that’s so 2009. iOS 5′s new Notification Center is all the rage these days, and that’s where StatusGoogle resides.

For a jailbreak widget, it really doesn’t get any simple than this. Check out our video walkthrough inside… Read More

 

BBSettings: An SBSettings Killer in the Making?

by Jeff Benjamin on Oct 15, 2011

Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past few months, you’ve no doubt caught wind of BBSettings, the so-called “SBSettings killer” for iOS 5′s Notification Center.

True enough, it is a very beautiful widget, and its function is certainly promising, but can it take down the reigning king of all jailbreak apps?

Find out the answer to that question and more, as I go hands-on with BBSettings on video… Read More

 

AppsCenter: Launch Apps Directly From iOS 5′s Notification Center

by Jeff Benjamin on Oct 13, 2011

It’s been a little over 24 hours since iOS 5 was released, and already, the jailbreak devs are putting in work. Case in point: AppsCenter, from jailbreak developer, Filippo Bigarella.

AppsCenter is a jailbreak widget that allows you to launch apps directly from Notification Center. In fact, this can ultimately become your de facto method for launching apps.

Take a look past the break for a video preview of AppsCenter in action… Read More

 

How to Enable Jailbreak Widgets in iOS 5

by Jeff Benjamin on Oct 12, 2011

So, you went ahead and took the plunge and jailbroke your iDevice running iOS 5. Now what?

It’s time to install some awesome Notification Center jailbreak widgets, that’s what! But before you begin your download frenzy, check out this video tutorial that shows you how to enable jailbreak widgets on iOS 5Read More

 

PowerCenter: A Beautiful Notification Center Widget for iOS 5

by Jeff Benjamin on Oct 11, 2011

Since iOS 5 hits tomorrow, jailbreak developers are starting to update more of their widgets, tweaks and apps to be compatible with Apple’s latest and greatest iOS firmware.

Along with that, we here at iDB have begun to take a keen notice of what’s available for jailbreakers. Many of the current jailbreak tweaks for iOS 5 are Notification Center widgets, and few are prettier than PowerCenter.

PowerCenter is a tweak that allows you to quickly respring, reboot, or power down your iPhone with a slide of your finger, and it’s a beauty. Catch the full video walkthrough after the break… Read More