Month: June 2019

Augment your jailbroken iPhone’s dual-SIM capabilities with eSIM+

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated October 4, 2021

Apple’s latest iPhones, from the iPhone XR to the iPhone 13 lineup, support dual-SIM functionality. Straight out of the box, these handsets can have both a physical SIM-based carrier and an eSIM-based carrier configured on the same device for traveling abroad. But perhaps unsurprisingly, the native implementation of this capability on the iOS platform leaves a lot to be desired.

Here to help with this particularly disgruntling issue is a newly-released jailbreak tweak called eSIM+ by iOS developer iArrays. Just as the name implies, this tweak augments any jailbroken iPhone that supports dual-SIM capabilities, such as those mentioned earlier.

Get half off a year of LiveXLive and create your own music stations

Nick Logan ∙ June 23, 2019

Radio is a good idea in theory, but in practice there are only a few stations you can access and they all seem to play the same songs over and over. The exciting idea about radio is you could hear anything, but in reality you know exactly what to expect. At least, that's how it is for your regular radio.

Tonality, MyHumans, Magpie, and other apps to check out this weekend

Cody Lee ∙ June 22, 2019

Welcome to another edition of our Apps of the Week roundup. This week we have a powerful music tool, a surefire call blocker and a new kind of notes/list app. And as always, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.

An inside look at Apple’s Executive Review Board that makes difficult approval decisions about controversial App Store submissions

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 21, 2019

Executive Review Board, headed by Phil Schiller, Apple's Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, is the name of the department at the Cupertino firm that greenlights problematic or otherwise controversial iPhone apps submitted to App Store.

Apple Card weighs in at almost exactly a half ounce

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 21, 2019

Apple Card is scheduled to launch in the US this summer, and Apple employees that recently signed up for beta testing have now begun receiving their physical cards.

Apple lists all iCloud providers, including contributions from Google and Facebook

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 21, 2019

A new Apple support document published Friday acknowledges contributions of the 116 third-party software companies whose solutions help power iCloud.

Reminder: complete a timed yoga exercise today to win a virtual trophy, iMessage stickers

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 21, 2019

As predicted earlier this week, Apple is honoring the International Day of Yoga by challenging Apple Watch wearers to complete a 15-minute yoga exercise today, Friday, June 21.

Apple could buy Samsung-made OLEDs for future iPads and Mac notebooks

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 21, 2019

Korea's ETNews reports that Apple is destined to order additional OLED panels for future products like "tablets and notebooks" from Samsung.

Foxconn’s departing founder urges Apple to move manufacturing out of China to Taiwan

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 21, 2019

Terry Gou, the chairman and general manager of Apple's contract manufacturer Foxconn, has urged the California firm to move manufacturing out of China to neighboring Taiwan.

How to use Safari Web Inspector on Mac, iPad, and iPhone

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ Updated June 27, 2023

If you’re a web developer, then you likely already know about Safari’s Web Inspector. But if you’re just starting to use Safari for development or have just begun your Web Development career, this guide will show you the basics for getting started with the Safari Web Inspector on iOS and Mac.

Assistant+ can make Siri more powerful on jailbroken handsets

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 21, 2019

If you have a jailbroken handset at your disposal and you feel like Siri is a bit underpowered out of the box, then you just might come to appreciate a newly-released jailbreak tweak called Assistant+ by iOS developer Zaid Elkurdi.

From what we can gather, this tweak brings a plethora of personalization options to the Siri voice assistant, empowering users to assign custom actions and responses to almost any query they can think of.

This tweak plays a Live Photo of your choice when someone calls you

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 21, 2019

iOS’ native incoming call interface can be somewhat bland at first glance, and that’s precisely why iOS developer Anima has released a new jailbreak tweak dubbed Incoming Call LivePhoto (A12 Support).

Just as the name implies, Incoming Call LivePhoto replaces the bland incoming call background with a Live Photo of your choosing, ensuring that you always have something cool to look at when your iPhone starts ringing.