If you’re interested in more ways to take advantage of your iPhone’s ring/silent switch, then a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed Ding by iOS developer Nebula is very likely to captivate your interest.
Ding effectively lets users customize what happens when you interact with your iPhone’s ring/silent switch in different ways and adding new features. Among some of the supported features in Ding are:
- Forcing muted or unmuted status
- Ignoring the physical ring/silent switch status
- Performing a specific action upon ringer press
- Unmuting the ringer for ringtones only
- Keeping haptics enabled
- Choosing ring/silent switch position for specific actions
When you install Ding for the first time, you’re going to find a dedicated preference pane in the Settings app where you can configure a number of options to your liking:
Things you can do here are:
- Enable or disable Ding on demand
- Choose between unmuted, muted, and no forcing
- Enable always unmuting for ringtones
- Enable mute position for action
- Enable haptic feedback
- Select what actions occur upon toggling the ring/silent switch:
- Nothing
- Flashlight
- Orientation Lock
- Airplane Mode
- Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth
- Low Power Mode
An apply button at the top right of the preference pane allows users to save any options they configure in the Ding preference pane.
If you’re interested in customizing your jailbroken iPhone’s ring/silent switch and tinkering with what happens when you actuate it, then the Ding tweak can be had for free from the Chariz repository via your favorite package manager app.
It’s worth noting that Ding only supports iPhones do to requiring a ring/silent switch and haptic feedback capabilities, and that jailbroken iOS 13, 14, 15, and 16 devices using rootful or rootless dynamics are supported. Ding is also open source on the developer’s GitHub page for anyone interested in seeing what makes the tweak tick.
Are you going to be using Ding for anything specific? Let us know in the comments section down below.