Jeff Benjamin

Jeff has been with iDownloadBlog since 2010, acting as resident video specialist, and tutorial expert. He earned his degree in Computer Network Systems back in 2001, but decided Cisco routers and the like just weren’t for him. Since then, he’s been heavily involved with online writing. He’s written for numerous tech and video game sites since the late 1990′s, and has a knack for explaining things in a simple, clear, and concise manner. Jeff works primarily from the east coast on his Retina Macbook Pro, and shoots video with a Canon DSLR. During downtime he likes to travel the world, visiting the various Apple Stores across the globe. You can email him at jeff [at] idownloadblog.com and follow him on Twitter @JeffBenjam or on Google+.

NCQuickDismiss: Quickly Dismiss iOS 5 Banner Notifications

In general iOS 5's new notification banners are a good thing, but sometimes they wear out their welcome. Unfortunately, there's no built-in method to quickly dismiss a notification banner, you just kind of have to wait until it decides to disappear.

That sounded like a job for the jailbreak community to tackle, and indeed they did. The result? NCQuickDismiss...

Ask Jeff: Episode 09 – Back in Action

After a brief hiatus, I'm back with Ask Jeff: Episode 09. In this episode I answer tons of questions ranging from data usage monitoring, to Twitter clients, to possible Siri ports.

A lot has changed since Episode 08. iOS 5 was released, iCloud launched, the iPhone 4S launched, and much, much, more.

Was your question answered? There's only one way to find out: head inside and tune in to the latest episode...

‘BounceLock’ Adds a Visual Bounce to Your Lock Screen

Want to add a little bounce to your Lock screen? If so, then BounceLock might be just the solution.

BounceLock is a visual jailbreak tweak that adds varying levels of bounce to your device's slide to unlock bar.

It's a very subtle effect for those who enjoy altering the visual style of their iOS device. Check inside for a video demonstration...

Top Jailbreak Videos of the Week

Welcome to our top jailbreak videos of the week. As you know, we post a a plethora of videos for your education and enjoyment each week, so if you didn't catch them all, here's a few of the best from last week.

Please make sure to spread our iPhone, iPad and iOS video wisdom by sharing our posts on Twitter and Facebook…

How to Install Mobile Terminal on iOS 5

Mobile Terminal is an extremely handy tool to have if you're used to using a command line interface.

Unfortunately, the version that's still in Cydia has gone without an update for quite some time now, rendering it unusable on recent iOS firmware.

With this handy video tutorial, I'll show you how to get back in the game with Mobile Terminal on iOS 5...

Color Profiles: Add Custom Color Themes to Your iPhone

Color Profiles is a new jailbreak tweak from Ryan Petrich, which allows you to add custom color profiles to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Color Profiles comes bundled with 19 different custom color themes that let you to radically change the look of your iPhone's color palette and temperature.

Want to see just how crazy an iPhone can look with a simple change to its color? Check inside for the hands-on video...

SemiTether Jailbreak Updated For Stability

The popular SemiTether jailbreak was updated to v0.9.1 this morning, and it's quite the update.

Working with Saurik, the team was able to fully incorporate the new mobile substrate, which allowed them to get rid of the daemon patching and restarting.

Mobile substrate now does all of the heavy lifting when it comes to the SemiTether. There's even an option to patch Safari to work in non-jailbreak mode now.

Perhaps most importantly, the new version of SemiTether will protect your iOS 5 Notification Center plugins...

Public Beta of IntelliScreenX Released

Want some hands-on time with IntelliScreenX before it is officially released tomorrow?

If you watched our video walkthrough of IntelliScreenX, then no doubt, the answer to that question is an emphatic yes.

If you have a jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch running iOS 5, then check inside for the details you need to try out IntelliScreenX right now...

SuperMusic: Advanced Lock Screen Music Controls

SuperMusic is a jailbreak tweak that aims to add more options to the music controls that appear on your Lock screen.

In addition to the basic back, pause/play, and forward buttons, SuperMusic adds fast-forward, rewind, stop, shuffle, and a full track listing of your music library right on your Lock screen.

Check out the video inside to see how it works in action...

ZoomIsBack! Brings Tap-to-Zoom Back to the Camera App

Missing iOS 4's double tap to zoom feature? If so, ZoomIsBack! is the jailbreak tweak you've been needing.

As its name not-so-subtly implies, ZoomIsBack! regurgitates the zoom present in iOS 4 — a feature that was ditched in favor of pinch-to-zoom in iOS 5.

The good news is that once you install ZoomIsBack, both zooming methods work. Check inside for a video walkthrough of the tweak in action...

How to Get Your iPod App Back on iOS 5

I never understood why Apple decided to make the iPhone like the iPod touch — separating the iPod app into Music and Videos — but I guess they are wanting to move away from the "iPod" moniker.

If you hate having separate Music and Video apps as much as I do, then you'll certainly be interested in Unified iPod for iOS 5 — a jailbreak tweak that brings the iPod app back in style on iOS 5...