Sébastien Page

Sebastien is the Founder and Editor in Chief of iDB. Once a BlackBerry user, Sebastien instantly fell in love with the iPhone when it was first announced in 2007. Shortly after, he decided to start sharing his knowledge of the iPhone and its nascent ecosystem, which led to the creation of this blog. Sebastien currently owns 14 iPhones, 4 iPads, a MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, a MacBook Air, 2 Apple Watches, 3 Apple TVs, countless HomePods and AirTags as well as a few pairs of AirPods.

Use the Volume Button of Your iPhone to Take a Picture

Sébastien Page ∙ September 28, 2010

Some of you may already know FastSnap, an application that was previously available on Rock, which was recently migrated to Cydia. FastSnap allows you to easily capture a photo or video inside the camera.app using the volume button of your iPhone.

FastSnap also comes with a few other handy settings. With FastSnap you can also silent the shutter sound when taking a picture. This feature can be enabled from the Settings menu. To quickly launch the default camera app you can also drag your finger over the top Status bar...

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Dev Team Shows Off SHAtter Exploit [GreenPois0n iPhone Jailbreak on Its Way]

Sébastien Page ∙ September 27, 2010

Folks, we just got one step closer to an official release of the iOS 4.1 jailbreak promised by the Chronic Dev Team thanks to the SHAtter exploit discovered by pod2g.

In a video posted on their blog today, the Dev Team showed off an iPod Touch 4G jailbroken with PwnageTool. The Dev Team was able to use the SHAtter exploit to install a custom firmware on the iPod Touch 4G, and was successful in getting the basics covered, such as Cydia, customized preferences, root access, etc...

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App Switcher Rotator Tweak for Jailbroken iPhone

Sébastien Page ∙ September 27, 2010

If you rotate your iPhone in landscape mode and hit the home button to launch the app switcher, you will notice that apps in the switcher keep their portrait mode orientation. A new jailbreak app called App Switcher Rotator will fix that for you.

App Switcher Rotator rotates the app switcher icons to the current orientation. That's all it does...

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Use Your iPod Music as an Alarm Clock Sound on Your iPhone

Sébastien Page ∙ September 27, 2010

PlayAwake is a new jailbreak app available in Cydia that will let you use your iPod music as an alarm clock sound on your iPhone. By default, you are only limited to a few alarm clock sounds on your iPhone. PlayAwake wiill lift this limitation and let you choose any song from your iPod library to wake up to.

Just pick a track from your iPhone's music library from inside the default alarm clock app and you will wake up listening to your favorite song... 

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Compare Hotel Prices with HotelCalculator App [Sponsored]

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated May 11, 2018

Suddenly you have to change your hotel reservations or immediately book accommodation. It does not have to be another stressful situation anymore. Wherever you are, with HotelCalculator’s iPhone app you can book hotels in almost every city across the globe. You can use the HotelCalculator iPhone app anywhere you can get an Internet connection.

This “pocket size” search engine will help you find absolute best market prices available because it compares prices of accommodation found on the various travel websites. Save your time with this app that can automatically search aggregates data from over 20 hotel reservation websites and compare the prices for you. Smaller screen but still the same efficient and affordable way to hunt for the best deals...

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10 Unusual iPhone Accessories

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated October 16, 2017

We love our iPhones. We love them so much that we find ways to incorporate them even more in our every day life.

In this post we will show you 10 unusual iPhone accessories that funny, creative and original. You thought you'd seen them all? Then think again!

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Google Voice App GV Mobile+ Free For A Few Hours

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated March 5, 2018

A quick alert to let you know that GV Mobile+, the Google Voice application by Sean Kovacs is free in the App Store for a few hours. According to Sean's Twitter update, GV Mobile+ will go back to its normal price ($2.99) at around 10pm PST.

GV Mobile+ was released in the App Store last week after Apple loosened up the app approval process. It is the second Google Voice iPhone app to be approved in the App Store this since Apple changed the app approval process. GV Connect was the first one.

You can download GV Mobile+ from here. Hurry up!

UPDATE: The developer of GV Mobile+ is apparently pissed that we (and other sites) shared the news. As a result, the app is not free anymore.

UPDATE 2: The dev says on Twitter the app should be free again for just a few minutes. Hurry!

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Angry Birds Plush Toy Spotted

Sébastien Page ∙ September 25, 2010

Last month we reported that Angry Birds creators wanted to push their success a bit further by turning the famous birds into a movie and toys. While the movie still seems like a stretch to me, I never doubted we'd see some Angry Birds toys hit the shelves. It seems it's now just a matter of time.

Some guy was walking the streets of NY when he saw a woman carrying a box of Angry Birds plush toys. He snapped a picture and asked her more about the toys. Apparently they will be in stores early 2011...

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Apple Releases iTunes 10.0.1 [Jailbreak Safe]

Sébastien Page ∙ September 25, 2010

Apple just released the first update to iTunes 10 with this version 10.0.1. This is a just a minor update that fixes the usual bugs but also brings Ping to the sidebar. The Ping Sidebar basically gives you a quick glance at your Ping activity. Nothing earth shattering here.

It's worth noting that iTunes 10.0.1 is safe for jailbroken iPhones. More info about the update below...

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8 Jailbreak Apps for iPhone to Try on This Weekend

Sébastien Page ∙ September 25, 2010

There's been a bunch of new jailbreak apps popping up in Cydia within the last 24 hours. The thing is, they're not all that great so instead of giving them full coverage, I thought I'd put them all in one short and convenient list.

So check them out, maybe give them a try and let us know what you think of them...

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A Very Nice iPhone Lockscreen

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 29, 2016

You might remember my post about TypoPhone 4 last month, which I think is a very nice iPhone lockscreen. Turns out a developer has decided to improve it by adding some colors and tweaking the layout a little bit. This new lockscreen theme is called Slanted Lock and is available in Cydia under the ModMyI repo.

The result is very nice and quite colorful. It displays the weather of your selected location, and the background changes with the weather. Very neat!

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