SwitchShades gives the iOS App Switcher a fresh coat of paint

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated June 4, 2023

The iOS App Switcher is somewhat bland out of the box, but it doesn’t have to be. A newly released jailbreak tweak dubbed SwitchShades by iOS developer AnthoPak promises to add a splash of color to the App Switcher background based on the application preview card that appears front-and-center at any given time.

As you can see in the screenshot examples above, the background color changes to match the dominant color of the app icon above the application preview cards themselves. This can be changed to colorize based on the application snapshot itself if you wanted to, or you could configure a custom color to display at all times.

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FlixRatings for Netflix augments the Netflix app’s rating system

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated January 13, 2024

If you’re a cable-cutter or you simply enjoy having access to a massive library of movies and TV shows, then you probably have a subscription to Netflix. The Netflix app for iOS is particularly intuitive, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t do with some improvements.

Enter FlixRatings for Netflix, a newly released jailbreak tweak by iOS developer Joshua Seltzer that augments Netflix’s in-app rating system and integrates a legacy forward skip feature for those who miss how it used to work in a previous version of the app.

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Sileo v1.3.5 released with fix for endless repository refresh bug

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 25, 2019

The Sileo Team launched an updated version of the Sileo package manager for the iOS 11-centric Electra jailbreak and the iOS 12-centric Chimera jailbreak Sunday evening, officially bringing the proprietary package manager up to version 1.3.5.

The Sileo Team announced the update via Twitter just within the past hour, noting that it would resolve an issue with repositories refreshing endlessly:

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True black and OLED optimized wallpapers for iPhone XS pack 2

Jim Gresham ∙ August 25, 2019

The iDownloadBlog Wallpapers of the Week collection aims to please. Back by popular demand, the following OLED iPhone wallpapers are perfect for the true black abilities of your iPhone X or iPhone XS. It is also predicted, the forthcoming 2019 iPhone devices will all include OLED screens to take advantage of these images. Grab these inky black wallpapers now.

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Jailbreak tweaks of the week: PhoneCaller, SafePowerOff, and more

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 25, 2019

It’s that time of the week again, and now that you can jailbreak iOS 12.4, we’ll be composing a roundup of all the latest jailbreak apps and tweaks for the convenience of those with jailbroken handsets who might be looking for new and exciting ways to trick them out.

In this roundup, we’ll be looking at all the jailbreak tweaks released from Monday, August 19th to Sunday, August 25th. As usual, we’ll kick things off by discussing our favorite releases first, and then wrap things up with an outline of the rest afterward.

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New Disney+ details: 4 simultaneous streams, 7 profiles, free 4K and HDR — all at no extra cost

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 25, 2019
Disney+ logo.

Disney's upcoming video service looks to be a far better deal than many (all?) of the existing services because its base $7 per month subscription has been confirmed to include such perks as up to four simultaneous video streams, the ability to manage up to seven user profiles on a single account, as well as 4K resolution and HDR color — all at no extra cost whatsoever.

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Unc0ver v3.5.6 adds support for remounting and rootFS restore for A12(X) devices on iOS 12.1.3-12.4

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 24, 2019

Pwn20wnd updated the unc0ver jailbreak Saturday afternoon, officially bringing it up to version 3.5.6 with increased support for A12(X) devices running iOS 12.1.3-12.4.

As you might recall, Pwn20wnd released unc0ver v3.5.5 earlier this week with SSH support on the aforementioned device and firmware combinations, but citing a Tweet shared just this afternoon, the latest unc0ver update adds support for remounting and restoring the RootFS on those same devices:

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ChimeraTV v1.3.6 released with Sock Puppet improvements and a newer iteration of nitoTV

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 23, 2019
Chimera Banner Image.

Earlier today, the Electra Team released version 1.3.6 of the iOS 12-centric Chimera jailbreak with improvements for the Sock Puppet exploit and a fix for random crashes after jailbreaking, and as it would seem, they’ve just now pushed a similar update for the tvOS-centric ChimeraTV jailbreak.

The Electra Team announced ChimeraTV v1.3.6 via Twitter just a few minutes ago:

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