SugarCane12 puts percentages in Control Center’s brightness and volume sliders

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 6, 2019

Using my iPhone’s Control Center interface to adjust my display brightness and volume level has become a second nature to me, and while I love the visuals that Apple has implemented in the latest iteration of Control Center, I still think they could do better with the information displayed there.

With that in mind, I was pleasantly surprised to see a free jailbreak tweak called SugarCane12 from iOS developer manolz. This Control Center add-on displays numeric percentages in the display brightness and volume level sliders so that you have a better representation of their current levels.

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TigerVPN lets you surf under the radar at blazing speeds

Nick Logan ∙ May 6, 2019

If you’re still browsing the Web without the protection of a Virtual Private Network (VPN), you’re leaving your connection open to an increasingly large number of powerful cyberattacks that can compromise everything from your browsing history to your banking information.

But, not all VPNs are created equal. TigerVPN lets you browse safely and anonymously without slowing down your connection, and a 3-year subscription is currently available for over 80% off at just $69.99.

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Game of Thrones iPhone wallpaper: Battle for Winterfell

Jim Gresham ∙ May 5, 2019

Maybe SPOILERS! After last week's incredible Battle for Winterfell, I couldn't help but run another set of the best Game of Thrones iPhone wallpapers. Although it might have been hard to see through the smoke and dark set, the war between living and dead will certainly be remembered as one of the most epic battle scenes ever recorded. We capture of few fan inspired images for your iPhone with these fiery imagers.

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Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Gesto, HomeList, Scribble, YTStatus, and more

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 5, 2019

With the Electra Team's Chimera jailbreak now available for all iOS 12.0-12.1.2 devices and Pwn20wnd working on Substitute support for jailbroken A12(X) devices using unc0ver, it’s an exciting time to be a jailbreaker. With that in mind, do you know what you should install on your jailbroken iPhone or iPad?

In this roundup, we’ll summarize each of this week’s new jailbreak tweak releases from Monday, April 29th to Sunday, May 5th. As usual, we’ll kick things off by discussing our favorites and then outline the rest afterward.

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KeenLab demos jailbreak on iPhone XS Max running iOS 12.2

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 4, 2019

The talented Liang Chen of security research group KeenLab has once again flexed his hacking prowess this week after showing off what is believed to be the first-known jailbreak demonstration to support iOS 12.2.

Chen’s video demonstration, which has been published on YouTube, demonstrates what appears to be an iPhone XS Max running iOS 12.2:

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Electra Team updates Chimera jailbreak to version 1.0.4 with bug fixes and improvements

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 4, 2019

The Electra Team released two consecutive updates for the brand-new iOS 12-centric Chimera jailbreak tool on Saturday, with the first update being version 1.0.3 and the second being version 1.0.4 just a few hours later.

The Electra Team announced each of the updates just this morning via Twitter, adding that they would bring noticeable improvements to all Chimera jailbreak users:

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Gesto supercharges your jailbroken iPhone’s App Switcher in incredible new ways

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 4, 2019

iOS’ App Switcher, love it or hate it, leaves a lot of wiggle room for improvement. With that in mind, it should come as no surprise to anyone that iOS developer Gabriele Filipponi and designer Alessandro Chiarlitti set out to improve it with the launch of a new jailbreak tweak called Gesto.

In a nutshell, Gesto augments your iOS handset’s App Switcher with powerful new features and integrations with the primary goal of making multitasking easier. And let us just say, based on our mind-blowing hands-on experience, this isn’t a tweak you’ll want to miss.

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MissionControl augments Control Center with new app shortcuts and toggles

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated May 8, 2019

When it comes to using your mobile devices, including your iPhone, it seems like users can never have enough shortcuts. With that in mind, we’re particularly excited to show you a jailbreak tweak called MissionControl by iOS developer Dylan Duff.

As you might’ve noticed from the screenshot examples above, MissionControl adds customizable application shortcuts to the Control Center interface and lets you access a plethora of other useful options in the interim.

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