WiFiCarrier replaces the Status Bar’s carrier text with the Wi-Fi network name when connected to Wi-Fi

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 10, 2019

Your cellular carrier’s name appears in between the cellular signal strength indicator and Wi-Fi signal strength indicator in your iPhone’s Status Bar from the moment you activate your handset, but doesn’t it seem a bit weird to you that your Status Bar still displays the carrier’s name when you connect to a Wi-Fi network?

If you’re in agreeance, then you might enjoy a free jailbreak tweak called WiFiCarrier by iOS developer NoisyFlake, as it replaces the carrier’s name in your iPhone’s Status Bar with the SSID (network name) of your current Wi-Fi network whenever you’re connected to one.

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Kuo: Apple to adopt mini-LED backlight starting with a 31.6″ standalone display in 2019, 10-12″ iPads and 15-17″ MacBooks in 2021

Christian Zibreg ∙ April 9, 2019

Apple is expected to adopt mini-LED backlights across a range of upcoming products, beginning with a brand new 31.6-inch display coming later this year and continuing with an all-new 15 to 17-inch MacBook Pro model due in the first half of 2021 and ten to twelve-inch iPads reportedly launching between the fourth quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021.

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Add a fresh coat of paint to Control Center with Magma

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 9, 2019

If you have a jailbroken iPhone or iPad in your possession and you haven’t yet started colorizing the user interface to stand out from all the other handsets out there, then you’re doing yourself an injustice.

Fortunately, a new free jailbreak tweak called Magma by iOS developer NoisyFlake can help you with this endeavor, as it lets you apply custom colors to the plethora of toggles and shortcuts that you use via the Control Center interface, as shown above.

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ActionBar brings a modernized text-editing interface to the iOS keyboard

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 9, 2019

When typing on any iOS device, you can perform text editing-related actions by tapping and holding on a string of text. Among the options you’re presented with are “Cut,” “Copy,” and “Paste,” among others. This interface and the means of interaction hasn’t changed much over the years, and many would argue that it feels antiquated.

Given the circumstances, iOS developer RestiveConch has just released a new jailbreak tweak called ActionBar that breathes new life into the process of interacting with these actions by integrating them all into the keyboard interface itself, as shown above.

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