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Star Wars: The Last Jedi wallpapers

Jim Gresham ∙ Updated October 26, 2018

The official movie trailer launched for Star Wars: The Last Jedi this week at Star Wars Celebration. The two-minute teaser trailer already answers some questions from The Force Awakens and only stirs more unanswered rumors in the Star Wars universe. Star Wars Celebration is concluding today, but if you want to dive into the convention, just download the official mobile app.

Inside the Wallpapers of the Week post, you will find seven iPhone wallpapers captured directly from the movie trailer. Make sure to scroll all the way down, for links to previous Star Wars wallpaper collections! Get hyped for the upcoming movie, by downloading these wallpapers for your devices.

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Don’t Stop the Party!, NoMoreStories, StatusPeek2, & more…

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated February 16, 2021

Those of you clinging onto that iOS 10 jailbreak wall want to hold onto it a bit longer. There've have been some neat jailbreak tweak releases these past couple of weeks and every Sunday we come at you with a roundup, showcasing the best of the week.

In this roundup, we'll follow that same tradition, talking about all of the jailbreak tweaks that were released in Cydia. We'll start first with our favorites and then move onto everything else afterwards.

The top stories of the week on iDB

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated October 17, 2018

Like every Sunday, we get to take a look at some of the most popular posts that were published on iDB during the week that just ended. Whether it is a news item, a new jailbreak tweak, a tutorial, or an app review, we sum it all up in one convenient place for you.

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AirDrop Remover nixes the AirDrop button from iOS Share Sheets

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 16, 2017

AirDrop is a very convenient way to send and receive files between iOS devices and Macs; on the other hand, not everyone uses it. While you can easily disable AirDrop, the feature still clutters your interfaces whether it's disabled or not.

Those with a jailbreak can hide AirDrop from their device entirely, and a new free jailbreak tweak called AirDrop Disabler by Justin Petkovic aides in this process by removing AirDrop from your Share Sheets.

Captiona, Kite, Elk, and other apps to check out this weekend

Cody Lee ∙ Updated October 17, 2018

Looking for new apps and games this weekend? iDB has you covered. In the latest edition of our Apps of the Week roundup, we have some great selections such as an app for creating unique Instagram captions, a newsletter manager, and a sharp currency converter. And as always, we have two great new games for you to check out.

StatusPeek 2 replaces the Notification Center grabber with the Status Bar

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 15, 2017

When you drag down from the top of the screen (intentionally or unintentionally) inside of full-screen apps, a grabber that lets you open Notification Center presents itself. While it works fine for what it was made for, many would agree that it’s useless beyond opening Notification Center.

That’s where a jailbreak tweak called StatusPeek 2 by Noeliel can come in handy and improve things for the better. It replaces the usual grabber with a sneak peek of your Status Bar while maintaining the function of a grabber.

Don’t Stop the Party! keeps your music playing during resprings

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 15, 2017

One of my pet peeves in terms of having a jailbroken device is how any music I'm listening to while installing tweaks on my device gets silenced with every respring. Anyone who peruses Cydia and installs tweaks a lot will find this to be a buzzkill.

Fortunately, a new jailbreak tweak called Don’t Stop the Party! by iOS developers David Goldman and Wizages helps fix the problem once and for all by letting the music play straight through the respring process.

Accessories that turn your iPhone into a universal remote control

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 2, 2020

Tired of using 3-4 different remotes to control your TV? Tired of losing your remotes? Well what if I told you that you can turn your iPhone into a universal remote control. That way you can control all of your devices, using a device that you have with you at all times.

This isn't what most would consider a crowded category, but as with all consumer electronics, some models are better than others. To help you make the right decision, we've decided to put together a list of the best gadgets for turning your iPhone into a universal remote.

Apple receives permit to test self-driving cars in California

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated April 28, 2017

Apple was added to the list of 29 other companies, including Tesla, Google, Ford and Mercedes, that are testing or planning to test self-driving vehicles in the state of California, according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles's (DMV) website Friday.

The permit allows Apple to test vehicles in autonomous mode on public roads.

It's unclear if Apple sought to obtain a permit because it wanted to test-drive its own autonomous vehicles or if the company was simply looking to experiment with the rumored autonomous driving features in a future CarPlay version.

How Apple created Siri’s personality from Susan Bennett’s original voice work

Christian Zibreg ∙ April 14, 2017

Voice actress Susan Bennett revealed tidbits about becoming the voice of Siri in an interview with CNN back in October 2013.

In a new interview published Friday by Typeform, she offered some additional information about the origins of Apple's virtual assistant, provided an insight into how the process of recording Siri voices worked, why she passed on a five-year contractual offer from the iPhone maker and more.

How to show community posts on YouTube for iOS

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated April 15, 2019

Back in September 2016, Google's YouTube received its own social network of sorts with the launch of a new Community feature.

With YouTube Community, your favorite creators can better express themselves beyond video by engaging viewers using text posts, GIFs, images and more.

Those types of posts appear in a new Community section on creators' channels and directly in viewers' Subscriptions feed.

In this tutorial, we're going to teach you how to enable or disable posts from the YouTube community in your Subscriptions feed.

Turn iMessage, WhatsApp, and Line voice messages into text with Textify

Steffen Reich ∙ Updated April 13, 2018

Sending your friends voice recordings on messenger platforms such as iMessage, WhatsApp or Threema is surely not everyone’s cup of tea, but it’s hard to overlook its rising popularity in certain circles. Be it for faster communications or text weariness amongst younger people, voice messages are rife in chats today and that is despite the one clear downside they have: unlike texts, they are not very discreet, which makes them basically unobtainable in a host of potential situations.

Understanding the (circumstantial) issues with voice messages, Apple were the first to offer voicemail transcriptions in iOS 10 and now Textify joins the cause to bring a similar service to an even wider audience. The speech recognition app provides spoken word-to-text transcriptions for all your favorite messenger platforms including iMessage, WhatsApp, Threema, and Line. And suffice it to say that it wouldn’t be on iDB if it was not surprisingly powerful at that. Here’s how it works.