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Comex releases an alpha build of Substitute, a controversial Cydia Substrate replacement

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated January 27, 2016

Today, Comex made good on his promise and released an alpha build of Substitute—the hacker's polarizing new Cydia Substrate replacement for jailbroken iPhones. Back in January, it was revealed that Comex was helping the iMods team—a crew that is working on a Cydia replacement—with some of the necessary fundamentals to get the project off the ground.

One of the most needed pieces of a Cydia replacement is a Cydia Substrate replacement. Without Cydia Substrate, or something like it, then a Cydia replacement doesn't make much sense. Not only has Comex pledged his support for the project, but he's just brought one of its most important puzzle pieces to reality.

ReturnToSender: press the return key to send texts in the Messages app

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

Are you ever annoyed by the presence of the "return" key in the Messages app? Yes, sometimes it's nice to be able to quickly insert line breaks in messages by means of this key, but it's usually a rare need, and as such, some find such a key to be unnecessary.

Instead, wouldn't it be cool if you could replace the return key with a send button? That's the premise behind a beta tweak called ReturnToSender.

DathBanners Lite brings app-specific colors to notification banners

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

DathBanners Lite is an innovative jailbreak tweak that just landed on the Cydia store for free. It's a tweak that takes the average color of the app icon responsible for the banner notification and applies it to the background of the banner. If you're looking to spice up the look of incoming banner notifications, then DathBanners is your ticket towards doing so.

How to add an iMessage “now typing” indicator to the menu bar on Mac

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated February 19, 2016

You may know TypeStatus as the jailbreak tweak that adds a "now typing" indicator to the status bar on iOS, but did you know that you can do the same thing on your Mac? TypeStatus for Mac allows you to quickly see who's currently composing an iMessage via a handy indicator positioned on the OS X menu bar.

Here are Samsung’s answers to the iPhone 6 and Apple Pay

Jake Smith ∙ March 1, 2015

Samsung just took the stage at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Sunday to unveil its answer to the iPhone 6, its new Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge flagships. Succeeding the Galaxy S5, which Samsung had trouble selling, the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge will ship April 10 on all four major US carriers.

Samsung is remaining mum on pricing for either handset, but has revealed specifications for the devices. Both the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge feature a 5.1-inch quad HD display, 2.1GHz quad-core processor, Android 5.0 Lollipop, 16-megapixel OIS rear-camera, and 5-megapixel front-camera.

The introduction of both handsets wasn't in the company's typical fashion. Samsung's event at Mobile World Congress wasn't a theatrical affair, instead the South Korea-based company got to the point when it came to ushering in its reinvigorated product line. It was quite refreshing.

Apple Watch reportedly has Power Reserve mode, displaying only time

Jake Smith ∙ Updated December 28, 2021

The New York Times reports the Apple Watch will feature "Power Reserve" functionality, in order to stretch the wearable's battery longer and make for less frequent charging.

Apple has said the watch battery is estimated to last a full day, requiring a user to charge it at night, similar to a smartphone. The low-power mode will display the time only, the report says, and will be able to do so on even very little battery.

8 tweaks to take for a spin this weekend

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

Another week down, and another new batch of tweaks for you to check out. Indeed, there are less tweaks this week to check out than before, but there are definitely some goodies among this week's releases. Be sure to check them out, and let us know what you think about the following list of Cydia releases...

Apple showcases ‘shot on iPhone 6’ images on its homepage

Jake Smith ∙ March 1, 2015

Apple has launched a new spot on its homepage to show images shot on the iPhone 6, interestingly following the announcement of the Galaxy S6 and HTC One M9 on Sunday.

Apple Watch event wallpapers: Spring Forward

Jim Gresham ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

Last week, Apple sent media invitations to an event on March 9. It is widely expected the main subject will be the forthcoming Apple Watch, which Tim Cook announced will be available in April 2015. With the invitation reading "Spring Forward," it is much less cryptic than previous invite wording. "Spring forward" is a common phrase to help people remember to set their clocks forward, ending daylight savings time. The key here being the overt reference to a device telling time. Further, March 9 is the day after the end of daylight savings time.

Per usual, iDownloadBlog wants to help everyone celebrate the moment by highlighting event inspired wallpapers. Inside, you will find versions of the invitation for iPhone, iPad, and desktop.

Apple Watch event invite, and other top stories from this past week

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated October 14, 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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Speculation: Could this be how Apple prices Apple Watch?

Timothy Reavis ∙ March 1, 2015

A lot of speculation has surrounded Apple Watch pricing ever since the company introduced the wearable in September 2014. The only cost detail Apple provided was that prices would begin at $349 and go up from there.

German blogs have put together some interesting speculation over the past week based on John Gruber's post on Daring Fireball, theorizing the most expensive Apple Watch Edition – 42mm with an 18K Solid Gold link bracelet – could be priced at a hefty $19,999.

How to give Control Center a cleaner look using CClean

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated May 17, 2018

CClean, pronounced "clean", is a jailbreak tweak that aims to tidy up the Control Center in iOS. The tweak began as a way to remove distracting backgrounds from the brightness slider and the AirDrop/AirPlay sections, but it evolved into an overall Control Center cleaning tool.

This free release allows you to remove backgrounds from a variety of different Control Center assets, and features the ability to hide any section of Control Center. If you're looking for a way to give your Control Center a minimalistic look, then CClean is a tweak worth checking out.