HomePlayer: A Fully Focused Audio Interface for the Music App

Jeff Benjamin ∙ January 30, 2012

HomePlayer is a jailbreak tweak that brings a fully focused audio experience to your SpringBoard. It interfaces directly with the Music app to bring a full screen music playing session to the Home Screen.

When I say "fully focused" I truly mean it, as the app completely disables the Home button's functionality to prevent users from exiting the interface.

It's an interesting concept, although it can be a bit buggy at times. In the end it's an obvious 1.0 tweak that can go as far as its developers decide to take it...

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‘LockscreenSureCam’ Checks Before Launching the Camera App

Jeff Benjamin ∙ January 30, 2012

Do you have an ongoing issue with accidentally launching the Lock Screen camera in iOS 5? If so, then perhaps this is the jailbreak tweak for you.

LockscreenSureCam is a tweak that prompts you before launching the Camera on your Lock Screen. I don't know anyone who's ever had a problem with this, but I'm sure someone is out there that does. If that's you, then check inside for a brief video walkthrough.

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These Videos Took First Place in the 2011 Original iPhone Film Festival

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

Last Summer we told you about  the Original iPhone Film Festival. The contest only had two rules of entry: the contestants must shoot their entire video with an iOS device, and the clip could not exceed 4 and 1/2 minutes.

Well it took a little while, but the winners of the Film Festival have finally been chosen. Continue reading to see the four videos that took home first place in their respective categories...

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RedSn0w Updated to Fix iBooks DRM Issues

Sébastien Page ∙ January 29, 2012

The Dev Team has recently updated their renowned RedSn0w jailbreak tool to version 0.9.10b5 in order to fix the DRM issue for iBooks on jailbroken devices.

This fix, which was developed by PlanetBeing and integrated into RedSn0w, overcomes the jailbreak detection by iBooks that would cause some images to not display properly, if at all...

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Judge Interprets Key Realtime API Patent in Apple’s Favor

Cody Lee ∙ January 29, 2012

Apple has spent an estimated $100 million dollars on its so-called "war on Android." And so far it doesn't have much to show for it. Even its recent ITC court victory over HTC doesn't look like it will have much of an impact on anything.

But that could all change thanks to a recent interpretation of Apple's '263 patent by a high-ranking US judge. The patent covers realtime API — a key component in Android that would be extremely difficult to work around if a manufacturer was found guilty of infringing on it...

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Apple Remembers Steve Jobs Through Photos and Quotes

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated April 3, 2018

Apple is still coming to terms with the loss of its charismatic co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, and probably will be for some time. While there is no doubting new CEO Tim Cook's abilities to run a tight ship, he'll possibly be the first to admit that there will only ever be one Steve Jobs.

The company remembers Jobs throughout the halls of its 1 Infinite Loop campus, with photos of the man who saved Apple back in the 90s placed on the walls of Apple's HQ. Quotes are also seen attached to corridor walls, with some of Jobs' famous pearls of wisdom there to help motivate the Apple team even from beyond the grave.

Now 9to5 Mac has been given photographs of some of the photos and quotes that can be found inside Apple's offices, with at least one of them taking employees back to the days of the original Macintosh...

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SlyCam: Snap Photos From Notification Center

Jeff Benjamin ∙ January 29, 2012

Every few months there seems to be a jailbreak tweak that's released to cater to the James Bond wannabes out there, and SlyCam is the latest addition to the cache.

SlyCam allows one to covertly snap photos directly from iOS 5's Notification Center. Check out our video coverage of the jailbreak tweak inside...

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How to Add a Google Trends Stock Ticker to Your iPhone

Jeff Benjamin ∙ January 29, 2012

Besides perhaps Twitter, Google Trends are a good way to gauge what's hot on the web, and now there's a pint-sized version for iPhone owners.

GTrends for Notification Center is a jailbreak widget that conveniently places a trending stock ticker into Notification Center.

You can even launch any of the top 20 trending topics directly from the widget, and use your own custom search queries.

GTrends is an interesting tool that allows you to easily keep your fingers on the pulse of the web...

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RestartAlerter: Be Alerted When Your Device Reboots or Resprings

Jeff Benjamin ∙ January 29, 2012

Sometimes our iDevice's act crazy, unpredictable even. Sometimes, it's necessary to attempt to troubleshoot issues.

That's pretty much the only reason I could ever see a tweak like RestartAlerter coming into play; when troubleshooting issues.

Yep, it's a tweak that alerts your when your iDevice restarts or resprings, and that's pretty much all it does...

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Top 10 iOS News of the Week

Sébastien Page ∙ January 29, 2012

A new week is coming, but that doesn't mean you have to miss out on what happened last week. If you think you may have missed a few of the top stories from last week, don't sweat it, we've got you covered.

We've gathered the top 10 most popular stories from iDB last week for you to check out. As always, make sure that you're friends with us on Facebook, Google+, and that you are following us on Twitter...

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