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How to Create Custom Shortcuts For WiFi Settings, Airplane Mode, and More – No Jailbreak Required

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated May 26, 2017

It's going on a month since the iPhone 4S made its initial debut, and we're still without a jailbreak. Not that we're complaining; we never expected a jailbreak for the 4S to be released this soon anyway.

Still, it's hard giving up some of the luxuries that jailbreaking brings to the for — namely SBSettings toggles to quickly enable and disable certain low-level functions like WiFi, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, etc.

Fortunately, there is a compromise. We've briefly touched on it before, but in this article and video walkthrough we'll show you how to create custom shortcuts to your favorite settings; no jailbreak required...

Apple Launches 2011 Holiday Gift Guide

Alex Heath ∙ November 11, 2011

"All kinds of gifts for all kinds of lists." That's Apple's motto for its just-launched 2011 Holiday Gift Guide. As it does every year, Apple has put together a helpful page for hot gifts to give during the holidays.

There all kinds of products listed in the collection, including the ever-so-popular iDevices that we are all fond of. Buying from the holiday guide includes some perks...

Hackers Are Able to Control Siri With Their Minds

Alex Heath ∙ Updated March 18, 2019

The geniuses behind Project Black Mirror have created a way to control Siri with their minds. By constructing an elaborate system involving the Arduino prototyping platform, a MacBook Pro, and ECG pads to capture analog brain waves, these hackers can have Siri make a call by merely thinking.

Yeah, we're not kidding.

We Have 21 Apps to Give Away Right Here

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated October 10, 2018

I know you've been waiting for this giveaway all week, so let's not beat around the bush. We have several apps to give away, and they will go to those of you who can get them the quickest.

Unfortunately, you can only redeem these promo codes if you are in the US. It's not our fault. It's Apple's policy and there is nothing we can do about it. This being said, hurry up before they all go...

More Lines in Notification Center: Read Entire Messages Directly From Notification Center

Jeff Benjamin ∙ November 11, 2011

By default, Notification Center only displays 4 lines of text in any of your messages. This is okay, but for longer messages like email, it forces you to open the message to read its entire contents.

With More Lines in Notification Center, a jailbreak tweak available on Cydia, you can display up to 12 lines of text at a time, which is usually enough to read the body of an entire (moderately sized) email or text message...

A Quicker Way to Enable iOS’ Hidden Autocorrect Bar

Jeff Benjamin ∙ November 11, 2011

A few days ago we showed you how to enable iOS's built-in but hidden autocorrect bar using a series of simple yet time consuming steps.

If you're still interested in enabling the autocorrect bar, but the manual process turned you off, then we have good news for you.

Autocorrection Bar is a simple to use jailbreak tweak that will easily enable the autocorrect bar if you have a jailbroken iPhone. It even includes an enhancement...

Apple Begins Offering Unlocked iPhone 4S in US Store

Oliver Haslam ∙ November 11, 2011

We knew it was going to come at some point during the month of November, but we didn't know when Apple was going to officially start selling the unlocked iPhone 4S in the United States. Turns out, it was today.

With Apple already selling unlocked handsets on other countries, this is bringing the United States into line with everyone else. But if you've been waiting for the chance to buy an iPhone 4S without a 2-year contract, well, now you can!

All three capacities are available, along with both white and black models...

Sprint to Begin Locking iPhone 4S SIMs Starting Today

Oliver Haslam ∙ November 11, 2011

There has been more than a little confusion surrounding the state of play with the SIM slot on Sprint's iPhone 4S handsets. Are they unlocked? Were they unlocked? Will they ever be unlocked? We've gone through the whole gamut of options over the last few weeks.

SprintFeed has got hold of some clarification via internal Sprint documents, and the waters may be starting to clear. It's a mixture of both good, and bad news.

According to their analysis of the aforementioned document, it seems that Sprint will begin locking iPhone 4S smartphones during the activation process, and that will begin on 11/11/11...

iOS 5.0.1 Not Helping Improve Battery Life

Oliver Haslam ∙ November 11, 2011

When Apple dropped iOS 5.0.1 yesterday, the hope amongst many was that it may help to fix the battery issue that was introduced with iOS 5.0.

It is becoming apparent that iOS 5.0.1 may not have actually fixed the battery bug we told you about before, with our own location-based fix still appearing to be the best way of saving precious battery life...

Fake Jailbreak App Surfaces in the App Store

Cody Lee ∙ November 11, 2011

Ever since jailbreaking began with the original iPhone, Apple has opposed it. Even with all the community has done for iOS, the Cupertino company has continued to fight the process by frequently updating its mobile software with exploit patches.

Given this information, it would seem impossible for anyone to believe that Apple would actually allow a jailbreak utility into its App Store. But apparently it's not. Several folks seem to have fallen for the hoax, and their pockets are lighter because of it...

12-Year-Old Talks App Creation and More in This Video

Cody Lee ∙ Updated October 10, 2018

What were you doing in your spare time at age 12? Playing little league baseball, or video games? That might seem like the norm now, but times are definitely changing. Just ask 6th grader Thomas Suarez what he does in his free time.

On top of developing his own applications, and running his own software company, Suarez has organized a club at his middle school to help other kids learn to program. He talks about this and more at this year's TEDxManhattanBeach conference...

Sn0wBreeze Gets Updated With iOS 5.0.1 Support

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 3, 2018

Yesterday afternoon, after a week of testing, Apple finally seeded iOS 5.0.1 to the public. The update brings fixes for Siri, the Smart Cover security flaw, and the highly-publicized battery issue.

As you may recall, we've recommended that jailbreakers stay away from updating. It could ruin your chances of a proper iOS 5 jailbreak. But for those of you who couldn't wait, Sn0wBreeze was just updated to support the new software with a tethered jailbreak...