Arguably the biggest change to iOS 5.1 when compared with its predecessors is the Lock screen camera functionality.
Instead of double pressing the Home button to reveal the camera icon on your Lock screen, the camera icon is a permanent fixture.
Revealing the actual camera also works quite differently than in times past. Check out our video walkthrough of the new iOS 5.1 Lock screen camera functions inside...
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Lock screen app launcher, AppSlide, has made its way to the Cydia store this afternoon. As we previously discussed, AppSlider is a jailbreak tweak that allows you to customize your Lock screen with two shortcuts to your favorite apps.
You can launch your favorite apps directly from the Lock screen, and if you have a passcode enabled, AppSlider will respect the passcode before allowing you to launch the app.
You can download AppSlider for free on Cydia's BigBoss repo. Let us know what you think about it.
Do you have a couple of apps that you just can't live without? Do you find yourself wishing for a way to launch them directly without hitting your Home screen?
If you fit the above criteria, then check out this video preview of AppSlider. This is an upcoming jailbreak tweak that lets you specify two app shortcuts for your Lock screen...
Do you rarely find yourself using iOS 5's Lock screen camera shortcut? If so, you may be interested in this handy tweak that maps the camera button on your Lock screen to Siri.
It's called LockAssistant, and instead of invoking your camera when tapping the shortcut on your Lock screen, your helpful assistant will be at your beck and call...
If the first thing you though was: "Hey, that looks like UnlockFX," then you're not alone, I thought the same thing too.
But after a little bit of testing, I've confirmed that there just may be enough differences between UnlockFX and iUnlock to warrant a look.
While its animations aren't as original and inspired as that of UnlockFX, iUnlock does feature a few more bells and whistles to make it worthy of your consideration...
There are already multiple ways to enable iOS 5's Notification Center on your iOS device's Lock screen; IntelliScreenX and Bulletin come to mind.
But what if you wanted a free way to enable Lock screen Notification Center? Then you'd want to try Notiflock...
Want to launch up to four applications directly from your Lock screen? If that sounds like a good idea to you, then you want to take a look at this.
It's called LockSliderz, and it's a jailbreak tweak that does exactly that. Via two slider bars, you can launch up to four apps directly from your iDevice's Lock screen...
Each week there are tons of awesome new jailbreak tweaks released, and this past week was no exception. From Siri themes, to Siri alternatives, to Siri servers; it's all here in this week's top jailbreak videos of the week. We also consider the jailbreak classic, LockInfo, along with a simple way to move your iPhone's cursor a character at a time.
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One of my favorite features about IntelliscreenX is the fact that you can access your notification center from your lock screen. I don't use the popular tweak anymore, it was too much for me. And that's really the only element I miss.
Since I dropped Intelliscreenx, I've been looking for a developer to come up with a standalone jailbreak tweak to enable lock screen notification center access. And finally, it's here. Introducing Bulletin...
LockInfo is one of the few jailbreak apps that could single-handedly convinced people to jailbreak their iDevices over the past few years.
It's arguably the primary inspiration behind iOS 5's Notification Center. IntelliScreenX, one of the most popular jailbreak apps at the current moment replicates some of its features.
Without a doubt, LockInfo is a staple in the jailbreak community on a variety of levels. If you're new to the iPhone, or you've just never given LockInfo a try for whatever reason, we recommend that you take a look at our video walkthrough inside...
There's certainly no shortage of jailbreak tweaks that allow you to customize your device's slide to unlock bar. There's Springtomize 2 and SliderEnhancer to name a few.
As you've probably already guessed, we have another one to add to the pile today. Like the aforementioned utilities, SlideToMod is a new tweak for iOS 5 that allows you to customize the text in your device's slide to unlock bar...
ColoredKnob is a tweak that we covered in the past, and it was met with a fairly warm reception. We really liked it; in fact, the only thing holding us back from absolutely loving it was the limited amount of colors available in the initial release.
Apparently the developer heard our cries, because ColoredKnob has just been updated with a ton of new colors, making it much more appealing that it was before...