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Cydia news and information: read the latest development about Cydia, including jailbreak tweaks.

FlipOver Allows You to Mute or Lock Your iDevice by Turning it Face Down

Cody Lee ∙ March 25, 2011

I love it when an application is unobtrusive and functional. You don't get many of these from Apple's App Store because they have such strict rules for developers. There must be an icon added to the home screen and there are certain parts of iOS the app cannot access.

This is a big reason why my iDevices are jailbroken and why I like Cydia so much. It's basically a hot bed for innovation as developers have far less limitations when submitting apps to the Cydia Store. FlipOver is a perfect example of that innovation...

Celeste Bluetooth File Transfer App Now Available in Cydia

Guest Author ∙ March 24, 2011

It's finally here! The team behind Celeste, CocoaNuts, has officially released Celeste, the long awaited Bluetooth file transfer app for iOS4.

As a refresher, Celeste is a jailbreak app that allows your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running iOS 4.2 or later to receive files from any mobile phone and any computer (Mac or PC) that supports OBEX Bluetooth file transfers.

Jailbreakers’ Choice: Your 5 Picks, Vote for the Best

Guest Author ∙ Updated April 2, 2018

On Friday we asked you for your top five favorite paid products from Cydia. We received a large amount of responses, tallied up every vote, and determined what the five most popular paid packages are from our readers.

So now we present to you the final vote. Here are your five favorite apps and tweaks. Vote on the included poll for your favorite amongst the five.

Here are the nominees...

Cydia Gets Much Faster

Guest Author ∙ March 22, 2011

Jay Freeman (aka saurik), creator of Cydia and a key player in the jailbreak community, has been working hard the past 3 months trying to make Cydia an even better experience for all of us.

Cydia can be very slow at times (especially if you've got several repos added); taking several minutes to load up completely, sometimes to the point where it drives you nuts. Saurik has been hard at work and claims he has greatly improved Cydia response times, which should give a noticeable speed boost...

Top Five Paid Jailbreak Apps/Tweaks: Vote for Your Favorites

Guest Author ∙ March 19, 2011

Most people tend to jailbreak for the packages and features that don't require payment. Among the many, SBSettings, Mobile Substrate, Cydia, OpenSSH, ActionMenu, SwitcherMod, and others stand out for functionality the iPhone should have. But which apps are truly worth buying in Cydia?

We're calling for a vote for the top five paid packages and products available from Cydia. If you were to lose all of your purchases, what would be the first five jailbreak tweaks that you spend money on to perfect your iPhone's configuration?

Cydia Now Showing iOS 4.3 SHSH Blobs

Guest Author ∙ March 17, 2011

If you've launched Cydia today, you'll notice that it is now showing your SHSH blob for iOS 4.3 official and beta builds (if you saved them).

Although it is already too late to save your iOS 4.2.1 SHSH blobs, if Cydia isn't showing you've saved your iOS 4.3 SHSH blobs, you may want to fire up TinyUmbrella and save them while you still can. As we've stated before, saving your SHSH blobs can come in handy for future jailbreaks, such as Jailbreak Monte. They are also necessary when you try to downgrade your iPhone to a previous iOS version that Apple is no longer signing.

Celeste Bluetooth File Transfer App Now Available in Cydia

Guest Author ∙ Updated March 24, 2011

It's finally here! The team behind Celeste, CocoaNuts, has officially released Celeste, the long awaited Bluetooth file transfer app for iOS4.

As a refresher, Celeste is a jailbreak app that allows your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running iOS 4.2 or later and receive files from any mobile phone and any computer (Mac or PC) that supports OBEX Bluetooth file transfers.

New Version of Mobile Substrate Adds ASLR Support

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated March 18, 2019

If you're one of the early birds who decided to jailbreak their iOS 4.3 firmware without proper Mobile Substrate support, we have good news for you.

A patched version of Mobile Substrate is available that reportedly addresses the issues with ASLR.

As you're aware, the current version of Mobile Substrate doesn't work with iOS 4.3, rendering many of our favorite jailbreak apps and tweaks inoperable on Apple's latest firmware...

Saurik: What to And What Not to Expect From the Next Version of Cydia

Alex Heath ∙ March 15, 2011

In a recent post about the next version of Cydia, we got some great feedback from users about what features they'd like to see in Cydia 1.1.

The creator of Cydia, Jay "saurik" Freeman posted a long and informative response to our article that gave some insight into the current and future state of Cydia. He chose many questions posed in the article's comments to address key issues.

We're very grateful that saurik decided to share this information with us. He addresses several key topics concerning Cydia...

Springtomize Goes Live in Cydia, Brings Extensive Customization to iOS

Alex Heath ∙ March 14, 2011

The anticipated jailbreak tweak to rule them all, Springtomize, has gone live in Cydia and is now available for purchase. We showed you a detailed preview of this awesome tweak several days ago, and now you can install Springtomize and play with it yourself.

Most jailbreak tweaks focus on one specific aspect of iOS (whether it be the status bar, dock, icons, etc.). Springtomize aims at being the one-stop shop for your tweaking needs. As far as customization is concerned, Springtomize may very well be the king of jailbreak tweaks.

Ryan Petrich Teases the Next Version of Cydia, It Will Be “Awesome”

Alex Heath ∙ March 14, 2011

Ryan Petrich, developer of jailbreak apps like SwitcherMod and Action Menu, is helping work on the next major version of Cydia with saurik and team. Cydia 1.1 is slated to bring significant updates, and will most likely focus heavily on graphics.

While we're not sure when Cydia 1.1 will be ready, it seems to be coming along nicely on the development side of things...

New Cydia Tweek Makes Your LockScreen Keypad Transparent

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 2, 2018

If you are looking for the latest tweak for your jailbroken iPhone, check this out. This new Cydia tweak is called 'Keypad Transparency', and I'll give you 3 guesses what it does. Give up? It gives you complete control over the opacity of your lock screen keypad.

The default opacity is set at 40%, which is what it is in the screen shot above. But the nice little feature about this app is, it allows you to customize it from up to 100% and down. Just how light can it get?