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Tractor brings much-needed improvements to the Music widget

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 6, 2018

If you feel like iOS' stock Music widget leaves a lot to be desired, then you aren’t alone. In fact, iOS developer LaughingQuoll recently released a new free jailbreak tweak dubbed Tractor with the intention of improving Apple’s sad excuse for a Music widget.

In the before and after screenshots above, you can see how Tractor revitalizes the Music widget’s usefulness. Rather than displaying a list of available music inside the widget, Tractor implements the traditional music controls that you’d expect to see there.

StatusBarX brings the iPhone X’s Status Bar to other iDevices

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 4, 2018

Love it or hate it, the iPhone X Status Bar looks different from the one on traditional rectangular-display iPhones. Its unique aesthetic accommodates the ‘notch’ at the top of the handset's display.

But if you have an iPhone with a traditional rectangular display and wish your Status Bar looked more like it did on the iPhone X, then you might want to try a new free jailbreak tweak called StatusBarX by iOS developer Adel Hammoud.

LeadMeHome, SafariPad, and 11 other jailbreak tweaks to try this weekend

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 3, 2018

Looking for some jailbreak tweaks to install on your pwned iOS 10 or 11 device? Then you’ve come to the right place.

This roundup will encompass all the jailbreak tweaks released from May 27th until June 3rd. As usual, we’ll kick things off by discussing our favorite releases in detail and then wrap things up by outlining the rest afterward.

Monthlicon displays the current month under the Calendar app icon

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 31, 2018

Quickly glancing at the Calendar app icon on your Home screen can be a fast and effective way to discern the date/day in a pinch, but iOS developer Maxwell Lang wanted to expand upon that idea with the release of a new free jailbreak tweak called Monthlicon.

As the name of the tweak implies, Monthlicon keeps you informed of the current month in addition to the date and day. It does so by replacing the Calendar app’s Home screen label with the name of the month.

SafariPad brings iPad-like tabbed web browsing to the iPhone

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 30, 2018

Safari offers a great web browsing experience on both the iPhone or iPad, but truthfully speaking, the smartphone and tablet versions of this stock web browser aren't created equally.

A new free jailbreak tweak called SafariPad by iOS developer LonestarX takes note of this caveat and brings one of the best iPad-centric Safari features to smaller handsets like the iPhone and iPod touch: browsing tabs.

Security researcher Ian Beer teases tfp0 exploit for iOS 11.3.1

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 29, 2018

The name Ian Beer should sound pretty familiar by now, as he was the security researcher behind the tfp0 exploit for iOS 11.0-11.1.2 that made CoolStar’s popular Electra jailbreak tool possible.

But Beer is about to become even more popular after a Tweet shared Tuesday afternoon. It appears that he may have yet another tfp0 exploit up his sleeve; only this time, it supports firmware as new as iOS 11.3.1.

Activator picks up iOS 11 compatibility in latest update

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 29, 2018

Renowned jailbreak tweak developer Ryan Petrich updated his popular Activator extension this week with support for iOS 11.

This is the first time since the release of CoolStar’s Electra jailbreak for iOS 11.0-11.1.2 that Activator received an official update to support Apple’s latest jailbreakable firmware. Notably, unofficial forks were under development by other developers previously.

How to fix the annoying “missing maintainer” error in Cydia

Joaquim Barbosa ∙ Updated May 12, 2019

This guide will show you how to remove the following pesky error, which can crop up in your Cydia output from time to time:

dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' ... missing maintainer

This is a fairly common Cydia message, which clutters up the installation and uninstallation screens and can add dozens of redundant lines of output. Not only is this unsightly, it can also make it hard to troubleshoot more serious Cydia errors by swamping the installation readout. We'll show you how to take care of these harmless and overly verbose messages.

LeadMeHome makes it easy to find apps on cluttered Home screens

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 28, 2018

Home screen setups vary from one person to the next, but if yours is more cluttered than most, then perhaps you could benefit from a new free jailbreak tweak release called LeadMeHome by iOS developer LonestarX.

LeadMeHome aims to help you find app icons on your Home screen more efficiently. Whether you want to launch, move, or delete the app in question, LeadMeHome saves you the time and hassle of searching several pages’ worth of app icons with a fine-toothed comb.

Gauze, iTranslate, Victrola, and 9 other jailbreak tweaks to try this weekend

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 27, 2018

It’s Sunday again, and that means it’s time for another jailbreak tweak roundup.

This roundup post will encompass all the jailbreak tweaks released in Cydia from May 21st until May 27th. As usual, we’ll kick things off by discussing our favorites and then outline the rest of them afterward.

Gauze brings a grid-style App Switcher to iOS 10 devices

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated January 28, 2019

Apple tweaks the App Switcher user interface with almost every major iteration of iOS. But despite all the changes Apple made over the years, the App Switcher still harbors one recognizable issue: it wastes a ton of screen real estate.

GridSwitcher was a well-accepted jailbreak tweak released in 2015 that attempted to resolve this concern by displaying more apps in the App Switcher at a glance, but it only supported iOS 7 and 8. Today, a new jailbreak tweak called Gauze by iOS developer Antique breathes new life into this idea for jailbroken iOS 10 handsets.

Victrola gives the Lock screen’s Now Playing music interface a makeover

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 26, 2018

Whenever play music on your handset, the Lock screen becomes immersed with Now Playing music controls and information relevant to whatever might be playing. The controls work exactly how we’d expect them to, but they sport a standardized appearance and lack character.

For those who agree, it may be worth trying a new jailbreak tweak release dubbed Victrola by iOS developer Antique. If effectively provides a polarizing new look and feel for the Lock screen’s Now Playing music controls.