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iOS 15 lets you preserve iPhone camera settings for Night Mode, keeping it off until you need it
The iPhone's Night Mode uses computational photography to bring your low-light shots to life, but iOS 14 wouldn't let you keep its state preserved across sessions. iOS 15 fixes that.
Sonitus unlocks iOS’ native noise cancellation controls for unsupported headphones
Apple reserves iOS’ deep integration for noise cancellation and transparency mode to the company’s own headphone and headset offerings including the AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, and even the Beats Studio Buds. But these are far from the only headphone and headset offerings on the market that offer alike or similar features.
Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Cucu, Playtopia 2, Vide, & more…
Despite the lull that the jailbreak community is experiencing amid anticipation for iOS & iPadOS 15 this Fall, we continue to see interesting new jailbreak tweak developments and jailbreak-centric news.
Many of those releases and news breaks happen when we’re distracted by our lives, and important tidbits can be easy to miss as a result. That’s the primary reason why iDownloadBlog curates these weekly recaps — it’s an effort to keep everyone on the same page despite all the chaos life brings.
Sileo Team unleashes Sileo public beta v2.2 with an impressive change log
Proponents of the Sileo package manager for jailbroken iPhones and iPads will be in for quite the surprise this Saturday morning, as the Sileo Team appears to be pushing a notably significant new public beta update for the app in the form of version 2.2.
Playtopia 2 gives jailbreakers a floating music widget and a reason to subscribe to Apple Music
In 2016, we showed our readers an innovative mini player widget for jailbroken iPhones dubbed Playtopia that could shrink to a compact size while floating over the top of any interface for convenient music playback control from anywhere.
Today, we’re excited to share that a jailbreak tweak called Playtopia 2 is now available for modern jailbroken handsets running iOS 14 — a project made possible by iOS developers Ginsu and Aviorrok.
Take control of your jailbroken iPhone’s folder cosmetics with FolderPlus
The introduction of the App Library in iOS 14 made Home Screen folders a moot point for many iPhone users. Still, some continue to use folders to organize app icons on the Home Screen, even in a post-App Library world.
This tweak prevents the YouTube app from nagging you to subscribe to YouTube Premium
As a YouTube Premium user, I’m glad that I no longer need to cope with the barrage of endless pop-ups that would attempt to upsell me on an upgraded YouTube experience comprised of support for background playback, offline video downloads, and ad-free viewing.
Having said that, I sympathize for the free YouTube users out there who are nagged time and time again to upgrade to YouTube Premium. While it’s annoying enough to try and watch videos with ad inserts every few seconds, the user experience is even more heavily degraded by those persistent money-grabbing pop-ups being added to the mix.
Apple is updating the iWork app icons in macOS 12 Monterey
Sometime in the near future, Apple is going to launch the next major update to its desktop operating system. With macOS 12 Monterey, the company is welcoming plenty of changes to the software. Including some tweaks to the user interface and overall aesthetic. And that will apparently be the case for the iWork app icons as well.
WhatsApp rolling out iOS/Android chat transfer in the coming weeks
WhatsApp at Samsung's 2021 Unpacked event formally announced a much-needed new feature allowing users to transfer their chat histories between Android handsets and iPhones.
Samsung’s latest Galaxy smartwatches won’t support iPhones
Samsung's new Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic smartwatches won't be iOS compatible, meaning they won't work with iPhones, unlike the previous models.
Some of the best jailbreak tweaks for Dark Mode on iOS 14
One of the features I use non-stop on both my iPhone and iPad is Dark Mode. It’s something I wanted Apple to incorporate into its platform for eons after enjoying a multitude of jailbreak tweaks that unofficially provided the capability for so many years. That wish was granted in iOS & iPadOS 13, and it continues to be a popular feature even in iOS & iPadOS 14.
Now that we’ve enjoyed Dark Mode out of the box on the iOS and iPadOS platforms for a couple of years, it’s only natural that the jailbreak community has developed different ways of augmenting how we use and interact with it. Whether or not you’ve been following along for all that time, this piece will briefly summarize what we think are some of the best jailbreak tweaks for upgrading the Dark Mode user experience on iOS 14.