iOS

Sileo Team launches Diatrus’ Cydia fork, permitting Cydia & Sileo on the same device

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 22, 2020
Sileo and Cydia icons.

If you’re using the checkra1n jailbreak and you’ve been on the fence about using the Sileo Team’s brand-new installer to get Sileo on your iPhone or iPad because of its conflicts with the pre-installed Cydia package manager, then we’ve got good news for you!

With the help of prominent Sileo porter Diatrus, the Sileo Team has officially launched a new Cydia fork on its GetSileo repository that will allow checkra1n devices to run both Cydia and Sileo side-by-side on the same device using the same version of APT.

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ReachCC13 opens Control Center with iOS’ native Reachability gesture

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 22, 2020

Control Center is an incredibly convenient section of iOS that provides instantaneous access to your favorite toggles and shortcuts, but if you have a larger iPhone such as the XS Max or 11 Pro Max, then you might have trouble getting to the interface with just one hand given how the gesture to open Control Center involves the very top-right corner of the display.

Here to solve the aforementioned problem is a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called ReachCC13 by iOS developer Kritanta. Just as the name implies, this tweak modifies the behavior of the iPhone’s native Reachability gesture to launch Control Center when invoked instead.

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Diatrus to release a Cydia fork for checkra1n & unc0ver that works with Sileo

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 21, 2020

It was only a couple of days ago that the Sileo Team released a brand-new Sileo package manager installer for the checkra1n jailbreak. The updated installer, created with the help of prominent Sileo porter Diatrus, leaves most of checkra1n’s bootstrap components intact. On the other hand, the installer still upgrades APT to a version that is incompatible with the pre-installed Cydia package manager, thus uninstalling it in the process.

If you were hoping that you could finally use Sileo on your checkra1n device without having to uninstall Cydia, then the Sileo Team’s updated installer probably left you disappointed. Fortunately, Diatrus seems to be working on a solution that could answer the community’s cries to have both package managers present on the same checkra1n or unc0ver device.

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OneHandWizard 2 makes one-handed usage of massive iPhones easier

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated May 16, 2022

There’s no doubting the fact that smartphones are receiving larger displays by popular demand, and while this can be considered a benefit from the standpoint of media consumption, it also tends to be a shortcoming by way of one-handed usage.

Apple tries to make things on handsets with large displays easier to reach with just one hand through a native Accessibility feature called Reachability, but using it can be cumbersome, and it tends to lack much-needed functionality. For those who demand more out of their one-handed smartphone usage, it’s tough to go wrong with a jailbreak tweak called OneHandWizard 2 by iOS developer sharedRoutine.

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iOS 13.4 lets your iPhone listen for Hey Siri even when faced down or covered

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated March 5, 2024

You know how you can temporarily prevent “Hey Siri” from listening and stop notifications on your iPhone by laying the handset with its face down, without changing any settings? This underrated feature is called Facedown Detection and it doesn't require any toggles or initial setup. iOS 13.4 adds a brand new accessibility setting designed to override Facedown Detection's automatic disabling of Hey Siri when the phone is faced down or covered.

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ScreenshotActions makes it easier to share and interact with iOS screenshots

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 20, 2020

I take so many screenshots on my iPhone day in and day out that I nearly take having the ability to capture my display as an image file for granted. Many others are in the boat I am, but whether you take many screenshots or not, one thing we may all be able to agree on is that Apple could make the screenshot interface a lot more intuitive.

Enter ScreenshotActions, a newly released and free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer P2KDev that makes it a whole lot easier for users to share and interact with screenshots after snapping them.

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This tweak centers the final row of apps on your Home screen

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated March 9, 2020

If you’re lucky enough to have a jailbroken iPhone or iPad at your disposal and you’re looking for a fun and quirky way to make your handset’s Home screen stand out from the average Joe’s, then you just might come to appreciate a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called Central by iOS developers Kritanta and Falc0nDev.

As depicted in the screenshot example above, Central adjusts your Home screen’s application icon layout in such a way that the final row on the Home screen funnels down to just three icons in the center of your display.

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