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Customize your iPhone’s ringer/silent switch sound and vibration with MuteVibes

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated December 27, 2021
iPhone Ringer and Silent Switch

One thing the iPhone still has that many other smartphones don’t is a physical ringer/silent switch that can be used to immediately silence your handset from right inside of your pocket.

The iPhone’s physics ringer/silent switch is still one of our favorite things about the Apple-branded handset. But if you’re jailbroken, then you may want to turn your attention to a new and free jailbreak tweak called MuteVibes by iOS developer Ethan Whited, as it can be used to customize the sound and vibration behavior of the ringer/silent switch.

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Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Kalm, Mot, Spectrum, and more…

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 26, 2020

Got a jailbroken iOS handset at your disposal, but aren’t sure what you should do with it? We’ve got you covered.

This roundup will encompass all the latest jailbreak tweak releases from Monday, January 20th to Sunday January 26th. As usual, we’ll kick things off by discussing our favorites and then wrap things up with an outline of the rest afterward.

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LiveRings updated for iOS 13, animates the Activity app icon’s rings

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 24, 2020

If you take advantage of the standard fitness features that ship with your iPhone and Apple Watch, then you might use the native Activity app to view daily progress. As you proceed, the rings inside the app slowly complete a 360–degree circle, an achievement commonly known as ‘closing rings.’ My only gripe with this is that you have to open the app to see any details.

Thankfully, a jailbreak tweak called LiveRings by iOS developer CPDigitalDarkroom lets you view a summary of your activity directly from the Home screen without even launching the Activity app. That’s because the tweak animates the Activity app icon itself to depict ring-closing progress.

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How to use iOS Ninja to install the unc0ver jailbreak without a computer

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 23, 2020

If you rely on Pwn20wnd’s unc0ver jailbreak to realize the fullest potential of your iOS 11.0-12.4.1 iPhone or iPad [up to A12(X)] , then you might occasionally find yourself between a rock and a hard place when the side-loaded jailbreak app is no longer signed and you don’t have access to a computer or a working side-loading app to fix it.

Thanks to a plethora of third-party signing services, it’s possible to install the unc0ver jailbreak without a computer when this happens, and in this tutorial, we’ll show you how to do just that with the popular iOS Ninja utility.

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The best adult coloring book apps for iPhone and iPad

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ January 22, 2020
Coloring books apps - Pigment

Coloring isn’t just for children and these days it’s been said to help adults reduce stress. While games are fun and books are entertaining, sitting down with a coloring book at the end of your day is great for relaxation as well as a way to unleash some creativity.

Whether you want a new way to unwind or just express yourself, here are the best adult coloring books apps for iPhone and iPad.

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iMazing lets you perform truly secure encrypted local backups of iOS devices

Christian Zibreg ∙ January 22, 2020

Following the revealing report by Joseph Menn for Reuters alleging that the FBI “about two years ago” pressured Apple not to encrypt iOS device backups in iCloud, many iPhone users seem unhappy with this news. As an alternative, backing up your iOS device locally using iTunes on a Mac or Windows PC (or the Finder in macOS 10.15 Catalina) lets you retain ownership over your data versus having the contents of your device uploaded to iCloud.

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This tweak automatically hides the Home Bar when it isn’t needed

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 22, 2020

Newer iPhone and iPad Pro models have ditched the traditional Home Button in favor of an edge-to-edge display that sports a software-based Home Bar instead. The Home Bar can be used for unlocking, returning to the Home Screen, toggling Reachability, and switching between apps, but many would argue that it doesn’t always need to be visible.

For those looking for a solution to this quandary, a new and free jailbreak tweak called AutoHideHomeBarX by iOS developer Asterix can automatically hide the Home Bar when it isn’t needed and cause it to reappear again when it is.

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Checkra1n for Linux is purportedly almost complete

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 21, 2020

The checkra1n jailbreak has earned quite the impressive reputation over the past several months as it became both the first iOS 13-supported jailbreak and the first un-patchable bootrom exploit-based jailbreak to be released since the infamous limera1n days almost one full decade ago. But there’s also a certain stigma surrounding the checkra1n jailbreak as it only runs on macOS at the time of this writing.

Fortunately, that’s set to change sooner rather than later. While a Windows version of the jailbreak tool is still probably rather far off due to the complexities of its development, the good news is that the Linux version of checkra1n is nearing completion and could be released very soon. Checkra1n co-developer Nikias Bassen (@pimskeks) shared the exciting announcement via Twitter this Tuesday afternoon:

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