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How to customize Fantastical 2 for iPhone to suit your needs

Fantastical 2 on iPhone

If you’ve gone beyond your iPhone’s default Calendar app and purchased Fantastical 2, then you already know the host of features that this app provides. But, have you taken the time to sit down and really customize it?

Getting your calendar exactly as you want it is worth the time. So, here’s your Fantastical 2 tutorial for customizing the app on your iPhone.

Customize your iPhone’s charging chime with Malipo

Whenever your iPhone connects to a power source to charge, whether via Lightning cable or Qi wireless charging, it plays a chime to let you know that the connection succeeded.

Love it or hate it, Apple provides no way of customizing your iPhone’s stock charging chime. But a new free jailbreak tweak called Malipo by iOS developer iKilledAppl3 does.

What Progressive Web Apps are and how to install and use them on iPhone and iPad

Thanks to modern web technologies like HTML5, Progressive Web Apps (PWA) run in a browser, don't require separate distribution, combine features of native apps with the benefits of a mobile experience and let you keep them on the Home Screen without the hassle of an app store.

In this tutorial, we'll help you install Progressive Web App to your iPhone or iPad Home Screen.

Semperon adds an ‘always-on-display’ to your jailbroken iPhone

A plethora of Android smartphones on the market today support ‘always-on-display’ functionality in which the background remains dark, but the time and date appear in legible white font for your convenience.

Until now, you couldn’t experience this effect on an Apple handset, but a new jailbreak tweak dubbed Semperon by iOS developer LaughingQuoll mimics this functionality on any jailbroken iPhone or iPad running iOS 11.

Electra Team open-sources Electra1131

In an unexpected move on Wednesday, Electra Team member CoolStar has published the source code for the Electra1131 jailbreak tool on GitHub.

The move to open-source Electra1131 came after a public spat broke out between CoolStar and ex-Electra Team member Pwn20wnd on Twitter.

LiveRings animates your Activity app icon with real-time progress

If you take advantage of the fitness features available on your iPhone and Apple Watch, then you might be excited to learn about a new free jailbreak tweak called LiveRings by iOS developer CP Digital Darkroom.

This tweak animates the Activity app icon on your Home screen so that it displays your actual ring activity in real-time, as shown above.

SemiRestore11/Rollectra released, lets Electra1131 users un-jailbreak on demand

As expected, Electra Team member Pwn20wnd released the much-anticipated SemiRestore11/Rollectra utility on Monday, enabling any Electra1131 user to completely un-jailbreak their device with the tap of a button.

SemiRestore11/Rollectra is a free download from Cydia’s Packix repository, and should also be accessible from the Electra Team’s upcoming Cydia replacement, Sileo.

Apple’s no longer providing free speaker repair to iPhone 7 users

A few months ago, Apple ostensibly acknowledged that some iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus units were experiencing issues with the built-in microphone. As such, an internal memo showed that Apple was willing to fix those handsets free of charge, even when they were out of warranty. Unfortunately, it now looks like Cupertino is no longer offering that exemption.