iOS 12

AVPlayerPlus supercharges iOS’ native video player with useful new gestures

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 8, 2019

Whenever you tap on a video in the mobile Safari web browser, such as on YouTube or otherwise, iOS displays that video in a familiar interface called the AVPlayer, which appears in the screenshot example above.

Like most video players, iOS’ native AVPlayer provides only the fundamental controls to and get things done, but with the help of a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called AVPlayerPlus by iOS developer Tr1fecta, you can enjoy several more luxury controls in the native AVPlayer interface that Apple never bothered to provide to you out of the box.

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Assume full control over iOS’ native animations with AnimationsBeFastPlus

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 8, 2019

Every iOS device comes standard with system animations that aim to make the user experience feel both fun and interactive. Apple doesn’t offer much by way of animation customization, and for that reason, it’s unsurprising that the jailbreak community has picked up much of the slack in this department.

Enter AnimationsBeFastPlus, a new jailbreak tweak by iOS developer eXqusic that permits users to get their hands dirty with system-wide animation configuration options.

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This tweak can delete all Messages app conversations with a tap

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 7, 2019

Chronic texters know just how easy it can be to fill iOS’ Messages app with active conversation cells, but what about when it comes time to delete them all?

You could swipe and delete each one individually or you could tap the ‘Edit’ button and select each one individually before deleting them all in one fell swoop. But a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called clearallmesg by iOS developer mr Yacine takes things one step further to make deleting messages in bulk even easier.

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Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Bazzi 2, NextUp, Ringer13, and more

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 6, 2019

It’s a great time to be a member of the jailbreak community, and if you have a pwned handset in your possession, then you might be wondering about the best way to make your handset stand out from the crowd.

In this roundup, we’ll discuss all the jailbreak tweaks released from Monday, September 30th to Sunday, October 6th. As always, 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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This tweak gives iOS’ native Weather widget an animated background

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 6, 2019

Among all the widgets that can be activated via your iPhone or iPad’s Today page, perhaps one of my favorites is Apple’s native Weather widget. On one hand, it’s particularly concise and can be expanded to show hourly forecast information; but at the same time, it’s particularly bland, especially when compared to decked out alternatives such as Yahoo! Weather.

Given the circumstances afoot, we’re particularly excited to show you a newly released jailbreak tweak called AnimatedWeatherWidget by iOS developer Cole Cabral. Just as the name implies, this tweak updates the background of your iOS device’s native Weather widget to display the same animated background that you’d typically observe in the Weather app itself.

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Customize your iPhone’s Lock screen in depth with FingerLock

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 5, 2019

If you have a jailbroken iPhone or iPad at your disposal, then we think you might come to enjoy a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed FingerLock by iOS developer MTAC.

Citing the details provided to us in the tweak’s Cydia depiction, FingerLock provides the user with a bevy of Lock screen-centric customization options that can help it stand out from the crowd. The tweak purportedly includes the following features:

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Cosette lets you Respring your jailbroken device more easily

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 4, 2019

When you have a jailbroken iPhone or iPad at your disposal, the question isn’t ‘if’ you’ll ever respring your device, but rather ‘when.’ Fortunately, there’s no shortage of jailbreak tweaks that make it easy to respring your handset from just about anywhere.

The latest of such tweaks is a new release called Cosette by iOS developer iKilledAppl3, which as the screenshots above depict, adds a convenient respring button to the first page of the native Settings app.

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Ringer13 brings the iOS 13 ringer HUD to jailbroken devices

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 2, 2019

iOS 13 introduces a plethora of aesthetic changes over iOS 12, but perhaps one of the greatest improvements comes by way of the updated volume and ringer HUD interfaces, which no longer photo-bomb the center of your display when invoked.

You can already port the iOS 13 volume HUD to a pwned device with a jailbreak tweak called 13HUD, but now, you can also port iOS 13’s ringer HUD to your jailbroken handset with a secondary add-on dubbed Ringer13 by iOS developer KingPuffDaddi.

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NextUp 2 upgrades iOS’ Now Playing widget with an interactive song queue

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 1, 2019

 

We absolutely love how Now Playing media information is accessible from virtually anywhere in iOS, but one thing we don’t adore is just how useless the Now Playing interface can seem at times.

Given the circumstances, we’re particularly excited to show you a jailbreak tweak called NextUp 2 (iOS 12) by iOS developer Andreas Henriksson, as it upgrades iOS’ native Now Playing interface with useful new controls pertaining to upcoming tracks.

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This tweak displays the Status Bar time as roman numerals

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 1, 2019

Your iPhone’s Status Bar provides a convenient way to check the time no matter what you might be doing on your device, but a digital time display isn’t everyone’s forte.

For those who demand a fancier Status Bar time display, we recommend checking out a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed Roman by iOS developer Blake Boxberger.

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Protect your identity on the internet like never before with Guardian Firewall

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 30, 2019

A VPN (Virtual Private Network) is often your best bet when you want to browse the internet privately. Not only do most VPNs offer end-to-end encryption for secure data transmission, but they will also cloak your true location from prying eyes.

Many VPN services work in the same way, but Guardian Firewall by Sudo Security Group is a completely different type of VPN that aims to clamp down on user privacy even further by filtering outgoing data transmissions that could potentially expose personal information about you.

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