iOS 14

AnimeMyBadges brings a unique breathing animation to notification badges

Anthony Bouchard ∙ December 5, 2020

After receiving a notification from one of your apps, iOS and iPadOS put a badge on the Home Screen’s app icon to alert you to missed and/or pending notifications. The badge appears as a static red dot at the top-right of the icon, and while we’ve seen jailbreak tweaks-a-plenty that permit color customization of these badges, tweaks for animating said badges seem to be far less common.

Enter AnimeMyBadges, a newly released and free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer Antony M that gives Your handset’s notification badges a unique breathing animation that causes them to wax and wane with what can only be described as the in-and-out rhythm of a breath.

Hotmail or Outlook keep asking for your password on iOS?

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ December 4, 2020

If you have a Hotmail or Outlook email account that’s set up in Mail on iPhone or iPad, then you may have been running into this issue since the releases of updates to iOS 14 and iPadOS 14. You repeatedly get a pop-up message asking you for your email account password. Guess what? You’re not alone.

Family Sharing now supports sharing eligible subscriptions and in-app purchases

Evan Selleck ∙ December 3, 2020

Family Sharing makes it possible for a family (or group) up to six to share quite a bit, including apps and Apple's services. And now it supports subscriptions, too.

Apple seeds third betas of iOS 14.3, iPadOS 14.3, tvOS 14.3, and watchOS 7.2 and to developers

Evan Selleck ∙ December 2, 2020

Apple welcomed the first beta of iOS 14.3 in November. Now, the company continues to move forward towards the public update with yet another beta.

Apple finally brings FaceTime Video in 1080p resolution over Wi-Fi to older iPhones

Christian Zibreg ∙ December 2, 2020

Although Apple's official release notes for the iOS 14.2 software make no mention of any significant FaceTime improvements, Brazilian blog MacMagazine has managed to discover that the update enables support for FaceTime video calling in crisp 1080p resolution (1,920-by-1,080 pixels) over Wi-Fi on all iPhone models from the iPhone 8 onward.

Tranzlo makes it easy for jailbreakers to translate text in almost any iOS app

Anthony Bouchard ∙ December 1, 2020

Being bilingual has its perks, but since not everyone has the luxury of knowing more than one language by heart, translation services often lend assistance to those wanting to know how to say something in another language. There’s just one problem: accessing said translation services can be cumbersome, often requiring the user to visit a website or switch to another app.

Here to help with the aforementioned dilemma is Tranzlo, a newly released and free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer MiRO92 that aspires to make language translation much less of a chore on iPhones and iPads.

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Boardy, iPadSwitcher, JBStatusNotifier, & more…

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 29, 2020

The jailbreak community has been filled with all kinds of interesting news recently, with the release of a new iOS 13.5.1-13.7-facing exploit and further updates to popular jailbreak tools like Odyssey to support it. But perhaps the most exciting thing about all of this is the jailbreak tweak side of things — the meat and potatoes that makes jailbreaking worth it.

In this roundup, we’ll talk about all the latest jailbreak tweak releases in one convenient place so that you won’t have to bother searching for all of it yourself. This roundup will encompass all the latest jailbreak tweak releases between Monday, November 23rd and Sunday, November 29th. So without further ado, let’s get started!

Boardy syncs your iPhone or iPad’s clipboard with your Mac or PC

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated March 28, 2022

Anyone that does serious multitasking between devices, especially with regard to their iPhone or iPad and their personal computer, is certain to take a liking to a newly released jailbreak tweak dubbed Boardy by iOS developer Greg0109.

JBStatusNotifier alerts jailbreakers to the Jailbreaks.app signing service’s certificate status

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 25, 2020

Apart from checkra1n, side-loadable jailbreak apps like Odyssey and unc0ver comprise of the overwhelming majority of modern jailbreak tools. While these jailbreak apps are easy to install via a computer with AltStore or Xcode, users demand computer-free options, and that’s the exact reason why signing services such as Jailbreaks.app exist.

As convenient as signing services can be in the short-term, they come with a rather conspicuous caveat: their certificates are often revoked, rendering them useless until a new certificate becomes available. With that in mind, Jailbreaks.app developer iCrazeiOS has released a new and free jailbreak tweak dubbed JBStatusNotifier that will help jailbreakers identify when the Jailbreaks.app certificate becomes revoked or signed.

Substrate Safe Mode updated to support jailbroken iOS 14 devices

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 25, 2020

If your jailbreak depends on Cydia Substrate for tweak injection, then now would be a good time to launch your preferred package manager and refresh your sources. This is especially the case if you’re enjoying the perks of a pwned version of iOS or iPadOS 14 by way of the resilient checkra1n jailbreak.

Upon doing so, those jailbreakers should find an updated release of Substrate Safe Mode ready to be installed, subtly dubbed version 0.9.6005.

Safari webpage translation spotted in France and Sweden

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 23, 2020

After becoming available to customers in Brazil and Germany earlier this month, the new Safari webpage translation feature in iOS 14, iPadOS 14 and macOS Big Sur has reportedly is now reportedly working in additional countries, including France and Sweden.

This tweak badgers iPhone users about their low battery until they charge it

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 23, 2020

While a lot of iPhone users tend to be sticklers when it comes to their handset’s battery level and keeping it charged up, we also see a fair share of folks who don’t seem to mind gambling on the cusp of a completely dead or just barely charged device. Can anyone say “triggered?”

BatteryFlow Reborn is a new and free jailbreak tweak developed by ItzNebbs with the intent of making iPhone users more actively aware of their handset’s low battery situation by continuously bombarding them with notification alerts and banners.