iOS 14

Reimagine what’s possible from the iPhone’s Home Screen with AppEditor

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 29, 2021

One thing that I’ve always liked about having a jailbroken iPhone is that I can get to important things more quickly than I could on a stock handset. This is all because of the different types of shortcuts and extensions that you can have on a device that’s no longer being subjected to Apple’s native software restrictions.

While there’s certainly no shortage of jailbreak tweaks that permit handy shortcuts and functionality from almost anywhere in iOS, those who consider themselves to be power users may have something to gain from the likes of a newly released jailbreak tweak called AppEditor by iOS developer @CrazyMind90.

ClassicAlerts cures nostalgia for the alert notifications in iOS 8 and earlier

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 28, 2021

iOS tends to receive minor aesthetic changes, albeit not always, with Apple’s annual iteration releases every Fall.

One of the things that saw a facelift post-iOS 8 was the appearance of alert notifications, which adopted rounded corners upon dropping the previously squarer aesthetic.

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Eva, Gemini, Surge, & more…

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 27, 2021

Jailbreakers know the struggle that ensues when trying to keep their pwned handsets up to date with the latest and greatest jailbreaks and jailbreak tweaks. That’s why our mission is to provide accurate and timely jailbreak-centric news every day of the week.

We understand that our readers have busy lives and may not be able to keep up with every new development as it unfolds, and so we come at you every Sunday with an easy-to-digest roundup just like this one so that you can get the gist of everything new.

Ensure iOS’ banner notifications aren’t blocking navigation bar buttons with miniBanner 14

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 27, 2021

Banner notifications are just one of the native components of iOS 14 that could do with some intuitive design changes by Apple. More specifically, I’ve long felt that they’re just a little bit too large, often covering up navigation bars in apps when they appear for the short time that they do.

Countless jailbreak tweak releases in the past have attempted to remedy this situation by putting notification banners on a diet – an effort to reduce their intrusive footprint over whatever interface you might be using. The latest of such releases is miniBanner 14 by iOS developer MissThee.

PowerWidget lets jailbreakers perform powerful power commands via an iOS 14 widget

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 26, 2021

One of the flagship features of iOS 14 was the ability to add widgets directly to the Home Screen alongside your app icons.

This is something that iPhone users have wanted to do for a very long time, and while Apple certainly did wonders to make it a reality, they also kept the number of native widgets to a minimum.

This jailbreak tweak lets users add empty space between app icons with invisible widgets

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 26, 2021

Jailbreakers, whether they use themes or not, tend to be of the mindset that device customization should be a human right. Apple seems to disagree; but I digress.

One way jailbreakers customize their handsets is by changing their Home Screen’s app icon layout. Unfortunately, Apple designed the Home Screen so that app icons would snap into place without the ability to leave spaces in between app icons.

Level up your iPhone’s App Switcher with the Gemini jailbreak tweak

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 25, 2021

If there’s anything that jailbreaking my iPhone has taught me over the past several years, it’s that I should always come to expect more from iOS than Apple provides for it out of the box.

The aforementioned rule of thumb holds true in so many different respects, but one particular element of iOS that I find to be lacking features and intuitive integration is the App Switcher. It’s just… boring.

Enjoy awesome parallax wallpaper effects on your jailbroken iPhone with Eva

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 25, 2021

Your iPhone’s wallpaper is arguably one of the most personal things you’ll customize on your handset right out of the box. Having said that, it’s a popular thing even for jailbreakers to customize.

One thing worth staring, however, is that jailbreakers do things a little differently. Rather than using boring motionless wallpaper images, jailbreak tweaks can apply unique effects to your wallpaper images that you simply can’t experience on a stock handset.

TWSafeSearch auto-deletes your search history in the Twitter app

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 25, 2021

Privacy is a growing concern each and every day, and it’s easy to see why given the prevalence of trackers and and data breaches affecting the user accounts of various online services.

If you’re a Twitter user, then one way you can improve your account’s privacy is by keeping your search history scrubbed. Think Private Browsing for Twitter; this ensures that anyone looking over your shoulder or gaining unauthorized access to your account won’t know what you’ve been looking up.

Some of the best jailbreak tweaks for iOS 14’s keyboard

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated September 21, 2021

We’ve been on a mission to increase the visibility of quality jailbreak tweaks for specialized areas of iOS for quite a few weeks now, having already showcased curated lists for Control Center, the Home Screen, the Messages app, and the Now Playing interface. But believe us when we say we aren’t stopping there.

Given that the keyboard is something that most iPhone and iPad users will interact with hundreds of times each day, this seemed like another important niche that needed attention. That’s why today we will be curating a list of some of the best jailbreak tweaks for augmenting the keyboard on jailbroken iOS 14 devices.

Upgrade the boring low power banner on jailbroken iOS with Surge

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated August 25, 2022

As you run your iPhone’s battery far into the danger zone, iOS displays a low power banner to let you know that you should visit a charger as soon as you can.

The low power banner that comes with a stock installation of iOS is particularly barebones, and could do with some spicing up. TitanD3v seems to agree with this sentiment, and a such, a newly released jailbreak tweak dubbed Surge has been conceived.

Conveniently access a calculator or phone dialer from anywhere in iOS with Digitnetic

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated August 25, 2022

Of the multitude of different things I use on my iPhone on a daily basis, the Calculator and Phone apps are definitely high on that list.

But sometimes life catches us in a pinch, and that’s why having the ability to access these tools without unlocking our iPhones and finding and launching the Calculator or Phone apps can come in handy.