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EnableMeAhora lets you theme the toggle switches in the Settings app
If you have a jailbroken handset in your possession and you’re into aesthetic customizations, then you just might come to appreciate a newly-released jailbreak tweak dubbed EnableMeAhora by iOS developer i0stweak3r.
EnableMeAhora allows you to colorize and reshape the toggle switches and sliders in your Settings app however you like. Above, you’ll see a few examples in which the tweak has modified the appearance of iOS’ native toggle switches.
FluidTabs lets you swipe between an open app’s tabs
You’ve undoubtedly happened upon an app on your iPhone in which tabs appear at the bottom of the interface for navigating said app. Many native apps, in addition to third-party downloads from the App Store, use this type of navigation interface.
Users generally tap on the tabs at the bottom of the app to get from one view to another, but a newly-released and free jailbreak tweak called FluidTabs by iOS developer tomt000 brings this concept to the 21st century by allowing users to ‘swipe’ between an open app’s tabs.
Magic Mouse 2 now works in iPadOS and iOS 13, but support for gestures still nonexistent
It didn't work previously, but Apple's wireless mouse can now be paired with an iPhone or iPad.
iOS 13’s Notes app apparently features automatic curse word censoring
The improved Notes app in iOS 13 apparently features automatic curse word censoring.
Bedrock brings Minecraft’s funny splash screen messages to your Lock screen
It was only a couple of weeks ago that we broke the news about a jailbreak tweak release called McSettings that could theme your Settings app to look and feel more like the popular Minecraft game, but now you can do the same with your Lock screen with the help of a new add-on called Bedrock by iOS developer Samg_is_a_Ninja.
As you might’ve discerned for yourself already, Bedrock brings the nostalgic Minecraft-centric splash screen messages to your iPhone’s Lock screen. These are generally one-liners and somewhat tacky, but Minecraft lovers will be excited to hear that they animate precisely as they would in the game on your computer.
New concept reimagines the process of changing a jailbroken handset’s root password
Anytime you jailbreak an iOS device, one of the first things you’re ever advised to do is change your handset’s root password, which is commonly used to access elevated privileges in mobile terminal when entering complex commands. The password is always “alpine” out of the box, but users can change this to almost anything they want to increase their handset's security from a commonly-known password.
As imperative as changing the root password may be, many jailbreakers either forget to do so or shrug off its importance. For that reason, we’re particularly fond of a sleek concept that was shared to /r/jailbreak over the weekend that rethinks the way jailbreakers will interact with their root password after jailbreaking their handset for the first time.
Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Appaze, PortraitXI, WeatherUnlockText, and more
We fashion together an easy-to-digest jailbreak tweak roundup every week such that you can make well-informed decisions about what to install on your pwned handset. This week is no different.
In this roundup, we’ll talk about all the latest jailbreak tweaks to be released on most significant repositories from Monday, August 5th to Sunday, August 11th. As always, we’ll discuss our favorite releases first and then cap things off with an outline of the rest afterward.
Appaze lets you set brightness and volume levels on a per-app basis
If you’ve ever fancied setting custom display brightness and/or speaker volume levels for individual apps before, then it’s your lucky day. A newly-released jailbreak tweak dubbed Appaze by iOS developer AnthoPak lets you do these things with ease.
As shown in the screenshot examples above, Appaze utilizes the Home screen’s native 3D Touch menus to function. Upon pressing firmly on an app icon to reveal its menu, users will find two new additions, including “Set custom brightness” and “Set custom volume” at the top of the list.
iOS 12 now installed on 88% of all devices
With iOS 13 looming on the horizon, Apple has revealed just how well iOS 12 is doing as far as adoption goes.
Apple seeds sixth iOS 13, iPadOS, watchOS 6, and tvOS 13 betas to developers
Apple this week seeded the latest developer betas of iOS 13, iPadOS, tvOS 13, and watchOS 6.
PortraitXI enables native Portrait photography on single-lens handsets
Apple’s iPhones sport some of the best mobile point-and-shoot cameras in the industry. While their megapixel counts aren’t always as high as some of the Android-powered handsets out there, an iPhone’s camera stands apart from the rest because of the powerful software that drives it, and this includes the Portrait mode that comes baked into the native Camera app.
Portrait mode comes in handy at times when trying to snap the ideal photograph of a subject – be it an object or a person. Sadly, it’s limited to handsets that are equipped with dual cameras, with the iPhone XR being the lone exception to this rule, but jailbreakers can now take advantage of a newly-released jailbreak tweak called PortraitXI by iOS developer foxfortmobile to circumvent this needless limitation.