iOS

iOS 13 lets you adjust Portrait Lighting intensity and shoot classic monochromatic images

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 4, 2019

The Camera app in iOS 13 has received some love, too, although not as much as we've been hoping for. There are two main new user-facing enhancements. First, a new monochromatic image effect is available in-camera during capture, creating a classic look by setting a monochromatic subject agains an all-white background. The other new feature allows you to adjust the intensity of any Portrait Lighting shooting mode, while taking an image.

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Speed and performance are at the heart of iOS 13

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 4, 2019

No other feature is more important to iPhone users than iOS's vaunted smooth performance. While some iOS releases did make our devices run slower, that has changed with iOS 10 which laid the groundworks three years ago for what would come in iOS 12 the following year: significant speed gains. iOS 13 continues on that trajectory with additional under-the-hood tweaks and optimizations that bring notable speed advances over iOS 12.

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iBSparkes demos 0day on brand-new iOS 13 beta 1 firmware

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 3, 2019
Matrix code hacked iPhone.

Apple launched the first developer beta of iOS 13 just this afternoon after the WWDC 2019 Keynote presentation came to an end, and despite how new this beta software is, talented security researchers are already findings ways to crack it.

In a Tweet shared just this evening, @iBSparkes flexed his l33t hacking skills by sharing what appears to be a demonstration of an undisclosed 0day vulnerability:

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Shrink the size of iOS’ notification banners with Nanobanners

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 3, 2019

Veteran iOS users probably still remember the day when Apple introduced notification banners to their mobile operating system to replace the intrusive notification alerts that used to pop up in the middle of your display. But it seems like modern banner notifications are a lot taller than they need to be.

Those interested in shrinking down the size of their handset’s incoming banner notifications will come to appreciate a newly-released and free jailbreak tweak called Nanobanners by iOS developer Nepeta. This tweak takes a no-BS approach to making your handset’s banner notifications more tolerable, as shown in the screenshot example above.

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This tweak gives your iPhone’s power-down menu a Samsung-style makeover

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 3, 2019

You can access the power down screen on any iOS device with a hardware button gesture that varies depending on the handset, and while it comes in handy at times, many would agree that the interface is somewhat lacking and leaves a lot to be desired.

Here to help in this department is a newly-released jailbreak tweak called SamsungPowerDown by iOS developer DevNTNghia, which as the tweak’s name implies, gives your handset’s native power down screen a Samsung-esque makeover.

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