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Hush, KITTLoader, and 14 other jailbreak tweaks to check out this weekend

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 20, 2018

While Electra for iOS 11.0-11.1.2 remains the latest jailbreak solution for Apple-branded handsets, there’s been some talk lately about new exploits that impact some of Apple’s latest firmware versions. Nevertheless, nothing has materialized just yet.

In the meantime, anyone with a jailbroken device may take an interest in tweaking it outside of stock parameters. This roundup encompasses every jailbreak tweak released in Cydia from May 14th until May 20th. As usual, we’ll start by showcasing our favorites and then outline the rest afterward.

Apple seeds sixth beta of iOS 11.4 to developers

Cody Lee ∙ Updated October 17, 2018

Apple on Thursday seeded the sixth beta of iOS 11.4 to developers. Registered developers can download the new beta through Apple’s dev center, or it can be installed using the OTA update mechanism.

Hush toggles Do Not Disturb by placing your iPhone face down

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 16, 2018

Do Not Disturb mode, which can be toggled from Control Center or from the Settings app, is a timelessly handy feature that I use to keep iPhone notifications at bay when I’m busy.

But a new free jailbreak tweak called Hush by iOS developer smokin1337 promises to make accessing Do Not Disturb mode even easier by merely letting you place your handset face-down to activate the feature.

This tweak displays a countdown to your alarm in Control Center

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 16, 2018

If you take advantage of the alarm feature on your iPhone or iPad as often as I do, then a new free jailbreak tweak called CCAlarmETA by iOS developer LonestarX may come off as intriguing to you.

Precisely as the name implies, CCAlarmETA puts an ETA indicator inside of the Control Center-based alarm shortcut any time there's an active alarm on your handset.

This tweak gives your iPhone a redesigned activity indicator

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 15, 2018

You might have noticed that your iPhone displays a spinner-like animation in the Status Bar whenever you access the internet or perform functions in specific apps. This spinner, which is commonly referred to as the activity indicator, lets you know that your device is actively doing something.

For the most part, the activity indicator doesn’t get much attention, but a new free jailbreak tweak dubbed KITTLoader by iOS developer LonestarX gives it an entirely new look and feel.

Apple seeds fifth betas of iOS 11.4, macOS 10.13.5, watchOS 4.3.1 and tvOS 11.4

Cody Lee ∙ Updated October 17, 2018

Apple on Monday seeded the fifth betas of iOS 11.4, macOS 10.13.5, watchOS 4.3.1 and tvOS 11.4 to developers. Registered developers can download the new betas through Apple’s dev center, or they can be installed using each platform’s respective OTA updating mechanism.

HTML rendering flaw in Apple Mail can reveal encrypted emails in plain text

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 14, 2018

HTML rendering flaws discovered in Apple Mail for iOS and macOS were detailed this morning, allowing unscrupulous attackers to derive decrypted plain text from your encrypted emails.

14 jailbreak tweaks to check out this weekend

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 13, 2018

As we move into mid-2018, many are wondering about the future of the iOS 11 jailbreak and when Saurik will come forth with official Cydia and Substrate support for it. Nevertheless, several developers continue crafting interesting jailbreak tweaks for iOS 11.

In this roundup, we’ll discuss all the tweaks that have been released in some of Cydia’s most significant repositories. As usual, we’ll kick things off by showcasing our favorite releases and then wrap everything up by outlining the rest afterward.

New Steam apps will let you stream games and movies to your iPhone, iPad & Apple TV

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 28, 2019

How cool would it be if you could play your Steam library of games on your iPhone, iPad or Apple TV? Thanks to the upcoming Steam Link and Steam Video apps, local streaming of your Steam entertainment library is coming soon to iOS and tvOS.

Another Unicode text bomb hits Messages app

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 9, 2018

Unicode bugs are what Lock screen exploits used to be in the past—no matter what Apple does, there's seemingly always a new text handling issue lurking around the corner.

This tweak puts a live battery indicator in Control Center’s Low Power Mode toggle

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 9, 2018

Cowbell is a new free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer LaughingQuoll that displays your device’s current battery level in the Low Power Mode toggle button located inside of Control Center in iOS 11.

Shown above, you can see how the text string indicating your current battery level percentage appears just below the glyph shown on the toggle button.

Customize your iPhone X Status Bar font with Swae

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 9, 2018

Jailbreak tweaks explicitly designed for the iPhone X are few and far in between, but now you can add a new release called Swae by iOS developer NeinZedd9 to that list.

Swae is a cosmetic-oriented tweak that lets you customize the font of the text displayed your iPhone X’s Status Bar. As shown above, it impacts elements such as the time and cellular signal information, among other things.