Among several of my favorite things to do with a jailbroken iPhone or iPad, creating shortcuts to my most-used apps and features ranks high on my list.
Hydra lets jailbreakers nest app shortcuts underneath other Home Screen app icons
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Rolodex upgrades the user experience of the alphabetical sidebar scroller
A small number of interfaces found throughout iOS display a letter-based sidebar on the right side of the display to improve navigation through lengthy, alphabetical lists.
Icarus upgrades the App Switcher on pwned iPhones with animations, a Home Screen widget, & power features
Anyone that does even the smallest amount of multitasking on their iPhone should be avidly familiar with the App Switcher. That’s because it’s the primary way to move from one app to another without visiting the Home Screen.
How to delete the configuration files left behind by uninstalled jailbreak tweaks
When you have a jailbroken iPhone or iPad at your disposal, the inevitable happens; you install add-ons to upgrade the user experience of your handset, whether to make it look better or to give it new functional capabilities.
Apple seeds fourth iOS 15.2, iPadOS 15.2, tvOS 15.2, and watchOS 8.3 betas to developers
Moving right along here, Apple has seeded the next beta for its upcoming software update to iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. This latest update isn't the biggest by far, and it's not adding a whole suite of new forward facing features for the end user. However, the software does make some notable additions and changes.
Cask 3 lends custom scrolling animations to some of your favorite apps
One thing that gets me super excited about having a jailbreak is that I can use jailbreak tweaks to enhance the animations for the things I do most.
Next Music displays a subtle notification with every song change
The iPhone is an amazing music player, especially when you have streaming services like Apple Music, Pandora, Spotify, and others right in the palm of your hand on demand.
Some of the best jailbreak tweaks for respringing & rebooting iOS 14
Jailbreaking your iPhone or iPad means that you’ll spend a lot of time modding your handset’s appearance or behavior, and many of the add-ons that make this possible will necessitate some type of a refresh to take effect, be it a reboot or a respring.
Apple stops signing iOS 15.1 for iPhone 12 & 13 lineups following iOS 15.1.1 update
Apple released iOS 15.1.1 for the iPhone 12 & 13 lineups a couple of Mondays ago with an important bug fix pertaining to dropped phone calls. Although I hadn’t experienced this problem myself, it was obviously experienced by enough users that it warranted a resolution from the OEM.
SpeakerFirst prioritizes the iPhone’s loudspeaker when tapping the speaker button in a call
When you place or receive a phone call on your iPhone, the speaker option can be incredibly useful when you don’t plan to hold the handset up to your ear.
ReplayKit Max removes the screen resolution cap from iOS’ native screen recording feature
Screen recording is a powerful feature that iPhone users once needed to jailbreak to use, but since becoming a native feature in iOS and iPadOS, the tides have turned to jailbreakers enhancing the feature instead of enabling it.
Justin Sherman publishes promised documentation for kernel exploit for iOS 14.7 and below
In mid-October, hacker Justin Sherman took to Twitter to announce that he would soon publish a write-up detailing the likes of a kernel-level exploit for iOS & iPadOS 14.7 and below.