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Animate your Home Screen’s notification badges with AnimeMyBadges Pro

Anthony Bouchard ∙ December 25, 2020

Jailbreakers may recall earlier this month when we showed you a new jailbreak tweak dubbed AnimeMyBadges by iOS developer Antony M that provided a rather interesting breathing animation for your Home Screen’s notification badges. It was simple, short, and sweet, but if you were looking for a different notification badge animation, then you would have found yourself out of luck.

That changed this week with the release of AnimeMyBadges Pro, a paid upgrade from the aforementioned free release that offers nearly a dozen different badge animation styles to choose from.

Aukey offers great charging solutions for your new iPhone 12 [sponsor]

Cody Lee ∙ December 23, 2020

If you've picked up a new iPhone 12 or another electronic device recently, and are in need of a charger, Aukey has you covered. They have options that range from small and portable to big and powerful, and everything in between. Check out our full roundup below.

How to manage data usage in the Disney+ app

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated September 8, 2022

If you use the Disney+ video-streaming service on your devices, you probably know that it attempts to deliver the highest-quality experience possible as a default setting. To preserve your bandwidth when using Disney+, however, you must limit video quality over cellular and Wi-Fi. Follow along with us as we show you how to manage Disney+ data usage.

First rooted iPhones are now being delivered to select iOS security researchers

Christian Zibreg ∙ December 23, 2020

iOS security researchers who applied for Apple's Security Research Device Program, announced in June, are reporting that Apple has finally started shipping specially-configured iPhones.

Got a pesky notification badge that won’t go away? Begone can remove it

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated March 21, 2022

It’s typically an easy task to remove a notification badge from an app — merely open the app in question and acknowledge the notification. In some instances, however, the process isn’t quite as cut and dry. The Setting app, for example, likes to display a notification badge when there are pending software updates for your handset.

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How to sort and filter Apple Arcade games on iOS, Mac, and TV

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated July 12, 2024

Learn how to filter and sort Apple Arcade games in the App Store by criteria like release date, updates, category, controller support, and more to quickly find the right game you want to play.

Juin brings the Spotify app’s Now Playing interface to the Lock Screen

Anthony Bouchard ∙ December 21, 2020

Spotify is one of the most popular music streaming services on the iPhone besides Apple Music, and it’s easy to see why. Not only does Spotify offer a compelling music database to choose from, but it even pre-dated Apple Music to become one of the most successful music streaming services on the iOS platform and was one of the first music streaming apps to sport a dark app interface that went along nicely with iOS 13’s Dark Mode feature.

Another thing that stands out to a lot of Spotify app users is the Now Playing interface, which features a large central play and pause button and a beautiful full-screen album artwork display. Spotify’s Now Playing interface is unique to the Spotify Music app itself, but with the help of a new and free jailbreak tweak dubbed Juin by iOS developer Litten, you can now go ahead and enjoy it on the Lock Screen too.

Give your Camera app a Sci-Fi-inspired makeover with FuturistiCam

Anthony Bouchard ∙ December 21, 2020

Jailbreakers who open their favorite package manager and refresh their sources this weekend will likely happen upon a peculiar and newly released jailbreak tweak dubbed FuturistiCam by iOS developer PlatYkor.

At first glance, FuturistiCam makes iOS’ native Camera app user interface look like something right out of a science fiction movie. It appears to bring custom aesthetics and sound effects to the Camera app so that it’s both fun to use for the end user and attention piquing to anyone who might be around you.

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Lynx 2, MilkyWay 3, Sharecuts, & more…

Anthony Bouchard ∙ December 20, 2020

It’s that time of the week again, and while things have definitely slowed down as we await a full-blown iOS & iPadOS 14 jailbreak with support for all compatible devices, that’s not to say that cool developments aren’t happening with each passing day.

In this roundup, we’ll showcase all the latest jailbreak tweak releases and news from Monday, December 14th to Sunday, December 21st. As usual, we’ll begin by showcasing our favorite releases first, and then wrap things up with a roundup of everything else at the end.

Social Composer lets jailbreakers update social media and share messages from anywhere in iOS

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated April 13, 2022

Social media has become such an integral part of peoples’ day to day lives that you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone without an app from this category on their smartphone or tablet. Be it Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, or something else not listed here, the simple fact is many make use of these online tools in an effort to keep in touch with one another when they’re otherwise out of touch.

Klean gives jailbreakers a more interesting date and time display

Anthony Bouchard ∙ December 19, 2020

When you find yourself a bit curious as to what time it is, you might take a quick glance at your iPhone’s Lock Screen to take advantage of the massive time display iOS shows within the top half of the screen. It works, but we wouldn’t go out of our way to say it’s particularly beautiful.

If you’re interested in something a bit more eye-catching, and perhaps even more functional by way of the kind of information that gets displayed, then we’d advise checking out a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed Klean by iOS developer Ali Maulana.