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nControl lets you use console controllers with your jailbroken iPhone or iPad
Many agree that console-based gaming is significantly more immersive than mobile gaming on an iPhone or iPad, and one of the primary factors to be considered in that is having access to a gaming controller that feels good in your hand.
A limited number of MFI (made for iPhone) controllers reside on the market today, but they often fall short of the classics. That’s why iOS developer Kevin Bradley created a new jailbreak tweak called nControl, which adds support for a bevy of popular game console controllers to a subset of iOS games.
Neptune for iPhone brings several newer features to unsupported handsets and firmware versions
Apple is renowned for introducing new features that are specific to certain devices or firmware versions, and if you’re jailbroken on an older device/firmware combination, then you might be inclined to feel a bit left out. For this very reason, iOS developer Duraid Abdul has just released a new free jailbreak tweak dubbed Neptune for iPhone.
Citing the points made by the developer in the tweak’s Cydia depiction, Neptune for iPhone brings each of the following features to the table for jailbreakers using iOS 12.0-12.1.2:
Jailbreak tweaks of the week: FloatingDockPlus, ModernAlerts, NewGridSwitcher, and more
With all the latest advancements made on the iOS 12-centric jailbreak as of late, it’s impossible to ignore what seems like a revitalization of the jailbreak community.
Given the circumstances, we’re sure many are curious about what they should install on their jailbroken iOS 12 handset, and to help with that, we’ve comprised this roundup of the jailbreak tweaks released throughout this past week. As always, we’ll start with our favorites and then outline the rest afterward.
Give your Status Bar’s cellular strength indicator a rainbow makeover with PrideBars
The cellular signal strength indicator is perhaps one of the most pertinent displays in your iOS device’s Status Bar, so why not go the extra mile to help it stand out from the crowd?
If you’re onboard with the idea, then you just might take a liking to a new free jailbreak tweak called PrideBars by iOS developer Blake Boxberger. Once installed, this tweak gives your cellular signal strength indicator a multi-colored makeover in the form of a rainbow.
Pwn20wnd says machswap2 exploit is coming to unc0ver with support for A7-A12(X) devices
It was only two weeks ago that security research @iBSparkes shared an iOS 11.0-12.1.2 exploit dubbed machswap with the general public, and just a few days later, hacker and unc0ver lead developer Pwn20wnd integrated the new exploit into his unc0ver jailbreak tool for A7-A9(X) devices running iOS 11.0-12.1.2. Fortunately, the fun isn’t stopping there.
As it would seem, @iBSparkes has been working on a newer exploit dubbed machswap2, which works in similar ways and supports A7-A12(X) devices running iOS 11.0-12.1.2. Perhaps more importantly, Pwn20wnd got it working with unc0ver, which means the jailbreak tool will soon support both the machswap or machswap2 exploits:
Triple-lens iPhone could have a square camera bump
A new report out of Japan Friday has predicted that the next iPhone models slated for introduction in 2019 will include a triple-lens setup on some 5.8-inch and 6.5-inch models, with the camera system said to be housed within a square camera bump on the back.
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Apple airs new “Why iPhone?” ads, one of them focuses on iOS 12’s speed for the first time
Apple United Kingdom released this morning through its official YouTube channel a trio of new advertisements in the "There's More to iPhone" series and one of them highlights iOS 12's speed gains, the first time an Apple ad has focused on that aspect of the operating system.
Sileo will soon stop ‘featuring’ packages from the BigBoss repository
In an unfortunate turn of events Friday morning, the Sileo Team announced via Twitter that it would no longer accept applications from jailbreak tweak developers to feature packages on the front page that are being hosted on the official BigBoss repository.
Instead, the Sileo Team alluded that only packages being mirrored by the Essentialis Repository and the those hosted by the third-party Chariz and Dynastic Repo repositories would be eligible for being featured on Sileo’s front page. Consequently, the Sileo Team adds that developers should host in those repositories instead of BigBoss.
Move the Dock to the top of your iPhone’s Home screen with stratosphere
Most iPhone and iPad users are accustomed to having their application Dock at the bottom of their Home screen, but if you’re feeling courageous enough to change things up, then you might take a liking to a new free jailbreak tweak called stratosphere by iOS developer Sam Gardner (A.K.A. Samg_is_a_Ninja).
As shown in the screenshot example above, stratosphere moves the application Dock from the bottom of the Home screen to the top, delivering an entirely different aesthetic and user experience.
This tweak displays the number of tweaks you’ve installed from each Cydia repository
As a minimalist, I tend not to overload my jailbroken handset with a lot of tweaks; on the other hand, I know lots of people that do just the opposite, modifying their iPhone’s operating system almost beyond recognition.
Depending on the number of packages you have installed, you might find a new free jailbreak tweak called Package Count by iOS developer Oliver Boudet to be a useful addition to your handset.