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Customize the iPhone X’s unlocking glyph with LatchKey

When you use Face ID to unlock your iPhone X, your handset presents an animated lock glyph that indicates the locked or unlocked status of your device. But until now, there haven’t been very many ways of customizing this glyph.

Enter LatchKey, a new free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer Maxwell Dausch that lets you transform the look of your iPhone X’s Face ID unlocking animation.

VolbrateXI brings haptic feedback to your volume buttons

If you enjoy experiencing haptic feedback as you perform specific actions on your iPhone, then you might appreciate a new free jailbreak tweak called VolbrateXI by iOS developer Lacertosus.

VolbrateXI provides you with a small amount of haptic feedback any time you use your handset’s volume buttons. Furthermore, it incorporates several settings so you can tailor the tweak to your personal needs.

Filter incoming notifications via keywords and names with DiscreetifyXI

Your iPhone naturally displays short notification previews as you receive them, and while this can be a handy feature in some cases, sometimes notifications show off a little more to the people around us than we might want.

DiscreetifyXI is a new jailbreak tweak by iOS developer Rishanan that mitigates this problem with user-configurable notification filters, and as of this writing, it just might be the best solution available.

Compatimark lets you see if tweaks work with your firmware at a glance

While a clear majority of jailbreak tweak developers are working on iOS 11-compatible projects, some are still developing for iOS 10 or even iOS 9.

Given the diverse iOS support in Cydia, it can be confusing to discern which tweaks will work on your device. Fortunately, a new free jailbreak tweak called Compatimark by iOS developer CP Digital Darkroom attempts to make this process easier on the user.