Jailbreak Apps

Another Great Jailbreak App Falls by the Wayside: QuickReply for SMS is “Depreciated” but not “Dead”

Guest Author ∙ October 12, 2010

After jailbreaking with Limera1n, one of the first apps I went to reinstall was QuickReply for SMS. QR is an app that allows you to reply to incoming text messages no matter where you are on your phone — without ever having to leave the current app.

I was disappointed to see the headline in the app description (now about a month old) that QuickReply is “depreciated, not dead, depreciated.” Author Gaurav Khanna goes on to explain that he’s dropped all support for QuickReply for SMS, meaning the bugs and problems with it are here to stay.

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Your Top 5 Cydia Minimalist Essentials

Guest Author ∙ October 12, 2010

We all know the story. There's so many can't-live-without apps in Cydia. But once you install everything, your iPhone becomes a mess of apps competing for (system) power.

A few months later, you've sacrificed speed for functionality. Here's my list of the 5 Cydia downloads that I could be happy with...

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5 of the Best SBSettings Themes

Alex Heath ∙ Updated August 7, 2017

If you have jailbroken your iOS device, chances are you've heard of SBSettings. For years, it has remained one of the staple applications of the BigBoss repo in the Cydia store. If you aren't familiar with SBSettings, go read our original review of the app.

In my opinion, SBSettings is enough reason to jailbreak. The app is that useful. I'm not sure why Apple hasn't implemented the idea into iOS yet. I love being able to quickly toggle my iPhone's resources and settings on and off.

The two things I love in an app are functionality and aesthetics. And in most cases, I won't use an app if it doesn't have both. The functionality of SBSettings is undeniable, but I've found that finding an aesthetically pleasing theme for the app is somewhat tedious. So, I have done my best to comb the far reaches of Cydia to bring you five of the best SBSettings themes...

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What Will Your First 4.1 Jailbreak App Be?

Guest Author ∙ October 10, 2010

Now that LimeRa1n is out, lucky (debatable) Windows owners get to jailbreak. What's the first thing you installed? Or for the rest of us, what's your first going to be?

Or, let's say you're on a desert island, and you had just jailbroken your iPhone with limera1n. You can grab ONE app from Cydia, and then lose your ability to open Cydia again.

What's your one jailbreak app or tweak that you've been lusting for while anxiously awaiting a 4.1 jailbreak and reading the new tweak articles in this blog? What is that ONE package you can't live without?

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EnhancedTabs Adds Additional Functionality to Apple’s Aging Browser

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

The tagline in Cydia for EnhancedTabs is that it "Makes Safari's tabs much better." Despite the somewhat conceited nature of the app, I must agree.

If you're jailbroken and looking to add additional functionality to the iPhone's stock browser, this is a tweak that you're going to want to try. EnhancedTabs brings three features to the table that aim to, well, enhance your tabs...

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What Made You Decide to Jailbreak?

Guest Author ∙ October 7, 2010

When I first got my iPhone, in December of 2008, it wasn’t long before I heard about jailbreaking. My friend, who didn’t even have an iPhone, told me I should jailbreak to do “cool stuff” to it. His friends had done it, and he thought I’d like it.

Always suspicious of peer pressure, I resisted. Jailbreaking sounded scary, dangerous, and maybe even illegal. Why would I do such a thing when the iPhone was already so awesomely awesome?

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Weathericon App Subtly Reminds You That You’re Freezing Every Time You Glance at Lockscreen

Guest Author ∙ Updated March 27, 2018

One of the better jailbreak apps is WeatherIcon, available in Cydia. This app allows two things: a temperature display in the status bar, and live updates/changes to your designated weather app icon (Apple’s native weather app, The Weather Channel, Weatherbug, etc...) that reflect current weather conditions. This way you can remember it’s a dapper -14 degrees out without even unlocking your phone.

This is a clean and simple app. The temperature display in the status bar is unobtrusive (though there is an option to include a small image of current weather that takes up a little more space) and the various icon graphics for current weather are hi-res for iPhone 4 and well, accurate. Is it raining outside? Why yes, my iPhone weather icon tells me it is!

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Disable Your iPhone Lockscreen “Intelligently” With NoLockScreen

Jeff Benjamin ∙ October 5, 2010

Pfft, lock screens, who needs ‘em anyway? With this latest tweak from Tom Zickel, you can say sayonara to that annoying lock screen for good. Of course for those of you who use your lock screen for various widgets for e-mail, weather, and the like, this may not be for you.

But for those who want to get right down to the action without delay, NoLockScreen fulfills its promises, but not without some caveats... 

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FolderEnhancer for iPhone Released [Get it Now]

Sébastien Page ∙ October 1, 2010

A couple weeks ago we introduced you to FolderEnhancer, an awesome jailbreak app that let's you considerably improve what you can do with Folders on your iPhone. At the time though, the app was still being worked on. I'm here to tell you FolderEnhancer is now available on Cydia.

iOS 4 gave us the ability to create folders on the home screen. This was in itself a big step forward but its implementation is limited. FolderEnhancer unleashes the potential of your iPhone folders with some amazing features...

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Data Counter App Keeps Track of Your Data Usage

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated February 16, 2018

Since AT&T recently started offering capped data plans for iPhone, those of you who were not grandfathered into the unlimited plan do have to pay attention to their 3G and Edge usage. While the iPhone does offer the ability to monitor your usage by going to Settings > General > Usage, it still doesn't offer a reliable way to see what you're really using.

Enters Data Counter, a jailbreak application that helps you keep track of your data usage within a given period...

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New Jailbreak App Shows Your iPhone Contacts Picture Next to Their Names

Sébastien Page ∙ September 28, 2010

Those of you who've been in the jailbreak arena for a while might remember an application by Saurik called Cyntact, which displayed your contacts picture right next to their name in your contacts list. I think Cyntact hasn't been updated for iOS 4 but it doesn't matter because iPicMyContacts is taking over. Commenters confirm Cyntact was updated for iOS 4.

iPicMyContacts will display your contact picture next to his name inside the contacts and favorites screens...

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