Jailbreak Apps

Dashtweet now available on Cydia

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Although it was the first widget exclusively developed for Dashboard X that I was able to test, Dashtweet is actually the second Dashboard X widget to appear on Cydia after Clock Widget.

Dashboard X is a new widget platform that allows you to add widgets directly to your iOS device's Home screen. This allows you to customize your iPhone similar to the way that Android devices allow to toy with various widgets.

Dashtweet, as its name suggests, is a Twitter widget that allows you to tweet directly from your Home screen. You can now get it for free from Cydia's BigBoss repo. Be sure to check out our full walkthrough of Dashtweet as well.

VolumeColor: change the color of the iPhone’s volume HUD

You can safely file this one under the "not necessarily useful, but nonetheless interesting" tweak of the day. VolumeColor is a recent Cydia release that allows you to alter the color of your volume HUD.

It's also not that original, as I'm pretty sure I've seen such functionality in another tweak before, though its name currently escapes me.

Anyhow, feel free to take a look at our video walkthrough of VolumeColor inside...

TwitkaFly Facebook plugin now available on Cydia

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For those of you who have been highly anticipating Facebook support for TwitkaFly, your wait is officially over.

TwitkaFly has been updated, and along with the update comes a new plugin that lends Facebook support to the formerly Twitter exclusive tweak.

Check out our preview of the new Facebook functionality if you've yet to do so. The update to TwitkaFly is free for those who've previously purchased it, while the new Facebook plugin will set you back $0.99 on Cydia's BigBoss repo.

Are you happy to finally see Facebook support in TwitkaFly?

Dashboard X now available on Cydia

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Dashboard X, the long awaited jailbreak tweak that allows you to add widgets to your Home screen is now available for download on Cydia, via the ModMyi repo for $1.99.

This tweak allows you to take existing widgets created for Notification Center and position them anywhere on your iPhone or iPad Home screen. On top of that, new widgets are being developed, such as Dashtweet, a Dashboard X widget that allows you to send tweets from anywhere on your Home screen.

‘Chip’ now available on Cydia

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A few days ago, we gave you an exclusive preview of Chip, a new jailbreak tweak that allows you to customize banner notifications background color, text color, border color, and gradient using simple RGB sliders. Chip also includes the ability to customize the notification sound and banner animation. In short, it brings an insane level of customization to your notifications.

Chip is now available in Cydia, via the BigBoss repo for $1.99.

Dashtweet: the first dedicated Dashboard X widget

Dashboard X — the new upcoming widgeting system for iOS — has its first official widget in the works, and it's based on Twitter.

Dashtweet is the name of the new widget, and it allows you to send tweets from anywhere on your Home screen.

This is likely the first of many official widgets designed specifically with Dashboard X in mind. Check out our video coverage of Dashtweet in action...

A look at TwitkaFly’s new Facebook plugin

Earlier today I had the opportunity to spend some time with the new Facebook plugin for TwitkaFly — the popular jailbreak tweak available on Cydia.

TwitkaFly is a tweak that allows you to send Twitter updates from anywhere by means of a user-configurable Activator action. It is also one of the most well supported tweaks that I know of, which speaks volumes for moeseth, its developer.

This new plugin will allow you to update your Facebook status, send a tweet, or do both at the same time. If you'd like to see how it works in action, then by all means take a gander...

Piracy is a huge problem in the jailbreak community and here is the evidence to prove it

I'm not trying to pile on after my post about i0n1c, but my friend and iOS developer Filippo Bigarella just posted some stunning evidence as to how bad piracy is within the community.

Bigarella is the mind behind such tweaks as Springtomize 2 and CleverPin, and he's clearly one of the most talented and dedicated developers in the community. Hence, it's sad to learn that his hard work is taken for granted by so many people. His latest tweak, Springtomize 2, has an audacious 92% piracy rate!

And you wonder why people like i0n1c point to the piracy problem within the community?

Giffy: view animated GIFs in the Photos app

Animated GIFs are an incredibly popular method for sharing moving pictures in a way that's viewable in a wide variety of areas. As a result we have new apps like Gifture appearing on the App Store.

While GIFs are easily viewable in the Safari browser, saving them to the Photos app results in a loss of the animation. Since animation is the whole point behind animated GIFs, saving them to the Photos app under normal circumstances might seem a bit pointless.

But that's where jailbreaking once again proves its worthiness. Giffy is a new jailbreak tweak that allows you to view animated GIFs within iOS' stock Photos app...

How to add a character counter to the Notes app

Who types text that is lengthy enough to warrant a character counter in the Notes app? That's the first thing I thought when trying Characount for Notes, and needless to say I'm still pondering the question.

That's literally all this tweak does. It places a character counter, not a word counter mind you, but a character counter at the top of each note you compose.

Who really needs something like this?