Jailbreak Apps

‘Aero’ now available for download on Cydia

Jeff Benjamin ∙ April 2, 2012

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Aero is a brand new jailbreak tweak that allows you to switch apps in style via custom animations. We've already had some significant hands-on time with Aero last week, and we were excited by what we saw.

Aero adds a whole host of custom animations that allow you to switch between apps in very unique ways. It's a tweak designed by SBCoders, the same folks behind Deck, so you know it's quality.

If you've been waiting on pins and needles for Aero's release, then wait no more; Aero can be downloaded from Cydia's ModMyi repo for $1.99. What do you think?

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Speak your “now playing” song with ‘MediaSpeak’

Jeff Benjamin ∙ April 2, 2012

If you do a lot of running or jogging, then you probably find your iPhone in your pocket while you listen to your favorite motivational music.

Unless you have a meticulously designed playlist, chances are you'll run into a song or an artist that you don't immediately recognize. Instead of pulling your phone out of your pocket mid stride, wouldn't it be nice if your iPhone could tell you all about the song itself?

With MediaSpeak, now it can. Check out our video demonstration or the details...

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How to closely monitor your iPhone’s data with ‘Data Usage Monitor’

Jeff Benjamin ∙ April 2, 2012

Data Usage Monitor is a cellular data monitoring tool available for $1.99 on Cydia's BigBoss repo. It's a tweak that has the ability to monitor and take specific actions once your cellular data reaches a user defined threshold.

On paper it looks to be a great tweak that could save you money from data overages, but as you'll see from our video walkthrough, it has a few opportunities for improvement before we'd deem it worthy of purchase...

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Customize your Lock screen’s date with ‘LockDate’

Jeff Benjamin ∙ April 2, 2012

Interested in customizing the look of your Lock screen's date display? Then look no further than LockDate — a tweak exclusively devoted to customizing the date reading on your iPhone's Lock screen.

With LockDate you can alter the date's font, color, style, and much more. There is also a provision to incorporate alternate calendar types and switch to them by swiping on the date with your finger.

LockDate certainly isn't a tweak that will find an audience with everyone one, but there's sure to be someone who is interested in this niche...

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‘Transparency’ will make your app icons invisible

Jeff Benjamin ∙ April 2, 2012

Transparency is one of those tweaks that allows you to do all sorts of things with respect to the look of your Home screen app icons. As its name suggests, the primary purpose is to make your icons transparent, or in many cases outright invisible.

Once installed, you'll receive a new settings panel in the Settings app that allows you to customize your app icons in a very granular way. Take a look at our video walkthrough for the detailed evidence...

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PodControl: control your Music app from the Home screen

Jeff Benjamin ∙ April 2, 2012

Controlling your Music app from the Springboard has been done before by the jailbreak community, but I guess the developer of PodControl felt they needed to put their own spin on the formula.

PodControl is a simple jailbreak tweak that places three buttons on your Home screen. The buttons consist of Next, Play/Pause, and Previous, and they perform just as one would expect.

Take a look inside for our video of PodControl in motion...

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‘SwipeBack’ allows you to navigate back with a swipe

Jeff Benjamin ∙ April 1, 2012

SwipeBack is a brand new jailbreak tweak from Ryan Petrich that allows you to navigate back within apps using a simple swipe from left to right.

Although the tweak isn't available on any public repos, and is still relegated to beta status, I can confirm that it works quite well.

Check inside for the download details, and a brief video demonstration of SwipeBack in action...

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How to install aTV Flash (black) on the Apple TV 2 running iOS 5.0

Jeff Benjamin ∙ March 31, 2012

Unlike iPhone jailbreaks, the Apple TV jailbreak isn't as straightforward. For instance, after jailbreaking there's no Cydia app icon to start installing your favorite apps and tweaks from various repos.

This is where a tool like aTV Flash (black) comes in. This handy package from FireCore allows you to install some of the most popular jailbreak apps directly on your jailbroken Apple TV without breaking a sweat.

Check out our video walkthrough inside...

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How to jailbreak the Apple TV 2 running iOS 5.0

Jeff Benjamin ∙ March 31, 2012

The Apple TV 2 jailbreak for the 5.0 firmware (iOS 5.1) is finally among us, and that means that we get to experience jailbreaking with Apple's brand new Apple TV interface.

Although this is a tethered jailbreak, it really doesn't get any easier than Seas0npass. Step inside to see why this is one of the best jailbreak tools across any iOS device...

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FireCore releases iOS 5.1 jailbreak for Apple TV 2

Cody Lee ∙ Updated May 16, 2016

Well that was fast. Not even 10 minutes after we published our post on the state of the iOS 5.1 Apple TV jailbreak, FireCore released a new version of its Seas0nPass utility that is compatible with the new software.

This means that folks with an Apple TV 2 can upgrade (if you haven't already) to the latest ATV firmware, which features the new user interface, and still keep their ability to jailbreak...

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