Jailbreak Apps

‘WeeRoll’ will add over a dozen animations to Notification Center

WeeRoll is an unreleased jailbreak tweak that lends the ability to add over a dozen animations to iOS 5's Notification Center.

It's very similar to the Flowtation tweak we covered a while back, except that there's a lot more animation options bundled with WeeRoll.

I asked the developer why his tweak had so many animations, and he replied: "That's just how WeeRoll". Okay, I admit that was bad, really bad.

To make up for it, enjoy this special video preview of WeeRoll in action...

How to get Siri working on older devices the easy way, no proxy required

Ladies and gentlemen, this is by far the easiest way to get Siri running on your older devices like the iPhone 4, or iPod touch G4, and it requires no proxy server or meticulous setup.

As long as you have a generous friend that's willing to send you a file from their jailbroken iPhone 4S, you can have Siri running on an older device in just a few minutes.

Inside, we'll walk you through how to use AssistantConnect and AssistantConnect4S on video. It's extremely simple, just follow this brief tutorial...

Jailbreak apps leak less private user data than App Store apps

The recent Path scandal has once again put user privacy at the forefront of mobile news. The social network was caught secretly uploading entire address books from its users' cell phones without their authorization.

This has prompted further research into other App Store apps, and yes even jailbreak ones, to see how many other developers are guilty of these actions. And what folks are finding is, jailbreak apps actually leak much less private data than Apple-approved ones...

‘PowerSoundDisabler’ disables your iPhone’s charge alerts

Don't you hate it when it's late at night, and you forget to turn on silent mode before plugging your iPhone in to charge? The audible alert that results seems loud enough to wake up the whole residence!

Sadly there's no native way to totally disable the charging alerts, but don't fret, the jailbreak community has your back.

PowerSoundDisabler is a jailbreak tweak that disables the charging sound and vibration notification whenever you plug your iPhone or other iOS device into a power source.

RedSn0w updated with stability improvements and other bug fixes

Folks that have been experiencing problems jailbreaking their A4 devices using RedSn0w will be happy to know that the Dev Team has just rolled out an update for the popular utility.

The new software, which is now at version 0.9.10b5c, includes a number of stability improvements and bug fixes. The Dev Team posted the update to its blog last night along with the following message...

SiriLoveLyrics: Ask Siri for lyrics to your favorite songs

Out of the box, Siri isn't much a music fan. But throw a few jailbreak tweaks here way, and she starts to love music. In fact, this latest tweak apparently makes her love lyrics.

Indeed, SiriLovesLyrics is a jailbreak tweaks for Siri that involves music. It allows you to query Siri for the lyrics of the currently playing song in your Music app, and outputs them in a clean interface so that you can sing along to your favorite songs.

Sara Dictation: Siri-like dictation with multiple language support

Sara Dictation is a jailbreak tweak that allows you to have Siri-like dictation on a non-iPhone 4S device. This isn't the first time we've seen a tweak that allows this — siri0us immediately comes to mind — but it is certainly worth trying.

If "Sara" sounds familiar, that's because it is. It's from the same developer that brought you the Siri alternative named Sara, which we covered last week.

Apple fighting non-iPhone 4S devices running Siri?

Is there a new game of cat and mouse brewing? Reports from non-iPhone 4S Siri users indicate that there may be.

Apparently, Apple has altered its requirements for a successful Siri connection, adding a new token to the mix that has caused problems for those who connect to a 3rd party Siri server on non-iPhone 4S devices.

Are you one of them?

AndroidLoader for iOS gets a major update

We've talked about AndroidLoader before, the jailbreak tweak that replicates the way Android lets you see all your apps on one single page. Today the app got a major update making the it more appealing than ever.

For those of you who don't know AndroidLoader, it's a tweak that allows you to launch, view or hide certain applications, play music, and more, with a simple tap or swipe gesture...