Jailbreak Apps

NCQuickDismiss: Quickly Dismiss iOS 5 Banner Notifications

In general iOS 5's new notification banners are a good thing, but sometimes they wear out their welcome. Unfortunately, there's no built-in method to quickly dismiss a notification banner, you just kind of have to wait until it decides to disappear.

That sounded like a job for the jailbreak community to tackle, and indeed they did. The result? NCQuickDismiss...

Ask Jeff: Episode 09 – Back in Action

After a brief hiatus, I'm back with Ask Jeff: Episode 09. In this episode I answer tons of questions ranging from data usage monitoring, to Twitter clients, to possible Siri ports.

A lot has changed since Episode 08. iOS 5 was released, iCloud launched, the iPhone 4S launched, and much, much, more.

Was your question answered? There's only one way to find out: head inside and tune in to the latest episode...

Apple Gearing Up for a $40 Billion Dollar Holiday Season

With the holiday season just around the corner, handset manufacturers are counting on a strong finish to the 2011 sales year. And with smartphones and other mobile gadgets likely topping millions of wish lists this December, it's a fairly feasible expectation.

But of all of the tech companies in the mobile market, Apple likely has the most riding on a successful fourth quarter; considering it forecasted nearly $40 billion dollars ($10 billion higher than any previous quarter) in revenue for the three month period...

‘BounceLock’ Adds a Visual Bounce to Your Lock Screen

Want to add a little bounce to your Lock screen? If so, then BounceLock might be just the solution.

BounceLock is a visual jailbreak tweak that adds varying levels of bounce to your device's slide to unlock bar.

It's a very subtle effect for those who enjoy altering the visual style of their iOS device. Check inside for a video demonstration...

How to Install Mobile Terminal on iOS 5

Mobile Terminal is an extremely handy tool to have if you're used to using a command line interface.

Unfortunately, the version that's still in Cydia has gone without an update for quite some time now, rendering it unusable on recent iOS firmware.

With this handy video tutorial, I'll show you how to get back in the game with Mobile Terminal on iOS 5...

Color Profiles: Add Custom Color Themes to Your iPhone

Color Profiles is a new jailbreak tweak from Ryan Petrich, which allows you to add custom color profiles to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Color Profiles comes bundled with 19 different custom color themes that let you to radically change the look of your iPhone's color palette and temperature.

Want to see just how crazy an iPhone can look with a simple change to its color? Check inside for the hands-on video...

Public Beta of IntelliScreenX Released

Want some hands-on time with IntelliScreenX before it is officially released tomorrow?

If you watched our video walkthrough of IntelliScreenX, then no doubt, the answer to that question is an emphatic yes.

If you have a jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch running iOS 5, then check inside for the details you need to try out IntelliScreenX right now...

SuperMusic: Advanced Lock Screen Music Controls

SuperMusic is a jailbreak tweak that aims to add more options to the music controls that appear on your Lock screen.

In addition to the basic back, pause/play, and forward buttons, SuperMusic adds fast-forward, rewind, stop, shuffle, and a full track listing of your music library right on your Lock screen.

Check out the video inside to see how it works in action...

ZoomIsBack! Brings Tap-to-Zoom Back to the Camera App

Missing iOS 4's double tap to zoom feature? If so, ZoomIsBack! is the jailbreak tweak you've been needing.

As its name not-so-subtly implies, ZoomIsBack! regurgitates the zoom present in iOS 4 — a feature that was ditched in favor of pinch-to-zoom in iOS 5.

The good news is that once you install ZoomIsBack, both zooming methods work. Check inside for a video walkthrough of the tweak in action...

How to Get Your iPod App Back on iOS 5

I never understood why Apple decided to make the iPhone like the iPod touch — separating the iPod app into Music and Videos — but I guess they are wanting to move away from the "iPod" moniker.

If you hate having separate Music and Video apps as much as I do, then you'll certainly be interested in Unified iPod for iOS 5 — a jailbreak tweak that brings the iPod app back in style on iOS 5...

SmartFolders Lets you Create Folders and Rules for Mail App

Even with all the improvements Apple has made to the iPhone's Mail app in iOS 5, there are still some glaring omissions, especially if you're the kind of person who likes to create folders and have them populated based on a selection of rules.

Smart folders are something that Apple has embraced on the desktop, with Mail on OS X featuring them heavily, which makes it all the more surprising that they haven't brought them to its mobile platforms.

As always, the jailbreak community has some to the rescue, and SmartFolders is just what the doctor ordered...