Jailbreak Apps

SBPhoto: Create Home Screen Shortcuts to Your Photos

Jeff Benjamin ∙ September 15, 2011

SBPhoto is a recently released jailbreak app, that lends you the convenience of adding a photo bookmark directly to your Home screen. Maybe there's one photo that you're always showing off, and you need to access it quickly? SBPhoto can hook you up.

By processing the snapshot through SBPhoto, you'll end up with an miniaturized representation of your photo on your Home screen as an app icon. Upon tapping that icon, it'll open a Safari instance, and then link you to that awesome photo of your cat doing the four legged splits, or whatever other bizarre behavior your cat likes to engage in...

AppDialer: An Android Inspired App Launcher For iPhone

Jeff Benjamin ∙ September 14, 2011

Itching for yet another unique way to launch all of your favorite iPhone apps? Wish the iPhone featured more Android inspired styling?

If so, then AppDialer might be right up your alley. With AppDialer, you can launch your Activator assigned apps using an Android styled pattern launcher. Check past the break for a full video demonstration...

KBShortcuts: An Amazing iPhone Productivity Tweak

Jeff Benjamin ∙ September 14, 2011

What do you get when you mix ActionMenu, TextExpander, and Swype? It might end up in a disaster for those unskilled, but when rising jailbreak developer iSam is behind the project, people should take notice.

His latest tweak, dubbed KBShortcuts, is a masterfully skilled mashup of all of those previously mentioned ideas, and it's resulted in an absolute must have tweak — so much so, that It'll leave you wondering how you ever got by without it...

How to Delete Multiple Notes at Once on the iPhone

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated May 26, 2017

Itching for a way to delete multiple notes on your iPhone? For some strange reason, Apple omitted the ability to mass delete notes. Instead, you're relegated to deleting notes one-by-one.

That can be extremely tedious, especially if you're a heavy user of the Notes app. But never fear, the jailbreak community is here, and they've brought along with them a handy solution in the form of MultiNoteDelete...

FolderIcons: Customize the Look of Your iPhone’s Folders

Jeff Benjamin ∙ September 9, 2011

There seems to be a plethora of jailbreak tweaks available in Cydia that allow you to customize the look and feel of your iPhone's folders, and the latest such tweak is titled FolderIcons.

What is it that separates this folder altering tweak from the recently released Beautifolders, and the staple that is FolderEnhancer? Find out inside as we go in-depth with FolderIcons on video...

How to Morph Your iPad Into a Motorola Xoom, HTC Flyer, or Asus Eee Pad Transformer Using ‘HoneyPad’

Jeff Benjamin ∙ September 8, 2011

Looking to add a bit of Android flair to your iPad? If you're a DreamBoard connoisseur, then you've likely already stumbled upon HoneyPad, the theme that can turn your iPad into one of three flavors of Android.

For those a little less cozy with DreamBoard and its theming abilities, what I'm about to show you may come as a bit of a shock...

Add Themes to Your Folder Icons With ‘Beautifolders’

Jeff Benjamin ∙ September 7, 2011

Looking to add some much needed pizzaz to your iPhone's folder icons? What about the ability to create your own folder themes from scratch?

Beautifolders is just that — an easy to use theming platform, capable of adding some spice to the iPhone's stock folder icons.

Check inside for a video demonstration of this easy to use jailbreak tweak...

Ask Jeff: Episode 05 – To Android or Not to Android?

Jeff Benjamin ∙ September 6, 2011

Ladies and gents, we're back with the 5th episode of my favorite question and answer session. You guys have been coming up with some awesome, and sometimes, downright hilarious questions for me to tackle, and it is greatly appreciated.

In this week's episode, I answer questions on Android, Rock App, how to troubleshooting jailbreak app issues, the iPhone 5, and so much more. You're going to need an extra plate to hold all of this home cooking! Check inside for the full episode...

CardSwitcher: webOS Style Multitasking on the iPhone

Jeff Benjamin ∙ September 6, 2011

Were your heartstrings torn when HP pulled support for webOS? Do you have a dozen $99 TouchPads hoarded in your closet for a rainy day?

If any of that sounds familiar, I just might have something that'll snap you out of your webOS deprived funk. It's called CardSwitcher, and it's a new jailbreak tweak that brings webOS' card based multitasking to jailbroken iPhones...

‘Magnifier for Safari’ Makes Reading Websites Easier

Jeff Benjamin ∙ September 6, 2011

Reading small text is difficult. Reading small text on a 3.5" screen is insane. Sure, Safari allows for pinch to zoom, but what if you just want to magnify your text old-school style? Sadly, there's no default provision to do so.

As always, that's where the jailbreak community comes in. This latest tweak — Magnifier for Safari — makes it really simple to dynamically boost the size of your text. Check inside for a brief demonstration of this text-size boosting tweak...

AnyAttach: Attach Any Type of File to Your iPhone’s Email

Jeff Benjamin ∙ September 5, 2011

The concept of attaching a file to a file to an email is practically as old as email itself. With the iPhone, you can attach photos and videos to your email, but that's pretty much where the fun ends.

This works fine for stock iOS installations where access to the native file system is restricted. For jailbroken iPhones, however, it's a definite limitation; hence the need for a jailbreak tweak like AnyAttach.

AnyAttach is a tweak that allows you to attach any file present on iOS's file system, directly to your outgoing email...

SnoozeOrStop: Stop Your iPhone’s Alarm Clock Directly From the Lock Screen

Jeff Benjamin ∙ September 5, 2011

If there's one thing I dislike about the iPhone's alarm clock, it's the inability to completely disable the alarm from the lock screen.

Sure, you can snooze it, but a few minutes later, there it goes blaring again.

With SnoozeOrStop, you can completely stop the alarm clock right from the convenience of your lock screen. Take a peek inside for the full video walkthrough...