Jailbreak Apps

‘HUD Controls Plus’ Allows You to Launch Apps Straight From Your Heads Up Display

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

Over the years, many a jailbreak tweak has taken advantage of the heads up display that appears when you press one of your iPhone's volume keys; for instance, biteSMS allows you to invoke quick compose for SMS messages by simply tapping the HUD when it appears.

While most tweaks that use the HUD only utilize it for some auxiliary function, HUD Controls Plus focuses solely on the HUD.

With that in mind, it's appropriate to refer to HUD Controls Plus as a supercharger for your iPhone's heads up display...

Add a Free Landscape App Switcher to Your iPhone With ‘Switcherscape’

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

If you've ever wanted to open up your app switcher in landscape mode like you can do on the iPad, then your only choice is to jailbreak your iPhone.

Up until now, the jailbreak tweaks that enable the landscape app switcher on the iPhone have all been paid tweaks.

Thank's to @chpwn, there is now a free option to enable the landscape app switcher, and that option is aptly entitled, Switcherscape...

‘SBFloatingIcons’ Places Your iPhone’s App Icons Into a Virtual Blender

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated August 4, 2011

SBFloatingIcons is a recently released jailbreak tweak that brings a measure of organized confusion to your iPhone's springboard.

In the same vein as tweaks like GraviBoard and others, SBFloatingIcons allows you manipulate all of the app icons on your iPhone's Home screen.

Once installed, you'll be able to add 3D rotation, 2D rotation, and 3D scaling to the icons in both your dock and the home screen. Check inside for a video demonstration of SBFloatingIcons in action...

iSHSHit Updated for iOS 4.3.4

Sébastien Page ∙ July 22, 2011

iSHSHit, the tool that lets you save, upload and email your SHSH blobs directly from your iPhone, has been updated to bring support for iOS 4.3.4 and iOS 4.2.9.

The purpose of iSHSHit is the same as TinyUmbrella, except that it doesn't require to be connected to a computer in order to save your SHSH blobs. Simply launch the application, select what SHSH blobs you want to backup, and iSHSHit will do the job for you...

Full WebClips: Set Web Apps to Launch Full Screen

Cody Lee ∙ Updated August 8, 2011

For those still unfamiliar with TweakWeek, it's an ongoing contest for jailbreak developers to essentially build 7 tweaks in 7 days. Criteria for the competition is that each utility must be free, and produced in 24 hours.

This week's featured TweakWeek developer is Chpwn, the creator of popular jailbreak apps like VoiceActivator and AppSlide. His first entry is a simple utility that allows you to set web clips (and apps) to launch full screen...

‘BackForwardEnhancer’ Makes Mobile Safari a Better Browser

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

Browsing on a mobile device has gotten a lot better over the years, but it still has a long way to go before it can begin to truly rival the desktop browsing experience available on today's modern browsers.

The iPhone's default browser, Mobile Safari, is good, but it does leave a lot to be desired in a few areas.

Navigation is one of the main areas where there's room for improvement. Besides your standard back and forwards buttons, there's just not much there.

BackForwardEnhancer -- a tweak for Mobile Safari -- aims to change this without changing the core browsing experience. Check inside for a video demonstration of how this free jailbreak tweak works...

Add Brightness Controls Directly on Your Home Screen With ‘SBBrightness’

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

Critics of Apple have long argued that the Cupertino company always puts form ahead of function. While that may be true in a few instances, for the most part I find that their products feature a nice balance of both.

When it comes to jailbreaking, however, a lot of the tweaks that I review are unabashed when it comes to putting function, over form.

Such is the case with this latest jailbreak tweak entitled SBBrightness. It's a tweak that places a brightness slider bar directly on your iPhone's Home screen...

Want Seconds on Your Lockscreen Clock? Try ‘ClockSeconds’

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated August 4, 2011

ClockSeconds is a recently released tweak that adds seconds to the clock on your iPhone's lockscreen.

For those of you who are keen on customization, there's also a settings panel added to your Settings app that allows you to modify the color of the clock's numbers.

That's great and all, but there is one major flaw that plagues ClockSeconds, rendering it a lot less practical. Check inside for the full lowdown on this jailbreak tweak's shortcomings...

‘CallBar’ Sets the Bar When it Comes to Managing Incoming Calls

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

One of the best things about the jailbreak community is when its members listen to the voices of the users, and team up to create something fantastic.

That's exactly what happened with this latest Cydia release entitled CallBar; it's a culmination of teamwork and listening to the feedback from those in the community.

CallBar essentially allows you to manage incoming phone calls -- whether it's strictly a voice call, or a FaceTime call -- without losing the focus of your current task.

Instead of taking up your iPhone's entire screen announcing your incoming call, CallBar adds a subtle, yet noticeable, notification at the top of your iPhone's screen.

The result is a well thought out tweak that greatly improves the experiencing of receiving and managing phone calls on the iPhone. Be sure to check out our full video walkthrough inside...

ClassiPong: a Free and Simple Pong Game for the iPhone

Cody Lee ∙ July 16, 2011

The world of video gaming has advanced exponentially over the last few decades. Nowadays you can manipulate the on-screen action with your own movements, rather than needing a physical controller.

But if you're an old school gamer at heart, and your iPhone happens to be jailbroken, chances are you'll love this next jailbreak app. ClassiPong, if you couldn't tell by the title, is a classic pong-style game for your iPhone...

TwitkaFly Jailbreak Tweak Brings System-Wide Tweeting to iOS

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated February 18, 2018

With Twitter becoming the world's water cooler, everyone is scrambling to integrate the social network into their software and hardware, with Apple being no exception.

When iOS 5 ships to eager users later this year, it will have Twitter baked right into its core, with contact syncing as the only real feature to be yet demonstrated by Apple.

What we really want from iOS 5 Twitter integration is system-wide tweeting. Being able to send new tweets without having to stop what you are doing would be really cool, though we're not holding out much hope that Apple will give it to us.

Once again though, the jailbreak scene has us covered, with TwitkaFly doing the business this time around...

‘CustomGrid’ Brings More Rows and Columns Than Your SpringBoard Can Handle

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

Looking for an interesting way to customize your iPhone's springboard? CustomGrid is the latest such jailbreak tweak that allows you to do just that.

As its name alludes to, CustomGrid allows you to customize the SpringBoard's grid on your iPhone's Home screen.

The stock SpringBoard grid is very simple and easy on the eyes at 4x4, not including the dock app icons. With CustomGrid, you can get downright ridiculous with a 12x12 grid if you're feeling particularly froggy. Full video details on the app icon madness inside...