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FullPlay gives jailbreakers an iOS 14-style full-screen Music app experience

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated November 22, 2020

Apple Music is one of the best ways to enjoy music streaming on an iPhone or iPad, but if you’re using iOS 13, then you might be scratching your head as to why Apple made some of the design choices they did; namely with regard to the card-style Now Playing interface. This topic becomes even more relevant when you stop to consider the fact that iOS 14 will make the app look more how it should have looked from the very beginning.

If you have a jailbroken iOS 13 device at your disposal and you have no plans to upgrade to iOS 14 when it launches this Fall, then you might be excited to learn that a new and free jailbreak tweak dubbed FullPlay by iOS developer Ethan Whited can bring the iOS 14 Music app’s more pleasant aesthetics to pwned iOS 13 devices.

Manaar lets you operate your iPhone’s LED flashlight with the sleep button

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 6, 2020

First and foremost, your iPhone is an internet-based communications device, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use it for other things. The handset’s rear-facing LED flash, for example, doubles as a convenient multi-stage flashlight when you’re stuck in the dark.

Stock iPhone users are limited to using the Lock Screen’s flashlight quick action button or using Control Center’s toggle button from anywhere else in iOS. But in those awkward slick-fingered situations where using a touch screen simply isn’t a viable option, a new and free jailbreak tweak dubbed Manaar by iOS developer Plat-Ykor could come in handy.

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: ConfirmPasteboard, Enlighten, iustum, and more…

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 6, 2020

One thing most jailbreakers have in common is that they like to configure their device in ways that Apple would never allow out of the box. One of the best ways to do that is with the help of jailbreak tweaks.

In this roundup, we'll showcase all the latest jailbreak tweaks released from Monday, August 31st to Sunday, September 6th. As usual, we'll kick things off by discussing our favorite releases first and then wrap things up with an outline of the rest afterward.

Give your iPhone a better notification system with SmartNotifications

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 6, 2020

Apple took great care to make the iOS notification system both effective and easy to use, but one negative side effect of implementing simplicity in this department is that it tends to be somewhat lackluster in features, especially where it counts.

SmartNotifications is a newly released jailbreak tweak by iOS developer Elias Sfeir that fills the aforementioned void by providing users with a bevy of additional options pertaining to iPhone notifications on a per-app basis.

CoolStar updates libhooker to v1.3.0 with memory optimizations & more

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 5, 2020

Cydia Substrate isn’t the only tweak injector receiving new updates as of late. Libhooker, the premier tweak injection method for the iOS 13-based Odyssey jailbreak and for the Odysseyra1n script for the checkra1n jailbreak, just got a fresh upgrade to version 1.3.0 with some notable improvements.

Odyssey Team lead developer CoolStar announced the updated libhooker release Saturday night via Twitter, and further described the update and everything it brings in the official Discord channel:

Coeus augments the Control Center interface with app and Activator shortcuts

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated June 2, 2021

Apple created iOS’ Control Center interface to be an all-in-one hub for shortcuts and toggles, but for whatever reason, the company limits the shortcut selection to a small number of native apps without so much as the seemingly necessary option to configure custom app shortcuts of the end user’s choice.

If, like me, you despise Apple’s systematic disregard for user configuration, then there’s no doubt in my mind that you’ll enjoy the likes of a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called Coeus by iOS developer Azzou.

LeftyMessages makes iOS’ Messages app easier for left-handed people to use

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated May 25, 2021

The iPhone’s Messages app is a particularly well-planned application with a simple user interface that most people have no trouble using, but if you’re of the sinistral variety (left-handed), then you might have a tendency to disagree with that sentiment. Fortunately, the jailbreak community is here to help.

LeftyMessages is a newly released and free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer Paperman369 that tries to make the Messages app easier for left-handed people to use with one hand by moving certain frequently used controls over to the left side of the display.

Zebra package manager updated to version 1.1.13 with bug fixes

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 4, 2020

If you use the Zebra package manager to handle your jailbroken iPhone or iPad’s jailbreak tweak arsenal, then you might be pleasantly surprised to learn that a new Zebra update is available starting today, dubbed version 1.1.13.

The latest version of the Zebra package manager, announced via the official Zebra Twitter account Friday afternoon, fixes a few bugs known to cause headaches for jailbreakers:

Odyssey jailbreak v1.0.2 update addresses kernel panics & bundles latest Sileo

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 4, 2020

If you’re taking advantage of the iOS 13-centric Odyssey jailbreak to enjoy powerful third-party add-ons and extensions on your iPhone or iPad without the nanny company Apple telling you what you can and can't do on your own device, then you might be excited to learn that the tool was updated to version 1.0.2 on Friday.

The Odyssey Team announced the latest Odyssey jailbreak tool update via Twitter just this morning, and from what we can gather, it incorporates the following changes for users to take advantage of:

ConfirmPasteboard enhances pasteboard privacy on jailbroken iPhones & iPads

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 4, 2020

Privacy is a growing concern these days as seemingly more and more apps try to harvest our personal data for the sake of monetary gain. What we learn from this is actually quite simple: people generally don’t like being tracked and prefer to enjoy their right to privacy.

Smartphone-centric privacy breaches happen a number of different ways, including location tracking, camera or microphone spying, and/or Photo Library snooping. But the pasteboard, which may sometimes store sensitive information if you do any copying and pasting on your iPhone or iPad, is another thing that often slips under the radar.

Video: The top 30 jailbreak tweaks for iOS 13.5

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 2, 2020

Jailbreaking has been picking up steam again thanks to unc0ver and other jailbreaks that work with iOS 13.5. It's this fresh breath of life that was breathed into the jailbreaking scene earlier in the year that has gotten Harris Craycraft, iDB's resident videographer, hooked to jailbreaking. In fact, we thought it prudent to ask Harris to create a hands-on video walkthrough of what we think are some of the best jailbreak tweaks for iOS 13.5 at the moment.

Get desktop-style banner notifications on your jailbroken iPad with iustum

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 2, 2020

It was only last week that we showed you a new jailbreak tweak called Destra, which brought a macOS-inspired banner notification experience to the iPad and iPhone. Part form minor changes to the banner notification aesthetics, perhaps one of the other eye-catching aspects about the tweak was that it made banner notifications on the iPad feel more desktop-like by moving them over to the top-right of the display rather than displaying them in the center.

If you liked the idea of right-aligned banner notifications on your iPad, but didn’t like the price tag that Destra demanded, then you might take a liking to a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called iustum by iOS developer jesseb0rn, as it brings this notification banner-centric feature in particular to pwned iPads at no charge to the end user.