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ChargePulse: make your iPhone’s battery icon pulse when charging

Jeff Benjamin ∙ August 22, 2015

Although the small lightning logo appears next to the battery icon when charging the iPhone, I still find it difficult to quickly discern whether or not my device is charging. For whatever reason, it always takes me a second or two to realize that the lightning icon is there, indicating a charge.

With a tweak like ChargePulse, you can easily spot when your iPhone is charging, even when it's two to three feet away. ChargePulse makes it readily apparent that your battery is charging by adding a subtle pulse to the battery icon in the status bar.

Prism adds a visualizer to the stock Music app in iOS 8.4

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated June 12, 2018

Want to feel more connected to your music? Prism, a new visualizer jailbreak tweak for the iOS 8.4 Music app, can help you do just that.

Not only does the Prism visualizer work with the music that you have stored locally on device, but it also works with Apple Music if you happen to subscribe to Apple's recently launched streaming music service.

LinkCollector lets you delay opening links until later

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated June 22, 2018

LinkCollector is a brand new jailbreak tweak that allows you to collect multiple links, and open them at your leisure all at once. Instead of opening the links that you collect immediately, you can simply defer them.

When you attempt to open a Safari link from another app, you'll get a banner notification that informs you that a link has been collected. You can tap the banner to open the link immediately, or you can let the banner timeout, and open the link(s) when you visit Safari later.

Pangu touts a new iOS 8.4.1 jailbreak at HackPwn security conference

Jeff Benjamin ∙ August 21, 2015

I have to be honest, I didn't think we'd see a jailbreak for a long time after Apple fixed what seemed like a gazillion different security holes in iOS 8.4.1, but here we are. Just over a week after iOS 8.4.1 was released, the Pangu team showcased an iOS 8.4.1 jailbreak on an iPhone 6 at Friday's HackPwn2015 security conference.

igSpeedster: an awesome tweak for managing multiple Instagram accounts

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated June 12, 2018

igSpeedster is a new jailbreak tweak that's squarely aimed at social media managers with multiple Instagram accounts. But you don't need to be a social media manager to benefit from igSpeedster, as it's not uncommon for a person to have multiple Instagram accounts.

I like to keep my personal and work Instagram accounts separate, so a tweak like this is right up my alley. Yet, igSpeedster does more than just let you manage multiple accounts. It adds the ability to save images to your photo library, tap on links, copy captions, and repost photos. It really is one of the best Instagram jailbreak tweaks that I've seen thus far.

New ShiftCycle tweak lets you quickly change the case of selected text

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated June 13, 2018

Have you ever wanted to quickly change the case of a block of text after the fact? Sure, you can always go in and change casing letter by letter, but wouldn't it be better if you could do so with minimal effort?

A new jailbreak tweak called ShiftCycle allows you to do just that. By simply highlighting text you wish to change, and tapping the Shift key, you can easily change and cycle through text casing in a matter of seconds.

Hours after the BigBoss repo endured an outage, ModMyi is experiencing similar problems

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

In what appears to be a coincidence, the popular ModMyi repo now appears to be suffering from an outage. This comes just hours after the BigBoss repo waded through extended downtime.

When trying to refresh the ModMyi repo from the Sources tab in Cydia, it hangs and never actually refreshes. Trying to download a tweak from the repo results in a black screen with an eventual timeout—just like what happened with the BigBoss repo yesterday.

Like I said, it could be just a coincidence, but I have to admit that the timing of these two outages is a little odd. Both ModMyi and BigBoss rarely suffer from extended downtime, so it's weird to see them both suffering from similar outages back to back like this.

BIM: a new jailbreak tweak that lets you view links without leaving the Messages app

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

I've always lived by the idea that simple jailbreak tweaks make the best jailbreak tweaks, and BIM is the perfect example of that. BIM is a tweak that lends a convenient web browsing experience directly inside of the stock Messages app.

When someone sends you a link, tapping on it will open a web browser directly inside the Messages app. This means that you can check out the links sent to you quickly without needing to leave the Messages app for Safari.

No, it’s not just you, the BigBoss repo is currently down

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated March 19, 2019

If you've recently tried to install a tweak hosted on the BigBoss repo, then you've probably encountered issues doing so. It's not something wrong with your phone, or with your Internet connection. The BigBoss repo is currently down, and have been for at least 45 minutes.

20 recently released jailbreak tweaks for iOS 8.4

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

I think it's safe to say that jailbreaking doesn't seem to be slowing down much, despite the just-released iOS 8.4.1. Jailbreak developers are still putting out tweaks at a blistering clip, as evident by our tweaks of the week post this weekend.

Just in case you may be a little behind on what's new, we're showcasing 20 recently released jailbreak tweaks in less than five minutes. Watch this video for a quick refresher of what's recently been put on Cydia, and remember, this is just a portion of the releases to land over the last few weeks.

Let’s Talk Jailbreak 121: Watch transmitted disease

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

Episode 121: The death of the iOS 8.4 jailbreak, our jailbreak gameplans going forward, running tweaks on iOS 9, a discussion of iMods, and the upcoming Multiplexer multitasking jailbreak tweak.

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Apple is still signing iOS 8.4…install it now or forever hold your peace

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

Apple is still signing iOS 8.4. That's not an anomaly, as Apple usually waits a while before it slams the door for good on older firmware. It's now been nearly a week since the exploit-killing iOS 8.4.1 was released, so time is definitely not on the side of those wishing to downgrade (or upgrade) to iOS 8.4 and enjoy a crisp new jailbreak.

We've emphasized this several times already, but now it's really serious and now it's really crunch time.

What should you do?