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New TinyUmbrella 8.2.0.41 beta released

Jeff Benjamin ∙ March 22, 2015

TinyUmbrella, the tool that allows users to save SHSH blobs to be used for potential downgrades, has received another update. As we reported a few weeks ago, TinyUmbrella has made a significant comeback, and its developer, semaphore, is hopeful that downgrades to iOS firmware will be a real thing in the not so distant future.

With this in mind, semaphore is continuing to improve TinyUmbrella, and this latest beta version contains numerous fixes and iterative enhancements. If you still haven't saved your SHSH blobs, I advise you to stop what you're doing, download TinyUmbrella, and do so today.

DockWare for iOS 8 brings enhanced dock features to the iPhone

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

Looking to add special enhancements to the dock on your iPhone? If so, then look no further than DockWare for iOS 8. The follow up to the original DockWare for iOS 7 devices, the sequel brings the ability to access the dock while within apps, hide the dock while on the Home screen, and invoke the dock using a handy Activator gesture.

How to access the Couria beta for jailbroken iPhones

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

Yesterday, we brought you a preview of the upcoming quick reply and quick compose tweak, Couria. Today, we're showing you how you can go hands on with the tweak.

Couria is now available on a special beta repo by its developer, QusicS. If you've been desperate for a good quick compose solution and an enhanced quick reply interface, then you may want to take it for a test drive.

TypeTab brings faster address entry to new Safari tabs

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

When you open a new tab in Safari, the default behavior is to showcase your favorites. You can then tap a favorite, or you can tap the address bar to manually insert a web address. TypeTab makes it so that the cursor is automatically inserted into the address bar and that the keyboard is exposed. Therefore, it's quicker to begin typing a web address when opening a new tab.

Hands-on with Couria, an upcoming quick reply and quick compose tweak for iOS 8

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

Couria is a quick reply and quick compose tweak for iOS that originally debuted back in the iOS 7 days. Today, the Messaging landscape for jailbroken devices is significantly different, with a key major player, biteSMS, now defunct.

With this in mind, a few tweaks that are currently in the works are hoping to reinvigorate the Messaging app tweak genre. One of them, Couria, plays heavily on the infrastructure already put in place by Apple, piggybacking on the native quick reply feature in iOS 8.

Let’s Talk Jailbreak 99: You have 5,813 messages

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

Episode 99: Prominent hackers set to attended a TaiG organized jailbreak convention in China, Downgrading comes back into view with the release of a new TinyUmbrella, how to get WhatsApp calling on your jailbroken iPhone, how to enhance Tweetbot.

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iOS 8.2 jailbreak: what we know so far

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

It's been nearly 2 months since Apple killed the iOS 8/8.1 jailbreak, and in that time we've seen the public release of iOS 8.2 and multiple betas of iOS 8.3. So with that in mind, along with the hundreds of questions we've received on the subject, we decided it was time to take a look at the current state of the jailbreak.

Multify: an awesome new multitasking tweak for iOS 8

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

Every so often a big tweak comes around that gets me more excited than most, and Multify—a new tweak from John Corbett and Joel Einbinder—meets that criteria to a tee. Multify is an upcoming tweak that brings true multitasking to iOS in an easy to use and surprisingly stable package. Yes, other tweaks have attempted to do similar things in the past, but this is by far the best implementation that I've seen or used thus far.

Lithium: theme the battery indicator on iOS 8 sans WinterBoard

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

Lithium is a brand new jailbreak tweak that adds a themed battery indicator to iOS 8. A similar tweak with a similar name, Alkaline, already exists on the Cydia store, and Lithium pretty much replicates the feeling of that tweak.

While some users report that Alkaline works perfectly on their iOS 8 device, it's never worked without a visual glitch on my iPhone 6 Plus. For that reason, I'd be up for trying Lithium on an extended basis.

LockInfo8 brings a unified notification experience to the Lock screen

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

LockInfo8, like the previous seven releases in the series, is a Lock screen tweak that provides you with a plethora of pertinent information about your day, your apps, the weather, and more. It's the latest in a long-running series that has been installed on millions of iPhones, and is one of the most recognizable and popular jailbreak tweaks in the history of the community.

For various reasons, I've always shied away from covering the tweak. Some of it had to do with disinterest, but some of it was laziness. I guess I figured that everyone already knew about LockInfo, so why bother, but I understand that this was the wrong attitude.

To be honest, LockInfo always felt like it was trying to do too many things at once, and that's another reason why I lacked the interest and motivation to provide any sort of post. In this area, LockInfo seems to have turned a corner as of late. It's still an incredibly deep tweak, but the barrier to entry is much more palatable this time around.

14 jailbreak tweaks you should check out today

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

It's been a busy week, what with Apple's big event and all, so you'd be forgiven if you weren't able to keep up with all of the new jailbreak tweaks. But never fear, as usual we've put together a list of this week's new tweaks so you can rest assured you didn't miss anything.

Couria quick reply tweak is coming to iOS 8

Jeff Benjamin ∙ March 14, 2015

With biteSMS' demise, there has been a distinct need for messaging tweaks, specifically quick reply and quick compose tweaks. Couria, a quick reply and quick compose tweak that first debuted on iOS 7, is a tweak that looks to fill the need.

Today, its developer, Qusic, teased the progress he's been making on Twitter. Here's a look at what you should expect.