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23 new jailbreak tweaks to check out

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated April 12, 2018

Looking at the amount of new tweaks released this past week, it seems that there definitely is a slowdown happening. For reference, the last couple weeks had seen 30+ releases, some of them being massive tweaks too.

The last few days have indeed been more quiet, and the Jailbreak Tweaks section on iDB is a testimony of that. But let's not get discouraged. Maybe it was just one of those slow weeks, and things will pick up again in the next few days. In the meantime, have a look at these 23 tweaks and let us know which ones have peeked your interest.

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How to jailbreak iOS 8.1.2 using Mac OS X

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

It is now possible to jailbreak iOS 8.1.2 using a Mac, and this has been confirmed by iDownloadBlog. Up until this point, no Mac option existed for jailbreaking iOS 8.1.2, but that is no longer the case. A new tool entitled PP jailbreak for Mac has surfaced, allowing Mac users to enjoy what Windows users have been enjoying for some time now. Inside, we have a tutorial that shows how to jailbreak iOS 8.1.2 using OS X with the PP jailbreak for Mac.

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30 new tweaks to check out this weekend

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated April 12, 2018

After an incredibly prolific amount of releases last week, things seem to have calmed down again in Cydia, with 30 new tweaks released during the last 7 days. If you haven't had time to launch Cydia lately, make sure to take a couple minutes to peruse this list of tweaks, and catch up on what's new and interesting.

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Tintch lets you colorize the switches throughout iOS

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

Tintch is a brand new jailbreak tweak that lets user colorize the switches and toggles present throughout iOS. Tintch allows users to customize colors for the on and off settings for switches. It uses the libcolorpicker iOS library to present both RGB sliders, a HSB color spectrum, and hexadecimal code entry to select specific colors.

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Wallmart allows you to cycle through wallpaper on iOS 8

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

Wallmart is a newly released jailbreak tweak that allows you to cycle through your favorite wallpaper on iOS 8. After installing the tweak, which is downloadable free of charge via Cydia's BigBoss repo, you can set it up to automatically cycle through each wallpaper after a specific interval of time, or cycle with every unlock.

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New video shows off a Siri RSS feed reader called Sireader after Redditor posts $1000 bounty

Jeff Benjamin ∙ January 14, 2015

Developer Philip Tennen showed off a new in-progress jailbreak tweak called Sireader that allows Siri to read RSS feeds. The tweak, which is in the early stages of development as a result of a $1,000 bounty on Reddit, looks extremely promising for those of us that peruse RSS on a daily basis. Imagine driving in the car and having Siri read the latest stories from your favorite news feed. If Tennen's jailbreak tweak sees the light of day, this will be a future reality for jailbreakers.

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CircleIcons transforms iOS Settings icons into circular shapes

Jeff Benjamin ∙ January 14, 2015

Want a way to change up the look of the Settings app icons without WinterBoard? Then you might want to give CircleIcons a try, a new jailbreak tweak that masks the icons in the Settings app with a circle shape sans WinterBoard. CircleIcons is a lightweight and fun tweak to modify the look of the Settings app without taking it to extremes.

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Cobalia places FlipSwitch toggles in the App Switcher

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 30, 2018

I never use the recent and favorite contact shortcut buttons available in the App Switcher in iOS 8. In fact, I've outright disabled both sets of shortcuts. Instead, I'm using FlipSwitch to toggle Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and other settings via the App Switcher. This is accomplished courtesy of a new jailbreak tweak called Cobalia, which replaces the recent and favorites shortcuts with user-customizable FlipSwitch toggles.

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