Lockscreen

Hide the waveform and activity bar when using voice memos with discreetVoiceMemos

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 11, 2017

The Voice Memos app is useful for recording conversations to listen back on at a later date. On the other hand, when trying use it discreetly, the app is far from helpful. It drops obvious hints that it’s being used by displaying an animated waveform on the Lock screen and a bloated red Status Bar everywhere else in iOS.

If you were hoping for a solution to this problem, then you’re in luck because a new free jailbreak tweak called discreetVoiceMemos by CydiaGeek helps to make your Voice Memos usage more sneaky by hiding these highly-visible features from your device when the app is in use.

NoLockScreenCam disables camera access on the Lock screen

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated April 13, 2017

Anyone with an iPhone should know by now that you can swipe to the left on the Lock screen to quickly access your camera. On the other hand, not everyone wants their camera to be readily accessible to anybody who picks the phone up.

A new free jailbreak tweak called NoLockScreenCam by i0s_tweak3r is the answer to this ongoing dilemma, as it disables access to the camera from the Lock screen.

WeatherLock brings the Weather app’s animated backgrounds to your Lock screen

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 4, 2017

The Lock screen is a user interface you see countless times on any given day. And because you see it so many times, you want the wallpaper on your Lock screen to look appealing instead of just plain, and that’s where a new jailbreak tweak called WeatherLock by rainwolf is going to receive some cheers.

How to add custom text to a Mac login screen

Joaquim Barbosa ∙ Updated February 10, 2023

With a simple modification, you can display a custom message on your Mac's lock screen or login window. This tutorial shows you how to do that.

Delay your Lock screen auto-dimming feature with this tweak

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 25, 2017

I often get asked about how to delay the Lock screen's auto-dimming feature, and it would seem that a viable solution has conveniently slipped into Cydia this week.

Dubbed CustomLockscreenDuration, this new free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer Andreas Henriksson lets you choose how long of a delay there is before your Lock screen falls asleep. This is great for anyone who uses Lock screen-related mods, because the screen sometimes tends to dim while you're interacting with the tweaks.

After installation, you can head right into the Settings app, where you will find a preferences pane tailored around configuring the dim timer:

NoSpot10 removes Spotlight search from your iPhone

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 14, 2017

If you never really use Spotlight, and it always ends up in your face when you don’t want it to be, then you might want to take a look a new free jailbreak tweak called NoSpot10 by CydiaGeek.

Installing this tweak lets you disable Spotlight in a system-wide manner, leaving you with simpler widget pages on the Home screen, Lock screen, and Notification Center.

How to prevent your iPhone screen from turning off automatically

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated May 7, 2026

Learn how to stop your iPhone display from automatically dimming, locking, or turning off so it stays awake even if you don’t touch the screen.

Harp brings haptic feedback to your music controls

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 8, 2017

The haptic feedback trend continues with the release of a new free jailbreak tweak called Harp by iOS developer candoizo.

This tweak generates a soft 'buzz' in your hand whenever you interact with your iPhone’s music controls from your Now Playing interfaces in Control Center or on the Lock screen.

LockGlyphX puts a nice twist on your Touch ID unlocking experience

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 4, 2017

If you’ve ever used Apple Pay before, then you’re likely familiar with the visually-appealing Touch ID animation that appears on the Lock screen when accessing it.

Now if you've ever thought to yourself that this animation would be nice to look at when unlocking your device, then a new free jailbreak tweak called LockGlyphX by evilgoldfish is just what you've been looking for.

LockMusic makes subtle changes to your Lock screen’s Now Playing interface

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 3, 2017

If you use your iPhone to listen to music a lot, then installing a new jailbreak tweak called LockMusic by fl00d might be worth adding to your to-do list.

This tweak redesigns the Now Playing interface on the Lock screen to make it more user-friendly, especially when you have incoming notifications.

ColorBanners 2 adds a splash of color to your notification banners

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 1, 2017

When iOS 10 launched, there was quite a bit of gasping at the appearance of the new notification banner style throughout the operating system, including those that appear in apps, on the Lock screen, and in Notification Center.

Fortunately, a jailbreak tweak called ColorBanners 2 by David Goldman can help you to make your notifications a little easier to look at, as it lets you to colorize them in nearly any way you’d like.

This tweak shrinks and relocates the Lock screen’s date and time indicator

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 27, 2017

A few years ago, a popular jailbreak tweak called SubtleLock rearranged some of the Lock screen’s information pieces to reduce their visual footprint and put more emphasis on the wallpaper you’ve chosen. Unfortunately, despite its popularity, it hasn’t been updated for iOS 10.

Despite the lacking support for those who have recently jailbroken iOS 10 with Yalu, users can now flock to an alternative: a jailbreak tweak called SimpleLSiOS10 by XCXiao. This tweak carries on the minimalist legacy SubtleLock started and never finished.