Review

StayWithMe prevents you from accidentally force-closing your most recently-used app

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 24, 2021

Despite the fact that force-closing all the apps in your App Switcher isn’t the best of practices on the iOS or iPadOS platform, it’s still something that I continue to see people do time and time again.

Perhaps the most painful part of it all is watching when someone accidentally force-closes an app that they didn’t intend to – usually their most recently-used app which they were trying to improve the performance of by freeing up system memory in the process of force-closing all their other apps.

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Make better use of all the empty space in the iPad’s Control Center with Yuna

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated January 24, 2022

The iPad offers the same useful Control Center interface that the iPhone and iPod touch do, and while that’s great, it’s also the biggest problem.

While Control Center’s features are both convenient and useful, the issue I take with the interface on the iPad is that it leaves so much screen real estate unused. In fact, it’s literally an iPhone’s Control Center interface crammed at the edge of the iPad’s large display.

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ReProvision Reborn breathes new life into the discontinued on-device app provisioning software

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 21, 2021

Many jailbreakers were saddened when developer Matt Clarke reaffirmed that the ReProvision on-device app signing service that many used to keep their jailbreak apps signed without a computer wouldn’t receive any further official updates; not even to fix the post-January 28th app-crashing issue triggered by a server-side change on Apple’s behalf. It was henceforth officially EOL (end of life).

Riley Testut’s AltServer and AltStore combo offered a viable alternative to ReProvision, however it too was impacted by the same issue. The only difference? AltServer and AltStore received updates to address Apple’s server-side changes so that the end user wouldn’t suffer app crashes, while ReProvision did not. On the other hand, a third-party band-aid was later made available for ReProvision users.

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Jailbreak tweaks of the week: 14PiP, QuickANC, WebShade, & more…

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 21, 2021

The jailbreak community has been particularly charged over the course of the past several weeks following unc0ver’s newfangled support for iOS & iPadOS 14.0-14.3 and the teasers comprising of CoolStar’s upcoming iOS & iPadOS 14.0-14.3 jailbreak.

Of course, the excitement surrounding these jailbreaks and the hype has also resulted in an explosion of recent iOS 14-centric jailbreak tweaks. This roundup will go over all the latest ones released between Monday, March 15th and Sunday, March 21st.

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Colorize iOS 14’s Status Bar-based camera and microphone indicators with IndiColor

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 21, 2021

New in iOS 14 are colorful Status Bar-based dot indicators that alert you to when your handset’s camera or microphone are being used – a commendable feature with respect to privacy.

By default, the camera indicator dot appears green, while the microphone indicator dot appears a light orange. Unfortunately, there’s no way to change these colors on a stock device.

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Give your Now Playing widget a facelift with Playour

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 21, 2021

If you’re jailbroken and you’re interested in adding a splash of color or personality to your iPhone or iPad’s Now Playing widget, then we’ve got just the thing for you!

Playour is a newly released jailbreak tweak by iOS developer popsicletreehouse that lets users customize the background, color, and border properties of the Now Playing widget.

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Monitor the certificate time remainders of side-loaded jailbreak apps with IconCert 14

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 20, 2021

As a jailbreaker, I appreciate just how easy AltServer and AltStore make the process of side-loading semi-untethered jailbreak apps like Odyssey and unc0ver to my iPhones and iPads. On the other hand, it can be burdensome to keep track of how many more days those apps will work before they need to be signed again.

The AltStore app provides a handy native-style widget for iOS & iPadOS 14 devices that can help you keep track, but if you prefer something more conspicuous, then we think there’s a high likelihood that you’ll appreciate a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called IconCert 14 by iOS developer Hao Nguyen (haoict).

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Switch between Active Noise Cancellation & Transparency modes more easily with QuickANC

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 20, 2021

If you have a pair of AirPods Pro or AirPods Max at your disposal, then chances are you’ve become somewhat fond of their Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency modes. The only problem? – Switching between those modes in a pinch, especially in rapid succession, tends to be a cumbersome two-step process.

Recognizing that this process could do with some refinements, iOS developer exodia9610 conceived a new and free jailbreak tweak known as QuickANC.

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WaggleTunes adds a free-floating music widget to jailbroken iOS & 14 devices

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated December 21, 2021

Apple, being a major player in the music streaming service sector with Apple Music, spends a lot of time refining the music consumption experience on its devices. In fact, we’d even go as far as to say that iPhones and iPads have some of the best music consumption interfaces in the industry.

Still, unless you’re physically inside of the Music app or another music apps of your choosing, the only other places you can go to interact with your media playback will be the Lock Screen, Notification Center, or Control Center. These are always a gesture away, and for someone who wants instantaneous access to music playback controls, that’s one gesture too many.

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Hijack allows jailbreakers to dictate where and when the Status Bar appears

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 20, 2021

It was only a couple of days ago that we showed you a free jailbreak tweak dubbed ForceBar, which permitted the end user to hide or show their handset’s Status Bar on a per-app basis.

But a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called Hijack by iOS developer Lightmann one-ups the first release by providing not only app-based controls over when the Status Bar does or doesn’t appear, but also systemwide controls.

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DockX Reborn offers extensive UI customization for the Home Screen’s Dock

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 19, 2021

The Dock is a place on your Home Screen to store some of your favorite apps. Its useful because it follows you from one page to the next so that you don’t have to go out of your way to search for those specific apps in the future.

I use my Dock all the time, but I certainly wish Apple offered a little more in the customization department. For that reason, I can recommend a new jailbreak tweak called DockX Reborn by iOS developer Mudi47 to anyone who feels the same way I do.

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