Review

This tweak brings the iPhone’s Camera app user interface to the iPad

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 28, 2017

If you have both an iPhone and an iPad, then you should already know that each device's Camera app has a different look and feel to it.

The iPad’s Camera app interface is built with a larger display in mind, making some tools more readily accessible. On the other hand, many use their iPhone for photography more often and would prefer having the same familiar experience on their iPad.

Enter a new free jailbreak tweak called iPhone Cam for iPad by iOS developer Adel Hammoud. As the name implies, this tweak ports the iPhone-style Camera user interface to your jailbroken iPad so that the photography experience feels one and the same across your devices.

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Add new privacy and aesthetic options to WhatsApp Messenger with ABetterPrivacyforWhatsApp

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 28, 2017

WhatsApp Messenger is one of the most popular third-party messaging platforms used on the iOS platform today, but there are countless ways it could be improved.

With a new free jailbreak tweak called ABetterPrivacyforWhatsApp, iOS developer CydiaGeek provides jailbroken WhatsApp Messenger users with the means of customizing their experience, allowing for better privacy and aesthetics in the app.

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Crack down on text message spam with SMS Shield

Steffen Reich ∙ September 27, 2017

There’s no two ways about it: unsolicited texts are an issue. Be it outright spam, carrier notifications or simply unpalatable contacts, more often than not your phone fails to protect you from some rather unsavoury messages.

Interestingly, text message security is an unusual topic rarely broached, either because it remains forced to live a sad existence in the shadow of the seemingly more profitable email bubble, or because it’s decidedly trickier to contrive a service that genuinely satisfies text message users.

For all intents and purposes, SMS Shield has pulled off that feat. Once downloaded and set up (subscription fees range from $5.99 yearly to $0.99 monthly corresponding with a 1-year, 1/2-year and 1-month package), you can’t help but feel that your iPhone’s Messages app just battened down the hatches.

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Dock+ for iPhone, OLEDification, and other jailbreak tweaks to check out this weekend

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 24, 2017

Once again, we're experiencing a cooldown period following last week's Apple event, but the jailbreak community is still pulling through with interest-piquing new jailbreak tweak releases intended to make your iOS experience even better.

In this roundup, we'll discuss all the jailbreak tweaks released throughout the last week, starting with our favorites. We'll outline the rest of them afterward. 

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Quickly scrub past advertisements in Hulu as needed with Huu for Hulu

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 24, 2017

Hulu is a great app for watching your favorite movies and TV shows on demand, but like most services, it supports advertisements; even if you’re paying for the reduced-cost monthly bargain plan.

Enter a new free jailbreak tweak called Huu for Hulu by iOS developer WhiteSauce, which gives users more power over their advertisements from the Hulu app. Huu for Hulu doesn’t skip ads entirely, but it does let users scrub past them when needed.

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Review: Southern Straps upcycled leather watch bands

Andrew O'Hara ∙ Updated October 17, 2018

Apple Watch Series 3 is just being released to the masses, which means many early adopters, and new users are potentially looking for new bands to adorn their Apple Watch. Southern Straps is a manufacturer of some of the early nylon NATO bands, and now we are going to take a look at their leather option.

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