Blackout is a simple tweak that replaces the stock silver status bar with a solid black background. It's a change that's purely aesthetic, and it features no options or settings to configure.
Developer, Adam bell, suggests that Blackout looks best when paired with chpwn's Zephyr tweak, and I have to concur. The black status bar blend seamlessly when switching between apps using Zephyr's multitouch gestures. Take a look inside for our full video walkthrough of Blackout.
Anton Kudin's "fold to unlock" concept didn't stop short at just inspiring one Cydia developer to turn the concept a reality, it inspired two.
Unlockize is the latest jailbreak tweak to harness key aspects from Kudin's concept, but it doesn't just stop there. Unlike the previously released Unfold, Unlockize features five additional lock screen animations, and they're all very unique. Extra animations do come at a cost, however. Is Unlockize worth its $1.99 asking price?
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Music Widget, the Dashboard X compatible music interface that we previewed a couple of days ago, has now appeared for download on Cydia.
Music Widget allows you to view your "now playing" album art, along with placing play/pause, skip, and previous buttons conveniently near the bottom of the interface.
Take a look at our full walkthough, and head over to Cydia's BigBoss repo to download it for free. What do you think?
One of the wonderful things about the Dashboard X widget interface is its out of the box compatibility with Notification Center add-ons. Cjori — the developer of the popular widget interface — could have easily used that as an excuse to not design widgets exclusively made with Dashboard X in mind, but as a benefit to us, he and others have decided not to do so.
As a result, we have exclusively designed items like Dashtweet, Clock Widget, and now Music Widget — a widget designed specifically for showcasing now playing music on the iOS Home screen.
Jeff told you about this awesome lock screen tweak on Sunday and I'm happy to report that the Unfold jailbreak tweak is now available for download. It was born out of Anton Kudin's “fold to unlock” concept for the iPhone which immediately captured attention of the jailbreak community.
Three days later, that concept has been brought to reality thanks to German jailbreak developer Jonas Gessner. What this tweak does is pretty simple yet very effective...
Zephyr is one of the most popular jailbreak tweaks available on Cydia, and for good reason — it's a marvelous tweak that brings multitouch gestures to your iPhone.
The developer of the tweak, Chpwn, has consistently updated Zephyr with new and improved features, and this latest update is no exception...
Today I was able to go hands-on with Reveal — a jailbreak tweak that allows you to view more text for your banner and Lock screen notifications.
As it stands, stock notifications aren't nearly as useful as they should be, because you can only view an extremely truncated version of the message contained within the notification.
Reveal aims to change this by allowing you to horizontally scroll on banner notifications, vertically scroll on Lock screen notifications, and more.
Take a look at our hands-on video walkthrough inside...
A few days ago, Russian freelance designer, Anton Kudin, created a new "fold to unlock" concept for the iPhone. Needless to say, his concept turned out to be a pretty big hit.
Unsurprisingly, given the history of the jailbreak community's fast turnaround time, Kudin's concept has been turned into a reality.
This afternoon I had the privilege to sit down and test out an unreleased version of Unfold, a new jailbreak tweak from German jailbreak developer Jonas Gessner. Unfold, as you might have guessed, is a usable implementation of the fold to unlock concept.
Want to see Unfold in action? Then step right inside...
iOS 5's upgraded notification system was a welcomed addition to iOS' repertoire, but as time goes on it's evident that it can be improved even more so.
Developers Joshua Tucker and Conrad Kramer have taken matters into their own hands to improve iOS notifications. The result is a tweak that allows you to view the full body of your notifications from the Lock screen or via banner notifications.
Take a look at the preview video for Reveal inside...
Meet the brand new Safari. No, Apple hasn't made any upgrades to Safari themselves, but you can gain a significantly better Safari browser right now by installing Swipe Safari – a new jailbreak tweak that just touched down on Cydia's BigBoss repo.
Swipe Safari promises to bring OS X Lion's Safari navigation to the small screen, along with a host of other improved options and abilities.
The question is, is it worth its $1.50 asking price? Take a look at our video walkthrough inside and judge for yourselves...
For some strange reason Apple has made deleting contacts an overly difficult task; they've likewise made deleting individual Safari history items impossible.
Perhaps these hurdles and restrictions exists by design, but that doesn't change the fact that they're both incredibly annoying.
If you happen to be jailbroken, two tweaks — OneByOne Safari and OneByOne Contacts — seek to address this lingering issue within iOS. Full video walkthrough inside...
The iPhone's App Switcher has gotten a bit long in the tooth, but if you're a jailbreaker, there's no shortage of tweaks that can help improve the app switching experience.
Switchy is the latest tweak to do that, and it's based on a concept design created by Brent Caswell. Caswell's beef with the current App Switcher stems from the fact that it takes up too much real estate, while providing minimal functionality.
Going into the concept, he apparently had no idea that a Cydia developer would turn his work into reality, but a few days later and Switchy lives. That's evident of how awesome the jailbreak community can be when it works together to implement new ideas...