Every week, we select a few apps that catch our eye. These apps can be from the App Store, web apps, or jailbreak apps.
This week, we have an awesome music discovery app, jailbreak tweak, and fun game for the iPhone. Hope you enjoy this week’s picks!
Over the past few weeks, jailbreak developers have been churning out custom widgets for the new iOS 5 Notification Center like crazy. Even though the new software is still in beta, the jailbreak community has already hacked it and created a variety of new tweaks.
The most recent one to surface comes from developer Manuel Gebele. Surprisingly enough, it's called WeeFacebook and it gives you a window into your social networking account from the Notification Center...
Have you ever noticed that the iPhone doesn't seem to pick up all of the available Wi-Fi hotspots? That's because it doesn't. As another testament to Apple's focus on user experience, iOS doesn't display Wi-Fi hotspots with sub-par signal strength.
While this prevents the user from having a negative web experience, it also handicaps the device when searching for a web connection. How do you make your iPhone show all of the available Wi-Fi networks? There's a jailbreak tweak for that...
SBSettings is always the first tweak I install after jailbreaking. Even when it's not installed, I find myself swiping at the statusbar expecting a menu to drop. The simple utility gives me quick access to toggle Wi-Fi and Bluetooth settings, as well as a respring function.
Though I've yet to find anything in Cydia that matches the functionality of SBSettings, the competition is certainly heating up. Jeff recently told you about Homescreen Settings, which places the actions on your springboard. I'm going to tell you about SwitcherSettings, which adds the functions to your app switcher...
It was only a matter of time before an iOS 5 inspired lock screen camera shortcut appeared for current gen iOS firmware, and that time is now.
CameraLock is a tweak by tweaking expert Filippo Bigarella, who unsurprisingly is behind the similar FlashLock tweak inspired by our very own Sebastien Page.
In the very same vein of the iOS 5 feature, CameraLock places a handy little camera shortcut on your lock screen for easy access.
But there are a few differences between this implementation, and the version that is featured in iOS 5, as I highlight in the following video walkthrough...
It's time to add another entry to the, "why didn't Apple think about that?" list.
Introducing: Wraparound -- a jailbreak tweak for the iPhone that allows you to scroll indefinitely on your Home screen.
Normally when you reach your last page of apps, you're restricted from going any further. With Wraparound installed, this restriction is a thing of the past.
Instead of reaching a dead end on your iPhone's Home screen, you'll be rerouted back to the Spotlight page for another go 'round, and you can do so until your fingers get tired of swiping...
Homescreen Settings is the type of innovative tweak that doesn't come around too often, but when it does, you wonder, what took so long?
It's one of those, "well, duh!" tweaks that leave you scratching you head as to why it hasn't been done before.
That's what I love about the jailbreak community, because no matter how far we think the developers have pushed the envelope, they continue to amaze us with their work.
Homescreen Settings is just that, an amazing tweak, and worth every cent of its $1.99 asking price. It allows you to place any, literally, any settings panel onto your iPhone's Home screen as a quick and convenient shortcut.
Not convinced? Check inside and be convinced...
Every so often you'll stumble across a jailbreak tweak that's absolutely perfect for use as a practical joke.
OpenOther fits well into this category; it's great for driving your iPhone owning friends or family up a wall.
That's of course assuming that your friends or family have jailbroken iPhones, since OpenOther is a tweak available on Cydia for jailbroken iPhone's only.
This sneaky tweak allows you to reroute an app to another app, meaning that when you open one app, it opens another instead.
Check inside for a full video demo of OpenOther in action...
Jailbreak developers have been on a roll over the past two weeks, releasing several custom widgets for the new Notification Center in iOS 5. From the looks of things, it doesn't appear that the community plans on slowing down anytime soon.
Programmer Aaron Wright has recently released not one, but two jailbreak tweaks for Apple's iOS 5 beta software. Jailbroken folks on iOS 5 are more than welcome to try out the 2 new widgets, which are available for free from the developer's repo...
Is it just me, or are a lot of the tweaks as of late starting to focus on the iPhone's slide to unlock bar?
SlideTime is the latest tweak that takes advantage of the unlock bar's real estate by replacing the words "slide to unlock" with a clock.
Yep, a clock -- in your unlock bar...
If you got your hands on iOS 5 beta 1 and decided to give it the jailbreak treatment via RedSn0w, you have probably noticed that a bunch of your favorite jailbreak apps and tweaks are not functioning properly, if at all.
A lot of those jailbreak apps haven't been updated yet to work properly on iOS 5. So if your favorite tweak is broken, don't worry, the developer will most likely fix it soon. In the meantime, the jailbreak community came up with a handy list of jailbreak apps and tweaks that are compatible with iOS 5...
I know what you're thinking: "we don't need one more of these flashlight applications." Even though Cydia and the App Store are flooded with Flashlight apps, I have a very special interest in FlashLock because it was my idea and I worked with developer Filippo Bigarella to bring it to life.
Up until today, my flashlight app of choice was SpringFlash, but it never really did what I wanted. So, I asked one of my favorite tweak devs if he could make my dream flashlight app come true. And he did...