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ScrollingBoard, The Ultimate Jailbreak Tweak for Your iPhone’s Dock

Alex Heath ∙ Updated February 28, 2018

ScrollingBoard is a new Cydia tweak that let's you have scrolling, unlimited icons in your dock and folders, and addons in your dock (like iPod controls). What makes ScrollingBoard so interesting is that not only does it bring a few new features to your jailbroken device, but it also replicates the functions of other popular jailbreak tweaks in the process.

ScrollingBoard's main goal is to make your iOS device's dock as useful as can be. The native arrangement of icons on your home screen's pages is also available on your dock with ScrollingBoard. The addons and SBSettings integration that ScollingBoard brings to the dock also make this tweak especially worth the $1.50 price tag...

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CallLock May Be a Workaround for Those With Proximity Sensor Issues

Jeff Benjamin ∙ December 4, 2010

It's no secret that even after a few firmware updates, the proximity sensor issues are still a problem for a lot of people. Although I'm not a big talker, I still occasionally experience frustrating proximity sensor issues.

The proximity sensor is what the iPhone uses to know whether or not you are on a call. Its purpose is to sense your face, and disable the touch screen so that you don't inadvertently "face dial" or hang up on your caller.

CallLock aims to circumvent the issue by locking the iPhone altogether when on a call, but does it work?

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Customize Your iPhone’s Battery Alerts with PowerAlerter

Alex Heath ∙ Updated February 16, 2018

Sometimes, getting a battery alert at 20% on your iPhone isn't enough.  For those of us that want more control over our battery alerts, there's PowerAlerter.

PowerAlerter is a Cydia tweak that gives you full control over visual, audio and haptic notifications for your iPhone's battery. With PowerAlerter, you'll never have to worry about forgetting to plug your iPhone into the charger again...

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NoWiggle Takes the Jiggle Out of Your iPhone

Jeff Benjamin ∙ December 1, 2010

NoWiggle is a tweak for jailbroken iPhones that prevents your app icons from dancing around on the screen when you tap and hold them. This was affectionately and hilariously referred to by Steve Jobs as "jiggle mode" during a recent media event.

Why anyone would want to remove jiggle mode is anyone guess, since it makes it apparent that you could accidentally move or delete an app; but hey, that's what jailbreaking is about, customizing the iPhone experience to your liking...

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Per Steve Jobs: AirPlay to Gain Increased Functionality in the Future

Jeff Benjamin ∙ December 1, 2010

Chalk this up as likely one of the most obvious revelations to come out this week: AirPlay will be improved in the future.

On Sunday, Steve Jobs reportedly confirmed by e-mail that AirPlay would be receiving a few essential upgrades in 2011, including direct streaming from Safari and one additional feature that us iPhone users might find handy...

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ChatPic Makes it Easy to See Who’s Texting

Jeff Benjamin ∙ November 30, 2010

Want a way to make SMS messaging a little more personal? Then look no further than ChatPic, a jailbreak tweak that puts a little photo of your contact beside each incoming chat bubble.

Sure, there are many other apps that provide some variation of this premise, but if adding a smidgen of personalization to your SMS messages is all that you desire, then it's hard to go wrong with this tweak...

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Pull To Refresh for Mail brings Twitter Styled Refreshing to Your Email

Jeff Benjamin ∙ November 29, 2010

Pfft, refresh buttons, who needs 'em, right? Head into the new decade with style by adding Twitter app-esque refresh functionality to your email, courtesy of this latest jailbreak tweak.

That's essentially all that the cumbersomely named Pull To Refresh for Mail does, although it performs quite well. The only suggestion I have for the developer is to perhaps fire their entire "app naming department." Check inside for the full scoop.

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PhotoAlbums+ Makes Managing Your iPhone Photos a Walk in the Park

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 3, 2018

Call me crazy, but I'm convinced that there's a special roundtable meeting each week at Apple where all they do is sit around projector and examine what jailbreak apps released the previous week.

I can hear it now; "Uh, yeah, and uh, PhotoAlbums+! Yeah, uh, that looks like something we should have had from the, uh, very beginning, let's use that!"

Okay, so that probably doesn't happen, but PhotoAlbums+ is the latest example in a long line of Cydia store releases that will inevitably appear in an upcoming release of iOS. Why do I say this? Take a look inside and see what makes this tweak a no brainer for Photo Album users.

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New Tweak Allows AirPlay Streaming from Any iOS App

Alex Heath ∙ November 27, 2010

AirPlay just got the jailbreak treatment. AirPlay (one of Apple's new technologies in iOS 4.2) allows streaming video to be pushed from any iOS device to an Apple TV.

AirPlay is only intended to allow streaming from the iPod and YouTube app, but this new jailbreak tweak opens up AirPlay possibilities to any playable media on an iOS device...

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No Page Dots Caters to the Undercover Minimalist in You

Jeff Benjamin ∙ November 26, 2010

Let's be honest, how many of you actually rely on the little dots above your iPhone's dock to gather your whereabouts while swiping between pages?

If you're like me and happen to find yourself rarely relying on those dots, all the while preferring a more minimalistic look to your iPhone, then chpwn's latest tweak, aptly entitled No Page Dots, is for you.

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New Jailbreak App Adds 3D Transitions Between Your iPhone Pages

Jeff Benjamin ∙ November 24, 2010

According to its developers, Barrel is a jailbreak tweak that adds a 3D "cube" effect to your icon pages. The description surely fits the bill and doesn't disappoint, but the price may prove to be a stumbling block.

Take a look inside as I take a video glimpse at this latest Jailbreak App. Then you can decide for yourself if this visual tweak is worth departing with your hard earned cash...

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