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GV Extension Adds Native Google Voice SMS Functionality to the iPhone

Guest Author ∙ Updated April 3, 2018

Now that Google Voice is back on the iPhone (natively), many of us are using the app to send SMS messages. Still, since there is no real way to set an app as a default SMS handler, we found ourselves using both the SMS app and whichever GV app we found most useful.

No more! There's a new tweak in Cydia that merges the two. SMS GV Extension sets your Google Voice account as the default handler of text messages. Now when you send or receive text messages, it will be exclusively handled through the Google Voice API, and not your text messaging plan through your carrier.

For some of you, this is awesome. But there is a huge limitation with this solution...

Fast Copy Speeds Up Your iPhone’s Copy and Paste Functionality

Jeff Benjamin ∙ October 25, 2010

Every so often, a tweak comes around that simply makes the iPhone better to use. Fast Copy is the type of tweak that falls perfectly into that category, taking basic iPhone functionality and improving it.

I must admit, I was a bit skeptical at first, because I thought that the iPhone's copy and paste abilities were fairly competent already. After using Fast Copy, though, I can safely say that the room for improvement has always existed, whether I perceived it, or not.

Firmware Changer Will Fake Your iPhone Firmware Version Without Updating

Guest Author ∙ October 22, 2010

Here's another interesting Cydia tweak! Firmware Changer can change your iPhone to iOS 4.1 (or any other one) without updating. Basically, it will not let you update to 4.1, but it will fake to be on 4.1 (or any other version you want to pretend to be on).

Why would you want change your firmware version? You can use it so that whenever your connect your device to your computer, iTunes will not show this annoying message asking you to update to the latest firmware...

iGotYa Lets You Know Who Stole Your iPhone

Guest Author ∙ October 22, 2010

Do you want to know who's using your iPhone, stealing it, or just opening it up and snoop around on it? Well, iGotYa is your choice! iGotYa is a new tweak available in Cydia for $4.99, provided first by a few days of trial.

iGotYa enables you to protect your iPhone with an unlock password. If the unlock code entered is wrong 3 times in a row, then iGotYa will take a picture and get the location of your iPhone silently and send it to your email address...

SSH Alternative to FontSwap for iOS 4

Guest Author ∙ Updated March 5, 2018

FontSwap has been one of my favorite reasons for jailbreaking, but it isn't fully compatible with iOS 4.0. It works if you change the Notes or Lockscreen font, but that's about it. It seemed like there was hope for an updated FontSwap, but the post from Guarav, the author, is now 3 months old. That's an eternity in iPhone-time.

So what's a jailbreaker to do? If you are comfortable using SSH or iFile there is a solution, thanks to iPhoneRuler.net. They have a list of iOS 4 compatible fonts and also instructions on how/where to install it...

ToneFXs: Get Your Custom Alert Tones On

Guest Author ∙ Updated October 23, 2016

I love the iPhone. Really I do. I love most everything about it. Most. But like any other iDevice geek, I have found some less than desirable aspects of the iPhone, namely tone alerts.

Imagine walking into a crowded coffee shop. Now imagine someone with their iPhone volume turned all the way up and that particular someone receives an SMS. With the default SMS [tri-tone] sound, odds are some owners of iPhones in the coffee shop will glance at their screen to verify whether it's them or not. In a nutshell, every stock iPhone on the planet has the same tri-tone sound when it comes SMS. Boring huh?

FullScreen for Safari Adds Multitouch Functionality to Your iPhone Browsing Experience

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated December 20, 2011

Even with plenty of browser alternatives out there, I always find myself going back to Safari. There's just something aesthetically pleasing about Apple's stock browser that keeps me coming back, even though it's totally devoid of some basic features.

For this reason, whenever I hear about any tweaks that add additional functionality to Safari, I'm all over it like white on rice. The latest tweak to come out of the jailbreak community is called FullScreen for Safari, and it packs quite the punch.

This Tweak Makes Your iPhone Look Like an Aquarium

Sébastien Page ∙ October 15, 2010

A few months ago we showed you how to turn your iPhone lockscreen into an aquarium. Turns out this tweak wasn't free and was very buggy. The good news is that we now have another option. It's called MultiFishLockScreen.

MultiFishLockScreen is a free tweak available for free on Cydia. This theme was especially developed to animate the lockscreen with a nice submarine view...

NowPlayingPandora Makes it That Much Easier to Share Your Barry Manilow Crush

Jeff Benjamin ∙ October 14, 2010

NowPlayingPandora is an ActionMenu plugin that makes it easy to tell the world what you’re listening to. All that it takes is a quick copy and paste, and just like that, all of your twitter followers will know just how much you adore you know who.

It’s refreshing to see that one of the best jailbreak apps ever -- ActionMenu -- is still receiving support on the developer end. The latest plugin to arrive on the scene is appropriately entitled, NowPlayingPandora...

LiveClock App Updated for iOS 4.0

Guest Author ∙ October 14, 2010

Here's a neat little jailbreak tweak that's finally jumped on the 4.0 bandwagon. LiveClock makes your home screen clock icon - you guessed it - live! The second-hand ticks along, and the icon displays your current time rather than it being eternally 10:15 on the dot.

It might be tiny but it's accurate, and that's what counts! It looks pretty sharp on the Retina Display, too...

What Will Your First 4.1 Jailbreak App Be?

Guest Author ∙ October 10, 2010

Now that LimeRa1n is out, lucky (debatable) Windows owners get to jailbreak. What's the first thing you installed? Or for the rest of us, what's your first going to be?

Or, let's say you're on a desert island, and you had just jailbroken your iPhone with limera1n. You can grab ONE app from Cydia, and then lose your ability to open Cydia again.

What's your one jailbreak app or tweak that you've been lusting for while anxiously awaiting a 4.1 jailbreak and reading the new tweak articles in this blog? What is that ONE package you can't live without?

EnhancedTabs Adds Additional Functionality to Apple’s Aging Browser

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

The tagline in Cydia for EnhancedTabs is that it "Makes Safari's tabs much better." Despite the somewhat conceited nature of the app, I must agree.

If you're jailbroken and looking to add additional functionality to the iPhone's stock browser, this is a tweak that you're going to want to try. EnhancedTabs brings three features to the table that aim to, well, enhance your tabs...