Wishing for a quick and simple way to perform basic photo editing tasks without the use of external app?
True, such a feature is baked directly into iOS 5, but that's still a few days away. What about now?
Jailbreak connoisseur Filippo Bigarella's got you back, with the recent release of PhotoEdit, a jailbreak tweak that brings a few basic photo editing options to us iOS 4 users...
The awkwardly named ActiveAccess for Activator, is a jailbreak tweak, which allows you to assign various accessibility options to Activator actions.
Accessibility options consist of features like Invert Colors, VoiceOver and Zooming — options that are great for the visually impaired.
Thanks to this tweak, there's an even easier way to invoke these features by assigning one or all of them to an Activator action...
Feeling eccentric? If so, then why not add some interesting brightness controlling functionality to your iPhone's slide-to-unlock bar, by means of UnlockBright?
UnlockBright is an interesting jailbreak tweak, because it combines the slide-to-unlock bar with your iPhone's brightness settings. The weird thing is, that these settings aren't permanent, they only take effect as you're unlocking your phone.
Confused? Take a look at the video demo just after the break...
I have to admit, I really didn't see much of a need for LSMediaControls in my jailbreak repertoire...until I happened to use it while driving.
My experience using this tweak while on the road has opened my eyes to how incredibly useful it can be.
No longer do you need to glance at the iPhone to make sure you're tapping the right button.
LSMediaControls makes it simple to play, pause, skip and listen to previous music, from virtually any music app. Check inside for the video details...
M, would approve. SpyPhoto is a recently released jailbreak tweak that allows you to take Photos without detection.
Utilizing the ubiquitous Activator to do its dirty work, SpyPhoto enables users to snap pics void of shutter sounds, flashes, or heads up display. You can literally take photos from any app, anywhere.
Check inside for a video demonstration of this covert jailbreak tweak in action...
It's been a long time coming, but one of my favorite OS X utilities has made its way to iOS. Indeed, f.lux just appeared on the iPhone, but not via the conventional App Store method.
f.lux is a handy utility that automatically adjusts the color temperature of your screen, resulting in significantly reduced eye-strain.
Unfortunately, due to the nature of f.lux, it pretty much has no chance of ever appearing on the official App Store. Thankfully, the team behind this excellent tweak has found refuge on Cydia...
How do you plan on preparing for the next iPhone? Whether it's the iPhone 5, or the iPhone 4S, a lot of folks have different gameplans when it comes to acquiring the next iPhone.
What will you do with your current iPhone? Will you downgrade the firmware, jailbreak and unlock it, and try to pull in a premium? Or will you do like me, and keep your old iPhone and use it as a testing device?
These, and many, many more questions are answered in this week's episode of Ask Jeff...
I find myself using my iPhone's Clock app, with its included timer and stopwatch, for all sorts of arbitrary reasons.
It's a really handy thing to have, but it would even better if you didn't have to launch the Clock app every time, just to access the time keeping functions.
Enter TimerBar, a jailbreak tweak that allows you to invoke your timer from anywhere by means of Activator. Full video walkthrough, inside...
You know that boring old white flash that appears on your iPhone's screen when you're taking a screenshot? Wouldn't it be nice if there was an option to spruce that up a bit?
Likely, that's the exact conversation the developer of Screenshot Picture had with himself as he was conceptualizing it.
Inside, you'll find a video walkthrough on this tweak, and learn how to make your screenshot taking experience a tad more interesting...
QuickSafari is another Activator-based Google search tool, that allows you to perform searches and browse to specific URLs from anywhere on your iPhone.
It's a great tool, and one that I believe should be included as a native iOS feature. Until then, we'll have to rely on the great jailbreak community to meet our needs in this area, and QuickSafari doesn't disappoint...
There's no shortage of brightness adjusting tweaks available on Cydia. You've got tweaks like Light Bright, SBBrightness, LockGestures, and many others that are all capable of adjusting your iPhone's brightness.
The latest addition to the fray is Brightness Icons — a tweak that places brightness adjusting app icons directly on your iPhone's SpringBoard...
When it comes to Spotlight on the iPhone, there are two camps. Ones who use it, and others that find it completely worthless.
If you're in the latter camp, perhaps SLShortcuts will change your mind? It's an upcoming jailbreak tweak, which allows you to run custom text commands directly from your Spotlight search...