Jailbreak Only: NCControl - Control Your iPhone While Viewing Notification Center
A new jailbreak tweak called NCControl allows users to enable and view Notification Center, while also interacting with whatever iOS app they had previously launched.
A new jailbreak tweak called NCControl allows users to enable and view Notification Center, while also interacting with whatever iOS app they had previously launched.
If you're in danger of being hit by AT&T's data throttling, consider keeping track of your data consumption using the WeeTrackData Notification Center widget.
If you want to spice-up Notification Center, consider downloading and installing NCColors. This new jailbreak tweak allows users to customize the appearance of iOS 5's Notification Center using RGB sliders and the results, as you can see in the above image, aren't half bad.
A jailbreak tweak called SwipeShiftCaret allows jailbreakers to move their cursor a single space, either left or right, by simply swiping at their iPhone's screen.
A new jailbreak tweak called "Swipe Navigation for Music" allows jailbreakers - as its name suggests - to change tracks playing in the Music app using gestures.
FireCore has recently updated its aTV Flash (black) jailbreak software, adding support for automated backups, translations and advanced (learned) remote commands.
The developer of TinyUmbrella - a Mac application that allows users to save their iOS device's SHSH blobs, ultimately preserving one's jailbreak - has recently updated his blog, urging readers to save their blobs before Apple launches a new version of its iOS mobile operating system.
If you love Harry Potter and rock a jailbroken iPhone, by using the recently released MyAssistant tweak plus Activator it's possible to enchant one's iPhone 4S via a series of custom Siri commands!
Not long ago we told you about Zeppelin - a jailbreak tweak that allows users to replace their carrier's name with one of several custom logos (as I'm sure you'll remember, I opted for the iconic Bat-Signal). Now, a jailbreak package called ZeppelinLogoPack has hit the Cydia Store which, as its name suggests, adds additional custom logos to the Zeppelin jailbreak tweak.
A Mac application that allows users to develop jailbreak tweaks in an Xcode-like interface is now available to download.
The popular springboard customization tweak - Springtomize 2 - has recently been updated, and is now compatible with both the iPad and iOS 5. Furthermore, a number of minor changes, bug fixes and improvements have also been made in the update for the $2.99 tweak, which is available to download now in the Cydia Store.
If you want Game Center achievements but can't be bothered to earn them, download Overachiever. This jailbreak tweak allows users to cheat at iOS app achievements, auto-filling users' Game Center profile with achievements they haven't actually earned.
Bookstand is an upcoming jailbreak tweak that allows jailbreakers to combine their iBooks content with Newsstand.
That impressive Siri-enhancing jailbreak tweak we told you about a couple of days ago has launched in the Cydia Store, but under a different name. The package - "MyAssistant" - can be downloaded and installed on a jailbroken iPhone for just $0.99, and promises through customization options to hugely improve the Siri experience.
Jailbreak developer iH8sn0w has recently launched a new tweak in the Cydia Store - "animate fix" - which allows jailbreakers to install custom boot logos on their iOS 5-powered handset.
Jailbreak fans: Are you tired of “AT&T,” “Verizon,” “Sprint” – or, in my case, “vodafone UK” – sitting atop your iPhone’s springboard? Do you wish it was possible to replace the boring, old text with something fun, perhaps even something iconic? If your answer to both questions was a resounding “YES,” consider downloading a free tweak called Zeppelin from the Cydia Store.
Though plenty of Siri-enhancing jailbreak tweaks have appeared in the Cydia Store, an upcoming tweak called "MySiri" looks rather different - and something worth getting excited about. Once installed, the tweak allows users to do almost anything with the virtual assistant because with MySiri, it's possible to make custom Siri commands.
The jailbreak tweak Corona 5.0.1 Untether - which, once installed, can can convert a tethered jailbreak to an untethered jailbreak solution - has recently received a couple of updates.
Back at the beginning of the month, Apple rejected a Steve Jobs tribute calendar application, noting that apps made in honor of the late Apple co-founder and former CEO were not being accepted by the company. Now, the application's developer has chosen to make the app (which is called "Tribute Calendar") available via the Cydia Store, where it can be downloaded for free.
If you've recently jailbroken your iOS device under iOS 5.0.1, there's a chance jailbreak icons have been turning white or even disappearing. This happened to me a couple of days back - the Cydia icon transformed into a ghostly white, and nothing I did could coax its color back. Fortunately, if this has happened to you - or if other icons have been behaving in an odd manner - there is a free solution available in the Cydia Store.
The iPhone Dev-Team has recently released a new version of its redsn0w jailbreak tool (0.9.10b5), which fixes iBooks under iOS 5.0.1. Furthermore, the Corona jailbreak package - which can also provide iOS 5.0.1 users with an untethered solution - will soon receive an update that also fixes iBooks.
Jailbreak fans who've abandoned SBSettings for SwitcherSettings - an alternative tweak we told you about last June - will be pleased to hear that the package has recently received an update, adding support for both the iPad and iOS 5 while making a number of other changes, also.
Lingual is a new jailbreak tweak that allows iPhone 4S users to translate spoken phrases from English into more than 30 different languages.