jailbreaking

Maybe you have a broken home button? Maybe you just hate the feeling of physical buttons (they just feel too damn… real)? Regardless of the reasoning, it might be handy for you to have a virtual home button. One you can move around the screen at will and tap to get back to the home screen, double tap to open the app switcher, etc. SPTouch is a jailbreak tweak that’s free from the Cydia store, easy to setup, and gives you just that. Here’s how to install it to give your iPhone or iPad a virtual home button. I. Jailbreak […]

This tweak can easily be used to define “pleasantly surprised.” Forecast displays current weather and forecasts to your lock screen, and changes your wallpaper on both lock screen and home screen to an animated representation of the weather at your current location. And the animations look great, too! Forecast is well worth $0.99 and is incredibly easy to use; it’s almost as if Apple made this tweak themselves! I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad To do this procedure you must be jailbroken. If you aren’t, you can head to our Jailbreak How To’s section and pick the jailbreak for your version of iOS (currently

I understand that Jony wanted to make iOS 7 as clean as possible, but the Now Playing symbol on the top right in iOS 6 when music was playing actually served a useful purpose. It let us know that music was playing, even if we thought we paused of stopped it. Of course, indignant developers make a tweak to reinstate that symbol, and it’s called NowPlayingStatusBar. It’s a long name for such a small tweak, but it’s extremely easy to instal and setup, so check out the instructions and video below, and enjoy! I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad To do this

NoteCreator lets you bring up a window where you can type down a note and save it automatically to your iPhone’s Notes app. As added convenience, you can choose where and how the window appears. For example, you can set NoteCreator to only appear from the home screen or on top of an open app, and allocate a certain action, like a three-fingered tap, to bring up the NoteCreator window. I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad To do this procedure you must be jailbroken. If you aren’t, you can head to our Jailbreak How To’s section and pick the jailbreak for your version of

iOS 7’s Music app is already great, but your own customizations can make it even better. MusicAppMods is a tweak that lets you customize certain aspects of the Music app, such as how much space artist/song/playlist cells take up. For those with music libraries that weren’t bought from iTunes, you may find that the album art is missing, but the blank space where it’s meant to be is still there unnecessarily taking up space. MusicAppMods lets you fix that! So, follow the instructions and check out the video below to check it out. I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad To do this

Everyone should have a pass code on their phone’s lock screens to prevent unwelcome eyes from prying into sensitive data or using particular apps. For the ultra security and privacy conscious, iAppLock lets you lock certain apps with a pass code for an added layer of security. I wish I had this tweak when co-workers at my old job would send “hilarious” messages from my phone to other co-workers if I left it unattended before automatically locking. I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad To do this procedure you must be jailbroken. If you aren’t, you can head to our Jailbreak How To’s section and

I don’t really have a problem with friends and family accessing my phone. However, I don’t like having to say my lock screen pass code out loud or tap in the code myself when trusted others want to use it. GuestMode is a great tweak that gives guest an option to access your phone, but without the ability to access certain apps that you have determined. I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad To do this procedure you must be jailbroken. If you aren’t, you can head to our Jailbreak How To’s section and pick the jailbreak for your version of iOS (currently at the

Ever wish you could wake up your phone and open apps right from the lock screen? AppBox adds app shortcuts to the lock screen, eliminating the need to unlock your phone. It might not seem worth it just to bypass the lock screen, but once you try it for often-used apps, you won’t go back. I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad To do this procedure you must be jailbroken. If you aren’t, you can head to our Jailbreak How To’s section and pick the jailbreak for your version of iOS (currently at the time of writing this is 7.0.4). Once done with that procedure and

One of the things I loved about the Galaxy Note 3’s default keyboard is its extra row with numbers above the letters, thus eliminating the need to switch back and forth between the number and letter keyboards. Apple tweaker Hiraku wasn’t about to let Samsung users have all the functionality, so he made iKeywi, which adds a 5th row on top of your iPhone’s keyboard. iKeywi sets the 5th row as numbers by default, but you can customize each button to whatever you like. iKeywi is $1.99 for the iPhone version, and $2.99 for the HD iPad version, and you’ll

This tweak is called SimplePasscodeButtons and it’s a free jailbreak tweak available in the Cydia store. It’s simple in that it’s only function is to remove all the numbers/letters from your pin code lock screen. If you’re thinking this is for security reasons, I’m pretty sure it’s not. Anyone watching over your shoulder as you input a pin can still see which keys you tap and that could be easily mimicked. With that being said, however, it does give an even more minimalistic look to iOS 7 (literally by giving you the bare minimum need to input the code). Either way,

Sometimes you just REALLY need to contact someone. I mean, so badly that having to go the traditional route of looking through your contact list is just not going to cut it. Luckily, there is a much faster way! With QuickContacts, a jailbreak tweak for iOS 7, you can set 4 contacts to be easily accessible with just a swipe down on the home screen. After that it’s just two quick taps to either call, message, or email them. Problem solved! Huzzah! Here’s how to setup and use QuickContacts so you can quickly access a contact from your home screen.

Not all of us have the pleasure of having unlimited messaging plans. For those that don’t it can be quite cumbersome to remember to limit the chatting to save themselves from a higher than average monthly bill. For those of you in that predicament, there’s a great, simple jailbreak tweak that gives you a small icon in the messaging app that you can tap to then figure out how many messages you’ve sent over the last 28 days (and thereby reminding you to slow it down when it gets a little too close to your limit). Here’s how to install

Springtomize is the missing customization option for iPhones and iPads. Seriously. This jailbreak tweak has so many customization options it’s well worth the $2.99 price tag. Once installed, this tweak allows you to customize almost every aspect of the user interface; from the number of apps on each screen, to the size of the folders, to the lock screen, to the speed of animation,s to the status bar and more! It’s no wonder that jailbreakers have been waiting for the new release of Springtomize 3 for iOS 7 with baited breathe. Without further ado, here’s how to install it and

Loving the new minimalistic look of iOS 7 but think it could be a tad more minimalistic? SubtleLock might be the right tweak for you. This jailbreak tweak allows you to adjust the lock screen of your iOS 7 device to move and/or remove a few items on it and give it a much more minimalistic and subtle look. The tweak costs a dollar, but is a nice way of separating your lock screen from everyone else’s. And isn’t that level of coolness worth a dollar? http://youtu.be/mXoEaDYJ94g I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad To do this procedure you must be jailbroken. If

Ever thought you’d be able to put a folder WITHIN a folder? Well, with this jailbreak tweak called FolderEnhancer, you not only do that, but you can also change the amount of icons in each folder and more. Have I blown your mind yet? Check out the video below for how to get the tweak installed and how to use it to customize the folders on your iPhone or iPad running iOS 7. I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad 1. To do this procedure you must be jailbroken. If you aren’t, you can head to our Jailbreak How To’s section and pick the jailbreak