Alertmate is a new jailbreak tweak that allows you to change the default animation for alerts on your iPhone or iPod touch. Choose from animations such as zoom in, push in, bounce, sliding down, sliding right, flipping in, rolling in, and more. Watch the video for a better visual understanding of how this tweak works. Alertmate is a free download from Cydia on the BigBoss repository. Give it a spin, and let us know what you think.
Pinnacle is a new jailbreak tweak developed by Josh Kugelmann that makes navigating through iOS menus easier. When you open an app that has many levels of pages, namely the Settings app, this tweak allows you to hold down the regular back menu button and return to the top-level page. The same functionality works on all apps that use Apple’s standard menu layout.
Test out the tweak for yourself by opening the Settings app and tapping General > International > Keyboards > Add New Keyboard. Next, simply tap and hold the back menu button. Voila, you’re back at the root level. The tweak can also be configured in the Settings app to display a menu that shows specific page levels. Pinnacle is free on Cydia from the BigBoss repository.
WeatherIcon was updated earlier today with long-awaited iOS 6 support for the iPhone and iPod touch. The free jailbreak tweak changes the default Weather.app icon to a dynamic one that automatically changes based on your local weather forecast.
WeatherIcon shows both the current temperature and weather condition, so long as your device is connected to Wi-Fi or a cellular data network. To get this tweak, search for WeatherIcon 6 in Cydia on the ModMyi repository. Do you find this tweak useful?
For those that have ever used the Minimal MIUI theme for Android, you’ll be happy to hear that Reddit user magn2o has officially ported most of it to iOS for jailbroken devices. If you have an iPhone or iPod touch with a Retina display, simply add the repository http://usefulidiot.org/repo/ to Cydia and you can download this theme for your device.
Minimal MIUI, as you would assume by its name, is a theme with a minimalistic design. It uses square icons and a lot of flat colors, along with an abstract wallpaper. Although this port is free, it is still recommended that you look into the theme for Android to support the original author. More details available on the official Reddit thread.
Compose is a new Cydia jailbreak tweak for iPhone and iPod touch, compatible with iOS 6, that adds shortcuts to Notification Center for composing new mail or messages. The style of these quick access buttons resembles the Facebook and Twitter share buttons that already exist within the pulldown notification system.
Unlike those Twitter and Facebook toggles, however, these Mail and Message buttons merely act as shortcuts to the respective apps. When you tap to compose an email, it’ll bring up a full-screen window. When you tap to compose a message, it’ll bring you right to the Messages app. You can grab the tweak for free on the ModMyi repository in Cydia.
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iPhone and iPod touch themers, get out those devices. Building upon the five gorgeous iPhone setups that we shared yesterday, today we look at nine must-have iPhone 5 lock screen themes by graphic designers Patrick Muff and Mark Stewart. All support the fifth-generation iPod touch, too.
All of the themes are free and iOS 6 compatible, available through Cydia by adding repository http://patrickmuff.ch/repo/ under Manage > Sources > Edit > Add. If you do use one of these themes, consider donating to Muff and Stewart through Cydia to help fund their hosting costs. (more…)
One of the biggest draws to jailbreaking an iOS device is the ability to customize nearly every aspect of the platform, far outside the limitations of what Apple imposes. But, with so many themes available, it can become difficult to choose the perfect one for your device.
That’s where we come in. Ahead, we have compiled a gallery of 10 gorgeous custom home and lock screen setups. We’ve also shared all the themes, tweaks and other Cydia packages that you will need for installation. Grab your iOS device and join us ahead.
This first iOS 6 compatible setup comes courtesy of Reddit user drazyLate, who uses a modified version of the LS Vignetti lock screen theme (available on deviantART) with the Minimal Slider HD tweak (Cydia / BigBoss repository) for the minimalistic slide to unlock bar. He also uses the TetherStatus tweak (Cydia / BigBoss repository) in the status bar. Here is the lock screen wallpaper.
The home screen uses the Newport theme (Cydia Store / $1.99) with a custom wallpaper, DashBoard X (Cydia Store / $1.99) tweak for the weather widget, and combination of Cascade (Cydia Store / 99 cents) and Infinidock (Cydia Store / $1.99) for a scrollable dock with cover flow animation. Leave a comment or check the Reddit post if you have questions about this theme setup or its installation.
Four more theme setups ahead. (more…)
Gridlock now supports iOS 6 (Source: iDB)
Grant Paul, the maker of popular jailbreak tweak Gridlock, has updated the Cydia package to support iOS 6. For those unfamiliar with Gridlock, it allows you to arrange the icons on your home screen in whichever way you want by easily creating blank icon spaces.
GridLock is most effective when coupled with existing iOS themes or tweaks, making an iPhone or iPod touch look far from stock. Traditionally, Apple does not give much flexibility in terms of the home screen layout. Icons can only be arranged linearly.
Paul put a lot of effort into updating Gridlock to support the latest iOS 6 update, so he has decided to charge $4.99 for the tweak on the Cydia Store. Fortunately, existing users of the original version will be able to upgrade to Gridlock 2.0 for a discounted price of $1.99.
iFans has partnered with William Szilveszter, the creative brainchild behind Jaku, one of the most popular themes available on Cydia for jailbroken devices, to deliver a series revolving around the art of iOS theming. Szilveszter is always available for hire and can be found on Twitter.
Throughout this exclusive series, Szilveszter will share his knowledge and expertise about theming virtually every single aspect of the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. This week, to start, the Canadian designer details everything you need to know about customizing iOS with WinterBoard. (more…)
If you have experienced the brightness on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch go dim after a respring on iOS 6 or later, you are not alone. The issue is a result of some Cydia tweaks killing off SpringBoard when applying a respring, causing the brightness level to plunge very low. Fortunately, a new minor jailbreak tweak has been released on Cydia called BrightnessFix that aims to prevent this problem from occurring once and for all.
All you will need is a jailbroken iPhone, iPad or iPod touch running iOS 6 or later, and you’ll find the BrightnessFix package on Cydia under the ModMyi repository. It’s a free download and should automatically resolve any respring brightness issues that you may have been encountering. Most modern day Cydia tweaks and utilities no longer cause this issue, but BrightnessFix is still a useful solution to have nonetheless.
