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May

Jaku for iPad Released

Posted by Joe Rossignol at 10:53 pm

Jaku for iPad

After several months of anticipation, Jaku for iPad has been soft launched on Cydia. This new WinterBoard theme, the work of Canadian graphic designer William Szilveszter, is inspired by the extremely popular original Jaku theme for iPhone. With a pixel-perfect icon set and other meticulously-crafted iOS elements, including the dock and notification badges, Jaku for iPad customizes nearly every aspect of the user interface.

“With the release of the new Jaku for the Retina iPad, I wanted to touch base with everyone that is flying it on their iPad,” said Szilveszter. “Firstly, thanks for the immense support. I know a ton of you have been waiting for this day and have stuck with me for over a year (flying the original Jaku for the Retina iPhone). You guys made all this possible.”

It’s important to note, however, that Jaku for iPad isn’t nearly as fleshed out as its iPhone counterpart yet. The theme doesn’t skin the lock screen, and there are custom icons missing for a number of popular apps. Nevertheless, Szilveszter is fully committed to his product — as he was with Jaku for iPhone — and will be working hard to release updates with additional icons. If you have a particular icon that you would like to request, please post its Bundle ID and icon file name in the comments section. (more…)

iMIUI Theme Ports Popular Android ROM to iPhone

Posted by Joe Rossignol at 1:26 pm

iMIUI

MIUI is one of the most popular custom ROMs available for Android, redefining the look of the platform with an original user interface and improvements to over 200 software features. And while the iPhone is obviously incompatible with the software, several graphic designers have been working on porting the design of MIUI into an iOS theme. Last month it was Minimal MIUI, and now it’s iMIUI.

iMIUI is a MIUI V5 port on deviantART that promises to be better than the original concept on Android, or so its maker onehalfkiller claims. The theme remains a work-in-progress thus far, with the lock screen, clock widget, custom icons and Compass app redesign completed. All that remains is some work on the Phone dialer, and then iMIUI should appear on Cydia. We’ll let you know when it’s available. A video demo of MIUI V5 follows. (more…)

Cydia iOS 6 Theme Roundup: Elite 6, Strife, Dune, Ayecon, Buuf, UniAW6.0 for iPhone 5 and More

Posted by Joe Rossignol at 3:05 pm

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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 Winterboard and Dreamboard 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 roundup of several top iOS 6 themes from within the jailbreak scene. Where possible, we have also shared the necessary tweaks, mods or other Cydia packages that you will need for installation. Grab your iOS device and join us ahead. (more…)

New Cydia Tweak ‘Prime’ Enhances Recent Calls List in Phone App

Posted by Joe Rossignol at 8:35 am

Prime

Prime is a new jailbreak tweak for iPhone that makes the recent calls list in the Phone app easier to navigate at quick glance. While missed calls show up as red, there is traditionally no way to visually distinguish between outgoing and incoming calls in the list. That’s where Prime comes in, a simple solution that labels outgoing calls green and incoming calls blue. Prime, developed by thekirbylover and rv1raj is a free download on Cydia from the ModMyi repository and requires iOS 6 or later. Let us know how it works for you.

iPhone Jailbreak Tweak Abstergo Now Available on Cydia

Posted by Joe Rossignol at 9:48 am

Abstergo is a highly-anticipated jailbreak tweak for iOS 6 that has been in development for over one year and officially launched on Cydia just hours ago, greatly improving how the iOS notification system functions. The tweak, developed by Andrew Richardson and Joshua Tucker, has a number of different features that makes handling notifications on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad easier.

Most notable are a clear all notifications banner that can be dragged down on the lock screen, plus the ability to set reminders on notifications within the lock screen or Messages app. With reminders, notifications can be delayed for specific durations, varying from just five minutes later to an entirely different day. Abstergo is also compatible with the Emblem tweak on iPad, meaning that you can set reminders from notifications that show up in a Growl-like banner style in the top-right corner.

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Abstergo joins the ranks of Auxo and Velox as one of the top jailbreak tweaks out there, available for $1.99 on Cydia on the BigBoss repository. If you still haven’t jailbroken your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch running iOS 6, be sure to follow our official how-to guide. With tweaks as great as these, the incentive to jailbreak is higher than ever before. Let us know what you think of Abstergo in the comments.

Icysn0w And Other iOS 6.1.3 Jailbreaks Are Fake

Posted by Joe Rossignol at 8:00 pm

ios-6-jailbreak For those that are new to the jailbreak scene, this is an important reminder that not all jailbreaking tools that you’ll come across on the web are legitimate. Unfortunately, there are a number of fake jailbreak tools out there. We see this time and time again, and it hurts the integrity of the jailbreak community.

We like to refer to them as “failbreaks,” jailbreak tools that are intended to be solely a hoax or, worse, can be potentially harmful to your computer. Failbreaks have been around for several years, and probably won’t go away anytime soon, so it’s important to avoid being misled. (more…)

Making iOS More like OS X: An Ingenious iOS 7 Concept

Posted by Stephen Hall at 2:51 pm

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Countless concepts as to what we’ll be seeing in iOS 7 have been released over the last few months, with many–as you may know–coming from famous tweak developer Sentry. He is by no means the only one imagining these UI changes, though, with iFans forum member Zyiros jumping in to share an idea that makes iOS app icons behave like those docked in Mac OS X. Does this stand up to the daily iOS user’s scrutiny? Read on to find out. (more…)

WeatherIcon Gains iOS 6 Support

Posted by Joe Rossignol at 1:28 pm

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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?

Mar

iOS Hacker Has Future Jailbreak Up His Sleeves

Posted by Joe Rossignol at 9:52 am

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Well-known iOS hacker Joshua Hill (@p0sixninja), best known as a former member of the Chronic-Dev Team, made a series of tweets just hours ago, claiming that he has discovered the required exploits for yet another iOS 6 jailbreak. The good news comes nearly two months after the first iOS 6 untethered jailbreak was released, which Apple patched in the iOS 6.1.3 software update.

Hill assures that the evad3rs group, which released the first jailbreak, has not gone anywhere; instead, the hacker has simply discovered his own exploits on his own time during the past few months. The fact that Hill has exploits that can be used towards a future jailbreak, coupled with claims that “evasi0n won’t be the last,” is music to the ears of the ever-growing jailbreaking community.

If these hackers do plan on releasing another public jailbreaking method, a challenging decision must be made. That is, to release another iOS 6 jailbreak, or save the exploits in hopes that they still exist within iOS 7. The seventh major version of iOS should be previewed at WWDC 2013, presumably next June, in time for an early Fall release to the public.