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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.

ZodTTD Releasing Beta of gpSPhone 8 Emulator Today

Posted by Joe Rossignol at 8:45 am

A mockup design of the gpSPhone 8.0 emulator for iOS. (Credit: Vitaliy Denisevich).

ZodTTD, the curator of several iOS emulators for legacy consoles such as PlayStation and Gameboy Advance, has been working feverishly on his latest gpSPhone 8 emulator for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. In a tweet from just moments ago, the developer states that he will create a public Cydia repository to host his beta software, which will include a first preview of gpSPhone 8 for testing by the public. Several weeks ago, ZodTTD turned to the iFans forums looking for beta testers and received an outstanding response from the community.

#gpSPhone v8 will be out today as a beta. I’ll make a lil’ public #Cydia repo for #ZodTTD beta software and this’ll be the first. #free #iOS

— zodttd (@zodttd) April 22, 2013

“Tomorrow, on April 22nd I’ll be releasing a beta of gpSPhone v8,” ZodTTD told iFans. “It’s ready to get packaged for the public repo. I’ll set up a repo anyone can add to Cydia for my betas. So tomorrow check for a new thread here [at iFans] with the repo URL and reply with any feedback. Hopefully through feedback my iOS emulators really start to shine again. I’ll also be on Twitter managing responses and announcing news.” Be sure to follow along in the forum thread and on Twitter for further updates.

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…)

Auxo for iPad Coming in May

Posted by Joe Rossignol at 12:39 pm

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Auxo, a popular jailbreak tweak that revitalizes the iOS app switcher, will be launching on the iPad next month. The development team behind the tweak has even setup a splash page to increase anticipation for the upcoming tweak, and promises to provide more previews in the coming weeks.

While there are ample benefits of jailbreaking your iOS device, there is no perhaps none better than Auxo right now. The tweak takes a new approach to the way multitasking works on iPhone, iPod touch and inevitably iPad, with card-sized previews of each app, improved music controls, and quick toggles.

Auxo for iPad should be available on Cydia for download next month. The tweak will support landscape mode on the iPad, contrary to being portrait-only on the iPhone. It’s also important to note that the iPhone version of Auxo costs $1.99, so the iPad version will likely have a price tag too.

Upcoming Jailbreak Tweak Will Enable Facebook Chat Heads Across iOS

Posted by Joe Rossignol at 11:35 am

Facebook wishes that it could deliver the full Home experience on iPhone, but tough Apple restrictions will likely prevent that from ever happening. In the meantime, the social network has updated its Facebook app to at least bring its new Chat Heads to iPhone; however, the feature is limited to use within the Facebook app only. That’s where 21-year-old developer Adam Bell comes in, with a new jailbreak tweak that expands the Chat Heads functionality across the iOS platform.

The experience is the same as it would be on Android smartphones, allowing you to tap, drag, and fling Chat Heads on top of your Safari web browser, home screen, weather app, or wherever else you might be on your iPhone. While the port isn’t absolutely perfect, as it does some suffer from some minor freezing, it is hardly a resource hog and doesn’t negatively affect battery life. Also, there is no SMS or iMessage integration yet. Look for the tweak to pop up on Cydia and GitHub in the coming days.

[The Verge]

When is iOS 7 Coming Out?

Posted by Joe Rossignol at 10:55 am

A recent mockup design of iOS 7 with quick access toggles.

iFans forum member volchenkov24 asks a question that many are wondering as we approach the midway point of this year. Simply put, when is Apple going to release iOS 7 to the public? Most would suspect that Apple would at least preview the seventh major version of iOS at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in June, but there has been some speculation that the software update has been delayed because of a major overhaul that is in process. So, the actual release date is open for debate. Let us know what you think in the comments.

Android vs. iOS: By the Numbers

Posted by Joe Rossignol at 10:11 am

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The competitive rivalry between iOS and Android has now been going on for over five years, and the two software platforms continue to fight each other in a two-horse race for supremacy in the mobile space. No other mobile operating system even comes close. Not Windows Phone. Not BlackBerry 10. Not anything. So, who is winning the iOS vs. Android war?

Time reporter Harry McCracken has collected and compiled statistical data about iOS and Android from various research firms, with most of the information being from this past fourth quarter or later, to provide a glance at the battle from a numerical perspective. Based on numbers, and solely numbers, the mobile platforms war looks something like this. (more…)

Would You Switch to Android Should iOS 7 Be a Disappointment?

Posted by Joe Rossignol at 10:00 am

There has been a lot of talk surrounding the forthcoming iOS 7 software update lately, with most pundits agreeing that the iPhone platform is in store for some major revisions.

With the departure of former iOS head Scott Forstall last October, and subsequent transition of responsibilities towards Apple design chief Jonathan Ive, it is widely believed that the iPhone software will gain a much more flat, minimalistic design with less skeuomorphism.

The highly-connected John Gruber of Daring Fireball has previously claimed that iOS 7 will be a “major overhaul,” a big enough change that Apple has reportedly had to delay the unveiling of the software and pull engineers from OS X 10.9 to work on the update. Nevertheless, everything we know about iOS 7 remains nothing but a rumor thus far. There is still an outside chance that, despite what we’ve heard, iOS 7 could still be a flop.

Apple has faced some criticism in recent months for iOS, as iPhone users grow tired of the same experience. While the additions of Notification Center, Siri, and other features have been welcomed, iOS has largely grown boring. So, if the seventh major version of the iPhone software is indeed a disappointment, or barely an iterative refresh over iOS 6, would it be enough for you to consider switching to the rival Android operating system?

The Road to WWDC 2013: Lots of Excitement From Apple Lies Ahead

Posted by Joe Rossignol at 8:10 pm

Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) has often played host to a number of new product and software announcements.

I doubt that I am alone when I say that there has not been much excitement surrounding Apple as of late, especially when you take into account that it has not held a special media event since unveiling the iPad mini in late October. But, that should change in the near future.

We’re already approaching the halfway mark in April, so an Apple event in spring is long overdue. It’s still too early for the launch of the next iPhone, one would presume, while the iPad mini is still less than six months old. So, that brings the full-sized iPad into focus. But that’s not all. (more…)