Best jailbreak apps for new iPhone users
27/01/2012 |
Need help figuring out what the best apps and tweaks are for your newly jailbroken iPhone? Cydia can be overwhelming if you’re not sure where to start. Whether you’re jailbreaking to theme or add more functionality, we’ll have you on your way to becoming a jailbreak ninja in no time.
Quick toggles and gestures
Utilities like Activator and SBSettings should be at the very top of any jailbreaker’s list. Who likes to tap all the way into Settings to disable Wifi or 3G? I...
Daily Tip: How to save your application data using appbackup [jailbreak]
How to back up application data is a question I get asked almost on a daily basis. This question seems to get asked even more frequently every time a new jailbreak is released. I never recommend restoring from a jailbroken backup, ever. It can bring all kinds of problems with it and cause crashes...
BiteSMS vs Messages for iOS 5: which should you use?
The amazingly functional and customizable BiteSMS takes on the deeply integrated and easy to use Messages+ in a battle of the jailbreak messaging apps Are you jailbroken on iOS 5 and wondering whether you should purchase BiteSMS or Messages+? Both applications add quick reply functionality and ma...
iMore app picks of the week for February 4, 2012 [Giveaway]
Every week a few of us from team iMore will bring you our current favorite, most fun and useful App Store apps, WebApps, jailbreak apps, even the occasional accessory, web site, or desktop app if the mood strikes us. As long as they're iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch related, they're fair game. To s...
How to set up custom gestures with Activator for iPhone and iPad [Jailbreak]
Activator allows you to set up custom gestures to launch apps or utilities on your jailbroken iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Setting up an Activator gesture takes just a few seconds and the possibilities are endless — double tap the status bar to launch a quick SMS or Twitter reply, swipe to...
Add more functionality to the stock Messages app with SMS+ [jailbreak]
SMS+ was just made available in Cydia for jailbroken devices and adds a whole lot of functionality to the stock Messages app. A lot of people may argue that apps like BiteSMS already do all that SMS+ does. If you’re someone who prefers the stock messages app, this may be a better choice for...
Daily Tip: How to manage multiple iPhone email signatures with Mail Enhancer [jailbreak]
Have multiple email accounts on your iPhone and wondering how to get custom signatures for all of them? There’s little app in Cydia called Mail Enhancer that allows just that. You can have custom signatures for each individual email address as well as set different sounds for mail within th...
Daily Tip: jailbreak iOS 5 beta 7 via Redsn0w 0.9.8b7
Currently running iOS 5 beta 7 and wondering how to Jailbreak? Well you’re in luck, you can now do so with the newest version of Redsn0w. Of course this one is also tethered like the previous beta versions of RedSn0w for iOS 5. Be advised that not all jailbreak apps and tweaks have been upd...
How to setup LockInfo for iPhone [Jailbreak]
LockInfo is a great app available to jailbreakers that once again fills a functionality gap — this one making up for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad’s poor notification system. Until Apple implements a better solution, David Ashman has done an incredible job supplementing notificatio...
VoiceActivator coming soon for your iPhone and iPod touch [Jailbreak]
Jailbreak developer chpwn is at it again and plans on releasing his new tweak VoiceActivator hopefully this week. VoiceActivator will allow you to take full control of your iPhone or iPod touch’s voice control feature. It will allow users to launch apps, open URLs, use Activator actions all...
Andrew's most-used iPhone and iPad apps of 2011
My most-used apps of 2011 consist of some of Rene’s favorites, and for good reason. Like Rene and Leanna, I’d also prefer to list some of the great default apps included in iOS like Mail, Reminders, Safari Browser for iPhone and iPad etc., but that would just be boring. Instead, here...
