The boot-up sound of Apple's OS X is something that all Mac users will be familiar with, but while iOS is by far the more popular of the Cupertino's two major platforms, the mobile-tailored ecosystem has yet to be deemed worthy of its own unique chime. While the jailbreak community has made it incredibly easy for folks to alter the look and behavior of the boot logo, the sound - or lack thereof - seems to have been completely overlooked, but a new tweak called BootSound brings the iconic Mac OS X start-up noise to the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Powerful DSLR cameras are still the kit of choice for professionals and serious photography enthusiasts, but for the most part, the majority of us can make do with the quality of photos that our mobile device affords us. Each manufacturer implements its own method of capturing a photo. It could be through a hardware button or a virtual key on the screen within the native camera app, but what if iOS users could capture a photo by utilizing the built-in proximity sensor? Thanks to the ProximityCam tweak, that's now possible.
Apple's Photo Booth is a popular choice of app for those looking to edit and manipulate their images, and having made a name for itself on OS X, made its debut on the iOS ecosystem via the iPad. With some years having passed, many iPhone owners have waited patiently for a similar port, and although, so far, we've seen no sign of Photo Booth updating with support for Apple's treasured handset, the jailbreak community has come through with its own solution. Granted, it's not the free-flowing experience of the nicely-optimized iPad app, but nevertheless, it's the closest we've seen to Photo Booth for iPhone.
The iOS Camera app serves its purpose, and does so with fluidity and - if we're being generous - aplomb. Yet, despite functioning as it purports, it's fair to say that in terms of features, it's largely bereft, and has been since the inception of the original iPhone. Many apps, namely Camera+, have come through the App Store and given iOS users a more fulfilling snapping and shooting experience, but if you don't want to go spending money and inundating your home screen with a deluge of icons, a new Cydia entry by the name of CameraTweak 2 will help you to get the most out of the native Camera.
Even though our smartphones and tablets continue to offer higher-spec cameras, more processing cores, increased RAM and displays that go way beyond the realms of high-definition, battery life improvements aren't nearly as impressive. The introduction of Intel Haswell's energy efficient tech has worked wonders for the MacBook range, and although battery retention on iOS is among the best in the mobile industry, you can still take steps to ensure you get the very most usage before the reserves dry up.
If, like me, you're constantly altering particular elements of your iOS device in order to keep things fresh, then I'm sure you'll be familiar with the rigmarole of applying a custom parallax wallpaper. Sometimes, it can be difficult to manipulate an image to fit or sit in the manner we'd like it to, and often, we've to make do with an out-of-position or otherwise distorted and unsightly backdrop. For better or for worse, though, we live in a culture whereby an app can solve almost any issue or ailment, and if you find the process of changing your iOS wallpaper to be a little more tedious than it perhaps should, then, well.. there's an app for that!
When downloading apps on iOS, the only information you get to see on the home screen is a miserly little progress bar, which doesn't really tell you much at all. Sure, the system for downloading and installing apps and games is both seamless and efficient, so one cannot complain from that aspect, but a little more by way of information certainly wouldn't go amiss. AppETA not only delivers a bunch of useful info ranging from an app's publisher, to download speed, to percentage complete, but offers a broad range of great customization options. Check it out after the break!
With over one billion active users, Facebook is the world's largest social network by quite a margin. But while the Menlo Park-based company has spent quite a lot of time implementing features like Facebook Home and system-wide Chat Heads to Google's Android, the restrictive nature of iOS has meant that Facebooking on an iPhone or iPad remains a squarely in-app affair. Thanks to the jailbreak scene, though, iOS users can enjoy a much more integrated experience when using Facebook, and a new tweak, which brings a neat RSS feed of your Wall right to your iOS home screen, has just been released via Cydia. Check it out after the break!
Here's our top 10 list of best Cydia repositories for your jailbroken iOS 7 iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. If you’re on the hunt for some new jailbreak-specific stuff, be sure to add all of the repositories listed after the break!
Just when you thought that the whole Flappy Bird debacle couldn't get any more weird, here we are to tell you that no, actually, it turns out that things can get weird and then move themselves onto a completely new plane. A plane where people like to take a game that isn't really the most visually pleasing and then modify it so that it looks somewhat different. Still not appealing, but different.
