I think it's pretty fair to say that almost every single iPhone owner has experienced the shock of sitting in silence only for an alert to come through to the device causing it to vibrate. That vibration is amplified when the phone is on a hard flat surface and can be difficult to get used to if it happens repeatedly. The developer of the MyVibe Cydia tweak for jailbroken devices has clearly suffered at the hands of amplified vibration and has produced this installation to allow other users to prevent it from happening in certain circumstances.
The official WhatsApp messaging platform has been one of the runaway successes of the App Store. The app has consistently been seen riding high at the top of the paid apps charts, with a lot of the success stemming from the fact that it is simple, easy-to-use and genuinely offers a cross-platform messaging experience for those who have friends or family running on Android or BlackBerry devices.
Whichever side of the Android / iOS debate you consider yourself, there's no denying that each has its fair share of advantages over the other. The lack of support for widgets is something many iOS users have bemoaned since the very first iPhone back in 2007, but thanks to the marvel of jailbreaking, these individuals seldom need lament Apple's restrictions for too long. Although the HTC One X was only a moderately successful device, it did have a nice weather and clock widget typical of the company's Sense software. Over the years, a number of Sense UI inspired themes have been made available on Cydia for jailbroken devices, and now, the latest version from HTC One X has been ported too for those running jailbroken iPhones.
In the current age of GPS and satnav dependency, smartphone users rarely consult the compass feature native to nearly all the major ecosystems. However, the ability to familiarize oneself with the functions and features of a compass is an integral part of orienteering, and a tweak by the name of DirectionBar brings the compass to your iOS device's status bar.
The panorama mode in iOS allows users to capture the complete scene in all 360 degrees, but it does have a few minor issues. Not only is the stitching sometimes a little bit hit-and-miss, but the LED flash on the back of the device cannot be used in panorama mode. Probably an oversight on the part of Apple, one jailbreak developer has sought to rectify the flash issue, allowing users to shoot panoramic shots even when in darker areas.
Since the introduction of Siri along with the iOS 5, there has been a strong number of Cydia tweaks based around voice dictation. In order to use Apple's system-wide voice dictation technology, you need to be in ownership of an iPhone 4S / iPad 3 or newer, but thankfully, the jailbreak quarters are considerably more accommodating. If you like the idea of text being read out by a voiceover software, you may like the Awake Speech tweak, which allows a custom message to be read out after you disable or snooze your alarm.
The appearance of the iOS home screen has remained very archetypal since the first iPhone was showcased by Steve Jobs back in 2007. The icons sit in rows of four, and even though the iPhone 5 allowed for an extra row courtesy of its larger display, iDevice users could be forgiven for finding the unchanged look somewhat bland. The lack of any real native customization with iOS has seen jailbreak theming thrive, and although Springtomize 2 and Iconoclasm are seen as the go-to utilities when meddling with the home screen icons, the inherently easy-to-use CustomGrid is back for another outing as CustomGrid 2 (iOS 6+).
Apple proved themselves onto a winning feature with the introduction of the fabulous Do Not Disturb toggle as part of iOS 6. Some may argue that the functionality took more than a little design inspiration from a Cydia tweak before the announcement of iOS 6, but it's now regarded as an important part of iOS. As always, we look to developers within the jailbreak community to spot little niches where they can enhance Apple's mobile operating system, and there will be plenty who would agree that Flusterless is one of those important time-saving installations.
Up until yesterday, everything was perfectly fine in the world of iOS based web browsing. Users who prefer to shy away from the native Safari browser in favor of Google's sleek mobile Chrome offering were extremely happy, that is until the company decided to push out an update via the App Store that brought more than what users bargained for. The latest Chrome update introduced some long-press based gestures as well as new sharing features and the obligatory bug and security fixes. However, what the release notes neglected to mention was that jailbroken users would pay the price for "security" amendments.
Photos, and more specifically, the sharing of photos, has always been extremely popular with iPhone and iOS users in general. Capturing, viewing and sharing images with friends and family has always been extremely easy with Apple devices, which is something that was been made even easier with the introduction of Photo Stream in iOS 5 and Shared Photo Streams in iOS 6. One of the latest packages to land in Cydia comes with the sole intention of providing users with a little additional control over how Photo Stream works on a jailbroken device.
