You don’t always need notifications on. Whether you need to get some work done or you don’t like the fact your iPhone beeps and vibrates when you’re on the phone, DoNotDisturb is a simple tweak for jailbroken iPhones that adds a single button that blocks all notifications.
iOS (Jailbroken): If you’ve ever wanted Android-esque widgets on your iPhone, Dashboard X is a new tweak for jailbroken iPhones that allows you to add widgets created for Notification Center anywhere on your home screen.
iOS (jailbroken): Sparrow is a fantastic mail client for iOS, but without push notifications and the ability to become your default client, it falls a little short. Jailbroken iOS users can add both of those features with the free Sparrow+ tweak.
Forget Siri. Talking to your iPhone is cool, but you still have to tell it what to do. Wouldn’t it be better if your phone could just read your mind? With a few tweaks, you can make your iPhone automatically turn off the passcode when you’re at home, turn off notifications when it’s placed face down, or even change the brightness on a schedule you create. It’s not full-fledged mind reading, but it’s about as close as you can get for now. Here’s how it works.
SBProfiles is an awesome iOS app that can perform certain tasks on a schedule or when other conditions are met, but it takes a little bit of setup to get working correctly. Here’s what you need to know.
Apple just released a minor update to iOS for iPads, iPhones and iPod touches. It’s mostly bug fixes for taking HDR photos from the lockscreen camera shortcut, occasional issues with streaming video over AirPlay, “Unable to Purchase” alerts and more.
iOS (Jailbroken): It’s not easy to edit text on an iPad — you have to hunt and peck awkwardly on the screen to make a selection or place a cursor. SwipeSelection is a simple jailbreak tool that adds gestures on the keyboard that make navigating text easy.
iPad (Jailbroken): Not being able to open a bunch of different apps in multiple windows has been a gripe for many iPad users since it first launched. A new jailbreak tweak called Quasar solves that problem and lets you open as many apps as you like in smaller windows for real multitasking.
We’ve shared many ways to speed up, clean up, and revive your iOS device before, but if you’re jailbroken, a free app called iCleaner can actually perform a bunch of maintenance tasks with one tap.
iOS (Jailbroken) The iPhone’s automatic brightness feature isn’t great, and the brightness slider is hidden away inside the settings menu, making it a pain to get to in a hurry. If you’re sick of being blinded by your phone in the morning or not being able to see a thing in the sun, then Swipebright is a simple toggle for jailbroken iPhones that makes brightness easy to adjust anywhere.
