Yesterday we told you about a new tweak coming soon to the Cydia store from iPhone developer Chpwn and Posixninja, called Gridlock. Today, Gridlock lands in the Cydia Store. This tweak will enable you to move icons anywhere on the SpringBoard in the 4×4 layout (or any custom one you have) breaking the rows and [...]
Steve Jobs confirmed at Apple’s special media event held earlier this week that iPhone 3G iOS 4 performance issues have been fixed with iOS 4.1. Soon after the event, Apple released iOS 4.1 GM seed to developers, and Lifehacker posted a comparison video between iOS 4 and 4.1 on the iPhone 3G. Watch below to [...]
Chpwn – the developer behind popular iPhone applications Infiniboard, Infinidock, Infinifolders, Five Icon Switcher and ProSwticher, released a new tweak in Cydia called No Folder Badges. Just like the name suggests, this tweak simply hides the folder badges and is only compatible with iOS 4. No Folder Badges is available in Cydia via BigBoss repository [...]
One of the things that has always bugged me about the iPhone, is when you plug it in to sync to iTunes, you device is taken over, and you can’t do anything else with it. I had hoped that iOS 4, with it’s new multitasking feature, might have fixed this, but it still has this [...]
Gameloft’s action-thriller first person shooter, Modern Combat: Sandstorm, has received an update that brings support for iOS 4 multitasking (quick app-switching), gyroscopic mode with “complete 3D range”, and iPhone 4 retina display support. This game is the closes you’ll get to playing Call of Duty on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Modern Combat: Sandstorm is available in [...]
A new update for Backgrounder has been released on Cydia. Now at version svn.r556-1, Backgrounder is a Mobile Substrate-based extension that brings mutitasking on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. With Backgrounder, you decide when an application should continue to run and when to quit. I highly recommend installing Backgrounder for jailbroken iDevice users. Official changelog below: [...]
The popular iPhone game, We Rule, has recently been updated to v1.14. This new version adds support for the iPhone 4 retina display, stability enhancments for iDevices on iOS 4, various memory and performances fixes, and overall stability. Rush on over to the and take advantage of this free update. Dress your kingdom with the [...]
Developer Notcom has updated TinyUmbrella to version 4.02.04 for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. For those who are unfamiliar with TinyUmbrella, it’s a tool to save your iPhone iOS 4.x.x and iPad iOS 3.x.x SHSH blobs regardless of whether your iDevice is jailbroken. Currently there’s no official changelog for version 4.02.04. How To: Save Your iDevices SHSH With [...]
Developed by Marc Vaillant, Snappy is a useful camera app for the iPhone that enables you to take photos instantly while running any application without having to exit it. Simply tap and hold the status bar to launch the camera, and you’re immediately ready to take snapshots; compared to the 6 seconds delay if you [...]
Tapp is an application in Cydia that allows you to launch multiple applications using a singe icon. The application being launched depends on the number of times that the Tapp icon is tapped. Tapp was updated to version 1.1-15, adding support for iOS 4 and a new icon. Changelog: Supported iOS4 Changed icon Tips: Launch [...]
Earlier today Ryan Petrich pushed out an update to Activator (version 1.4.1) and many users commented that after updating, SpringBoard continuously crashed. I updated my 3GS running iOS 3.1.3 and didn’t experience any crashes, although I used my iPhone very little today. A few hours ago, Ryan tweeted that he released another update, version 1.4.2 [...]
This is the kind of tweak I like. Very simple, yet very practical. In iOS 4, Apple introduced folders. In it’s current form, you tap a folder to open it, then tap an app to launch it. When you close the app to go back to your home screen, the folder remains open. This can [...]
iPhone developer Ryan Petrich has provided another update for Activator. Now at version 1.4.1, Activator is a common library for activation of apps and plugins. Basically it allows you to assign gestures to launch specific apps installed from Cydia. For example: Home Button – Double Press, Short Hold, Single Press Motion – Shake Device – Shake and [...]
Insomnia Pro is an application in Cydia that allows applications and WiFi to remain alive even if your iDevice is in standby mode. Insomnia Pro runs as a background daemon with a status bar icon, and survives reboots and SpringBoard restarts. The Pro version allows you to enable a schedule for when Insomnia will be [...]
SnapTap is a tweak in Cydia that enables your iPhone volume buttons or wired headset buttons to take photos and videos with your iPhone. This way when you’re taking pictures, you can hold it like a normal camera and don’t need to adjust your fingers. Simply press the volume controls. Recently SnapTap was updated to [...]
