I’ve known about LockPlus for quite some time, however, it didn’t initially draw me in due to the fact that I’m not much of a theme guy when it comes to jailbreaking. I mostly like to add new functionality to my device rather than flashy new looks. When I have dabbled with themes in the past it never turned out very well for me as I could never could get all my icons themed or I’d have small problems with the way it looked.

It was with great trepidation that I installed this tweak. That being said I have no regrets and haven’t looked back yet, even made a few themes myself using his web based creator. The creator itself is a remarkable achievement as it’s a complete WYSIWYG editor. You can literally see what you’re creating as you’re making it, without any coding experience. Continue reading this post ->

Login, a new tweak from developer Brandon Salgado (@ImBrandDev), adds a MacOS style login page to your iPhone with a ton of options. The tweak allows you to customize the blur to your liking, chose your own image to display, and change the buttons among a lot of other things. It’s compatible with most lockscreen tweaks such as Lock+ and Xen, as well as Touch ID. While Login doesn’t necessarily change how you’re going to use unlock your iPhone, but it sure does look damn good. Continue reading this post ->

JailCast, ran by our good friend and contributor Josh Pasholk, recently had on special guest JunesiPhone for episode 13. Best known for his tweak Lock+ and various add-ons to iWidgets, June joined Josh not too long ago to discuss various topics in the world of jailbreak and even answer questions from readers as well.

Despite jailbreak-related articles on PocketFullOfApps being in a lull right now, it’s still something very important to both Josh and I. If you’re missing Josh’s regular jailbreak content here, checking JailCast would be an excellent alternative in the mean time.

Word on the street also says that if you’re interested in getting access to June’s repo full of tweaks and other jailbreak goodies, there’s a 50% off discount code that can be seen here. According to Josh, the picture above is his lockscreen (left) and homescreen (right) using various tweaks from June. Pretty impressive.

Even though I’m not personally heavily invested into jailbreaking much anymore, I found the episode to be quite informative and highly suggest checking it out. There’s also a follow up episode, number 14, also featuring June discussing updates but episode 13 is the actual interview. Like earlier though, jailbreak content here has been lacking so I highly suggest checking out JailCast to get your fulfillment of jailbreak-related content from Josh. Continue reading this post ->

Have you ever felt that iOS should have more fine-grained controls over audio? If you answered yes to that question then you’re not alone. Ron Thakrar — the developer of Feedback, Default Player Pro, Music Agent and many others — has taken this into his own hands and created Seeker, a tweak that adds some much needed functionality to just about every music or podcasting app you can think of.

At its most basic level, Seeker allows you to be in control of where you’re at when playing audio. You can tap any part of the progress bar and it will automatically jump to or ‘scrub’ to that part of the track. It also adds five second skip forward and backward buttons to the lock screen and control center music controls. Another neat feature is you can have a little round progress marker instead of the default iOS one that’s nearly impossible to see, which can be enabled in Seeker‘s settings.

The tweak’s scrubbing increments are also dynamic and will adjust based on the kind of track you’re listening to, longer for podcasts and shorter for regular tracks. Also, it should be noted that iOS doesn’t allow other apps any level of scrubbing functionality by default. Continue reading this post ->

Since the advent of iMessage Read Receipts, there have been a lot of mixed feelings about them. Some people like them while others think they’re creepy as all hell. I’ve always had them on because I have a fairly liberal view of my privacy and don’t really think that it’s that big of a deal.

Usually, I like to have them enabled to let whomever I am communicating with to know that I’ve read and acknowledged their message. If you’re talking to a fairly reasonable person, and you didn’t get back to them right away, the logical conclusion they should draw is that you saw the message but don’t have time to respond right away. Maybe you were driving or in a situation that you can’t reply immediately.

Anyway, all of these problems or misunderstandings can be alleviated with one simple tweak: SafeTexting by Aaron Thomas, which is $1.00 on the BigBoss repo or SafeTexting Lite which is free with a limited feature set. The paid version allows you to chose when to send the Read Receipts and hide your typing indicator.

Head on over to Cydia and check out the lite version to give it a shot if you’re interested. Continue reading this post ->

Have you ever wanted to see when someone was typing to you no matter what app you’re in? Well look no further as TypeStatus from HASHBANG Productions is exactly what you’re looking for plus a little more! As seen in the image above, you can set TypeStatus to be an overlay in the status bar area, or just as a less intrusive chat-style bubble with a small ellipsis in it.

Originally an idea by famous Apple blogger Jehf Benjamin of iDownloadBlog, this tweak has been around since iOS 6 and has been a beloved favorite with jailbreakers since it’s release. As amazing as it is, it’s actually free despite being updated for multiple iterations of iOS and sporting a feature set that some paid tweaks cannot claim. Additionally, can also overlay Read Receipts if the recipient of your iMessage has them enabled instead of a typing indicator. Continue reading this post ->

For sometime now I’ve been struggling with inspiration to write about topics related to jailbreaking, mostly in part to having a busy and crazy schedule in my personal life. Also, there are plenty of blogs run by professional and non-professional writers that cover tweaks, news, and other various information regarding jailbreaking. They are doing a great job, don’t get me wrong though.

I’ve always strived to be different when I can, something about churning out tweak reviews and writing about jailbreak news hasn’t sat right with me. Truth is I don’t feel I can do a better job than the people who are already doing it, so I set myself the task of coming up with something different.

In this series I will be covering tweaks and various other aspects of a jailbroken phone, but from another angle than just reviewing a tweak or covering news pieces. I’ll focus on what a tweak in particular can do or even multiple tweaks as a whole, touch on what the tweak is, and where you can get it along with other important factors.

Essentially the point of this new series is to highlight what a jailbroken iPhone can do in comparison to a stock iPhone. Even though Apple makes great hardware, there is always improvements to their software that they don’t always add in until the next iteration of iOS.

I hope to get at least one of these out a week, however, I’ll see if I can do more. Let us know what you think in the comment section below! Continue reading this post ->