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Dec 27, 2011
Rodney Potter

Jailbreak tweak: how to forward your text messages to your email

iForward tweak

If this is what you need by some chance, here is to solve the problem.

iForward is a great Cydia jailbreak tweak which will redirect your SMS messages to your email. There are different reasons you would want to do something like this. Perhaps it is your privacy you want to protect? If so, iForward could be an ideal solution for your needs. You can fetch this jailbreak tweak from Cydia app store. Of course, before you can get it and use it, you need to jailbreak your device with RedSn0w, Sn0wbreeze or some other jailbreak tool for iOS devices. This app was developed and launched by Ryan Conigliaro, who made it compatible with both iOS 4.x and iOS 5. Any configuration setting you need to adjust, can be done inside the standard iOS settings app. Afterwards, all new SMS will be efficiently delivered to your email inbox. Nice, isn’t it?

Dec 6, 2011
Rodney Potter

Siri now ported on iPhone 4, how to video available

Siri iPhone 4S

Ever since Apple released Siri for the first time, many users and developers lounged to see Siri on other platforms. Apple was decidedly against this kind of development for their own reasons, but iOS developers were not completely satisfied with such approach. So after some hard work, a group of developers had finally succeeded in porting Siri voice assistant over to iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G.

Nov 10, 2011
Rodney Potter

iOS 5.0 hidden features: auto correct words

iOS5 AutoCorrect bar

It seems that iOS has more goodies hidden inside the system itself. Now there is another interesting feature discovered which is can be used even without jailbreaking, which we by the way advise to every iPhone and iPad user. This option was discovered by an iOS developer, Sonny Dickinson. This hidden option works similar to the solution which is currently available only on Android devices.

Nov 8, 2011
Rodney Potter

iPhone jailbeak tweaks: Firebreak to enable panorama mode for iPhone on iOS 5

Firebreak iPhone tweak

Cydia has featured another interesting tweak for jailbroken iPhones on iOS 5. This time we have a tweak named Firebreak. Firebrak has such a strange name because of the method on which the tweak is based. Firebreak works thanks to a specific plist value, and to use this tweak is much easier than editing the same plist value with some editor like iFile. So if you would like to use panoramic camera on your iPhone on iOS 5, this is a simple way to get what you want.

Nov 2, 2011
Rodney Potter

How to protect your SMS messages privacy

Lockmessages tweak

These days privacy protection becomes more and more important as our work and private life gets ever more connected and online. If you receive a text message everyone in your vicinity will know it instantly and this tends to cause unwanted curiosity. Luckily time after time jailbreak community finds out ways to help iPhone users in various ways.

Nov 1, 2011
Rodney Potter

iPhone jailbreak tweak of the day: BounceLock

bouncelock tweak

 

Would you like to have an interesting bounce screen lock on your new iPhone 4S? If the answer is yes you just might check out this new jailbreak tweak called BounceLock. BounceLock is made by Zabi Rauf and it’s a visual tweak which introduces different levels of bounce effects on your devices unlock slide. This effect is really subtle and not obtrusive, and is meant primarily for those iPhone users which enjoy to customize the visual appearance of their iPhone. You can see the video bellow where this tweak is shown in action.

Oct 28, 2011
Rodney Potter

Cydia tweaks: Send my Location

Send my location tweak for iPhone on iOS 4 and iOS 5

Both iOS 5 and new iPhone 4S have introduced a plethora of new and exciting capabilities, but jailbreak developers didn’t stop there as they are busy as ever and working hard to improve whatever can be improved. Here is another feature which is lacking or not developed sufficiently in the official iOS 5 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

Oct 24, 2011
Rodney Potter

iPhone 4S iOS 5 battery life tips and tricks

iPhone battery chart

If you are a proud owner of iPhone 4S or if you have recently upgraded your device to iOS 5, perhaps you have noticed some issues with your device battery lifetime. According to latest rumors, a number of iPhone users have reported shorter battery lifetime after upgrading to iOS 5. Whenever a new iOS version hits the real world battery lifetime becomes a hot topic. Here are some tips and tricks which could help you to some degree if you also encountered the some issue with your device’s batteries.

Sep 28, 2011
Rodney Potter

iOS jailbreak tweaks: KB Shortcuts

KB Shortcuts jailbreak tweak for iPhone

Here is another great jailbreak tweak for your iPhone or iPad. KB Shortcuts is one of the most interesting tweaks we have seen lately and it really looks impressive. When you install this jailbreak tweak you can do a predetermined action by swiping your finger on your iPhone’s virtual keyboard. For example you can swipe with your finger from the space bar to the “a” key to highlight all text in your email, or you can use the same swiping motion but this time you swipe from the space bar to the “c” key and it will copy your preselected text. You can also insert the text you have chosen in the settings of this tweak. There are many different things you can do with this smart tweak like: word counting, text navigation, searching and so on. Another great advantage of this tweak is that it integrates extremely well into your iOS.

Sep 22, 2011
Rodney Potter

Perform actions on you iPhone or iPad with previously recorded touch gestures

If you are a frequent visitor on our blog you will probably know enough about virtues of iPhone jailbreaking. One of the best things which come through jailbreaking is a large number of different apps and tweaks which are available through Cydia app store. There are some tweaks which can significantly increase the productivity and usability of your iOS devices and then there are some of them which are nothing more than sheer fun. Gesturizer is an app which could be considered to belong to the group of useful apps. It s made by iOS developer Conrad Kramer, and it attempts to make best use of iOS multitouch gestures.

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