iPhone jailbreak apps: virtual Home button with Activator

I have read somewhere that Steve Jobs has a strong animosity towards keyboards on all iOS devices (which is quite obvious) and that there were even plans for complete removal of any hardware keys from the iPhone even the Home button!

Also there were some reports from users of hardware failure of the Home button on their iPhones. So to solve this our hardworking friends in the jailbreak community have provided us with a simple yet very useful tool to achieve this. Perhaps Steve Jobs and his team could learn something from jailbreakers?
Anyway if the Home button on your iPhone stops working and you dont have an Apple store close to repair it or replace it here is what you can do.

Iphone tips and tricks: disable Location Services on your iPhone

Since the recent discovery about iPhone tracking and storing users location, many iPhone users were troubled about their privacy and data protection, In order to help you to protect your privacy here is a small tip on disabling Location Services on your device.

While Location Services can come in handy in some situations like for example when you would like to add a geotag to captured images, participate in some game, map navigation and so on you certainly dont need it to run all the time. Today modern world is increasingly connected and sometimes you just wouldn’t like everybody to know your location or movement history. In fact this can easily be done. You can fully disable Location Services or you can choose which apps you trust enough to allow them to use the services. Here is how to do this.

Capture video and images with your iPhone while diving undewater

Any kind of smartphone is a delicate piece of equipment which needs to be handed properly and with due respect. This is also the case with your iPhone. The major parts of it are made of glass and plastic and if it ever falls down on some hard surface you’ll risk of damaging it more or less. If you submerge your iPhone, well in most cases that’s it, your iPhone is gone. With some other cellphones it would be enough to just remove the battery and dry the device but this is not the case with the sophisticated electronics inside your iPhone.

Cydia tweaks for jailbroken iPhones: AppSize

Some times a name will tell you all about some app. The new tweak available from Cydia is called AppSize and the sole function of it is to show you how big an app really is. This kind of informational may seem unimportant for novice users but for people who constantly push out the boundaries of their iPhones this can be very important. For example if you want to save your memory (never enough of memory these days) this will be very important to you in order to optimize your data storage. To get this app you must jailbreak your iPhone first. You can use PwnageTool, RedSn0w, Sn0wBreeze or GreenPois0n to jailbreak your iPhone or iPad. When you jailbreak it you will see the Cydia icon on your home screen. Tap on the Cydia and search for AppSize and then choose to install it.

Cydia tweaks for jailbroken iPhones: FolderEnhancer

iPhone jailbreaking is one of those things which in the beginning seem risky complicated and not very useful. But once you break this barrier of ignorance and insecurity and you jump on the ride, you will be more than happy for your decision. Jailbreak will open you a new gateway to plenty of interesting useful and cool tweaks which can greatly improve the usability of your iPhone. Here is another tweak for jailbroken iPhones.

iPhone tips: find your apps with Spotlight

If you are an passionate iPhone user you will quickly download and install a bunch of apps, and the number of apps will rise continuously. If you have already downloaded more than lets say 100 apps, it will become more and more complicated for you to navigate through all these apps when you want to find some needed. For searching data on your iPhone you will need to use Spotlight which is the default iOS search application. The problem is that Spotlight will present you with search results that include your text messages, emails, contacts and many other stuff which makes it much more complicated to locate the app you want to find. But with this tip you will find apps with Spotlight much easier.

Cydia tweak for jailbroken iPhone: AutoResponder

Did you ever get flooded with text messages while you have been busy? Now there is a solution for this if you own a jailbroken iPhone. A new app has been added recently tot the Cydia App Store which was made to do exactly what is needed in such situation. It will automatically reply to all of your incoming text messages while you are busy doing something important. This app is called Auto Responder.

Jailbreak tweaks: how to change your iPhone’s default browser

Would you like to try another iPhone browser instead of your Mobile Safari but you are tired of manually firing up your preferred browser for every new link? Here is a way to use your favorite browser as a default option on your iOS. To make this work you will fist have to have a jailbroken iPhone. If you for some reason didn’t jailbreak yet here is a good reason to do it. You can easily jailbreak your iPhone if you follow our instructions for jailbreaking with RedSn0w, GreenPosi0n or Pwnagetool. For more informations feel free to check our blogs archive on how to do it safely.

Add images to your contacts with Cyntact jailbreak tweak for iPhones

Customizing all things possible has always been one of the best things when it comes to iPhone. No other smartphone was prone to so many tweaks and changes. So in line with this here is another great tweak: Cyntact. Cyntact is basically a small tweak made by famous developer Jay Freeman who is better known as the man behind Cydia. The sole feature of the app is to add photos of people in your iPhone contact list.

Cydia apps: InfiniDock for iPhone upgraded to support iOS 4.3.1

Would you like to have as many icons on your iPhones dock as you want? Well there is a way. You can do just that with the Infinidock app from Cydia. And the app has just been upgraded to be compatible with the 4.3.1 firmware on iPhone and iPad. Basically Infinidock will enable you to customize the usual iPhone dock according to your needs. When you install this tweak you will be able to scroll lef and right on your dock to acces your apps. Please note that no icons will actually be added to your springboard.