Jailkbreak developers talk about iOS jailbreaking

Is there any iPhone or iPad user who didn’t hear about jailbreaking and unlocking? It is hard to belive that there are such iOS users. But in any case if you check out the Youtube video bellow you will get the chance to see people behind Cydia, RedSn0w and GreenPois0n talking about their work and achievemetns on a jailrbeak conference MyGreatFest.

This is the same dev conference where members of the Chronic Dev Team revealed the existence of five new jailbreak exploits based on the userland which will enable ane asy jailbreak for iOS 5 devices including iPhone 5 and iPad 2. Here are P0sixninja, Saurik and the rest of the iOS wizards.

Jailbreak tweaks for iPhone:CardSwitcher multitasking

The fall of Web OS was sharp and deep. Many developers have expected much more from such a great mobile OS. But these expectations weren’t realised, or at least not at this time. For those people which were intrigued by some aspects of WebOS here is a new jailbreak tweak introducing a Web OS like element known as the Card. Card is a multitasking app switching method, inspired by Web OS where Card was originally applied.

Use this new app to identify incoming calls

IntelliID is an interesting new app coming from Intelliborn which is a well app development company. This time they have published an app that can help you protect yourself and your privacy by identifying anonymous callers on your iPhone. IntelliID will check your caller umber with a number of databases and will show you the name of the caller at the moment you receive the call! Because of the way it works you will have to pay a subscription fee for this service. Not surprisingly, IntelliID has a great level of integration with your lockscreen and your iPhone contact informations. If you use an CDMA (Verizon) iPhone you will have to be connected to your Wi-fi network. Additionally, Verizon caller ID is not currently available while AT&T is available for use. IntelliID will work on your iPhone with iOS firmware version 4.x up to iOS 5. When you first time install this ap you will have 10 free ID’s. You can download and install this app from Cydia App Store.

Cydia tweaks: Say cheese! (For unlocked iphones only)

Once upon a time the old photographer would instruct the family to say “cheese” when taking a picture of them. The same procedure is now transferred to the 21th century, but this time in a slightly different context.

Jailbreak tweak: Lock Gestures for iPhone

Here is an interesting tweak we just discovered in Cydia. This tweak was made by Tolani Akhil and it’s sole purpose is to allow you take action by doing gestures on your iPhones or iPads lockscreen. LockGestures will enable you to start or stop your music stream, start or close apps, call friends, unlock your device and much more all while your device is screen locked. All you’ll need to do is to perform your specified gesture like; swiping up down, left, right with your finger, pinching gesture with two fingertips or any other touchscreen gesture.

Jailbreak tweak: how to turn on LED flash or start the Camera on the lockscreen

We are pretty sure that Apple didn’t imagine using the LED flash on iPhone as a great auxiliary flashlight, but users and especially those jailbreak iPhone users have unexpected and innovative ideas and requirements. Bit if you want to use the flash as a flashlight you have to make a few steps every time you want to turn it on. And here is a tweak which enables yo uto do it quickly and efficiently. Flash Cam is a jailbreak tweak you can find in Cydia store if you add the Big Boss repo to you list of sources. After you install the tweak you’ll get two options on your iPhone’s lockscreen. One of those will enable you to start up your camera app and the other is for turning your LED flashlight on. SO instead of searching for the proper key in the dark alley, just fire up your iPhone 4 flashlight and you will quickly solve your problem. Nice, isn’t it?

Jailbreak tweak: how to add compass to your iOS maps

We wrote recently about an iOS map tweak which adds an speedometer to your maps app. And while this is not as precise as a real speedometer it can greatly improve your iOS map capabilities. Now the creator of Speed for Maps, jailbreak app developer Evan Colleman has released another map related tweak: Compass for Maps. Like Speedometer for Maps this is another simple tweak in your toolbox. When you install the tweak, a small compass will appear on your map showing you the exact direction you are moving to.

Jailbreak tweak: Speed for Maps on iPhone introduces speedometer for maps

One of the best map related apps in the smartphone world is the one available in iOS world as a native iOS app. But one of the missing features with it is that it lacks a speedometer. But again thanks to jaiblreaking and jailbreak app developers we have another great solution and improvement. Speed For Maps ia a new jailbreak tweak which is available for all iPhones which are on iOS 4.x.x and solves that problem. When you install this tweak, it will add an indicator for speed in the bottom of the screen when you use the Map app.

Jailbreak tweak: UploadEnabler for Mobile Safari

Here is another fabulous jailbreak tweak this time comng from less known app developers H. Samara and Bassen N. This tweak meddles with your Safari web browser and enables you to upload any kind of file with your iPhone or iPad browser. Uploading is for some reason by default disabled within Apple iOS which can be quite cumbersome if you need to download or upload some important file. Luckily if you jailbreak your iPhone with RedSn0w, PwnageTool or Sn0wbreeze, you can use UploadEnabler to help you uploading files to the web. It works for iPhone’s on iOS 4.2.1 and higher.

Cydia tweaks: CallBar notification system

Here is another tweak which was created thanks to Ryan Petrich’s awesome Tweak Week challenge. CallBack is a new tweak which improves the idea of iOS notifications for calls and other notifications. As many of you are already aware, standard iOS notification system was for a long time one of the weakest parts of iOS, and for long time such way for notifications lagged considerably behind better solutions on Android and WebOS devices. CallBar introduces what iOS 5 is preparing for in this area, a simple and a nonintrusive mean of receiving calls.