Once a longstanding favorite of the jailbreak community for customizing the Status Bar with third-party icons, the Zeppelin jailbreak tweak was never updated to take advantage of the latest rootless jailbreak tools for iOS & iPadOS 15 and 16.
Here to help with that problem is the new Zeppelin Reborn jailbreak tweak by iOS developer Hitori, which much like the name implies, revives this long-appreciated concept and functionality for the latest devices available today.
As you can see in the screenshot examples above, Zeppelin Reborn lets users add custom icons to their Status Bar, just like the original. It also adds a dedicated preference pane to the Settings app where users can configure a myriad of options to their liking:
Among the different things users can customize via the preference pane are:
- Toggle Zeppelin Reborn on or off on demand
- Choose a theme mode:
- Themes
- GIF Themes
- Custom Images
- Custom GIF Images
- Choose a position:
- Carrier
- Time
- Both
- Select themes:
- Abstergo
- Android
- Aperture Science
- Apple
- Assassin’s Creed
- Autobots
- Batman
- Beats by dre
- Cloud
- Dark Knight
- Decepticons
- Dopamine
- Infiniti
- Iron Man
- Nike
- None
- Pac-Man
- Rainbow Apple
- Space Invaders
- Storm Trooper
- Superman
- Triforce
- Windows
- Windows 8
- Select GIF themes:
- Anime Dance
- Dance
- Pac-Man
- Thinking
- Select an animated GIF from your Photo Library
- Hide the carrier name text
- Replace the time with the carrier name
- Enable or disable dynamic coloring
- Adjust the image size via a slider
- Adjust the carrier image height adjustment via a slider
- Adjust the carrier image horizontal adjustment via a slider
- Adjust the time image height adjustment via a slider
- Adjust the time image horizontal adjustment via a slider
- Adjust the carrier GIF height adjustment via a slider
- Adjust the carrier GIF horizontal adjustment via a slider
- Adjust the time GIF height adjustment via a slider
- Adjust the time GIF horizontal adjustment via a slider
- Respring your device to save any changes you’ve made
Giving your handset a custom image in the Status Bar is one of the most subtle ways to add a touch of personalization to your jailbroken handset without going over the top. It can be just enough to remind you that your handset is yours and not someone else’s, as it replaces the carrier name with something of your own choosing.
It’s also a subtle way to garnish any theme you might be using.
If you’re interested in giving Zeppelin Reborn a try, then you can purchase it for $1.99 from the Havoc repository via your favorite package manager app. The tweak supports jailbroken iOS & iPadOS 15 and 16 devices only.
What do you plan to put in your Status Bar with the Zeppelin Reborn jailbreak tweak? Share in the comments section down below.