One of the physical pieces of hardware that iPhone owners interact with on the daily is the display of their device. Having said that, wouldn’t it be neat if you could use jailbreak tweaks to enhance its functionality beyond that of the experience Apple gives you when your handset leaves the factory?
Sometimes iPhone users get used to performing certain routines in individual apps on their device, and in some instances, that could mean changing the device’s settings for an ideal usage environment for those apps.
I’m a big fan of jailbreaking iPhones and iPads, and so it’s easy for me to sit here and discuss all the latest jailbreak tweaks and add-ons that you can put on your device to make it look and feel better than it does already. That’s why I host this weekly roundup piece, bringing together all the news and reviews in this space that we share during a given work week.
Regardless of what jailbreak you might be using, you might find that a new SnowBoard add-on called UI Switches by iOS developer Fadh1l helps you show it off just a little bit more.
Certain apps in iOS take advantage of what’s called a table view, which divides the components of its user interface into individual rows and columns to make its contents easier to understand.
You may have heard of the terms backgrounded and foregrounded apps before, which essentially refer to apps that run in the background while you do things in other apps and interfaces, or apps that run in the foreground as the front-and-center user interface that you’re actively using.
Notifications play an integral role in how we use our iPhones, and that’s primarily because smartphones are communication instruments. But the neat thing about having a jailbroken iPhone is that you can manipulate how your iPhone notifies you about stuff with jailbreak tweaks that change notification aesthetics or behavior.
It’s no secret that the iPhone’s native Clock app is very handy as an alarm platform. Whether you use it to wake up every morning, or you set alarms throughout the day to remind you to do what you need to do, ensuring that you set the alarm at the right moment will be critical to your timeliness.
If you have any interest at all in customizing the layout of your jailbroken iPhone’s Settings app, either by removing unwanted items, colorizing the interface, or re-organizing preference panes to make them more accessible, then we think you’d do well in checking out a free jailbreak tweak called SettingsRevamp by iOS developer SOPPPRA.
For some people, installing jailbreak tweaks is a big part of why they jailbreak. After all, who doesn’t like modifying the stock behavior of their pwned handset in big and expressive ways?
The iDownloadBlog team are avid jailbreakers, just like a lot of you. That’s why we report on the latest iPhone hacking news and jailbreak tweak releases as they happen, keeping you in the loop every step of the way.
Are you interested in a more eye-friendly aesthetic for Control Center? If you are, then we think you should take a moment to try a free jailbreak tweak called CCBorder by iOS developer fiore.