Sound

Adjust your handset’s volume button sensitivity with Crescendo

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 12, 2020

Volume level adjustments are a particularly regular practice for most iPhone or iPad users, whether they’re watching videos or listening to music or podcasts of some sort. One thing that has always been somewhat of a pain point however is that making substantial volume level adjustments can take more time than we’d like.

Crescendo is a newly released and free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer YulkyTulky that addresses the aforementioned scenario by letting users configure a custom volume step amount. In other words, you can make your volume button presses more or less impactful on your handset’s actually volume level.

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Sonic offers jailbroken iPhone users an easy way to create and import ringtones

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 10, 2020

Most people I know like to configure custom ringtone(s) on their iPhone so that they aren’t listening to the boring stock ringtones every time someone tries to get ahold of them. Users have the option of purchasing ringtones from Apple’s iTunes Store or creating their own with the help of dedicated software.

If the iPhone you plan to create ringtones for is jailbroken, then you now have the additional option of using a new jailbreak tweak dubbed Sonic by iOS developer Zeph. By design, Sonic offers users an all-in-one solution for creating and importing ringtones and text tones to the ringtone/text tone libraries from the iPhone itself.

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Customize system sounds on your jailbroken iPhone with CustomSounds 2

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated February 14, 2022

While a lot of jailbreakers are investing their time into making their pwned iPhones look cool by way of themes and tweaks, looks simply aren’t everything. In fact, what better way to give your handset a splash of personality than with custom interface sounds?

If you’re onboard with everything we’ve said thus far, then you’re probably going to have a lot of fun with a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called CustomSounds 2 by iOS developer Nebbs. Just as the name suggests, this tweak lets you replace several of your handset’s native interface sounds with third-party ones.

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TapMe plays custom sounds when launching iPhone apps

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated December 27, 2021

Feeling a bit bored with the app-launching experience on your iPhone? We wouldn’t blame you… Apple doesn’t offer much by way of customization in this department, and it’s not like much has changed since the iPhone initially launched in 2009 apart from some rather insignificant animation adjustments.

If you’re jailbroken and you’re looking for a way to spice things up on the Home screen, then we think you’ll come to appreciate a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called TapMe by iOS developer alex_png. This tweak can be used to supplement the app-launching experience on your iPhone with custom sounds and haptic feedback.

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