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[14 Dec 2010 | One Comment | ]
CydiaSubstrate is New MobileSubstrate for Both iOS and Mac OS X

Father of Cydia is bringing MobileSubstrate to Mac OS X, CydiaSubstrate is going for both OS X and iOS. Ars – Technia talked with Saurik and he said “Just like you can make all these modifications on the iPhone, you can make these same modifications on the desktop,” Freeman said. “Until now, there has never been a way to easily install modifications to the system or third-party applications, as well as keep them updated.”
(Image Credit ArsTechnia)
Some of the possible tweaks and hacks expected with CydiaSubstrate :

Adding menu bars on multi …

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[10 Dec 2010 | No Comment | ]
GraviBoard : Brings Gravity into SpringBoard

Graviboard, a mod that “brings gravity to the homescreen.” Once it is installed and activated, your icons are “affected by gravity”. Graviboard teak will put the icons on your springboard, towards the earth, as if they were subject to gravity. You can set different types of gravity to add and even choose to fling your icons at each other. GraviBoard is available on the BigBoss repo at a price of $ 2.99

Features of GraviBoard :

Adding the animation that shows the icons in their place
Added support for the use of the …

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[5 Dec 2010 | No Comment | ]
Air Home Video : Stream Your iPhone Camera Roll Videos, Pictures via AirPlay

Air Home Video is a standalone app that will let you AirPlay your recorded videos from Camera Roll or any video synced to Photos to your new Apple TV. This app is available now in Cydia from thebigboss repo for $0.99. Obviously the program requires iOS 4.2.1 to work and after you install it you will have to turn on your AppleTV 2G and view videos and photos on your TV.

Features :

Air Home Video can play any video in your Photos app, Camera Roll on iPhone and Saved Photos …

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[8 Nov 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
FaceIt 3G : Enables FaceTime for iPhone 3GS

Yesterday we told you about Faceit, the tweaks developed by the folks of iPhoneislam.com to enable FaceTime on the iPhone 3GS. Today iPhoneIslam guys released FaceIt 3G on their repo

The installation procedure is very simple, just add the repository “apps.iphoneislam.com” on your Jailbroken iPhone 3GS with iOS4.1 installed and search for "Faceit-3G" and install it. After installation restart your iPhone. That’s it.

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[7 Nov 2010 | No Comment | ]
MyOs : Enable Or Disable iOS Features

MyOS is a new application which is available from Cydia and promises to enable / disable various functions of iOS devices, like the Multitasking, the Homescreen Wallpapers, the HDR etc. Specifically, through MyOS you can enable / disable HDR, running Multitasking, the Homescreen Wallpapers, the Unified iPod app, the Voice Control and hide if you want the AppStore, the Contacts (contacts) and the Camera app.
Enable/disable These Features:

● Multitasking – Gives you the user the option to turn Apples native multitasking feature on and off at will.
● …

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[6 Nov 2010 | No Comment | ]
Saurik and Chpwn Cooking a new Version of Cydia

Through a recent tweet, MuscleNerd announced to all his followers that Saurik and Chpwn are working on a new version of Cydia that not only will make it compatible with IOS 4.2, but also change part of the GUI and may be more faster. We do not know anything about the availability, features, exact UI but in fact an increase in download speeds and the ability of users to add reviews would be much appreciated by many users of Cydia.

This is the only screenshot available in wild so far. So …

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[3 Nov 2010 | No Comment | ]
iOS 4.2 Jailbreak may be Delayed due to Cydia Support

According to a recent tweet by wonder boy Comex, the iOS 4.2 Jailbreak may be delayed due to Cydia compatibility with latest firmware. Dev team already warned us to stay away from installing Cydia while jailbreaking with Redsn0w.

Now everything is depended on the work of @ chpwn because he has the task of solving all the problems of Cydia and iOS 4.2, we are confident that everything will be resolved very soon. We’ll keep you updated as the story grows.

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[23 Oct 2010 | No Comment | ]
SpringFlash is Updated to Version 1.3 (Cydia)

SpringFlash by BigBoss is updated to version 1.3, those who don’t know SpringFlash is an application that takes advantage of the iPhone 4 LED Flash to serve as a flashlight. You can set a touch of a button for a bright LED flashlight without hassling with unlocking your iPhone, closing your app, or even turning on your screen.
Changes and improvements:

Fixed issue when the iPhone goes to sleep

You can download it for free on Cydia, tweak is available on BigBoss repo.

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[21 Sep 2010 | 3 Comments | ]
Typophone 4 : Windows Phone 7 Look like iPhone LockScreen

Typophone 4 is an amazing and minimalist lockScreen with full support of retina display. The theme uses very clean elements to display Time, Date, Day & Month while preserving the slide to Unlock function this unique lockscreen theme is sure to make your iPhone / iPod Stand out.
Typophone 4 is available in Cydia, we also recommend you to install “lockscreen clock hide” tweak so you can disable the native clock app on lock screen. You can change the background in settings but you need to respring phone to apply the changes.

Switch between …

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[7 Sep 2010 | No Comment | ]
HDR Imaging Coming to iPhone 3GS and 3G

Apple added HDR imaging with iOS 4.1, but it’s limited to iPhone 4 only. If you’re not familiar with the process of HDR imaging, the overall concept is really pretty simple. HDR (high dynamic range) is a techniques that allow a greater dynamic range of luminances between the lightest and darkest areas of an image than standard digital imaging techniques or photographic methods. HDR Imaging automatically combines multiple exposures into a single HDR image.
Here we got reason #346253 to jailbreak your iPhone. Cdevwill, who you probably know because of the …