iOS 5 is by far Apple’s greatest OS yet. However, since the release of iOS 4, Apple has began to include multitasking as a feature. As nice as this is, it can sometimes cause your phone to start to slow down or you notice the battery is draining more than normal. Before, you would have to hit your home button twice, hold down on one of the apps, and close each one individually. Now, in iOS 5 we have the Notification Center, which allows us to see our important information with just a swipe down on the top bar. Weekillbackground is a jailbreak tweak that adds a quick way to close all your apps running in the background right from the notification center.
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Untethered Jailbreak for iPhone 4S iOS 5.0.1 Demoed on Video
The jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 on iPhone 4S and iPad 2 isn’t far off as evident by the amount of news and updates popping up all around. One of the latest come from pod2g who has blogged about a video demo of iPhone 4S iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak. The video was made by @DHowett, a famous developer and member of the Chronic Dev Team.
Show Album Art in App Switcher on iOS with this Cydia Tweak
Normally when a music or video app is running, its icon shows in the application switcher tray in iOS. A few examples of such apps are the Music (formally iPod), YouTube and Vevo. How cool would it be if instead of the icon, the album art of the currently playing son shows instead of the Music app? Well, we aren’t sure since that’s not one area we see often, but you can find out by installing AlbumArt in AppSwitcher tweak from Cydia.
iSSLFix Fixes SSL Exploit in iOS 4.3.5 and Lower, Cydia Download
The most notorious and by far easiest way to jailbreak your iOS device, is to use JailbreakMe 3.0. However, the JailbreakMe jailbreak used a PDF exploit that Apple has since patched with 2 releases of iOS, 4.3.4 and 4.3.5. 4.3.4 fixed the PDF exploit and was not a recommended update if you used JailbreakMe to jailbreak your device. 4.3.5 was then released to fix other issues that were later found. Redsn0w can be used to jailbreak these iOS versions, but it is still a tethered jailbreak, so it is also not recommended.
Speed for Maps Jailbreak Tweak gives you a Speedometer in the Maps App
There are many Cydia Tweaks available out there for anyone with a jailbroken iOS device. However, not many of those jailbreak tweaks add to the Maps app. Well a new tweak from developers Funky Space Monkey has been released, named Speed for Maps.
Clear iOS App Badges Easily With BadgeClear Cydia Tweak
A nifty little jailbreak tweak has just hit the Cydia store called BadgeClear. As the name implies, it clears up all your unwanted iOS app notification badges with a simple tap. The tweak is pretty easy to use and has no settings to configure. Once installed from Cydia, all you need to do is get into wiggle mode (tap / hold an icon) and tap any badges you want to clear.
Upload Files From Mobile Safari On iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad [How To]
Want to upload files and photos directly from your iPhone, iPod or iPad using Safari browser to any website? Simply follow the instructions given after the break and you can enable direct file uploading via mobile Safari on your iOS device. But before you proceed, you need to jailbreak your device. Check out this link and follow the jailbreak instructions for your device’s iOS version.
[Cydia] Download CallBar Tweak For iPhone To Show Incoming Calls Like Notifications
If you haven’t seen the new push notification format in iOS 5, then this may look a bit unfamiliar to you. CallBar utilizes this new functionality and applies it to your incoming calls. After enabling the tweak, it will show phone calls and facetime calls up at the top of the screen, similar to the notifications, and allows you to accept or decline the call.
[Cydia] Download Anicons & Add Animated System Toggles To Your Homescreen!
A simple but handy new Cydia tweak called Anicons brings animated settings toggles to the SpringBoard. These toggles look and work just like SBSettings along with a touch of animation such as animated signal strength and on / off visuals. There are currently 8 toggles to choose from and can easily be moved around and arranged like the app icons on your homescreen.
iOS 4.3.4 Untethered Jailbreak Will Not Be Released Anytime Soon!
@i0n1c, the iOS developer and hacker behind untethered jailbreak exploit discovered in iOS 4.3.1 till 4.3.3 has made it clear not to expect a similar untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.3.4 in the coming few weeks. As Apple released iOS 4.3.4, it patched not only the PDF vulnerability exploited by @comex in JailbreakMe 3.0 for iPad 2 jailbreak but also patched @i0n1c’s untethered exploit. Even though iOS 4.3.4 can be jailbroken with latest Redsn0w on iPhone 4 / 3GS, iPod touch 3G/4G and iPad 1, it is however a tethered one.