When we unlock our iDevices, we are used to seeing the same regular animation and hearing the same regular sound on all of them. If you have ever been in the mood to give that animation and unlock sound a little tweaking, then there is a new jailbreak tweak that will suit your needs. Dubbed iUnock by iOS developer Ma Jun, you can set a custom unlock sound as well as an unlock animation of your choice.
Not only can you select the animation that will brighten up your iDevice unlocking, however you can also customize the animation by adjusting the speed of it with a slider that can be found in iUnlock’s settings window. By default, the slider is set to 0.5 seconds – the length of time that it will take to complete the animation. You can also enable and disable your custom animations on demand with a switch.
The list of animations is extensive, generating nearly no lag whatsoever (some worse than others). The animations will certainly brighten any iDevice's entertainment value for its owner and the sounds accompanying the unlock animations are also extensive. The animations that you can choose from are listed below and you can view them all from the video following the list:
- Random
- Fade
- Suck
- Ripple
- Curl Up
- Curl Down
- Cube from Left
- Cube from Right
- Cube from Bottom
- Cube from Top
- Push from Left
- Push from Right
- Push from Bottom
- Push from Top
- Move in from Left
- Move in from Right
- Move in from Bottom
- Move in from Top
- Reveal from Left
- Reveal from Right
- Reveal from Bottom
- Reveal from Top
- Flip from Left
- Flip from Right
- Flip from Bottom
- Flip from Top
As shown in the video, the sounds that you can use to accompany the custom animations for unlocking the iDevice are actually all of the ‘.caf’ files that are pre-loaded into iOS by Apple. These include default alert noises, the default unlock noise, and more default sounds – it appears as if none of them have been added by the developer. Included with the noises is a mute option to keep any sounds from emitting at all, however iOS already comes with a feature to mute all unlock/lock sounds. Under that we find swipe gestures for unlocking the iDevice from the top, bottom, left, and right which is customizable to be set to disabled, push, or move.
iUnlock is very comparable to UnlockFX, a jailbreak tweak introduced to the community last month by iOS developer Filippo Bigarella. UnlockFX was recently updated with support for custom sounds; the sounds are exactly the same as those for iUnlock. The biggest difference between the two jailbreak tweaks being UnlockFX has many more animations. UnlockFX also has the option to disable icon scattering after unlocking the iDevice, where iUnlock does not. Both iUnlock and UnlockFX come in at the same price of $1.99, but iUnlock will provide you with a three day free trial where UnockFX will not.
What I find to be great about iUnlock is that it works on the iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad; the only requirement – iOS 5. Older iDevices will find the GPU (graphics processing unit) choking a little bit on the graphical animations and showing some perceptible lag, however newer iDevices can render them as smooth as butter. I also find the random option to be a blast since it gives you a different animation each time that you unlock the iDevice. If you're the kind of person that enjoys keeping things how they are, then iUnlock isn't for you. iUnlock is only worth the price if you want unfamiliar animations and sounds at the time of unlocking your iDevice.
Name: iUnlock
Price: $1.99 + 3-Day FREE Trial
Version: 1.0
Repo: BigBoss
Developer: Ma Jun
Editor's Rating: 4/5
Sources: Cydia, Ma Jun
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