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All FaceTime-capable iDevices and iPhones have ringtone capabilities. The ringtone is usually just an audio file that plays for us to alert us when someone is calling. If you have ever wanted to move beyond audio and have a video ringtone instead of just a sound, then a new free jailbreak tweak dubbed VUZIQ will let you do it. After installing VUZIQ, you'll be presented with a new application icon where you will set all of your preferences.

When you open the application, ...

Sometimes you might be text messaging someone and a little while later you forget exactly what time you sent or received something in a text message. Unfortunately, Apple’s way of time-stamping conversations is to time-stamp only sections at a time, which is understandable as it’s probably to help reduce the clutter in the Messages application and make the interface appear more like a clean instant messenger.

If you’re one of the people, however, ...

Having a phone is nice, but it’s terrible when you’re sleeping at night and you get that random text message or phone call when you forget to enable the mute switch. A new jailbreak tweak dubbed iSleepWell by iOS developer Xvolks brings us a way to keep the iPhone from ringing, or even vibrating for that matter while we are sleeping and the iPhone is sitting near us at night.

The tweak takes full advantage of the iPhone’s accelerometer to determine if the iPhone ...

Not too long ago, Apple pushed the iOS 5.1 software update for iDevice users through both over the air (OTA) and iTunes. The update brought the 4G indicator to the AT&T iPhone 4S as it uses high-speed HSPA+, which technically is true 4G according to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Other iPhone 4S owners on different cellular networks along with other iPhone model owners still get the 3G indicator as AT&T is ...

Today the popular music recognition service, Shazam, has been introduced with an update to version 5.0. The application allows you to tap on the screen when you hear a song you like to use the built in microphone tag the song and find out what it is for your later activities. For many, it's a must-have iOS application and it has had quite the reputation for being reliable and great. If you own Shazam (or you plan ...

With most toggles and system events being hidden deep within the Settings application, jailbreaking gives us a way to make reaching those functions easy with personalized shortcuts. Whether you’re a Deck guy, an SBSettings guy, or some other kind of guy – there’s a toggle shortcut pane for you. A new toggle shortcut option available in Cydia today is a jailbreak tweak dubbed Usefullcons by iOS developer Rudolf Lichtner.

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The iOS lock screen gives us a very clean and professional look, but maybe it's too professional at times. It’s minimal and gives us a nice large display of the current time and also shows us the date right under the time. The appearance of the clock is unfortunately not customizable by the end user. A new free jailbreak tweak dubbed ColorClock by iOS developer Rudolf Lichtner brings us the ability to individually ...

Maybe you have something set up on your iDevice so your music shuffles. This can make it hard to discern what song is playing – especially if you’re the kind of person with large libraries of music. A new free jailbreak tweak dubbed MediaSpeak by iOS developer FreeManRepo will now alert you when a song on your iDevice changes using Samantha’s voice – the voice we are all used to hearing from Siri and tweaks like Aloud, or SpeakEvents.

MediaSpeak ...

While the iOS multasking App Switcher is very neat and orderly, some developers have been working on a new jailbreak tweak to let you multitask in ways you could have never imagined. The tweak, dubbed Aero by iOS development team SBCoders – the same team that brought us Deck, brings us new animations, effects, and a better experience – all without slowing down your iDevice. The above screenshots are examples of two of the different multitasking effects you can have ...

April Fools! The first of the month hay have come and gone, but there’s no reason to end the humorous pranking. A new free jailbreak tweak dubbed UpsideDown by iOS hacker and developer Ryan Petrich will turn applications upside down on any device the tweak is installed on. The tweak is free on Ryan’s beta repo starting today.

Is the tweak useful? – no. It was made for you to have enjoyment out of someone else’s misery. Installing ...

The iOS navigation buttons present in the navigation bar at the top of the screen are elegant navigation tools, however iOS hacker and developer Ryan Petrich has once again added a simple, but jaw-dropping feature that smoothly allows us to swipe backwards just below the navigation bar to move backwards in our application. The tweak, dubbed SwipeBack, works in most iOS applications such as Settings, Notes, Messages, and much more. App Store applications ...