[Review] SpotLock - Lock Your Device By Swiping to SpotLight

**Anthony Bouchard** · 06-02-2012, 08:08 PM

For many iOS device users, broken buttons cause a lot of issues. It can be even worse when your power button ends up busted and you have trouble putting your device to sleep and locking it. A new free jailbreak tweak dubbed SpotLock by iOS developer Lays will allow you to put your iOS device into sleep mode and lock it by simply swiping over to SpotLight. SpotLock offers a neat little modification even for those with perfectly functional buttons. For a handful of iOS users, this feature won’t get in the way because SpotLight isn’t very widely used anymore.

Anything that gives the SpotLight added functionality is always welcome to the jailbreaking world since the feature is rarely used. If you prefer using the buttons to put your device to sleep and lock it, then SpotLock probably isn’t for you. Additionally, since the modification replaces SpotLight entirely, you won’t want to install this tweak if you use SpotLight on a regular basis.

As soon as you swipe over to SpotLight and release your finger from the screen, the device screen goes black and turning on the screen again shows the lock screen. There are no options to configure and there are no icons added to the home screen for this tweak. Once you install it, the tweak takes effect immediately and you will have to uninstall it to disable it.

The tweak works well for getting your device locked, however if you have fully functional buttons, they’re probably more practical to use since you can use them anywhere. This tweak requires that you be on the home screen to swipe over to SpotLight. Another alternative for people with broken buttons is to use Apple’s auto-lock feature so the device goes to sleep and locks automatically when left alone for a period of time.

Name: SpotLock
Price: FREE
Version: 0.1
Repo: BigBoss
Developer: Lays
Editor's Rating:  2/5

Sources: Cydia

**akonikui** · 06-02-2012, 08:45 PM

What's up with the Slide to Unlock bar? Is that a tweak? What's it called?

**celeron** · 06-02-2012, 09:16 PM

Not useful at all unless your power button is broken

**Mrteacup** · 06-02-2012, 09:46 PM

Originally Posted by akonikui

What's up with the Slide to Unlock bar? Is that a tweak? What's it called?

Unlockize does it I think or it's just my theme ahha

**DubbaCTrumpetMSU** · 06-02-2012, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by akonikui

What's up with the Slide to Unlock bar? Is that a tweak? What's it called?

Second this question...I want that on my lock screen...

**h0vsepian** · 06-02-2012, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by DubbaCTrumpetMSU

Second this question...I want that on my lock screen...

It's a tweak called unlockize, too bad the knob doesn't move tho...

**keenpois0n** · 06-02-2012, 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by akonikui

What's up with the Slide to Unlock bar? Is that a tweak? What's it called?

you can grab 'unfold' for free. it does the same thing as unlockize or whatever it's called, just only the fold to unlock.

**duceduc** · 06-03-2012, 01:49 AM

Originally Posted by celeron

Not useful at all unless your power button is broken

It is pretty useful to prevent your power button from being broken from pressing it all the time.

**nzlotrfan** · 06-03-2012, 04:51 AM

Originally Posted by celeron

Not useful at all unless your power button is broken

I think it's fantastic. Was always disappointed that QuickLock didn't work with iOS5. Awesome!

**HotBlack** · 06-03-2012, 07:37 AM

Love it. useful even if your buttons work fine

**Bennypal** · 06-03-2012, 08:03 AM

How do you download it?

**romeo_herman** · 06-03-2012, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by nzlotrfan

I think it's fantastic. Was always disappointed that QuickLock didn't work with iOS5. Awesome!

Use QuickLock 2 for iOS 5....

**kickerman65** · 06-03-2012, 12:08 PM

While new tweaks are always welcome, i think activator does a fine job in the broken button scenario. I don't currently have any broken buttons but i have activator setup to lock with a swipe from the upper left corner of the status bar and that combined with Zephyr is a sweet combo. I rarely use the home or power buttons with this setup.

**nzlotrfan** · 06-03-2012, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by romeo_herman

Use QuickLock 2 for iOS 5....

Are you sure? Just checked it out but it still says iOS 4 only, and it was last updated in 2010.

**robby65** · 06-03-2012, 03:18 PM

My home button doesn't work on my 3g.
so there's an app I can use to replace the home button??

**confucious** · 06-03-2012, 03:40 PM

" SpotLight isn’t very widely used anymore." - I wish someone had told me. I use it all the time. Guess I'm just a dinosaur.

**vinaygoel2000** · 06-03-2012, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by robby65

My home button doesn't work on my 3g.
so there's an app I can use to replace the home button??

Activator.

Originally Posted by confucious

" SpotLight isn’t very widely used anymore." - I wish someone had told me. I use it all the time. Guess I'm just a dinosaur.

U can add me to your dinosaur circle. I use spotlight about 20 times a day.

**KBI2113** · 06-03-2012, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by nzlotrfan

Are you sure? Just checked it out but it still says iOS 4 only, and it was last updated in 2010.

Positive. I'm using QuickLock 2 for about a year now. Just updated to 5.1.1 and QL 2 is still working flawlessly.

**n00neimp0rtant** · 06-04-2012, 07:19 AM

I mainly use spotlight for Google and Wikipedia searches, but I still like it a lot for that. I would use it with Music, too, if it didn't turn off my full shuffle every time.

**romeo_herman** · 06-05-2012, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by nzlotrfan

Are you sure? Just checked it out but it still says iOS 4 only, and it was last updated in 2010.

I'm using for i4 and i4S, both on iOS 5.1.1 for sure.

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