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Launch, Close and Switch Between Apps With Awesome Animations Using DisplayCandy

A new tweak known as DisplayCandy showed up in Cydia and claims to add cool animations as and when you launch, close or switch between apps. It is a pretty sweet jailbreak tweak since it hosts some nice and smooth animations.

The tweak has three main categories – Launch animation, Close animation and Switch animation. All three host the same 12 styles of animations and provide the options to customise the directions of some animations while allowing you to set the speed of the animation too.

All in all DisplayCandy is a pretty nice tweak to make your phone look different from the monotonous blunt animation. Check out the video below for more details on DisplayCandy:


If you like the feel of these animations then you can go ahead and purchase DisplayCandy for $2 from Cydia under the BigBoss repo.

Personally I feel the ripple effect is why I love DisplayCandy. My launch animation is set to Curl, Close animation as Ripple and Switch animation as Push. How have you set your animations?

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by iosjedi on September 1, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by iosjedi on September 1, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/09/01/launch-close-and-switch-between-apps-with-awesome-animations-using-displaycandy/

Tweaks of the Week (14/5/12 to 20/5/12)

A new week is coming and that means more awesome jailbreak tweaks will be released. This means if you have missed any tweak from this week you might miss it for a long time period that is until you hear about it from someone else. But this won’t be the case since I have got you covered with this post right here. I’ve gathered all the tweak reviews from this week for you to check them out.

  1. OneByOne Safari
  2. OneByOne Contacts
  3. Switchy
  4. LaunchSpeak
  5. SwipeSafari
  6. HUDChanger

This week’s best jailbreak tweak as chosen by me and the internet is SwipeSafari.

Let me know what you guys thought about these tweaks in the comments section below.

Stay tuned with us for more info at iOS Jedi Blog or join our Facebook fan page or Follow us on Twitter or subscribe to the RSS feeds or connect with us on our Freenode-IRC channel for any iOS question you have.

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by iosjedi on May 21, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by iosjedi on May 21, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/05/21/tweaks-of-the-week-14512-to-20512/

Review: HUDChanger

HUDChanger is a new tweak that changes your Volume heads-up display. Instead of the default volume increase/decrease display you will see a smaller better looking display which displays the volume in a percentage format.

There is one thing I don’t like in the tweak is that it does not show the increase/decrease in real time like the default iOS Volume HUD.

You can check out HUDChanger in action below:


If you are interested in HUDChanger you can go ahead and install it for free from Cydia under the BigBoss repo.

Let me know hwat you guys think about HUDCHanger in the comments section below.

Stay tuned with us for more info at iOS Jedi Blog or join our Facebook fan page or Follow us on Twitter or subscribe to the RSS feeds or connect with us on our Freenode-IRC channel for any iOS question you have.

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by iosjedi on May 20, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Cydia Tweaks, HomeScreen, iOS, iPad, iPad 2, iPhone, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod, iPod Touch 4G, Springboard
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Posted by iosjedi on May 20, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/05/20/review-hudchanger/

Review: SwipeSafari

Swipe Safari is a new jailbreak tweak that adds new gestures to mobile Safari to enhance the user experience while browsing. It allows you to swipe to previous or next page, pull to refresh the page and even switch tabs using gestures.

Here is what the tweak offers you:

  • Swipe (one finger) left or right to navigate to previous or next page
  • Swipe (one finger) left or right and hold to navigate to the next or previous tab
  • Pull down to refresh the page
  • Pull from bottom to access Bookmarks
  • Double tap with two fingers to toggle to fullscreen mode
  • Double tap to go to the top of the screen
  • Pinch to close tab
  • Double tap and hold to open new tab
  • Ability to assign actions for following gestures:
    • Swipe (two fingers)
    • Swipe (three fingers)
    • Double tap, triple Tap (One finger)
    • Double tap (Two fingers)
    • Pinch (Two fingers)
    • Tap/double tap + long press (One finger)
  • Adds recently closed tabs feature on iPhone/iPod touch
  • Removes limit on the number of tabs (which is 8 by default)

You can also configure these options via the Settings app. Swipe Safari supports iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on iOS 5.x.x.

You can check out the video review of SwipeSafari by Jeff of iDownloadBlog:

If you are impressed by SwipeSafari, then you can go ahead and purchase it for $1.50 from Cydia under the BigBoss repo.

Let me know what you guys think about SwipeSafari in the comments section below.

Stay tuned with us for more info at iOS Jedi Blog or join our Facebook fan page or Follow us on Twitter or subscribe to the RSS feeds or connect with us on our Freenode-IRC channel for any iOS question you have.

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by iosjedi on May 20, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Cydia Tweaks, iOS, iOS 5, iOS 5.0.1, iOS 5.1, iPad, iPad 2, iPhone, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod, iPod Touch 4G, Safari
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Posted by iosjedi on May 20, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/05/20/review-swipesafari/

Review: LaunchSpeak

LaunchSpeak is a new Cydia tweak that allows you to input your own custom text that you want your iDevice to speak when you launch an application from the Homescreen.

Apart from changing the text, you also have the ability to toggle the tweak on and off, which is a good tool to have just in case you are in a location where you need to be quiet and don’t want your phone to be speaking constantly while you use it.The tweak requires you to respring every time you change the text from the text input box in the settings panel that the tweak adds.

You won’t be seeing a video review of the tweak by me since I’m having issues with it. But if you are interested then you can go ahead and install LaunchSpeak for free from Cydia under the ModMyi repo.

Did it work for you?

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by iosjedi on May 20, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by iosjedi on May 20, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/05/20/review-launchspeak/

Review: Switchy

There are many tweaks in Cydia that allow you to get the most out of your AppSwitcher but perhaps none like Switchy. Switchy is a new tweak that enhances the use of your AppSwitcher. It adds an extra row of open applications, making a total of eight icons displayed together. The new Music Switcher hosts the Music App shortcut, the play/pause and forward/backward button, with a volume slider and the AirPlay button. It also displays the name of the artist and song playing in the middle empty space. A third page is also added with three features namely, a settings app shortcut, a brightness slider and a clear all apps tap button.

 

The tweak is made so nice that it does not conflict with Zephyr or other AppSwticher tweaks (I have not tried all of them).

You can check out Switchy in action below:


If you are interested in Switchy you can go ahead and purchase it for $1 from Cydia under the BigBoss repo.

Let me know what you guys think about Switchy in the comments section below.

Stay tuned with us for more info at iOS Jedi Blog or join our Facebook fan page or Follow us on Twitter or subscribe to the RSS feeds or connect with us on our Freenode-IRC channel for any iOS question you have.

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by iosjedi on May 20, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by iosjedi on May 20, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/05/20/review-switchy/

Review: OneByOne Safari and OneByOne Contacts

Have you wanted to delete contacts or Safari bookmarks directly from your iPhone? Well if yes, then OneByOne Safari and OneByOne Contacts make deleting bookmarks and contacts a breeze.  This couldn’t be done until now from within default iOS.  You can delete contacts directly from your iPhone using OneByOne Contacts, you do not need to open individual contacts tap edit and then delete. You can also delete bookmarks inside safari with OneByOne Safari by just sliding and taping delete.

 

Personally I think the tweaks are quite useful and would do good if they could be added by Apple as a default feature in the iOS.

You can check out both the tweaks in action below:


If you are interested in the tweaks, you can get them for free from Cydia under the BigBoss repo.

Let me know what you guys think about OneByOne Safari and OneByOne Contacts in the comments section below.

Stay tuned with us for more info at iOS Jedi Blog or join our Facebook fan page or Follow us on Twitter or subscribe to the RSS feeds or connect with us on our Freenode-IRC channel for any iOS question you have.

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by iosjedi on May 20, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by iosjedi on May 20, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/05/20/review-onebyone-safari-and-onebyone-contacts/

Tweaks of the Week (7/5/12 to 13/5/12)

A new week is coming and that means more awesome jailbreak tweaks will be released. This means if you have missed any tweak from this week you might miss it for a long time period that is until you hear about it from someone else. But this won’t be the case since I have got you covered with this post right here. I’ve gathered all the tweak reviews from this week for you to check them out.

  1. VolumeColor
  2. ReflectAll
  3. DoNotDisturb
  4. Chip
  5. Dashboard X
  6. DashTweet
  7. AutoProtect
  8. RainBoard
  9. HomeSpringPage
  10. GrabberApp
  11. Homescreen Contacts

This week’s best jailbreak tweak as chosen by me and the internet is Dashboard X.

Let me know what you guys thought about these tweaks in the comments section below.

Stay tuned with us for more info at iOS Jedi Blog or join our Facebook fan page or Follow us on Twitter or subscribe to the RSS feeds or connect with us on our Freenode-IRC channel for any iOS question you have.

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by iosjedi on May 14, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by iosjedi on May 14, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/05/14/tweaks-of-the-week-7512-to-13512/

Review: Homescreen Contacts

In your family and friends there are some people who are more close to you and whom you often contact.

This new tweak known as Homescreen Contacts allows you to put your contacts on the home screen of your iPhone so that you can easily contact/text/mail them right from your HomeScreen. After installation you will see an additional option in each contact in the contacts app (this is important since you won’t be able to see the button in the phone app) known as “Add to Home Screen”. When you tap on this the contact will be added to your HomeScreen.

 

The contact icon added to your HomeScreen is similar to an app icon which when pressed gives you all the information of the associated contact.

Taping on “send message” will open up the write new message on your phone on the messages app. Taping on the mobile number will place a call for you. Taping on postal address will result in the native Map app and giving you the location of a particular place. If you have assigned the contact a picture the same picture will be shown on the contacts icon on the HomeScreen.

Suppose if you ever want to delete someones contact from your HomeScreen all you have to do is enter wiggle mode by holding down any app icon for a few minutes and then you will see the minus sign on the contact icon, go ahead and tap on them to remove any contact from your HomeScreen.

Check out Homescreen Contacts in action below:


HomeScreen Contacts is a nice and useful tweak to have in your phone as it helps you a lot to contact those whom you often do. If you are interested in Homescreen Contacts you can go ahead and purchase it for $1.99 from Cydia under the BigBoss repo.

What do you think about HomeScreen Contacts?

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by iosjedi on May 13, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Cydia Tweaks, HomeScreen, iOS, iOS 5, iOS 5.0.1, iOS 5.1, iPad, iPad 2, iPhone, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod, iPod Touch 4G, Springboard
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Posted by iosjedi on May 13, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/05/13/review-homescreen-contacts/

Review: AutoProtect

When I put a passcode on my phone, it is for the reason that no one can access it other than me, but what if I’m in a friendly environment such as home, I don’t need a passcode at that time. So for this, a new tweak known as AutoProtect was released. AutoProtect automatically disables your  passcode when you are connected to a trusted WiFi network. All you have to do is head into the settings panel of the tweak and put in the name of the WiFi of your choice and hit the Home Button to save the changes.

Once that is done, you won’t be troubled by your passcode again when you are connected to that specific WiFi network (you can choose up to 5 networks as of now).

Check out AutoProtect in action below:


If you are interested in Autoprotect you can go ahead and download it for free from Cydia under the ModMyi repo.

Let me know what you guys think of AutoProtect in the comments section below.

Stay tuned with us for more info at iOS Jedi Blog or join our Facebook fan page or Follow us on Twitter or subscribe to the RSS feeds or connect with us on our Freenode-IRC channel for any iOS question you have.

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by iosjedi on May 13, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by iosjedi on May 13, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/05/13/review-autoprotect/

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