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The jailbreak community has been churning out iPhone apps since before the App Store existed. Some of those apps even served as – ahem – "inspiration" for Apple-made iOS features (Wi-Fi Sync and MobileNotifier come to mind). But as much as iOS has evolved, Cydia is still a hotbed of innovation. Which of its apps stand out? Let's take a look at the all-time best jailbreak apps.

Auxo

Many jailbreak developers have tried to reinvent iOS multitasking, but Auxo stands out as the one Apple is most likely to copy.

Auxo's killer feature is its multitasking cards, which show live previews of open apps. But it's the tiny details (settings toggles, multitouch swipe-to-dismiss, expanded music controls) that make it an all-time great.

Zephyr

Tired of always pressing and double-tapping your iPhone’s home button? Zephyr will replace it with a series of intuitive gestures.

After installing Zephyr, a short swipe up from the bottom of the screen will bring up the multitasking switcher. A longer swipe up will close your current app. Swipe from the left to return to your most recent app.

Quasar

Quasar is iPad multitasking with a desktop twist. It runs your applications in resizable, rotatable, and overlappable windows. It's as close as you'll get to Mac OS X on your iPad.

TetherMe

Fed up with your wireless carrier's tethering policy? TetherMe lets you activate your iPhone's personal hotspot without adding a separate plan.

TetherMe claims to be undetectable by carriers, but use at your own risk. No tethering app is guaranteed to be 100 percent stealthy, and using it likely violates your wireless agreement.

Merge

Tired of having multiple iMessage threads for the same person? Merge combines all of your conversations for each contact into a single thread.

It's another Cydia app that Apple would be wise to emulate.

SBSettings

How could we not include SBSettings? This classic jailbreak tweak gives you a quick drop-down menu for a variety of system toggles. You can customize it, theme it, and even view it in Notification Center.

iFile

iFile, a full-fledged iOS file manager, sits next to SBSettings in the pantheon of all-time great Cydia apps. It gives you complete control over your device, at root level.

Copy, paste, rename, change permissions ... iFile hits all the marks you'd want a file manager to hit. Unless you're familiar with the iOS file structure, though, we'd recommend using with caution.

NoNewsIsGoodNews

If you don't use the iOS Newsstand app, you might want to hide its icon. Unfortunately, Apple doesn't let you put it in your "crap I don't use" folder.

Jailbreakers have an easy solution. Install NoNewsIsGoodNews, and marvel as the Newsstand icon evaporates. If you have any Newsstand magazines, their icons will move to the homescreen.

MapsOpener

iOS users rejoiced when the standalone Google Maps app hit the App Store. But when you open maps links in Safari or ask Siri for directions, iOS still defaults to Apple Maps. MapsOpener saves the day by making Google Maps the iOS default maps app.

iBlacklist

Do you have an ex who just won't let go? Or did your phone number once belong to someone who owed a lot of money? Install iBlacklist, and you can block any number.

It's highly customizable, with blacklists, whitelists, and options to block all unknown numbers.

CameraTweak

The App Store is full of third-party camera apps that add extra photography tools. CameraTweak, though, integrates several new tricks into the stock iOS camera app.

After installing, the camera app will have new controls like separate focus/exposure, white balance, and a timer countdown.

Like all the best Cydia apps, CameraTweak adds functionality without over-complicating.

RetinaPad

If you run iPhone apps upscaled on a non-Retina iPad (including the iPad mini), they're so pixelated you'll think you're playing an Atari game. RetinaPad solves this by running them in 3.5-inch iPhones' Retina (960 x 640) resolution.

Winterboard, Dreamboard

Want to radically alter the look and feel of iOS? The classic Winterboard and newer Dreamboard have you covered.

The apps themselves are only the starting points. Cydia is chock full of themes, and your level of customization is only limited by developers' imaginations.

PKGBackup

When you have a jailbroken device, upgrading or restoring is a pain. PKGBackup simplifies the process of reinstalling your Cydia apps. It backs them up, stores them locally or in the cloud, and restores automatically.

BiteSMS, Messages+

Two apps, with one goal: to enhance iOS messaging. Both BiteSMS and Messages+ let you quick-reply to a text without leaving the app you're in, or assign a gesture to compose a new message from any app.

BiteSMS has been around longer, and offers theming and tons of customization. Messages+ is simpler and more streamlined. It's worth checking out both to find your favorite.

Robert Broglia's gaming emulators

If you want to play classic Mario, Zelda, or Sonic games on your iPhone or iPad, Cydia has a number of emulators for old-school consoles. We recommend developer Robert Broglia's emulators (like NES.emu, SNes9x EX, and MD.emu) for their rock-solid emulation, customization, and polished virtual controls.

In many regions, distributing game ROMs is considered a copyright violation, so we'd recommend researching your country's rules before proceeding.

Octopus Keyboard

Octupus Keyboard is a solid knock-off of the BlackBerry 10 keyboard. Like the BB10 QWERTY, tapping a key will bring up tiny predictions for the word you're typing. If you see the word you're going for, just swipe up to select.

It may be a blatant BlackBerry rip-off, but Octopus Keyboard can save you some keystrokes … and spice up Apple's unchanged-after-six-years stock keyboard.

Pull to Dismiss

If you've ever wanted a quick way to dismiss the iPhone keyboard, check out Pull to Dismiss. As its name implies, pulling down on the keyboard slides it off of the screen. Handy for apps with poor keyboard implementation.

MultiIconMover

Moving multiple apps to different homescreens can be an exercise in tedium. This tweak makes it easy.

To use, hold one icon until it wiggles, then tap every other icon you want to move. Slide to the screen you want to move them to, press the home button, and – presto! – your apps are there.

Stride

Stride replaces your iPhone's "slide to unlock" with custom unlock gestures. It's more secure than the standard unlock method, and much more fun than using a passcode.

Springtomize 2

Springtomize 2 is like 100 jailbreak tweaks in one. It's a toolbox for making changes to your homescreen, dock, carrier logo, and many other aspects of iOS. Tweaks are arranged by category, and easily toggled.

PasswordPilot Pro

Do you ever tire of entering your Apple ID password for every purchase or update? Password Pilot lets you customize the App Store’s verification requirements.

Just know that you'll be opening the door to anyone else who uses your phone to easily make purchases.

Hands-free Control

Hands-free Control lets you evoke Siri without touching your iDevice. Designate a keyword (the default is "Siri") that will activate the virtual assistant. Say the magic word, and Siri will spring into action – even if you're on the other side of the room.

Assistant Love

Siri is happy to take musical requests, but the assistant can only play music from your iTunes library. Assistant Love links to your Spotify account (if you’re a paid subscriber), plugging Siri into an enormous music database.

IntelliscreenX, LockInfo

Want to pimp your lockscreen? Both IntelliscreenX and LockInfo have you covered. They let you customize its look and the information it shows.

LockInfo is the more customizable of the two, letting you tweak nearly every aspect of your notifications. IntelliscreenX is simpler and more streamlined, and – as a nice bonus – includes Messages+ with your purchase.

Dashboard X 2.0

Android has long embraced widgets, but – apart from a couple in Notification Center – Apple hasn’t allowed them in iOS. Dashboard X 2.0 puts that decision back in your hands.

After installing Dashboard X 2.0, you can place any Cydia widget (usually meant for Notification Center) on your homescreen. Everything from your Facebook feed to HTC-like weather widgets are fair game.

Infinifolders, FolderEnhancer

Each iOS folder only allows a limited number of apps. If you find your folders filling up, you can turn to Infinifolders or FolderEnhancer.

Infinifolders is the simpler of the two, letting you put as many apps as you want into any folder. FolderEnhancer, meanwhile, allows up to 320 icons in a folder, as well as folders within folders, and lots of other customizations.

My3G

If your carrier doesn’t yet support FaceTime over 3G/LTE, check out My3G. It lets you use any Wi-Fi-restricted app over your mobile data network.

Activator

Activator is one of the most basic – and useful – jailbreak apps. It's the iOS equivalent of "If This Then That."

Choose a trigger action (like sliding on the status bar, triple-pressing the home button, or speaking a voice command), and the desired result (like opening a specific app, or activating another tweak). Activator takes care of the rest.

How to install

To get any of these top jailbreak apps, open Cydia (it installs automatically with your jailbreak) and search away. Paid apps require an Amazon or Paypal account.

All of these apps are available in Cydia's default repositories.

Un nuevo artículo se ha publicado en MacPedia http://macpedia.me/2013/02/03/intelliscreenx-y-lockinfo-se-actualizan-justo-a-tiempo/

IntelliscreenX y Lockinfo se actualizan justo a tiempo

Lockinfo e IntelliscreenX se han actualizado justo a tiempo para ser compatibles con iOS 6, de forma que cuando se lance Evasi0n, el nuevo Jailbreak para iOS 6 podamos instalarlos sin problemas. Si no las conoces, se trata de dos aplicaciones muy similares, que modifican el Centro de Notificaciones con muchas más funciones y además con la posibilidad de verlo en la pantalla de bloqueo. Lockinfo, a la que pertenece la imagen que encabeza el artículo, no sólo se ha actualizado para ser compatible con iOS 6, sino que añade nuevas funciones, como agrupar las notificaciones, o poder eliminarlas individualmente.

El nuevo Lockinfo 5 tiene una sorpresa para los que teníamos comprada la versión anterior, y es que es gratuita para nosotros. Si no la tenías, su precio es de $7,99 e incluye un periodo de prueba de 14 días, así que antes de pagar, puedes ver si te interesa. La tienes ya disponible en la repo de ModMyi.

IntelliscreenX fue una de las aplicaciones estrella desde la salida de iOS 5. Poder ver el timeline de Twitter, el muro de Facebook, botones para acceder rápidamente al bluetooth, WiFi… una gran cantidad de funciones disponibles con esta fantástica aplicación.

Long delayed, but here are the details on themes for LockInfo 3.0.  I made a significant shift in the way themes are handled to reduce dependence on WinterBoard and to allow for different themes in the different LockInfo views (lockscreen, homescreen and InfoShade).  As a result, the structure of a theme has changed significantly.

Core LockInfo Themes

Themes are now stored in /Library/LockInfo/Themes in a separate directory per theme.  LockInfo 3.0 ships with four themes built in.  Each theme is composed of a series of images used by LockInfo to render the view:

LICellBG.png - A background for each cell in the LI table.  *This is currently not used.*

LICountBG.png - A background image for behind the count/refresh/delete icon for each section header.

LIDelete.png - Icon for deleting a cell.

LIHeaderBG.png - Background image for each section header.

LILargeHeaderBG.png - 96px tall header background for larger section headers.

LIRefresh.png - Icon for refreshing a section.

LIRepeatAlert.png - Icon shown over the section icon to represent that there is a repeat alert registered for the section.

LISectionDelete.png - Icon for deleting an entire section.  This is shown over the LICountBG.png.

LISubheaderBG.png - Background image for subheaders (i.e. day titles in the Calendar plugin).

All of these images are retina aware, so themes should include @2x versions of each image.

The theme is controlled by a Theme.plist file stored in the same directory.  The plist is composed of three style blocks (header, summary and detail) plus a background color and a icon set indicator.

Each style is a "dict" composed of six options:

FontName - (string) The name of the font to use.  Defaults to the system font.

FontStyle - (string) Plain (default), bold, italic.

FontSize - (integer) Point size for the font.

TextColor - (string) Color description composed for four floats (red, green, blue, alpha) ranging from 0 to 1.

ShadowColor - (string) Color description for the shadow following the same format as TextColor.  If not set, there is no shadow.

ShadowOffset - (string) X and Y offset for the shadow in pixels.  Defaults to 0,0.

You can set the background color using the same color format as TextColor and ShadowColor.  BackgroundColor defaults to black (0,0,0,1).  

Finally, the SectionIconSet indicator is used in the same way as the technique UIKit uses for status bar indicators.  The indicator can be either Black (default) or Silver and is used to prefix image lookups for section icons.  This allows different images to be shown as the section icon depending on the theme.

Plugin Themes

Each LockInfo 3.0 theme can contain elements that are applied to specific plugins.  This allows each plugin to have customized icons and headers based on the active theme.  The themes are handled with image names by convention:

<image>_<plugin identifier>[@2x].png