There have been a lot of jailbreak tweaks that focus on expanding the use of Touch ID (since Apple seams reluctant to do so) and this one is no exception. Touchy, from the maker of Fancy (the neat coloring tweak), allows you to assign each of your fingers to opening […]
Every Android device has, what is called, a recovery image on it. This is basically a part of the Android operating system that you or the manufacturer can access if your device becomes unresponsive and then use it to restore your device. A custom recovery image, however, is a recovery
I found myself with a T-Mobile iPhone 5S and since I use an AT&T SIM card a lot nowadays (and didn’t want to buy another iPhone), I figured it was time to unlock it (we can talk about how ridiculous it is that we lock phones to carriers some other
Sometimes 140 characters just doesn’t cut it. People have long used services like Twitlonger to allow them to post longer than 140 character tweets that are then shortened and a link is displayed so people can click to see the rest of your, of course, super important update. Unfortunately, though,
Every Android device has, what is called, a recovery image on it. This is basically a part of the Android operating system that you or the manufacturer can access if your device becomes unresponsive and then use it to restore your device. A custom recovery image, however, is a recovery
iOS 7 isn’t the most colorful UI on the market. In fact, it’s main “color” could be described as “see-through”. If that’s not quite your cup of tea, perhaps you’d like to splash a bit of other hues onto the UI to really make it your own? A tweak called
There’s been a lot of mixed reviews about Nokia’s announcement of their Nokia X lineup, a series of budget friendly devices all running Android. Like a lot of those writers, I, too, have some mixed feelings about it. Regardless of how I feel about it, I think there is some
One of the best parts about jailbreaking is all the customization you can do. Let’s face it, in a world filled with iPhones that’s only differentiator is the color, some UI changes can really help you stand out and feel just a bit special (mom telling you just doesn’t quite
Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device. Once we root our Android device, we can then make changes to it to customize it well beyond what it normally can do. Once you have root access on your Sony Xperia SP, you’ll be able to: Remove
If you are left handed and like to use Safari, this might be the tweak for you. Normally, in Safari, the close button is on the left side of the tabs when viewing all tabs and for a lefty, that just doesn’t seem fair. Using a simple tweak that’s free
Every Android device has, what is called, a recovery image on it. This is basically a part of the Android operating system that you or the manufacturer can access if your device becomes unresponsive and then use it to restore your device. A custom recovery image, however, is a recovery
If you take a lot of screenshots (maybe you don’t give a crap if the people Snapchatting you know that you’re saving their pics?), then it can be a little cumbersome to take them, go find them, then share them. With the jailbreak tweak called Clipshot you can have it
A lot of people have asked me about Google Glass and, more specifically, how they work, what they do, etc. Figured I’d do a quick video walkthrough using the Screencast feature of the MyGlass app to show you the basic gist of how Glass works and it’s super simple UI.
Maybe you have a broken home button? Maybe you just hate the feeling of physical buttons (they just feel too damn… real)? Regardless of the reasoning, it might be handy for you to have a virtual home button. One you can move around the screen at will and tap to
This tweak can easily be used to define “pleasantly surprised.” Forecast displays current weather and forecasts to your lock screen, and changes your wallpaper on both lock screen and home screen to an animated representation of the weather at your current location. And the animations look great, too! Forecast is
