Need something to show off the fact that your iPhone is jailbroken? How about adding a Matrix movie style raining text effect to the lock screen? Yeah, that’ll make them go “what the…” (while possibly also making them go “nerd!” but who cares, right?). A tweak called RainLock does just […]
Thanks to my girlfriend dropping her phone on the sidewalk and shattering the screen, I’m going to do a video on how to fix a broken iPhone 5 screen (thanks Christy!). I’ve seen a few of these videos online but noticed a bit of a gap in the information that
As much as we love our smartphones, sometimes we just can’t help feeling limited by its small screen (opinions may differ when it comes to tablets, but this should ring true if we keep only the smart “phones” in perspective). What if you could control most of your device’s features
Chat heads is a feature of the Facebook app that allows you to communicate with your Facebook friends without having to leave whatever you are looking at in the Facebook app. It accomplishes this by giving you a little floating head on your screen whenever your friends message you through
The Samsung ATIV S has been the first Windows Phone 8 device to be Interop Unlocked. What does that mean? Let’s explain. All apps run in a secured environment, usually referred to as the “sandbox”, and this makes sure that the running app cannot manipulate or damage the software it is running
In the world of theming for iOS 7, nothing is sacred, not even your status bar and the battery icon. While most theming tweaks in iOS 7 allow you to change pretty much every aspect of the OS, the major ones (like Springtomize, for example) don’t allow you to change
Sometimes jailbreak tweak developers simply have an annoyance with iOS that they really just want to fix. One such example of this annoyance-fixing is the tweak we’re checking out today, called MessagePopper. Now, normally when you are texting someone using iOS 7 and you leave the messaging app, receive a
Activator is a great app that allows you to use gestures to launch apps or perform actions. From tapping the homescreen with three fingers, to pinching when in an app, to a ton of other options, it can really add a lot of functionality to your iPhone, iPad, or iOS
Here’s how to input the following settings on an Android device. Prepaid 3G Frequency – 850 MHz Name: LIMEAPN: PPINTERNETProxy:Port:Username:Password:Server:MMSC:MMS Proxy:MMS Port:MCC: 338MNC: 050Authentication Type:APN Type:APN Protocol:APN Roaming Protocol: Postpaid 3G Frequency – 850 MHz Name: LIMEAPN: INTERNETProxy:Port:Username:Password:Server:MMSC:MMS Proxy:MMS Port:MCC: 338MNC: 050Authentication Type:APN Type:APN Protocol:APN Roaming Protocol:
If you’re like me, you sometimes get quite bored with your wallpaper causing you to search out new ones and install them on your phone as the mood strikes you. If you feel this is taking up a bit too much time in your daily life, may I suggest a
Looking at these two devices on a spec sheet is a bit like seeing double. Same chipset with a very similar processor speed, same GPU, same screen resolution with a similar screen size, same microSD expandability, similar battery capacities etc. So one can understand why it’s a big question as to
If you like controlling your music from the Control Center (makes sense, no?) or from your lock screen, you may notice that there isn’t an option for repeat or shuffle in these places. Apparently a jailbreak tweak developer noticed this as well and he decided to do something about it.
A ROM is a version of the operating system you’re running on your phone. There are many reasons to install a ROM on your phone. Either you want to remove the branding, fix a firmware-related bug, update the software (because your carrier won’t), or downgrade it (if you’re not happy with the latest version,
There happens to be a jailbreak tweak out there that allows you to download YouTube videos to your iPhone, iPad, or other iOS device. It’s up to you to use this new-found power for good or evil. There isn’t much to say about it other than “you use this at
Infinite scrolling allows you to loop around to the other side of something when you reach the end. In the case of the jailbreak tweak, Mobius, this allows you to add that to the home screen and also to folders within iOS 7 on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
