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Some people love the new card style multitasking switcher introduced in iOS 7, but not everyone is such a fan. A lot of people think the older iOS 6 switcher was more functional; you could see more open apps, close them and switch between them faster, and the cards are just a flashy new icon since they aren’t even live. If you happen to be one of these people and miss the old switcher, too, […]

There’s a jailbreak tweak that allows you to quickly get to any tab in your notification center and even add the ability to automatically choose the Today tab if there aren’t any notifications. It’s called NCObey, it’s a great addition to notification center and, best of all, it’s free. Here’s how to use NCObey and improve your notification center functionality. I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad To do this procedure you must be jailbroken. If you aren’t,

It can be a pain to stop typing, tap into the text field your working in, and then hold down and try and move through it to highlight what you need or even to just move the cursor around to get to the exact place you want. A jailbreak tweak called SwipeSelection seeks to fix that. When you install it, you can then swipe along the keyboard left and right to move the cursor through

Are you sick of seeing those blue dots whenever you update apps on your iPhone? I mean, yes I clicked update, I’m well aware that those apps are now updated. Why do I need a dot to remind me? Thankfully, someone else feels the same way I do about these notifications and now there is a jailbreak tweak that removes those dots and stops them from coming back. It’s called NoNewMark and it’s available via

Swipe is a jailbreak tweak that allows you to make some more use of your lock screen in iOS 7 by adding shortcuts to the right of the unlock screen to your favorite apps. Simply install the tweak from Cydia and open it to set up 5 of your favorite apps that you want available on the lock screen. Here’s how. I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad To do this procedure you must be jailbroken. If you

In some countries, like Brazil for example, Apple has disabled turn by turn navigation in their maps app. Using this jailbreak tweak you can enable it. Simply install it and go. I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad To do this procedure you must be jailbroken. If you aren’t, you can head to our Jailbreak How To’s section and pick the jailbreak for your version of iOS (currently at the time of writing this is 7.0.4). Once done with that procedure

Spotlight is the universal searching feature on your iPhone that allows you to search through all of you contacts, apps, etc. but let’s be honest, how often do you use it? What if instead of getting to that whenever you swipe to the right on your iPhone’s home screen, you could get to a more useful app of your choosing? Thanks to a Cydia tweak called Fav, you can easily do just that. Simply install

It can be a little cumbersome to remove Cydia apps and tweaks once you no longer want them. Having to go into Cydia, then Manage, then Packages, then find the app and click on it, then click Modify, then click Remove can feel a bit outdated. Thanks to a jailbreak tweak called Cydelete7, you can easily uninstall Cydia apps just like you do normal apps by holding down on them until they wiggle, then clicking

Maybe you have a dark side? Maybe you root for the Darth Vader’s of the world? Or maybe white just hurts your eyes? No matter the reason, there is a new jailbreak tweak to make your iPhone/iPad keyboard match your personal tastes. The tweak, called Bloard, allows you to make the dark iOS keyboard (that you may have seen pop up in certain apps naturally) be the default keyboard for every app. Here’s how to

Sick of paying AT&T, Verizon, or any of the other carriers extra to be able to use your iPhone’s data as a wifi hotspot? Me too. Thanks to a jailbreak tweak called TetherMe, you can pay $5 one time (consider it minor cost in comparison to the monthly fees) and install this app to allow you to tether to your device for free (it even has some neat options for VPN users). Here’s how to

I, for one, would love a way to close all of my open apps on my iPhone. I’m used to having this ability when using an Android device and it’s become a bit of a habit in order to save battery life, and make the device a little snappier after having a bunch of apps running at once. To do this on an iPhone, I’ve had to sit there and swipe away all of the

Storage space is a constant issue for iPhone and iPad users it seems. A lot of this comes down to pictures and app data that has been carried over from older iPhones and iPads that gets put back on the new device whenever they sync it. You can use our video to backup your pictures and delete the ones on your device, but there is still a lot of other data you can get back

Control center is the screen you pull up from the bottom of your device by dragging your finger up from off the bottom of the screen onto it. It is where you can quickly access Wifi, Bluetooth, AirPlay, Screen brightness, and more. Sometimes though, you don’t need all of that to be there (how often do you change the brightness manually?). Using a Jailbreak tweak called CCHide, you can remove any part of the control

Control center is the screen you pull up from the bottom of your device by dragging your finger up from off the bottom of the screen onto it. It is where you can quickly access Wifi, Bluetooth, AirPlay, Screen brightness, and more. So, wouldn’t it be great if you could add other shortcuts to control center? Thanks to a jailbreak tweak called CCControls, you can do just that. Here’s how to add other shortcuts to

Widgets are apps that can run on your home screen and bring you information directly (or control apps) instead of having to be opened. Some good examples of a widget are weather widgets that show the temperature and forecast directly on the screen, or a news feed that shows the latest news articles without needing to open. The iPhone / iPad doesn’t have this ability (unlike Macs and Android). Or does it? After jailbreaking your