Emphasize is a Cydia tweak that has been developed by Ryan Petrich that is actually a free version to the Accentify tweak that was recently released into Cydia. Ryan Petrich claims Emphasize is how Accentify should have been built and best of all it is a free tweak. Emphasize allows you to change … [Read more...]
Ryan Petrich Releases The Grabby Cydia Tweak Which Allows You To Customize The Camera Grabber
Contradicting what I previously said about Ryan Petrich rarely releasing Cydia tweaks in my last article about a tweak he recently released on his private beta repository, Petrich has released another tweak today called Grabby that is indeed worth checking out. Essentially what Grabby does is … [Read more...]
Assign An Activator Action To Start The Recording Of A Voice Memo With This Cydia Tweak From Ryan Petrich
Ryan Petrich rarely releases Cydia tweaks, but when he does they are worth noting! Today he has released a tweak in his beta repository that will cater towards those who use voice memos on a consistent basis. The tweak is called Voice Memos Toggle for Activator and will simply allow you to set an … [Read more...]
Mastermind Cydia Tweak Developer Ryan Petrich Takes To Reddit To Do An AMA
Reddit AMAs (Ask Me Anything) seem to be getting more and more popular. Today none other than Ryan Petrich started a Reddit AMA where he answered some questions regarding his favorite tweaks, his lifestyle and more. For those of you who don't know who Ryan Petrich is, he is the bright mind behind … [Read more...]
Add Do Not Disturb Toggle To SBSettings Or Activator With Do Not Disturb Toggle Tweak
Apple introduced the Do Not Disturb option in iOS 6, which basically lets you turn off all notifications, alerts and calls in one tap. It's quite handy if you don't want to be disturbed while you're sleeping. To turn it on, you'll have to open the Settings app and then turn on the Do Not Disturb … [Read more...]
Topography For Google Maps Unlocks Hidden View [Cydia Tweak]
Google's had a terrain view for its maps app since 2007, but it's never been available on the iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch until now. Ryan Petrich, a well-known iPhone homebrew developer recently released a Cydia tweak that unlocks the terrain view in the new Google maps app. The tweak: Topography … [Read more...]
UpsideDown Allows For Rotation In Portrait Apps, Messing With Friends [Cydia Tweak]
You know the problem: You're trying to use your iPhone, but it's almost out of power. From where you're sitting the charging cable is barely able to reach the outlet, but because Apple built the dock on the bottom of your phone you have to hold it upside down. Meanwhile the app you want to use only … [Read more...]
SwipeBack Adds A Back Gesture To The iPhone and iPod Touch [Cydia Tweak]
One of the features that Android has over iOS is the back button; users are divided as to whether every android phone should have a back button, but it does provide for faster navigation through menus and apps. Ryan Petrich's SwipeBack is a slightly different implementation of the same concept--it … [Read more...]
Activoice Cydia Tweak Lets You Launch Google Voice Search Using Activator
Google's latest update to its Google Search app for iOS gave us much improved Voice Search functionality. It's much faster and most of the time recognizes speech better than Apple's own Siri. So why not use it instead of Siri, for web searches, knowing the weather etc. A tweak called NowNow for … [Read more...]
ForceStatusBar Enables The Status Bar In Every App [Cydia Tweak]
In the past we've covered apps that make the status bar disappear, like Maximization (which works great on the iPad with Quasar), but what do you do if you always want the status bar? After all, there are games and apps that automatically make the status bar disappear, even when you need to keep an … [Read more...]