Jailbreak Apps

Quick Review: Dashboard for iPad (Jailbreak)

By Allyson Kazmucha, Thursday, May 6, 2010 a 4:35 pm

Dashboard for iPad is a Jailbreak app that will appeal to anyone who likes having widgets -- like that little tiger puzzle -- on their desktop computer.

Since Apple won't allow widget apps on the official App Store, it's Jailbreak only. You can get it free through Cydia and is a decent tweak for being in it's beginning stages. As of now, you're stuck with whatever default widgets are at the bottom. Actually, a user in our comments section brought to my attention you CAN install new widgets through SSH. If you plan to SSH, as always, approach with caution. Not recommended for beginning jailbreakers! I'd assume we will see some start popping up in Cydia and Rock soon. Video after the jump!

StyleTap Brings PalmOS to iPhone Jailbreak

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Mar 23, 2010 a 10:12 pm

It's no secret many iPhone users switched over from PalmOS Treo devices (yours truly included!) and now StyleTap has brought a way for you to run all your old PalmOS apps on your Jailbroken iPhone. Says Engadget:

Quick App: iTopple Theme for Jailbreak

By Leanna Lofte, Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 a 8:11 am

iMuggle Productions has released their first theme for Jailbroken iPhones -- iTopple. It is available in Rock and Cydia for $1.99, and boasts of being "sleek, clean, and simple". Included with iTopple are:

beautiful gradient wallpapers
350+ icons (and growing)
complete SMS chatkit
iPod controls
battery meters (charging and status bar)
status bar
custom wifi bars

iMuggle Productions recommends that for the best look, use iTopple with Reflective Dock (free) and icon labels turned off. If you pick this one up, let us know what you think!

More screenshots after the break!

How-to: Make Your Jailbroken iPhone Look Like and iPad

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Jan 30, 2010 a 12:52 pm

Redmond Pie has a nifty tutorial up for those who want to give their Jailbroken iPhone and/or iPod touch an iPad look-and-feel (or just a hint of iPhone 3.2!). Here's what you need:

Winterboard
“Simple iPad Theme”
MakeItMine app
Shrink app
ProSwitcher
NYTimes app
Classics app
Kindle app

Making your old device look like an unreleased new device is hallmark of the hacking community (hey, I had the marimba ringtone and iPhone theme on my Treo 680 for months!), so if you want to get your iPad on, check out Redmond Pie and the video after the break!

GV Mobile + (2.0) for Jailbreak Now on Cydia

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Jan 16, 2010 a 2:41 pm

We saw the preview, but now it's for real -- GV Mobile + (2.0) for Jailbreak is available via Cydia via the ModMyI repo. Originally an App Store app before the Great Google Voice Rejection of '09, GV Mobile has thrived on Cydia, and the latest release shows no sign of slowing down. What's new?

Quick Jailbreak App: SmartScreen Widgets for Lock Screen

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Sep 24, 2009 a 8:59 pm

SmartScreen provides widgets for your iPhone lock screen -- provided your jailbroken, that it. The demo above shows calendar, stocks, and weather, but the developer will be making an SDK available so other apps can get in on the widgety goodness. Conceivably Twitter updates, IMs, to-dos -- any information snippet really -- could be added.

Quick App: qTweeter for Jailbroken iPhones

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Apr 30, 2009 a 11:05 am

Efiko Software, the developer behind which we remember fondly for providing much needed UI relief to our old Palm OS devices, has produced a very interesting looking quick tweeting application for Jailbroken iPhones called qTweeter.

Quick App: QWERTY 5-Row Keyboard for Jailbreak

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 a 9:28 pm

Tired of hitting the 123 key to toggle on the numeric keyboard? Well, obviously some ingenious iPhone hacker was and whipped up this interesting little Jailbreak app to change the standard 4-row virtual keyboard into a five row with numbers surfaced right on top (or symbols, if you tap the shift key).

Want to grab it? Gizmodo (via iPhone Hacks) says you can find it under "5-Row QWERTY Keyboard" in Cydia"