Apple iPhone School » Cydia http://www.appleiphoneschool.com Learn how to use, hack and mod the Apple iPhone, iPad & iPod touch Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:33:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.appleiphoneschool.com http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/favicon.ico Apple iPhone School RemovePictureFrame http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/07/27/removepictureframe/ http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/07/27/removepictureframe/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:31:01 +0000 Douglas http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/?p=26629 This free little hack is exactly what the name suggests. It simply removes the little button on your lockscreen that turns your iPad into a picture frame. If you’re using the iPad as a kiosk or for other reasons and you want to remove this button, this is the solution. Here’s a before and after screenshot.

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before after package ]]> http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/07/27/removepictureframe/feed/ 13 Hidden iPad Facebook App Found, Then Blocked by Facebook, Then Re-Hacked! [Update] http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/07/26/hidden-ipad-facebook-app-found-then-blocked-by-facebook/ http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/07/26/hidden-ipad-facebook-app-found-then-blocked-by-facebook/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:21:25 +0000 Douglas http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/?p=26611 Recently, someone figured out that if they changed just one little number in the code for the iPhone Facebook app, the iPad app would be revealed when installed on the iPad. You needed to be jailbroken so you could access the Facebook app files to change the code that marks the app for the iPhone or iPad. The app was a little buggy but the layout was pretty good. Nothing to blow your mind but better than the tiny little iPhone app. UPDATE: There is a hack in Cydia called FaceForward that re-enables the hack and doesn’t require the step by step hacks below!

iTunes Link

It probably won’t work again anytime soon but if they give back access here’s how to hack it:

1. You must be jailbroken.
2. Install iFile on your iPad so you can edit the Facebook application files. It’s free in Cydia.
3. Install the iPhone Facebook app on your iPad. It’s free in the App Store.
4. Open iFile and navigate to Applications/Facebook/Facebook.app/Info.plist
5. Tap on Info.plist and either use Text Viewer or Property List Viewer and change UIDeviceFamily to 2 instead of 1.
6. Reboot iPad.

Here’s a few screenshots I grabbed before it stopped working:

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]]> http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/07/26/hidden-ipad-facebook-app-found-then-blocked-by-facebook/feed/ 1 Friday Night Movie Night: Swype http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/07/08/friday-night-movie-night-swype/ http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/07/08/friday-night-movie-night-swype/#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 02:17:15 +0000 Douglas http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/?p=26580 This app is still in Beta but if you want to check it out, it’s now available in Cydia. If you’re not familiar with Swype, it’s an alternative to traditional touchscreen typing. Instead of tapping each key, you start with the first letter of the word you’re typing and then drag it to each letter and lift off on the last letter. Check it out in the video below and if you try it out, let us know what you think.

Source to add to Cydia: http://wynd.x10.mx

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Available In: Cydia       Price: Free  

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music-center-1 music-center-2 music-center-3 ]]> http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/06/18/musiccenter-ios-5-widget/feed/ 3 BytaFont – Change System Fonts on iPhone, iPad or iPod touch http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/04/28/bytafont-change-system-fonts-on-iphone-ipad-or-ipod-touch/ http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/04/28/bytafont-change-system-fonts-on-iphone-ipad-or-ipod-touch/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:04:37 +0000 Douglas http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/?p=26264 There have been jailbreak apps that change fonts before but for the 4.x firmware I am liking an app called BytaFont. It’s free and there are a lot of fonts available with more being added all the time. Some are a little crazy but some are sweet. You can even have different fonts in different areas of your device. Here’s a list of all the areas:

- Dialer/Calculator
- Keyboard
- Lockscreen Clock
- Notes
- System

Again, there are a ton of fonts but I’ll just show a few below to give you an idea. One thing that would be nice is if you could use different fonts for your home screen but keep stock fonts elsewhere. I’m guessing this is a Apple firmware limitation.

Available In: Cydia       Price: Free  

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Available In: Cydia       Price: $0.99Free  
IMG_0199 IMG_0200 IMG_0201 IMG_0202 IMG_0203 IMG_0204 IMG_0205 IMG_0206 IMG_0207 IMG_0208 ]]> http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/03/30/color-mail-labels/feed/ 4 Cydia 1.1 Update http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/03/26/cydia-1-1-update/ http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/03/26/cydia-1-1-update/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:17:51 +0000 Douglas http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/?p=26116 This morning Jay Freeman (@saurik) release Cydia 1.1. This update makes Cydia “faster, slimmer, and more stable; including an improved search algorithm and resume where you left off.”

When it was first released it was running a bit slow but now that the rush of people downloading it is over it’s running great.

Also, don’t worry about some of your sources being uninstalled during the process. They will still be there as explained in this tweet:

Here are some screenshots of the new Cydia.

UPDATE: While writing this article, version 1.1.1 was released. As of now, I do not know what changes where made but if we find out, we will let you know.

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PhotoProtect does have a few settings (located in the stock Settings app) including the ability to turn the hack on/off (turning the hack off will allow you to delete photos again) and the ability to type what you would like the pop-up and button to say when trying to delete a photo.

Note: I did have one instance when I had the hack turned on and it still deleted my photo. I went and turned the hack off and then back on again and it worked fine after that.

Other than that one glitch, the app seems to work like it should. You can get PhotoProtect via the BigBoss source.

Available In: Cydia       Price: Free  

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photoprotect photoprotect2 photoprotect3 photoprotect4 photoprotect5 photoprotect6 ]]> http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/03/14/photoprotect-prevent-photos-from-being-deleted/feed/ 1 Twizzler – Remove Trending Topic From Twitter 3.3 http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/03/04/twizzler-remove-trending-topic-from-twitter-3-3/ http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/03/04/twizzler-remove-trending-topic-from-twitter-3-3/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:15:15 +0000 Douglas http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/?p=25947 Twitter just updated their app for the iPhone with some great features but they added a really annoying feature. At the top of the screen they added a rotating banner with current trending topics. It’s about the size of a typical ad and is really, really annoying. Thankfully, @chpwn made a hack to remove it and the hack is free in Cydia. Just search for Twizzler and install. Check out the before and after pics below.

Note: When the app was first released there was an error showing up “Size Mismatched” but it has been fixed now.

Cydia Description

Removes the new “trending topics” bar from Twitter for iPhone 3.3 (the ugly black bar at the top of all your timelines). Obviously, requires twitter for iPhone v3.3 from App Store to be installed.

Available In: Cydia       Price: Free  

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IMG_3097 IMG_3098 IMG_3101 IMG_0174 ]]> http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/03/04/twizzler-remove-trending-topic-from-twitter-3-3/feed/ 2 TVDown Screenshot Animation http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/03/03/tvdown-screenshot-animation/ http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2011/03/03/tvdown-screenshot-animation/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:47:49 +0000 Brooke http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/?p=25940 TVDown Screenshot Animation is a hack that changes the animation when taking a screenshot. Normally, when you take a screenshot, you would see a quick white flash. This hack changes the “flash” to an animation that is similar to an “old-tv-powering-down.” It’s kind of cool. You can get TVDown Screenshot Animation via the BigBoss source.

This hack does not add an icon to your SpringBoard or any settings in the stock Settings application. It is automatically activated as soon as it is installed in Cydia. To remove the hack, you would need to uninstall it in Cydia or use the Mobile Substrate Addons option in SBSettings.


Available In: Cydia       Price: Free  

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