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FBphotoSave – Save Photos from Facebook Application to Camera Roll

Brooke — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:15:36 +0000

FBphotoSave is a hack that allows you save photos from the Facebook application to your Camera Roll. Normally, the stock photo saving method that allows you to tap and hold on an image to save it to your device does not work in the Facebook application however FBphotoSave enables this feature.

It’s a super simple little hack. Once installed, you can use the hack by tapping and holding on any photo in the Facebook application. When you release your hold, you will get a pop-up with the options to Cancel the save or Confirm the save. If you select Confirm it will display a little HUD saying that the photo has been saved. You can then go into your Camera Roll and view the saved image.

The hack does have a few settings (located in the stock Settings application) that allow you to enable/disable the hack and adjust the quality of the saved photo. It would be nice if the slider to adjust the photo quality actually displayed the exact quality… maybe we will see that in an update.

Overall, FBphotoSave worked pretty well for me. There were a few times when I had to save an image a few times before it saved to my Camera Roll and one instance when it saved the previous image I had selected instead of the current image I had selected to save. But, overall, it seemed to work pretty well. I’m just stoked that I can actually save images from Facebook now! I don’t even know how many times I’m have tried to do that and then remembered it didn’t work! You can get FBphotoSave via the modmyi source.

Available In: Cydia

Price: $0.99

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PageLock – Remove SpringBoard Page Scrolling Ability

Brooke — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:23:32 +0000

PageLock is a hack that removes the ability to scroll through the pages on your SpringBoard. I know what you thinking, “So how in the world am I going to get to my next page of apps?” I’ll be honest, I was thinking the same thing! So, I installed the hack and gave it a try. What I found is that it does indeed stop the ability to scroll between pages on your SpringBoard however, you are able to tap next to the page dots on the bottom of the SpringBoard to go to the next page. Tap to the left of the page dots to scroll left and tap to the right of the page dots to scroll right.

Personally, I could never use this hack on a daily bases… I’m WAY to programed to scroll my through my pages. I left the hack installed on our test iPhone for a while and I’m pretty sure I could not even count the number of times I was like, “What is wrong with this thing!!” Then I would remember that I had the hack installed. You’ll have to let me know in the comments if you think you will use this hack or if you have a really good use for it.

PageLock is activated as soon as it is installed via Cydia. Which means, if you would like to remove the hack… you will need to uninstall it in Cydia. It does not add an icon or any options in the stock Settings application. You can get PageLock via the modmyi source.

Note: The “tap the page dots” scrolling is actually not a new method. You can do that on any iPhone (jailbroke or not).

Another Note: When I uninstalled PageLock… I had to reboot my iPhone before the scrolling would work again. But, once my device rebooted, everything was back to normal.

Available In: Cydia

Price: Free

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Snowman Theme – WinterBoard Theme

Brooke — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:08:50 +0000

Snowman theme isn’t your typical Christmas theme… it’s more of a subtle Christmas feel. The theme contains around 35 custom icons however it has an icon mask which means it actually themes all icons (except Web Clips). It also contains a lock screen background, dock, wallpaper, sms background, Folders mod… etc. You can get Snowman Theme via the modmyi source. I’m still looking for the perfect Christmas theme. Let me know in the comments if you have a favorite.

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Available In: Cydia

Price: Free

Light Bright – Easily Adjust Brightness Using Home and Volume Buttons

Brooke — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:06:45 +0000

Light Bright is a sweet little hack that allows you to easily adjust your iPhone’s brightness. For some reason I’m like addicted to adjusting my brightness… I’m not even kidding. My previous favorite was the SBSettings brightness toggle however, I think it has been beat out by Light Bright! Light Bright is so convenient. Once installed, you just hold down the Home Button and use your volume controls to adjust the brightness. This can be done from basically anywhere…. while on the lock screen, the SpringBoard, in any application… etc. The only problem I have found is that if you have Backgrounder installed, you have to make sure not to hold the Home Button down too long before you start adjusting your brightness or you will enable backgrounding. Though, Light Bright can be used anytime where as SBSettings toggle does not work in Cydia or any application that does not display the status bar. I personally think it’s a totally sweet hack. You can get Light Bright via the modmyi source.

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Available In: Cydia

Price: $0.99

StayOpened – Keep App Store Open While Installing Apps

Brooke — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 20:17:54 +0000

StayOpened is an application that keeps the App Store application open while the app downloads in the background. Normally, the App Store app closes as soon as you select “install” and then gives you the little pop-up for your iTunes password. This app keeps the App Store open. You still get the password pop-up but you get to stay in the App Store and the apps download in the background. This is helpful for those times when you want to give a few apps a try. Instead of closing, reopening, closing, reopening… you can just install them all!

When you install StayOpened, it will be added into the stock Settings application. You will need to go in and turn the app On. There is also an option to turn on the “Purchase Confirmation Title.” This option allows you to change the word “purchase” when you select an app to buy. You are able to customize the word “purchase” by typing in a new Title. If you turn on the “Purchase Confirmation Title” option, don’t forget to type something into the title or it will just display blank and that is a little confusing… trust me!

Once I got things figured out… this app worked great. I did not have any issues with install or updating apps in the App Store. Everything downloaded in the background like it was supposed to. A helpful little hack if you ask me. You can get StayOpened via the modmyi source.

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Available In: Cydia

Price: Free

Sleek Elite HD – SBSettings Theme

Brooke — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:34:10 +0000

Available In: Cydia

Price: Free

Sleek Elite HD is a theme for SBSettings (an application that allows you to quickly toggle settings on your device). There are two things I really like about this theme; it’s well designed and it has 31 icons. I’m pretty sure that covers about ever toggle available for SBSettings! Check out the screenshots below. You can get Sleek Elite HD via the modmyi source.

Note: Once you have installed an SBSetting theme from Cydia, you will need to go into SBSetting and select the More option and then the SBSettings Theme option where you can then select the theme you would like.

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MiDarkTheme – WinterBoard Theme

Brooke — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:43:19 +0000

MiDarkTheme is a dark theme (obviously) that contains 36 icons, a dock, status bar, lockscreen background, wallpaper, SMS mod, Safari mod, Phone mod, pop-up mod, Calculator mod, badges, page dots… etc. Overall it is a decently designed theme. There are a few things that could be a little cleaner… like the Safari loading mod but overall it’s not too bad. You can get MiDarkTheme via the modmyi source.

Note: There is no Stocks icon for this theme.

How to Install a Theme:

1. Your device must be jailbroken. (how?)
2. Make sure you have WinterBoard installed via Cydia.
2. Make sure you have the modmyi installed in Cydia.
3. Search for MiDarkTheme in Cydia, run the install.
4. Open WinterBoard and activate the MiDarkTheme Theme.

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Available In: Cydia

Price: Free

LinkShrink – Quickly Shorten URLs

Brooke — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:26:27 +0000

Available In: Cydia

Price: Free

LinkShrink is an application that allows you to quickly shorten URLs. The app gives you the option to use one of four services to shorten your URL; TinyURL, is.gd, tr.im or rfly.me. Using the app is quick and easy… copy the URL you would like to shorten, open LinkShrink, paste your URL, choose your shortening service and click ‘Shorten URL.’ You are then able to copy the new shortened URL. The copied URL is put into your device’s clipboard and is ready to be pasted wherever you need it.

Overall, the app worked like it should. I did notice that there is a Settings button in the upper left corner of the app but, it doesn’t seem to work. Maybe the Settings are coming with an update to the app. You can get LinkShrink via the modmyi source.

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QuickLock 2: One-Tap Lock Mode

Brooke — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:57:31 +0000

Available In: Cydia

Price: Free

QuickLock 2 is a basically the original QuickLock mod updated for the iOS 4 firmware. Like the original, this mod allows you to quickly lock your device with one tap on your SpringBoard. Once the app is installed, it adds an icon to the SpringBoard. Just tap the icon and your device will go into lock mode. It’s quick and simple!

The first time I reviewed QuickLock, I was a little skeptical on why anyone would even want such a mod but as it turns out, people do (especially people with broken sleep/wake buttons!). You can get QuickLock 2 via the modmyi source.

You can see a quick (very quick) video demo of the app in episode 18 of our i101 podcast.

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MatteFusionGZ – WinterBoard Theme

Brooke — Fri, 14 May 2010 21:05:41 +0000

MatteFusionGZ is a simple and clean WinterBoard theme that contains 70 matte icons, a dock, status bar and badge. There are a few things to note about this theme.

The SMS icon is labeled incorrectly so the themed icon does not display when you active the theme in WinterBoard. To change this, you can ssh into (or use iFile on your device) the /library/Themes/MatteFusionGZ/Icons folder and rename Text.png to Messages.png. It will then display the themed SMS icon.

If you are into the modding scene, the theme does contain a few extra wallpapers as well as an 36 additional icons in a folder titled “more icons.” To take it even further, it also contains a .psd file for the icons.

Also, if you are looking for a lock screen battery that matches the little better than the stock battery… check out Matte Battery 2.0.

You can get MatteFusionGZ via the modmyi source.

How to Install a Theme:

1. Your device must be jailbroken. (how?)
2. Make sure you have WinterBoard installed via Cydia.
2. Make sure you have the modmyi installed in Cydia.
3. Search for MatteFusionGZ in Cydia, run the install.
4. Open WinterBoard and activate the MatteFusionGZ Theme.

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Available In: Cydia

Price: Free