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vWallpaper 0.93 & SkrewCommon 1.49

Douglas — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:32:51 +0000

The update to SkrewCommon and vWallpaper gives vWallpaper some nice new features. When you select Video Ringtones you will notice that the Select Video option has been changed to Select Global Video and that there is a new Manage Contacts feature. The Select Global Video option still allows you to choose one video ringtone for all incoming calls. A cool new feature is the Manage Contacts feature which allows you to select video ringtones for specific contacts! When you select Manage Contacts, you will get a list of your contacts. You can then choose a contact and it will bring up the list of videos you have downloaded. Just select the video you would like as that contact’s ringtone. You will then be brought back to the contact list. The contact’s with video ringtones assigned to them will have a delete icon next to them. To delete a video ringtone, tap the icon and then select Delete. It will only delete the video ringtone and not the actual contact.

Another very nice new feature is when you select a video to assign it to a contact or as the global video, you will get to see a preview of the video. An excellent feature! The update also allows you to use videos from MxTube as a video ringtone. The only feature I would love to see now is the ability to view the videos before I download them. That way I do not have to download them and then delete them…it would save a ton of time. You can get both vWallpaper and SkrewCommon through the Skrew source.

VideosTone vs. vWallpaper

Brooke — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:08:54 +0000

Quite a few people have been asking what the difference is between, VideosTone and vWallpaper. Below is a breakdown of both the applications (the numbers are corresponding).

VideosTone
1. Ability to set a video ringtone for all incoming calls or you can choose video ringtones for specific contacts
2. You can preview the videos before selecting them
3. Ability to set both the audio ringtone and video ringtone
4. You have to manually SSH in more videos to be used as ringtones (comes with one default video ringtone)
5. Shows up as an option in your stock Settings app on you iPhone
6. Free
7. Available through iFoneTec Source

vWallpaper
1. If you set a video ringtone…that is the ringtone for all incoming calls
2. You can only see the file names of the videos
3. Can select only a video…whatever audio is with that video is what is used as the ringtone
4. You can download more videos to be used as ringtones from within the application
5. Shows up as an application on iPhone’s SpringBoard
6. Free
7. Available through Skrew source

Let me know in the comments which application you prefer…I really think it comes down to personal preference.

Ringtones 2.87

Brooke — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:45:23 +0000

Today, version 2.87 of Ringtones showed up in my Installer in Recent Packages. However, version 2.87 of Ringtones has already been released (a month ago!). I did notice that when I installed the “update” it changed the application icon. There are no other visual changes to the application so, I’m not really sure what the deal is…maybe just an icon update. You can get Ringtones via the Skrew source.

vWallpaper 0.92 & SkrewCommon 1.48

Brooke — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:44:00 +0000

The update to SkrewCommon and vWallpaper adds the ability to set video ringtones. When you open the application, you will see that the main menu has changed and the options now include; Video Wallpaper, Video Ringtones, Visit Application Page and Donate. The Video Wallpaper option itself has not changed. When select the Video Ringtones option, you will get a menu with the following options; Enable VideoRingtone, Select Video, Download Videos, Videos Repository (which is not available yet) and Restart SpringBoard.

There is one default video ringtone already in the Select Videos option, you can add more videos by downloading them from the Download Videos section. As of now, there are eight videos available to download from the Download Videos section. After you have selected a video from the Select Video section, you will want to enable videoringtones and then restart your SpringBoard. The video ringtone that you select will be automatically added as the ringtone for all incoming calls. The only thing that drives me crazy about this application is that there is no back button. The Home button brings you all the way out to the main menu when I only want to go back one menu!! Other than that, the application worked good. I did have to turn off my VideosTone ringtones in order to get the vWallpaper Video Ringtone to work. You can get both SkrewCommon and vWallpaper through the Skrew source.

SkrewCommon 1.46 – Affects vWallpaper, iToday and iFastSwitch

Brooke — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:41:10 +0000

The update to version 1.46 of SkrewCommon affects quite a few application in the Skrew source. The update to Skrew Common fixes iToday so that if you have not entered a location into a Calendar event, it will not display the @ sign (see screenshot below). It adds an autolock feature into vWallpaper that allows your iPhone to autolock when you have a video wallpaper. The autolock feature seemed to work fine for me. Doug has been waiting for this feature in vWallpaper for a long time! And finally, the update to SkrewCommon attempts to fix the issue with the reboot feature in iFastSwitch. The update to iFastSwitch also adds an SSH option. You can get all these applications and SkrewCommon via the Skrew source.

Full Change Log for version 1.46 of SkrewCommon:
SkrewCommon for vWallpaper:
    • Autolock implantation.
SkrewCommon for iToday:
    • Don’t display “@” if there are not location defined.
SkrewCommon for iFastSwitch :
    • Problem for halt / reboot : please test if it’s ok for you now.
    • SSH : Implementation of 4 ssh server version. As i can’t test all
versions, please report if it’s ok for you. If not, post on forum with
maximum details about your configuration.

iFastSwitch 1.3 and Skrew Common 1.44

Brooke — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:12:40 +0000

The update to Skrew Common and iFastSwitch allow iFastSwitch to have some cool new features. Instead of swiping your finger from the upper right corner to the middle of the SpringBoard to activate iFastSwitch, you now swipe your finger across the statusbar at the top of the screen. You are also now able to activate iFastSwitch in others applications and not just when on the SpringBoard, as long as the status bar is visible. The ability to toggle SSH via iFastSwitch is also available in this update. And finally, the airplane mode icon turns red when it is toggled off. You can get iFastSwitch and Skrew Common through the Skrew source.

SkrewCommon 1.42 & iFastSwitch 1.2

Brooke — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:56:39 +0000

The update to SkrewCommon and iFastSwitch add an SSH toggle options to iFashSwitch however, it is not active. The developer says that it will be active in the next version of the application. Another helpful new feature in the update is that when you respring your SpringBoard, it adds a little red rectangle to your SpringBoard showing you where to swipe on your finger on your SpringBoard to bring up the iFastSwith overlay. SkrewCommmon and iFastSwitch are available through the Skrew source.

Video Demo: This video is of version 1.0, therefore does not include the festures in 1.2 of iFastSwitch.

Watch “iFastSwitch” on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

SkrewCommon 1.41

Brooke — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:21:16 +0000

The update to version 1.41 of SkrewCommon allows vWallpapers to work in conjunction with iFastSwitch. Before the update, vWallpaper would not activate. SkrewCommon is available through the Skrew source.

iFastSwitch 1.0

Brooke — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:33:57 +0000

iFastSwitch is an application that allows you to toggle your WiFi, Bluetooth and Airplane Mode as well as giving you the option to Respring, Reboot and Shutdown your iPhone. It also displays some system information about your iPhone including; the WiFi you are connected to, the IP address you are connected to, the battery percentage and system/media space information. In order to use the application, you have to donate (or have donated in the past). You can install the application without having donated however, you can not enable it.

When you open the application, you will get a main menu with the options; Settings, Visit Application Page and Donate. In the Setting you can enable iFastSwitch, Register and Restart your SpringBoard. What is cool about this application is that once it is enable, you activate it by swiping from the top right corner of your SpringBoard to the middle of the SpringBoard. The application will then pop-up on top of your SpringBoard. When you toggle WiFi, Bluetooth and Airplane Mode, you will know that are on when they are green. If they are toggled off, they will display red. To use the Respring, Reboot and Shutdown features, just double-tap them. If you would like to exit the application, just double tap on an empty spot on the SpringBoard. iFastSwitch is available through the Skrew source.

Note: SkrewCommon was updated to version 1.40 to support iFastSwitch. You will want to update SkrewCommon before installing iFastSwitch.

SkrewCommon 1.39

Brooke — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:47:23 +0000

The update to SkrewCommon version 1.39 makes some nice changes to iToday. My favorite part of the update is that both the box and the screen are now scrollable. In the previous version, only the screen was scrollable. This adds a ton of functionality to the application. However, it is a little tricky getting used to scrolling just the screen and not the boxes. You have to scroll near the top or on the right of the screen. After a little practice, it is no problem. Both SMS and Call History have been added to the lockscreen. It displays the Date, Time and Contact from the last 10 Texts and Calls you have received. It also displays the actual message in the texts as well. I did notice that the calendar does not show reoccurring events. This bug was fixed with the last version of iToday but, it seems it is back in this version. I also have to tap on my Birthday box to make the Birthday’s display. However, overall, this is a pretty decent update. There were no changes in the Setting on the actual application. iToday and SkrewCommon are both available through the Skrew source.

Changelog:
- Blocks are in html.
- Calendar contain now end date and location of event.
- Contain fix from 1.38 (random springboard restart and random 5 seconds lock of slider).