Cydia Apps
Cydia
is an alternate app store that makes it easy to find and install apps
that Apple wouldn’t approve. Many of the reasons to jailbreak will
require a trip to this new app store, only available on jailbroken
iPhones. This is the place to go for all the cool apps and features you
want on your iPhone, but that Apple won’t deliver until iOS 6.
BrowserChanger
If
you want to use an alternate iPhone browsers like Opera or Dolphin, you
don’t need to jailbreak, but then all of your apps will use the open in
safari behavior and skip right past your favorite browser. Not anymore.
Install BrowserChanger and you can choose which browser you want to
open when you grab a link from Facebook or Twitter.
Real Google Voice
Google Voice Extension - iPhone 4S Jailbreak
As I mentioned, this is one of my biggest reasons for wanting an iPhone 4S Jailbreak. The
PhoneGV Extension
and SMS GV Extension will allow your phone to handle all the nasty
tapping and routing, that you must use the Google Voice app for, in the
background. Once you install these apps, all the hard work is done
behind the scenes, just use Messages and your Dialer like you normally
would.
3G Facetime
Once
you jailbreak your iPhone, you can trick your phone into thinking you
are connected to WiFi so that you can make FaceTime calls over WiFi. I
don’t make many FaceTime calls, but I am more likely to want to do a
video call when I am far from my home WiFi network.
SB Settings
SB Settings gives
you fast access to your WiFi, Bluetooth and brightness settings. Of all
the things Apple makes simple, it sucks at giving you fast access to
these essential controls. SB Settings puts them right in your
notification pull down so that you can quickly change brightness, turn
on Bluetooth and more.
Customized Looks
If
you wan to change the whole look of your iPhone, to something like OS X
Lion or your favorite color combination, you can do this when you
Jailbreak your iPhone 4S. There are a number fo WinterBoard
themes available to change how your iPhone looks. From minor tweaks to
massive changes, you get to customize your iPhone 4S.
MyWi – 3G Hotspot
If
you want to use your iPhone 4S as a hotspot without signing up for a
plan from your carrier, you can use MyWi. This could end up getting you
in trouble with certain carriers, and if you use a lot of data you may
be better off paying for a hotspot from your carrier. A cool tool,
but definitely one to use at your own risk.
Mario on Your iPhone
Another
awesome addition when you jailbreak is the ability to load up your
favorite emulators like nes4iPhone, snes4iPhone and others. These tools
will let you play Roms from your favorite old-time game systems. ROMS
are a grey area, so if you don’t own the actual game, you are probably
breaking the law. Another fun hack, but one to do at your own risk. You
can see the this in action, using the Wiimote as a controller.
Five Icon Dock
If
you want to add another favorite program to your dock, Five Icon Dock
will do that for you by packing in icons tighter. A small tweak, but we
all have one more program we want on the home screen at all times.
right?
Five Icon Switcher
If
you’re going to put 5 icons in your home dock, you’ll want the same
five icon look in the multitasking switcher, which is exactly what this
app does for you.
Overboard
Even
after you add an extra icon to your dock, you’ll want to have Overboard
installed. You can pull up a a listing of all of your iPhone screens
for easy jumping and navigation. This one is $2 in the Cydia app store
and essential if you have page after page of apps. You can see how
Overboard works in the video shown above.
BiteSMS
Forget
about going into the Message app to reply to texts and iMessages, Bite
SMS allows you to reply directly from the notification. This is fully
compatible with iOS 5 and works with iMessaging. Check out the BiteSMS
features in the demo above.
IntelliscreenX
If
you want to do even more in the Notification Center, IntelliscreenX
looks like the best solution. You can access more than just
notifications with this jailbreak only app. Check out the video above
for all the details.
Add More Gestures
Activator
will add more gestures to your iPhone 4S. You can swipe left ont he
status bar to launch a specific app or double tap to start a new text
message in Bite SMS. You’ll be amazed by how much time you save using
this app. Ignore the horrible music, and look at Activator in action in
the video shown above.
Arrange Icons As You Want
Instead
of filling up from the upper left to the lower right, Gridlock allows
you to place your iPhone apps wherever you want them, leaving open
places if you want to keep space around your favorite app for easy
tapping. Check out Gridlock in action in the video above.
Never Enter Your App Store Password Again
With
PasswordPilot, you don’t need to enter your password every time you
download an app or download updates. This isn’t good if you are sharing
your iPhone, but if you keep a passcode on your iPhone and are sick of
typing in your password with every purchase and download it is awesome.
Add Pictures To Your Contacts
With
Copic, you can add pictures to your iPhone contacts, phone call log and
SMS message screens. A nice touch for browsing through your messages
quickly. You can see a demo of Copic in the video above.
No More Lockscreen
If
you want to skip the slide to unlock feature, you can turn on this app
and it will automatically unlock your phone to the home screen when you
press the power button. Unfortunately, you still see the
unlock screen for a second, but it beats sliding to unlock for some
users.
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When you can Jailbreak the iPhone 4S, you will be
able to search for these apps and hacks in Cydia. If you have a
jailbroken iPhone 4, you can get to using them right now.
