It’s been an exciting week for the jailbreak community. Not only have we seen theofficial public release of the Cydia-integrated Electra jailbreak toolfor iOS 11.0-11.1.2, but we’ve learned thatSaurik is still working on official updates for Cydia and Mobile Substrate.
That aside, tweak developers have been launching new releases for bothiOS 10andiOS 11all week long, and we’ll show you all of them in this roundup. As usual, we’ll kick things off by showcasing our favorites first and then outline the rest of them afterward.
Our favorite releases this week
LegiBilly – FREE
LegiBillyis a jailbreak tweak that lets you colorize various text strings throughout iOS.
The tweak currently supports Home Screen app icon labels, Status Bar text, and Spotlight search text, just to name a few. Furthermore, the tweak sports an RGB color picker, which lets you choose from an infinite pool of colors rather than having to select one from a predefined list.
You canlearn more about LegiBillyand why it’s worth checking out in our full review.
Mypomonella – FREE
Jailbreakers use the Cydia store to download jailbreak tweaks and extensions to modify their device, but did you know that you may customize Cydia itself as well?
A new free jailbreak tweak calledMypomanellaputs countless Cydia-based customization options at your disposal. With it, you can control how and when the app refreshes its sources, enable full-screen mode, and disable functions in the app, among other things.
You canlearn more about Mypomanella’s full feature listin our full review.
Other releases this week
CasterTube:Lets you hide or show the Cast button in the YouTube app on demand (free via CydiaGeek’s beta repository)
DebugJUSTEAT:Turns on the internal Debug settings in the JUSTEAT app (free via CydiaGeek’s beta repository)
FullScreenX:Forces full-screen mode on apps that don’t yet stretch to fit the iPhone X’s taller display (free via BigBoss repository)
RequireFull:Forces all iPad apps to work with Slide Over and Split Screen modes (free via BigBoss repository)
SnapNight:Brings a dark mode feature to the official Snapchat app (free via BigBoss repository)
SwishBar:Displays the Status Bar in your App Switcher (free via CydiaGeek’s repository)
TimeReplacer:Lets you replace the Status Bar time with a custom text string (free via BigBoss repository)
With Electra now fully public, we should expect to see more iOS 11-basedjailbreak tweaksas time goes on. But in the meantime, we’re likely to continue seeing iOS 10 jailbreak tweaks until Saurik implements official updates for Cydia and other dependencies.
If you’re looking for more tweaks to try, then consideradding third-party Cydia repositories to your deviceto expand your scope andcheck out last week’s jailbreak tweak roundupjust in case you missed anything special. We also have a plethora of dedicated roundups that can help you find new tweaks for tweaking yourjailbrokeniOS 10device below:
What was your favorite jailbreak tweak released this week? Share in the comments section below!
