Useful tweaks from Cydia for iOS 6. The best tweaks and repositories for Cydia. FlipControlCenter – add the necessary switches to the Control Center

LiveWire is a new add-on designed specifically for jailbroken Apple mobile devices. This tweak from Cydia contains one single animation sketch for the most frequently used section of the iOS operating system - the unlock screen. After installing LiveWire, the lockscreen gets an original effect, which is consistent with Apple’s “Slide to unlock” approach, but looks much more interesting - the appearance of the iPhone home screen is accompanied by the effect...

In , .

Cydia has a new jailbreak tweak with the self-explanatory name PodSwitcher, thanks to which you can make good use of the multitasking panel in iOS. Instead of a blank screen with wallpaper on top, the iPhone owner gets quick access to the music library stored in the mobile device's memory. After installing PodSwitcher, you can view songs, album covers, and search for music in your iPhone library by simply calling “app switcher.” "PodSwitcher provides...

In , .

The developer of unofficial iOS applications, Grand Paul, known online under the nickname Chpwn, has released an update to the Gridlock tweak. Gridlock 2.0 is a very popular jailbreak add-on among users, which makes it possible to arrange icons on the iPhone screen in any format. With Gridlock, you can place icons anywhere on your iOS home screen. In a normal situation, if you move an icon, the next one will move to its...

In , .

The new jailbreak extension CustomGrid 2, introduced recently in Cydia, allows you to place iPhone desktop icons anywhere on the screen in any order. Using CustomGrid 2, you can set the total number of icons, the number of rows and columns on each springboard page, change the horizontal and vertical spacing between icons, and even hide application names. Second version of CustomGrid...

Hi all! Today you will see the largest list of tweaks you have ever seen! Especially for you, we have collected only the best free tweaks for iOS 6 and 6.1.

Of course, like the jailbreak process itself, we install all tweaks at our own peril and risk, because we cannot in any way be responsible for the actions of pirate developers who created these tweaks. First, add the repositories:

Cydia -> Sources -> Edit -> Add -> Repo -> Add Source

Cydia -> Sources -> Edit -> Add -> Enter repository -> Add

Standard repositories

BigBoss -> http://apt.thebigboss.org/repofiles/cydia/dists/stable/main/binary-iphoneos-arm/ Cydia/Telesphoreo -> http://apt.saurik.com/cydia-3.7/ Dev Team -> http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com ModMyi.com -> http://apt.modmyi.com/dists/stable/main/binary-iphoneos-arm/ ZodTTD & MacCiti -> http://cydia.zodttd .com/repo/cydia/dists/stable/main/binary-iphoneos-arm/ To add repositories (BigBoss, Cydia/Telesphoreo, ModMyi.com, ZodTTD & MacCiti) go to -> Cydia -> More Package Sources packages)

The best repositories with cracked applications, tweaks, themes, etc.

HackYouriPhone -> http://repo.hackyouriphone.org ->

Xarold -> http://repo.xarold.com -> relevant for iOS 5, iOS 6, iOS 7, iOS 8, iOS 9

xSellize -> http://cydia.xsellize.com -> relevant for iOS 5, iOS 6, iOS 7, iOS 8, iOS 9

insanelyi -> http://repo.insanelyi.com -> relevant for iOS 5, iOS 6, iOS 7, iOS 8, iOS 9

SiNfuL iPhone -> http://sinfuliphonerepo.com -> relevant for iOS 5, iOS 6, iOS 7, iOS 8, iOS 9

Cydia.vn -> http://cydia.vn -> relevant for iOS 5, iOS 6, iOS 7, iOS 8, iOS 9

BiteYourApple -> http://repo.biteyourapple.net -> relevant for iOS 5, iOS 6, iOS 7, iOS 8, iOS 9

Russian-language repositories with cracked applications, tweaks, themes, etc.

JailCake -> http://cydia.jailcake.net -> relevant for iOS 7, iOS 8, iOS 9

CoreJB -> http://cydia.corejb.ru -> relevant for iOS 7, iOS 8, iOS 9 JbDe -> http://repo.jbde.ru -> relevant for iOS 7, iOS 8, iOS 9 iGuides - > http://apt.iguides.ru -> relevant for iOS 7, iOS 8, iOS 9 iRepo -> http://irepo.ru -> relevant for iOS 5, iOS 6, iOS 7 Alleon -> http:/ /apt.alleon.name -> relevant for iOS 5, iOS 6

And now let’s download the tweaks:

Zephyr is another popular tweak. With its help, you can open the multitasking panel by swiping up from the bottom like the Notification Center, only in reverse. Need to close the application? Then the gesture should be more sweeping. Zephyr will also help you switch between running applications by swiping from side to side. Deck – Users who like to quickly access various features can add a hotbar to their Springboard iPhone or iPad using the Deck tweak. It consists of two parts: a fixed part, which displays shortcuts for quickly launching the camera, accessing Siri, the player, and writing a new tweet, and a resizable part, on which you can place shortcuts to quickly launch important applications and actions, for example, activating Spotlight or writing a new SMS, e-mail and more. Activator is one of the most popular tweaks. With its help, you can launch applications, perform various actions, and much more by swiping across the screen, pressing buttons, or tapping certain areas of the screen. As a side effect, Activator will help users whose Home button is not working. ABfix – A small tweak that can be downloaded from the iGuides repository is compatible with the sixth version of the firmware and allows you to get rid of unnecessary English letters in the contacts scroll bar. Operator Logo – Another useful tweak from the iGuides repository. With its help, you can replace the operator’s signature with a beautiful picture-logo. MTS, Beeline and Megafon are supported. Arrangestatusbar. Allows you to customize the location of icons in the status bar. You can destroy the aesthetics of the system by lumping them in one corner or simply swapping the clock and battery indicator. FakeCarrier. Changes the hateful name of the operator to an arbitrary word. It has been verified that “UiP” looks great on iPhone 5 =) iWidgets. Allows you to install widgets on your home screen. Initially, a calendar and a clock are available (too large for the iPhone screen), but Cydia has other widgets for this add-on. FolderCloser. Disables an annoying iOS setting that leaves a folder open after activating an application hidden in it. Now, when you close the program, you will immediately be taken to the home screen, and the folder will be minimized. BytaFont. A tweak that allows you to replace the system font with one of the many available in the program database. Scale. Adds to the Music App the ability to share the name of a song on Twitter, Facebook, via SMS, mail, or simply copy it to the clipboard. AnimateBattery. Not super useful, but effective animation of the battery charging process. KillBackground. The tweak adds a button, by clicking which you can instantly clear the list of open/active applications. Photo Info. A new menu appears in the gallery, showing comprehensive information about the images, including: resolution, size, date and time, location. f.lux. A specific thing that changes the color scheme of the iPhone display in the evening to one of the preset schemes (fluorescent lamp, candle, etc.). Colors become softer and more pleasant to perceive in artificial lighting. CameraTweak. $1 – Significantly increases the capabilities of the Camera utility. Among the opportunities to choose different focusing and exposure metering points, timers, grids, flexible video settings (proportions, quality). Price: $2. Auxo. – $1.99 – the add-on adds intuitiveness to the application manager by placing a card with an application preview under the icon. It looks clear and does not violate the aesthetics of the system. Price: $2.

Continuation of various tweaks

ProTube2. Allows you to download videos from YouTube, you can select the resolution or save only the audio track. Price: $2. Barrel. 3D transition effects between desktops. There are a lot of them and they look really nice. Price: $3 Ostium. $1 Flexible customization of Notification Center, including opening animation and wallpaper. Stored in the repository: cydia.iphonetweak.fr Price: $2. biteSMS. A very, no honestly, very advanced alternative to standard SMS. There are highly customizable notifications with a preview of the message text and many action options, a quick editor for new messages, and much more. If the basic capabilities of iOS in correspondence confuse you even a little, I highly recommend trying biteSMS. Price: $8, trial available. Aicon. Applies effects to icons (sepia, b/w, etc.). It will come in handy if you want to slightly refresh the image of the system, but are not ready to radically interfere with its appearance. Price: $2. Dashboard X. Allows you to install widgets on your home screen. The catalog of available widgets is impressive, among them: playback control, weather or stock displays, module switches and other useful things. Price: $2. CallBar. Teach your iPhone not to distract you with an incoming call by replacing the on-screen call notification with a pop-up bar. You can start a call without going to the Phone App. Price: $4. Emblem. An indispensable tweak for iPad owners. Replaces awkward system notifications with cool OS X-style windows. In addition to aesthetics, the tweak adds functionality to notifications, as they can include buttons for additional actions. Price: $2. NCSettings is an important addition to Notification Center. It is a special widget that allows you to quickly access control of the main iOS system functions that you use most often. You can download NCSettings for free from Cydia's ModMyi repository. Don't forget to activate the widget after installation (Settings -> Notifications -> NCSettings). Anyring. Sets any melody for calls/sms/mail. It doesn't matter how long the song is. You can select a piece, and if it is 30-40 seconds, the program can add it to the ringtones. It's paid ($2.99)

A few more goodies

SwipeSelection. With its help, you can conveniently move the cursor through the text by moving your finger across the keyboard. InfiniFolders - breaking the stereotype of 12 icons in folders. UnlockFx – various unlocking modes (animation). Tab+ – we don’t limit ourselves to tabs in Safari. MapsOpener will make Google Maps the default maps on iPhone. Springtomize 2 – allows you to greatly customize the device by changing animation, icon placement and much more, it works on iOS 6. Price – $3. Zeppelin. Allows you to replace the operator's name with one of the images available in the tweak database. iFile is a full-fledged file manager for iOS devices. Its capabilities are the same as those of similar applications on open platforms. The user can view files and directories on the device, create and unpack archives, copy, move and delete files, send files and email attachments, edit and view many types of files and many other useful functions. A must have app for all jailbreakers. IntelliScreenX is one of the best tweaks for Notification Center. You can add many informative widgets there: Twitter, Facebook, RSS reader, Mail, switches for basic system functions and much more. IntelliScreenX will allow you to maximize the functionality of the Notification Center. But for support for iOS 6.1, buyers of the previous version will have to pay five dollars, and this despite the fact that previously the tweak cost them ten. SBSettings is one of the most popular tweaks, which is a universal remote control for accessing the most necessary iPhone settings. The tweak does not reveal its presence until the user swipes along the top edge of the screen. SBSettings is a panel with system switches and widgets that can be customized to best suit user needs. Separately, it is worth noting the possibility of customization. SBSettings is not only functional, but also externally can be customized depending on personal preferences. ActionMenu. Expands the capabilities of the menu that appears when you tap on text or an input field. You can replace inscriptions with icons, use a list of favorite words and clipboard history, add the option to call where it is not supported by the system, as well as buttons for quickly moving up and down. By upgrading the utility to the Pro version, we will get rich text support for mail and more possible actions. BrowserChanger. An indispensable tweak if you use an alternative browser instead of the native Safari. Activoice. A tweak that allows you to quickly activate Google voice search. An excellent alternative to Siri, taking into account her lack of knowledge of Russian (Google search works just great for us, and besides, it’s generally faster than Siri). NCSettings is an alternative to the popular SBSettings, but with a slightly different implementation. The switches are not located on a separate window, but in the notification center, so you can access them with the usual top-down swipe. What's better? A matter of taste. Auxo – Tweak completely changes the way the multitasking panel works. Many reviewers have called Auxo a better alternative to the standard implementation. Instead of application icons, cards will appear with a preview of the status of active tasks. To close the application, just swipe down and “throw” it off the screen. In addition, changes affected the miniplayer - a volume control, song title, artist and album cover appeared. The third section of the panel has a screen brightness slider, an AirPlay button and two rows of buttons for basic system functions: turning Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G on and off, and locking screen rotation. Octoupus Keyboard – New BlackBerry smartphones will use a predictive keyboard, which should allow for fast and error-free typing on the touchscreen. Before this technology appeared on Canadian smartphones, the developers released a tweak called Octoupus Keyboard, which will add predictive typing to iOS devices. As you type, the keyboard will learn and suggest the most suitable word options. You can type them by swiping up or ignore them if the keyboard is wrong. Quasar is one of the most ambitious tweaks for the iPad. The developer decided to implement real “windowed” multitasking on the tablet, as everyone is used to seeing it on desktop computers. NowNow – Voice assistant Siri is not everyone's cup of tea. NowNow will replace Siri with Google Now from Google's search app. After installing the tweak, Now will be called by holding the Home button. That is, the same way Siri was launched earlier. Dashboard X – Owners of iOS devices do just fine without widgets on the desktop, but users of smartphones running Android often like to blame the Apple operating system for their absence. The Dashboard X tweak will allow you to move widgets from the Notification Center to anywhere on your home screen. manage your widgets in the same way as if they were regular application icons. The Dashboard X tweak will be very useful, if only because a very large number of all kinds of widgets have already been created for the Notification Center, which many of you actively use, so if you still decide to use Dashboard X, the selection of widgets is quite good. In addition, there is a possibility that the arrival of Dashboard X will encourage developers to create widgets aimed not at placing them in the Notification Center, but directly on the home screen of your iOS device. SwipeSelection – Working with a “magnifying glass” to navigate through text is very inconvenient. The SwipeSelection tweak will allow you to move the cursor by swiping across the keyboard, moving between words with two fingers, and selecting text by swiping while holding Shift. This is the most convenient way to work with a touch keyboard. I hope you had enough! 🙂 Have a nice day!

A natural question may arise: “What’s next?” In this article, we will talk about the next steps after jailbreaking iOS 6.1 and the main terms, namely: repositories, AppSync iOS 6+, ipa and tweaks from Cydia.

Jailbreak(Jailbreak, Jailbreak) is a hacking of the operating system in which the user gains full access to the file system.

According to Apple's policy, the iOS file system is initially closed to users, which means that any modification of it is considered theoretically impossible. However, they still find the “keys” to iOS and open it for public use.

In order to get an exploit (a program that will hack iOS), you need to find vulnerabilities or, in other words, “holes” in the security of the operating system. Finding new vulnerabilities becomes more difficult every year, and lately hackers have been forced to create teams specifically for the development of the next exploit.

The resulting exploit is “wrapped” in a graphical user interface (GUI), tested and made publicly available. This is how the iOS 6.1 jailbreak appeared.

Why do you need a jailbreak?

1. Unlocking (Unlock, unlock, decoupling, unblocking).

From 2007 to 2010, namely for devices iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and partially iPhone 4, the main condition for unlocking a smartphone (unlinking from the operator) was jailbreak. Software unlocking was the most popular and easiest way to “teach” a locked iPhone to make calls. After hacking the firmware—jailbreaking—the user was able to programmatically modify the firmware of the device’s modem, thereby forcing the smartphone to accept SIM cards from any operator.

Since 2011 (iPhone 4S and higher), only one person, Sam Bingner, managed to create a new generation software unlock, but his solution lasted only 4 days and was closed by Apple.

Due to the difficulties of developing a software unlock for the iPhone, as well as according to which a fine of $500,000 or imprisonment for 5 years is imposed for unlocking a smartphone, the popularity of this jailbreak is gradually losing its relevance.

In order to unlock iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 you need to use .

2. Piracy (installation of hacked paid applications from the App Store).

An equally popular jailbreak movement on iOS, which has existed since 2007. With the help of jailbreak, the user gets the opportunity to install paid programs and games for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch for free. The most well-known way to install pirated programs and games is the web application of the apptrackr.cd site, which contained tens of thousands of links to hacked paid applications (in .ipa format) from the App Store online store.

December 30, 2012 project administration Installous and apptrackr.cd services. At the moment, there are several analogues to the application, among which we can highlight and others.

3. Modding (programmatically changing the design and interface of iOS).

Many users speak negatively about iOS due to the impossibility of personalizing the graphical shell and interface of the operating system, similar to that implemented in Android. However, with the help of jailbreaking, this limitation is removed to a more than sufficient extent. With the help of so-called tweaks, you can significantly expand the functionality, usability and appearance of iOS on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.

Where to begin?

After you have jailbroken your iOS device, the Cydia application will appear on one of the screens. We talked in detail about what Cydia is.

Before launching Cydia for the first time, make sure that your device has access to the Internet.

Click on the Cydia icon and just watch the process. This may take several minutes. Cydia will update the packages necessary for operation and, if updates are detected, will prompt you to install them. You can see the number of available updates next to the Changes section in a red circle. We recommend installing all available updates.

Regardless of how you plan to use your jailbroken device, you need to understand the term - Repository.

You can find out what a repository is, as well as instructions for installing repositories.

List of popular Cydia repositories:

First, install the repository sinfuliphonerepo.com, in it you will find everything you need for the first time. To search, use the Cydia search (tab Search).

If you are interested in installing hacked applications (in .ipa format), then first of all you will need a jailbreak tweak AppSync iOS 6+(or for another version of iOS). For quick access to the most important switches (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G, screen brightness, etc.), install the tweak, along with which you will receive the add-on. We also recommend that you master the application - the best file manager for iOS.

To soft unlock iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 with modem firmware versions 01.59.00, 04.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01, 05.13.04 and 06.15.00, install the tweak. The necessary instructions can be found in the section.

To change the appearance of iOS, use the tweak and various themes for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, which can be downloaded from Cydia ( Sections -> Themes)

Attention! You perform all actions at your own peril and risk! The site administration is not responsible for failed iOS devices.

Only the lazy don’t know about Cydia today. Words such as jailbreak, tweak and unofficial application store have long been used by any more or less literate iOS device user. On the other hand, it would be blasphemy not to talk about Cydia, so we decided to take a different path, collecting in one place information about new products, useful things and other interesting things found in the vastness of this application store.

Of course, I won’t talk about the jailbreak procedure; there’s already plenty of this stuff on the Internet. Let me just say that the latest version of iOS (9.0.x) at the time of writing could be easily hacked using Pangu. It's simple: connect the device to the PC, install Pangu and follow its instructions.

Pangu will open the file system and install Cydia as a system application. And then you can launch Cydia, browse the standard repository and, of course, add third-party repositories.

List of useful repositories

rpetri.ch/repo - repository by Ryan Petrich. High-quality and useful tweaks - Activator, PebbleActivator, Flipswitch and others.

exile90software.com/cydia - iCleaner Pro cleans your device.

repo.siriport.ru - Siri port for older devices.

Cydia.vn - hacked tweaks, WinterBoard themes.

Repo.xarold.com - hacked tweaks, WinterBoard themes.

Repo.hackyouiphone.org - hacked tweaks, WinterBoard themes.

repo.insanelyi.com - DOS emulator.

cydia.xsellize.com - hacked tweaks, WinterBoard themes.

repo.biteyourapple.net - Russian repository of tweaks and DLC.

irepo.ru - Russian repository of tweaks.

Tweaks, modifications, applications and patches

If you go through sites talking about Cydia tweaks and applications, you will probably come across many articles in the style of “Top 10 tweaks from Cydia”, which talk about iCleaner, iFile, WinterBoard, Springtomize and other annoying Activators. These are truly stellar tweaks, but today we will not talk about them, but about the lesser-known, but useful and unusual representatives of the Cydia family. Go.

Interface. OS Experience, Auxo 2, GlowBoard and FullScroll

Let's start with a tweak OS Experience. This is an implementation of OS X style multi-window mode for iPad. With the announcement of iOS 8, many users expected a multi-window mode to appear in the system, and independent developers, having delved into the iOS 8 firmware, even found hints of this mode, but the function itself was never added. Luckily, Evan Schwick made a tweak called OS Experience and released it in Cydia.

After installing the tweak, you will have desktops on which you can open several applications at the same time; you can move between desktops by dragging applications along with you. You can change the size of the application window and move it to the places where it is convenient. A true multi-window environment, for which Evan Schwick is asking a hefty $9.99 (BigBoss repository).

A related tweak ProWidget follows a slightly different concept. It creates a kind of floating widgets, but not at all the ones we are used to on desktops and on the Yandex page. These are full-fledged mini-applications, launched in a separate window and freely moved around the screen (but we will still call them widgets).

By default, ProWidget contains the following widgets: “Browser”, “Notes”, “Reminders”, “Messages”, “Calendar”, “Mail”, “Alarm Clock”, “Timer”. Each of these applications runs on top of the current window and is not unloaded from memory until closed. The tweak is available in the BigBoss repository for $2.99. In addition, Cydia has many additional widgets for it.

![A pair of running ProWidgets] (ProWidget.png)

Now heavy artillery - Auxo 2, one of the most popular tweaks for iOS. Auxo gained fame for redefining multitasking on Apple devices. The first version of the tweak added app previews, which was exotic in iOS 6. In iOS 7, multitasking was changed and application previews became available to us by default. After much thought on the new concept, the developers released Auxo 2 for iOS 7, adding even more interesting and convenient things.

In Auxo 2, the developers tried to combine the control center and open applications that can be scrolled through and closed with swipes. The control center was divided into two parts, the player and quick access to applications are available at the bottom, and the buttons for turning on and off various services are at the top. There's a new Quick Switcher feature: swipe up from the left corner to see your six most recent apps, which you can access without lifting your finger. Auxo 2 is universal, so it works great on both iPhone and iPad. Available in the BigBoss repository for $3.99 ($1.99 if version 1 is already in stock).

Another interesting tweak - GlowBoard. All it does is highlight running apps with a background pulsating glow around the icon. In addition to running applications, applications that have an unread notification will also pulse. This is a great motivator that makes you open the application and read the message you received or find out about the event. The tweak has a large number of settings, from the color of the background lighting to setting how the application will jump when a notification is received. Available for free in the BigBoss repository.

For those who like to play with fonts, I recommend this tweak Bytafont 2. Yes, Steve Jobs spent a long time (or even too long) licking the system and selecting fonts, but the taste and color are not like a comrade or relative. So download Bytafont 2, select the desired font (or find it in Cydia), go to the Bytafont 2 settings and select. You can install the font both on the entire system and on individual applications. Bytafont 2 is available in the ModMyi repository completely free of charge.

And finally, one of the most convenient and useful tweaks - FullScroll. It does one simple thing - hides the status bar and navigation bar when scrolling through the contents of the application window. In fact, an analogue of the functionality of Chrome and Safari in iOS 7, extending to the entire system and applications. This is very convenient not only in browsers, but also in other applications such as settings, AppStore, iTunes, social applications. For individual applications, hiding the panel can be disabled. BigBoss repository. The price is zero.

And now about the weather. StatusbarWeather7 is one of the most successful tweaks with weather information. Essentially, all it does is add weather information to the status bar, so it's available anywhere, anytime. To set up, you will need a city code, which can be found on any weather website. Available for free in the BigBoss repository.

Connection. Vestigo, 3G Unrestrictor and MyWi

Wi-Fi on a device is vital; in a big city, we connect to and disconnect from Wi-Fi networks dozens of times, and every time we go into the settings to select the network we need. Tweak Vestigo allows you to select a network and connect to it without going into settings. The concept of Vestigo is taken from OS X. When you double-click on the status bar (configurable using Activator), a window appears in which you can perform absolutely any actions with Wi-Fi networks.

As a bonus, you will receive both standard information about the network and additional information that, due to iOS restrictions, is not available by default. For example, the saved Wi-Fi network password, signal strength, channel, encryption type, AP mode, SSID, as well as other information. All this can be copied by clicking on the parameter of interest. Vestigo is available on the BigBoss repository for $1.59.

By the way, about restrictions. iOS is full of them, and one of the stupidest and most unreasonable of them is the limits on the use of traffic on mobile networks. By default, you cannot download more than 10 MB via GPRS/EDGE, you will not be able to watch YouTube videos in HD quality over 3G, many VoIP clients and online games do not work, for downloading games and applications from the App Store, as well as multimedia from iTunes has a 100 MB quota. 3G Unrestrictor removes all these restrictions. Price: $3.99 in the standard Cydia repository.

Another limitation is the flawed functionality of the Wi-Fi access point, which is implemented as if for show. Tweak MyWi significantly expands its capabilities. You can create a Wi-Fi hotspot with your own settings (name, password, encryption method, etc.), configure Internet distribution via Bluetooth, distribute Internet to a PC via USB, and also create a local network between two devices and exchange data (installation of a tweak is required MyWi OnDemand on both devices). The only negative of MyWi is its exorbitant price. The developers are asking as much as $19.99 for MyWi and $4.99 for MyWi OnDemand.

Audio and video. EqualizerEverywhere, VideoGestures and Arco

Every second user of iOS devices is a music lover. We use a bunch of different services and players to listen to music: standard application, SoundCloud, Google Music, VKontakte. The downside of almost all of these applications is one - there is no equalizer. There are, of course, presets, but they only work in the standard application.

EqualizerEverywhere solves this problem by adding a 10-band equalizer to the control center. In addition to the fact that the tweak has a large number of presets, it works absolutely everywhere, extending to the entire system. You can increase the bass of the music, reduce the too shrill screams in the next zombie game, or change the ringtone. The tweak is available in the BigBoss repository for $3.

Another interesting tweak - VideoGestures. Adds swipes to the standard iOS video player. After installation, new swipes will appear: up/down and left/right. Swiping up and down will change the volume of the video, and swiping left and right will rewind the video. The tweak has settings where you can change the rewind speed or change the sound. Available for free in the BigBoss repository.

And finally - Arco, this tweak implements an indicator that displays the progress of the playing track in the status bar. Arco works with any audio application. Unfortunately, playback cannot be controlled by clicking on the icon, but this can be achieved using the Activator tweak. Price: $0.99 in the BigBoss repository.

Control. SwypeSelection, HandFree and Acute

So, management. In such a polished operating system as iOS, it is difficult to come up with something new in terms of improving usability, but there are craftsmen. Tweaks confirm this SwipeSelection,KeyCuts And TapTheAt. The first is a very modest but useful tweak for moving through text. In fact, it replaces the magnifying glass with swipes. It is distributed completely free of charge, with the option to buy a paid version with an additional set of gestures and settings (price: $1.99).

KeyCuts adds four gestures to your keyboard, each of which can be customized separately and programmed to do a specific thing. KeyCuts has about twelve gesture actions. In addition, the tweak can be configured so that gestures do not work on the entire keyboard, but only on a certain row of characters, this can save you from accidental swipes (BigBoss repository, price - $0.99). And finally, TapTheAt is another free keyboard tweak that adds the @ key, when pressed, your email address appears in the input window. Nonsense, but nice.

Now for something more interesting. Acute- a tweak that allows you to control your device using your voice. Unlike Siri, it provides the ability to assign your own commands for different actions. In addition to a set of standard actions with the self-explanatory names Home, Unlock, Illuminate, Power Down, Capture, Marco, you can create your own using Activator. Yes, the tweak requires training to get used to your voice. BigBoss repository, price: $3.

ASLock. If you use Spotlight infrequently or not at all, then the swipe down gesture can be replaced with a more useful action. ASLock replaces opening Spotlight by swiping down to locking the device, and if, after swiping down, without lifting your finger, you swipe up, the multitasking screen will open. BigBoss repository, price: $0.99.

Hand Free. It is often not very convenient to answer a call; perhaps you are driving or preparing lasagna. HandFree is designed for such situations. After installing the tweak, you can answer a call by simply holding your palm over your smartphone. The system itself will pick up the phone and turn on the speakerphone. In the settings, you can change the number of strokes, the speed of the stroke, and also turn off the speakerphone. BigBoss repository, price: $0.99.

Just usefulness

• Apple File Conduit 2 replaces the standard AFC (Apple File Conduit) service, which is used to access device files through iTunes. By default, AFC allows access only to the user directory (/private/var/mobile/Media), which limits the ability to work with the device. Apple File Conduit 2 is a modification of the standard AFC that provides access to the root of the file system. After installing it, you will be able to exchange any files from your PC using the iFunBox or iTools program. Unlike afc2add, it works in any version of iOS.

• pushNotify broadcasts device notifications to Mac. To work on a Mac, the program of the same name must be installed, and both devices must be within the same Wi-Fi network. BigBoss repository, price - $0.99, application for Mac.

• CCSystemStatus adds information about the device's IP address, Wi-Fi network, cellular network, available RAM, CPU load and more to the control center. As a bonus, you can customize the control center for yourself: change the order of blocks and their visibility, and so on. For free.

• AppLocker- the tweak was developed back in 2011, but is still relevant and regularly updated. AppLocker allows you to protect applications and folders not only with a password, but also with fingerprints using TouchID. AppLocker is truly an advanced tweak and has a ton of settings, such as disabling application blocking on certain Wi-Fi networks. AppLocker will not allow an attacker into the application, even if he tries to launch the application from a location other than the desktop. The password is placed not on the icon, but on the application. Price: $0.99, BigBoss repository.

• Flex 2- a tweak that allows you to edit application files, thereby modifying or removing certain objects. In simple terms, Flex 2 allows you to create patches. You can make them yourself or download them from the cloud. For many applications, there are ready-made patches from different developers, from removing ads to changing in-game currency. Available on the BigBoss repository for $1.99.


conclusions

If you're already into the topic of jailbreaking, we hope we've covered something new. Our choice may seem wrong to many, others will shout that we have bypassed the most useful things, and still others will say that in iOS 8 all this no longer works. In any case, Cydia is a huge ocean of software and tweaks, in which everyone will find exactly what they want.

Linux users will probably be surprised by the fact that Cydia is nothing more than a graphical interface over the dpkg package manager and the apt-get utility from Debian/Ubuntu. When a new repository is discovered, Cydia downloads the package index from it and converts it into human-readable form. Installing a package involves the same procedures of obtaining a deb package from the repository, verifying keys and checksums, then deploying the package to the file system and adding it to the installed base. A procedure familiar to every Linux user.

The Cydia project is also developing Substrate, a framework that allows you to intercept calls to procedures and classes of any system component or third-party application in order to replace them. Thanks to it, developers can change the appearance and behavior of the system as they please. It is Substrate that underlies all tweaks that change iOS in one way or another.

Not long ago, Saurik released a version of Cydia Substrate for Android, but since at that time the Xposed framework, intended for the same purposes, had already gained popularity, its development turned out to be almost unnoticed. It’s a pity, because Substrate for Android is implemented much more elegantly than Xposed.

In addition to the application store itself, the Cydia installer installs almost all the necessary UNIX command line tools on the system, such as bash, bzip2, gpg, sed, grep and a set of coreutils console commands.

The name Cydia is short for Cydia pomonella (apple moth), a species of butterfly that eats the fruits of apple trees and other fruits.

Cydia developer is Jay Freeman (saurik) and his company SaurikIT.

Cydia was born before the official App Store.

BrowserChooser is an extremely simple but incredibly useful tweak that allows you to select the “default browser”.

Since you are looking at this article, then most likely you have already successfully jailbroken your device, which, by your choice or of your own free will, installed the sixth version of the Apple mobile operating system. However, after a successful escape, a pressing question arises - what to put? After all, most tweaks, due to the long absence of a tool for opening the iPhone/iPad file system, have entered into stagnation, which is why compatibility with iOS 6 is zero.

Therefore, we suggest that you do not run through a minefield, but will present you with a list of improvements that will not turn your iDevice into stone.

Activator

- a tweak known to everyone, designed to assign gestures and shortcuts supported by the application to system events (launching applications, using notifications). The application fully supports iOS6.

Infini Series

Infiniboard, Infinifolders, Infinidock- the most famous tweaks for removing capacity limits on the desktop and in folders will delight you with their stable operation on iOS 6.

Auxo

- The innovative multitasking module works great on iPhone 5 for iOS 6, which is exactly what it was created for.

ManualCorrectPro

Let's say no to the funny and offensive autocorrects that iOS sometimes likes to produce even in the browser address bar. Works great, unlike its brother without the Pro prefix.

Winterboard, Dreamboard

Fans of complete customization of the interface of their Apple device should rejoice. These tweaks also do not show any signs of bugs due to the transition to the updated platform.

VLC, Transmission

The most famous video player, as well as the only working torrent client, is also in operation.

However, you cannot list all the tweaks, so I have prepared for you a compatibility table of tweaks from the BigBoss repository and some other well-known ones for compatibility with the latest iPhone/iPad devices with the latest version of the iOS 6 operating system installed.