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iPhone Tips & Tricks #337: Find What Baseband And Firmware You Are Running
In the jailbreak community, it is always essential to keep in mind what firmware you are running. More importantly, if you rely on a software unlock, you need to keep in mind what baseband you are on as well. The baseband is more like a cellular identity that you need to maintain at a certain version so that an unlock is possible. To find out what firmware and what baseband you are running on, tap on your Settings application. Then tap on General and tap on the About preferences tab. At the bottom you will see the word Version that is...
read moreiPhone Tips & Tricks #336: How To Change SBSettings Themes
SBSettings is a tweak that came out way before Apple implemented the Notification Center that we have come to know so well. And in a way, SBSettings is still the better alternative simply because you get to control your iPhone in ways that you never knew were possible from a single space on your device. And the great thing is that you can also change the themes to suit your preferences. To change the SBSettings theme, just open the program by swiping the status bar from left to right. Look for the More option. Select that and then tap...
read moreAn iOS6 App Switcher Concept That Will Make Your iPhone Drool
We have all seen our fair share of awesome tweaks for the iPhone through the Cydia store. There is just so much potential for Apple to step up and really start applying some of the best things that third-party developers think would bode well on their flagship device. And with the iPhone 5 out in the market, the bigger screen is just screaming for more change, for more tweak awesomeness from the community. And that is what is leading more designers thinking up awesome concepts that bring us back to the basics; the basics here being the...
read moreAn App That Switches Between Apple And Google Maps On iPhone? Yes.
With all the brouhaha that is tiding over with the whole Apple Maps fiasco, one can only try out the different alternatives that are available on the App Store which is now host to over 700,000 applications. Of course, this doesn’t mean that there really is one true solution for the maps problem. Google themselves aren’t even ready to put out an application for iOS but we chalk that one up to bitterness. Besides, why would they support their rival right? But for those of you who truly are in need of a maps application and don’t...
read moreiPhone Tips & Tricks #335: How To Queue Installs On Cydia
When you use Cydia to download apps, tweaks, and other enhancements, you may notice how slow that can be, especially if you do them one by one. That is because there are some apps and tweaks that require resprings and if you do this one by one, it can be very tedious. This is why there is a now a queue system on Cydia. By making sure you queue the apps and tweaks, you can continue going through Cydia, looking for all the things you want to install with just one click. To do this, open Cydia and then search for something that you want to...
read moreiPhone Tips & Tricks #334: Remove Spotlight Search From Your Device
If there is any one feature that you probably don’t use a lot, it’s the Spotlight search feature that gives you results system wide. This is the feature that appears when you slide to the left from the main homescreen. This is one of those features that are rarely used and there really should be a way to switch it off or remove it. But there is no way. If you have a jailbroken iPhone, however, you can download a tweak that will allow you to remove that extra screen. You need to first jailbreak your device to be able to use this...
read moreiPhone Tips & Tricks #333: Free Your Main Homescreen From App Icons
The one thing that is not possible on the iPhone is a full customization of how your Main homescreen looks. The default for iOS 5.1.1 and above was that you would need to have at least one icon the main homepage or for any homescreen for that matter. But in iOS6, you can now make space for a bigger picture with no icons getting in the way on your main homescreen. To do this, all you have to do is go into wiggle or edit mode and then start moving all the icons into the next page. You no longer need to have any icons on the first page...
read moreiPhone Tips & Tricks #332: How To Avoid Purple Haze On iPhone 5 Camera
With the new iPhone 5, you will be able to take really stunning photographs with the 8 megapixel camera that has an improved sapphire lens system in place. That being said, people are now saying that there is a purple haze that shows up whenever they take a picture. Apple is aware of this problem and what they have suggested may just make sense after all. All you have to do when taking a picture is to point your iPhone camera away from very bright light sources like the sun or any direct lights. What happens is that the sapphire lens...
read moreiPhone Tips & Trips #331: How To Set A Song As Your Alarm On iOS6
One of the neat features to come with the iOS6 firmware is the fact that you can set any song that you wish to be your alarm instead of the annoying ringtones that you have on your iDevice. This means that you can sync all your songs from iTunes and use any of them as the tone to wake you up in the morning. That being said, the clock is a little different now when you set an alarm. Just go into the Clock application and then set an alarm. As you are setting an alarm, you will notice the field called Sound. Tap on that and scroll until...
read moreMerge All Messages Into Their Respective Contacts On iPhone
When the iPhone finally brought with it iOS5 and the ability for people to message each other in a BBM kind of way through iMessage, it started to get really exciting. With iMessage, all one needs is WIFI or a data connection to be able to send and receive text messages, media messages, etc. And all one needs is a phone number or an email account to activate the service. The email, of course, is more useful for iPod Touch and iPad users. That being said there is one issue with iMessage and receiving messages. For example, if a person...
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