Jail breaking your iPad or iPhone: Install apps from Cydia
There is a plethora of tools available for you to jailbreak your iPhone and iPad. Similarly, there is no shortage of jailbreak apps and tweaks from Cydia, which is the largest independent third-party digital distribution platform for iOS. Cydia has a large number of useful apps in its store as compared to Apple’s store. These apps and tweaks expand the capabilities of your iPhone or iPad. These apps get automatically installed through Cydia on your iPad or iPhone. Below is a compiled list of jailbreak apps and tweaks for your iPhone/iPad that will help you to get maximum out of your device.
SBSettings
With the help of this app, you won’t ever have to go to the Settings app, and you can modify the settings from the springboard itself. It helps you to access your frequently used settings such as 3G, Bluetooth, WiFi, Brightness, etc.
RetinaPad
RetinaPad is an app for your iPad. Whenever you scale up your iPhone apps to iPad, the iPad doesn’t optimize it to its resolution settings. RetinaPad increases the resolution of apps on iPad. You have to select the apps for which you want to enable RetinaPad.
BiteSMS
BiteSMS offers major advantages over Apple’s built-in SMS app. You can reply to messages without leaving your current app, and can view pop-up list of unread messages. You can schedule your messages, which will be forwarded at the specified time in the future.
iSHSHit
You shouldn’t undermine the importance of backing up the SHSH blobs for your iPhone/iPad, in case you want to switch back to previous iOS version. iSHSHit offers you a simple way to do so. It also helps you store your blobs on online Cydia.
LockInfo
LockInfo puts all the information you need on your iPhone’s lock screen. It solves the iPhone notification problem. After installing this app, you can happily say goodbye to pop-ups on your lock screen.
Action Menu
It’s a jailbreak extension that takes iPad’s cut/copy/paste functionality to a next level. It reduces your effort and helps you save time. It offers a wide list of options that you can customize.
MyWi
It creates a mobile internet hotspot for smartphone/laptop around you. You can share your data with other devices with your 3G data connection for your iPad.
PDF Patcher 2
It patches the security hole that you used to jailbreak your iPhone/iPad. This protects you from potential virus and malware.
Infinifolders
This helps you overcome the limitation of being able to see only limited number of apps inside the springboard folder. You can have all your apps inside a single folder.
WinterBoard
You can apply themes to different parts of your device such as the user interface, springboard, etc.
Activator
It helps you define and customize the way you launch certain apps.
SnapTap
It helps you to replace your onscreen shutter button with volume buttons to take pictures. It will help you take pictures easily with one hand.
Springtomize
Springtomize has a large number of tweaks for your iPhone/iPad. You can do any type of tweak such as disabling Spotlight, customizing icons, customizing lockscreen etc.
The list of apps you can have from Cydia is endless. These are the most famous apps and tweaks for your iPhone/iPad.
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