Cydia isn’t quite bustling right now, but we’ve seen some exciting activity in the community recentlyby way of semi-jailbreaksandexploits that could potentially lead to something excitingoniOS 11in the future. While there’s no guarantee of anything special coming out of it, we can still cross our fingers and hope for the best.
Whether current versions of iOS will receive a jailbreak or not continues to baffle the best of us, but those sportingiOS 10 devices jailbroken with Yalucan still enjoy all of Cydia’s latest releases. In this roundup, we’ll talk about our favoritejailbreak tweakslaunched during the past week. As usual, we’ll begin by showcasing our favorites and outline the rest of them afterward.
Our favorite releases this week
LockWatch Beta – FREE
LockWatch Betais a new jailbreak tweak available from theFESTIVAL repository in Cydiathat bringsApple Watch-inspired watch faces to your jailbroken device’s Lock screen.
While LockWatch Beta is still a work in progress, it’s coming together nicely. You can modify all of the watch faces just like you can on the Apple Watch, which means colorizing them, choosing their level of detail, and adjusting what they do and don’t display.
The tweak comes with a slew of different watch faces to choose from, so there are options for both analog clock-lovers and digital clock-lovers alike.
If you’re interested in learning more about LockWatch Beta, then be sure toread our in-depth review.
PhotosLock – FREE
PhotosLockis a privacy tweak for your Photos app that keeps honest people honest by passcode-locking your precious Photo Library.
Whenever someone knows your device’s primary passcode, PhotosLock acts as a second line of defense that keeps your precious images to yourself. The passcode is entirely separate from the device’s primary passcode, and it can differ.
PhotosLock is easily toggled on or off by zooming all the way out in the “Years” view of thePhotostab, but you’ll need to validate your passcode before it can be turned off.
You canread our full reviewof PhotosLock to learn more about why it might be a good fit for yourprivacyneeds.
Snoverlay – FREE
Snoverlayis a simple add-on meant to get you into the holiday spirit by displaying animated snowflakes over yourHome screenandLock screenwallpaper(s).
Originally created by Ryan Petrich, Snoverlay was handed down to a new developer for continued development on iOS 10.
The animated snowflakes appear in a layer existing between your wallpaper and home screen icons, which means they’ll never interfere with your app icon usage. Moreover, the animation is so subtle that it looks great and hardly impacts your battery life at all.
If you’d like to learn more about how Snoverlay can help you get into the holiday spirit, then be sure toread our full review.
Other releases this week
BetterPowerMenu:An updated power down menu with customizable aesthetics and a respring option (free via BigBoss repo –review)
Carrier Search Always:Enables the automatic carrier search option in Settings (free via BigBoss repo)
FarewellGestureWaze:Removes the edge swipe gesture from the Waze app for accessing the menu (free via CydiaGeek’s beta repo –review)
iPad Cam for iPhone (iOS 10):Brings the iPad-style Camera app UI to the iPhone (free via BigBoss repo –review)
That just about wraps things up for this week’s roundup, but we’ll continue to keep you updated as new jailbreak tweaks surface. You might also consideradding third-party Cydia repositories to your deviceto expand your scope a little bit.
In the meantime,check out last week’s jailbreak tweak roundupjust in case you missed anything special from last week. We also have a plethora of dedicated roundups that can help you find new tweaks for tricking out yourjailbrokeniOS 10device below:
What was your favorite jailbreak tweak released this week? Share in the comments section below!
