New in Xpandr 1.0.2: Enable / Disable Xpandr in secure (password) textfields. Need a default reply for mails? Sick of typing this long text over and over again? Constantly making the same typo? Xpandr will fix this for you. Xpandr is a shortcut expander for the iPhone / iPod touch. It allows you to define [...]

Categories v2.29 is released tonight. This should fix the issue (that was very hard to reproduce) where icons were duplicated for some people and not removed off springboard.

I plan to rewrite the icon selector screen next to show pages of icons rather than load them all at once. The way it currently is takes up too much memory. For now, you will have to use “edit” to change your icon until this is done.

Right now, I am focusing on stability releases. I believe most the internal rewrite is completed and changes will not be as radical as have been for 2.25-2.28.

Tired of taking pictures only to aim for the virtual small camera button in the bottom ? Want to take self-portrait pictures on your iPhone but couldn’t till now ? Welcome SnapTap, a program which allows you to use most of the camera picture taking apps (including the built-in one) and take pictures easily using [...]

New in v1.1.0: Can now apply filters based on Calendar and Availability CalendarPro (Profiles) is a highly configurable ring profile manager that lets you use your Calendar events to control how your phone will ring or vibrate for notifications ranging from phone calls to push notifications. CalendarPro offers seamless integration into the normal Calendar application [...]

Multifl0w is a Palm Pre-like multitasking interface for the iPhone/iPod Touch. (jailbreak only!). The idea was inspired by the Palm Pre multitasking interface and a video posted by Ocean Observations that showed a Coverflow-like interface. A video of multifl0w is here (~5 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrGLGoB88So. Shorter video (26 seconds) here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-jcclXaUk4 Multifl0w is somewhat like Kirikae [...]

We have another version of Categories with more internal changes for testing for any testers. Install instructions are:

1) Download the deb
2) Copy to iPhone via ssh into /tmp and install with dpkg -i /tmp/categories_2.27.90.deb

The major changes from Ashikase:
- Categories now support non-English character names; this includes punctuation
- All category creation/deletion/updating is handled by new CategoryTool
- Categories no longer runs as root

Other notes:
- As part of the non-English support, newly created categories use a
generic /Applications/Category### directory name. To help themers,
Categories.app now lists the path below the name of each category.

- CategoryTool is designed to be used by end-users as well, if they want
to use it. It includes a built-in help that describes the options. (Would require command line support in SSH).

After the big release a few days ago, some issues have arisen that we thought we should fix urgently. So here is: Fixed issue where text was lost when phone is locked, then unlocked Fixed various problems when biteSMS is running and Quick Replying on lock screen Fixed issue where contact picture was lost when [...]

We glad to introduce EasyWakeup Plus – smart alarm clock. This is Enchanced EasyWakeup! Just to remind you: EasyWakeup is an advanced alarm clock for iPhone/ iPod Touch. Based on the natural sleep-phases we go through every night, the app senses when it’s most appropriate to wake you. Just set a time when you have to [...]

Firewall iP 1.1 has been released. It has many new features and I’m sure you’ll like them. Changelog for 1.1 support for Apple’s native Applications manually set global rules (you can use an asterix  ‘*’ in front of the hostname to extend the rule to all subdomains which contain the hostname (i. e. *admob.com -> [...]

Developer ashikase is helping out with updating categories app. ashikase is the author of the springboard addon CategoriesSB (as well as Backgrounder and other stuff).

Anyways, what we have here is a pretty heavy internal rewrite. The modifications are going to allow for some cool features in upcoming versions. The changes in this version are:

1. Internal rewrite of the config app
2. Transitions added in GUI
3. Reworked how folders are layed out internally. This will allow for apps like taptap 2 and taptap 3 to both be put into folders (hopefully).

We are posting the deb for beta testing for anyone that wants to test it.

Note that if you have CategoriesSB installed you should not try this beta. While the final version will work fine and be released with a CategoriesSB update, the beta does not support current CategoriesSB.

To use this beta, you must know how to use SSH. If you do not understand any of these steps (which are purposely sparse) you should wait for a release version rather than using this beta.

• Get categories beta here.
• SSH it to /tmp on your iPhone
• as root, run dpkg -i /tmp/categories_2.26.6.deb
• Manually respring or the ‘i button won’t work.

This beta will convert your existing category folders into a new format. If you uninstall the beta and reinstall categories from main repository, you will have to set up your folders from scratch again (or just wait for this to be final in the repository in which case you will not have to re-set up folders).

Added Quick Reply in lock screen mode!!! Added landscape support for Quick Reply and Quick Compose. Quick Reply now grows to be as large as the screen (as required) to display as much of the incoming message text as possible. The intent is to minimize the scrolling required to read large messages. Works the same [...]

Geohot’s Blackra1n RC3 now includes blacksn0w unlock. Good job Geohot on figuring out how to unlock the 3.1.2 baseband so fast! I have updated the blackra1n guide to include instructions on the unlock. Instructions are quite simple though. Just install the sn0w option when installing cydia or rock. Also, thankfully, Geohot has removed the buggy Icy from the RC3 build.

Hey Guys! I’ve developed a new cool project called Customote that allows you to set a custom action for each button in your Mac’s Apple Remote. I recorded a video demonstration of the tool in action (click here to see). It’s very simple to use. After downloading and installing the .pkg file, if you press [...]

Decide yourself, Security for your iPhone and iPod touch Firewall iP is now available on CydiaStore for only $1.99. Firewall iP allows you to block outgoing connections (TCP & UDP). It hooks into applications from AppStore and Cydia. Firewall iP will alert you if the app wants to establish a connection to a host and [...]

Decide yourself, Security for your iPhone and iPod touch

Firewall iP is now available on CydiaStore for only $1.99.

Firewall iP allows you to block outgoing connections (TCP & UDP). It hooks into applications from AppStore and Cydia. Firewall iP will alert you if the app wants to establish a connection to a host and shows you the hostname. Then you have the options to allow/deny the connection once/always or allow/deny all connections for the application.

You can decide if the application will send data. Developers will no longer be able to collect stats about you (UDID, phone number, usage statistics…) or even collect personal data. With Firewall iP you can cover all app analytic providers which aren’t in PrivaCy and also custom analytics.

You can block some content too. Now you are the one who decides!

In the control app you can edit the rules for each 3rd party application as well as add new applications to the list. It also offers a switch to disable Firewall iP and a SBSettingsToggle for the same purpose.

Cydia itself is excluded for obvious reasons.

• Block outgoing TCP & UDP connections selectively
• Shows you the hostname for the connection
• Block analytic providers which PrivaCy can’t
• Block unneeded content
• Easy to use interface & control app
• Edit the rules you did set
• Add apps manually
• Low memory & CPU consumption

After installation and a respring it will start to monitor outgoing connections.

Detailed usage instructions by iClarified: how to use Firewall iP