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iOS9 Out today. No jailbreak yet

BigBoss — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 00:19:40 +0000

iOS9 is out today. Lots of neat features but no jailbreak yet. So if you want to keep all your cool jailbreak features, do not upgrade yet. Stay tuned for when iOS9 is jailbroken and ready to go.

Click HERE for the current iOS 9.0 Jailbreak status.

Click HERE for the iOS 8.3 and 8.4 Jailbreak download page.

Filza File Manager iOS App Review

KvX — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 13:18:40 +0000

One of the greatest benefits of jailbreaking is gaining root access to your iPhone or iPad. Most people are pretty familiar with iFile when it comes to gaining access to your root directory, however for those not familiar Filza is the best File Manager available in cydia today. Filza is clean, well presented and a powerful file manager that is sure to leave you impressed as I know it did me.

Getting to Know Filza
I spent the last 3 weeks getting to know Filza on my iPhone 5, 5s, 6 and 6 plus. The first thing I noticed was how well it functioned on the listed devices. One of my major concerns was how it would look on the 6 plus as many apps and tweaks seem to not fair so well with such a large screen due to stretching and quality issues. However with Filza File manager it was clean and very well laid out for multiple iPhones. With this said the best selling point of Filza is just its ease of use and wide array of features for managing and using root access to the ultimate level.

Primary Features of Filza:

File viewers/editors for Media Player, HEX Editor, Text Editor, SQL Editor, IPA Installer, DEB Installer, Web Viewer, and Terminal to name a few

SQL Editor Allows for over 100k plus queries to be run

Execute Shell Scripts and applications

Cloud services for Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, WebDAV, FTP, and SFTP

Supports SMB (Windows File Sharing)

Easily search files and folders

Copy and move files easily with just a few taps

Download html files with ease: Allows you to copy html file to Pasteboard, and then paste it to destination folder

Manage Music by import, export, deleting or renaming easily

Easily navigate files in list view or grid view mode with thumbnail

Compress/Decompress zip/7z/rar/tar/tar.gz/gz

Install and extract DEB/IPA files

View DEB/IPA file information

Custom Black or white theme, custom folder icon and file extension icon

Many more features…

Summary
Overall Filza is a very powerful and in depth tool for your iOS file manager needs. Just using it for a few weeks I can tell you it is something that will stay in my iOS toolbox for a long time. It is exactly what you would want and expect when it comes to having a simple yet powerful way to manage and edit your iOS files and folders. Just the functionality for cutting down on steps through copying, and pasting or simply searching make this a worthwhile App to add. Filza costs $5.99 but comes with a free trail and I am betting like me you will happily make the switch and pay the $5.99 as it is worth every penny and will pay for itself just in time saved.

How to Get Filza
For Filza File managers primary website click Here. You can also go directly to cydia to download and install Filza, you will need your device jailbroken to do so(Need to jailbreak your device click here to start with what it is).

To follow the creators of Filza click here for their Twitter page(@tigisoftware) or click here for their Facebook page.

You can also check out Tigi softwares primary site for other apps and development by going to their main site by clicking here

Get Outdoors | Gaia GPS App for iOS

KvX — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 05:13:36 +0000

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Track your site with SEO Tool for iOS

KvX — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 04:53:33 +0000

Do you have a website, blog or even a social media account you count on good search ranking for? Then SEO Tool available in the Apple app store is a great way to track its success. Getting targeted traffic to your website can make or break it’s success, SEO tool makes keeping track of how you are fairing super easy. With SEO Tool you can track one or multiple URL’s and keep an eye on the ranking position of specific keywords on the most popular search engines.

Some of SEO Tool’s features are-

History and charts of position changes

Email your pulled reports

Checking in the background (up to 3 minutes)

Universal support on iPhone & iPad

Export & import keywords from buffer

Supports tracking for Various regions and search engines

Tap on position open search results

Adjustment of checking depth

Check url, for example facebook.com/zuck

Unlimited number of sites

Unlimited number of keywords

SEO tool will set you back $4.99 in the app store, but if you are concerned about ranking and monitoring your sites traffic and SEO then it’s a bargain and a time saver. Currently you must run iOS 7 or higher and it has been optimized or iPhones and iPads. Click here for the link to the app page. So save yourself some time and make managing your success online easier with SEO Tool.

Review of BioBoot App|Tweak for iPhone

KvX — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 04:45:01 +0000

Annoyed by having to put your passcode in when you restart your iPhone? Wish the Bio lock was enough? Then you are not alone. Personally its just a minor annoyance for me and one of those things I would rather not have to do as I prefer speed and efficiency.

So with this minor annoyance in mind I went out and found BioBoot, an App / Tweak available in cydia. Now this review was pretty easy going since it really just needed to do one thing, and that is not require the passcode on reboot. So without further ado I installed BioBoot on a iPhone 5s and 6. The instal and setup of BioBoot was very easy, upon re spring you put in your passcode. If you forget to do it on re spring just lock your device and unlock with passcode. Once this is completed you are passcode free on reboots.

Now if for any reason you have issues or require additional setting changes BioBoot does have one setting that can be adjusted. That is setting your devices estimated boot time. It defaults to 30 seconds, but if for any reason your device does not work with that setting it can be changed.

All in all this is a very good and annoyance fixing tweak / app available to you right from within cydia off our repo.

NSA Proof Communication with Signal APP

KvX — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 16:01:56 +0000

Signal 2.0 is the swiss bank for your communication on the iPhone or other iOS device. Using TextSecure messaging encryption, signal ensures that your communication stays private. Signal was created by Whisper systems using the most advanced encryption methods with help from some of NSA’s prior golden boys. At this moment and for the foreseeable future and beyond signal keeps your conversations private from even the NSA.

Some features of Signal 2.0 are-

Encrypted Phone calls

Encrypted Texts

Encrypted Group Messaging

Encrypted Picture Messaging

Encrypted Video Messaging

No SMS or MMS carrier charges

NSA spying Free

Groups

Open Source

Destroy my account button

Passcode required for entry option

Setting up Signal is super easy as well.

Install app

Allow access to contacts

Input your phone number

Put in the Security code it sends

And you’re done!

Signal is the easiest and best way I have seen to keep your conversations private, it is all open source and free. This is the private communication many of us have been waiting for. It doe’s all of this while giving you a clean yet attractive UI.

In closing Signal keeps encrypted communication simple and reliable for any user, it is openly available on the appstore so you don’t even need your device to be jailbroken. Click here to get it from the app store or visit whispers site here.

iPhone, iOS product or App? Get a Review

KvX — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:31:36 +0000

Do you have an iPhone, iPad or iOS product or app you would like to have reviewed? Then visit our Request for review page here and submit your product or app. If accepted I will provide a full review of your product or app on TheBigBoss. I will review both Jailbroken and Standard Apps or any product for iPhone, iPad or iPod.

Click HERE to submit your App or Product today.

iFile App/Tweak for iPhone, iOS

KvX — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 16:55:26 +0000

If you are not familiar with iFile you should be as it is a must have app for your iOS device. iFile allows you to easily view and quickly navigate the root and full file structure of your iPhone, iPad or other iOS device. iFile allows you to browse through your entire file structure. iFile comes with a free version and paid for version, as you would imagine the paid for version gives you full access to all its features. I recommend purchasing it, as it is a powerful way to control and maintain your iDevice.

Some ways to interact with your files using iFile are-

Copy Files

Paste Files

Edit Files

Rename Files

Edit config files

Use your device like you would a usb drive or portable drive

Directly install .deb packages

Packing and unpacking of zip files

Import or export media files like mp4, mp3, images files and the list goes on

Connect via a network drive or via a web browser to upload or download your files.

Move your files to your drop box or via ftp to your local computer

Attach a file to an email

Mount DMG files

Send files between devices with bluetooth if the other device has iFile.

As you can see iFile really opens up your device and gives you a lot more power over it. With this power however make sure you don’t mess about with things you don’t understand as this power will allow you to ruin things. In order to download iFile you will need your device jailbroken with the cydia app store installed.

Not sure what jailbreaking is, find out here. Already familiar with jailbreaking but haven’t done it yet? Jailbreak it now here.

Apple increases App size limit

KvX — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 13:58:00 +0000

If you have not heard already, apple has updated the maximum size that apps/Binaries can be on the app store from 2gb to 4gb as of Feb 12th. The 2gb limit has been in place since the beginning so this marks the first ever increase for the App Store. With each new model of iPhone and iPad improving its graphic and processing power the new increase opens the door for bigger and better gaming on iOS.

I expect iOS developers to take advantage of this new increase, and with such it makes a 16gb iPhone soon to be just about worthless. So as you ponder and prepare for your next purchase of an iPhone 6s or 7 if you have not done so already its time to go for the 32gb version or higher. If you don’t you might only get to have a couple apps, photos and songs before running out of space.

Here is apples official announcement

“The size limit of an app package submitted through iTunes Connect has increased from 2 GB to 4 GB, so you can include more media in your submission and provide a more complete, rich user experience upon installation. Please keep in mind that this change does not affect the cellular network delivery size limit of 100 MB.”

iOS DropBox Update is small but needed

KvX — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 06:57:42 +0000

Its not a major release but boy does the update to DropBox 3.7 for iOS have a much needed feature. DropBox finally has added the feature to allow you to save a file directly to your DropBox account from an app in iOS 8. So things like zip files, important docs, videos, photos, ect. can now be moved immediately to your DropBox for backup and safe keeping.

The official release from DropBox is as follows.

What’s New in Version 3.7
• New Action Extension for iOS 8: save files straight to Dropbox from your favorite apps
• Bug fixes and improvements related to moving and deleting files, printing and exporting, RTF previews, and password protected files

So whether you already have it installed like myself or have been waiting for this function this has indeed been a much needed advancement that is appreciated.