Top iOS 5.0.1 Jailbreak Tweaks: Iphone 4s

As many of you know the iPhone 4s and iPad 2 finally recieved a jailbreak this last week and that has made A LOT of people happy. With almost 1 million total jailbreaks using the Absinthe jailbreak tool over the weekend Sauriks Cydia servers have seen a few hundred thousand new hits. That is great news for the devs because that means alot more people are getting into the jailbreak scene. We here at The Apple Task Force are sharing a few of our most used tweaks for the iPhone 4s.

Siri was a game changer in the new generation of the iPhone and people have been creating new ways to use Siri. These first few tweaks are what I like to call "Siri Enhancing" tweaks.

Siri Background and  Mic Colors

So you have been staring at the same old Siri interface for around three months now, and if you like customization, you’ve probably been itching to make little adjustments to the theme and UI to suit your taste. 

This tweak can be found in the ever famous ModMyi repo,  after which you’ll be able to change that purply Siri mic button to whatever you choose. It’s subtle, minimal, but still gives your device a little originality whilst maintaining class.

VoiceUtils

Now this is where things get a little more interesting. VoiceUtils is the first of undoubtedly many tweaks bringing some form of customization go Siri’s commands.

It’s not too bad for a first attempt, and we fully expect to see a massive influx of similar tweaks in the coming days/weeks/months.

VoiceUtils allows you to respring, reboot, turn your device off and enter safe mode via Siri, it also allows you to open most third party apps using the command "launch" or "open" then the name of the app you choose to open.

Siri Toggles

Now that we talked about VoiceUtils, another Siri Enhancing tweak is Siri Toggles. This tweak allows you to open most 3rd party apps as well but takes it alittle farther. You can toggle certain settings such as bluetooth, wifi, screen brightness, etc. 

Its a very well intergrated app for every Iphone 4s user. The really neat thing about this tweak is that it is compatible with SPIRE (the Siri hack for old iOS devices.) 

To be able to use the functions of this tweak, all you will need to do is press and hold the home button to raise siri and say commands like "Enable" or "Disable" Bluetooth or "Turn Screen Brightness to X%" 

Hands-Free Control for Siri

This tweak has to be one of my personal favorites as it allows you to raise Siri with the sound of your voice.  No longer will you have to even touch your device to talk to Siri, all you have to do is utter the word "Siri" and the AI will raise and then you can continue to ask away. 

Zephyr

This great tweak, courtesy of chpwn, allows you to slide between apps in a similar way multitasking gestures does on the iPad. It helps make an already smooth OS even smoother, and allows the multitasking bar to be opened with a swipe, as opposed to double-tapping the home button which we all – at some stage – get wrong and end up closing our currently-open app.

Based on a similar function of the Nokia N9, it’s a wonderful tweak, but then again, we’d expect nothing less from chpwn – one of the greatest to have ever done it.

Springtomize 2
Springtomize was initially released last March, and as an alternative option to WinterBoard, allowed users to customize many aspects of iOS.
The sequel provides much of the same, bringing iOS 5 compatibility and a sleek new look. As well as customizing the aesthetics of just about anything, you can disable certain aspects you may not find particularly useful, such as Voice Control or Multitasking.

3G Unrestrictor for iOS 5
Rather than attempting to pack loads of unnecessary features in, this tweak does one thing – and does it very well indeed. You may have tried to download, say a music video or movie from iTunes while on the go, only to realize the download would not start. This is because Apple limits the number of MB’s downloadable through a cellular connection to just twenty, leaving those on unlimited packages and bereft of an available Wi-Fi Hotspot just a tad bit miffed.

Enter 3G Unrestrictor. Recently updated for iOS 5, it tricks your device into thinking it’s on Wi-Fi whenever you activate it, meaning no more unnecessary limitations. It’s particularly popular amongst FaceTime users, a feature which can only be used over Wi-Fi; so says Apple.



As you can see, Jailbreaking has open up a complete new world for iphone users. The possiblities are completely endless. What are some of your favorite tweaks or/ themes? let us know in the comments. You never know you might see them in our next blog post. :)