iOS
- Вышел Evasi0n: jailbreak для всех устройств под управлением iOS 6.х (How to jailbreak iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running iOS6?)
- Applications to install on jailbreak (see Зачем мне нужен jailbreak на iOS?):
- AppSync – to install applications from IPA (add http://repo.hackyouriphone.org/ to Cydia sources)
- AptBackup – backup/restore Cydia items to iTunes
NowNow – Google Now voice search everywhere(superseded by application from Apple)- ResetAllKiller – disable dangerous Reset button in Settings not allowing you to reset to latest iOS and destroy JailBreak.
- 3G Unrestrictor 5 ($3.99) – allows you to trick applications into thinking they are on WiFi even though they are on 3G and by this remove restrictions like not being able to use FaceTime on 3G or watch high quality YouTube videos
Browser Changer – open links in customizable 3rd-party browser instead of default Safari- Nitrous ($0.99) – give JavaScript a speed boost
Chrome Crash Fix – tiny fix for Chrome browser that crashes in JailBreak (from http://cydia.hbang.ws repo)(is not needed with latest Chrome versions)
Springtomize 2 ($2.99) – is really the only tweak you need to modify even the littlest aspect of your device (obsoletes FolderCloser and partially Infiniboard and Infinidock)- Springtomize 3 ($2.99 or $1.99 for upgrade)
DockShift – customize dock backgrounds for iOS 7; on iPad dock disappears (buggy)- Activator – assign actions for gestures and buttons
- f.lux – warms colors at night to match indoor lighting
- SplitMail – fix for mail app that splits screen correctly in portrait mode
- MuteIcon – adds mute icon to status bar
- TransparentVolume – adjust the transparency of the background of the Volume HUD on iOS
- IntelliScreenX 6 ($9.99) – Facebook, Twitter, RSS, Enhanced Mail, … in your iOS 6 Notification Center and on your Lock Screen
- NCSettings – Notification Center toggle widget allowing to access options without need to go to Settings
- NCColors – change the background of Notification Center background
- CCToggles – customize visibility and order of each item in “Toggle” and “QuickLaunch” on ControlCenter for iOS 7
- SwipeSelection – move cursor & select text with swipes
- Forecast – replaces the standard lock clock with the native iOS5 weather widget; it also supports adding a clock to the weather widget in Notification Center
- AndroidLock XT ($4.99) – replaces the default lock screen with gesture-driven like in Android
- stride ($2.99) – unlock with custom made gestures
- Infiniboard ($0.99) – enable vertical scroll on home screen pages allowing to add infinite number of app icons
- Gridlock 2.0 ($4.99) – place your icons anywhere on the grid
- Barrel ($2.99) – add animation when flipping icon pages
- MultiIcon Mover – move several icons at once
- Infinidock ($1.99) – enable horizontal scroll for dock which can hold infinite icons
- Auxo ($1.99) – powerful replacement for task bar (contains the functionality of NCSettings and SwipeAway)
- SwitchSpring – gives you a convenient way to restart SpringBoard or quit all of your apps quickly on iOS 7 with swipe up on the home screen card in the app switcher
- Zephyr ($4.99) – swipe up from the bottom of the screen to close apps; switch apps by swiping left or right from the edge of the screen
- 360 Battery Saver Pro – battery management app
- BatteryDoctorPro – monitors and optimizes your battery in a professional way, move important toggles and settings into Notification Center or Status Bar
- Weblock – ad-blocker
In the list above:
– the tweak is not needed in iOS 7 as it has this function implemented (in some way)- – the tweak does not work in iOS 7
- – the tweak works OK in iOS 7
- – the tweak is not yet available for iPad
See also:
File managers
- GoodReader (€3.99) – super-robust PDF reader for iPad & iPhone
- Sync with Dropbox, SkyDrive, SugarSync and any WebDAV, AFP, SMB, FTP or SFTP server
- Annotate PDFs ( text boxes, popup comments / sticky notes, text highlights, freehand drawings, lines, arrows, rectangles, ovals, cloudy shapes, text underlines, strikeouts, text insertion marks)
- Actions: create folders, move, copy and rename your files; zip/unzip/unrar, email them; plus send your files to other apps.
- Text Search feature helps you find your way to the exact info you want in any PDF or TXT file.
- File formats: PDF, TXT, DOC, XLS, PPT, HTML; JPG, GIF, TIF, BMP, PNG, ICO, CUR, XBM; AAC, ADTS, AC3, AIF, AIFF, AIFC, CAF, MP3, M4A, M4B, SND, AU, SD2, WAV; MOV, MP4, M4V, 3GP, MPV
- iFiles ($3.99) – a file manager, document viewer, text editor, voice recorder, wifi drive, and more
- Sources: FTP/FTPS, SFTP, WebDav, Google Docs, Dropbox, Picasa, iCloud, Facebook, Flickr, Amazon S3…
- Actions: Move, Copy, Rename, Delete, Create New Folder, Zip and Unzip, Email, Share over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, Open In other applications…
- File formats: DOC, RTF, TXT, XSL, PPT, HTML, PDF; MP4, MOV, 3GP; WAV, MP3, ACC, JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIF, ICO…
- Transfer files over WiFi & USB
- CloudOn – view/edit files (DOC, XLS, PPT, PDF, JPG, PNG, GIF) on Box, Dropbox and Google Drive accounts with associated iPad applications. However it renders PDF and TIFF slowly.
- FileApp – file and document viewer
- Actions: move, copy rename files and folders and this in batches also.
- File formats: DOC, RTF, TXT, XSL, PPT, audio and video playback.
- Transferred from any Computer via USB or Wi-Fi.
- PlainText – reading and writing text files, synced with Dropbox
- SuperFiles ($8.99) (full version, light version) – frontend to Google Drive (including scan, OCR and translate), iDisk (MobileMe), SkyDrive, Dropbox, Box.net, Picasa, Flickr, WebDAV, FTP, SFTP
- File formats: JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, PPS, PPSX, PPT, PPTX, RTF, PDF, CHM, FB2, PDB, EPUB, WEBARCHIVE, XML, HTML, CSS, TXT, CSV, TSV, PHP, JS, JAVA, C, CPP, MM, …
- Scan, OCR, text-to-speech for 37 languages, translate to 52 languages
- Zip, UnZip, UnRar, email files
- Send/Receive files between SuperFile applications via Bluetooth
Media players
- BUZZ Player HD ($2.99) (BUZZ Player v4.0.1 – latest with AC3/DTS, BUZZ Player v4.1.0, BUZZ Player v5.0.0, BUZZ Player v3.1.1, BUZZ Player v6.6.3) – a multimedia player supporting many audio and video codecs and file formats, and various streaming protocols.
- Container formats: 3GP, AVI, ASF, FLV, MKV (Matroska), MOV (QuickTime), MP4, NUT, Ogg, OGM, RealMedia, Bink, WMV, XVID, DIVX.
- Video formats: Cinepak, DV, H.263, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, HuffYUV, Indeo, MJPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2, RealVideo, Sorenson, Theora, WMV, Bink.
- Audio formats: AAC, ALAC, AMR,
AC3, DTS,FLAC, Intel Music Coder, Monkey's Audio, MP3, Musepack, RealAudio, Shorten, Speex, Vorbis, WMA, Bink. - Protocols: RTP, RTSP, uPnP, HTTP, FTP, MMS, Netstream (mpst://), SMB, ffmpeg://
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- Container formats: AVI, WMV, RMVB, ASF, H264, MKV
- Subtitle formats: SMI, SRT, TXT, ASS
- Audio formats:
AC3, DTS - FTP client, FTP/HTTP server
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- Container formats: MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WMV, ASF, FLV, OGV, RMVB, TP
- Subtitle formats: SMI, SRT, SSA, IDX, SUB, LRC
- Audio formats: AC3,
DTS,MP3, WAV, WMA, FLAC, APE, CUE - Image formats : JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIFF
- Protocols: HTTP/FTP/WebDAV/UPnP/DLNA/SMB client
- FilmOn Live TV – watch over 300 live TV channels; free in SD quality and subscription is available for HD and record services
- Popcorn – watch movies and TV shows instantly on iOS
Dictionaries
- Lingvo ($3) – dictionary
- Dictionary Universal ($5.99) – morphology, pronunciation, StarDict format support (color highlighting), grouped dictionaries.
- Руссо туристо ($9.99)
Games for kids
Other
- Travel for iPad (TRVL) – each issue presenting a location-specific look at some of the world's most beautiful and fascinating destinations.
- Zoom BY – the places you want to search and explore
- Live OV – track exact location of public transport vehicle (tram, bus, …)
- TextGrabber – turns your iPhone into a multifunctional mobile scanner with translation capability (seller: ABBYY).
- Mosfoodnews – кулинарное iPad-приложение
- GoSkyWatch Planetarium – displays the sky view at the correct orientation when held at any angle not just landscape or portrait.
- Shazam – recognize the song by sample, singer, title, …
- TuneIn Radio – lets you listen to the world’s radio with music, sports, news, talk, and comedy streaming from every continent.
- RSS Reeder for iPad – syncs with Google Reader
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- Mailbox – very nice mail reader, however it not possible to set it as default mailer
- Calendars+ – better alternative for build-in calendar
- InternetUrok – образовательный портал, содержащий более 3500 видеоуроков по школьной программе от учителей Санкт-Петербурга и Москвы, в открытом доступе и без рекламы
- Buienalarm – weersverwachting
Questions answered
Перехват HTTP/HTTPS трафика iOS приложений
- Скачать пакет com.isecpartners.nabla.sslkillswitch_v0.6-iOS_7.0.deb, залить на iOS и установить.
- Settings → SSL Kill Switch → Disable Certificate Validation, потом перегрузиться.
Теперь почти для всех iOS приложений проверка сертификата заканчивается успехом какой бы сертификат приложению не подсунули. Это позволяет скормить через Fiddler2 весь HTTP/HTTPS трафик с вашего iOS девайса.
What application can show the WiFi spots signal strength and distribution over channels?
Unfortunately, all such applications have been removed from Apple store, see Apple Drops Wi-Fi Sniffers from iPhone App Store. However unofficially API can be called, see iPhone signal strength. So the only possibility for jailbroken devices is to install one of applications from Cydia, in particular WiFi Analyzer (mind that it only supports the 2.4 GHz band and has limited support for 802.11n networks).
How to view saved WiFi passwords?
From Is there any way to view saved wifi passwords:
Checkout WiFi Passwords.
How to watch video from iPad on TV via AirPlay without Apple TV?
- XBMC supports AirPlay from v11 (also in wiki). Debian users can install it from Debian repo (check the packaging differences). Media players on XBMC:
- Non-free application like ReflectionApp (on OS X or Windows PC) (see Share iPad Screen without Apple TV) or AirServer (OS X) plus HDMI cable to your TV.
What if my pad is lost or stolen?
- For OS X check Find my iPad. Also check new feature Find My iPhone Activation Lock in iOS 7.
- For Android, check free AndroidLost or non-free here
How to prevent apps from being deleted?
Set Settings → General → Restrictions → Enable Restrictions [enter a 4-digit passcode and enter it again when prompted] → Deleting Apps to off.
How to install IPA application on iPad ?
Via USB link:
- Have a look at i-FunBox
Via SSH:
- You need to have OpenSSH installed (by default). Copy IPA to
/private/var/mobile/Applications/<UUID> - To install IPA use vShare.
See also:
How to copy files from PC to iPad ?
Via USB link:
- Check i-FunBox. You will need to install drivers that come with iTunes though e.g. CopyTrans Drivers Installer. In total that is 40MB for iFunBox, 65MB Apple Application Support and 25MB for Apple Mobile Device Support.
- If application supports FTP (like BUZZ Player HD), install one from the List of FTP server software, e.g. FileZilla or SlimFTPd.
- For iPhone/iPod check CopyTrans Manager. It does not work with iPad.
or directly over SSH.
When I try to update the application iOS asks for wrong user ID
Try one of the following:
- Try to logout and login in Settings → Store → Apple ID.
- Delete the application and install it again. Newly installed application should be signed by correct ID.
How to use iPad as cellphone?
Not possible. You need applications like Google Voice or Skype that will receive the VoIP over WiFi or 3G and reroute it to mobile network.
Is iOS 7/8 jailbroken?
- 7.0.0–7.0.4: Jailbreaking iOS 7.
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- 8.1.3–8.4: TaiG Jailbreak Tool v2.4.3 (Китайцы взломали iOS 8.3)
What to do with i-device before selling it?
From What to do before selling or giving away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch:
- Back up your device.
- Go to Settings → General → Reset, then tap Erase All Content and Settings.
This will completely erase your device and turn off iCloud, iMessage, FaceTime, Game Center, and other services.
If you're using iOS 7 and have Find My iPhone turned on, your Apple ID and password will be required. After you provide your password, the device will be erased and removed from your account so that the next owner can activate it.
How to minimize user disruption from reloading purged tabs?
From Issue 228206:
Try Settings → Bandwidth → Preload Webpages → Never.
What is the directory where applications data is stored?
In shell navigate to
/private/var/mobile/Applications. To find the private folder for a given app do:
# ls /private/var/mobile/Applications/*/*.app | grep MyAppName B190A468-8D3F-4767-BB97-176074A572B0/MyAppName.app
I got "iCloud keychain was reset, this phone is no longer participating in iCloud keychain." message
Go to Settings → iCloud and enable Keychain. After SMS verification and entering account password the problem is gone.
Which additional packages to install?
- Darwin CC Tools:
nm,otool,strings,ld - BigBoss Recommended Tools:
less,hexdump,locale,lsof,top,ps,vim,whois,wget,svn,git,patch,make - Locale Profiles in UTF-8:
/usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8