iPhone Tweaks

For those with iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus hardware, Reachability is Apple's way to make one-handed use of these larger devices possible. Leave it to the jailbreak community to improve upon such a feature. MyReachability combines Reachability with the built-in accelerometer to make the feature more useful.

The tweak is an interesting way to make any app completely usable with one hand. Once installed, invoking Reachability by tapping the Touch ID button is enhanced with the accelerometer. Tilting the iPhone will change the app screen area that is revealed, meaning more parts of an app can be utilized with one hand.

Checking battery usage in iOS 8 provides basic statistics on what apps have been consuming the most juice. Under Settings -> General -> Usage -> Battery Usage top power-consuming apps in the past week or past 24 hours are listed. While this can be helpful, there are many battery details hidden from view.

The jailbreak tweak DetailedBatteryUsage unlocks these secret power statistics, adding a plethora of information to the Battery Usage area. Once installed, a battery level graph as well as background usage stats are revealed.

Many jailbreak tweaks focus entirely on the Control Center, an area of iOS that is ripe for customization. CCQuick, CCControls, and the popular FlipControlCenter come to mind. Another such tweak has recently been updated for the latest version of iOS: CCSettings for iOS 8.

With CCSettings, jailbreakers can add various toggles to the stock Control Center, making this part of iOS even more functional. Multiple settings can be accessed immediately from Control Center, including Cellular Data, Location Services, Personal Hotspot, VPN and more. Having access to more toggles directly in the iOS 8 Control Center makes quick changes to settings quick and convenient.

Jailbreakers are accustomed to respringing their iOS devices when implementing a mod or installing tweaks. Sometimes the software has a convenient respring button built-in. Otherwise, it can be tricky to respring and it can even be easier just to reboot. Now the jailbreak tweak PullToRespring brings this functionality right into iOS 8.

Once installed, PullToRespring adds respring access directly to the Settings. Simply swipe down on the Settings menu and the Springboard will respring immediately. It's the same gesture that is used as a reload or refresh command in many apps. The only option that will be added to the Settings is a toggle to disable the tweak entirely.

Taking a screenshot on an iOS device means pressing the home and sleep buttons simultaneously. While this copies whatever is on the display to the Camera Roll, the image always covers the entire screen. Cropping the screenshot normally involves editing the photo, but with the CroppingScreen tweak installed the process is simplified.

Users with jailbroken devices can control what subset of the display is captured in a screenshot when CroppingScreen is installed. Simply perform the routine method for taking a screenshot, but instead of the photo being instantly taken an interface is presented. The display will appear grey, and a tap and drag reveals a lighter box. Resize the box to select which portion of the screen you wish to capture, then let go.