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Opinion: Heres why Im still jailbreaking my iPhone on iOS 8.4

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Written by: MIKE BEASLEY

! @MikeBeas
41 minutes ago
asphaleia callbar cask flex jailbreak musicmod noslowanimations polus protean reachapp recentfacebook searchsettings
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With iOS 9 coming out later this year, there will once again be a number of articles proclaiming that jailbreaking is
now unnecessary because so many of the most popular tweaks have been added as native features. While
jailbreaking may not be as popular as it was in the iOS 4 days, there are still a lot of great reasons to give it a try.
I recently downgraded from iOS 9 to jailbreak my phone again. Here are just a few reasons I recommend you
consider jumping o of the beta bandwagon.

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Protean $1.99
The iPhone status bar has undergone very few changes since the first model shipped in 2007. New icons have
been added, and theyve all been redesigned at least once, but there hasnt been a meaningful reexamination of
what actually goes in the status bar.
One example that I often use to highlight this problem is the alarm icon. I use my iPhone as my daily alarm clock.
Ive got alarms set for every day of the week. I know this, and I dont need to see a constant reminder in my
status bar that I have active alarms. Currently, theres no way to get rid of that.
Bluetooth is another example. I leave mine turned on all the time. When I get in my car, it automatically connects,
and I dont have to futz around with anything. I dont need to see an icon in my status bar reminding me that
Bluetooth is running. And if you use the Apple Watch, its a requirement to stay connected so youre likely never
disabling it. I can check Control Center if I really need to know, which I never have.
On the other hand, there are icons that I would love to see in my status bar, but Apple has decided against
adding. New emails, Twitter notifications, missed calls, voicemails, unread text messages, and more are all
pertinent information that I would love to be able to see at a glance, but as things are now, I have to back out to
the home screen and look for badges on app icons or use Notification Center. Neither are universally visible at a
glance.
Protean is a tweak thats designed to solve all of these problems. Its a highly-customizable status bar
modification that lets you remove, rearrange, redesign, or replace your status bar icons. The feature set is way
too long to get into in this one post, but heres a quick overview of what you can do:
Hide useless status bar icons like your carrier name, alarm, or others that you dont want to see
Rearrange the entire status bar to put the icons in any order and pin them to the left or right side of the bar
(or even the center)
Show an icon (with support for custom icons you can add yourself) in the status bar when specific apps
have unread notifications; you can select a dierent icon for every app
Customize system icons (like Bluetooth, location, Wi-Fi, and more) and replace them with any other icon
you want
Show a custom icon in your status bar when specific Bluetooth devices are connected (like a Hyundai logo
when my Sonata connects); I find this much better than a constant Bluetooth icon
Protean supports all of the countless icon packs previously designed for a similar tweak called OpenNotifier that
no longer appears to be in development.

Polus $.99
Polus is a Control Center customizer that lets you put just about anything in the slide-up control panel. You can
create shortcuts to your favorite apps, toggles for system features like hotspot and vibration, and more. It also
allows you to tweak the design of Control Centers icons to fit your own taste.

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TypeStatus Free
iMessage conversations currently include a typing indicator view when one of your contacts starts replying to a
message, but you can only see that when youre actually in the thread view. TypeStatus is a free tweak that puts
an icon in your status bar to show when someone is typing.
There are two dierent options for how this icon can be displayed. One is just a small speech bubble that
appears alongside other icons. The other (my personal choice) takes over your whole status bar for a
customizable period of time (say, five seconds) and shows you the full name of the person typing, then restores
your regular status bar.
The tweak can also show a similar notification when you get a read receipt.

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ReachApp Free (beta available from developer repo)

ReachApp is a clever tweak that brings split-screen multitasking to iOS 8.4, but unlike Apples implementation in
iOS 9, its not limited to the iPad. With this app, triggering Reachability moves your current app halfway down the
screen, then populates the top half with a customizable list of your favorite apps, recent apps, and (optionally) a
list of every app on your device.
Tapping one of these icons then puts that app on the top half of your screen. A handle between the two apps lets
you resize them to fit your needs.
The tweak is still very much in beta right now, and a lot of apps have trouble running in this mode, but its very
interesting to play around with and will certainly be a compelling tweak when its finished.

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MusicMod Free
MusicMods name pretty much gives away what it does. With this tweak, you can make a number of changes to
the stock Music application on iOS 8.4. The changes include disabling certain parts of the interface (like the
Recently Added section in the playlist tab), disabling parts of Apple Music (like Connect, or Radio) while still
keeping the ability to use search to find any music through the service.
You can also tweak the Now Playing screen to remove the status bar (which is poorly placed directly on top of
the album artwork), get rid of the blurred artwork that appears behind the music controls, and more.
One feature thats still marked as being in beta also adds support for turning the Music app into landscape mode.

Asphaleia 2 $1.99
While a lot of apps have been updated with support for Touch ID, some people may be looking to lock others
(such as stock apps) behind their fingerprint. Asphaleia lets you do just that, along with protecting functions like
powering down the phone with a Touch ID lock. You can also lock down Spotlight, multitasking, Control Center,
and more.

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Flex 2 $3.99
Flex 2 doesnt actually do anything on its own. Instead, it serves as a platform for creating, sharing, and
downloading patches created by other users. Its not quite like Cydia in that there are no standalone tweaks here.
Flex just lets you make changes to apps currently installed on your device by changing values and settings that
are normally inaccessible to users.
For example, you can add contact photos to the Messages app on devices other than the iPhone 6 Plus. You can
get rid of the nearly useless search bar in the Messages app as well. A whole collection of patches for Facebook
let you hide annoying parts of the UI, disable video autoplay, use the app in landscape, and much more.
Patches like this exist for just about every popular app thats available. The Flex app automatically sorts patches
by application so you can quickly find what youre looking for.
Apps like Flex are where jailbreaking really has a chance to shine by enabling users to more directly customize
individual apps. These patches may not make any huge changes to the system or add big new functionality, but
by fixing annoyances in the apps you use every day, you can make your phone much more enjoyable.

RecentFacebook Free
This makes Facebook default to the Most Recent feed rather than the curated news feed the app currently uses.
That feed gets moved to the More tab. This is another one of those little things that make using Facebook that
much easier.

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CallBar $3.99
When you get an incoming phone or FaceTime call, the Phone app takes over your entire screen and makes you
decide whether you want to take the call or not before allowing you to continue with whatever you were doing.
CallBar changes the incoming call behavior and shows a notification banner for incoming calls. Its not just a
regular banner, though. The CallBar is larger than your usual notification to accommodate buttons for accepting
and declining. Once youve picked up a call, you can access all of the same features that the regular call screen
presents (mute, merge calls, keypad, and so on), but without losing your place in your current app.
CallBar can also act as a full Phone app replacement. You can use a customizable gesture (or, optionally, tap the
Phone app icon) to pull up a similar banner that contains all of the phone apps functions: favorite contacts,
recent calls, contacts, a full keypad, and voicemail access. My only qualm with this part of the tweak is that it
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doesnt provide visual voicemail access, and the developers have said they have no intention of adding that.
Regardless, CallBar is a pretty solid tweak with some great functionality.

Cask Free (available from developer repo)

Cask is a tweak from famed developer Ryan Petrich that brings Google Plus-inspired scrolling animations to
table views throughout iOS. Its a bit buggy on iOS 8.4 right now (the info page specifically says it hasnt been
updated for that OS yet), but it works well enough that you shouldnt have any major problems.
You can choose from a small selection of eects, including fading, growing, and sliding in from the right, for the
cells of each table as you scroll. You can also customize the timing to decide how long the animation should take
to complete.

NoSlowAnimations Free
While Apple has greatly improved animation speeds in iOS since version 7 was first released in beta, theres
always more room for improvement. NoSlowAnimations lets users change the duration of most system
animations to speed things up a bit.
Rather than making you choose a specific time for each animation to last, NoSlowAnimations lets you scale all of
the animations at once using a slider in the Settings app. Setting the slider to .70, for example, will cause
animations to take only 70% of the usual time.

SearchSettings Free (available from developer repo)

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Another great (and simple) Ryan Petrich tweak, SearchSettings puts a search bar at the top of the Settings app
so you can quickly find what youre looking for. Since this feature appears in iOS 9, downgrading your phone
solely to install this tweak doesnt make a lot of sense, but its a good one to keep on hand if you go back for
other tweaks.

ShowCase Free
ShowCase has been around for years and is a feature recently built into iOS 9 as part of the new keyboard. It
shows lowercase letters on the keyboard when your shift key is o and capitals when the shift key is on. This one
is a big help to me, as my thumb is almost always hovering over the shift key and preventing me from seeing
whether its on or o.
Like SearchSettings, this ones not worth downgrading and jailbreaking for by itself, but it makes a great
companion to many of the others on the list.

Everything Else
This is just a small sampling of whats currently available for iOS 8.4. Many new tweaks are being released every
week (sometimes dozens per week). As Apple continues to add new features and apps to iOS, developers will
continue finding new ways to take advantage of them.

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12 Responses to Opinion: Heres why Im still jailbreaking my iPhone on iOS 8.4

Jesse Nichols says:

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July 21, 2015 at 1:09 pm

I actually Jailbroke my iPhone for the first time yesterday. I have not installed any tweaks though I simply
wanted to be able to install GBA4iOS We used to be able to install without Jailbreak, but Apple patched
that method. Sorry Apple! I want to play Pokemon on my iPhone! Lol

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Tony Wiltshire (@Loke2112) says:

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July 21, 2015 at 1:12 pm

Anyway you could show me how you did it? Thanks in advance!

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Mike Beasley says:
July 21, 2015 at 1:33 pm

Since that apps open source, you should actually be able to built it in Xcode from the source and
install it on your own device using Xcode 7 and iOS 9 when they come out later this year.

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Tony Wiltshire (@Loke2112) says:

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July 21, 2015 at 1:12 pm

I have always wanted to try Jailbreaking my iPhone 6. I tried the beta but the bugs were deal breakers. Could
you possibly point me in the right direction on how to do it and would it be buggy? I know how to back up
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8.4 in case I dont like it. I just want the tweaks!

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joannbendzsas says:

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July 21, 2015 at 1:24 pm

There are two options right now Taig and Pangu. Both are viable options to jailbreak your phone. You
basically plug and play! It takes no time and you are jailbroken. Keep in mind an OTA update will make
jailbreak not work. Read iDownloadblog for a full article on how to jailbreak. Though it is pretty simple
.

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Tony Wiltshire (@Loke2112) says:
July 21, 2015 at 1:27 pm

TY Joan!

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July 21, 2015 at 1:14 pm

I do like the sound Protean and TypeStatus but Im not jailbreaking so Ill just be SOL on that.

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Howie Isaacks says:
July 21, 2015 at 1:18 pm

Nothing youve mentioned is important enough to render your iPhone less secure. Have fun.

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Tony Wiltshire (@Loke2112) says:
July 21, 2015 at 1:29 pm

How is it less secure?

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Mike Beasley says:

July 21, 2015 at 1:34 pm

Well since Im not an idiot who installs random packages from pirate repos and I only put trusted
software on my phone, I dont think Ill have too much trouble.

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Bruno Fernandes (@Linkb8) says:

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July 21, 2015 at 1:36 pm

LockInfo alone is worth the price of Jailbreaking and if Apple were to add that functionality to the OS itself, I
might not JB at all. This is THE tipping-point tweak for me, everything else is gravy.

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Nic Wise says:

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July 21, 2015 at 1:37 pm

Id definitely want to jailbreak my phone. How would Hacking Team put their awesome software on it if I
dont?

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