First of all, if you don’t have any idea about what Tiny Umbrella is all about, you can visit this previous article for more information. How important is an SHSH blob? For jailbreakers and anyone who cannot live with a non-jailbroken iPhone, this is very important.

Tiny Umbrella is the easiest and most convenient tool to use in saving an SHSH blob. This helps anyone to downgrade from a previous iOS version to an older one. Now, the latest version of Tiny Umbrella is updated to support the latest iOS 5.0.1, excluding the iPhone 4S. This is because during the restore process, Apple now signs firmware differently.

Even though there is still no working solution for restoring 5.x on iPhone 4S I have released a 5.01.00 so you can at least save 5.0.1 SHSH. I have added tentative support for at least saving 5.0.1 SHSHs for iPhone 4S but as of now we are unable to use them fully.

Thanks to the developer of Tiny Umbrella. For some point, this helps everybody to save their SHSH blobs even if there’s still no jailbreak available. You’ll never know the future.

Every iPhone users are always looking for new ways to enhance the great smartphone they possess. Today, I want to share two jailbreak tweaks that are simple and easy to install yet it gives color to your iPhone while in the lockscreen mode.

LabelSlide
LabelSlide is a jailbreak tweak that will change your default “slide to unlock” text on the slide button to whatever text you may want. Available for free in the BigBoss repo, LabelSlide can be downloaded and installed immediately after searching it. After you have installed this tweak, you can go to your Settings app so you can change and activate the text you may want to show in your lockscreen. There is an added feature wherein you can replace the text with the current date. But obviously you may not want this since the date is usually displayed on top. Here is a video for more information on LabelSlide.

LockSecondsIndicator

Although this tweak is not the first of its kind, it however caught my attention. This is because when I tried it on my iPhone, it does run smoothly. With less memory used in this tweak (about only 47KB), I can sincerely recommend this tweak if ever you want to enhance the default time display on your lockscreen. That is, it will add seconds in your time with real time indication. To install this tweak, search through Cydia “LockSecondsIndicator” and install. Your iPhone will respring. Go to Settings App and activate the tweak.

There you go; two tweaks that will customize your lockscreen. Tell us how you think about this tweaks by writing comments below.

Repositories are independent distribution channels that offer Cydia packages to customers from different developers. These repositories (or repos), also known as online hubs, contains the apps/tweaks for quick and easy access and installation. The Bigboss repo, for example, is a popular repo in Cydia that contains majority of the tweaks and are conveniently listed for easy browsing of customers.

While larger repos also contains a huge number of packages that sometimes flooded with garbage apps, it is nice to know that you can now create your very own repository so you can collect your favorite apps and tweaks which you can share with your friends. This is because sharing Cydia apps can sometimes be impossible with attaching in emails, that’s why creating your own repos is the best way.

iRepo is the new jailbreak tweak will allow you to create repos on your own and will host .deb files in your own iPhone or iPad with iOS 4.2 or higher. The following are the steps:

1. Purchase iRepo from Cydia through the BigBoss repo for $1.99.

2. iRepo will install and reboot your iPhone. A new icon will be present in your springboard.

3. Open up iRepo icon to start the app and you will be greeted with the configuration settings.

4. Input the name of your repo as you want it, a description or a codename for its contents. You can also add a password for secure access.

5. Tap on “Save” and go back to Status to enable your repo.

6. To add .deb files, you can SSH your iPhone in your computer under the “packages” option or use iFile so you can add anytime and anywhere.

Making your own Cydia repo is not too hard for a beginner!

iPhone users cannot really deny the fact that its SMS app is not as good as with other smartphones. So, the jailbreak developers came up with a solution on enhancing SMS with the release of BiteSMS. And now, another messaging app was launched for an option of the jailbreak community to switch over from the previous BiteSMS that costs $9.99.

SMS+ was the latest addition to messaging app for iPhones. Now available through Cydia, SMS+ cost only $1.99. This iPhone-only messaging app is loaded of great features like the following:

• Quick reply (can also be configured with Activator) – allows you to quickly reply to an incoming SMS without leaving the application
• Text to speech – you can also use your iPhone to “speak” the text message being received
• Status bar notifications – can also mark as read later option
• Does not add another icon in your springboard – it only integrates with the iOS SMS app
• Timestamps for every message
• Mark all as read
• Pull to sort (Sorting by Date or Sender)

Although SMS+ don’t have all the features that BiteSMS had, the price difference is absolutely tempting for you to save more. The developer of SMS+, Filippo Biga, had already brought the jailbreak community with previous tweaks like CameraLock and Springtomize.

“SMS+ is the best solution to improve your SMS experience on iOS. It integrates perfectly in the native SMS application, adding to it those functionalities you won’t ever be able to stay without after having tried them.”

Try it for yourself and give us a comment what you think about SMS+.

Do you think all the great applications are from iOS? Not all. In fact, there are a lot of excellent apps in Android and recently one is being imported to iOS. Dolphin Browser was the best browser available in the Android OS but is now making its way in the App Store which is perfect for smartphones with smaller screens like the iPhone 4. The developer’s claim for the reason to be on top was the deep gesture integration that reduces the need to include a number of on-screen buttons.

While there are already browsers available in the App Store aside from the default Safari, Dolphin is aiming to be on top by offering it for FREE. Since the iOS 5 is coming in the next few weeks, it is expected to modify the mobile Safari which may include features from other browsers that is lacking with it.

I recently tried Dolphin in my iPhone 4 and was definitely not upset about it. In fact, I now use it for good. It provides tabbed browsing and smart address bar which will give you a list of your most visited websites just like browsing in a computer. Bookmarking is also present to provide your favorites to be on list.

More features are stated by its developers for everyone who doubts about Dolphin. Here is the list:

“✓ Gestures
You can simplify the way you navigate the mobile web without going through complicated clicks. On the bottom menu bar, you can find the gesture button (finger shape), which enables the gesture mode. In gesture mode, you can draw a sign or add a new gesture. For example, in any web site, if you input “v” gesture in the gesture mode, you can go to the bottom of the web site.

✓ Webzine
Bring out the beauty of the web and with Dolphin Webzine users can experience the web like never before.

✓ Tabbed browsing
Real tabbed browsing. Feel like you are on a desktop. Add tabs within Dolphin just like you would on a desktop.

✓ Sidebar
We implemented two side bars for you to access Bookmark and Tool Bar without going through complicated clicks; you can access Tool Bar simply by swiping from the right edge of iPhone screen to left. You can access Bookmark simply by swiping from the left edge of iPhone screen to right.

✓ Speed Dial
Put favorite sites on Speed Dial. Stop looking around in your bookmarks. Forget about typing out long URL. Just put your favorite sites on Speed Dial.

✓ Smart Address Bar
Smart and effortless browsing by auto-completing URL and context menus When you type the first few characters of a URL, Dolphin auto-complete the URL by displaying all results from both bookmarked items and your browsing history.

✓ Bookmark Folder
We implemented Folder in Bookmark. Now you can organize your bookmarks into different folders, as you currently are doing with your desktop web browsers!

✓ Desktop Mode
Switch between desktop view and mobile view according to your needs Need to view the full site of facebook sometimes on mobile? Dolphin helps you do that.”