How To Get iOS 7.1's Best Features On Your Jailbroken Device
Thorin Klosowski, Gawker Media
iOS 7.1 didn't bring a ton of new features the table ,
but the few tweaks and improvements it did add make iOS a lot more
useable. Unfortunately, iOS 7.1 isn't jailbroken, but if you want to
keep your jailbreak and still get the new features, you just need to track down a few tweaks.
Get the New Calendar
The
Calendar in iOS 7.1 got a few handy little improvements, including a
better list view that makes it easier to read your upcoming plans and
new holidays. It doesn't sound like much, but it really does make the
iOS 7 calendar easier to use. Thankfully, jailbreakers can get the new
calendar with Gregorian. You'll find it by searching for Gregorian in
Cydia in Ryan Petrich's repository. You'll need to add that repository
manually. Just head into Cydia, tap Manage > Sources, then Edit and
add:
http://rpetri.ch/repo/
Speed Up Animations
Animations
are a lot faster in iOS 7.1, which makes it so opening and closing
apps, navigating between pages, and moving between folders a lot less
nausea inducing than on iOS 7. Thankfully, you don't have to upgrade to
get the improved speed.
Speed Intensifier is a free tweak that allows you to set the speed of animations to your liking.
Tone Down the White
iOS 7.1 added a handy feature to tone down the whiteness so your phone doesn't blind you at night. While this isn't directly possible with a jailbroken phone, you can use
F.lux
to get a similar effect. Basically, once F.lux is installed, you can
play around with different settings to change the color temperature.
With a little tweaking you can get a similar effect to the one available
in iOS 7.1.
Disable Parallax
You can disable the parallax effect in iOS 7 pretty easily ,
but you lose the nifty animations when you do it. iOS 7.1 added a
special configuration just for parallax, but you can easily get it on
your jailbroken device too. Just download
HiddenSettings7
and Parallax enaBlur. Once both are downloaded, you'll get an option to
disable parallax on your home screen or your lock screen, just like in
iOS 7.1.
Get the iOS 7.1 Icons
iOS
7.1 made a few very subtle changes to the icons that most people won't
even notice, but if you want to keep things on the level, this
Winterboard theme gives you the new icons for Phone, FaceTime, and Messages.
Add the Automatic Flash Indicator
Another
subtle change in iOS 7.1 is a new flash indicator for the camera. When
your flash is about to go off, you'll know it based on the icon turning
yellow. It's a little thing, but it's actually incredibly helpful for
those times when you don't want to accidentally flash someone.
Yellow Flash 7 adds that exact function to iOS 7.
