Going Back to iPhone 5

[omniusovermind]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

I mean your jailor pulls your chain with every update.

Exactly.
Here's the problem. Out of a list of all possible things you could do with your jailbroken iphone, maybe 1-2% require the need to root your Android device. Something more like 30% would require you to Jailbreak your iPhone and start playing the cat and mouse security game with Apple.

And in the end you're stuck doing it all on a screen that looks like the size of a postage stamp compared to a top of the line Android device. There goes "it just works" right out the window. If it did you wouldn't be hacking your device with all the accompanying bugs and flaws just to get where I am right out of the box.

As I said before, iOS had a big hill to climb now called Mt. Catch Up. They're not the leaders anymore and haven't been for the last couple of years. Even the die hard Apple flag waver sites have been practically creaming their pants at getting Google Maps and Google Now on iPhone.

Jobs peaked when he released the iPad. Another interesting development is that all these companies are tripping over themselves to jump on the newest frontier: China and its population of 4 billion souls. Guess what the Chinese carriers recently told Apple about the influence and control they exert over USA carriers? I'll give you a hint: NO. Apple is well poised to take their place in history beside Nokia and Blackberry as a former tech giant unless they pull a rabbit out of the hat soon.

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[anon5664829]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

I think the big problem with jb iphone doing these things is that it may be able to do any of them in isolation, but it is more work and start piling on all the changes and it starts to get janky and buggy. Then ios has an update and you either miss it or reset and start over. Maybe things have gotten better but that is what I recall.

OH- cool setup. And I got a chuckle out of the work icon.

No, the iPhone 5 and 4S have a lot of power to support them. You will probably have lag maybe once in a couple of months.

 

[Tiago Silva]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

Nope, you can change EVERYTHING, from the font to lockscreen to multitasking to icon look, to custom sounds to custom animations live wallpapers, widgets etc it's the same thing. Even better about Jailbreaking is that you don't have to wipe your device to jailbreak and get features only some custom ROM's have. Tell me how I can make my Nexus 4 fully gesture based like Zypher on iOS?

Personally I prefer Cydia for installing tweaks.

Listen it's easy. There are apps on google play, which require root. They are allowed. It's ok.

On the other hand you dont see apps on ios store which require jailbreak. Why?

 

[anon5664829]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

I'll be setting up a tutorial for this latest theme shortly on www.mycolorscreen.com/badbrad. You can watch it and do whatever is in your power to duplicate the functions.

Basically the large icons are links to a specific app. But the small icon in the corners are links to folders. I have a custom battery bar at the top that changes colors as the battery gets lower and a toggle widget for turning things off and on. All of this was designed on my phone. I didn't use photoshop or anything. It uses Zooper widget and UCCW. The background has a transparency to it, so if I change the wallpaper it is completely changes the look. Rooting is not necessary for this.
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The second image below is my lock screen.
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I have the 3 buttons linking directly to my camera, voice command and weather app. So they are there instantly. I also see notifications for missed calls, texts and email. Also has a live weather feed and a custom locker slider.

I'd love to see you do something like this on your iPhone. And this is really the tip of the iceberg. There are other themes that make this look simple.

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Thats all possible(or something similar) on Jb iPhone.

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

I'll be setting up a tutorial for this latest theme shortly on www.mycolorscreen.com/badbrad. You can watch it and do whatever is in your power to duplicate the functions.

Basically the large icons are links to a specific app. But the small icon in the corners are links to folders. I have a custom battery bar at the top that changes colors as the battery gets lower and a toggle widget for turning things off and on. All of this was designed on my phone. I didn't use photoshop or anything. It uses Zooper widget and UCCW. The background has a transparency to it, so if I change the wallpaper it is completely changes the look. Rooting is not necessary for this.
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The second image below is my lock screen.
View attachment 67618

I have the 3 buttons linking directly to my camera, voice command and weather app. So they are there instantly. I also see notifications for missed calls, texts and email. Also has a live weather feed and a custom locker slider.

I'd love to see you do something like this on your iPhone. And this is really the tip of the iceberg. There are other themes that make this look simple.

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Man, I still haven't figured out that UCCW stuff. I want to do so much stuff with it, but it's just too confusing LOL. I need to try again, though, my fiancee wants the WP8 look on her N4 (yeah I know, I'm not buying her a WP8 device, so that's all she's gonna get LOL).

What you have going on looks awesome.

 

[anon5664829]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

Listen it's easy. There are apps on google play, which require root. They are allowed. It's ok.

On the other hand you dont see apps on ios store which require jailbreak. Why?

Yeah I agree fully, its great google allows you to have root apps in the play store. Reason is, Apple doesnt like people like me that would like more out of iOS, which is why I now have a awesome Nexus 4

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

Thats all possible(or something similar) on Jb iPhone.

Then you show us your screenshots when you get it done.

 

[omniusovermind]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

Nope, you can change EVERYTHING, from the font to lockscreen to multitasking to icon look, to custom sounds to custom animations live wallpapers, widgets etc it's the same thing. Even better about Jailbreaking is that you don't have to wipe your device to jailbreak and get features only some custom ROM's have. Tell me how I can make my Nexus 4 fully gesture based like Zypher on iOS?

Personally I prefer Cydia for installing tweaks.

I can name you 4 excellent apps off the top of my head only one which requires root if you like. PM me if so

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[anon5664829]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

I mean your jailor pulls your chain with every update.

True but, you don't have to update. It certainly annoying though that much I will agree.

 

[anon5664829]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

I can name you 4 excellent apps off the top of my head only one which requires root if you like. PM me if so

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Well, I use Franco kernel updater and power toggles, I would like to know more.

 

[anon5664829]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

Then you show us your screenshots when you get it done.

I really can't.
I wiped my iPhone and I don't have a spare SIM to activate it. Besides it was running stock and updated to iOS 6.0.3 which unfortunately patched the Jail break.

 

[return_0]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

I really can't.
I wiped my iPhone and I don't have a spare SIM to activate it.

You can use it without activation.

Besides it was running stock and updated to iOS 6.0.3 which unfortunately patched the Jail break.

Exactly. Jailbreak doesn't work all the time.

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[Kevin OQuinn]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

You can use it without activation.


Exactly. Jailbreak doesn't work all the time.

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Neither does root on a non-Nexus device. You have to wait for an exploit to be found. The beauty, though, is that once you're rooted you don't have to worry about it anymore. If there's any kind of custom ROM scene for your device you just stick to those. No cat-and-mouse about getting OS updates and keeping root.

 

[anon5664829]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

You can use it without activation.


Exactly. Jailbreak doesn't work all the time.

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Dude believe me. I CANNOT activate without a sim card

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[Kevin OQuinn]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

Dude believe me. I CANNOT activate without a sim card

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I think what he's saying is that you don't have to activate to be able to do the stuff we're talking about.

But you already stated that you're on a version of iOS that isn't jailbroken yet, so it's really a moot point.

 

[anon5664829]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

Neither does root on a non-Nexus device. You have to wait for an exploit to be found. The beauty, though, is that once you're rooted you don't have to worry about it anymore. If there's any kind of custom ROM scene for your device you just stick to those. No cat-and-mouse about getting OS updates and keeping root.

Yep. But with jailbreak you dont lose the app store (unlike custom ROMs where you have to flash Gapps.

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[anon5664829]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

I think what he's saying is that you don't have to activate to be able to do the stuff we're talking about.

But you already stated that you're on a version of iOS that isn't jailbroken yet, so it's really a moot point.

No as in activating the phone its self. You can jailbreak without activating your iPhone providing you have a jailbreak able version of iOS

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[Kevin OQuinn]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

Yep. But with jailbreak you dont lose the app store (unlike custom ROMs where you have to flash Gapps.

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Depends on the ROM. For AOSP ROM's yes, this is the case. But get a phone with Sense or Touchwiz and those apps are still there.

Besides, Google provides the GAPPS to flash, so it's really a non-issue.

 

[badbrad17]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

Man, I still haven't figured out that UCCW stuff. I want to do so much stuff with it, but it's just too confusing LOL. I need to try again, though, my fiancee wants the WP8 look on her N4 (yeah I know, I'm not buying her a WP8 device, so that's all she's gonna get LOL).

What you have going on looks awesome.

Thanks Kevin. I pretty much have UCCW mastered now for the main things. But the main screen design is done in Zooper widget. I really prefer it as it makes more sense especially when scaling to fit your screen. Try it out or by all means try my tutorial on this design if you like it when I add it this weekend. It should work on different phones very well. You will learn a lot just setting things up.

And by all means PM me if you ever need any help. I only started doing these custom screens a few months ago and UCCW seemed very confusing at first but after some fiddling it all made sense. I always include the core files for my widgets so you can edit them.

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[semp1]

Re: Going Back to Iphone 5

I have been with an apple iPhone since day 1 but have been waiting for the proper phone to make me switch. The HTC one is that phone, and android while not as "perfect" as apples os Is almost there and even though not quite there. I will not switch back and when it comes to my car syncing with it, it is flawless. Not only flawless but beats processing makes the sound superior to the iPhone over blue tooth. That by the way is an issue with android os not the HTC. It was corrected with the 4.2 update. If you're not comfortable switch back but I love this phone. The iPhone has grown too boring for me. The pro's out weigh the cons on the android platform.

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