Enable GoogleNow for your Country on iPhone or iPad

Google recently updated their iOS Search app with the features of Google Now. Unfortunately these new features were restricted to only the US and not for the rest of the world. Google probably decided to enable these features in one country first as a beta test and then rolling out the feature to the rest of the world after fixing out any kinks that are found.

How to enable Google Now for your country

Google Now is basically Google's own version of the virtual assistant Siri and while it wont have the deep integration into iOS as Siri does, Google Now is a good deal more accurate in its speech recognition and faster in its web search. The GoogleNowEnabler tweak unlocks the full set of features for whichever country you are in thus allowing you to make the full use of the App itself. The tweak is available for free on the ModMyi repo which comes added by default into Cydia.

One of the prerequisites for the tweak is of course to have the latest version of Google Search App installed, and the rest is taken care of by the tweak as just installing it unlocks the hidden features in the App. Recently the iOS Jailbreak community has been extremely active bringing out more and more tweaks and showing more innovation with their new ideas and the GoogleNowEnabler tweak is an example of how quick the Jailbreak community is responding to any updates in the ecosystem as the App was only released a couple of days ago.

We tried out the tweak to check out the Google Now features, and we have to admit that it is pretty good and it seems that there arent many exclusive features left that the Android OS has and which haven't been ported to iOS. So check out the GoogleNowEnabler tweak which will unlock the Google Now features for your country, available on the ModMyi repo and let us know what you think of it in the comments section.

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iOS Jailbreak Tweak Giffy: Play gifs in iPhone Photos app

iOS is touted as the more refined OS when it comes to UI and functionality. However, there is still a lot of functionality that is missing from the stock iOS firmware itself and this is where applying a Jailbreak comes into the picture with more and more developers making tweaks that allow iOS to be much more functional.

How to play gif files on your iPhone

One of the minor features that was ignored by Apple while making iOS was the feature to play gifs on your iPhone. Yes, you can attach the gif into your mail to see it playing but this is more of a going around the problem rather than solving it altogether. One of the well known tweaks that allows your gif files to be played directly from your photos application is Giffy.

Giffy is a simple little tweak that does exactly what it says and once you have installed the tweak your iPhone is able to play the gif files right from your iPhone's native Photo app and we have tested it that it works as advertised. The tweak is available on the BigBoss repo for a nominal price of $0.99

Giffy in Action

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iOS Jailbreak Tweak BgVideo: Play YouTube or Safari Videos in Background

iOS6 brought with it a lot of minor changes to the iOS system as a whole, changes which werent very apparent from the start but were showing sooner than later. Some of those changes were really amazing to find such as the detailing inside the music app where the app reflection tilts based on your gyroscope and some were just simply annoying.

BgVideo: Play YouTube or Safari Videos in Background

One of these changes was that before iOS6 you could run a YouTube video or run some other video in Safari and then when you closed Safari the audio still played in the background, better knows as audio backgrounding. iOS6 changed that where it disabled the background audio and it got very annoying that you couldnt listen whatever played in the background while doing something else on your phone.

This is where the Jailbreak community shows its awesomeness, by simply reinstating the useful features of the previous versions which were removed. Installing the tweak BgVideo allows the processes to work the same as before and once you reveal the multitasker you see Safari or YouTube instead of the Music app, therefore enabling the streaming audio to be played in the background.

The BgVideo tweak is really useful for when you're usually streaming your audio on the go while doing some other activity like running or going for a stroll etc. The tweak however is still not available on the public Cydia sources, so for that you have to add the following source into your Cydia and then install the tweak.

 http://cydia.myrepospace.com/bestguyhaha/

BgVideo Tweak Release Notes

BgVideo can reenable the native background audio playback function of videos on iOS 6.x which is supported by Quicktime. No configuration is needed. You need to tap the "play" button in multitasking bar just like what you did in the past. Background YouTube playback is back. Videos in other websites which are played by Quicktime are also supported.

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iOS Jailbreak Tweak Safari Download Manager: Download files, mp3s and videos to your iPhone

Jailbreaking is definitely one of the ways to open it up to a lot of possibilities, try new themes, add more and more needed functionality to your iPhone. One of the most missed features on iOS is that you as a user cannot really download any file from the internet and save it on your device. This problem can be easily rectified by using a jailbreak tweak called 'Safari Download Manager'

Safari Download Manager: Download files, mp3s and videos to your iPhone

The Safari Download Manager Jailbreak tweak is a sort of an extension to your Safari browser that allows you to download practically all file types over the internet, be it your mp3 songs or be it a YouTube video which you can later on import into your iPhone The tweak has been made highly configurable in the fact that it allows you to decide which extensions to allow for downloads and which you don't want to allow and also allows you to download multiple files at the same time and choose where each file goes.

The tweak however comes at a steep price of $5 and whether or not it is worth the amount is up to you. We have found it to be an extremely useful tweak on our device and combined with more tweaks such as Bridge and iFile it becomes extremely powerful to use as you can download and view/import any media that you have downloaded and can move it around with iFile.

The Safari Download Manager is available for download from the BigBoss repo at a price of $5 and in our opinion it offers enough of a punch to be worth every bit of it.

Safari Download Manager Release Notes

Safari Download Manager is an extension that adds a powerful, highly-configurable download manager to the iPhone's web browser. Like never before, you can take control over downloaded file types, and harness the true power of the network connection on your device.
Choose to download more than one file at a time!
Choose to break out of the limited downloading you used to do!
Choose to make your iPhone or iPad the mobile computing platform it deserves to be!
Choose Safari Download Manager for all your downloading needs!
Please note: Safari Download Manager is just that, a download manager. It will, by itself, not allow you to view your downloaded files; for that we recommend installing iFile. Purchasing Safari Download Manager will save you $2.00 on iFile.

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iOS Jailbreak Tweak Bridge: Import songs from iPhone to Music Library

So you've finally jailbroken your phone hearing about all the cool things you can do after its jailbroken. One of those new and interesting things you can do after you've jailbroken your iPhone or your iOS device is that you can download and import songs into your music or videos app directly from your phone. Another added feature of this tweak is that it allows you to add your downloaded audio file as a ringtone to your iPhone's existing collection

How to Import Songs to your iPhone using Bridge

Lets say you have downloaded your song or the video using the Safari Download Manager tweak or you downloaded the video via some other method. Now whats left is to import the downloaded song or the youtube video into your iPhone stock Music or Videos app and even add your relevant artwork to the song. This can be done using a tweak called 'Bridge' which allows you to skip the entire 'connect to your PC and sync with iTunes' process just to add a few more songs to your library.

Add Ringtone to iPhone via Bridge

Another minor functionality that this tweak adds is that it allows you to add a tune as a ringtone to your iPhone and since in iOS you arent allowed to use your songs as a ringtone this is an added bonus.

This tweak is available in Cydia in the BigBoss Repo for a price of $1.99 which is more than worth the functionality of the tweak as the 'sync with the iTunes' process can be an annoyance sometimes where you have to be dependent on a computer to be able to add anything to your library. 

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