Who invented cydia

That's according to Jay Freeman, better known as Saurik or the man responsible for Cydia. Freeman, Cult of Mac said, made public jailbreaking possible. His Cydia preceded that of the App Store, meaning even before Apple-approved applications made their way to iPhones jailbreak tweaks were the go-to optimal solutions for many users.

But it's not the case anymore. Saurik said jailbreaking during the early days meant stuffing the iPhone with killer features that Apple has disallowed. The solution was regarded as liberator for millions of users who were given nearly unlimited access for device customizations.

That's hardly the case with the recent jailbreak releases, which if not semi-tethered were left in beta status. The Theme Center is a great addition to Cydia, but there is plenty of room for improvement. Jay Freeman, a. The "Manage Account" option was added to the Cydia home page not that long ago. This new feature allowed users to view their purchase history of jailbreak downloads through their Cydia account.

Saurik recently tweeted the news that his second new "Whole Package Index" feature for Cydia had gone live. The "Theme Center" is saurik's latest attempt at making the Cydia experience richer and easier, and we commend him. The Theme Center can be accessed through the new "Themes" addition to the Cydia home page.

In the Theme Center, users can browse retina and non-retina display themes for their jailbroken iOS device When it comes to polish, there simply is no comparison between Apple's official App Store, and Cydia, the store used by those in the jailbreak community. The lack of polish is something that Cydia's creator, Saurik, is aiming to address in , and this latest update gives us a nice preview of what's coming. Placed smack in the middle of Cydia's homepage is a new 'Manage Account' option.

From here you can log into your Cydia User Account, which is basically a means to authenticate purchases, not an actual account for login. The account can either be a Facebook or Google account linked to your past Cydia purchases. At the moment there's not many options contained in the new section, but it does contain a handy list of all of your Installable Purchases.

You might think that an elite team of veteran hackers would be responsible for breaking into software from one of the most security conscious tech companies on earth. On July 10th, , a video was uploaded to YouTube showing a first-gen iPhone playing a custom ringtone. Apple would not allow its users to download custom ringtone apps from the App Store until three years later.

Shortly after the first jailbreak was unveiled, a developer named Jason Merchant created the first third-party game for the iPhone Apple had not yet announced the App Store. The concept of the game was simple: blow up Microsoft Zunes with a mini-iPhone. Related Articles. Apple rumoured to launch the iPad 9 in early with an A13 Bionic chipset and a Not on iOS A new Nokia phone allegedly leaks i I've been a computer geek my entire life.

After graduating college with a degree in Mathematics, I worked in finance and banking a few years before taking a job as a database administrator.