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Hi!

I’m giving away 5 copies of Firewall iP and 5 copies of ScreenDimmer via Rock! Both apps don’t use RockExtensions but MobileSubstrate, so no worries

How to enter:

Make a post about one of those apps in your favorite forum (not piracy related) and post a comment here together with a link to that post & the app you want. You can only enter for one app, so choose wisely. Oh, and don’t forget to comment with a real email address or I won’t have a way to contact you.

The end of the giveaway is Sunday, 27.06.2010 GMT+1. Then I will randomly choose the winners.

PS: It might happen that comments get filtered out by the spam-protection, but don’t worry, I’ll manually approve them in that case.

ScreenDimmer allows you to save battery life by automatically dimming your device’s screen after a pre-defined time; or if you wish by turning the backlight off.

This beta will work for all people who have purchased ScreenDimmer via the CydiaStore.

What’s new:

- full support for iOS 4.0

- improvements for backgrounding/multitasking

Please let me know if you find any issues. (email to yllierdev ((at)) gmail.com.

LINK:  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2527185/SD-145beta1.deb

Features:

• Longer battery life
• Can turn the display’s backlight of
• Dims the screen after a user defined time
• Doesn’t dim the screen if the battery is being charged
• Doesn’t dim if an app needs the screen (navigagtion software, video players, …)
• Ability to exclude apps from dimming
• Configuration interface in the Settings app

Firewall iP 1.40 is now available as public beta here.  It’s working even for those who haven’t bought FiP (at least it will for some time) so you can test Firewall iP.

For those of you who don’t know about Firewall iP:

The only Firewall for the iPhone

-Block outgoing TCP & UDP connections selectively
-Shows you the hostname for the connection & can provide you with WhoIs information
-Block connections of apps when you are on a cellular network
-Block analytic providers / data collectors which PrivaCy can’t
-Block unneeded content (ads  )
-Easy to use interface & control app
-and many more

A lot of stuff has been changed, mostly not visible for you, but here are the most remarkable changes:

- port blocking. now you can extend rules to only block a specific port. simply by adding “:portnumber” to the hostname or by using the selector in the popup. if you tap on the (i)-button on the popup you’ll be shown a list of the most common ports. for more information take a look at this: http://bit.ly/9Dvtga. You might want to delete all rules (there is now a button in the About View) or manually edit the rules.d

- Allow/Deny all sess.: Allow/Deny all connections until you exit the app (or in case of Safari: Safari goes into backgrounding)

- now based on Regex. This should offer a faster and better experience

- import lists: yes, you can now import lists into global Allow and global Deny. For that simply put a txt file with hostnames/rules (each one gets it’s own line) into /Applications/FirewallGUI.app/Lists/ and then import it from the global Allow/Deny views . the file should look something like this:

*google.com

facebook.com:80

xyz.com

You can get the .deb from HERE

Remove the previous version (you won’t loose your rules) then install the new deb and respring.

In case of crashes please send crash reports (usually from /var/mobile/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/) and syslog to yllierdev@gmail.com

It’s the only tool which allows you to unlock your device by shaking it, even when the screen is off. To reduce accidental unlocks this hack will check if your device stays still for 5 seconds. Only after the device hasn’t been moved for 5 seconds you will be able to unlock it with a shake gesture.

I moved some code into a LaunchDaemon so SpringBoard won’t get overloaded anymore. This should provide a fix for the few who got SpringBoard freezing from time to time.
NOTICE: ATM S2U EXPECTS YOUR DEVICE TO BE STILL FOR 5 SECONDS BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT AN UNLOCK. I DID THIS TO AVOID ACCIDENTAL UNLOCKING. In the final release version will be settings to adjust that time.

As with all beta stuff, only advanced users should try it. Just in case something goes wrong.

This is a public beta which will be usable until April 2nd 12 pm GMT+2 .

please send bugreports and suggestions to: yllierdev (at-character) gmail.com

You can download the .deb here: http://www.r-rill.net/ShakeToUnlock/ShakeToUnlock-0.9beta3.deb

REBOOT AFTER INSTALL! REBOOT AFTER INSTALL!

if you don’t know how to install debs on your iPhone here is a short tutorial: http://www.ihackintosh.com/2009/07/how-to-install-uninstall-deb-file-iphone/

This needs MobileSubstrate and PreferenceLoader to be installed on your iDevice. If you don’t have them get them from Cydia. Respring after installation then you can go to the Settings app to change ShakeToUnlock’s behaviour.

This is my newest hack. It’s the only tool which allows you to unlock your device by shaking it, even when the screen is off. To reduce accidental unlocks this hack will check if your device stays still for 5 seconds. Only after the device hasn’t been moved for 5 seconds you will be able to unlock it with a shake gesture.

As with all beta stuff, only advanced users should try it. Just in case something goes wrong.

This is a public beta which will be usable until February 2nd 12 pm GMT+2. . If everything works out this tool will probably end up on CydiaStore for less than $1. Why I’ll be selling it? cause this is a very advanced hack using some stuff nobody has ever used and it took me longer than expectet until everything was running fine.

Features:

- unlock your device by shaking it

- different sensitivity settings to reduce accidental unlocking

- stays active even after the device screen is powered off

- ability to only apply ShakeToUnlock if on AC (not battery)

With the most sensitive settings it will unlock your device if you pick it up from the table. cool, isn’t it

please send bugreports and suggestions to: yllierdev (at-character) gmail.com

You can download the .deb here: http://www.r-rill.net/ShakeToUnlock/ShakeToUnlock-0.9beta.deb

if you don’t know how to install debs on your iPhone here is a short tutorial: http://www.ihackintosh.com/2009/07/how-to-install-uninstall-deb-file-iphone/

This needs MobileSubstrate and PreferenceLoader to be installed on your iDevice. If you don’t have them get them from Cydia. Respring after installation then you can go to the Settings app to change ShakeToUnlock’s behaviour.