There is another great new jailbreak tweak called AlbumArt which allows you to display your now playing song’s album art in your App Switcher. This is a great tweak for music lovers so let’s see what all the fuss is about.
AlbumArt has been developed by deVbug on AppSwitcher and it looks to be one of the simplest tweaks we have seen in a long time. It is a one trick tweak and it does this very well. All you have to do is install it and it will replace the Music.app icon on your iOS 5 App Switcher with album art for the current song being played.
This new tweak has been tested on the iPhone 4 on iOS 5 and it works just as advertised. It is coupled with the back/play/forward button which means you basically get a full Android like widget for the Music app under the app switcher. This really is a great tweak and if you have album art associated with your songs you will love it. If you don’t have album art associated with your music all you will see is a black and which music icon. Thanks to the amazing retina display featured on the iPhone 4 this tweak looks really great.
In order to use this tweak you will need to have a jailbroken device and you can jailbreak iOS 5 using Redsn0w or Sn0wbreeze. AlbumArt on AppSwitcher can be downloaded for free from the BigBoss repository under Cydia.
AlbumArt On AppSwitcher (Cydia Tweak) - Display Artwork Of Song In Appswitcher:
Aside from using the device to make a call, send a text message, watch movies, as well as surf the Internet, most iPad and iPhone (including iPod Touch) users uses their beloved iOS device uses their believed iOS devices in listening to their favorite music using the default iOS iPod app or any third party apps. Though there are multiple apps available in Apple’s iTunes App Store that will enable users to stream their music on their devices, but you will still get more if you jailbreak your iPad, iPhone, and your iPod Touch. And if you are one of the users who prefer to use the iOS device in streaming music, then I am pretty sure that you will be glad to know about the new jailbreak app that landed in Cydia Store. The name of this awesome app is Music Controls Pro.
As the name of the app suggests, Music Controls Pro will enable you to control your music efficiently in various music applications / programs, which includes Pandora, Spotify, Grooveshark and your default iPod app. This awesome app runs on the background, which means pressing the Home button as well as using other apps while listening on music will not affect the song and even videos that you were listening to. Additionally, you can easily control your music collection through your headset, via Bluetooth or directly from your lock screen. Aside from this, the app is also packed with SBSetting toggle options as well as dock metadata for car stereos and remote server support, which will enable you to control your music on your iOS device from another iOS device via Wi-Fi.
Music Controls Pro is available in Cydia Store under BigBoss repository for $5.99 USD, with 5 days trial period. Of course, in order to install this awesome iPhone / iPad jailbreak app as well as access Cydia Store you will need to jailbreak iOS 5 on your iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. You can jailbreak your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch using Sn0wbreeze or Redsn0w on iOS 5. Then once jailbroken, just simply install Cydia app and reboot your iOS device. The step by step guide on how to jailbreak iOS 5 is posted on below links: Steps to Tethered Jailbreak iOS 5 or iOS 5.0.1 on iPad using Sn0wbreeze or Redsn0w: 1) Tethered Jailbreak iPad on iOS 5 Using Redsn0w 0.9.9b5 2) Tethered Jailbreak iPad on iOS 5 Using Sn0wbreeze 2.8b8
Since this is a tethered jailbreak only, you will need to connect your iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch in your computer and boot it / power it ON using Redsn0w tethered boot utility or with Sn0wbreeze’s iBooty. Anyway, while waiting for the untethered iOS 5 jailbreak, you can download and install SemiTether app on your iOS device so that you will be able to use your jailbroken iOS device even without booting it using your computer. You can check this blog post to know more about iOS 5 SemiTether.
There is another great new jailbreak tweak called AlbumArt which allows you to display your now playing song’s album art in your App Switcher. This is a great tweak for music lovers so let’s see what all the fuss is about.
