Best New Cydia Tweaks 4/5/13: TouchPal and Badge Customizer

Over the last week, there have been many new jailbreak tweaks, two of which caught my interest. Instead of including them all I thought I would focus on the best as quality should be valued over quantity when it comes to tweaking your device. Both are 100% free and relatively easy to install.

TouchPal (Free): Touchpal offers a keyboard with a Swype like feature that allows the user to type words without lifting their finger off of the screen. A blue line connects all the letters of the word in order and inserts it into the text field that is selected. Installing will require the App Store application that can be downloaded by searching “TouchPal”. Once installed, open Cydia and search “TouchPal” again. Install the package named [Chinese characters] For iOS6/5 (TouchPal) and reboot as prompted. Next, open settings > default > keyboard > keyboards then tap add and select the one named “Touchpal (English)”. Next time your keyboard pops up hit the globe until the Touchpal keyboard shows up. Swipe right or left to get to the right keyboard type then tap the little A icon to enable the swype like feature.

Badge Customizer (Free): Badge Customizer allows users to customize then look of the badges that show up on the icons on the homescreen. It contains options to change the color, alpha, size, location and more.