Get the Peetkly Jailbreak!

The iPhone lock screen hasn't changed much since it was introduced, but if you're looking to get a little more information stuffed into it without cluttering the screen, Peekly is a new theme that adds a ton of useful information.

 Peekly is a Winterboard theme, but unlike most themes it completely changes how the lock screen works. With Peekly, when you're on the lock screen you can swipe left or right to "peek" at information. By default that's the weather and a calendar, but you can edit the JavaScript file included in the theme to change those "peeks" to your RSS feed, Twitter, and others (you can also change the wallpaper and edit other parts of the theme there as well).

Peekly is a handy way to put a little more info on your lock screen without cluttering the screen up with nonsense. You have to install Peekly manually right now while it's still in beta, but iRepair MTL can install it for anytime!

Upgrade to higher-quality MP3's

Remember downloading those 128kbps MP3s from Napster back in the day? 

Their wobbly, low-bitrate encoding sounds horrible today. Yet you can upgrade to higher-quality versions without losing any precious iTunes metadata -- and unlike the methods by which you may have acquired them, this is legal.

1. Sign up for iTunes Match

Apple offers a service called iTunes Match, which currently costs 21.99$ per year. Its main selling point is that it lets you access all the music you own -- regardless of where you originally purchased (or "acquired") it from, and makes it available on all your Apple devices. It also lets you upgrade your music library's files. (Amazon has a similar service called Cloud Player, but it won't maintain your metadata, play counts or playlist entries.)

2. Scan your library

When you have iTunes Match set up on your Mac or PC, let it scan your entire music library. It may take only a few minutes or a few hours, depending on how much music you have. This process makes audio fingerprints of your songs and matches those fingerprints to tracks available in Apple's iTunes Store.

3. Delete your originals

After iTunes has scanned and matched songs on your computer, ensure you have the "iCloud Status" column visible (check the "View" menu) and look for music with "Matched" showing as its status. To upgrade a matched song or group of songs, first delete them from iTunes, but uncheck the option to also delete from iCloud.

4. Re-download your music

Your matched song has now been removed from your computer. But because iTunes matched it to a version it has in its store, it remains in your library with a little cloud icon next to it. Click this and a fresh 256kbps copy of that song or album will come down from iTunes as if you'd bought it there originally. Voilà!

Create Your own Voice Ringtone!

Ever wished you could turn your kids voice into an adorable ringtone saying “Daddy answer your phone!”? Or maybe a message from your spouse saying “hi honey” when you get a call from their cell phone? Perhaps you want to hear yourself say “act busy!” when your boss calls? Or maybe the sound of your dog barking when you get a call from your dog (ok that one is probably not likely)? You can do any of that by turning a voice recording into a ringtone or text tone, and it’s much easier to do than you might think.

Try this out if you’re bored of turning sound effects or parts of a song into a ringtone, as it can make receiving phone calls all the more enjoyable, especially if they’re coming from people you want to hear from.

1: Record the Voice Message & Send it to Yourself

•Launch “Voice Memos” on the iPhone and tap the red button to record the desired voice message

Next, tap on the recorded voice memo, then tap the blue “Share” button and select “Email” to send it to an email address you can check from your computer

Now jump onto your computer, Mac or Windows PC works fine, though you’ll want file extensions visible so that you can change it at the next point.

2: Turn the Voice Memo into a Ringtone & Import to iTunes

This is the easiest part. Because the Voice Memo recordings are captured and saved as “.m4a” file format, you only need to rename the file extension to a “m4r” to convert it into a ringtone:

•    Change the file extension from .m4a to .m4r

•    Double-click the newly renamed .m4r file to launch it into iTunes, it will be stored under “Tones”

•    Connect the iPhone to the computer (or use wi-fi sync) drag & drop the ringtone from “Tones” to the iPhone”

This is the only time you will need to use the computer, and now you can go back to the iPhone to assign the voice recording as the ringtone or text tone.

3: Assign the Voice Memo as the Ring Tone (or Text Tone)

If you’ve assigned custom contact ringtones or individual text tones before this should be familiar to you, otherwise here’s all you need to do:

•    Open Contacts, locate the contact name, tap “Edit”

•    Select either “ringtone” or “text tone” to change it

•    Look under “Ringtones” for the newly transferred ring tone name (default is “Memo” if you didn’t rename it), select that and tap “Save”

Enjoy your new very custom voice message ringtone or text tone!