Ventana brings a Windows 10-inspired Lock screen to jailbroken iPhones and iPads

If yous similar how the Windows 10 Lock covert looks as well as feels, thus you’ll in all likelihood bask using a jailbreak tweak called Ventana past times iOS developers CoolStar as well as Jeremy Goulet. This tweak redesigns your iPhone or iPad’s Lock screen to brand interface elements appear to a greater extent than equally they would on a Windows 10 device.

Right out of the box, Ventana themes the Now Playing interface, whatever incoming notification banners yous mightiness choose waiting for your attention, as well as the appointment as well as fourth dimension display. Ventana equally good provides yous amongst a Siri shortcut akin to the Cortana shortcut that yous mightiness honor on Windows 10.

In the screenshot examples above, yous tin consider that Ventana looks corking on the iPad, taking total wages of the extensive covert existent estate to display all those wonderfully-themed UI elements. But Ventana equally good industrial plant on the iPhone, albeit inward a to a greater extent than compact fashion:

Your mileage may vary, but I intend Ventana looks as well as feels amend on the iPad than it does on the iPhone. The additional infinite makes to a greater extent than room for UI elements as well as reduces the clutter.

As yous mightiness come upwards to expect, Ventana is to a greater extent than than only a pretty face; amongst shape comes function. Citing Ventana’s description, the tweak incorporates back upwards for the next features:

– Slide upwards to unlock!

– Support for using native notifications as well as notification tweaks on iOS 10 as well as higher!

– Custom Metro-inspired notifications on all iOS versions! (Optional on iOS 10 as well as higher)

– Option to grouping notifications as well as form them past times app

– Media Controls inspired past times desktop Windows 10 (for iPad) or Windows 10 mobile (for iPhone)

– Quick respond back upwards inward notifications (iOS ix as well as higher only)

– Siri (“Cortana-like”) suggestions on the Lock covert (iPad only)

– 3D Touch back upwards inward notifications (native agency only)

– Full, unhindered access to Lock covert widgets as well as camera (iOS 10 as well as higher only)

– Option to enable Lock covert clock seconds

Once installed, Ventana adds a preference pane to the
Settings app where yous tin configure the tweak on demand:

Here, yous can:

• Toggle the tweak on or off on demand
• Enable or disable the seconds indicator on the
  Lock screen
• Use iOS 10+ agency notifications
• Group alike notifications
• Display Siri Suggestions (iPad only)

Overall, Ventana seems similar a wicked-cool jailbreak tweak for large-screened iOS devices; assuming yous tin utilisation it. Unfortunately, we’re ethically required to depict attending to a rather disappointing caveat: Ventana is exclusively officially supported on the Electra jailbreak as well as is non designed to piece of occupation amongst the unc0ver jailbreak.

The verbiage used inward the tweak’s description insinuates that back upwards for the unc0ver jailbreak is coming soon, but there’s no guarantee that this volition change. Given the circumstances, nosotros can’t assistance but acknowledge our frustration amongst the province of affairs since most tweaks piece of occupation universally across both (or all) jailbreaks.

If yous encounter the requirements to utilisation Ventana, however, thus yous mightiness desire to laissez passer it a try. The tweak is available for $1.99 from the Chariz repository as well as supports jailbroken iOS 10 devices as well as jailbroken iOS xi devices using Electra.

What are your thoughts almost Ventana as well as the curious
compatibility circumstances? Discuss inward the comments department below.

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