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#1,627
#1,627
govols/cc said:
For those jailbroken there's an app called movie box that's pretty good. Not sure if its been mentioned yet. Add repo "repo.insanelyi.com" to sources.
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Updated to 7 and re jailbroke this week. The tweaks for 7 seem to be growing but the basics are there. I tried movie box and it's pretty cool. I streamed The Wolf of Wall Street through appleTV last night with no issues (other than the occasional 'for awards consideration only" subtitle.)

Some favorites

UnlimTones is great for ringtones
Nitrous speeds up Chrome (and other non apple native apps)
Tether me
Fav - will let you set a favorite app that's openes by a right swipe from home screen
Zeppelin - Just for the Power T in place of ATT carrier
SubtleLock for a modded lock screen
3GUnrestrictor
Springtomize3 is out now too. Many useful tweaks in one place.
SMSBites for texts works well, but isn't up to iOS 6 levels yet.



There are small bugs here and there but updates are pretty quick and nothing that has caused a crash or anything dramatic.
 
#1,630
#1,630
Orange Blazer said:
Not an iPhone, but an Apple TV question. Are there benefits to jail breaking my Apple TV?
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There's supposed to be a way to run a Plex media server on your Apple TV if you jailbreak it. That would probably be pretty cool. Not sure if it's worth it when it's so easy to just play media on another device and stream it over.
 
#1,631
#1,631
Not familiar with an actual Apple TV but if it supports airplay like the Apple TV box I would just jailbreak my phone or iPad & stream media through those. The last UFC ppv fight we found a tweak that let's you stream through the UFC app without paying.
 
#1,633
#1,633
govols/cc said:
Not familiar with an actual Apple TV but if it supports airplay like the Apple TV box I would just jailbreak my phone or iPad & stream media through those. The last UFC ppv fight we found a tweak that let's you stream through the UFC app without paying.
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At that point, when you're at pure piracy, you can accomplish the same thing with equipment that costs a fraction of the price.

Really, outside of tethering with an iPhone on unlimited data, there's no reason whatsoever to jailbreak.
 
#1,634
#1,634
milohimself said:
At that point, when you're at pure piracy, you can accomplish the same thing with equipment that costs a fraction of the price.

Really, outside of tethering with an iPhone on unlimited data, there's no reason whatsoever to jailbreak.
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There's tweaks that make it worth it along with customization. Not sure what is cheaper than the phone I have & jailbreaking for free.
 
#1,635
#1,635
I'm talking about the tv portion of it. Why drop $100 on Apple TV and jailbreak it when your existing computer can accomplish the same thing
 
#1,636
#1,636
So riddle me this. I have ATV 3, Roku XS and Mac computer. I have a buddy at work that does the XBMC thing on his ATV 2 and raves about it. Can I do the same with what I have? Sorry if stupid question...
 
#1,637
#1,637
milohimself said:
I'm talking about the tv portion of it. Why drop $100 on Apple TV and jailbreak it when your existing computer can accomplish the same thing
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I think the benefit would be just jailbreaking your iPhone or iPad to use with Apple TV.

**fyi I looked at best buy & Apple TV is on sale for $84. I got my girlfriend a chromecast & it's pretty cool but doesn't support watchespn yet so I may just go ahead & get the Apple TV.
 
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#1,638
#1,638
milohimself said:
I'm talking about the tv portion of it. Why drop $100 on Apple TV and jailbreak it when your existing computer can accomplish the same thing
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My company awards safety points each quarter, so I bought the Apple TV with my points. Just wanted some thoughts, didn't mean to touch a nerve.
 
#1,639
#1,639
VolnTitan said:
So riddle me this. I have ATV 3, Roku XS and Mac computer. I have a buddy at work that does the XBMC thing on his ATV 2 and raves about it. Can I do the same with what I have? Sorry if stupid question...
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If your mac is late 2011 or newer runing Mavricks you can Mirror or dual screen your desktop via airplay. So anytging you want to run on your Mac will be up on your TV.

Comes in especially handy for blacked out games on watchESPN. Just use Hotspot Shield on your Mac then goto watchESPN in your web browser.
 
#1,640
#1,640
burntorangeVOLffle said:
If your mac is late 2011 or newer runing Mavricks you can Mirror or dual screen your desktop via airplay. So anytging you want to run on your Mac will be up on your TV.

Comes in especially handy for blacked out games on watchESPN. Just use Hotspot Shield on your Mac then goto watchESPN in your web browser.
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Apple TV comes with watchespn.
 
#1,646
#1,646
govols/cc said:
Ahhhhh


* Also wonder what kind of wrinkles the new SEC network will bring.
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Another advantage is the Hulu app on the ATV and iOS is paid version only. With ATV ypu can mirror the free content the TV.

I get a ton of use out of my ATV.
 
#1,648
#1,648
bleedorange0037 said:
Me too, maybe. I've been reading a lot of rumors that the plan is to have the 6 be similar in size to the Galaxy. If that turns out to be the case, I'll be sticking with my 5.
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I think they will start offereing 2 sizes with the 6. Screen size has been the 2nd biggest smart phone feature request (behind better battery life) by consumers the past two years

Im still on 4S. Im not really a fan if the long and skinny 5. My wife has one and it doesnt feel natural in my hand. Similarly the galaxy is too big. I would like something in the middle
 
#1,649
#1,649
burntorangeVOLffle said:
I think they will start offereing 2 sizes with the 6. Screen size has been the 2nd biggest smart phone feature request (behind better battery life) by consumers the past two years

Im still on 4S. Im not really a fan if the long and skinny 5. My wife has one and it doesnt feel natural in my hand. Similarly the galaxy is too big. I would like something in the middle
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Everything I've been reading says there will probably be two screen sizes, but the small one will still be roughly the size of the Galaxy. If that's the case I'll probably stick with the 5. I don't really watch a lot of videos on my phone, so the main things I like about the 5 are that I can easily use it with one hand, and isn't such a monstrosity that it fits comfortably in my pocket so that I don't have to wear it on a belt clip. The Galaxy and other comparably sized phones meets neither of those criteria.
 
#1,650
#1,650
bleedorange0037 said:
Everything I've been reading says there will probably be two screen sizes, but the small one will still be roughly the size of the Galaxy. If that's the case I'll probably stick with the 5. I don't really watch a lot of videos on my phone, so the main things I like about the 5 are that I can easily use it with one hand, and isn't such a monstrosity that it fits comfortably in my pocket so that I don't have to wear it on a belt clip. The Galaxy and other comparably sized phones meets neither of those criteria.
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Ive seen the rumors too but I have a hard time seeing Apple jettison the smaller size completely. Like you said, many people prefer the one-handed device.

I think they will keep a 5 sized device and intro a larger 6 that is just under the the size of the Galaxy.
 
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