Although there isn’t a jailbreak for iOS 11 yet, that doesn’t mean you can’t have your cake and eat it too. Even if you’re using ajailbrokeniOS 10 device right now, you can enjoy several of iOS 11’s new aesthetics and features by installing a few tweaks on it.
While a bevy of tweaks released over the last several months specifically portiOS 11-esque features to jailbroken iOS 10 devices, even some older tweaks provide functionality comparable to what Apple included in iOS 11 and are worthy of recognition. In this piece, we showcase all the tweaks that came make your iOS 10 jailbroken device look more like it’s running iOS 11.
LockscreenXI
LockscreenXIwas created by iOS developer LaughingQuoll to port the iOS 11Lock screenexperience over to jailbroken iOS 10 devices.
Minus the new defaultwallpaper, which you could easily download and apply yourself, it’s difficult to distinguish any significant differences between the official iOS 11 Lock screen and the proxy experience that’s re-created with LockscreenXI.
LockscreenXI includes a redesigned music player that matches the aesthetic of iOS 11, which can be collapsed or expanded on demand, as well as a retouched passcode input screen.
Because the Lock screen is the first thing you see anytime you sign into your device, LockscreenXI is easily one of the most vital tweaks that we’ve included on this list. To learn more about it in detail, we recommendreading our full review of LockscreenXI.
Lysithea X
Lysithea Xwas an attempt by iOS developer ijapija00 to re-create the iOS 11 Lock screen experience for jailbroken iOS 10 devices.
Much like LockscreenXI, Lysithea X changes the way your Now Playing andpasscodebuttons look so that they’re more in line with the aesthetic of iOS 11. The Now Playing widget can be collapsed or expanded, depending on how much room you want to dedicate to music.
Unlike LockscreenXI, Lysithea provides more user customization, letting you tint the interface any color you desire and customize the overlay style, among other things.
More can be learned about Lysithea Xin our full review about the tweak.
ControlCenterXI
The redesigned modularControl Centerexperience is another mentionable feature of iOS 11 that got ported to jailbroken iOS 10 devices with the help ofControlCenterXI, which also happens to be created by iOS developer LaughingQuoll.
Although it’s not a perfect carbon copy of the iOS 11 Control Center, it’s a well-rounded copy and lets you try the modular Control Center experience for yourself without upgrading and losing your jailbreak.
From the main Control Center view, you can launch individual modules with either a3D Touchor tap-and-hold gesture. When you do, you’re presented with a full-screen widget for interfacing with that particular control. The tweak supports these gestures for toggles, Now Playing, anddisplaybrightness settings, among other things.
I would consider ControlCenterXI an essential add-on for anyone trying to get the iOS 11 experience on their jailbroken iOS 10 device, so to learn more about how it works, we recommendreading our entire review.
VideoPlayerXI
Another significant change that made it into iOS 11 was an entirely redesignedvideoplayer interface, and a jailbreak tweak calledVideoPlayerXIby iOS developer LaughingQuoll ports it to jailbroken iOS 10 devices.
Despite how trivial this sounds, you’d be surprised at how many people got excited about the redesigned video player when Apple first announced it. With its modernized UI and darker look and feel, the new video player looks oodles better than the previous-generation video player.
For the most part, the controls are all still the same as in the old video player, but they’re arranged differently. VideoPlayerXI even goes a step further by adding customization options, such as choosing between a dark and light mode.
It’s a great tweak to try if you’re trying to get the iOS 11 aesthetic on your jailbroken iOS 10 device, so we recommendreading our full review about VideoPlayerXIto learn more about it.
NotificationCenterXI
NotificationCenterXIby iOS developer LaughingQuoll focuses on bringing an iOS 11-esqueNotification Centerexperience to jailbroken iOS 10 devices.
In iOS 11, Apple made Notification Center look almost like the Lock screen, so NotificationCenterXI does the same. You’ll notice the wallpaper background instead of the Gaussian blur, and you also get a more prominent date and time indicator after the fact.
Notifications andwidgetsstill look the same as they did before installing the tweak, and you even use the same ‘X’ button you’re familiar with from the iOS 10 interface to clear unwanted notifications.
NotificationCenterXI seems like an essential part of porting iOS 11 features to your jailbroken iOS 10 device, so if you’re interested in learning more about it,we recommend reading our full review.
ScreenshotXI
iOS 11 also re-thinks thescreenshot-taking experience in Apple’s mobile device lineup, and a jailbreak tweak dubbedScreenshotXIby iOS developer DGh0st mimics the look and feel quite well.
After taking a screenshot, a small preview thumbnail appears at the bottom-left of your screen. You can tap and hold on the thumbnail to invoke a share sheet that helps you direct your screenshot to the proper sharing platform.
iOS 11’s screenshot implementation is a bit more advanced than that of ScreenshotXI, but the tweak still mimics the preview experience quite well, and many of the share sheet options let you perform the same actions as you could in iOS 11.
ScreenshotXI even comes with a whole host of preferences that let you tailor the tweak to your needs. You can customize things like appearance, behavior, and window priority, and more.
You canlearn more about ScreenshotXI from our full reviewif you’re interested in augmenting your iOS 10 screenshot experience so that it looks and feels more like it does on iOS 11.
SwitcherXI
If you’re looking for an App Switcher experience on iOS 10 that looks and feels just like iOS 11, thenSwitcherXIby iOS developerArtikusHGis about as good as it gets.
This tweak brings a few of the iOS 11 App Switcher aesthetics to the iOS 10 App Switcher, but one of the most notable would be the removal of the Home screen card.
While it’s not a perfect copy of the iOS 11 App Switcher because of minute differences in the way the wallpaper is expressed beneath the multitasking cards, it’s still a great addition to your device if you’re trying to iOS 11-ify your device.
Our full review of SwitcherXIprovides the full details on the tweak.
iOS 11 lets you initiate screen recordings directly on your iPhone itself with a Control Center toggle, and a tweak calledCCRecordby iOS developer Cole Cabral enables you to do this on your jailbroken device too.
The tweak adds a new toggle button to Control Center that causes iOS to start recording your screen movements and taps. When finished, you may tap on the toggle button again, and the video file gets saved to your Camera Roll so you can share it later.
As a bonus, CCRecord is fully-compatible with ControlCenterXI, which would be handy if you’re using that extension on your device already.
You canread our full review of CCRecordto learn more about whether the tweak is right for you.
CCLowPower
iOS 11 also gives you a Control Center toggle forLow Power Mode, which is useful when you’re running short onbatterylife and need to save juice. Fortunately,CCLowPowerby iOS developer Cole Cabral brings this feature to jailbroken iOS 10 devices too.
After installation, you may open Control Center and find the new Low Power Mode toggle button in the interface. Tapping it enables Low Power Mode, and tapping it once more turns it off.
Unfortunately, CCLowPower doesn’t work with ControlCenterXI like CCRecord does, so you’ll have to pick and choose between the two if you fancy using either of using them.
You canread our full review of CCLowPowerto learn whether the tweak is right for you or not.
Another feature of iOS 11 that often slips under the radar is the support for animatedGIFimages in thePhotosapp. Notably, you can accomplish the same functionality on a jailbroken device with a free tweak calledGIFRollby iOS developer isklikas.
After installing the tweak, animated GIFs will move before your eyes from Apple’s native photo-viewer. There’s not much else to say about the tweak except for the part that it feels just like the OEM experience.
Be sure tocheck out our full review of GIFRollto make sure that it will do everything you need it to do.
MultiIconMover
iOS 11 users with lots of installed apps are probably really enjoying the luxury of moving multiple apps at one time, but a jailbreak tweak calledMultiIconMoverby iOS developer Lance Fetters can let you do the same thing on jailbroken iOS 10 devices.
After installing MultiIconMover, you may select several apps on yourHome screenat one time and move them in bulk rather than one-by-one. You could relocate them to other parts of the Home screen, or even into folders if you wanted to.
MultiIconMover has existed since the iOS 4 days. Believe it or not, the developer still maintains the tweak to this day.
Because MultiIconMover is such an old tweak,so is our original review of the tweak. Nevertheless, it’s a great way to mimic this iOS 11 feature on your jailbroken device.
TheNotesapp in iOS 11 gains new note-pinning abilities to keep users more organized when jotting their thoughts down, andThumbtackby iOS developer Evil Penguin brings this functionality to iOS 10.
While the pin doesn’t look as robust as it does in iOS 11, Thumbtack goes a step further by moving pinned items to the top of your notes list and makes it easier to discern essential notes from unimportant ones.
Our review post has the full scoop if you’re interested inlearning more about Thumbtack.
The updated color inversion setting in iOS 11 is about as close to ‘dark mode’ for iOS as we’re going to get from Apple as of right now, butEclipse 4by iOS developer Guillermo Moran can offer a similar effect on jailbroken iOS 10 devices.
Once installed, you can apply a system-wide dark mode on your iPhone oriPad, but you can optionally exclude certain apps from the UI makeover if you experience any complications with color incompatibility.
The tweak also comes with a slew of configuration options intended to give you fine-grained control over how things look.
You canread our full review of Eclipse 4to see for yourself just how similar iOS 11’s inverted colors feature is to the tweak.
Wrapping up
While the functionalities of many other unmentioned jailbreak tweaksalso made it into iOS 11, we limited this list to tweaks marked as compatible withiOS 10to reduce confusion and eliminate frustration. This robust arsenal ofjailbreak tweakswill let you replicate a great deal of iOS 11 features on any of your jailbroken iOS 10 devices.
Did we miss anything? Be sure to let us know in the comments section below!
