Cydia 1.1 Is Live - New Search Algorithm, Resume Function

Jay Freeman, aka Saurik, informs via Twitter that Cydia 1.1 has launched for iOS fans wielding a jailbroken device.

According to Saurik, who shared quite a bit of information about Cydia 1.1 with the folks at iPhoneDownloadBlog, features of Cydia 1.1 include:

- the ability to run and operate Activator, libstatusbar, and SimulatedKeyEvents while Cydia is running - an overall speed improvement, including the “Loading Changes” dialog “much less” memory usage - a more advanced search mechanism with a new relevancy algorithm better management of broken repositories

Cydia is a software application created by none other than Jay Freeman with the purpose of allowing iOS jailbroken customers to find and download software packages (including applications) that haven’t been approved by Apple.

Although also used for piracy, its primary purpose is to serve as an alternative to Apple’s App Store for those looking to find specific apps, or to gain new device functionality not implemented by Apple in the original iOS builds.

A graphical front end to APT and the dpkg package management system, Cydia is available not only for iPhone and iPod touch users, but iPad owners too.

The packages available in Cydia are provided by a decentralized system of repositories that list them in a well organized manner, whether they are free, or paid products.

In order to use Cydia, Apple device owners must perform what is known as a “jailbreak” of their software, using one of various hacking tools distributed for free by groups like the iPhone Dev Team, and Chronic Dev.

This article has a purely informational purpose and doesn't, in any way, suggest that you should hack your Apple device.

If you choose to download and install jailbreak tools, you will do so at your own risk. Unlocking / jailbreaking your iPhone / iPod touch / iPad / Apple TV may violate your warranty or the EULA with Apple and / or your cellular-service provider.