Pressing and holding a certain button sequence on your iOS device (the sequence varies depending on the device) invokes the power down menu from which you can easily turn your handset off. Unfortunately, iOS’ native power down menu has an ongoing reputation for being somewhat ‘featureless.’
In an attempt to change that, iOS developer conorthedev released a new free jailbreak tweak called ModernPower, which gives iOS’ native power down menu a modern facelift and supercharges it with additional features that you won’t find out of the box on a stock device.
As shown in the before and after screenshot examples above, ModernPower
replaces the single “slide to power off” slider with a button-based interface comprised
of four different options, including:
- Rebooting the device
- Powering off the device
- Accessing more hidden features
- Closing the interface
If you tap on the “More” button, then you’re presented with
these options:
- Respringing the device
- Entering Sandbox mode on the device
- Going back to the main menu
Right off the bat, you can see that ModernPower gives you a
lot more functionality at first glance, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
You’ll find a dedicated preference pane in the Settings app where you can
configure the tweak to your personal liking:
Here, you can:
- Toggle ModernPower on or off on demand
- Choose between default, modern, or custom
appearance - Share or import your settings
Those three preference cells in the primary preference pane
contain the following options:
Default Settings
- Themeless
- Pixel Blue
- Pixel Green
- Apple Blue
Modern Settings
- Extra Light
- Light
- Dark
- Override tint color
Custom Settings
- Select a custom tint color via a color picker
- Select a custom background color via a color
picker
The developer provides a respring button at the top of the primary preference pane, and you’re advised to use this whenever you make changes to the tweak’s settings to ensure that they take effect.
We took ModernPower for a spin ourselves and tend to agree
that it’s a significant upgrade over Apple’s native power down menu. With that
in mind, we found very little that we didn’t like about it, apart from the fact
that the developer didn’t just include all the features on the main menu rather
than making you tap “More” to access two additional features.
If you’re interested in trying ModernPower, then you can download it for free from conorthedev’s beta repository in Cydia. The tweak supports all jailbroken iOS 11 and 12 devices.
Do you think ModernPower is a good upgrade from the native power
down interface in iOS? Let us know what you think in the comments section
below.
