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How to Replace your “Slide to Unlock” button With “Tap to unlock”

Submitted by on January 14, 2013 – 11:24 pmOne Comment

We all use slide option to go to  the iPhone springboard or iPhone Menu, but now there is another option for you all people. The iPhone users who really don’t like the “Slide to Unlock” system can now be able to replace it with a twist and add a custom “Tap to Unlock” Button. This is another good Cydia tweak through which you can change your lock style into tap option. In this article you will come to know about this new Cydia tweak which is really simple and useful for the users who don’t want to use slide option.

For this TapUnlock, you have to jailbreak your iPhone. After this you take the advantage of this feature. TapUnlock is a new facility which will change the slide unlock bar with just one click tap button. After this TapUnlock facility you have to just tap the button and then springboard will appear in front of you. Final Output as shown below :-

Tap to Unlock

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This tweak will not only replace the slide option of your unlock screen , but it will also totally change the slider of phone calls with similar buttons. In spite of these changes, no more changes will occur in your iPhone. One good thing about it its felxibility and compatibility over different themes. It supports almost any themes available on Cydia, but there is a disadvantage too. No custom settings option for it, that means you need to uninstall this app, if you want to disable it temporarily.

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For this TapUnlock option you have to just go through the cydia app store. In Cydia app store, you will find the search option. In this option type the name TapUnlock and then click on search button. On your screen the feature will come and you have to just click the install button. After this re-spring your springboard and after this your slide unlock will replaced by the tap option. You can also uninstall the tweak via disabling it.

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