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CloudPaste Syncs Your Clipboard Across All Your iOS Devices, Including Your Mac

The tweaks from the Cydia developers just keep on rolling in, and here at Redmond Pie, we try our level best to bring you guys – our wonderful readers – the most useful and productive Cydia Store releases.

The latest is an iOS-wide tweak which enables you to share your pasteboard across all iOS devices, as well as your Mac. The clipboard is synchronized nicely between your iPad, iPhone and Mac, making sure you keep that important passage you opted to cut/copy.

As you might expect, the tweak, named CloudPaste, is based on iCloud’s infrastructure, thus is constantly ready to sync – even if devices are on different Wi-Fi networks. As an added plus, no application needs to be manually launched; So, as long as the devices are linked up by the same iCloud account, you’ll be ready for action.

There are no configurable settings, thus no SpringBoard icon – you simply install it or uninstall it.

You will need to install the free Mac version from developer Florian Denis’ website. The iOS version retails at $2.49 over at the BigBoss repository, which should reside in your default list of sources.

You will obviously need to have a jailbroken device to get it to work. For jailbreaking iOS 5 tethered using Redsn0w, you can follow our complete step by step guide posted here, or hereif you want to use Sn0wbreeze on Windows. Since jailbreak on iOS 5 is currently limited to tethered boot only, you can install ‘SemiTether’ patch (instructions here) from Cydia to make your jailbreak semi-tethered on iOS 5. For those of you on iOS 5.0.1 can follow our instructionsposted here on how to jailbreak using Redsn0w, or here using Ac1dSn0w, or here using Sn0wbreeze.
We, here at Redmond Pie see a lot of utility for this tweak, as it seamlessly syncs your clipboard across all your iOS-based devices and your Mac as well. Imagine, you just come across a link on your iPhone, you just simply copy it, and paste it in Safari on your Mac, that too hassle free, technology at its best right? Definitely.
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How Strong Is Your iPhone Signal? Find Out Now! [No Jailbreak Required]

Have you ever wondered how strong your iPhone signal really is? Sure you can count the number of bars on your screen, but it’s not really specific. With this new tip, we’ll show you how you can convert the signal bars into an actual number. The digits are measured in decibels and the closer to zero, the stronger the signal.

This would come in handy, as an example, if you find yourself in a dead zone. It would be easier to track which area will allow you to make that important call. We’ve all been there, holding ours phones up like the Statue of Liberty trying to achieve a single bar.

I went ahead and dove into the steps on my iPhone 4. It does access a hidden area of yourphone so proceed with caution. What we do in the name of technology! Your iPhone does notneed to be jailbroken and the process is simple.

I’m not sure if it works for all iPhone models or in all countries for that matter, but if you would like to see the results for yourself, here are the steps:

Step 1: Dial *3001#12345#* on your iPhone then press Call.

Step 2: You’ll now enter Field Test mode. You’ll notice a signal strength indicator on the upper left hand corner of your screen. You can toggle between signal strength bars and a number by simply taping on it. At this point, press the home button to exit the app or if you would like the feature to be permanent, continue on. Don’t worry, the process is completely reversible.

Step 3: Hold down on the Power button until you see the ‘slide to power off’ bar.  Do not power off the device.

Step 4: Press down on the Home button until the app closes and you return to your home screen.

That’s it. Even when restarting the iPhone, the signal strength can be toggled between bars and numbers. The closer your number is to zero, the stronger your signal is.

To return to the default bars permanently, follow these steps:

Step 1: Dial *3001#12345#* on your iPhone then press Call.

Step 2: Press on your Home Button once.

The second step essentially closes the Field Test mode. You won’t see it on your iPhone again unless you repeat the process. Special thanks to Redmond Pie reader Eric Yun for the tip via email!