Lynx 2 - Ultimate device customization for iOS 14, 15 & 16

Requires Cephei from Chariz

Available on Havoc

Features

SpringBoard

App User Interface

• Select dark/light apps

Power

• Disable power vibration
• Place device screen down to lock

Dock

• Hide completely
• Background style (transparent, dark, light)
• Use Floating Dock
  • Disable in App Switcher
  • Remove divider
  • Disable App Library icon (iOS 15+)
  • Disable Recents
  • Set custom number of recent icons
  • Disable in specific apps
  • Hide dock border

Dock Indicators

• Show indicators on running applications
  • Choose indicator color
    • Dark
    • Light
    • Automatic
    • Icon Average
  • Choose indicator style
    • Circle
    • Bar

Homescreen

• Tap on background to lock device
• Disable rotation
• Disable icon editing
• Hide 'Done' button
• Hide 'Add Widget' button
• Always return to first page of icons when opening device

Spotlight

• Set custom pinned apps (also adds 3D Touch option to rearrage/select)
• Set number of icons in Spotlight app suggestion rows
• Clear search text when closing Spotlight
• Disable Spotlight completely
• Use iPadOS style floating window

Folders

• Show list of apps contained in 3D Touch menu
• Hide background
• Hide title
• Hide icon background (blur behind icon preview)
• Automatically close when opening contained app

3D Touch Menus

• Hide separator lines between options

Table Views

• Show popup with current alphabetical index
• Hide separators between cells
• Use inset table style

Scroll Bars

• Hide scroll bars globally

Search Bars

• Hide completely
• Hide background view

Home Bar

• Disable on Homescreen and in apps
• Disable on Lockscreen
• Set custom height & width

Navigation Bars

• Always use small title style
• Remove separator under bar

Switches

• Set custom enabled color
• Set custom knob tint color

Keyboard

• Haptic feedback on key press (light, medium, heavy)
• Always show iPad Pro keyboard on all devices (iPad only)
• Hide dictation key
• Replace dictation key with dismiss keyboard button

Alerts

• Hide separator between alert components

Tab Bars

• Tint badges to application window tint
• Hide separator above bar
• Hide button labels
• Use haptic feedback when tapping button

Icon Pages

• Remove page dots

Screenshots

• Hide screenshot preview
• Disable shutter sound

Drag & Drop

• Enable in all applications

Volume

• Set custom number of steps

Flashlight

• Enable timeout & set custom duration

Airplane Mode Alert

• Hide completely
• Disable Airplane Mode directly from alert

Wallpaper

• Add overlay blur (dark, light, feather)
• Disable Parallax effect

Device Interface

• Enable fluid gestures

Lockscreen

MagSafe

• Enable on all devices

Wallpaper

• Disable switching (iOS 16+)
• Add background blur (dark, light, feather)

CarPlay

• Hide splashscreen when connecting

Clock

• Display seconds
• Hide clock label
• Hide date label
• Set clock and date positioning (left, right, center)
• Use custom font family
• Use custom font size

Control Center

• Hide grabber at top of screen

Charging View

• Disable battery popup when connecting to power

Unlock Text

• Hide 'Swipe up to Unlock' or 'Press Home to Unlock' text
• Set custom text
• Display label immediately (disable fade animation)

Legal Text

• Show legal text label at bottom of screen & set custom text

Page Dots

• Hide page dots (Home button devices only)

Notifications & Banners

• Show full notification message
• Use single swipe gesture to remove (iOS 15+)
• Add custom outer shadow
• Automatically expand banners when received
• Show count of notifications in each section
• Hide 'No Older Notifications' label

Face ID

• Hide padlock
• Disable unlock hint (appears at top of screen)

Passcode Screen

• Use haptic feedback on passcode number keys
• Hide cancel button
• Hide Emergency button
• Hide backspace button
• Hide number key background
• Hide 'Enter Passcode' label
• Set custom 'Enter Passcode' text

Quick Action Buttons

• Hide both buttons
• Hide Flashlight/Torch button
• Hide Camera button
• Hide button images
• Hide button blurred background

Camera

• Disable swipe gesture (keeps button functionality)

Music Player

• Set player style (default, simple)
• Hide completely
• Hide volume slider
• Hide media progress slider
• Hide media control buttons
• Hide playing application icon
• Hide sound output device icon

Spotlight

• Disable swipe gesture

Animations

• Disable fly in zoom animation

App Library

Gestures

• Open App Library when swiping for Spotlight

Activation

• Disable App Library completely

Style

• Always open to list mode
• Reverse category pod order

Categories

• Edit displayed categories (open editor with button in Settings or via 3D Touch menu option on all icons in library)

Pods

• Hide background blur
• Hide category name label

Folders

• Hide app labels
• Hide folder titles
• Hide cloud icon when app is offloaded

Search Bar

• Hide search background
• Hide search icon
• Disable pull down to open search

Haptic Feedback

• Play feedback when opening or closing App Library

Status Bar

Hiding

• Disable globally
• Hide on Homescreen
• Hide on Lockscreen

Coloring

• Set custom tint color (applies to all status items)

Camera & Microphone

• Hide dot when sensor is active

Breadcrumbs

• Remove button to return to previous app

Battery Item

• Hide completely
• Hide bolt
• Hide exterior percentage label
• Show percentage label inside battery icon
• Disable charging animation
• Tap to toggle Low Power Mode

Status Items

• Hide WiFi icon
• Hide cellular signal bars
• Hide clock
• Hide location arrow
• Hide Rotation Lock icon
• Hide Do Not Disturb moon icon
• Hide Bluetooth icon
• Hide Alarm bell
• Hide Airplane icon
• Hide VPN icon
• Hide CarPlay icon
• Hide 'Not Charging' label
• Hide background activity spinner

Audio Devices

• Show connected device battery level (iOS 14 only)

Lockscreen

• Hide lock icon (Home Button devices only)

Hotspot & Recording

• Remove indicator background color
• Disable pulsing animation

WiFi

• Show network strength RSSI

Carrier

• Set custom text
• Override data type
• Fake cellular service (for devices with not SIM interface)
• Override cellular signal strength

Clock

• Display date under time
  • Set custom date format
• Use custom time format

Network Speed Label

• Show network upload and download speed
  • Set vertical & horizontal offset
  • Hide on Homescreen
  • Select apps to disable speed label in

App Switcher

Style

• Set switcher style (paged or grid, applies instantly)

App Suggestions

• Remove suggestion banner

App Closing

• 3D Touch to clear all
• Swipe to clear all
• Confirmation before terminating all running apps
• Select locked apps to always keep running

Now Playing Application

• Ignore killing of application currently playing media

App Cards

• Hide icon
• Hide name label

Widgets

Today Page

• Hide edit button
• Disable on Lockscreen
• Disable on Homescreen
• Disable swipe to search gesture

Widget Elements

• Hide labels on Homescreen widgets
• Hide scroll dots to side of widgets
• Add outer shadow, and set shadow radius

Batteries Widget

• Double tap to toggle Low Power Mode
• Tap on device to show current percentage
• Hide empty rings
• Hide separator lines (4x4 widget only)

Siri Widget

• Hide separator lines (4x4 widget only)

Icons

3D Touch Items

• Hide 'Remove Stack'
• Hide 'Edit Widget'
• Hide 'Edit Stack'
• Hide 'Edit Homescreen'
• Hide 'Share App'
• Hide 'Delete App'
• Hide 'Pause Download'
• Hide 'Cancel Download'
• Hide 'Prioritize Download'
• Hide separators
• Hide action images
• Add 'Clear Badges' option
• Add 'Rename App' option
• Add 'Lock/Unlock' option (for devices with biometric authentication enabled only)
• Show app storage size
• Hide blurred menu background

Icon Labels

• Hide on Homescreen
• Hide in App Library
• Hide in Folders
• Set custom label color
• Set custom label font

Icon Scaling

• Set custom scale on Homescreen, Dock & App Library

Accessory Dots

• Hide updated app dot
• Hide beta app dot

Badges

• Use average color of app icon
• Hide badges completely
• Hide badge text

Homescreen Layout

• Set custom number of Homescreen rows & columns
• Set custom number of Folder rows & columns
• Set custom number of Dock icons (does not work with Floating Dock)

Transparency

• Set custom alpha value of all icons

Downloads

• Display current percentage

App Hiding

• Choose apps to be hidden globally

Animations

• Disable second hand sweep animation
• Disable app editing icon jitter animation

Control Center

Activation

• Disable Control Center completely

Connectivity Module

• Disable WiFi & Bluetooth completely when tapped
• Choose color of enabled toggles
• Set number of columns
• Set number of rows

Status Bar

• Hide Status Bar
• Hide sensor indicators (camera, microphone, location)

Modules

• Use rounded module shape
• Add shadow to perimeter of module
• Hide background of enabled toggle modules
• Choose style of module background view
  • Default
  • Light
  • Lighter

Sliders

• Add percentage labels to volume and brightness sliders

Background

• Choose style of control center background view
  • Default
  • Dark
  • Light

Chevron

• Hide arrow at top of control center

Hide Hints

• Remove text when toggling modules

Settings

Apple ID Cell

• Set custom first & last name
• Use modern account (removes all labels and only shows profile picture)

Icons

• Hide cell icons
• Use rounded icons

Chevrons

• Hide arrow indicator on detail cells

Sections

• Hide follow up items (storage, backup, updates)
• Hide 3rd party app section
• Hide COVID-19 Exposure notification cell
• Hide family cell (only shown when enrolled in family plan)

Network

• Show WiFi IP address
• Show ethernet section
• Display cellular data used

VPN

• Hide VPN toggle

Search Bars

• Hide search bar on main page of Settings

Background

• Enable translucent effect in all Settings pages

Music

Up Next

• Hide queue popup

Recently Added

• Show all songs (removes limit of recent items to display)

Layout

• Use 3 column layout

CarPlay

Icons

• Hide labels
• Hide label background
• Use custom icon layout

Status Bar

• Show battery even on wired connections
• Display current outdoor temperature
• Choose screen edge to display status bar

Wallpaper

• Choose custom wallpaper

AppStore

Updates

• Replace arcade button with link to app updates

Camera

Styling

• Use iPad style (transparent bars, moves media type selector to edge of screen)

Recent Photos

• Hide last taken photo preview

Shutter Sound

• Disable sound when tapping shutter button

Gestures

• Double tap view finder to switch between front and back cameras

Phone

Dialer Buttons

• Hide button background

Recent Calls

• Show exact time when call was placed or received
• Hide calls made via 3rd party applications

Tab Bar

• Select which buttons to be displayed

Call Button

• Hide background
• Set custom background color

Notes

Tool Bar

• Automatically collapse keyboard toolbar

Security

• Hide note detail text in main list

Tint Color

• Set custom application tint color

Photos

Albums

• Lock hidden album with biometrics

Media Deletion

• Skip confirmation when moving item to trash
• Delete photos & videos permanently and skip trash

Photo Previews

• Remove zoom limit
• Hide preview slider at bottom of screen

Videos

• Automatically loop videos

Safari

Address Bar

• Remove background view (only works in dark mode on iOS 15+)

Background Playback

• Continue WebKit media playback in background

Messages

Pinned Conversations

• Hide glow behind contact images
• Hide preview of last received message

Conversations

• Hide separators between cells

Message Sending

• Always display send progress bar
• Add a customizable delay before sending messages (allows for cancelling sending of messages)

Changelogs

2.4.6

Fixes

- Fixed spacing on Lockscreen when hiding Do Not Disturb indicator on iOS 16 (Thanks Nightwind & Luki)

- Fixed some preferences not being set on rootless jailbreaks

Changes

- Added option to replace dictation key with dismiss keyboard

- Added option to display cellular data used in Settings

- Added option to show network download & upload speed in StatusBar

- Added option to choose Control Center background blur style

2.4.5

Fixes

- Fixed missing ability to set custom icon label color

- Fixed Lockscreen date view using wrong date formatter when displaying seconds

- Fixed Status Bar displaying improperly on certain notched iPhones

- Fixed Homescreen page dots not hiding properly

Changes

- Added option to disable parallax effect on Homescreen wallpaper

- Added option to hide CarPlay icon labels

- Added option to hide CarPlay icon label backgrounds

- Added option to use custom number of icon columns in CarPlay

- Added option to always show battery icon in CarPlay, even if device is connected via USB

- Added option to show current temperature in CarPlay Status Bar

- Added option to choose which edge of screen to display CarPlay Status Bar

- Added option to set custom wallpaper in CarPlay

- Increased sensitivity of swipe gesture to kill all apps in App Switcher

- Added option to bypass 'Recently Deleted' album & remove media items in Photos permanently

- Added option to enable FluidUI gestures on devices with Home Button (Thanks ETHN)

- Changed badge coloring logic on folder icons to use the average color of the first icon with notifications

2.4.3

Fixes

- Fixed Lockscreen clock alignment in landscape mode

- Fixed 'Replace Spotlight' not working on rootless iOS 15 jailbreaks

- Fixed 'Remove App Library' not working on iOS 15 jailbreaks

- Fixed 'Lock Hidden Album' feature in Photos not working

Changes

- Increased the maximum & minimum possible values for notification lists offset

- Added option to enable notched style status bar

2.4.2

Fixes

- Fixed issue causing a respring loop on rootless jailbreaks when using a custom homescreen layout

Changes

- No new changes, all requests since release of version 2.4.1 will be included in a future update

2.4.1

Fixes

- Fixed tweak preferences not being loaded into sandboxed apps on rootless jailbreaks

- Fixed alert when closing all apps in switcher on iPadOS not following device orientation

- Fixed hiding Lockscreen quick action button background not working

- Fixed Control Center connectivity changes label not being hidden

- Fixed section icons in Lynx's preference page not being colored correctly

- Fixed cells in Settings causing visual glitches when changed

- Fixed tab bar button images layout positioning on non notched devices

- Fixed 'Hide Action Images' not working on Homescreen 3D Touch actions

- Fixed SpringBoard volume slider potentially showing control center slider percentage

- Fixed Lockscreen clock always displaying 12 hour format when displaying seconds even if device was set to 24 hour format

- Fixed Control Center slider percentages not appearing in expanded mode

- Fixed Lockscreen date positioning overriding value set with Nexus tweak by @iCrazeiOS

- Fixed apps not being terminated when swiping down to kill all

- Fixed audio routing button not hiding

- Fixed badges not being colored properly when using average icon color

- Fixed coloring in About section of settings when using light interface mode

- Fixed 'Face Down to Lock' not working on iOS 15+

- Fixed hidden cells in Settings not updating when changing value

- Fixed stepper cells crashing Settings app when changing value

- Fixed Spotlight layout breaking on iPadOS due to the default of 4 icons per row on iPhone

Changes

- Added ability to import or export settings data in About section

- Added blur to applications in App Switcher that are locked via 3D Touch menu

- Added option to always use expanded media player on Lockscreen (iOS 16 only)

- Added option to skip navigation apps when killing all apps in App Switcher

- Added option to set custom page scaling in App Switcher

- Added option to set custom spacing between pages when using grid layout in App Switcher

- Added option to disable swipe to last app gesture on devices with Home Bar

- Removed option to press to kill apps in switcher as method was not reliable

- Added option to make 'Hide DND Banner' affect iOS 15+'s DND Focus indicator

- Added option to show indicator on running apps in Dock with options for shape and color

- Removed option to display cellular signal as RSSI until better method is implemented