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There are plenty of ways to change the iPhone carrier name that appears in the status bar. In fact, this mod is one of the most popular changes that iPhone users have performed on their devices since the very beginning of jailbreaking. But how many tweaks do you have installed that were developed by a 12-year old?

CarrierPigeon is the latest entry into the segment, with developer Jay B giving a shout out to his age in the Settings. When it comes to the tweak, the settings provide an option to enable or disable the custom carrier name.

Sometimes respringing a jailbroken iPhone results in the display brightness dropping to its dimmest level. This quirk is all due to developers killing SpringBoard instead of backboardd to perform the respring. Although many developers have updated the respring method for iOS 6 in their apps and tweaks, some have not.

This is where BrightnessFix for iOS 6 comes into play. Installing this tweak will eliminate the display brightness issue completely by ensuring your iPhone retains the brightness level that is set before the respring.

The lock screen camera shortcut speeds up access to the Camera app when you need to snap photos in a hurry. But what if your iPhone isn't locked? What if you're in the middle of doing something else with your device, and a photo opportunity comes about?

The Cydia addon CamFast is designed to help during these moments when you need the iPhone camera as quickly as possible. Once installed, you can assign any Activator action to CamFast from Settings -> Activator (of course, Activator must be installed). This means that any gesture from anywhere on your iPhone can be assigned to open the Camera app.

As anyone who uses Apple mobile devices already knows, the stock iOS home screen dock limits users to four app icons. There are ways to change this when your device is jailbroken, such as Infinidock, which gives scrolling capability to the dock. When it comes to MultiDock, this tweak simply allows you to add icons to the dock.

Should you have many frequently used apps that you’d like to have accessible at all times in the dock, MultiDock fits the bill. Up to five rows of icons can be added to the dock at the bottom of the home screen. The number of icons per line can also be adjusted.

Flusterless is a jailbreak tweak designed for convenience. iPhone users running iOS 6 who frequently use the Do Not Disturb (DND) feature will enjoy quick access to enable and disable DND as quickly as possible. A sliding toggle is accessible directly from the lock screen, just to the left of the clock.

Slide the grabber to the right and a moon symbol will appear to denote DND mode is active. Slide the grabber to the right again and you’ll see a white circle, meaning that DND mode has been disengaged. Having this one-step access to DND sure beats unlocking and navigating to Settings -> Do Not Disturb.