users to use the volume button or the accelerometer to scroll.
The jailbreak tweak is developed by Pedro Franceschi.
PhyScroll allows you to use your iPhone /iPod touch/iPad’s accelerometer or volume buttons to scroll in iOS!
It works with any application! Download it, select the desired activation method going to Activator preferences (Settings -> Activator), open an app and activate PhyScroll. Then you just need to tilt the device/press the (more…)

with number of new features and improvements.
One of the features is the ability to use the volume-up button as a hardware shutter button for the camera, instead of relying on the on-screen button.
It looks like you will also be able to use the volume-up button on the iPhone headset with remote and mic as a hardware shutter button for the camera in iOS 5.
It’s a useful feature, as using the volume-up button as the hardware shutter button for (more…)

A fortnight after it first arrived, the Quick Snap – Camera Plus application, which allowed iPhone  users to activate the camera shutter by pressing the volume buttons has been removed from the App Store.
review staff as it clearly violated Apple ’s policy of disallowing app developers to remap the hardware buttons on its devices. Apple has had a history of yanking apps that have managed to do this in the past.
It is highly unlikely that the (more…)

Your application cannot be added to the App Store because it uses iPhone volume buttons in a non-standard way, potentially resulting in user confusion. Changing the behavior of iPhone external hardware buttons is a violation of the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement. Applications must adhere to the iPhone Human Interface Guidelines as outlined in the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement section 3.3.7.
to enable the feature.
FastSnap (more…)

available on the Cydia store, which brings a simpler music control alternative on
. It is not exactly an
but a system tweak that will let you change tracks or play music with the volume and power buttons while your iPhone is locked.
With GlovePod installed, you can use your Volume Down button to go to the previous track and use the Volume Up button to play the next track. Pause or play the music by holding the power button down.
With the app (more…)