Looks like the days of “Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, B, A, Select, Start” may be over!

One of the best things about game cheats is the usually unlikely series of tasks that must be performed in order to discover them. The iPhone, lacking physical buttons, offers game developers a fun new way to hide these game cheats – namely, the accelerometer. Faithful Macenstein reader MF has discovered what he believes may be the first accelerometer-based game cheat. It is for the game Imagine Poker, and when done properly, it will allow you to start the game on any round yo’d like. Here’s How to do it: Read the rest of this entry »

OK, I teased briefly about the Hidden 10th iPhone app screen that would allow you to get past the 148 app limit on the iPhone, and I will reveal its secrets here in a tip I know many of you have been waiting for someone to tell you – namely, How to delete Apple’s official apps from the iPhone?

We all know that holding down an application’s icon on the iPhone will cause them all to wiggle – thus allowing you to rearrange the icons on your screen as well as delete 3rd party apps from your iPhone (by clicking that the little “X” icon in the corner). Apple’s official iPhone apps, however (Calculator, iTunes, Stocks, Phone, etc.), lack this button, and until now most of you likely just figured Apple’s default set of apps were undeletable – destined to stay on your home screens forever, taking up valuable real estate and mocking you with their “We ain’t going anywhere” smugness.

Well, this is not entirely true, as I have discovered that yes, removing these apps IS possible (sort of), and it involves invoking the iPhone’s hidden 10th Home page. Here’s how to do it: Read the rest of this entry »

Blackjack Free is currently the number 2 free game on iTunes, and thanks to faithful TICs reader Michael, we have discovered a programming exploit you take advantage of to quickly acquire insane amounts of money very quickly. Here’s how to do it: Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re nything like me, you use the  symbol more often thn lmost ny other text chrcter in the world, nd you were probbly pretty upset when you found tht pple did not include the pple symbol in the iPhone’s keybord. Well, don’t worry, fithful Mcenstein reder Kenji has found  very convoluted wy to regin your pple symbol functionlity on your iPhone. Here’s how: Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday’s Lumen update brought with it more than just the “smart mirror rotations and bug fixes” that were outlined in its “What’s new” game description – it actually brought about the first bonafide, legitimate, and intentionally created iPhone game cheat! (that we know of, anyway). By solving a certain “impossible” puzzle, you can now unlock a new menu item which adds the ability to see the solution to any of Lumen’s puzzles you might be stuck on. Here’s how to do it! Read the rest of this entry »