Use iPhone 5S Touch ID Sensor As Home Button On iOS 7 – Virtual Home Cydia Tweak
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The iPhone 5S is essentially an iPhone 5 added with a lot of new features, hardware enhancements and much more. The biggest change of all is the Touch ID security feature - a fingerprint scanner that not only allows users to unlock their 5S but also make App Store purchases. It makes unlocking and purchasing apps hassle free and is certainly a better alternative to the conventional passcode lock.
Having complimented the Touch ID feature for its convenience of use, I have a small complaint though. The day I first used the iPhone 5S, I wondered why Apple did not design/configure the Touch ID sensor to work as the Home button? Had Apple done the same, it would have been a wonderful feature and users would have loved it for sure.
Unfortunately Apple did not come up with it or may have ruled it out completely but one of the developers named moeseth has released a tweak that makes the Touch ID sensor behave like the default home button.
Virtual Home is the tweak in question here and is available for FREE from the BigBoss repository. Since it does not need the home button to be pressed each time you want to reach the home screen, it increases the life of the button. In addition, 5S users must have realized the fact that in order to unlock the device from the sleep state, one is required to press the home button first and then use the sensor. If you have the tweak installed it will automatically detect unlocking and eliminate the need of pressing the home button first.
According to me it is a really smart tweak that makes user experience even more convenient on iPhone 5S. So don’t just wait, go and try it for yourself.
Having complimented the Touch ID feature for its convenience of use, I have a small complaint though. The day I first used the iPhone 5S, I wondered why Apple did not design/configure the Touch ID sensor to work as the Home button? Had Apple done the same, it would have been a wonderful feature and users would have loved it for sure.
Unfortunately Apple did not come up with it or may have ruled it out completely but one of the developers named moeseth has released a tweak that makes the Touch ID sensor behave like the default home button.
Virtual Home is the tweak in question here and is available for FREE from the BigBoss repository. Since it does not need the home button to be pressed each time you want to reach the home screen, it increases the life of the button. In addition, 5S users must have realized the fact that in order to unlock the device from the sleep state, one is required to press the home button first and then use the sensor. If you have the tweak installed it will automatically detect unlocking and eliminate the need of pressing the home button first.
How To Use Virtual Home Cydia Tweak
- To get to the home screen from within any application, single tap the Touch ID sensor.
- To bring the multitask tray, tap and hold the sensor.
- To unlock your device from the sleep-state, tap and hold the sensor and it will detect unlocking.
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