TheLock screenhas come a long way in many of the most recent iterations ofiOS. Instead of just being a place to tell the time and view your missednotifications, the Lock screen has become a hub for everything that matters, including app-centricwidgetsthat can help you discern important information at a glance.
Depending on how much you utilize these aspects of your iOS device’s Lock screen, a new freejailbreak tweakcalledLace 2by iOS developerAndreas Henrikssoncan help you take better advantage of it all.
Lace 2 was created as a means of having better control over what shows up when you view your Lock screen and what doesn’t. Not only does it enhance the ability to drag between the Main and Today pages, but it also brings the ability to configure automatic page selection and default page selection (whichever you prefer).
Once installed, you’ll find a preference pane in the Settings app where you can configure Lace 2 to your liking:
Here, you can:
When using automatic page selection mode, Lace 2 automatically refers you to the ideal Lock screen page depending on a couple of circumstances. If you have missed notifications, then it displays the Main page so you may look at them; if you don’t, then it shows the Today page so you can glance at your widgets instead.
On the other hand, the default page selection mode is exactly what it sounds like: you can manually designate what you want the default Lock screen page to be, and it will appear first every time you visit the Lock screen regardless of how many missed notifications you might have.
Lace 2, as the name implies,is the second iteration of the popular Lace tweak, and it doesn’t disappoint. If you’re interested in grabbing it, then you candownload it for free from Cydia’s BigBoss repository. The tweak works with alljailbrokeniOS 11devices.
What are your thoughts about how Lace 2 impacts the Lock screen experience? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
