Have you ever misplaced your iPhone somewhere in your home, but had immediate access to a pairedBluetoothdevice? If so, then you might be excited to learn about a newjailbreak tweakcalledBlueFinderby iOS developerAnthoPak.
From what we can gather, BlueFinder lets you use a paired Bluetooth accessory to trigger an audible ringing sound on your misplaced handset. This has significant advantages for clumsy folk who consistently drop their iPhone between the sofa cushions or leave their handset somewhere in the house and forget where they put it.
At first glance, BlueFinder seems immediately comparable to Apple’s nativeFind Myfeature forAirPods, butit’s actually just the opposite. While the on-device Find My app can be used to emit a loud noise from a misplaced AirPod, BlueFinder works by having the user power their Bluetooth device off and on a pre-determined number of times in a row to trigger a loud noise from their misplaced iPhone.
Citing the tweak’s depiction in Cydia, BlueFindershould work with all and any Bluetooth devicesthat have been previously paired with your iPhone. Moreover, you’re able to configure the number of power cycles necessary to trigger a lost device beacon, and you can even customize the experience to include device vibration and LED flash to make your misplaced handset easier to locate.
Curious to see BlueFinder in action? Here’s aYouTubedemonstration video compliments of the developer:
After you’ve installed BlueFinder, you can visit the tweak’s preference pane in the Settings app where you can configure it to your specific needs:
Here, you can:
It’s worth noting that a lost iPhone or iPad can already be located with the Find My app on another device or web browser as long as it’s connected to the internet. BlueFinder, however, works whether that device is connected to the internet or not, so long as the handset is within Bluetooth range (~30 feet at most).
If you’re interested in trying BlueFinder out for yourself, then you canpurchase it for $1.50 from the Packix repositoryin your package manager of choice. The tweak supports alljailbrokenversions of iOS from 11 to 13, but those on iOS 13 will need to install libpackageinfo by SparkDevfrom revulate’s beta repositoryuntil the original package is updated with iOS 13 support. Links and instructions to add that repository are available in the tweak’s depiction.
Will you be installing BlueFinder? Tell us why or why not in the comments section.
