Click to Skip Ad
Closing in...

Hilarious jailbreak tweak makes your iPhone scream when it gets dropped

Published Sep 24th, 2014 8:05AM EDT
Best iPhone Jailbreak Tweaks Freefall

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs.

As if you don’t already have enough of an incentive to not drop your shiny new iPhone, a new jailbreak tweak will give you one more reason by programming your iPhone to emit a blood-curdling scream whenever it gets dropped. Via 9to5Mac, the new tweak uses your iPhone’s accelerometer to determine when the device is falling from a certain height and then lets out a scream to alert you to the fact that it’s in freefall.

DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME: Try not to cringe at these brutal iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus drop test videos

The tweak’s developer has also just released an update that will let you add custom sounds to use when your iPhone is being dropped while also changing its settings to make sure that it works more consistently. You can find the source code on GitHub by clicking here and you can also find a looped video demonstration of the tweak embedded below.

Brad Reed
Brad Reed Staff Writer

Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.