iPhone Photo Hack

An iPhone photo hack is an iPhone extension that can be installed when you jailbreak your iPhone and gain full access to the iPhone iPhone file system. Those iPhone hacks allow you to add features and functions that are not available in the default iPhone photo application.

One of the drawbacks of the iPhone photo application for example is the lack of control over your Camera Roll pictures. You can't modify or organize your iPhone photos using your iPhone only.

This could become a nightmare as you can imagine. Suppose that you have hundreds or thousands of pictures taken with your iPhone camera that you can't organize.

The only way to organize your Camera Roll pictures, or those pictures taken by the iPhone camera is by making the modification on your Mac or PC, and then sync your iPhone with iTunes to reflect the changes. This of course will require connecting your iPhone to PC or Mac first.

PhotoAlbum+ From Cydia:

PhotoAlbum+ is an iPhone hack that allows you to create new photo albums right on your iPhone. There is no need to connect your iPhone to PC or Mac anymore.

This iPhone hack is available in Cydia for $2.99 for iPhone, iPhone 4, iPad, and iPad 2.

Once you install this iPhone photo hack, you will be able to add photo albums manually using your iPhone only.

You can then sort and organize your pictures taken by the iPhone camera in your Camera Roll.

You will be able to select multiple pictures, and copy or move them from the iPhone Camera Roll to any new created photo album.

This simple but useful iPhone hack adds a (+) button to the iPhone photo application at the top right corner.

The plus (+) button allows you to add an album to your photo library. Therefore, if you take lots of photos with your iPhone camera, you will find this iPhone hack very useful.

It is very easy to use and can save you lots of time searching and scrolling looking for a specific picture.

If you get into the habit of sorting the pictures you take with your iPhone in a timely bases, you should be able to locate any picture you are looking for very quickly with this iPhone hack.

Create A New Photo Album With PhotoAlbum+:

When you tap the plus button at the top right corner of the photo application, a new window will show up asking you to name your new iPhone photo album. It is similar to creating a photo album on your photo library using iPhoto on the Mac but now you are doing it directly on your iPhone. You can repeat this process and create as many photo albums as you like.

When you are done, tap the Save button to create the album. All the new photo albums you create will be listed as normal under Albums. Then you can sort photos from your Camera Roll to those new created albums.

Create Private Photo Albums:

This iPhone photo hack also allow you to create private photo albums that you can protect with a password.

Suppose that you took some pictures that you don't want your kids or friends to see. You can add a password to those albums.

Now when you tap on those albums, you will be asked to enter a password in order to view them.

To create a private album, simply tap the lock button shown in the "New Album" window. You can add a title to the Album, and then create a password.

When you are done, tap the save button to create the private photo album.

Multiple Photo Move:

You can use the iPhone photo feature of selecting multiple pictures to move several pictures from your Camera Roll to any of the created photo albums.

First you need to be in the Camera Roll album. Then, you need to tap the options button shown at the top right corner as shown below. Now you can simply start selecting your pictures. You will see a red circle with a check mark as you tap on each picture.

When you are finished with your selection, tap the move button to move the selected pictures to a new created photo album as shown below.

You can see the "New Album" with the number (5) next to it indicating that 5 photos are moved to this iPhone photo album. It is also possible to delete any new created photo albums with this iPhone photo hack. Just swipe your finger across to the left or right on the new created photo album and then tap delete.

iSocialShare iPhone Photo Hack:

This iPhone photo hack allows you to select a single picture or multiple pictures from any iPhone photo album and share them with your friends on Facefook, Twitter, or Tumblr right from the iPhone photo application.

iSocialShare is available in Cydia for $1.99 and is specially useful iPhone photo hack for people who are addicted to social network sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

Once this iPhone hack is installed, a new button that looks like a cloud is added to the iPhone photo application as shown at the top right corner.

You can share a single picture or multiple pictures using iSocialShare.

To share a single picture, you need to select the photo album first. Then, tap on the picture you want to share.

When the picture opens, tap the "Cloud" button at the top right corner of the picture. A new screen with several options will open. Simply select the social network site you want to share your picture with whether it is Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr.

It is also possible to select multiple pictures and share them all at once. First, select the photo album you want, and then tap the "Option" button shown at the top right corner shown below. Then, select as many pictures as you like by tapping them. You will see the "Cloud" button on the top left corner. When you tap this "Cloud" button, you will get the option to share those selected photos on Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr.

Of course you must have an account with those social networks sites in order to login to your account and be able to share phots. But this shouldn't be a problem as those services are free any ways.

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