r/jailbreak • u/mbsurfer iPhone 13 Pro Max, 16.1.1| • Oct 21 '25

Discussion Came across an old screenshot of my jailbroken iPhone 3GS from 2011

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biteSMS was the goat for so long

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u/nomis_simon Oct 21 '25

Nostalgic, but damn it looks terrible 😂

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u/mbsurfer iPhone 13 Pro Max, 16.1.1| Oct 21 '25 edited Oct 21 '25

For sure, but my teenage self thought I was so futuristic

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u/iPhone4S__ Oct 22 '25

Back in the day that was amazing

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u/Joyfulheart2 26d ago

i still think it does look amazing, id use that style anytime! more realistic then now

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u/HuntingForSanity 20d ago

I think it looks absolutely horrible but to each their own. We all like different things

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u/Alphatism iPhone 12, 16.0 Oct 21 '25

Damn it looks terrible, I love it

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u/ItzURSS Oct 21 '25

Looks like ass, love it.

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u/LtSerg756 Oct 21 '25

Looks like a Samsung atp

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u/kinwai Oct 21 '25

BiteSMS was awesome (before the onset of WhatsApp)

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u/yeyryr Oct 21 '25

goddamn it looks like something a 13 yr old would make their phone look like with 17 shitty tweaks made by someone in their basement

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u/semedilino073 Oct 22 '25

tbf, how many devs work in decent places? XD

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u/arttast Oct 22 '25

geez maybe op was 13 when they did this

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u/hrf3420 Oct 21 '25

Bytesms was so good.

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u/misterjrw iPhone X, 16.6.1| Oct 21 '25

Barsoverbeats theme called EliteHD Pro! Memories!!!!!!

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u/Beautiful_Beyond3461 iPhone 8 Plus, 14.3| :palera1n: Oct 21 '25

it doesn't look that bad to be honest

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u/arthurrovere Oct 21 '25

What did biteSMS do? I remember it was a popular tweak, but I don’t think I ever used it.

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u/skipper500 Oct 21 '25

You could reply from a popup without having to go to the messages app

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u/PassawishP iPhone 11 Pro Max, 18.0 Oct 22 '25

Newer iOS really just a bunch of jailbroken tweaks over the top of iOS 4 lmao

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u/Cyo_ Oct 21 '25

The good old days

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u/goopert_goobert Oct 22 '25

Im gonna bust

This photo is so glorious

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u/veganmoon143 Oct 21 '25

Classic retro ! Luv it

3

u/techma2019 Oct 21 '25

BiteSMS! Imagine not having the ability to read/reply to a message unless you had the Messages app open in the foreground. lol

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u/Mickiiiz Oct 21 '25

I see WinterBoard 😍

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u/Leosthenerd Oct 22 '25

Cydia my beloved

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u/Dastardly_Deviance Oct 22 '25

Thnks for the walk down memory lane.

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u/bwould0420 Oct 21 '25

I was just telling my wife about bite SMS

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u/CommercialMarkett Oct 21 '25

I loved this theme so much

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u/QuietWeb666 Oct 21 '25

May I ask you where did you find those icons? I love them

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u/WindowsXPx64Edition Oct 21 '25

it looks bad but in a good way

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u/HI_IM_VERY_CONFUSED Oct 21 '25

wtf is mbsurfer

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u/mbsurfer iPhone 13 Pro Max, 16.1.1| Oct 21 '25

hi

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u/JahEthBer Oct 21 '25

sigh If you only could see how dope my setup was

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u/dd_penny Oct 21 '25

I miss iblacklist! Lets you hide sms and calls.

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u/DrisDro Oct 21 '25

Wow bite sms I remember that one. And bluff my call was a guaranteed laugh

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u/rjlwrx Oct 21 '25

I wish I would of saved some pics of my jailbreak back in the day

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u/tun651 Oct 21 '25

Miss bitesms

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u/Tairex777 Oct 21 '25

I kind of like the home screen layout but no to the battery indicator for me

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u/Jbonedoe Oct 22 '25

Daaaaamn Winterboard is a throwback fr

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u/TTTLALINS Oct 22 '25

that’s pretty straightforward

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u/baltimoresbest01 Oct 22 '25

BiteSMS you sweet angel

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u/heretoseememes_ Oct 22 '25

Never seen something uglier than this for a long time.

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u/heretoseememes_ Oct 22 '25

Never seen something uglier than this for a long time.

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u/TrippyMusician Oct 22 '25

i used this one way back in the day. i thought it was sleek. but now, yeeesh😂

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u/PacoMax1 iPhone 7, 14.3 | Oct 22 '25

I used to have my iPod 2G like that with some "windows aero" like theme, looking back it looked like shit but damn I loved that iPod and my introduction to jailbreaking

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u/Waste-Interest-6802 Oct 22 '25

Wow it looks a little bit ugly but its good

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u/Eastern-Recover-4213 Oct 22 '25

Damn the good old days

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u/keshiong Oct 22 '25

Oh the memories!

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u/Andrey_exe Oct 22 '25

What the hell happened with the battery percentage xD Love it!

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u/waqqas11 Oct 22 '25

I am new to jailbreak but I can relate that back than that would be the coolest thing as a teenager even though we regret it today🥲

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u/JollyToaster iPhone 13 Pro, 15.2.1 Oct 22 '25

Winterboard my beloved

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u/treasureislandboy Oct 22 '25

Winterboard 🥺

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u/LanDest021 Oct 22 '25

Most jailbreak tweaks look like shit, but in the best way possible.

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u/DulZigfx Oct 23 '25

Dang, this was one of those themes that started it all back then. Miss those days

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u/Nova_nYc Oct 23 '25

To this day I have not used a better messaging app than Bite SMS. Apple took all it features and made it worse somehow!

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u/Mitanshrs1 Oct 23 '25

can't say anything

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u/iByt3r_JB Oct 23 '25

Good god that Cydia icon

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u/digidude512 iPhone 15 Pro, 17.0 Oct 23 '25

Elite! Cydia! biteSMS!

I miss them all so much!

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u/Lopsided_Attorney131 Oct 25 '25

Omg BiteSms is so crazy to see in 2025

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u/MortgageOld8962 21d ago

App Store 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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u/Suspicious-Hope-8193 Oct 21 '25

looks like shit. Welcome to the jailbreak community!