There are so many differentvolumelevels to configure in iOS that it’s not even funny. One moment you’re turning down your volume, and the next, you might realize that you’ve just muted your ringtone instead of quieting down your Now Playing volume.
iOS tries to be smart about how it configures volume depending on what you’re doing at any given point in time, but it’s far from perfect. Fortunately, ajailbreak tweakcalledVolume Mixer 3by iOS developerVladMaxoffers users a higher sense of fine-grained and manual control over each individual volume setting present on their iOS device.
As you might’ve gathered already from the “3” designation in this tweak’s name, Volume Mixer isn’t a new jailbreak tweak; instead, this is the latest iterationin an ongoing seriesaimed at making the volume experience on the iOS platform just flat-out better.
Once installed, you’re able to invoke an all-in-one volume HUD like the ones shown above to modify almost any volume level your device supports at your leisure. Such volume levels include:
The volume HUD can be summoned from anywhere with anActivatorgesture of your choice. Obviously, this means you’ll need the latest version of Activator from Ryan Petrich’s beta repository.
Volume Mixer 3 also adds a preference pane to the Settings app where you may configure a variety of options:
Here, you can:
Because I think the native volume experience sucks on the iOS platform, I’ll be the first to recommend checking out the Volume Mixer 3 tweak if you’re new tojailbreaking. It’sa $1.99 download from the Packix repositoryin Cydia or Sileo, but in my honest opinion, it’s worth every penny. Volume Mixer 3 supports all pwned iOS 10, 11, and 12 devices.
Will you be adding Volume Mixer 3 to your jailbreak tweak arsenal? Let us know why or why not in the comments section below.
