Adam Bell, a developer has released the beta version of his Cydia tweak MessageBox that brings system-wide Chat Heads functionality to iOS. For those of you who don't know, chat heads is a feature of Facebook Home which currently supports only Android platform. If you are a social bug and just can't live without Facebook, then this tweak is surely tailor-made for you. However, if you want to test this whole new feature on your jailbroken iPhone, iPad or iPod touch using MessageBox, follow the tutorial below. 


Requirements 
  • Facebook 6.0+ app
  • Jailbroken iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch
  • iFile 
  • MobileSubstrate

How To Get Facebook Chat Heads on iOS 

Step 1: Firstly, you need to jailbreak your device in order to use this Cydia tweak. To jailbreak your device, follow the tutorial listed below for your iOS firmware version.
Step 2: Install iFile and MobileSubstrate from Cydia.

Step 3: Open this link from your device and download MessageBox.deb file. If you have iFile installed you should be taken to a new page with an option to open the tweak in iFile. Do this now and use Installer to install the tweak. 



Step 4: Reboot your device now and launch the Facebook app,  


Step 5: Now you can start a conversation with any of your friends and the Chat Head will come into effect. If you press the Home button,  the Chat Head will be there in your springboard in the bottom right corner of the screen.  


As we said, this tweak is still in beta version and does has its share of bugs. The full version of MessageBox will be releasing on Cydia store very soon. For more such tutorials and latest Apple news, subscribe to our social media feeds on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and also subscribe to our RSS feed